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| US07983265B1 |
Method and system for processing a network packet
Method for and system validating a network packet is provided. The method includes receiving a network packet at a port of a network device, the packet including a first indicia value and a second indicia value; comparing the first indicia value of the packet with at least a first value stored at the network device; comparing the second indicia value of the packet with at least a second value stored at the network device; and processing the packet if the first indicia value matches with the first value and the second indicia value matches with the second value; wherein the first indicia value is a partition key that restricts communication between a packet source and at least one destination; and the second indicia value is one or more of a source address and a destination address, where a same physical port of a source is assigned more than one source address. |
| US07983260B2 |
Techniques for watermarking and distributing content
Techniques for watermarking and distributing are provided. Content is broken into frames, each frame includes a watermark. Resources request the content and each frame of each resource's acquired version of the content includes a watermark. The frames of each resource's acquired version of the content form unique watermark sequences or unique keys. Each watermark sequence or key is uniquely associated with a particular resource. Each resource is also provided one or more delivery plans for acquiring that resource's uniquely watermark and sequenced version of the content over the network. |
| US07983258B1 |
Dynamic virtual local area network (VLAN) interface configuration
Techniques are described for dynamically building an Ethernet virtual local area network (VLAN) interface in a network device. The techniques allow dynamic building of a second VLAN interface over a first VLAN interface statically built over an Ethernet port configured to support dynamic VLANs in a network device. A network device may receive a plurality of Ethernet packets from subscriber devices and dynamically build a second VLAN interface over the first VLAN interface for each of the subscribers. Once the second VLAN interface is built, the network device dynamically builds interface columns over the second VLAN interface for each protocol associated with the Ethernet packets. The network device may then authenticate a user associated with the plurality of Ethernet packets. Once the user has logged out of the network device, the network device may tear down the interface columns while persistently maintaining the corresponding second VLAN interface. |
| US07983257B2 |
Hardware switch for hypervisors and blade servers
A hardware switch for use with hypervisors and blade servers is disclosed. The hardware switch enables switching to occur between different guest OSs running in the same server, or between different servers in a multi-root IOV system, or between different guest OSs running in the same server in single-root IOV systems. Whether embedded in a host bus adapter (HBA), converged network adapter (CNA), network interface card (NIC) or other similar device, the hardware switch can provide fast switching with access to and sharing of at least one external network port such as a Fibre Channel (FC) port, 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) port, FC over Ethernet (FCoE) port, or other similar port. The hardware switch can be utilized when no hypervisor is present or when one or more servers have hypervisors, because it allows for switching (e.g. Ethernet switching) between the OSs on a single hypervisor. |
| US07983249B2 |
Enterprise web service data to mobile device synchronization
A Mobile Enterprise Platform utilizes a web based service that synchronizes enterprise data between a plurality of disparate mobile devices and a plurality of backend enterprise resources. The Mobile Enterprise Platform creates a web service synchronization source instance using Hypertext Transfer Protocol (“HTTP”) for each application or database present on a plurality of mobile devices. Corresponding to each of these web service synchronization source instances is a web based synchronization service associated with a specific backend enterprise resource. Each synchronization service is web based and can thus live anywhere on the network or on a dedicated services tie as they need only to supply a small set of operations to offer synchronization capability to a variety of mobile devices. |
| US07983248B2 |
Information communication terminal
A information communication terminal is provided which includes: a voice communication device that transmits and receives voice signals to and from an other telephone equipment via a public switched telephone network; a data communication device that transmits and receives call data signals as digitized voice signals to and from an other terminal via an IP network; a message communication device that transmits and receives data signals of an instant message which contains character information to and from an other terminal via an IP network; and a control device that makes the message communication device transmit the data signals of the instant message to a destination of the call data signals so as to enable communication by voice as well as character information, when one of the voice signals and the call data signals is received while the other is being transmitted and received. |
| US07983247B2 |
Metadata collection
A method and system for collecting and communicating contextual information relating to a VoIP conversation is provided. Structured hierarchies are utilized for efficient communications of various amounts and types of contextual information relating to a VoIP conversation. Information identifying at least one structured hierarchy, which will be used to carry the contextual information, is transmitted during establishment of a conversation between two VoIP enhanced devices. The structured hierarchy is selected from a set of predefined and declared structured hierarchies. Subsequently transmitted contextual information exchanged between two VoIP enhanced devices is represented in accordance with the identified structural hierarchy. VoIP clients, network infrastructure, and various service providers can collect the contextual information based on the identified structured hierarchy, update the contextual information by adding, deleting and/or modifying the contextual data. The updated contextual information will be transmitted to other clients, network infrastructure, and service providers. |
| US07983246B2 |
Multimedia access system
A multimedia access system includes: a database including user equipment spec information; an application server for transcoding multimedia data to be transmitted in accordance with user equipment spec information of a receiver side in the database; and an addressing unit for addressing a transmission packet so that that the multimedia data to be transmitted is transcoded by the application server. |
| US07983245B2 |
Methods and systems for converting an internet protocol (IP)-based message containing subscriber content to a public switched telephone network (PSTN)-based message including subscriber content
A node in a converged network converts a session initiation protocol (SIP) message to a signaling system 7 (SS7) message. A SIP INVITE request is received by the node and the node determines whether the SIP INVITE request is destined for an SS7 user. If the INVITE request is destined for an SS7 user, the node determines whether the INVITE request contains MIME-encoded text and constructs a short message service (SMS) message containing the MIME-encoded text. The SMS message is routed to the SS7 user. In addition, the node constructs an initial address message (IAM) and routes the IAM to the SS7 user. |
| US07983243B2 |
System and method for increasing call capacity for a wireless local area network
A system for increasing the call capacity of an access point in a WLAN that determines whether a maximum total voice path delay would be exceeded if the packetization delay is increased for packets in a call. In the event that the packetization delay can be increased without the total delay exceeding the maximum delay, the disclosed system increases the size of packets used in the call, if all participating devices can process the increased packet size. The maximum delay may be predetermined, and reflect a maximum delay that cannot be exceeded without adversely impacting the voice quality of a call. If the two end points for a call are determined to be physically “local” to each other, packetization delay for the call may be increased based on the assumption that the increased packetization delay will not decrease the voice quality of the call. |
| US07983240B2 |
System and method for communication session correlation
A system and method for correlating communication sessions. A globally unique correlation identifier is created and exchanged between the parties during SIP session setup to allow for association and correlation of additional SIP sessions. The correlation information may then be used by network and session entities to perform different services. |
| US07983233B2 |
Apparatus for phase noise suppression for OFDM based WLANS
Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) has been specified by IEEE 802.11a standard as the transmission technique for high-rate wireless local area networks (WLANs). Performance of an OFDM system, however, is heavily degraded by random Wiener phase noise, which causes both common phase error (CPE) and inter-carrier interference (ICI). A method and algorithm is disclosed for efficiently eliminating the effect of phase noise in OFDM based WLANs. |
| US07983231B2 |
Staggered startup for cyclic prioritized multiple access (CPMA) contention-free sessions
A staggered startup method and system for a cyclic prioritized multiple access (CPMA) system reduce interference between overlapping first and second wireless LAN cells contending for the same medium. Each cell includes a respective plurality of member stations. A first member station in the first cell coordinates a periodic sequence of first contention-free sessions. Each contention-free session includes multiple bursts with other member stations in the first cell. The first member station retains control of the medium by using interframe spaces sufficiently short between the bursts so that the multiple bursts appear to contending stations to be a single instance of activity in the medium during a session until an end of a session. A second member station in the second cell listens to the activity in the medium and detects an end to one of the first contention-free sessions indicated by an interval longer than a PIFS idle interval following an end to the activity in the medium. The second member station then sets a post-backoff delay to periodically transmit a minimal interval after the first contention-free sessions of the first member station. The second member station coordinates in the second cell a periodic sequence of second contention-free sessions. In this manner, contention-free sessions are interleaved on a periodic basis in the first and second cells. |
| US07983230B1 |
Adaptive power and data rate control for ad-hoc mobile wireless systems
A method for controlling transmit power of a node in wireless network, such as, e.g., an ad-hoc wireless network operating in accordance with a carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) protocol and where asymmetrical radio links may exist. During a request to send (RTS) and clear to send (CTS) exchange between a first node and a second node, both a request to send (RTS) packet and a probing request to send (PrRTS) packet are transmitted from the first node to the second node. The transmit power and data rate of the PrRTS packet may be different from the transmit power and data rate of the RTS packet. In response, the second node returns a CTS packet that includes a signal to noise ratio (SNR) for both the RTS packet and the PrRTS packet. A correction factor for data transmit power is then computed based in part on both the SNR for the RTS and the SNR for the PrRTS, and a data packet is thereafter transmitted at a power level that has been modified in accordance with the correction factor. The correction factor may further aid the estimation of the signal-to-noise-and-interference ratio (S/(N+I)) at a receiving node, which enables a sending node either to overcome the interference by adjusting the transmit power or avoid the interference by not accessing the channel until it hears the node again. |
| US07983226B2 |
Apparatus, and associated method, for retrieving mobile-node logic tree information
Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating exchange of configuration indicia associated with a mobile node operable in a radio communication system. The mobile node is dynamically-configurable, and includes a logic tree. The indicia is provided to a network manager responsive to request therefore or upon initiation by the mobile node. When initiated at the network, a request message generator located at a network manager generates a get message to request that certain configuration indicia be provided to the network manager. The mobile node, upon delivery of the get message thereto, retrieves the requested information, at a selected level of detail, and returns the indicia to the network manager. |
| US07983223B2 |
Apparatus and method for reporting channel quality indicator in wireless communication system
An apparatus and method for reporting a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes estimating a per-subband CQI with respect to each transport layer and generating a broadband CQI with respect to each transport layer according to the per-subband CQI, comparing the broadband CQI and the per-subband CQI with respect to each transport layer to determine a difference value thereof, determining an offset value to be used in a differential CQI, determining the differential CQI by subtracting the offset value from the determined difference value, and transmitting a transmission symbol by converting the determined differential CQI into the transmission symbol. |
| US07983222B2 |
Wireless channel selection techniques and devices
Techniques for locating wireless channels usable for transmitting media signals from personal media players that are adequately separated from wireless channels used for other purposes. One technique involves identifying a target channel and at least two additional channels within a certain proximity of the target channel, and evaluating a channel usability algorithm based on characteristics, such as the received signal strengths, of the target channel and the received signal strengths of each of the proximate channels. Based on evaluation of the algorithm, the target channel is deemed either usable or not usable to transmit the media signal. The most desirable available target channel(s) in a particular group or sub-group of wireless channels may also be identified. |
| US07983220B2 |
Wireless LAN terminal and handover method thereof
There is provided a wireless LAN terminal and a handover method thereof for resolving a sound cutoff and image cutoff which occur when a terminal is moved. The wireless LAN terminal stores BSSID of wireless LAN access points and a frame control in a MAC header of a communication frame in advance. In case of switching a wireless LAN access point for communication, the wireless LAN terminal replaces BSSID of a wireless LAN access point of a communication frame so as to continue the communication. |
| US07983218B2 |
Techniques to support seamless mobility of electronic devices engaged in a session initiation protocol (SIP) session
Embodiments of the invention relate to techniques to allow a wireless device engaged in a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) communication session to move between heterogeneous wireless networks without terminating the SIP session. |
| US07983210B2 |
Method and system of scanning a TDMA channel
A method for scanning a TDMA channel by a mobile station in a wireless communications landscape is disclosed. A mobile station detects RF energy on a TDMA channel to detect activity in the detected RF energy. The mobile station maintains knowledge of previous activity on the channel. If activity is present on the channel, the mobile station performs inspection of the activity to determine whether the activity is activity of interest, wherein the activity is activity of interest based on a comparison of the activity with the previous activity. The mobile station aborts the inspection of the activity, if activity is not present on the channel and the mobile station aborts the inspection of the activity, if the determined activity is not activity of interest. |
| US07983209B2 |
System and method for producing notification based web services
A system and method for converting a schema based synchronous service to a schema based asynchronous service. The asynchronous service for implementing on a server configured for communication with a respective client over a network. The system and method comprising a subscription module for identifying a port type with each notification method added to a description of the synchronous service and for associating a subscription operation with the identified port type. The system and method can also include an artifact module for generating at least one conversion artifact related to the added notification method, the conversion artifact configured for use by a developer to assist in developing the supporting clients of the asynchronous service as well as the asynchronous service itself. The system and method can also include an integration module for combining the notification methods and subscription operations and conversion artifacts to produce a description of the asynchronous service. The developer uses the asynchronous service description for generating a service implementation of the schema based asynchronous service to include appropriate business logic for subsequent installation in the server as an asynchronous service interface. |
| US07983207B2 |
Routing method and routing path recovery mechanism in wireless sensor network environment
The present invention discloses an asymmetric routing method and routing path recovery mechanism. The wireless sensor network environment includes at least a management unit, at least a gateway, and mobile nodes. When joining, each mobile node obtains an unique ID code and, additionally, a depth as the gradient to the management unit. Accordingly, a mobile node sends an uplink packet via a nearby node with lower depth to the management unit; while the management unit transmits a downlink packet to a mobile node by utilizing the source route method. When the parent node of a mobile node is damaged or moves to another position or said mobile node with its sub-tree descendants changes their position together, the uplink routing path is recovered via selecting a nearby node of the sub-tree as relay node and the downlink routing path is recovered via sending a control message to the management unit. |
| US07983205B1 |
Outgoing interface mapping for multicast traffic
Multiple subscriber devices are connected to a network device via one or more network switches. The network device transmits multicast traffic to the subscriber devices. In particular, the network device may receive membership requests for a multicast group from the subscriber devices via the network switch on a first interface, i.e., a mapping interface. The network device sends a multicast stream associated with the multicast group to the network switch on a second interface, i.e. an outgoing interface (OIF). Upon receiving a membership request, the network device maps the membership request to an OIF dedicated to the multicast group. In this way, when multiple subscriber devices connected to the same switch request the same multicast stream, each membership request will map to the same OIF. The network device sends one copy of the multicast stream to the network switch on the dedicated OIF. |
| US07983203B2 |
System and method for improved power efficiency in a shared resource network
A system and method for including aggregation control information in an aggregate frame that facilitates enhanced power efficiency is provided. Aggregation control information may include lengths of frames addressed to different stations and/or transmission opportunities to different stations. A receiving station is then able to calculate an offset within the aggregate frame that identifies the position of frames addressed to the receiving station and/or offset when it can use the medium to transmit it's data. The receiving station may then enter a sleep mode and awaken at a proper time for using the medium to either receive, or transmit data on the medium. Additionally, aggregation control information may include rate information to facilitate aggregation of multi-rate data in an aggregate frame. |
| US07983198B2 |
Method and apparatus for delivering IPP2T (IP-push-to-talk) wireless LAN mobile radio service
A wireless subscriber terminal (ST) for use with IP push-to-talk (PP2T) service using a wireless local area network (WLAN) operating in a plurality of modes, including a mobile terminal having an ability to communicate over the air to a wireless Access Point (AP), the mobile terminal further programmable to use conventional WLAN protocols, and a method for operating the wireless terminal are described. |
| US07983197B2 |
System and method for robust cell detection
A wireless communication receiver performs robust cell searching, excluding interference due to UL transmissions from other UE, by qualifying the output of a matched filter with a metric indicative of the momentary signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The momentary SNR metric is derived over the same amount of samples as the length of the matched filter. By discarding filter outputs during low momentary SNR, synchronization interference from UL transmissions is avoided. The momentary SNR metric and filter outputs are efficiently calculated, with only a few states and operations, compared to a conventional tapped delay line filter implementation. A limited list of cell candidates is populated, with information on correlation, timing, cell identity within cell group, and SNR metric for the K strongest candidates with respect to the matched filter correlation values. This list is used for later cell search stages, where a secondary synchronization channel is decoded. |
| US07983195B2 |
Method of routing virtual links in a frame-switching network with guaranteed determinism
A method for routing virtual links in a frame switching network including a plurality of source terminals and/or destination of the frames, frame switches being connected together through physical connections, each virtual link being defined, for a point-to-point type, by a path through the network between a source terminal and a destination terminal and, for a multipoint type, by a plurality of paths through the network between a source terminal and a plurality of destination terminals. The method carries out routing of the links while observing a segregation constraint with regard to triplets of consecutive switches belonging to the oriented loops, so as to allow verification of determinism of the network. |
| US07983189B2 |
System and method for tracking performance and service level agreement compliance for multipoint packet services
A system and method for measuring compliance with a service level agreement for communications. A threshold is set for a core information rate and a user network interface core information rate operable to avoid contention. Frame loss is measured on a core network and legs of the network. A determination is made that the service loss agreement is noncompliant in response to determining there is frame loss and a user network interface core information rate has not been exceeded or the core committed information rate has not been exceeded. |
| US07983186B2 |
Defining lost event talley tag packets when PET count rates exceed available acquisition bandwidth
A system identifies when received packets are lost at a node in a multi-node processing chain. The system processing chain may include a gantry interface module for receiving coincident event data from a PET (Positron Emission Tomography) detector array, a DMA (direct memory access) rebinner card, and a transmission line coupled between the gantry interface module and the DMA card. FPGA and FIFO elements in each processing portion receive packets that may be lost if there is insufficient FIFO capacity. Lost packets are marked, discarded, and counted. At specified intervals, set in accordance with a threshold number of packets received a lost tally data packet is generated that includes count information for lost packets. The lost tally data packet is forwarded downstream when sufficient storage capacity exists. |
| US07983183B2 |
Method and arrangement for measuring transmission quality in a packet mode communication network
A method and an arrangement for measuring a transmission quality in terms of lost packets between two pre-determined nodes arranged to transmit and receive packets in a packet mode communication network. Each node is provided with a counter arranged to count transmitted packets in one node and received packets in the other node during a pre-determined period of time. After the pre-determined period of time has ended, the counters are compared in order to obtain a packet loss measurement. |
| US07983182B2 |
Methods and apparatus for exchanging network connectivity and capability information
A method for managing transport node capability information includes discovering a link end of a local transport node, modelling the local transport node's capability information as a first set of information structures, discovering a neighbor transport node, establishing a control adjacency link between control elements of the local transport node and neighbor transport node, modelling the neighbor transport node's capability information as a second set of information structures, exchanging the first and second sets of information structures between the control elements and identifying potential network layer links between the local and neighbor transport nodes, based on correlations in the first and second sets of information structures. |
| US07983180B2 |
Triggered announcement from a gateway
An advantageous system, apparatus, and method for remotely managing or maintaining a Gateway, such as a residential router, are provided. In one example, the Gateway generates and sends an announcement to a service or equipment provider informing the provider of the Gateway's current IP address (or resolvable name) and a valid password to access the Gateway. Thus, in one example, a service/equipment provider without inherent knowledge of a Gateway IP address may remotely manage or troubleshoot a Gateway using a basic Web browser. |
| US07983178B2 |
Fibre channel fabric simulator
A fabric simulation device implementing a method for generating a simulated fabric of a simulated storage area network. In operation, the fabric simulation device logs into a physical storage area network as an unofficial physical fiber channel switch connected to the simulated storage area network, and maintains a fabric testing relationship between the physical storage area network and the simulated storage area network based on being logged into the physical storage area network as the unofficial physical fiber channel switch. |
| US07983176B2 |
Method and system for monitoring communications of an individual in a packet network
A system and method are disclosed for monitoring communications of an individual in a packet network. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a network monitor having a communications interface coupled to a packet network, and a controller. The controller can be programmed to receive a request from a third party to monitor communications associated with an individual, convey to the third party information monitored on a group of one or more permanent virtual circuits (PVCs) of the packet network associated with the individual, detect an update in the group of one or more PVCs, determine new set of one or more PVCs associated with the individual, and convey to the third party information monitored from the new set of one or more PVCs. |
| US07983175B2 |
System and method for detecting a network failure
A method and system detect a failed communication transmission that fails to reach a recipient after attempting to be transmitted from a sender to the recipient over a communication path. Upon detection of the failed communication, the method initiates a first inquiry process from the sender. This first inquiry process tests how far a first test communication transmission can travel from the sender to the recipient along the communication path. Similarly, upon detection of the failed communication, the method initiates a second inquiry process from the recipient. The second inquiry process tests how far a second test communication transmission can travel from the recipient to the sender along the communication path. The method combines the results of the first inquiry process and the results of the second inquiry process to determine which of the nodes in the communication path are not successfully forwarding test communications to identify at least one possibly faulty node. The identification of the possibly faulty node is then output to the sender and the recipient. |
| US07983172B2 |
Interference measuring and mapping method and apparatus for wireless networks using relay stations
Interference levels occurring at one or more stations in a wireless network, where each of said one or more stations is a base station or a relay station. The measured interference levels are mapped by building a first matrix including noise plus interference occurring at each of the one or more stations, respectively, and scheduled transmissions at predetermined times by each relay station respectively are mapped by building a second matrix. The first matrix and the second matrix are multiplied in order to determine the noise plus interference impact upon each base station by each relay station so that a network schedule can be generated in order to increase bandwidth efficiency in the network. |
| US07983171B2 |
Method to manage path failure thresholds
A failure threshold host command that provides a host with the capability to tune a storage controller path failure threshold based on the host application performance requirements. The failure threshold host command comprises path failure threshold rules that the storage controller uses to determine when a CHPid has reached a failed state condition. |
| US07983167B1 |
Quality of service for a stackable network switch
A first sub-switch for a network switch includes a plurality of ports. A forwarding engine communicates with the ports. A control plane processor communicates with the forwarding engine. A first sub-switch interface communicates with the forwarding engine and receives a path message from a second sub-switch in the network switch. A second sub-switch interface communicates with the forwarding engine, transmits the path message to a third sub-switch in the network switch, and receives a reserve message from the third sub-switch identifying requested resources for a planned data flow having a quality of service. The control plane processor attempts to reserve the requested resources on the second sub-switch interface based on the quality of service. |
| US07983164B2 |
Apparatus and method for merging internet traffic mirrored from multiple links
An apparatus and method for merging Internet traffic mirrored from multiple links are provided. A merged flow can be generated on the Internet having a characteristic of asymmetrical route through a technology of merging the traffic according to an identical characteristic based on correlation analysis using internet traffic mirrored from several spots of multiple links connected to a network to facilitate general analysis and specific application analysis of traffic. |
| US07983163B2 |
System and method for implementing adaptive load sharing to balance network traffic
A method for implementing adaptive load sharing to balance network traffic. The method begins by identifying all paths in a network between a first provider edge and a second provider edge. Next determining jitter, packet delay, and packet loss for each identified path in the network. Then utilizing the jitter, packet delay, and packet loss values, calculating a usage value for each path in the network. The usage value corresponds to the percentage of all network traffic which a specific path in the network may manage. When data is received by the first provider edge, the provider edge selects the appropriate path for the data. The appropriate path being the path with the largest usage value which is currently not managing a percentage of the network traffic that is equal to its usage value. |
| US07983159B2 |
Queue-based active queue management process
An active queue management (AQM) process for network communications equipment. The AQM process is queue based and involves applying at a queue size threshold congestion notification to communications packets in a queue of a link via packet dropping; and adjusting said queue size threshold on the basis of the congestion level. The AQM process releases more buffer capacity to accommodate more incoming packets by increasing said queue size threshold when congestion increases; and decreases buffer capacity by reducing said queue size threshold when congestion decreases. Network communications equipment includes a switch component for switching communications packets between input ports and output ports, packet queues for at least the output ports, and an active queue manager for applying congestion notification to communications packets in the queues for the output ports via packet dropping. The congestion notification is applied at respective queue size thresholds for the queues, and the thresholds adjusted on the basis of the respective congestion levels of the queues of the output ports. |
| US07983156B1 |
System and method for controlling network congestion
A method for controlling network congestion includes estimating a queue size, entering a first mode of operation if the estimated queue size is below a first threshold, and entering a second mode of operation if the estimated queue size is above a second threshold. |
| US07983148B1 |
Disaster recovery via alternative terminals and partitioned networks
An enterprise network is provided that includes a plurality of internal terminals 108, 112 corresponding to a plurality of subscribers and a network reconfiguration agent 212 operable to (a) determine that at least one of a requested connection to a first terminal 112-1 associated with a subscriber and a connected communication with the first terminal 112-1 will have and/or has an undesirable grade of service and (b) in response thereto, perform at least one of the following operations: (i) direct the requested connection or connected communication to a second terminal 108, 140 associated with the subscriber; and (ii) change the communication path for the requested connection or connected communication from a first communication path comprising a first network 110 but not a second network 404 to a second communication path comprising the second network 404 but not the first network 110. |
| US07983146B2 |
Method for communications using a communication protocol
A method, system and type of database for transmitting data is disclosed in which the data is organized into a structured linear database. The structured linear database includes a routing header portion, a file allocation table, a data portion and a tailbit portion. The structured linear database may be transmitted over any type of network, such as a TM-UWB system or a fiber-optic system. Once the data to be transmitted is identified, a corresponding field is identified in the field allocation table giving the location of the data within the transmission. This field is then referenced by the user to access the specific type of data desired at the given location of the transmission. this process may be repeated enabling data to be stored on transmission lines and accessed at any point at any time providing an always on network. |
| US07983141B2 |
Synchronized multipoint-to-point communication using orthogonal frequency division
A multipoint-to-point, orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) communication system is provided. The system includes a plurality of remote units and a host unit that includes a demodulator. Each of the remote units transmits an upstream OFDM signal using a multiple access scheme to the host unit demodulator using at least one of a plurality of orthogonal tones within an OFDM waveform. The host unit receives the upstream OFDM signals from a plurality of the remote units. Portions of upstream OFDM signals from at least two of the remote units arrive at the host unit at the same time. The host unit demodulator demodulates the portions and the upstream signals from the plurality of remote units arrive at the host unit synchronized in time and frequency within the OFDM waveform. |
| US07983137B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing optical disc signal
According to the present invention, whether recoding pits are larger or smaller than diffraction limit is determined. Then, a signal process suitable for processing of the recording pits larger than the diffraction limit and a signal process suitable for processing of the recording pits smaller than diffraction limit are divided to divisionally perform equalizer processing. The respective signals subjected to the divisional processing are synthesized to obtain a processed output signal. A reproduction signal with reduced impact of intersymbol interference is thus obtained. |
| US07983123B2 |
Methods of defect management and reproduction, program and recording medium, and apparatuses for information recording and information reproduction
A method of defect management for managing on a block-by-block basis a defective area in an information-recording medium is disclosed. The medium has a user-data area, a sparing area, and a defect-management information are. The block is of a predetermined size. The method includes the steps of, when a defective block in which the defective area is included is set to be replaced with a sparing block of the sparing area: dividing the sparing block into multiple subblocks so as to set identifying information, for identifying a sparing subblock in which data are replaced and a non-sparing subblock in which data are not replaced, as defect-management information; and setting block-management information, including information regarding the defective block and the sparing block, and information regarding an area in which non-sparing data not replaced with the sparing block are stored, as defect-management information. |
| US07983122B2 |
Defocus detection device, defocus detection method and optical disk unit using the same
Defocus detection device and method capable of detecting a defocus accurately during recording of information to an optical disk having a plurality of recording layers and an optical disk unit using the device and method are provided. A temporal restriction is imposed on defocus detection and besides, in comparison with a level for detection of a first change of a focus error signal developing during a defocus, a level for detection of a successively occurring second change of a polarity inverse to that of the first change is made to be smaller. When the first level is exceeded and thereafter the second level is exceeded within a restricted time, a defocus is detected. |
| US07983121B2 |
Optical axis shift correcting device and method, and computer program
An optical axis shift correcting device is provided in an optical information device including an irradiation element for applying a laser, an optical system for guiding a laser applied to an optical disc having a recording track, and a light reception element for receiving the light from the optical disc generated by the guided laser via the optical system. The optical axis shift correcting device includes a jitter acquisition element, an optical axis modification element modifying the direction of the optical axis with respect to the light reception element, and a control element controlling the optical axis modification element to reduce the shift when the acquired jitter amount exceeds a predetermined threshold value. The optical axis shift correcting device thus corrects the optical axis light shift on the surface of the light reception element with respect to the radial direction of the optical disc set in the optical information device. |
| US07983120B2 |
Optical disk apparatus, focus control method and optical disk
The present invention provides an optical disk apparatus capable of stably performing a layer jump on an optical disk having plural recording layers and non-uniform interlayer distances. In an optical disk with at least three recording layers and non-uniform interlayer distances between respective recording layers, if a layer jump is carried out from a first recording layer to a second recording layer, a distance from the first recording layer to the second recording layer is obtained and driving voltages set according to the distance are applied to an actuator for the layer jump to carry out the layer jump. At this time, interlayer distances for combinations of the respective recording layers and applied driving voltages thereto are stored in a memory in advance and when necessary, corresponding driving voltages are read out from the memory and are set for the layer jump. |
| US07983118B2 |
Record carrier and scanning device
An optical record carrier (1) includes an area (2) for storing user information and an area (3) for storing control information. The control information is arranged in a block of frames of equal length. The block includes an identification of the total number of frames in the block. |
| US07983117B2 |
Optical memories, method for reading and writing such optical memories, and device for reading and writing such memories
The invention concerns a optical data memory, said memory comprising at least one layer of supporting material, said supporting material including molecules having, in a local zone, a collective state of molecules from at least one first collective state of molecules, and a second collective state of molecules. The invention is characterized in that only molecules having the first collective state of molecules in said local zone are capable of generating a second-harmonic signal when they are excited in said local zone by a reading electromagnetic radiation. |
| US07983116B2 |
Electronic timepiece and control method for an electronic timepiece
An electronic timepiece includes a reception unit that receives satellite signals transmitted from positioning information satellites; a time information generating unit that generates an internal time; a manual reception process unit that starts operation of the reception unit and executes a manual reception process when an external operating member is operated; an automatic reception process unit that automatically operates the reception unit and executes an automatic reception process when a predetermined condition is satisfied; a simple time adjustment process unit that executes a simple time adjustment process to receive a satellite signal from one positioning information satellite by means of the reception unit, acquire time information from the received satellite signal, and adjust the internal time; and a high precision time adjustment process unit that executes a high precision time adjustment process to receive satellite signals from a plurality of positioning information satellites by means of the reception unit, acquire time information and positioning information from the received satellite signals and determine the location, and adjust the internal time to the time acquired based on the positioning result. The automatic reception process unit executes the simple time adjustment process by means of the simple time adjustment process unit when the automatic reception process executes, and the high precision time adjustment process unit executes the high precision time adjustment process only when the manual reception process is executed by the manual reception process unit. |
| US07983115B2 |
System and method for managing time in automatic control equipment
A time management system that includes a first clock having a first counter operating on a first timebase, a second clock having a second counter operating on a second timebase identical to the first timebase and a third counter operating on a third timebase less than the second timebase. The time management system performs a resynchronization of the second clock after the main electrical power supply has been restored, this resynchronization including, on a modification of the first counter, loading the first counter into the second counter and in zeroing the third counter. |
| US07983111B2 |
Memory controller for controlling memory and method of controlling memory
A memory controller for controlling a memory that operates in synchronization with a clock signal, wherein the memory sequentially outputs data of addresses starting from a target address in synchronization with the clock signal after receiving a read command and the target address, the memory controller includes a supply control module that performs a supply process for supplying data inside the memory corresponding to a request address to an external device, in response to a read request designating the request address which is transmitted from the external device, wherein the supply process includes a supply process using a sequential mode, and wherein the supply process using the sequential mode includes a process for acquiring data to be supplied to the external device from the memory in response to read requests by repeatedly stopping and restarting supply of the clock signal without supplying the read command and the target address to the memory, in a case where a plurality of consecutive request addresses are sequentially designated one after another by a plurality of the consecutive read requests and a process for supplying requested data from among data acquired in responseto the plurality of the read requests to the external device. |
| US07983109B2 |
Semiconductor device
A phase change memory capable of highly reliable operations is provided. A semiconductor device has a memory array having a structure in which memory cells are stacked including memory layers using a chalcogenide material and diodes, and initialization conditions and write conditions are changed according to the layer in which a selected memory cell is positioned. The initialization conditions and write conditions (herein, reset conditions) are changed according to the operation by selecting a current mirror circuit according to the operation and by a control mechanism of a reset current in a voltage select circuit and the current mirror circuit. |
| US07983106B2 |
Voltage stabilization circuit and semiconductor memory apparatus using the same
A voltage stabilization circuit of a semiconductor memory apparatus includes an operation speed detecting unit configured to detect an operation speed of the semiconductor memory apparatus to generate a detection signal, and a voltage line controlling unit configured to interconnect a first voltage line and a second voltage line in response to the detection signal. |
| US07983104B2 |
Page mode access for non-volatile memory arrays
An array of non-volatile memory cells arranged in logical columns and logical rows, and associated circuitry to enable reading or writing one or more memory cells on a row in parallel. In some embodiments, the array of memory cells may include a phase change material. In some embodiments, the circuitry may include a write driver, a read driver, a sense amplifier, and circuitry to isolate the memory cells from the sense amplifier with extended refresh. |
| US07983102B2 |
Data detecting apparatus and methods thereof
A data detecting apparatus and a data detecting method are disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention. The data detecting apparatus operates according to a clock signal with a predetermined period. The data detecting apparatus comprises a plurality of memory cells, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of bit lines, a plurality of sense amplifiers and a pre-charge control circuit. |
| US07983096B2 |
Semiconductor device including nonvolatile memory
A semiconductor device includes a nonvolatile memory configured to store write data in a write-enabled state, a check circuit configured to enable the write data as data for comparison in response to an enabled-status indicating signal indicative of the write-enabled state and to output a result of comparison obtained by comparing data read from the nonvolatile memory with the enabled data for comparison, and a path configured to output the result of comparison output from the check circuit to outside the semiconductor device, wherein no path to output the data read from the nonvolatile memory to outside the semiconductor device is in existence. |
| US07983092B2 |
Nonvolatile memory apparatus and method of using thin film transistor as nonvolatile memory
The present invention relates to a nonvolatile memory apparatus and a method of using a thin film transistor (TFT) as a nonvolatile memory by storing carriers in a body of the TFT, which operates a general TFT as a memory cell of a nonvolatile memory by manipulating the electrical characteristics of the TFT in order to integrate with other electrical components formed by TFTs, such as logic circuit or TFT-LCD pixel transistor, on the LCD panel without additional semiconductor manufacturing processes. |
| US07983090B2 |
Memory voltage cycle adjustment
The present disclosure includes various method, device, system, and module embodiments for memory cycle voltage adjustment. One such method embodiment includes counting a number of process cycles performed on a first memory block in a memory device. This method embodiment also includes adjusting at least one program voltage, from an initial program voltage to an adjusted voltage, in response to the counted number of process cycles. |
| US07983089B2 |
Sense amplifier with capacitance-coupled differential sense amplifier
During first portion of a first read cycle determining that a first input of a sense amplifier is to receive information based upon a state of a storage cell during a first portion of a read cycle, and determining that a conductance at the first input is substantially equal to a conductance at a second input of the sense amplifier during the first portion. A plurality of NAND string modules are connected to a global bit line of a memory device that includes a memory column where a plurality of NAND strings and a buffer are formed. |
| US07983078B2 |
Data retention of last word line of non-volatile memory arrays
Techniques for operating non-volatile storage compensate. The techniques compensate for differences in floating gate coupling effect experienced by non-volatile storage elements on different word lines. An erase of a group of non-volatile storage elements is performed. A set of the non-volatile storage elements are for storing data and at least one of the non-volatile storage elements is a dummy that is not for storing data. The dummy is a neighbor to one of the data non-volatile storage elements. The data non-volatile storage elements are programmed at some point after the erase. Then, a programming voltage is applied to the dummy non-volatile storage element to increase the threshold voltage of the dummy to cause floating gate coupling effect to the neighbor non-volatile storage element to compensate for lesser floating gate coupling effect that the neighbor experienced during programming. |
| US07983076B2 |
Non-volatile semiconductor memory circuit for generating write voltage
A non-volatile semiconductor memory circuit for generating a write voltage is presented. The non-volatile semiconductor memory circuit includes a memory cell and a voltage generator. The voltage generator provides a write voltage at a given target level that varies in accordance with an amount of current detected by the memory cell array by using a reference voltage. |
| US07983074B2 |
Ferromagnetic nanorings, mediums embodying same including devices and methods related thereto
Featured is a magnetic ring structure including at least a vortex magnetic state such as symmetrically and asymmetrically shaped nanorings (FIG. 7C), having small diameters (e.g., on the order of 100 run). In particular embodiments, the width and thickness of the maxima and minima thereof are located on opposite sides of the nanoring. Also featured are methods for fabricating such symmetrically and asymmetrically shaped nanorings (FIG. 1). Also featured are methods for controlling the reversal process so as to thereby create vortex states in such asymmetric nanorings by controlling the field angle (FIG. 9). |
| US07983073B2 |
Static random access memories and access methods thereof
A static random access memory device capable of preventing stability issues during a write operation is provided, in which a memory cell is coupled to a read word line, a write word line, a read bit line, a write bit line and a complementary write bit line, and a multiplexing unit is coupled to the read bit line, the write bit line and the complementary write bit line. The multiplexing unit applies first and second logic voltages representing a logic state stored in the memory cell to the write bit line and the complementary write bit line, respectively, when the memory cell is not selected to be written by an input signal from a data driver and the read word line is activated, in which the first and second logic voltages are opposite to each other. |
| US07983072B2 |
Semiconductor device
In one aspect of the present invention, a semiconductor device A semiconductor device may include a SRAM cell having a first inverter, a second inverter, a first transfer transistor and a second transistor, the first inverter having a first load transistor and a first driver transistor connected to the first load transistor, the second inverter having a second load transistor and a second driver transistor connected to the second load transistor, a voltage supplying circuit configured to supply a voltage to one of the terminals of the first driver transistor and one of the terminals of the second driver transistor, the voltage which is one of more than a GND voltage and less than a GND voltage. |
| US07983069B2 |
Write operations for phase-change-material memory
Improved write operation techniques for use in phase-change-material (PCM) memory devices are disclosed. By way of one example, a method of performing a write operation in a phase-change-material memory cell, the memory cell having a set phase and a reset phase associated therewith, comprises the following steps. A word-line associated with the memory cell is monitored. Performance of a write operation to the memory cell for the set phase is initiated when the word-line is activated. The write operation to the memory cell for the set phase may then be continued when valid data for the set phase is available. A write operation to the memory cell for the reset phase may be performed when valid data for the reset phase is available. Other improved PCM write operation techniques are disclosed. |
| US07983067B2 |
Semiconductor memory device with ferroelectric memory
A semiconductor memory device includes plural word lines, plural first bit lines, plural plate lines formed corresponding to the word lines, plural second bit lines formed corresponding to the first bit lines, plural first ferroelectric capacitors each including a ferroelectric film between two electrodes, plural cell transistor formed corresponding to the first ferroelectric capacitors, and including a gate coupled to the word lines, plural second ferroelectric capacitors each including a ferroelectric film between two electrodes, and a sense amplifier configured to detect data stored in the first ferroelectric capacitors through the first bit lines or data stored in the second ferroelectric capacitors through the second bit line, or to write data in the first ferroelectric capacitors or the second ferroelectric capacitors. The first ferroelectric capacitors and the cell transistors connect between the first bit lines and the plate lines in series, and the second ferroelectric capacitors connect between the second bit lines and the word lines. |
| US07983060B2 |
Method for reducing the reactive power requirement of a fundamental frequency clocked power supply side converter under no load and with low motor loading
The invention relates to a method for reducing the idle current requirement of a base frequency clocked supply side converter (1) on idle and with low motor loads, provided with controllable semiconductors (T1,T2,T3,T4, T5,T6), wherein the base frequency clocking of the semiconductor switches (T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6) occurs depending on the desired direction of flow of power. A converter (1) for carrying out said method is also disclosed. |
| US07983057B2 |
PCBA mounting assembly for tool-less attachment and release
A mounting assembly is provided for use in mounting a printed circuit board to a computer chassis. The mounting assembly includes standoffs attached to the chassis wall to extend outward into the chassis. Each standoff includes an elongated body and a neck extending from the body and having a smaller diameter than outer dimensions of the body. Each standoff includes a head extending from the neck. The mounting assembly includes retention assemblies that are mounted to the printed circuit board. Each retention assembly includes a spring-force retention member (such as a single coil of a ring spring) with an inner passageway with an at rest diameter smaller than the head. The printed circuit board is mounted to the chassis wall by pressing the printed circuit board onto the standoff elements, which are clasped by a spring force applied by each of the spring-force retention members on the standoff necks. |
| US07983054B2 |
Compact control device for a motor vehicle
A motor vehicle control device includes a housing lid and a base plate that are connected with each other in an oil-tight manner via a frame. An interconnect device with at least one electronic component and/or at least one electrical contact area is arranged on the base plate. Respectively in the area of an electronic component and/or an electrical contact area, the base plate includes a foil conductor strip, of which an end section facing the interconnect device in turn includes an electrical contact area. The frame completely surrounds the interconnect device and includes one opening respectively in the area of an electrical contact area of the foil strip. Via connection lines, the electronics on the interconnect device are electrically connected with the contact area in the opening, and thus with the electronic components outside the control device. |
| US07983052B2 |
Electronic device chassis and network
The invention relates to an electronic device chassis, comprising at least an opening on the chassis and an inward guide apparatus along the opening; the guide apparatus comprises at least a first guide part and a second guide part which are respectively a concave slide and a convex slide, to guide modules in at least two different structural specifications into the electronic device to establish electrical connection with the electronic device. The module is inserted through the opening along the slides, and is fitted to the corresponding connector on the mainboard. The invention can solve the problem that traditional switch devices can not support different transmission speeds and transmission modes between networks. With the slides, a device can be compatible with data transmission modules with different speeds and different interface forms. Functions of a device are enhanced and device configuration is increased; in addition, the structure is compact, which flexibly meets changing market demands for a device. The invention also relates to a network switch device with the chassis. |
| US07983049B2 |
Electrical field device and expansion module for insertion into an electrical field device
An electrical field device for use in industrial control with a housing, with at least one input, at least one output and an electronic circuit with a microcontroller, a memory and a circuit board. The electrical field device is easily adapted to different functions and conditions of use in that an opening is formed on one side of the housing for insertion of an electronic expansion module which has at least one circuit board, and in that the circuit board has a contact region with contacts for mechanical and electrical contact-making with mating contacts connected to the circuit board of the expansion, module and a circuit board recess formed such that an inserted expansion module does not have any conductive connection to the field device except in the contact region so that reliable electrical isolation between the interior of the device and the user is ensured. |
| US07983047B2 |
Mounting assembly for heat sink
A mounting assembly includes a circuit board, a chip socket mounted on a topside of the circuit board with a chip attached thereon, a heat sink positioned on a top surface of the chip, and a backplate attached to an underside of the circuit board. The heat sink includes a pair of securing legs at two corners of the heat sink, and a pair of securing members. Each securing leg defines a securing hole thereon. Each securing member includes a spring thereon positioned between the corresponding securing legs and the circuit board. The securing members are secured in the corresponding securing holes to secure the heat sink to the circuit board. |
| US07983046B1 |
Electronic control module and enclosed power module
Power electronic devices of an electronic control module are mounted in a power module disposed between the control module circuit board and an interior face of the control module case, with a prescribed separation distance between the circuit board and a housing of the power module. The power electronic devices are mounted on an inboard face of a power module substrate, and a heatsink thermally coupled to the opposite face of the substrate is fastened to an interior surface of the control module case. The substrate and heatsink are mounted in the power module housing, and the power electronic devices are electrically coupled to the circuit board by a set of compliant terminals that protrude from the inboard face of the power module housing. The terminals extend into plated holes in the circuit board, and have shoulders that limit their depth of insertion to establish the prescribed separation distance between the circuit board and the power module housing. |
| US07983044B2 |
Electrical apparatus, cooling system therefor, and electric vehicle
An inverter apparatus includes a liquid path in which cooling water flows, and in which the cooling water performs cooling at a cooling part located directly underneath the power circuit part of the inverter apparatus. The liquid path includes a first partial structure part formed between a feed pipe and the cooling part, and having a liquid path cross-sectional profile that is gradually reduced in the short-side direction of the cooling part and that is gradually enlarged in the long-side direction thereof; and a second partial structure part formed between the cooling part and a drain pipe, and having a liquid path cross-sectional profile that is gradually enlarged from the short-side of the cooling part and that is gradually reduced from the long-side thereof. |
| US07983036B2 |
Flexible sheet with sealing skirt for keyboard assembly
A computer comprises an upper housing, a lower housing, and a flexible sheet disposed between the housings. The sheet covers and area of least one of the housings. The sheet comprises an outer skirt that fits within a receiving portion in at least one of the housings thereby forming a seal around an edge of the computer. |
| US07983034B1 |
Docking system for MP3 players and other portable electronic devices
Sleeves for different portable electronic devices (portable media players, wireless telephones, handheld computers, etc.) adapt the outer contours of the devices such that all can fit within the pocket of a standard device dock. Each sleeve situates its portable electronic device within the pocket of the dock such that at least one of its power/communications ports is situated at a standard location. The device dock then also accommodates a connector which fits within the dock pocket, and which has power/communications ports situated at the standard location, such that when the sleeved device is inserted into the pocket, its power/communications ports interface with the power/communications ports of the connector. The connector can incorporate data storage devices, power supplies, interface cables extending to other devices (such as personal computers, stereo systems, etc.) such that it lends the functionality of these devices to the sleeved device situated within the pocket. |
| US07983024B2 |
Fuse card system for automotive circuit protection
A fuse assembly includes: (i) a junction box including a battery B+ board having a plurality of metallized slots and a distribution board having a plurality of metallized slots; and (ii) a plurality of fuses releasably secured within the metallized slots, the fuses each including a substrate, first and second contacts positioned on the substrate, each contact in electrical communication with one of the metallized slots, and a fuse element in electrical communication with the first and second contacts. |
| US07983023B2 |
Earthing equipment for switchgear
Earthing equipment for a switchgear is comprised of a movable carrying cart, a switch portion, a manipulating portion, and a voltage detecting device. The earthing equipment is provided with: an upper conductor connected to any one of the movable electrode and the stationary electrode; a lower conductor connected to the other of the movable electrode and the stationary electrode, an earthing wire connecting the lower conductor to a terminal used for earthing of the switchgear; and an adaptor conductor being selectively connected to either a disconnection portion at a bus bar side or a disconnection portion at a cable side of the switchgear and is permitted to be selectively replaced on either upper or lower face of the upper conductor. |
| US07983021B2 |
Oblong electrochemical double layer capacitor
An oblong electrochemical double-layer capacitor is disclosed having a modified jelly roll design and having a plurality of fingers extending from each electrode in substantially the same direction. A packaged electrochemical double-layer capacitor is also disclosed comprising the oblong electrochemical double-layer capacitor having a modified jelly roll design. A method for manufacturing an oblong electrochemical double-layer capacitor having a modified jelly roll design is also disclosed. |
| US07983020B2 |
Carbon nanotube coated capacitor electrodes
Devices and methods for their formation, including electronic devices containing capacitors, are described. In one embodiment, a device includes a substrate and a capacitor is formed on the substrate. The capacitor includes first and second electrodes and a capacitor dielectric between the first and second electrodes. At least one of the first and second electrodes includes a metal layer having carbon nanotubes coupled thereto. In one aspect of certain embodiments, the carbon nanotubes are at least partially coated with an electrically conductive material. In another aspect of certain embodiments, the substrate comprises an organic substrate and the capacitor dielectric comprises a polymer material. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US07983018B2 |
Plasma processing system ESC high voltage control and methods thereof
An arrangement for securing a wafer during substrate processing is provided. The arrangement includes a power supply and an electrostatic chuck (ESC). The ESC supports the wafer and includes a positive and a negative terminal. A positive high voltage is provided to the positive terminal through an RF filter and a negative high voltage is provided to the negative terminal through the RF filter. The arrangement also includes a first and a second trans-impedance amplifiers (TIAs) that measure a first set of voltages for determining a value of a positive load current applied to the positive terminal and a third and fourth TIAs that measure a second set of voltages for determining a value of a negative load current applied to the negative terminal. The arrangement yet also includes a program to adjust a bias voltage using the values of the positive load current and the negative load current. |
| US07983015B2 |
Electrostatic discharge protection device for an optical disc drive
An electrostatic discharge protection device for an optical disc drive is provided. A rail disposed on the casing of the disc drive has an opening. A guide bar is slidable disposed on the rail. A conductive elastic plate is fixed around the opening on the rail. The elastic plate has an elastic-pressing end leaning against the guide bar through the opening, and a protrusion electrically contacting the casing. A tray supported by the guide bar to move in and out of the casing has an underside covered by a protection bottom plate. A conductive strip-shaped elastic element is fixed on the tray by a fixing screw, which fastens the protection bottom plate on the tray. As such, the elastic element is in contact with the protection bottom plate; besides, the elastic element also leans against the guide bar, so as to dissipate electrostatic discharge by the guide bar. |
| US07983013B2 |
Operating and controlling insulated gate bipolar transistors in high speed failure mode situations
A circuit and method to provide dynamic fault protection to transistors are disclosed. The fault protection may be particularly suited for protecting insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs). |
| US07983011B2 |
AP1 layer for TMR device
A TMR read head with improved voltage breakdown is formed by laying down the AP1 layer as two or more layers. Each AP1 sub-layer is exposed to a low energy plasma for a short time before the next layer is deposited. This results in a smooth surface, onto which to deposit the tunneling barrier layer, with no disruption of the surface crystal structure of the completed AP1 layer. |
| US07983008B2 |
Piezoelectric actuated suspension with passive damping in hard disk drives
A piezoelectric actuated suspension with passive damping is disclosed for precision positioning of hard disk drive while reducing undesired shock vibrations. Along the longitudinal axis of an etched suspension, two piezoelectric actuators dispose near the base plate to provide a push-pull motion. The actuators have two main portions. The first portion is piezoelectric elements to provide active positioning. The second portion is viscoelastic damping layers underneath the piezoelectric elements for passive damping. The complementary parts such as stiff edge elements and optional soft boundary covers are used to enhance the actuating abilities of the actuators and prevent any contaminants of the viscoelastic layers from going into the clean sealed chamber of the hard disk drive, respectively. The present invention further relates to a dual-stage servo system in a hard disk drive for fine positioning of the read/write head and better shock resistance via the piezoelectric actuated suspension with passive damping. |
| US07983007B2 |
Magnetic tape apparatus
In a magnetic tape apparatus of the present invention, a magnetic head unit having magnetic elements capable of recording or reproducing information with respect to a magnetic tape includes a movable member that includes a magnetic element and has such a size that the movable member comes into contact with the magnetic tape over an entire region in a width direction, and is placed so as to move in the width direction of the magnetic tape, and a stationary member that is placed at a position adjacent to the movable member in a magnetic tape transport direction, wherein the movable member is moved in the width direction of the magnetic tape by a tracking servo mechanism during a tracking servo control. According to this configuration, a magnetic tape apparatus excellent in a tracking precision can be provided, in which even a magnetic tape with a high friction coefficient does not move following the movement of a magnetic head unit in the width direction. |
| US07983004B2 |
Magnetic recording medium with magnetic film pattern sidewalls having at least two faces of different slope angles and magnetic recording apparatus having the same
According to one embodiment, there is provided a magnetic recording media including a substrate, and a magnetic recording layer including magnetic film patterns formed in a protruded form on the substrate, sidewalls of the magnetic film patterns having at least two faces of different slope angles. |
| US07982999B2 |
Information storing device and method for controlling same to record/reproduce information by selecting one of working modes
An information storing device and an information processing device having a memory for registering a plurality of working modes at recording/reproduction and a switching circuit for selecting one of the plurality of working modes, which select the optimum working mode automatically or by an instruction of an operator according to power supply capacity of a device of higher rank to effect recording/reproduction. |
| US07982998B1 |
Communications channel with programmable coupling
A communications circuit includes a first filter having a corner frequency that is adjustable. A data type identifier that tracks first and second types of data flowing through the communications circuit. A control module that adjusts the corner frequency of the first filter to provide alternating current (AC) coupling during the first type of data and adjusts the corner frequency of the first filter to provide direct current (DC) coupling during the second type of data. |
| US07982987B2 |
Methods and apparatus to detect surface characteristics on magnetic read/write heads
A method and apparatus for detecting predetermined surface characteristics in head gimbal assemblies to improve hard disk drive reliability. The predetermined surface characteristics include head slider protrusions such as scratches or contamination that can cause damage to the head or disk in hard drives. By detecting these protrusions, those drives with an increased chance of failure can be removed from a test group, thereby increasing the quality and reliability of the remaining disk drives. The invention provides a method of detecting these protrusions that is a more practical option than using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) to inspect each head slider. |
| US07982979B2 |
Lens module
A lens module includes a lens and an opaque plate. The lens is received in the main body, and includes an imaging portion and a non-imaging portion surrounding the imaging portion. An annular flange is extended upward from the image-side surface of the non-imaging portion. The flange and the image-side surface defines a receiving groove. The opaque plate includes a circular opening corresponding to the imaging portion and a lightproof solid body surrounding the opening. The opaque plate is disposed on the image-side surface of non-imaging portion of the lens with the lightproof solid body received in the receiving groove. |
| US07982973B2 |
Zoom lens, lens barrel and image pickup apparatus
Disclosed herein is a zoom lens, wherein a stop moves in an optical axis direction n in a phase of zooming; a position of the stop in a telephoto end is located on an object side with respect to a position of the stop in a wide-angle end; an opening size of the stop is controlled in conjunction with the zooming so that an open F number becomes approximately constant in a range from the wide-angle end to a specific intermediate focal length; the opening size of the stop is made approximately constant in a range from the specific intermediate focal length to the telephoto end so that the open F number is changed; and the specific intermediate focal length fulfills the following conditional expression (1), wide-angle end focal length×1.5 |
| US07982972B2 |
Image observation apparatus and image observation system
The image observation apparatus includes a first image-forming element and a second image-forming element each of which forms an original image, and an optical system configured to introduce light fluxes from the first and second image-forming elements to an exit pupil position of the optical system where an eye of an observer is placed. The optical system includes an optical surface as a single surface that reflects the light flux from the first image-forming element and transmits the light flux from the second image-forming element. The first image-forming element and the second image-forming element respectively form a first original image and a second original image that correspond to different viewing fields from the exit pupil position. The apparatus combines plural original images to enable observation of one combined image and that can suppress generation of light scattering. |
| US07982968B2 |
Variable-power optical system, image pickup device, and digital apparatus
A variable-power optical system includes, in order from an object side thereof: a first lens group with a negative optical power; a second lens group with a positive optical power; and a third lens group with a negative optical power, where an interval between the first lens group and the second lens group decreases when a power of the variable-power optical system varies from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end. The first lens group comprises a negative lens and a positive lens. The second lens group consists of a positive lens and a negative lens, and includes at least one aspheric surface. The variable-power optical system satisfies the predetermined conditional expressions. |
| US07982964B2 |
Liquid lens device and manufacturing method therefor
A manufacturing method for a liquid lens device includes the steps of: preparing a body having a liquid chamber, a conductive first liquid stored in the liquid chamber, an insulating second liquid stored in the liquid chamber, and a hollow electrode pipe for making the communication between the inside and the outside of the liquid chamber, the liquid chamber being defined by a first transparent substrate on which an electrode layer is formed, a second transparent substrate opposed to the first transparent substrate, and an annular sealing member interposed between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate; applying pressure to the first and second transparent substrates to thereby compress the sealing member and discharge the first liquid from the second end of the hollow electrode pipe; and closing the second end of the hollow electrode pipe. |
| US07982949B2 |
Operation microscope having assistant's microscope
An operation microscope includes a microscope body having an illumination optical system which illuminates a subject, a lens barrel, and a main observation optical system which observes the subject, an assistant's microscope unit attached to the microscope body, and a guide rail which is disposed in the lens barrel of the microscope body, and extends in a circumferential direction about a center of an optical axis of an objective lens of the microscope body. The assistant's microscope unit is disposed in the guide rail to be movable between a usage position and a non-usage position in a circumferential direction of the lens barrel. |
| US07982946B1 |
Modulation of terahertz radiation generated in magnon gain cavity
An apparatus and method for generating modulated terahertz radiation are provided. The apparatus comprises: (A) a means for generating Terahertz radiation by pumping nonequilibrium electrons into Magnon Gain Medium (MGM); wherein the nonequilibrium electrons emit nonequilibrium magnons, and wherein interaction between nonequilibrium magnons in the Magnon Gain Medium (MGM) causes generation of Terahertz radiation; and (B) a means for modulating the generated Terahertz radiation. The modulating means further comprises: an AC magnetic field generator, or an AC electric field generator. |
| US07982942B2 |
Color electrophoretic display device and method for manufacturing the same
Discussed are a color electrophoretic display device with a color filter layer, which is formed in a droplet state on a rear surface of an electronic ink film through surface treatment so as to be capable of adjusting density of droplets in pixels and achieving correct alignment, and a method for manufacturing the same. The method includes forming a thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate including a display region, in which a plurality of pixel regions are defined in a matrix, and alignment keys provided at the outside of the display region, forming an electrophoretic layer including a micro capsule layer formed so as to correspond to the display region of the TFT array substrate, and forming a color filter layer on the electrophoretic layer using the alignment keys so as to correspond to the respective pixel regions of the display region. |
| US07982939B2 |
Beam steering using a thermally anisotropic medium
Apparatus for steering a beam of radiation includes a thermally anisotropic element configured such that the shape of the optical element can be varied by varying the temperature of the element. The beam is reflected from or transmitted through the element in a manner such that the direction of the beam on leaving the element can be varied by the change of shape resulting from the temperature variation. |
| US07982938B2 |
Optical mask, and light source device
This optical mask is an optical mask which applies spatial intensity modulation to input light in a beam cross-section and outputs a light after being subjected to the modulation, and when regions A0 to Ap defined by circumferences with p radiuses r1 to rp (p is an even number, rp>rp−1> . . . >r2>r1, and rp−rp−1>rp−1−rp−2> . . . >r3−r2>r2−r1>r1) around a predetermined position are set in order from an inner side, a region Am (m is an even number not less than 0 and not more than p) is a light transmission region, and a region An (n is an odd number not less than 0 and not more than p) is a light shielding region. |
| US07982937B2 |
Micro mirror unit and its manufacturing process, and optical switch with the micro mirror unit employed therein
The micro mirror unit includes a substrate, on which are provided a micro mirror reflecting light, a torsion bar supporting the micro mirror, a frame rotatably supporting the torsion bar, and a deformative supporting part which deforms itself to lift the frame away from the substrate and supports the frame in such a lifted condition. This arrangement makes it possible to realize an increased space between the micro mirror and the substrate, thereby realizing an enlarged mirror tilt angel, without increasing the thickness of the sacrifice layer. |
| US07982931B2 |
Data system for storing holographic media
A master holographic media storing large quantities of holographic media is disclosed. Holographic images may be recorded onto individual Child Plates. A Child Plate may be obtained by culling a portion of a starting or working parent holographic plate with the Child Plate portion comprising all the necessary data required for holographic image reconstruction. A series of plurality of Child Plates are arranged on and compiled to the master holographic media. The resulting information stored on the master holographic media is capable of being displayed as a continuous three-dimensional holographic image. |
| US07982929B2 |
Method of sensing symmetric coded tags
A method of using a sensing device to read coded data is provided. The coded data is arranged in accordance with a layout having mirror and n-fold rotational symmetry about a center of rotation, where n is at least two. The layout includes n identical first sub-layouts rotated 1/n revolutions apart about the center of rotation, and n identical second sub-layouts rotated 1/n revolutions apart about the center of rotation. Each second sub-layout is a reflection of a corresponding one of the first sub-layouts. At least one sub-layout includes rotation-indicating data that distinguishes that sub-layout from at least one other sub-layout and reflection-indicating data that distinguishes the reflections of reflected sub-layouts. The method includes sensing a layout using the sensing device, decoding the coded data of the sensed sub-layouts, thereby determining the rotation-indicating data of that sub-layout, and using the rotation-indicating data to interpret the meaning of the coded data. |
| US07982921B2 |
Device for correcting image data read with image sensor
An image processing device is provided which corrects error pixels without using a line buffer even in the case of using an image sensor with a structure having a plurality of sensors arranged in series. It has a detecting component for detecting the presence or absence of a factor of black line and Kth error pixel correcting processing components each for receiving the Kth pixel signal among the pixel signals output in N divisions, and for correcting error pixels. When the factor of black line is detected at a boundary between Kth and (K−1)th division outputs, the Kth error pixel correcting processing component notifies the (K−1)th error pixel correcting processing component of neighboring pixel information about the error pixels, and the (K−1)th error pixel correcting processing component corrects the error pixels at the boundary in response to the neighboring pixel information notified and the (K−1)th pixel signal. |
| US07982918B2 |
Image annotation using barcodes
A method and apparatus that annotates an image with a barcode is disclosed. The method may include receiving one or more image parameters from a user, determining information concerning a device to be used for processing, determining a date on which image processing occurs, determining a number of copies of the image to be processed, generating a barcode that contains at least coded information concerning the device to be used for processing, the date on which the image is processed, the number of copies of the image to be processed, and at least one of the one or more image parameters received from the user, and sending the generated barcode to the device to be used for processing to enable the barcode to be placed near the image when processed. |
| US07982915B2 |
Inkjet recording apparatus, image processing method, storage medium, pigmented ink, and recorded matter
A disclosed inkjet recording apparatus for performing recording by jetting a recording liquid onto a recording medium includes an image processing unit configured to obtain an output halftone level by performing halftone processing on input image data, to select a dot arrangement order according to the obtained output halftone level, and thereby to generate dot data where dots are arranged in a grid-like pattern. The disclosed inkjet recording apparatus is configured to use a pigmented ink as the recording liquid when the recording medium is a commercial printing paper, and to record the dots in a staggered arrangement where positions of the dots in odd/even-numbered columns or odd/even-numbered rows in the dot data are shifted in a sub-scanning direction or in a main-scanning direction. |
| US07982914B2 |
Image processing apparatus
When one or both of color conversion data for chromatic colors and color conversion data for achromatic colors are rewritten, attribute information of the color conversion data for chromatic colors or the color conversion data for achromatic colors is updated and this attribute information is displayed on a display. |
| US07982912B2 |
Color signal conversion method and apparatus, and method and apparatus for generating mapping parameters
A color signal conversion apparatus for converting a color signal of an input gamut to a color signal of an output gamut is provided. First, a target gamut for gamut mapping carried out on the input gamut is set, after which an evaluation function is determined for evaluating the difference between the target gamut and the results of gamut mapping performed on the input gamut using initialized mapping parameters. Then, the mapping parameters are determined based on the evaluation function so that the difference is minimum. The color signal of the input gamut is then mapped to the output gamut based on the determined mapping parameters and constraining conditions. This makes it possible to achieve favorable gamut mapping based on optimal mapping parameters that have been determined automatically. |
| US07982909B2 |
Method for automatically generating a dynamic digital metadata record from digitized hardcopy media
The present disclosure relates to automatically generating a dynamic set of metadata from digitized hardcopy media. The technique includes scanning the image side and non-image side of a plurality of hardcopy media. A dynamic digital metadata record of each of the plurality of hardcopy media is created and used for manipulating each of the plurality of hardcopy media. |
| US07982908B2 |
Color image forming apparatus and control method therefor
Patches of black and a mixture of color coloring materials are formed on a recording medium, and the chromaticities of the patches are detected (S11). Black tonality data serving as reference lightnesses corresponding to respective tonality data are acquired from pieces of lightness information contained in the detected chromaticities corresponding to the respective tonalities of the black patches. Pieces of black lightness information are corrected on the basis of the acquired black tonality data and the detection results of the black patches. Chromaticities corresponding to the black tonality data are defined as target chromaticities, and the mixture rates of the color coloring materials are corrected on the basis of the target chromaticities and the chromaticities obtained by detecting the patches using the color coloring materials. |
| US07982907B2 |
Image generating apparatus, image processing apparatus, program product and method for printing marked-up print data in color appropriate for printing
In order to print a marked-up region in a color appropriate for printing, a MFP includes a communicating portion to which print data is input, a marked-up region extract portion for extracting a marked-up region from the print data, a marked-up region converter for converting a color of the extracted marked-up region to a conversion color appropriate for printing, and a printer for printing the marked-up region extracted from the print data in the conversion color. |
| US07982906B2 |
Optical scanning device, image display device and retinal scanning display
An optical scanning device is constituted without using any arc sin .theta. correction lens, while maintaining quality of an image. The optical scanning device comprises an optical flux generator, a resonance-type deflection element, a drive signal generator and a dot clock generator that is configured to sequentially generate dot clocks which satisfy a first, second and third condition, wherein the optical flux generator radiates the optical fluxes having brightnesses corresponding to the clock cycles of the dot clocks generated by the dot clock generator. |
| US07982904B2 |
Mobile telecommunications device for printing a competition form
A mobile telecommunications device is shown for printing a competition entry form on print media with coded data encoding a print media identifier. The mobile telecommunications device has an inbuilt printer module to print the competition entry form on the print medium such that the print medium displays at least one entry form detail, a media feed path along which the print media moves during printing by the inbuilt printer module, an interface to a remote server, and a sensor module adjacent the media feed path for reading the print media identifier on one of the print media whilst in the feed path and generating an association between the print media identifier and the at least one entry for detail. During use, the sensor module transmits the association and the user interaction to the remote server via the interface such that user interaction with the at least one entry form detail and subsequent submission of the interaction and the print media identifier to the remote server is a competition entry. |
| US07982900B2 |
Data processing method, program, and data processing system for reprinting template and slip data
In a system for transmitting print data from a server apparatus for forming the print data to a client apparatus and performing print based on the print data, it is an object of the invention to improve security of printed matter by inhibiting reprint using the print data stored in the client apparatus and improve operability upon reprinting. |
| US07982896B2 |
Printer module logically and physically connectable to further modules
A printer module having an elongate cylindrical body is disclosed. The printer module includes modular connectors arranged on longitudinal ends of the body to permit at least an image processing module to be attached to the body. A communications bus associated with the modular connectors interconnects the printing module and other modules, including the image processing module to facilitate communication between the printing mechanism and the image processing module for receiving print data. A pagewidth printing mechanism positioned in the body and adjacent a media feed path prints the print data onto print media in the media feed path. |
| US07982895B2 |
Image communication apparatus and method for controlling image communication apparatus
An image communication apparatus is capable of communicating with external apparatuses. The image communication apparatus receives image data from a first external apparatus and stores the received image data in a storage unit. Upon receiving a request from a second external apparatus, the image communication apparatus identifies the image data that was destined for the second external apparatus among the image data stored in the storage unit and transfers the identified image data to the second external apparatus. |
| US07982894B2 |
Digital multiple apparatus
In a digital multiple apparatus, at least two different jobs are processed by at least two job processing units, and while job processing by one job processing unit, if there is an interruption by job processing by the other job processing unit, an end time of the job processing by the one job processing unit is predicted on the basis of job processing time required for the job processing by the other job processing unit. |
| US07982893B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program
An information processing apparatus includes a transmitting unit that transmits image data and related data that has a data quantity smaller than that of the image data and is related to the image data. The transmitting unit transmits the related data earlier than the image data. |
| US07982888B2 |
Print system, job processing method, storage medium and program
A job processing method for a print system (1000) adapted to be able to perform a processing concerning a job to be processed by a print apparatus (100), the method comprising the steps of: enabling (s1207) by using a user interface (204) an input of an instruction for performing both a first operation and a second operation, the first operation being an operation that needs to perform a first print-processing (operation 3 of FIG. 30B) for a first number of sets and needs to perform a first-processing (operation 4 of FIG. 30B), the second operation being an operation that needs to perform a second print-processing (operation 5 of FIG. 30B) for a second number of sets using print data which is used in the first print-processing and does not needs to perform the first-processing, and enabling (s1212) both the first operation and the second operation by using the print apparatus (100) after receiving the instruction. |
| US07982885B2 |
Electronic pen with retraction mechanism and force sensor
An electronic pen for interacting with a substrate having coded data disposed thereon. The pen comprises: an image sensor for sensing the coded data when the pen is used to interact with the surface; a cartridge having a nib for contacting the surface; a retraction mechanism for slidably moving the cartridge between a retracted position and an extended position; a force sensor cooperating with the retraction mechanism; a processor configured to generate indicating data indicative of the interaction with the substrate; and communication means for communicating the indicating data to a computer system. The image sensor is configured to sense the coded data only when the force sensor detects that the nib is in contact with the substrate. |
| US07982883B2 |
On-chip phase microscope/beam profiler based on differential interference contrast and/or surface plasmon assisted interference
A differential interference contrast (DIC) determination device and method utilizes an illumination source, a layer having a pair of two apertures that receive illumination from the illumination source, and a photodetector to receive Young's interference from the illumination passing through the pair of two apertures. In addition, a surface wave assisted optofluidic microscope and method utilize an illumination source, a fluid channel having a layer with at least one aperture as a surface, and a photodetector that receives a signal based on the illumination passing through the aperture. The layer is corrugated (e.g., via fabrication) and parameters of the corrugation optimize the signal received on the photodetector. |
| US07982881B2 |
Apparatus and method for interferometric measurement of a sample
A device for the interferometric measurement of a sample, in particular the eye, including an interferometer arrangement with a first measurement beam path, through which a measurement beam falls onto the sample, and a first reference beam path, through which a reference beam runs, which is applied to the measuring beam for interference. The interferometer arrangement includes a second measuring beam path and/or second reference beam path. The optical path lengths of the second measuring beam path and/or second reference beam path are different from one of the first beam paths. The wave length difference is selected according to a distance of two measuring areas which are arranged at a distance in the depth direction of the sample. |
| US07982879B2 |
Methods and systems for performing angle-resolved fourier-domain optical coherence tomography
Arrangements, apparatus and methods are provided according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention. In particular, at least one first electro-magnetic radiation may be received and at least one second electro-magnetic radiation within a solid angle may be forwarded to a sample. The second electro-magnetic radiation may be associated with the first electro-magnetic radiation. A plurality of third electro-magnetic radiations can be received from the sample which is associated with the second electro-magnetic radiation, and at least one portion of the third electro-magnetic radiation is provided outside a periphery of the solid angle. Signals associated with each of the third electro-magnetic radiations can be simultaneously detected, with the signals being associated with information for the sample at a plurality of depths thereof. The depths can be determined using at least one of the third electro-magnetic radiations without a need to utilize another one of the third electro-magnetic radiations. |
| US07982876B2 |
Apparatus and method for inspecting a stream of matter by light scattering inside the matter
A system (10) for automatically inspecting a stream of matter (12) for varying composition, comprising an emitting device (16) serving to emit a detection medium, which comprises electromagnetic radiation of a substantially constant intensity, to an irradiated zone (I) of the stream at which the medium penetrates a surface of the matter (12), the irradiated zone (I) extending continuously across substantially the width of the stream, the medium penetrating the surface being varied by the matter (12), a receiving device (32) for receiving the varied medium emanating from the matter (12) at a detection zone (D) substantially separate from the irradiated zone (I), and a detecting device (34) serving to generate detection data in dependence upon the varied medium, the arrangement being such that, in use of the system (10), at least the majority of the varied medium received at the receiving device (32) can be transflected medium. |
| US07982870B2 |
Surface enhanced raman scattering nano-tagging particle and method for preparing thereof
There is provided a method for manufacturing a surface enhanced Raman scattering nano-tagging particle, the method including the steps of: introducing silver nanoparticles on the surface of a silica core particle; immobilizing tagging materials and silica shell precursors on the silver nanoparticles; and forming a silica shell surrounding the silica core particle to which the tagging materials and the silica shell precursor are immobilized. |
| US07982867B2 |
Methods for depth profiling in semiconductors using modulated optical reflectance technology
Methods of obtaining dopant and damage depth profile information are disclosed using modulated optical reflectivity (MOR) measurements. In one aspect, the depth profile is constructed using information obtained from various measurements such as the junction depth, junction abruptness and dopant concentration. In another aspect, a full theoretical model is developed. Actual measurements are fed to the model. Using an iterative approach, the actual measurements are compared to theoretical measurements calculated from the model to determine the actual depth profile. |
| US07982866B2 |
Calibration of a surveying instrument
A method for calibrating a surveying instrument is disclosed, the survey instrument comprising a base element and a camera with an image sensor, the camera being rotatable about a vertical axis fixed with respect to said base element and being rotatable about a tilting axis, the tilting axis being rotated about the vertical axis with rotation of the camera about the vertical axis. In the method, data associated with calibration points and images of the calibration points on the image sensor captured in different faces are used, the data for each of said calibration points comprising distance data and the data for each of the images of each said calibration point comprising image position data and orientation data. Further, on the basis of the distance data for each of the calibration points and the image position and orientation data for each of the images of the calibration points the surveying instrument is calibrated simultaneously taking into account at least one optical property of the camera and at least one of the relative orientation of the vertical axis and the tilting axis and the orientation of the camera relative to one of the base element, the vertical axis and the tilting axis. |
| US07982865B2 |
Method and device for monitoring an optical amplifier, in particular, an optical fiber amplifier
The invention relates to a method for monitoring an optical amplifier, in particular, an optical fiber amplifier which has an optical input port and an optical output port. The optical pumping power of the amplifier is presumed to be directly proportional to the electrical pumping current, with a proportionality constant that decreases over time due to degradation. The functional dependence of the optical pumping power on the optical input signal power or the optical output signal power is determined at least for the predetermined nominal value of the optical gain. These relationships may be combined with certain measured values to determine the instantaneous optical pumping power, the instantaneous proportionality constant, and the maximum values for the optical input and output signal powers. These calculated parameters may be used to ensure that an increase of input power will not reduce the optical gain. |
| US07982863B2 |
Biaxial laser anemometry probe
The subject of the present invention is a laser anemometry probe for optical homodyne detection of frequency offset by Doppler effect, comprising two devices (DERF1, DERF2) for transmitting/receiving beams in two different directions, avoiding duplicating a plurality of elements of a mono-axial laser anemometry probe. |
| US07982861B2 |
Time delay and distance measurement
A method for measuring time delay and distance may include providing an electromagnetic radiation carrier frequency and modulating one or more of amplitude, phase, frequency, polarization, and pointing angle of the carrier frequency with a return to zero (RZ) pseudo random noise (PN) code. The RZ PN code may have a constant bit period and a pulse duration that is less than the bit period. A receiver may detect the electromagnetic radiation and calculate the scattering profile versus time (or range) by computing a cross correlation function between the recorded received signal and a three-state RZ PN code kernel in the receiver. The method also may be used for pulse delay time (i.e., PPM) communications. |
| US07982859B2 |
Method and device for deriving geodetic distance data
According to the invention, a light signal is emitted to one or several targets in order to derive geodetic distance data therefrom. Apparatus components such as transmitters (1″) and receivers (4″) are modeled along with the targets (3a and 3b) as a linear, time-invariant system which is excited by means of a signal s(t) and the system response y(t) of which is recorded. Unlike in delay meters or phase meters, the distance data is derived from both the delay and the signal form of the system response. |
| US07982857B2 |
Stage apparatus, exposure apparatus, and exposure method with recovery device having lyophilic portion
A stage apparatus PST is provided with a holder PH, which has a substrate holding surface 33A that holds a substrate P; a stage 52, which supports and moves the holder PH; and a recovery apparatus 60, which is disposed in the vicinity of the holder PH and has lyophilic parts 3, 5 of which at least a part of each is lyophilic, that uses the lyophilic parts 3, 5 to recover a liquid 1. As a result, the infiltration of liquid into the space between the substrate and the holder is prevented, even if performing an exposure treatment by filling the space between a projection optical system and the substrate with the liquid. |
| US07982852B2 |
Exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method
A scanning exposure apparatus exposing a substrate to a pattern of an original through a projection optical system while relatively moving the original and the substrate, includes a substrate stage movable while holding the substrate; a measurement system measuring a position of the substrate in an optical-axis direction of the projection optical system; and a controller relatively moving the original and the substrate while controlling a position of the substrate stage in the optical-axis direction, on the basis of the position of the substrate detected by the measurement system. The controller keeps accelerating the substrate stage up to a starting position of the irradiation of the exposure light for a target shot area on the substrate, and during the acceleration, controls the position of the substrate stage in the optical-axis direction, on the basis of a position of a surface of an exposed shot area, which has been exposed previously. |
| US07982850B2 |
Immersion lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method with gas supply
In a lithographic projection apparatus, a structure surrounds a space between the projection system and a substrate table of the lithographic projection apparatus. A gas seal is formed between said structure and the surface of said substrate to contain liquid in the space. |
| US07982845B2 |
Display device with sufficient adhesive strength for sealing material
A display device which can ensure a sufficient adhesive strength on an adhering surface between each of a pair of substrates of a liquid crystal display panel and a sealing material is provided. A display device includes: a first substrate on which a predetermined integrated circuit is formed; a second substrate which is arranged on one surface of the first substrate in an overlapping manner; and an adhesive material which is arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate and has an annular planar shape as viewed from the surface of the first substrate, the adhesive material being provided for adhering the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein an outer periphery of the adhesive material as viewed from the surface of the first substrate includes a zone which is constituted of a plurality of first portions passing substantially the same position as an outer periphery of the surface of the first substrate and a plurality of second portions each of which is connected with the two neighboring first portions and has a center portion thereof in a peripheral direction retracted toward an inner peripheral side of the adhesive material as viewed from the surface of the first substrate. |
| US07982840B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, an insulating layer, an upper electrode layer, and a lower electrode layer. The upper electrode layer and the lower electrode layer are formed on the same the substrate via the insulating layer. A plurality of openings are formed in the upper electrode layer and arranged parallel to each other so that an electric field is passed therethrough. Liquid crystal molecules are driven by applying voltage between the upper electrode layer and the lower electrode layer. A minor axis of each of the openings has a width in a range in which a V-T curve, which represents a relationship between voltage and transmittance ratio, does not shift with variation in the width of the minor axis. |
| US07982823B1 |
Area active backlight with steerable backlight
A liquid crystal display includes a backlight that provides light and selectively modifies the transmission of light from the backlight to the front of the display. The backlight includes a plurality of spaced apart light waveguides and a plurality of selection elements associated with the light waveguides that change the characteristics of the material of the light waveguides to selectively direct the transmission of light toward the liquid crystal layer. The combination of the waveguides and the selection elements provide light to the front of the display in a temporal manner during a frame. |
| US07982819B2 |
Lighting device for display device and display device
A lighting device for a display device, according to the present invention, includes a plurality of tubular light sources 17 arranged parallel to one another, and a light reflecting plate 14 arranged on the side of the tubular light sources 17 that corresponds to the opposite side of the light emitting side. The tubular light sources 17 on an inner side of the array are arranged at narrower intervals, than those on an outer side of the array. A plurality of angled reflective portions 40 are provided on the light reflecting plate 14, so that each of the angled reflective portions is positioned between adjacent tubular light sources 17 and extends along the longitudinal direction of the tubular light sources 17. Each angled reflective portion 40 includes two inclined surfaces 41, 42, which face the adjacent tubular light sources 17, respectively. The two inclined surfaces 41, 42 can reflect a larger amount of light to the outer side of a center position O between the adjacent tubular light sources 17 that corresponds to the outer side of the array, than to the inner side of the array. |
| US07982815B2 |
Optical-sheet supporting structure, lighting device and display device
In a backlight device, a diffuser plate and a plurality of optical sheets are disposed above a base tray that includes a plurality of cold-cathode tubes therein. The diffuser plate is sandwiched in between a base member, which holds the bottom surface thereof, and a facing portion of an inner frame disposed on the top surface side thereof. A holding protrusion is arranged on the facing portion so as to abut on an exposed portion located on the periphery of the diffuser plate. According to this construction, even when the backlight device is used in an upright orientation, the diffuser plate can be prevented from leaning forward, and thereby pressure applied on the optical sheets can be prevented. |
| US07982812B2 |
Display device
In a display device, first and second substrates parallel to each other are arranged between first and second polarizers that are parallel to each other. A liquid crystal layer is arranged between the first and second substrates, and a light emitting layer having a quantum dot structure is arranged on the first polarizer. Also, a light source that emits a blue light is arranged under the second polarizer. Thus, the display device may improve a light utilizing efficiency, thereby improving a display quality. |
| US07982807B2 |
Method for processing a backlight image and device thereof
A method for processing an image includes inputting an image, generating a first mean luminance value and a second mean luminance value according to a plurality of pixels within a first luminance interval and a second luminance interval of the image, generating a first luminance threshold according to the first mean luminance value, setting a compensation parameter, generating a first compensation luminance value according to the first mean luminance value and the compensation parameter, generating a second compensation luminance value according to the first luminance threshold, the first mean luminance value, the second mean luminance value, and the compensation parameter, and adjusting luminance values of pixels within the a smaller compensation luminance value and a greater compensation luminance value according to the smaller compensation value and a comparison between the first compensation luminance value and the second compensation luminance value. |
| US07982806B2 |
Broadcast receiver
A broadcast receiver includes a first video signal selector which outputs a video signal of a main-picture; a second video signal selector which outputs a video signal of a sub-picture; a first audio signal selector which outputs an audio signal of the main-picture; a second audio signal selector which outputs an audio signal of the sub-picture; a first video processor which generates a third video signal from the video signals of the main-picture and/or sub-picture; a feature quantity generator which generates a feature quantity of the audio signal of the sub-picture in accordance with a result of comparison between data corresponding to the audio signal of the sub-picture and sound class model data created beforehand; a determination processor which determines a scene as a specified scene; and a controller which controls the whole components in accordance with the specified scene. |
| US07982804B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method
Image quality adjustment of an inputted image signal is performed with higher accuracy to display a more preferable image to the user. An attribute information determining unit obtains first attribute information indicating the format of the inputted image signal and second attribute information indicating transmission characteristics of the image signal. An image quality adjustment value calculating unit calculates optimal image quality adjustment values for the image signal from the obtained first and second attribute information. An image processing unit adjusts the image quality of the image signal based on the optimal image quality adjustment values and then outputs the image to an image display. The second attribute information includes the bit rate, resolution, and frame rate of the image signal. |
| US07982799B2 |
Method and device for interpolation of an image information value for pixel of an interline
The invention relates to interpolation of an image information value for a pixel of an interline. The method comprises selecting, from a number of image directions, to each of which a direction quality value is assigned, a direction of interpolation by comparing these direction quality values. The image information value being interpolated is determined in dependence on image information values assigned to pixels lying adjacent to the pixel being interpolated in the direction of interpolation. To ascertain a direction quality value for an image direction a pixel group having at least two pixels is selected; a single direction quality value for each pixel of the pixel group is determined, the single direction quality value being dependent on image information values assigned to image regions lying adjacent to the particular pixel of the group in the image direction; and a direction quality value is created as a function of the single direction quality values of the pixel group. |
| US07982796B2 |
Track for improved video compression
A computer readable medium for compressing video data with an edit track is provided. Generally, computer readable code for compressing video data is provided. The computer readable code for compressing comprises computer readable code for accessing the edit track to use data in the edit track during the compressing the video data. |
| US07982794B2 |
Digital cameras with triangulation autofocus systems and related methods
Digital cameras with triangulation auto focus systems include a spot beam emitter than can be used to project a spot onto a subject that is captured in an image and used to electronically automatically determine a subject to camera distance. |
| US07982791B2 |
Controlling operations of a camera to improve backlit scenes
There is disclosed a camera in which, in a case where luminance of an acquired image signal is corrected and raised in accordance with luminance of each region, a correction amount of an image signal for use as a photographed image is smaller than a correction amount of an image signal for use as an image for monitoring. |
| US07982790B2 |
Solid-state imaging apparatus and method for driving the same
To provide a solid-state imaging apparatus which is capable of preventing electric charge from being injected from a semiconductor substrate while electric charge is being accumulated into photodiodes. The solid-state imaging apparatus includes a solid-state imaging device and a driving pulse control unit. The solid-state imaging device includes: a semiconductor substrate, photodiodes which are two-dimensionally formed on the semiconductor substrate, and vertical Charge-coupled devices (CCDs) having at least one arranged read-out gate and non-read-out gate for each of the photodiodes, the read-out gate being for reading out accumulated electric charge from the associated photodiode, and the non-read-out gate being not for reading out accumulated electric charge from the associated photodiode. The driving pulse control unit applies driving pulses sequentially to the respective read-out gates in order to change the read-out gates from stand-by LOW-voltage states to MIDDLE-voltage states, and apply a driving pulse for maintaining a LOW-voltage state of at least one of non-read-out gates adjacent to a last read-out gate in the order of the change among the non-read-out gates, during the change starting with a first read-out gate and ending with the last read-out gate. |
| US07982787B2 |
Image apparatus and method and program for producing interpolation signal
An image apparatus has signal slicing unit for two-dimensionally slicing a signal from an imaging device; pixel correlation detection unit for detecting correlation between a center pixel of the signal sliced by the signal slicing unit and its peripheral pixels; correction unit for executing a correction processing for each pixel signal sliced on the basis of the degree of correlation; and synchronization unit for extracting each color signal at the center pixel position of the area sliced by using a signal after correction. |
| US07982784B2 |
Method for reducing row noise with dark pixel data
A method for reducing the row noise from complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor by using average values from sub-regions of the shielded pixels. The method operates on sensor with and without a Color Filter Array (CFA) before any interpolation is applied and estimates the local offset by subtracting out outliers and averaging the averages of sub-regions in the shielded pixels. The method also reduces the pixel-to-pixel noise while reducing the row noise. |
| US07982781B2 |
Image processing device, image processing method, and imaging apparatus
An image processing device includes a correlation value calculating unit calculating plural correlation values indicating degrees of correlation of an image for a pixel of attention to be interpolated on a solid-state imaging device having filters of predetermined color coding; a judging unit judging a direction in which interpolation should be performed by calculating, in different directions, at least two patterns of the plural correlation values calculated by the correlation value calculating unit and comparing the correlation values of at least two patterns with correlation lines obtained by plotting the correlation values with respect to straight lines of various angles; and an interpolating unit applying interpolation processing to the pixel of attention on the basis of information on pixels around the pixel of attention present in the direction judged by the judging unit. |
| US07982778B2 |
Imaging apparatus usable as either a master apparatus or a slave apparatus and a method usable therewith
An imaging apparatus contains a signal-producing unit that produces an image signal on an image of an imaged subject, a data-superimposing unit that superimposes ancillary data over the image signal produced in the signal-producing unit, and a control unit that controls the signal-producing unit to set the operation of the signal-producing unit. The control unit supplies the data-superimposing unit with the ancillary data including information that indicates setting condition of the signal-producing unit. The data-superimposing unit receives the ancillary data from the control unit and superimposes the ancillary data over the image signal. |
| US07982777B2 |
Stereoscopic wide field of view imaging system
A stereoscopic imaging system incorporates a plurality of imaging devices or cameras to generate a high resolution, wide field of view image database from which images can be combined in real time to provide wide field of view or panoramic or omni-directional still or video images. |
| US07982776B2 |
SBI motion artifact removal apparatus and method
A system, method and apparatus for eliminating image tearing effects and other visual artifacts perceived when scanning moving subject matter with a scanned beam imaging device. The system, method and apparatus uses a motion detection means in conjunction with an image processor to alter the native image to one without image tearing or other visual artifacts. The image processor monitors the motion detection means and reduces the image resolution or translates portions of the imaged subject matter in response to the detected motion. |
| US07982775B2 |
Method and apparatus for motion stabilization
A method and apparatus for digital image stabilization. The method comprises segmenting an exposure time to have multiple partial-exposure images of a scene and manipulating the partially exposed images to produce a stable image. |
| US07982772B2 |
Image correction apparatus and image correction method for correcting image blur using a mobile vector
An image correction apparatus which corrects blurring generated by the traveling of a vehicle in the captured image, including: a camera which captures an image of front of a vehicle continuously; mobile vector calculation means of calculating a mobile vector in an image of each object based on a position of an object in each image continuously captured by the camera; and blurring correction means of correcting blurring of the image captured by the camera using the mobile vector calculated by the mobile vector calculation means. |
| US07982771B2 |
Method of emendation for attention trajectory in video content analysis
A method for emendation of attention trajectory in video content analysis is disclosed. The method includes steps of extracting attention area for each frame in a video sequence, each attention area of a frame selectively being a reference for the other frames, projecting the attention area of the reference to a current frame, and determining an enhanced attention area of the current frame by collecting and merging all the projected attention areas together with the original attention area of the current frame to emend the attention trajectory of the video sequence so as to make the attention trajectory smooth. Advantageously, short-life attention or noise is omitted, and the attention area is also enriched, therefore, the smooth of the attention trajectory improves subjective viewing experience of human being. |
| US07982767B2 |
System and method for mounting sensors and cleaning sensor apertures for out-the-window displays
Multiple sensors capture images representing scenery outside an aircraft or other type of vehicle for use within a visual display system. A protective housing encloses the sensors. This protective housing includes a transparent aperture through which the sensor captures images. A cleaning mechanism removes obstructions from the transparent aperture in order to provide continuous images representing scenery outside the aircraft through an operator display. |
| US07982766B2 |
Method and device for determining the alignment of the wheels of a vehicle
Method for determining the angles and the characteristic parameters of the alignment of a vehicle situated at a measurement location comprising the following steps: equipping each of the wheels of the vehicle with a flat target carrying any design; determining the relationship between the position of the target and the wheel; arranging at least one pair of television cameras making a stereo system in a position such as to see at least the target associated with a wheel; creating a spatial reference system W to which the three-dimensional image of the target created by said at least one pair of television cameras refers; processing the three-dimensional image of the target collected by the two television cameras and determining the angular orientation and the position of the target in the spatial reference system W; using said position and angular orientation to determine the alignment of the wheel relative to the spatial reference system. |
| US07982763B2 |
Portable pan-tilt camera and lighting unit for videoimaging, videoconferencing, production and recording
The present invention is a portable camera and lighting unit for standalone use in videography to create a high-resolution well-illuminated video feed from a vast array of camera angles and positions, the illumination source always inherently tracking with the camera. The unit may also be used as a satellite in combination with a primary video conferencing and production station (VVPR) for multi-camera production and teleconferencing capabilities. The portable camera and lighting unit includes a portable base, a mast extending upward from the base, and an articulating boom that is fully-pivotable and extendable. A remote control Pan-Tilt-Zoom camera is mounted at the end of the boom for overhead images of healthcare procedures, and an adjustable beam light source is mounted directly on the camera for lighting. The mast is equipped with a color monitor coupled to the camera for operator previewing at the portable unit, and the remote control camera provides a single video feed that can be teleconferenced, recorded, and even mixed with other cameras when used as a satellite adjunct to the primary VVPR, thereby allow full production capabilities for live interactive broadcasts, all in real time by a single operator from a single point of control. The portable unit is mobile and offers more diverse lighting and camera angles than previously possible. |
| US07982760B2 |
Optical scanning apparatus and technique for correcting optical characteristics in an image forming apparatus that employs an electrostatic recording method or an electrophotographic recording method
An optical scanning apparatus controls an output of a light source for forming an electrostatic latent image on an image carrier. The optical scanning apparatus includes a correction amount control unit configured to variably control a light quantity correction amount of the light source according to a scanning position on the image carrier during one scanning operation with a beam generated from the light source, an output signal level changing unit configured to change a level of an output signal from the correction amount control unit, and a light quantity control unit configured to control a light quantity of the light source according to the scanning position based on a signal from the output signal level changing unit. |
| US07982759B2 |
Light scanning unit and image forming apparatus having the same
A light scanning unit of an image forming apparatus to scan a light beam in forward and reverse directions, the light scanning unit including: a beam deflector to deflect the light beam, and to form forward direction and reverse direction scanning lines in an image section and first and second non-image sections respectively provided on opposite sides of the image section; a reflecting member to reflect a light beam inputted from the beam deflector; and a light detecting unit to receive a first light beam directly inputted from the beam deflector, and a second light beam inputted via the reflecting member, wherein the reflecting member includes a reflecting unit to reflect the inputted light beam to the light detecting unit, and a distinguishing unit to distinguish the reflected second light beam from the first light beam. |
| US07982756B2 |
Timing controller, display device and method for adjusting gamma voltage
A timing controller is provided. The timing controller comprises a data analyzer, a gain processor, an operator unit and an original gamma voltage generator. The present invention utilizes the data analyzer to analyze a gray level distribution of video data, and then the gain processor selects a gain value. The operator unit converts an original gamma voltage produced by the original gamma voltage generator into an actual gamma voltage according to the gain value. Therefore, the present invention adaptively adjusts the gamma voltage according to the gray level distribution of the video data for increasing display quality. |
| US07982754B2 |
Method of driving electro-optical device, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus
The invention enhances gradation characteristics and realizes higher quality in a picture, in the context of subfield driving using a pixel provided therein with a memory. A method of driving an electro-optical device that divides a predetermined period of time into a plurality of subfields SF5 to SF17, performs gradational display with a combination of subfields SF corresponding to gradation data, and provides a memory storing gradation data that is provided in each of a plurality of pixels is disclosed. In the method, at least part of gradation data is written in a memory provided in each of pixels. Further, data written in the memory are repeatedly read several times based on gradation signals defining each of the subfields SF, and a voltage having time density corresponding to read data is repeatedly applied to the pixels to thereby perform gradational display in accordance with gradation data. |
| US07982753B2 |
Information display apparatus
An information display apparatus connected to a display unit for visually presenting information to a user is disclosed. The information display apparatus displays a frame within a display region of the display unit, information to be displayed in the frame, and an operation guide at the outer peripheral edge of the frame, and updates information displayed in the frame. |
| US07982752B2 |
Multi-format image display apparatus and method
An image display apparatus and method are disclosed. In the present invention, image frames of various data information sizes are displayed with a selected output data information size. If the selected output data information size is below a limit of a storage medium for buffering image frames to be displayed, the data information size of an input image frame is adjusted to the output data information, and the image frame is displayed in the output data information size. If the output data information exceeds the limit of the storage medium, the input image is over-compressed to have a lower data information size. Then an image processing is performed to the image frame, so that the processed image frame is decompressed to have the output data information size before being displayed. Therefore, the decompressed image frame can be displayed in the selected output data information size. |
| US07982750B2 |
Test-wearing image producing method for personal products
A method for test-wearing image producing method for a personal product includes the steps of: posting a base image layer which contains an image of a wearer; defining a display area and a masking area on the base image layer in responsive to the personal product being physically worn by the wearer; selecting a product image layer containing an image of the personal product to locate on the base image layer; and creating a test-wearing image, wherein a portion of the image of the personal product within the display area is visibly shown on the image of the wearer while a portion of the image of the personal product within the masking area is invisibly hidden, such that the test-wearing image contains a virtual appearance of the wearer physically wearing the personal product. |
| US07982749B2 |
Server-based rasterization of vector graphics
Technologies are described herein for high-performance rasterization of a vector graphic on a server computer. A vector graphic loader receives the vector graphic and generates an intermediate data structure from the vector graphic. A vector graphic renderer receives the intermediate data structure and renders the intermediate data structure to a render surface. An imaging component encodes the contents of the render surface to a raster image in a standard image format. The vector graphic loader and the vector graphic renderer are configured for multi-threaded and multi-processor execution on a server computer, which provides high performance. |
| US07982746B2 |
Simplification of alpha compositing in the presence of transfer functions
A method determines a color at a plurality of locations in a region of overlap of a first graphic element and a second graphic element, with each graphic element having a color value and a partial opacity value defined at each location. The method includes the steps of determining a transfer color as a combination of the color value of the first graphic element and the color value of the second graphic element, with the transfer color being independent of the opacity values of each element, and determining a first color value of a set of possible color values. At least one color value in the set of possible color values is derived from the transfer color, and another color value in the set of possible color values is derived from the color value of at least one of the first graphical element and the second graphical element. Additional steps include selecting the first color value from the set of possible color values to determine the color at a first selected location in the region of overlap, and determining a second color value from the set of possible color values, and selecting the second color value for a second selected location in the region of overlap. The selection of the first and second color values is at least dependent upon the partial opacity value of the first or second graphical elements. |
| US07982745B1 |
Trilinear optimization for texture filtering
Trilinear optimization is a technique to reduce the number of texture samples used to determine a texture value associated with a graphics fragment. Bilinear interpolations replace some trilinear interpolations, thereby reducing the number of texture samples read and simplifying the filter computation. A programmable trilinear slope is used to control replacement of a trilinear computation with a bilinear computation, permitting a user to determine a balance between improved texture map performance and texture filtering quality. |
| US07982743B2 |
Method and apparatus for reading film grain patterns in a raster order in film grain simulation
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for reading film grain patterns in a raster order in film grain simulation including establishing a pseudo-random starting position, repeating the pseudo-random starting position for each line of a group of film grain blocks, and using a different pseudo-random starting position for each display line of a next group of film grain blocks. In various embodiments of the present invention, the different pseudo-random starting positions are triggered by resetting at least one seed value of a pseudo-random number generator implemented to determine said pseudo-random starting positions. |
| US07982742B2 |
System and method for an information handling system having an external graphics processor system for operating multiple monitors
Methods and systems are disclosed for an information handling system comprising an internal graphics system and an external graphics system, wherein both the internal and external graphics systems may operate simultaneously to support multiple monitors. The internal graphics system may be provided, for example, from a notebook computer. The external graphics system may comprise a pass thru port providing graphics from the internal graphics to a first monitor simultaneously with a graphics card of the external graphics system supporting a second monitor. The external graphics system can support two monitors, as well. HDTV can be supported instead of one of the monitors supported by the external graphics system. The system which contains internal graphics capabilities may include an Express card socket, wherein an external graphics processor unit of the external graphics system is coupled to Express card socket. |
| US07982741B2 |
Shared graphics infrastructure
Systems and methods that provide for a common device enumeration point to a class of software objects, which represent hardware and can emit 2D bitmaps, via a presentation interface component. Such presentation interface component can further include a factory component that centralizes enumeration and creation for any components that control or communicate with the frame buffer of the graphics display subsystems. Accordingly, a smooth transition can be supplied between full screen and window models, within desktop composition systems, wherein applications can readily support such transitions. |
| US07982739B2 |
System and/or method for adjusting for input latency in a handheld device
Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and systems associated with adjusting for key latency in a handheld device are disclosed. A handheld device may receive a user input, such as a user actuation of a device key. A latency adjusted time of the input may be calculated based, at least in part, on a latency of the handheld device in determining the user actuation of the device key. The latency adjusted time may be used to determine a result of the user input. |
| US07982737B2 |
System and method for independent font substitution of string characters
Various embodiments of a system and method for independent font substitution of string characters are described. The system and method for independent font substitution may include a font substitution component configured to receive a descriptor item that may include a text string that includes multiple characters, metrics associated with characters of the text string, and/or a preferred font for one or more of the characters. For a particular character, if the preferred font is available, the font substitution component may use a glyph from the preferred font to render a particular character. In other cases, if a font of the set of safe fonts includes a glyph that matches the particular character, the font substitution component may use that glyph to resolve the particular character. The font substitution component may generate a resolved text string includes such glyphs and scale the size of the glyphs according to the aforementioned metrics. |
| US07982733B2 |
Rendering 3D video images on a stereo-enabled display
The rendering of 3D video images on a stereo-enabled display (e.g., stereoscopic or autostereoscopic display) is described. The process includes culling facets facing away from a viewer, defining foreground facets for Left and Right Views and common background facets, determining lighting for these facets, and performing screen mapping and scene rendering for one view (e.g., Right View) using computational results for facets of the other view (i.e., Left View). In one embodiment, visualization of images is provided on the stereo-enabled display of a low-power device, such as mobile phone, a computer, a video game platform, or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) device. |
| US07982728B2 |
Display device
In a display device that provides a first observation region with a first picture and provides a second observation region with a second picture, a double image made of the first picture and the second picture is suppressed. First columns of pixels that display the first picture and second columns of pixels that display the second picture are disposed alternately with a black matrix interposed between each neighboring pair of them. A light-shielding plate having light-shielding portions and openings is disposed above the panel. When a distance between the first observation region and the second observation region is denoted by V, a distance between the first observation region or the second observation region and the light-shielding plate is denoted by D, a distance between the light-shielding plate and the display panel is denoted by G, an interval of the first columns of pixels or the second columns of pixels is denoted by P, and the width of the black matrix is denoted by Q, an equation K≦Q×D/(D+G) is satisfied. The openings are disposed on lines connecting between a position directly above a center of the display panel and the black matrix. |
| US07982726B2 |
Display device and method of checking input signals
A display device and a method of checking signals input to a display device. The display device includes a signal identifying unit, a signal checking unit, and a signal changing unit. The signal identifying unit receives an input signal and identifies the type of input signal that is received. The signal checking unit checks whether the identified input signal is abnormal. The signal changing unit switches from the checked input signal to a next input signal to be checked so that the signal checking unit can check whether the next input signal is abnormal, after the signal checking unit checks whether the input signal is abnormal. Accordingly, when a display device goes to an abnormal mode, one of input signals can be checked in the display device to automatically change to another signal according to the order of checking the signals, the time required to check the signals, and the number of times the signals are checked without manipulating an additional key. |
| US07982725B2 |
Sensing device with inductive charging
A sensing device for sensing coded data disposed on or in a surface includes operative circuitry including sensing means for sensing the coded data. Processing means are provided for processing the sensed coded data. An internal power supply supplies electrical power to the operative circuitry. A first inductor is connected, or connectable, to the internal power supply to enable charging thereof while the first inductor is electromagnetically coupled with an external electromagnetic field generator. |
| US07982723B2 |
Multiple touch location in a three dimensional touch screen sensor
A touch screen capable of correctly identifying multiple touches employs multiple active line arrays oriented to provide multi-dimensional data. Three arrays of capacitance based active lines are each distinctly oriented to form a plurality of intersections. A first and second array are generally oriented perpendicularly while a third array is oriented to bisect the resulting matrix such that the active lines of the third array also intersect the existing vertices. As a result of a touch each active line array identifies the location of the touch from three distinct directions. Ambiguity from dual touch scenarios existing in dual array systems is removed by providing an additional reference. |
| US07982720B2 |
Haptic feedback for touchpads and other touch controls
A haptic feedback planar touch control used to provide input to a computer. A touch input device includes a planar touch surface that inputs a position signal to a processor of the computer based on a location of user contact on the touch surface. The computer can position a cursor in a displayed graphical environment based at least in part on the position signal, or perform a different function. At least one actuator is also coupled to the touch input device and outputs a force to provide a haptic sensation to the user contacting the touch surface. The touch input device can be a touchpad separate from the computer's display screen, or can be a touch screen. Output haptic sensations on the touch input device can include pulses, vibrations, and spatial textures. The touch input device can include multiple different regions to control different computer functions. |
| US07982716B2 |
Switch with depth and lateral articulation detection
A key switch to sense and give feedback to a computer of depth, acceleration, velocity, and lateral or vibrato movement. The key switch is suitable for computer keyboards, musical keyboards, foot pedals and the like. Lateral or sideward key movements can be for mouse functions or multi code output from multi directional key movement from one key outputting a single key code or key sequences. |
| US07982714B2 |
Puck-based input device with rotation detection
The present invention includes a pointing device having a first surface on which a puck field of motion is defined, a moveable puck, and a position detector. The moveable puck is confined to move on the first surface within the puck field of motion. The position detector periodically determines a position of the puck in the puck field of motion and an angle of rotation of the puck about an axis perpendicular to the first surface. In one embodiment, the puck includes a puck electrode on a second surface on the puck that is parallel to the first surface. The first surface includes first, second, and third electrodes that are parallel to the puck electrode, the puck electrode overlying a portion of each of the first, second, and third electrodes. |
| US07982713B2 |
Multi-pointing method using magnetic field and device therefor
A multi-pointing method using a magnetic field is provided. When one or more pointing devices that generate magnetic fields move or rotate, locations and directions of rotation of the one or more pointing devices are sensed based on patterns of magnetic fields generated by the one or more pointing devices and changes in the patterns. |
| US07982712B2 |
Handheld wireless communication device
A handheld wireless communication device cradleable by an operator during text entry. A display, key field and trackball navigation tool are located on a front face of the device. Alphanumeric input keys include several alphabetic keys with letters arranged in a traditional (QWERTY), but non-ITU Standard E.161 telephone letter layout. A menu key is positioned adjacent to the trackball navigation tool and the at least one key has an arcuate-shaped edge conformance fitting to an arcuate-shaped boundary about the trackball navigation tool. A rotatable ring is provided that surrounds the trackball of the trackball navigation tool. A microprocessor is configured to receive operator commands from the various inputs. |
| US07982710B2 |
Driving device for image display medium
There is provided a driving device for an image display medium that drives the image display medium including: a display substrate; a back surface substrate; plural first electrodes; plural second electrodes; and particles enclosed between the display substrate and the back surface substrate so as to move according to an electric field generated between the substrates by applying a voltage corresponding to an image between the first and second electrodes; the driving device including: a voltage application section that applies the voltage corresponding to an image between the first and second electrodes, the voltage application section, as a display drive voltage to be applied for each pixel to display a desired color at each pixel, applying a first pulse voltage that can cause the particles in a stationary state to start moving and thereafter applying a second pulse voltage that can cause the particles that have started moving to move. |
| US07982707B2 |
Methods and systems for generating and applying image tone scale adjustments
Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for generating and applying image tone scale adjustments. |
| US07982706B2 |
Backlight device, method of driving backlight and liquid crystal display apparatus
The present invention prevents extension of the time period from powering on a device to convergence of chromaticity of emitted white light on a certain chromaticity, irrespective of the temperature when the device is powered on. A color liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display unit, a backlight employing LEDs of red, green and blue as its light source, a drive unit for driving the LEDs of each color, a temperature sensor for sensing the temperature of the LEDs, and a chromaticity sensor for sensing the chromaticity of white light emitted from the LEDs. The drive unit supplies a current to the LEDs to drive them, and implements feedback control of the amount of current for the LEDs of each color based on a value sensed by the chromaticity sensor so that the white light has a certain chromaticity. Furthermore, upon powering on the backlight, the drive unit retrieves initial current values of the LEDs of each color from a non-volatile memory, and corrects the initial current values according to a value sensed by the temperature sensor to activate the LEDs of each color with the corrected value. |
| US07982703B2 |
Driving liquid crystal display
A method for driving a liquid crystal display, includes receiving source data, reducing the number of bits of the source data, thereby generating a reduced-bit source data, comparing the reduced-bit source data of a previous frame with the reduced-bit source data of a current frame to select a preset modulated data in accordance with the result of the comparison, and modulating the source data by using the selected modulated data. |
| US07982701B2 |
Analog front end device with temperature compensation
An analog front end device with temperature compensation is provided. The analog front end device comprises a bandgap voltage reference circuit, a clock generator, a temperature compensation circuit, one to three identical converting circuits and a Sync-on-Green circuit. The temperature compensation circuit is adapted to sense the temperature variations of the analog front end device and dynamically compensate the bandgap voltage reference circuit, the clock generator and the Sync-on-Green circuit as the temperature varies, which thereby controls the thermal drift in the analog front end device. |
| US07982689B2 |
Image display device
To provide an image display device of the type that presents ages in a certain part of the field of vision in which the image display device can be used for prolonged periods of time.An image display device 1 includes a main body having a shape of a glasses frame, a right-eye display device 20R and a left-eye display device 20L. Each of the right-eye display device 20R and the left-eye display device 20L is for displaying a predetermined image and is provided in such a manner that it is not very clearly visible for a user when the user wearing the main body 10 on his or her head looks straight ahead and that it becomes clearly visible for the user only when the user moves his or her forward-looking eyes away. The user can get a forward field of vision and can see the images displayed on the right-eye display device 20R and the left-eye display device 20L when he or she looks at 45 degrees down. The right-eye display device 20R and the left-eye display device 20L may be fixed to the main body 10 at a spacing corresponding to the distance between the eyes of the user. |
| US07982688B2 |
Device for representing optical information by means of a virtual image, in particular in a motor vehicle
The invention relates to a device for representing optical information by means of a virtual image (P), in particular in a motor vehicle. The optical information is in the form of light beams extending from an image generating device (1), over at least one optical element to a surface and the virtual image is visible in front of, behind or in said surface. The light beams produce a beam path. Said invention is characterised in that an optical element (4), which influences beams, is arranged in the beam path between the image generating device (1, 2, 3) and the surface (WS), and that the optical element (4), which influences the beams, is arranged in the position thereof such that it can be modified by means of an adjusting device (5). |
| US07982686B2 |
Frequency selective surfaces
A freestanding frequency selective surface (FSS) is provided which comprises at least one shorted resonance aperture element (12). The shorted resonance aperture element provides a sensitivity to polarization. The shorted resonance aperture element may comprise at least one short, which may enable the FSS to be freestanding. The invention further provides an FSS device comprising at least one array of the freestanding frequency selective surfaces, and a method of forming the freestanding frequency selective surfaces. |
| US07982675B2 |
Wireless communication device and antenna
A wireless communication device includes: a case that includes a dielectric member made of a first dielectric material, the dielectric member being coated with a coating layer made of a second dielectric material; a wireless communication circuit that is housed in the case; an antenna element that is electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit, the antenna element being made of a conductive material and provided on a surface of the dielectric member; and an adhesive layer that is disposed between the antenna element and the dielectric member to adhere the antenna element onto the dielectric member, the adhesive layer being made of a third dielectric material. |
| US07982673B2 |
Electromagnetic band-gap structure
An electromagnetic band gap structure is provided including a ground plane and a periodic planar arrangement of surface elements mounted parallel to and at a predetermined distance from the ground plane. Each of the surface elements is supported in the planar arrangement by at least one conducting support element extending from an edge of the surface element to the ground plane, avoiding back-to-back parallel support elements. This arrangement allows for the surface elements and their respective support elements to be folded from flat metal templates to greatly simplify manufacture. An antenna is also provided in which an antenna element is mounted in such a way as to use the electromagnetic band-gap structure as a ground plane. This allows for a low-profile antenna to be made as the antenna element may be mounted close to the plane of surface elements in the structure. |
| US07982672B2 |
Reception device
A reception device includes a receiver, a direction detector, a location information acquisition component and a location calculator. The receiver receives broadcast signals sent from transmission towers, respectively. The direction detector detects reception directions of the broadcast signals. The location information acquisition component acquires location information indicating locations where the transmission towers are installed, respectively. The location calculator selects at least three of the transmission towers, estimate at least two estimated areas in which the reception device is located with each of the at least two of the estimated areas being estimated based on the reception directions of the broadcast signals of two of the at least three of the transmission towers and the location information of the two of the at least three of the transmission towers, and calculate a location of the reception device based on the at least two of the estimated areas. |
| US07982670B2 |
Method and system for estimating directions-of-arrival in low power or low sample size scenarios
The present invention relates to a method and a system for determining the direction of arrival of one or multiple radio or acoustic waves and, more particularly, to such a method and system especially advantageous in situations where the number of available observations is small and/or the available observations are received with low power. The method significantly improves the performance of traditional subspace signal processing algorithms in the low sample size regime. The algorithm is specifically designed to provide consistent estimates even when the observation dimension has the same order of magnitude as the number of observations. This guarantees a good behavior in finite sample size situations, where the number of sensors or antennae and the number of samples have the same order of magnitude or in scenarios where the received signal power is not sufficiently high to guarantee detection via conventional one-dimensional search methods. |
| US07982669B2 |
Adaptive beam-steering methods to maximize wireless link budget and reduce delay-spread using multiple transmit and receive antennas
A method and apparatus for adaptive beam-steering are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises performing adaptive beam steering using multiple transmit and receive antennas, including iteratively performing a pair of training sequences, wherein the pair of training sequences includes estimating a transmitter antenna-array weight vector and a receiver antenna-array weight vector. |
| US07982668B2 |
Method for processing combined navigation signals
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a system and method for processing multiple navigation signal components received from multiple global navigation satellite systems (GNSS′). In a particular implementation, a code phase in a first navigation signal component may be detected based, at least in part, on information in a second navigation signal component. |
| US07982667B2 |
Post-processed accuracy prediction for GNSS positioning
Methods and apparatus for processing of data from GNSS receivers are presented. (1) A real-time GNSS rover-engine, a long distance multi baseline averaging (MBA) method, and a stochastic post-processed accuracy predictor are described. (2) The real-time GNSS rover-engine provides high accuracy position determination (decimeter-level) with short occupation time (2 Minutes) for GIS applications. The long distance multi baseline averaging (MBA) method improves differential-correction accuracy by averaging the position results from several different baselines. This technique provides a higher accuracy than any single baseline solution. It was found, that for long baselines (more than about 250 km), the usage of non-iono-free observables (e.g. L1-only or wide-lane) leads to a higher accuracy with MBA compared to the commonly used iono-free (LC) combination, because of the less noisy observables and the cancellation of the residual ionospheric errors. (3) The stochastic post-processed accuracy (SPPA) predictor calculates during data collection an estimate of the accuracy likely to be achieved after post-processing. This helps to optimize productivity when collecting GNSS data for which post-processed accuracy is important. The predictor examines the quality of carrier measurements and estimates how well the post-processed float solution will converge in the time since carrier lock was obtained. |
| US07982666B2 |
System and method for increasing spectral resolution
A system and method for extrapolating sampled radar data allows in one aspect spectral data to be increased without increasing scan time and in another aspect allows scan time to be decreased without decreasing radar data quality. Extrapolation is carried out by extending a sequence of In-Phase and Quadrature-Phase samples by appending additional samples to each end of the sequence. Extrapolated samples are selected to maintain the statistical properties of the original sequence. Applying conventional windowing techniques to the extrapolated sample set results in a weighted extrapolated sequence having a corresponding Doppler spectrum with an increased spectral resolution. |
| US07982665B2 |
GPS-installed all-azimuth camera and spatial data collecting device
The present invention provides a GPS-installed all-azimuth camera, comprising at least a pair of GPS antennas (29a and 29b) disposed on up and down in parallel to each other, a plurality of cameras (28a-28f) which are disposed on a plane running in parallel to the GPS antennas and are capable of obtaining images in all azimuths, and a case (27) for accommodating the cameras and the GPS antennas, wherein a reference position of the GPS antennas is concurred with an image reference position of the cameras. |
| US07982662B2 |
Scanning array for obstacle detection and collision avoidance
This scanning array scans an area around the array for nearby objects, collision obstructions, and terrain topography. The scanning array can scan for sounds emitted by objects in the vicinity of the scanning array, passive energy receipt sources, or it can also send out an energy beam and scan for reflections from objects within the energy beam. The energy beam can be optical, laser, radar or other energy emitting sources. The scanning array of the invention can be used for helicopter detection and avoidance of collision risk and can be used for other scanning purposes. Scanning of an entire hemisphere or greater is accomplished by manipulating the scanner platform through the coordination of either linear actuators or gimbals so as to produce nutation without rotation. This motion allows transceivers to be directly coupled to transmitting and sensing modules without the losses associated with slip rings and other coupling devices. |
| US07982661B2 |
Coherent frequency modulated continuous wave radar
A frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar is described. The radar includes a first discriminator for receiving a portion of the swept frequency signal generated by a frequency sweep generator and for producing a reference difference-frequency signal of frequency equal to the difference between the frequency of the swept frequency signal and the frequency of a time displaced swept frequency signal derived from the swept frequency signal. An analogue-to-digital converter is provided for sampling the target difference-frequency signal at a rate derived from the frequency of the reference difference-frequency signal. A processor (88) for determining frequency components of the digitized target difference-frequency signal is arranged to determine for at least one frequency component of the digitized target difference-frequency signal any phase difference between frequency sweeps of said swept frequency signal. The radar may be used for detecting foreign object debris (FOD) on runway surfaces and the like. A corresponding method of operating an FMCW radar is also described. |
| US07982654B2 |
Smart signal jammer
A smart signal jammer is disclosed that receives a description of an unwanted signal or signals to be jammed, and transmits one or more jamming signals in one or more temporal transmission patterns of pulses that jam the unwanted signal or signals. A smart jammer according to the present invention can use available transmitters efficiently to transmit jamming pulses in a manner that maximizes jamming effectiveness. A smart jammer according to the present invention comprises a jamming signal calculator that calculates the parameters of the jamming signals to be transmitted. The calculations are based on inequalities that are satisfied by an efficient jamming signal. |
| US07982647B2 |
Delta-sigma A/D converter
An object of the present invention is to provide a highly accurate delta sigma A/D converter. Disclosed is a delta sigma A/D converter including: a first integration circuit to generate a first signal on the basis of an input signal and a first feedback signal from an output side; a first signal conversion circuit to convert the first signal into a first converted signal; a loop delay compensation circuit to generate a compensation signal and then to output the compensation signal in response to a second feedback signal fed back from the output side at a timing earlier than that of the first feedback signal; an adder circuit to add the first converted signal and the compensation signal; and a comparator to generate a digital signal on the basis of an output signal from the adder circuit. The loop delay compensation circuit includes a compensation signal conversion circuit to generate the compensation signal. The compensation signal conversion circuit and the first signal conversion circuit have the approximately same rate of change in conversion coefficient depending on a temperature. |
| US07982643B2 |
System and method for reducing pattern noise in analog system processing
An analog-to-digital conversion system includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a plurality of receivers, each for capturing input analog signals, a multiplexer having inputs coupled to each of the receivers and an output coupled to the ADC, the multiplexer establishing a signal path between a selected one of the inputs and the output in response to an index signal, and a mux controller to supply a random sequence of index signals to the multiplexer. |
| US07982641B1 |
Context-based adaptive binary arithmetic coding engine
A system including a binarization module, an encoding module, and a prediction module. The binarization module is configured to binarize a syntax element and to generate symbols. The encoding module is configured to encode the symbols using context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC). The prediction module is configured to generate a prediction for a number of renormalizations to be performed to renormalize an interval range when encoding one of the symbols. The encoding module encodes a next symbol following the one of the symbols based on the prediction before renormalization of the interval range is actually completed. |
| US07982639B1 |
Deserializer circuitry including circuitry for translating data signals between different formats or protocols
In order to help convert serial data, which includes extra protocol encoding bits, to parallel data having the protocol bits removed (or at least separated from the actual data), the serial data is at least partially deserialized using a low-speed clock having different frequencies at different times (typically different fractions of a high-speed serial data clock frequency at different times). This enables the partially deserialized data to include blocks of different numbers of the serial data bits. These blocks can be further assembled into groups of blocks having numbers of bits that correlate well with the number of bits in incoming serial data words. These groups can then be easily manipulated (e.g., to identify in them their extra protocol encoding bits). The circuitry can be set up to work with any of several different protocol encoding scheme. |
| US07982638B2 |
Data transmission circuit and data communication system
A data transmission circuit that converts parallel data signals into a serial data signal to transmit the serial data signal includes a clock generation circuit, an output circuit, and a shift register circuit for securely conducting data communication among internal elements regardless of the improvement in data transfer rate, the increase in manufacturing variance, the variation in power supply voltage and temperature, and the like. The clock generation circuit generates a clock signal. The output circuit is provided to output the serial data signal. The shift register circuit acquires the parallel data signals and sequentially transfers the acquired parallel data signals to the output circuit in a bitwise manner with the use of a shift operation synchronized with the clock signal from the clock generation circuit. |
| US07982635B2 |
Method and system for displaying traveling-position of move object
The present invention relates to a method and system for displaying a driving location of a moving object which controls a Red, Green, Blue (RGB) ratio by corresponding to a property of a road where the moving object travels, differently renders a moving object symbol according to the controlled RGB ratio, and thereby may identify a driving status of the moving object more accurately. |
| US07982629B2 |
External conditions audio playback system and method
A method and system that controls the playback of different audio or video files in a motor vehicle mounted electronic device that includes a plurality of different audio or video files and an audio file player software program. The electronic device is connected to at least one external sensor that measures one of the following: the motor vehicle's current location, the time of day, and/or the weather or temperature. The software program is designed to automatically play the audio file when the external condition occurs. When the driver is driving and listening to the electronic device, the audio or video files are automatically played based on the occurrence of the linked external conditions. |
| US07982627B2 |
Meter device, information processing device, and meter driving method
A meter device includes an indicator unit, movably supported within a predetermined range, for representing an amplitude value of an input signal by a movement amount Δθ from a reference position θ0 which is one end of the predetermined range. A gain acquiring unit acquire a gain of the input signal; and a maximum movement amount determining part determines a maximum movement amount ΔθM of the indicator unit at the gain based on the gain acquired by the gain acquiring unit. A drive control unit moves the indicator unit to a position corresponding to the amplitude value of the input signal between the reference position θ0 and a maximum movement position θM moved from the reference position θ0 by the maximum movement amount ΔθM based on the maximum movement amount ΔθM determined by the maximum movement amount determining part and the amplitude value of the input signal. |
| US07982623B2 |
Radio-type transmitting device, container, transmitting/receiving system and transmitting/receiving method
A radio-type transmitting device capable of transmitting information other than information in an internal memory is provided. A RFID tag includes a encoding circuit for digitalizing receiving sensitivity of a radio wave sent from an external transmitting/receiving apparatus and then sending the digitalized receiving sensitivity to the external transmitting/receiving apparatus. Thus, the external transmitting/receiving apparatus can obtain a distance between the external transmitting/receiving apparatus and the RFID tag based on received sensitivity information. |
| US07982619B2 |
Hand cleanliness
Among other things, an entry monitor has circuitry to detect when a person enters a monitored space and an indicator perceptible to other people in the space to indicate a cleanliness state of the hands of the person who has entered the space. |
| US07982618B2 |
Wakefulness maintaining apparatus and method of maintaining wakefulness
A wakefulness maintaining apparatus includes an event detecting part, a drowsiness level determining part, a threshold setting part, and a stimulus supplying part. The event detecting part detects an event related to a drowsiness of a person. The drowsiness level determining part determines a drowsiness level that changes in accordance with a strength of the drowsiness. The threshold setting part sets a threshold value to divide the drowsiness level into a first level range and a second level range in such a manner that the first level range is equal to or lower than the threshold value and the second level range is higher than the threshold value. The stimulus supplying part supplies a stimulus having an awaking effect to the person when the drowsiness level is in the second level range and the event is detected. |
| US07982616B2 |
Radio frequency identification (RFID) tag including a three-dimensional loop antenna
This disclosure describes a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag that includes a three-dimensional (3D) loop antenna. The 3D loop antenna includes a first conductive portion having a length and width that substantially exceed a thickness. The length and width of the first conductive portion substantially lie in a first plane. The 3D loop antenna includes a second conductive portion having a length and width that substantially exceed a thickness. The length and width of the second conductive portion substantially lie in a second plane that is substantially parallel to the first plane. An RFID circuit electrically connected to the loop antenna excites a current through the first and second conductive portions in a current loop that lies in a third plane that is not substantially parallel to the first and second planes. In some instances the third plane may be substantially perpendicular to the first and second planes. |
| US07982614B2 |
Method and apparatus for wireless asset tracking using asset tags with motion sensors
A system includes an asset tag associated with an asset, the asset tag having a motion sensor to detect a movement of the asset. The system also includes a plurality of readers, each reader receiving one or more signals from the asset tag and measuring a distance between the asset tag and the reader based on the signals. The system further includes a controller receiving a measured distance from each of the plurality of readers and determining a location of the asset based on the measured distances. |
| US07982613B2 |
Interactive clothing system
An interactive clothing system includes a control unit having a processor and an antenna, and an item of clothing having a controller and a antenna. The antenna at the item of clothing communicates signals to the antenna at the control unit, the signals containing information about the item of clothing. |
| US07982612B2 |
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for monitoring a volume of fluid in a flexible fluid bag
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for monitoring a volume of fluid in a flexible fluid bag. A flexible fluid bag according to the invention may include a first and second side wall opposing each other, an outlet through which fluid contained in the fluid bag is evacuated, a signaling tag carried by the first side wall, and an inducer carried by the second side wall. The signaling tag and inducer may be positioned such that when a volume of fluid in the fluid bag is less than a predefined threshold, the signaling tag and inducer come into sufficient proximity due to flexation of at least a portion of the sidewalls of the fluid bag as fluid is evacuated from the fluid bag to trigger a state of a signal emitted by the signaling tag to change. |
| US07982610B1 |
Content-based prioritizing of deposits
As deposit bags containing monetary packages arrive at a cash handling facility contents of the deposit bags are inspected and assigned to a teller for processing. An automatic identification system may detect the presence of the deposit bag, the monetary packages, and/or the personnel handling the cash at various custody points at the cash handling facility. Such information may be used to determine the priority at which the monetary package may be processed. Further, a plurality of tellers may be assigned to process the monetary package in the cash handling facility. Each teller's workflow may be tracked based on the presence of monetary packages that are already being processed at the teller's station. Therefore, the monetary packages may be prioritized and may be assigned to a teller that is capable of handling the processing of the monetary package. |
| US07982605B2 |
Public distress beacon and method of use thereof
An automatic alerting apparatus and method, is herein disclosed, which audibly signals neighbors when a house or building door has not been opened in the previous twenty-four (24) hours. The system comprises a plurality of contacts aligned in a parallel connection on the exterior doors of a residence. The contacts are connected to a resettable twenty-four (24) hour timer. In use, if the timer is not rest in a twenty-four (24) hour period then power is supplied to an audible horn or beacon which alerts others to a potential emergency situation. It is envisioned that the device apparatus would have a back-up battery system for use during power failures and an override button for periods where no one will be in the residence for more than twenty-four (24) hours. |
| US07982603B2 |
Sensor net system, sensor net system data managing method, and sensor net system data managing program
In order to easily provide data successively generated from a real world sensor network in a time series to a user, a unit for generally and flexibly performing mapping between a source for generating physical electronic information (for example, a tiny sensor node) and sensing data to be provided to the user is provided. Therefore, a manager of the sensor network is composed of a device management table for mapping among a wireless sensor node, a wireless base station, and a data managing server, a real world model table capable of including device information and giving plural attributes, a registration/search processing unit for registering/searching that information, and a data manager for data mapping between the tables. |
| US07982597B2 |
Device for detecting current-impressed signals in security systems
A device and method for detecting current-impressed useful signals, added to a DC supply current, for a digital alarm line security system are described. To operate the alarm system using high DC supply currents on the alarm line without significantly affecting the reception of the useful signals, a current bypass branch containing a second current sensor element, a control amplifier, and an actuator for adjusting the resistance of the current bypass branch is provided in parallel to a first current sensor element designed for picking up the signals, the actuator being controlled by the control amplifier in such a way that a constant current adjusted to a setpoint value input at the control amplifier flows through the current bypass branch, the setpoint value being defined by a microprocessor as a function of time in such a way that the current flowing through the first current sensor element contains the useful signals having an essentially unreduced amplitude, and a reduced portion of the DC component of the supply current. |
| US07982587B1 |
Integrated microprocessor controlled alarm
Alarms are often required on various vehicles and equipment such as fork lifts, dump trucks, bulldozers, etc. An alarm is disclosed controlled by a microprocessor, which is an integral part of the basic circuit. The microprocessor is relied upon for adjusting alarm output based on source voltage, time of day, ambient noise, ambient frequencies, and ambient temperature. Additional features include sensing the alarm's own output to adjust alarm output in a feedback control loop, alarm self diagnosis using a current sensor, and using the microprocessor to operate a digital radio, such as Bluetooth, for intelligent alarm communication into a monitoring system for vehicle alarm status. |
| US07982579B2 |
Metal foil resistor
The metal foil resistor having a metal foil resistive element 20 composed of a metal foil whereupon a resistance circuit pattern is formed. The metal foil resistor comprises: a package 10 which contains the metal foil resistive element 20 in an electrically insulated state so that the resistive element can be expandable and contractible in a spreading direction of the metal foil; and a relay terminal 26 which is held in the package 10 in the electrically insulated state and is connected to an electrode 20a of the metal foil resistive element 20. A temperature coefficient of resistance can be reduced and stabilized. Control factors can be reduced to increase degrees in freedom in designing. Further, an external stress applied to a package is prevented from transmitting to the metal foil resistive element, and therefore the package can be easily attached to a discretionary heat sink. |
| US07982578B2 |
Switch disconnector
The present invention relates to a switch disconnector comprising a housing portion, in which several pairs of blade receiving contacts assigned to each other or the like are arranged, which can be bridged by means of fuses, possibly comprising shock protection covers at least partially covering contact blades, and comprising a lid for receiving said fuses, which is provided in a manner hinged to the housing portion, wherein several receiving means in the form of slots, grooves or the like are formed at the inside of the lid, wherein one bearing cage is provided per fuse, and each bearing cage comprises a cage portion for inserting a fuse, wherein the cage portion is fit to the shape of the fuse to be inserted, and each bearing cage is provided with fasteners, which can be inserted in and snapped into predetermined receiving means for fastening the bearing cage to the lid respectively. |
| US07982573B2 |
Coil device
A coil device is provided which has a small loss in a high-frequency band even if it has an air core or a core material used is not of so high quality when it has a core, generates little magnetic extraneous radiation, has a stable frequency characteristic of an inductance, and can be manufactured at low cost. What is formed by winding a linear conductor around two axes which are parallel with each other to be in a substantially S-shape as a whole by one turn with winding directions made different is set as one layer of unit winding, the unit windings are stacked in a plurality of layers while aligning the axes, and the unit windings of all layers are electrically connected in series. |
| US07982569B2 |
Inductance element, method for manufacturing the inductance element, and switching power supply using the inductance element
In one embodiment, an inductance element includes a toroidal core and a bottomed insulating resin case. The bottomed insulating resin case includes a cylindrical outer wall section, a cylindrical inner wall section, a bottom section, an open section and a hollow section. The cylindrical outer wall section has an extending section exceeding the height of the toroidal core. The open section of the insulating resin case is covered with a cover portion having a bent section formed by bending an extending section of the cylindrical outer wall section. |
| US07982567B2 |
Electromagnetic actuator and switch apparatus equipped with such an electromagnetic actuator
An actuator comprising: a fixed part comprising a ferromagnetic yoke and a magnetized assembly mounted on a face of the yoke and extending substantially over the whole dimension of said face parallel to the axis of movement of a moving part, the moving part comprising a ferromagnetic element comprising a first air-gap surface to form a magnetic air-gap of variable thickness and a second air-gap surface parallel to the axis of movement to form a residual magnetic air-gap of constant thickness with a corresponding air-gap surface of the magnetized assembly. an excitation coil. An electric switch apparatus equipped with the actuator. |
| US07982564B2 |
Starter solenoid with vibration resistant features
A starter solenoid comprises a solenoid cap defining a contact channel. A first terminal and a second terminal are provided on the solenoid cap. A contact is moveable within the channel between a first position where the contact touches the first and second terminals and a second position where the contact is removed from the first and second terminals. A shield is positioned in the channel to space the contact apart from the channel walls. The contact comprises a first terminal face connected to a second terminal face. The first and second terminal faces are configured to respectively contact the first and second terminals when the contact is in the first position. Opposing lips extend from opposite sides of the first terminal face with a curved shoulder provided between the first terminal face and each of the opposing lips. |
| US07982563B2 |
Dual-actuation-mode control device
The present invention relates to a control device (1, 1′) of an electrical circuit comprising: a microswitch (2, 2′) comprising a moving element that can be driven by magnetic effect between a first stable state and a second stable state to control the electrical circuit, a fixed permanent magnet (10, 10′), a moving permanent magnet (11, 11′) that can be actuated between a first position, in which it forms, with the fixed permanent magnet (10, 10′), a substantially uniform permanent magnetic field (B0) holding the moving element in the first state or the second state, and a second position in which it is able to control the switchover of the moving element from one state to the other, an excitation coil (4) able to create a temporary magnetic field (Bb) able to cause the moving element to switch over from one state to the other when the moving permanent magnet (11, 11′) is in the first position. |
| US07982562B2 |
Magetic latching relay
The present invention relates to a magnetic latching relay which can avoid influences of erection stress on internal structure parameters thereof. The magnetic latching relay includes a yoke assembly, a magnetic steel assembly, a contact system having movable and immovable contact spring assemblies and a pusher pad, and a shell having a bottom case and an upper cover. Back contact springs of the movable contact spring assembly are arc-shaped and stacked on one side of each movable contact spring of the movable contact spring assembly. The bottom case has clip-shaped bosses which are formed outside two side walls of the bottom case to fasten extension ends of the movable and the immovable contact springs and supported with bolts to clamp the springs extending out of clip-shaped openings of the bosses. |
| US07982561B2 |
Resonator system for an RF power amplifier output circuit
A resonator system is presented that has first and second cavity resonators for use in an RF amplifying system employing an RF amplifier device having an output circuit and an RF signal broadcasting antenna coupled to the output circuit. The resonators are interposed between the amplifying device output terminal and the antenna. The first resonator is comprised of a transmission line being a length of two coaxial conductors and tuned to the 3rd harmonic of the operating frequency (3fo). Each resonator has first and second opposing ends with the first end being an open end and the second end being a shorted end. The open end of the first resonator is connected to the output terminal of the RF amplifying device. The second resonator is connected in series with the first resonator and is tuned to the fundamental operating frequency (fo). |
| US07982559B2 |
Stripline filter
A stripline filter with wide-band filter characteristics having an attenuation pole on a high frequency side of frequency characteristics. The stripline filter includes at least three resonant lines, and two of the resonant lines include parallel line parts and bent parts. The third resonant line has a U shape in which both ends thereof are open and interdigitally coupled to the two resonant lines located on both sides thereof. The parallel line parts extend from base ends connected to a ground electrode via side surface lines that are parallel to respective line parts of the third resonant line. The bent parts extend so as to be bent from ends of the parallel line parts, and face each other at an interval. |
| US07982553B2 |
Clock generator
This invention discloses a clock generator capable of automatically adjusting output clock when process, voltage, or temperature variation occurred. The clock generator comprises a current generator, for generating a first current and a second current according to a control voltage; a oscillator, coupled to the current generator, for generating a clock signal according to the first current; and a voltage adjuster, coupled to the current generator and the oscillator, for adjusting the control voltage according to the clock signal and the second current; wherein, when the signal frequency of the clock signal changed, the voltage adjuster correspondingly adjusts the control voltage so as to adjust the first current. |
| US07982544B2 |
Method and system for amplifying a signal using a transformer matched transistor
A power amplifier includes a transistor, a transmission line transformer, and a capacitor. The transistor is operable to receive a signal and to generate an amplified signal. The transistor has a source, a drain, and a gate. The gate has a first impedance and is operable to receive the signal to be amplified. The transmission line transformer has a first, second, third, and fourth port, the first port and the third port being coupled directly to the gate of the transistor, and the fourth port being coupled to a source device having a second impedance. The capacitor has a first end and a second end. The first end of the capacitor is coupled to the second port of the transmission line transformer and the second end is coupled to a ground. |
| US07982537B2 |
Operational amplifier
Disclosed herewith is a circuit system for improving a slew rate while reducing the power consumption in an operational amplifier that requires a comparatively high supply voltage (e.g., 5 V or upper) operation. The operational amplifier includes level shift circuits, differential pairs whose source connected serially, current voltage conversion circuit and output stage. The level shift circuits convert a differential input signal level and output to differential pairs. Combination of level shift circuit and differential pairs realize input signal difference detection and driving current control in the common circuit. |
| US07982531B2 |
Reference voltage generating circuit and power supply device using the same
A reference voltage generating circuit for generating a reference voltage includes MOSFETs connected to each other. At least one of the MOSFETs includes a control gate and a floating gate that is made hole-rich or discharged by ultraviolet irradiation, and the reference voltage generating circuit is configured to output the difference between threshold voltages of a pair of the MOSFETs as the reference voltage. |
| US07982528B2 |
Three-terminal power device with high switching speed and manufacturing process
An embodiment of a power device having a first current-conduction terminal, a second current-conduction terminal, a control terminal receiving, in use, a control voltage of the power device, and a thyristor device and a first insulated-gate switch device connected in series between the first and the second conduction terminals; the first insulated-gate switch device has a gate terminal connected to the control terminal, and the thyristor device has a base terminal. The power device is further provided with: a second insulated-gate switch device, connected between the first current-conduction terminal and the base terminal of the thyristor device, and having a respective gate terminal connected to the control terminal; and a Zener diode, connected between the base terminal of the thyristor device and the second current-conduction terminal so as to enable extraction of current from the base terminal in a given operating condition. |
| US07982525B2 |
Systems and methods for driving high power stages using lower voltage processes
In today's environment class-D amplifiers are used to provide an integrated solution for applications such as powered audio devices due to their advantages in power consumption and size over more traditional analog amplifiers. Due to power output requirements, the output stages of power drivers such as class-D amplifiers require a supply voltage in excess of the technologically allowed voltage for the switches in the output stage. A level shifter is used to ensure voltages supplied to the output switches do not exceed the technological limits. An ideal level shifter should provide the optimal voltage swing to output switches under all process, supply voltage and temperature (PVT) variations. The ideal level shifter should also provide fast transitions when the control signal changes from high to low and low to high. |
| US07982523B2 |
Electro static discharge clamping device
Electrostatic discharge clamp devices are described. In one embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a first transistor, the first transistor including a first source/drain and a second source/drain, the first source/drain coupled to a first potential node, the second source/drain coupled to a second potential node. The device further includes a OR logic block, a first input of the OR logic block coupled to the first potential node through a capacitor, the first input of the OR logic block being coupled to the second potential node through a resistor, and a second input of the OR logic block coupled to a substrate pickup node of the first transistor. |
| US07982522B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit for realizing an amplifier having ringing reduction circuitry
An N-channel transistor is provided as a switch between a high potential power line and a low potential power line. A high-pass filter is constituted by a capacitor and a resistor. When a voltage between the high potential power line and the low potential power line is started to oscillate by a switching operation, the high-pass filter causes a high-pass component thereof to pass, thereby turning ON the N-channel transistor to reduce a ringing. |
| US07982520B2 |
Signal generating apparatus and test apparatus
Provided is a signal generating apparatus that outputs from an output end thereof an output voltage corresponding to input data supplied thereto, comprising: a DA converter that outputs a voltage corresponding to data supplied thereto; a capacitor section that is provided between the output end and a standard potential; a transmission switch that provides a connection or a disconnect between a voltage generating end of the DA converter and the output end; and a control section that causes the DA converter to charge the capacitor section with a voltage corresponding to the input data by repeatedly connecting and disconnecting the transmission switch, thereby causing the voltage of the capacitor section to gradually approach the output voltage corresponding to the input data. |
| US07982518B1 |
Controlling timing in asynchronous digital circuits
A timing circuit for generating asynchronous signals is provided that uses minimal area while maximizing speed. This timing circuit can include a timing control block and disable/enable circuitry. The timing control block can include an SR latch and first and second delay blocks. The SR latch can generate first and second signals, wherein the first and second signals are asynchronous. The first delay block can generate a delayed first signal and provide that signal to a first input terminal of the SR latch. Similarly, the second delay block can generate a delayed second signal and provide that signal to a second input terminal of the SR latch. Notably, the first and second delay blocks delay positive going edges of the first and second signals differently than negative going edges of the first and second signals. |
| US07982517B2 |
Delay line
A delay line includes a delay amount adjusting unit configured to adjust a delay amount of an input signal in response to a first delay control code, and a delay unit configured to determine a number of first delay blocks having a delay amount with a first variation width and a number of second delay blocks having a delay amount with a second variation width in response to a second delay control code, wherein the delay amount with the first variation width and the delay amount with the second variation width are determined by the delay amount adjusting unit and the first and second variation widths correspond to a level change of a power supply. |
| US07982508B2 |
Switching circuit and driving circuit for transistor
A switching circuit includes: a transistor having a first electrode, a second electrode and a control electrode; a zener diode; and a capacitor. A connection between the first electrode and the second electrode is capable of temporally switching between a condition state and a non-conduction state by switching a control voltage of the transistor. The zener diode and the capacitor are coupled in series between the first electrode and the control electrode of the transistor. The first electrode is a drain or a collector. |
| US07982506B2 |
Voltage-current converter and filter circuit using same
The voltage-current converter of the present invention includes a converter input terminal, a converter output terminal, a voltage-current conversion unit for converting voltage that is applied as input to the converter input terminal to current, and a current extraction unit for intermittently extracting current from the output terminal of the voltage-current conversion unit and supplying this current as output from the converter output terminal. |
| US07982504B1 |
Interconnection architecture for multilayer circuits
An interconnection architecture for multilayer circuits includes an array of vias and a CMOS layer configured to selectively access the array of vias according to an address. The interconnection architecture also includes a crossbar stack which includes layers of intersecting wire segments with programmable crosspoint devices interposed between intersecting wire segments. The vias are connected to the wire segments such that each programmable crosspoint device is uniquely addressed and every address within a contiguous address space accesses a programmable crosspoint device. |
| US07982502B2 |
Asynchronous circuit representation of synchronous circuit with asynchronous inputs
A synchronous circuit design is converted to an asynchronous circuit by converting synchronous circuit logic to an asynchronous circuit logic, and converting one or more asynchronous inputs at a circuit boundary to an asynchronous input to the converted asynchronous circuit logic, such that the converted asynchronous input is operable to generate a token upon observing a change in state on the asynchronous input. One or more asynchronous outputs at a circuit boundary is converted to an asynchronous output from the converted asynchronous circuit logic, such that the converted asynchronous output is operable to output updated data as soon as changed data is received from the converted asynchronous circuit logic in the asynchronous output. |
| US07982501B2 |
Low-power routing multiplexers
Low-power routing multiplexers that reduce static and dynamic power consumption are provided. A variety of different techniques are used to reduce power consumption of the routing multiplexers without significantly increasing their size. For example, power consumption of the routing multiplexers may be reduced by reducing short-circuit currents, reducing leakage currents, limiting voltage swing, and recycling charge within the multiplexer. Multiple power reduction techniques may be combined into a single routing multiplexer design. Low-power routing multiplexers may also be designed to operate in selectable modes, such as, a high-speed, high-power mode and a low-speed, low-power mode. |
| US07982495B2 |
Configurable logic device
The configurable logic device comprises a plurality of configurable logic cells (2). A configurable logic cell comprises a plurality of multi-bit registers (20a, 20b, 20c, 20d). At least one is accessible both in a parallel and in a serial fashion. A functional unit (30) therein is coupled to two or more of the registers and comprises a chain of functional unit segments (31, 31′) that each comprise an AND gate (33) and a 1-bit full adder (32) receiving an output of the AND-gate. An output selection facility (50) provides an output signal of the configurable logic cell selected from two or more input signals. At least one of the input signals is provided by one of the multi-bit registers, and another by the functional unit. |
| US07982494B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting terminal state and setting output driver impedance
Embodiments of the present invention include systems for calibrating an output circuit. A comparator is coupled to a calibration terminal and configured to determine whether the calibration terminal is in a first state coupled to a calibration resistor or in a second state. A calibration circuit is coupled to the calibration terminal and configured to generate a calibration value based in part on the presence or absence of the calibration resistor. An impedance selector is coupled to the calibration circuit, the comparator, and a default calibration value. The impedance selector is configured to select the default calibration value when the comparator indicates the calibration terminal is in the second state and to select the calibration value coupled from the calibration circuit when the comparator indicates the calibration terminal is in the first state. |
| US07982492B2 |
Adaptive termination
A system for receiving data is provided. The system includes an inductive data device, such as a device that receives high-speed data over an inductive coupling. An adjustable impedance is coupled to the inductive data device, where the adjustable impedance is used for dynamically controlling ringing in the inductive data device, such as by damping ringing signals generated by circuit inductances or capacitances. |
| US07982481B2 |
Module for a parallel tester for the testing of circuit boards
The invention relates to a module for a parallel tester for the testing of circuit boards, and to a parallel tester comprising such modules.The modules have circuit boards standing at right-angles to the plane of the basic grid of the parallel tester, and on which contact pins are arranged along one side edge. The contact pins lie with their peripheral surfaces on flat sides of the circuit boards and protrude a short distance beyond the side edge of the circuit board. They are connected electrically and physically to contact fields formed on the circuit board.This arrangement of the contact pins is cost-effective to produce, mechanically stable, and permits the production of modules with a high density of contact pins. |
| US07982480B2 |
Calibrated wideband high frequency passive impedance probe
A calibrated passive impedance probe has a wide bandwidth operating range for impedance and performance measurements of RF and microwave components, devices, and circuits in 50Ω and 75Ω environments. The probe is calibrated at the probe tip, thus allowing accurate impedance and performance measurements of in-circuit functions and on-board components. The calibrated probe can be used to eliminate RF connectors and provide input and output connections to a circuit board for prototype design and quick performance verification thus realizing cost savings on RF connectors. The probe includes a semi-rigid coaxial cable assembly filled with dielectric material, a silver plated center conductor, and silver plated ground outer conductor having an SMA male connector on one end and exposed center conductor at the opposite end and having uniform characteristic impedance of 50Ω or 75Ω along the cable length; a hexagonal shaped body made of anodized aluminum having raised texture on the surface for sure handling; a probe tip of gold plated aluminum with two spring loaded ground pins; a four-finger threaded cable catch for locking semi-rigid coaxial cable assembly inside the tip and for ground continuity from cable to spring loaded pins; an interface RF connector-adapter including SMA female-SMA female, BNC-SMA female, or Type N-SMA female; a locking nut to hold and lock cable assembly and connector-adapter inside the probe body; and 50Ω and 75Ω precision loads for probe calibration. |
| US07982476B2 |
Conduction-cooled accelerated test fixture
According to one embodiment of the invention, a testing apparatus for executing highly accelerated life testing on at least one test subject includes at least one structure operable to thermally stress the test subject via conduction and at least one pneumatic hammer operable to input imparting vibrations to the test subject. According to another embodiment of the invention, a method for executing highly accelerated life testing of at least one test subject includes applying a thermal stress to the test subject via conduction at a rate of change of at least 8° C. per minute and imparting vibrations to the test subject at a rate of at least 3 Gs rms. |
| US07982474B1 |
System and method for online monitoring of corrosion
A system and method for online monitoring of corrosion of a pressure vessel is disclosed. First and second electrodes may be isolated from each other in a wall of the pressure vessel and exposed to a corrosive environment within the pressure vessel. Additionally, the first and second electrodes may be electrically coupled such that, when an electrical potential difference exists between the electrodes, an electrical current flows between the first electrode and the second electrode. The electrical potential difference and/or the electrical current flowing between the electrodes may then be measured and analyzed to determine when to perform a corrective action on the pressure vessel. |
| US07982468B2 |
Apparatus and method for testing electrical interconnects with switches
A test system including a package with switchable paths. The package may have conductive paths that are selected by switches. The electrically switchable conductive paths may yield increased data without significantly increasing the required testing hardware. |
| US07982462B2 |
System, method and computer accessible medium for magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging
An exemplary embodiment of system, method, and computer accessible medium for magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging for improving signal-to-noise ratio per unit time and optimizing duty cycle in MRSI and/or for reducing chemical-shift artifacts can be provided. In one exemplary embodiment, an excitation pulse can be forwarded to the target and acquiring a signal from the target by multiplexing in time and space. The multiplexing procedure in time can involve (i) a segmentation of a field of view of the at least one portion of the target into a predetermined number of slabs that are acquired sequentially during each repetition time, and/or (ii) an acquisition of multiple voxels. Data can be generated based on the acquired signal. According to another exemplary embodiment, an excitation pulse can be provided to the target, and a signal can be acquired from the target. The excitation pulse can be a series of cascaded Hadamard pulse components. Data can be generated based on the acquired signal. |
| US07982457B2 |
Method and eddy current system for non-contact determination of interface resistance
The present invention is a method and an eddy current system for non-contact determination of the resistance between the current lead stripe and the coating during continuous fabrication of chemical power sources such as batteries, supercapacitors, photovoltaic modules and the like. Both the method and the non-destructive test system for practicing the method are described. The method includes placing of an integrated measuring transducer containing two strap-type eddy current probes above the surface of the coating applied to the metallic current lead stripe in the region of the shaft guiding the stripe movement, so that all the points of the operating surface of the transducer being at an equal distance from the stripe surface coating so that the two probes would take measurements on the same area of the coating. |
| US07982456B2 |
Magnetic detection apparatus
In a magnetic detection apparatus, a magnetic detection sensor generates a sensor output signal whose high level and low level have different potentials in accordance with the moving direction of a magnetic moving object, and a computer unit includes three comparator circuits and detects the output signal of the magnetic detection sensor with three levels of comparison threshold values, so that the moving direction of the magnetic moving object can be detected accurately without any delay. |
| US07982455B2 |
Rolling bearing with rotational speed sensor
The object is to produce a magnetic encoder having a large outer diameter at a low cost, provide a sensor case which is compact in size and can be easily mounted and dismounted with a sensor element received therein, and to provide a double row rolling bearing with a preload application device and a rotational speed sensor which comprises a small number of parts and thus can be assembled easily. A magnetic member 12 of the magnetic encoder 11 is made of a magnetic material bound by rubber. The magnetic member 12 is bonded to an annular presser member 8, which also serves as a metal core, by an adhesive 13, thus eliminating the need for a mold and other facilities for vulcanization bonding. This makes it possible to manufacture a magnetic encoder 11 with a large outer diameter at a low cost. |
| US07982451B2 |
Sensing instrument
In adopting a structure in which an oscillator circuit unit and an instrument main body including a measuring unit are separately formed in a sensing instrument measuring the concentration of or determining the presence/absence of a substance to be sensed by using a quartz sensor, the present invention has an object to enable the instrument main body side to know an oscillation frequency of the connected oscillator circuit unit. A plurality of band-pass filters having pass characteristics corresponding to oscillation frequencies of the oscillator circuits respectively are provided in the instrument main body side to sort frequency signals, it is determined whether or not levels of the sorted frequency signals are equal to or higher than a threshold value, and a switching unit is controlled so as to connect a channel having a signal level equal to or higher than the threshold value to the measuring unit, and a reference frequency used in the measuring unit, for instance, is selected according to the frequency of the frequency signal corresponding to this channel. |
| US07982447B2 |
Switched mode power supply having improved transient response
A switched mode power supply has a high side switching transistor coupled between a voltage source and a load for generating the output voltage at the load. A driver circuit drives the high side switching transistor. A first resistor divider is coupled to the output voltage and has a first tap. An error amplifier has a first input coupled to the first tap and a compensated feedback loop. A second resistor divider is coupled to the output voltage and has a second tap, resistance of the second resistor divider being less than resistance of the first resistor divider. A switch is coupled to the second tap and to the first input of the error amplifier for connecting the second tap to the first input of the error amplifier when the output voltage of the switched mode power supply reaches a first predetermined voltage. |
| US07982446B2 |
Power supply circuit with dynamic control of a driver circuit voltage rail
According to one configuration, a monitor circuit monitors a delivery of power supplied by one or more switch devices to a dynamic load. Based on an amount of power delivered to the load as measured by the monitor circuit, a control circuit produces a voltage control signal. A gate bias voltage generator circuit utilizes the voltage control signal to generate a switch activation voltage or bias voltage. A switch drive circuit uses the switch activation voltage as generated by the bias voltage generator to activate each of the one or more switch devices during a portion of a switching cycle when a respective switch device is in an ON state, and the respective switch device conducts current from a voltage source through the switch device to the load. The control circuit adjusts the voltage control signal to modify a level of the switch activation voltage depending on the dynamic load. |
| US07982444B2 |
Systems and methods for driving a transistor
This disclosure relates to monitoring and controlling a voltage characteristic of a Drain Extended Metal Oxide Semiconductor (DeMOS) transistor. |
| US07982443B1 |
DC to DC voltage converter with stacked synchronous buck converters
A circuit for converting voltages is provided. The circuit includes a switch circuit coupled in series with an input node and a reference node. The switch circuit includes at least three controllable switches coupled in series and an inductive low pass output stage coupled to a connecting node between each of the switches. Each output stage is configured to output an average of the voltage generated at the connecting node. The circuit also includes a control circuit coupled to the controllable switches. The control circuit is configured to generate a plurality of control signals for control nodes of the switches, where the control signals have a plurality of complementary periodic components. Each of the complementary periodic components alternates a predetermined combination of the switches for alternating a voltage at each connecting node between a voltage at the input node and a voltage at the reference node. |
| US07982441B2 |
Converter circuit
A multiphase converter comprising a plurality of converter circuits, each converter circuit having series connected high and low side switches connected across a voltage bus with a common node provided therebetween, each of the common nodes connected through a respective inductor to an output node of the converter coupled to a load, the high and low side switches each being controlled by a control circuit to provide a desired output voltage at the output node, the control circuit including a first circuit for disabling and enabling at least one phase in response to a condition of the load, the circuit causing the high side switch to be turned on prior to the lower side switch when a disabled phase is enabled. |
| US07982439B2 |
System for energy harvesting and/or generation, storage, and delivery
A device and method for harvesting, generating, storing, and delivering energy to a load, particularly for remote or inaccessible applications. The device preferably comprises one or more energy sources, at least one supercapacitor, at least one rechargeable battery, and a controller. The charging of the energy storage devices and the delivery of power to the load is preferably dynamically varied to maximize efficiency. A low power consumption charge pump circuit is preferably employed to collect power from low power energy sources while also enabling the delivery of higher voltage power to the load. The charging voltage is preferably programmable, enabling one device to be used for a wide range of specific applications. |
| US07982437B2 |
Automotive power supply system and method of operating same
A battery control module monitors discharge voltages associated with a traction battery of an automotive vehicle. The battery control module cycles the traction battery at a discharge-voltage dependent charge/discharge profile to generate heat within the traction battery. |
| US07982433B2 |
Method of adjusting SOC for battery and battery management system using the same
A state of charge (SOC) compensation method of a battery and a battery management system using the same. A charge/discharge current of the battery is used for calculating the SOC and an SOC voltage that is a value in an OCV table, a rheobasic voltage is calculated, an error in the SOC is measured by using a difference between the SOC voltage and the rheobasic voltage, and a range of the error is determined among multiple effective ranges. Subsequently, the SOC is compensated by using a compensation SOC set in correspondence with a range in which the error is included to thereby measure a more accurate SOC of the battery. |
| US07982432B2 |
Method and system for monitoring an electrical energy storage device
An electrical energy storage device is monitored by cyclically applying an electrical load thereto and monitoring voltage and current at transient portions of the cyclically applied electrical load. |
| US07982421B2 |
Electric vehicle controller
An electric vehicle controller includes a speed sensorless vector controller for estimating the rotating speed of an AC motor from an output voltage command and an output current from a VVVF inverter, and controlling the VVVF inverter based on the estimate. An overhead wire current detector detects the current flowing through an overhead wire. A wrong action sensor senses an abnormality in the speed sensorless vector controller from the sign of the current flowing through the overhead wire and detected by the overhead wire current detector when the VVVF inverter is in operation. A gate stop circuit stops the VVVF inverter when the wrong action sensor senses an abnormality. |
| US07982415B2 |
Discharge lamp lighting apparatus
A discharge lamp lighting apparatus includes a switch circuit for DC/AC converting, a discharge lamp connected to a secondary winding of a transformer, a current detector detecting an AC output current of the discharge lamp, an error amplifier outputting an error signal to a detected current, a control circuit generating control signals that turn on/off the switching elements in such a way as to control the AC output current at a predetermined value, and a time division signal generator generating a time division signal at the start of an ON/OFF operation of the switching elements, wherein the time division signal delays a change in a burst dimming signal or has a predetermined inclination on the burst dimming signal. The error amplifier changes the error signal according to the time division signal from the time division signal generator. |
| US07982414B2 |
Method and device for driving an array of light sources
An illumination system (1) comprises a plurality of light source assemblies (10) and a common controller (21). Each light source assembly (10) comprises a plurality of individually controllable light sources (11, 12, 13) for generating light of mutually different colors. The controller is designed to generate a plurality of switched frequency signals (SF1, SF2, SF3) for the respective light sources, with a frequency within a relatively small frequency band, the different frequency signals (SF1, SF2, SF3) having mutually different frequencies (f1, f2, f3). In each light source assembly, each light source is responsive to a respective one of said switched frequency signals (SF1, SF2, SF3), the light source being ON for as long as the respective switched frequency signal is zero and being OFF for as long as the respective switched frequency signal has the respective frequency. |
| US07982412B2 |
LED circuit with high dimming frequency
A LED circuit comprises: an inductor, a group of LEDs, a capacitor, a power MOS and a switching circuit. The inductor is connected to a voltage supply and a first node; the group of LEDs is connected to the first node and a ground potential; the capacitor is connected to the first node and a ground potential; the power MOS is connected to the first node and a ground potential, wherein the gate of the power MOS receives a switching signal such that the capacitor is charged when the power MOS is turn on to further turn on the LEDs and the capacitor is discharged when the power MOS is turn off to turn off the LEDs. The switching circuit is to generate the switching signal. |
| US07982409B2 |
Light sources utilizing segmented LEDs to compensate for manufacturing variations in the light output of individual segmented LEDs
A light source and method for making the same are disclosed. The light source includes a plurality of Segmented LEDs connected in parallel to a power bus and a controller. The power bus accepts a variable number of Segmented LEDs. The controller receives AC power and provides a power signal on the power bus. Each Segmented LED is characterized by a driving voltage that is greater than 3 times the driving voltage of a conventional LED fabricated in the same material system as the Segmented LED. The number of Segmented LEDs in the light source is chosen to compensate for variations in the light output of individual Segmented LEDs introduced by the manufacturing process. In another aspect of the invention, the number of Segmented LEDs connected to the power bus can be altered after the light source is assembled. |
| US07982408B2 |
Cold-cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) current control circuit
A circuit to control an AC lamp current provided by an input AC voltage supply to a cold-cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL). The circuit includes a capacitor connected in series between the AC voltage supply and one terminal of the CCFL, the capacitor biasing the CCFL with the AC lamp current; a switch having first, second, and control terminals, the first terminal being connected to the CCFL and the second terminal being connected to the other side of the supply; a diode connected in parallel to the switch; and a resistor connected in parallel to the diode, wherein the AC lamp current is controlled by controlling the switch to add and remove resistance in series with the CCFL. |
| US07982407B1 |
Stroboscopic illuminator
A photographic illumination system, comprising a first stroboscopic flash tube, for emitting an intense broadband illumination pulse comprising ultraviolet rays; a second stroboscopic flash tube, for emitting a continuous series of broadband illumination pulses comprising ultraviolet rays; an optional filter, within a common optical path of the first and second stroboscopic flash tubes, for filtering a portion of the broadband illumination; and a control, for synchronizing the illumination pulse of the first stroboscopic flash tube with an external trigger pulse, wherein the second stroboscopic flash tube provides an output suitable for use by a human, unaided by viewing accessories, to compose a subject at a distance from the first and second stroboscopic flash tubes, and the first stroboscopic flash tube provides an output pulse suitable for exposure of an image capture medium. Both tubes are preferably manufactured to maintain the same spectral signature by adjusting fill pressure and gas mixture, and envelope material. |
| US07982402B2 |
Integrated igniter base for ceramic metal halide light source
A PAR38 light source assembly for use with a fixture having PAR38 socket connected to a ballast circuit for generating a ballast voltage. An electrically insulating housing supports a PAR38 screw base and encloses a CMH lamp and a circuit board providing a high voltage to ignite or re-ignite the lamp. The housing supports a reflector a lens wherein the lens, the reflector and the housing form an electrically insulating enclosure so that the PAR38 screw base is the only electrically conductive portion. |
| US07982396B2 |
Light-emitting device with light-scattering particles and method of making the same
A light-emitting device, including a substrate and a first electrode formed over the substrate. A light-emitting layer is formed over the first electrode. A second electrode is formed over the light-emitting layer. At least one of the first and second electrodes is transparent. A light-scattering layer comprising electrically-conductive, light-scattering particles is located in physical and electrical contact with the first or second electrode. The light-scattering layer is formed on a side of the first or second electrode, and opposite the light-emitting layer. |
| US07982391B2 |
Organic electroluminescent device
An organic electroluminescent device comprising two electrodes and at least one organic compound layer disposed between the electrodes,wherein a luminescent layer is included in the organic compound layers, the luminescent layer includes a fluorescent compound, at least one of the organic compound layers comprises an amplifying agent, the fluorescent compound emits fluorescent light upon application of voltage, the amplifying agent is capable of amplifying a number of singlet excitons and of amplifying luminescence intensity, and an amount of the amplifying agent is such an amount that at least 51% of light components emitted by the device upon the application of voltage is fluorescent light,wherein the fluorescent compound is selected from the group consisting of a distyryl arylene derivative, an oligoarylene derivative, an nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic compound, a sulfur-containing heterocyclic compound, a metal complex, an oxo-substituted heterocyclic compound, an organosilicon compound and a triaryl amine derivative. |
| US07982388B2 |
Light emitting element and display device
This light emitting device includes a pair of electrodes at least one of which is transparent or translucent, and a phosphor layer that is sandwiched between the electrodes and has a polycrystalline structure made of a first semiconductor material, and in this structure, a second semiconductor material different from the first semiconductor material is segregated on a grain boundary of the polycrystalline structure. The first semiconductor material and the second semiconductor material preferably have semiconductor structures of conduction types that are different from each other. Moreover, the first semiconductor material preferably has an n-type semiconductor structure, and the second semiconductor material preferably has a p-type semiconductor structure. Furthermore, in the case where the first semiconductor material is a zinc-based material containing zinc, at least one of the paired electrodes is preferably made of a material containing zinc. |
| US07982385B2 |
Display device with a plurality of picture elements and electronic device with display device
To improve color reproduction areas in a display device having light-emitting elements. A display region has a plurality of picture elements. Each picture element includes: first and second pixels each including a light-emitting element which has a chromaticity whose x-coordinate in a CIE-XY chromaticity diagram is 0.50 or more; third and fourth pixels each including a light-emitting element which has a chromaticity whose y-coordinate in the diagram is 0.55 or more; and fifth and sixth pixels each including a light-emitting element which has a chromaticity whose x-coordinate and y-coordinate in the diagram are 0.20 or less and 0.25 or less, respectively. The light-emitting elements in the first and second pixels have different emission spectrums from each other; the light-emitting elements in the third and fourth pixels have different emission spectrums from each other; and the light-emitting elements in the fifth and sixth pixels have different emission spectrums from each other. |
| US07982380B2 |
Front filter for plasma display and plasma display
A front filter for a plasma display that is mainly used as a TV display. The front filter has an anti-glare function which is capable of effectively preventing reflection concurrently with achieving black color reproduction, and a functional layer for imparting a function required of an image display device such as a light absorbing function and/or an adhesion function. This front filter has an anti-glare layer having a concavo-convex shape on an outermost surface thereof, a polyester film and a functional layer. The anti-glare layer is disposed on the observer-side surface of the front filter; at least one functional layer is disposed on the display device side. |
| US07982379B2 |
Flexible display device
The present invention relates to a flexible display device (10) comprising a flexible substrate (12) having at least one light source (14) mounted thereon. The flexible display device is characterized by a flexible thermo regulating layer (20) provided on the opposite side of the substrate compared to the side with the at least one light source for dissipating heat from the remaining display device. This allows for stable operation and increased endurance of the display device. The present invention also relates to a textile product comprising such a flexible display device, and a method for the manufacturing of such a flexible display device. |
| US07982374B2 |
Piezoelectric vibrating piece with extended supporting arms
Piezoelectric vibrating pieces are disclosed made of a piezoelectric material to be mounted in a package. A representative piece includes a base formed of a piezoelectric material, having first and second ends, extending between the ends in a length direction, and having a designated width. The piece includes at least a pair of vibrating arms extending in the length direction from one end of the base, and a pair of supporting arms extending partially in a width direction from between the first and second ends of the base. The supporting arms further extend in the length direction outboard of the base and vibrating arms, and include an adhesive region at the tips of the supporting arms. The adhesive regions are used for mounting the piece to a package. Whereas the tips of the supporting arms do not extend beyond the tips of the vibrating arms, the axial length of supporting arms is greater than the length of the vibrating arms. |
| US07982369B2 |
Ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus
A base has a plurality of projections or recesses. Each of the projections or recesses corresponds to one channel of vibration elements. Each of the vibration elements has a plurality of MUT elements. Each of the MUT elements transmits and receives ultrasonic waves. A plurality of MUT elements are arranged in each of the projections or recesses. Consequently, each of the vibration elements can transmit and receive ultrasonic waves having radiation surfaces curved along the surfaces of the projections or recesses. |
| US07982367B2 |
Piezoelectric/electrostrictive element having a multilayer external electrode structure and method for manufacturing thereof
Disclosed is a piezoelectric/electrostrictive element equipped with a piezoelectric/electrostrictive drive unit having a piezoelectric/electrostrictive body, and a film external terminal electrode containing substantially no glass component and being disposed on at least one surface of the piezoelectric/electrostrictive body. The external terminal electrode is an electrode having a laminated structure equipped with a first electrode layer made of a first electrode material being disposed to contact the piezoelectric/electrostrictive body closely and containing a first metal component and a piezoelectric/electrostrictive material, and a second electrode layer made of a second electrode material containing a second metal component and substantially no piezoelectric/electrostrictive material, which the first and second metal components are in the same element system. |
| US07982366B2 |
Ultrasound transducer with a dumbbell-shaped chamber
An ultrasound transducer has a cup-shaped casing. The cup-shaped casing has a sidewall. A cross section of an inner surface of the sidewall being perpendicular to a central axis of the ultrasound transducer substantially shows a dumbbell-shaped contour. The dumbbell-shaped contour has a pair of opposite straight-line sections being substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the dumbbell-shaped contour and a pair of opposite arc sections being located respectively at two ends of the longitudinal axis of the dumbbell-shaped contour and respectively forming two enlarged portions of the dumbbell-shaped contour. Two ends of each arc section of the dumbbell-shaped contour respectively joint the straight-line sections through two curve sections and each curve section is connected to one end of the arc section and one straight-line section. At least one enlarged area of a dumbbell-shaped surface of an inside bottom surface has a recessed portion. |
| US07982361B2 |
Actuator using comb-tooth
An actuator comprises a connection section having one end rotatably connected to a connection point (C1) of a fixed section and the other end rotatably connected to a connection point (C2) of a moving section, a connection section having one end rotatably connected to a connection point (C3) of the fixed section and the other end rotatably connected to a connection point (C4) of the moving sections a comb-teeth electrode having the root section connected to a comb-teeth base point (B1) and the fore-end section extending along the turning path, and a comb-teeth electrode having the root section connected to the fixed section and the other section extending along the curve of the comb-teeth electrode and opposed to the comb-teeth electrode with a predetermined gap. |
| US07982359B2 |
High efficiency salient pole machine and method of forming the same
A salient pole machine and method of forming the same comprising a rotating field assembly and at least one inter-pole cap connected to the rotating field assembly and/or at least end coil cap connected to the rotating field assembly. Each inter-pole cap preferably includes a top surface that has a curvature and/or at least one cavity. Each end coil cap may include at least one support. The salient pole machine may also include at least one fan assembly independent of the rotating field assembly. In a preferred embodiment, the salient pole machine includes at least one mounting plate, wherein each fan assembly is mounted on the mounting plate. The inter-pole caps and the end coil caps preferably comprise composites, polymers, alloys, ceramics, or naturally occurring materials. |
| US07982358B2 |
High efficiency alternator bobbin
A rotor assembly is disclosed for use with an alternator. The rotor assembly includes a bobbin assembly, a claw pole assembly having an integrated hub on which the bobbin assembly is positioned, a shaft that is received in the claw pole assembly, and a slipring assembly connected to the shaft. The bobbin assembly includes thin first and second end caps, a metal sleeve, a ring of inner tape, a field coil, and a ring of outer tape. The first and second end caps each have inner and outer flaps. The inner flaps are folded inwardly so that the end caps fit over the metal sleeve. The ring of inner tape is wrapped around the inner flaps of both end caps to adhere the first and second end caps to the metal sleeve. The field coil is wrapped around the inner ring of tape, inner end caps, and metal sleeve. The outer flaps on the end caps are inwardly folded around the field coil. The ring of outer tape is adhered to the folded outer flaps and the field coil. The claw pole assembly includes a front claw pole section and a rear claw pole section. |
| US07982354B2 |
Electric motor
A DC motor, has a stator housing accommodating a permanent magnet stator; a rotor, rotatably mounted confronting the stator, the rotor having a shaft, a rotor core fitted to the shaft and having laminations forming salient poles, a commutator fitted to the shaft adjacent one end of the rotor core, windings wound about poles of the rotor core and terminated on the commutator, the windings each being wound around a single pole of the rotor; and brush gear comprising brushes in sliding contact with the commutator for transferring electrical power to the windings. |
| US07982349B2 |
Spindle motor having a fluid dynamic bearing system and a stationary shaft
The invention relates to a spindle motor having a fluid dynamic bearing system comprising axial and radial bearings that contains a rotor component (14) which encloses a stationary shaft (12), which in turn is connected at both its ends to axially aligned bearing parts (16; 18) that are fashioned such that they form capillary sealing gaps (32; 34), a recirculation channel (28) filled with bearing fluid that connects the remote regions of the bearing to each other, and an electromagnetic drive system (42, 44) for driving the rotor component. |
| US07982346B2 |
Motor-type power device
Due to a centrifugal force in a vehicle width direction due to turning of an automobile, oil in an electric motor housing chamber housing an electric motor and oil in a transmission housing chamber housing a reduction gear and a differential gear flows to-and-fro via oil communication passages that penetrate a partitioning wall. An opening on the transmission housing chamber side of the oil communication passages is spaced from the partitioning wall. Hence, when oil moves from the transmission housing chamber side to the electric motor housing chamber side, it is possible to prevent the oil quantity on the electric motor housing chamber side from increasing excessively and suppress an increase in resistance to oil stirring by a rotor of the electric motor while retaining a constant oil amount on the transmission housing chamber side to ensure lubricating performance for the reduction gear and the differential gear. |
| US07982332B2 |
Power device for a vehicle
A power device for use in a vehicle includes a housing, a voltage converter, and a charge-storing device. The housing carries the voltage converter and the charge-storing device. The voltage converter includes a circuit that converts a power signal having a first voltage level to a second voltage level. The charge-storing device electrically couples with the voltage converter and stores the power signal having the second voltage level. |
| US07982330B1 |
Wind turbine generator and cable supporting structure for use therein
A wind turbine generator is provided with a tower, a nacelle mounted on the tower, a cable suspended downward from the nacelle through the tower, a length-variable mechanism having one end coupled to a specific position of the wind turbine generator, and a cable grip coupled to the other end of the length-variable mechanism. The distance between the specific position and the cable grip is adjustable by the length-variable mechanism. The cable grip includes a deformable tubular net and the cable is routed through the net. |
| US07982329B2 |
Vertical axis wind generator structure
A vertical axis wind generator structure includes a tower, a windmill assembly, a bearing assembly, a lubrication assembly, and a generator. The windmill assembly is installed on the bearing assembly. The windmill assembly and the bearing assembly are rotatably sleeved on a shaft lever of the tower. The bearing assembly provides for thermal expansion compensation and axial and radial loading. The lubrication assembly supplies lubricating oil based on the operating conditions of the windmill assembly so as to prolong the lifespan and improve the electricity generation effect of the wind generator. |
| US07982327B2 |
Wind turbine generator system and control method of the same
A wind turbine generator system includes: a wind turbine rotor including a blade having a variable pitch angle; a generator driven by the wind turbine rotor; and a control unit controlling the output power of the generator and the pitch angle of the blade in response to the rotational speed of the wind turbine rotor or the generator. The control unit performs a first control in which the output power is controlled in accordance with a predetermined power-rotational speed curve until the rotational speed is increased to reach a predetermined rated rotational speed, and performs a second control in which the output power is controlled to a predetermined rated power when the rotational speed exceeds the rated rotational speed; the control unit is responsive to the pitch angle for maintaining a state of performing the second control is or for switching to a state of performing the first control, when the rotational speed is reduced below the rated rotational speed after the control unit is once placed into the state of performing the second control. |
| US07982326B2 |
System and method for controlling torque ripples in synchronous machines
A system for controlling torque ripple in a permanent magnet synchronous machine includes a power converter configured to be coupled to the permanent magnet synchronous machine and to receive converter control signals and a system controller coupled to the power converter. The system controller includes a fundamental current controller configured for providing fundamental voltage commands, a harmonic current controller configured for using harmonic current commands, current feedback signals from the permanent magnet machine, and fundamental current commands in combination with positive and negative sequence regulators to obtain harmonic voltage commands, and summation elements configured for adding the fundamental voltage commands and the harmonic voltage commands to obtain the converter control signals. |
| US07982321B2 |
Apparatus and method for preventing configurable system-on-a-chip integrated circuits from beginning I/O limited
An integrated circuit containing multiple modules coupled to a pad via a multiplexer. The modules are selectively coupled to the pad by the multiplexer to provide integrated circuit function flexibility with a limited number of pads. A multiplexer select signal determines which module or clock circuit is coupled by the multiplexer. A common buffer may be coupled between the multiplexer and the pad to save substrate space. An analog circuit may be coupled to the pad to provide a signal path minimizing signal distortion. The integrated circuit's clock may be coupled via the multiplexer to an off-substrate circuit. Selective module coupling improves the integrated circuit's testing speed, may salvage an integrated circuit containing a malfunctioning module, and provides for signal loopback during testing. |
| US07982314B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit device
Circuit elements and wirings constituting a circuit, and first electrodes electrically connected to such a circuit are provided on one main surface of a semiconductor substrate. An organic insulating film is formed on the circuit except for openings on the surfaces of the first electrodes. First and second external connecting electrodes are provided on the organic insulating film. At least one conductive layer for electrically connecting the first and second external connecting electrodes and the first electrodes is placed on the organic insulating film. |
| US07982313B2 |
Semiconductor device including stress relaxation gaps for enhancing chip package interaction stability
By dividing a single chip area into individual sub-areas, a thermally induced stress in each of the sub-areas may be reduced during operation of complex integrated circuits, thereby enhancing the overall reliability of complex metallization systems comprising low-k dielectric materials or ULK material. Consequently, a high number of stacked metallization layers in combination with increased lateral dimensions of the semiconductor chip may be used compared to conventional strategies. |
| US07982311B2 |
Solder limiting layer for integrated circuit die copper bumps
An apparatus comprises a semiconductor substrate having a device layer, a plurality of metallization layers, a passivation layer, and a metal bump formed on the passivation layer that is electrically coupled to at least one of the metallization layers. The apparatus further includes a solder limiting layer formed on the passivation layer that masks an outer edge of the top surface of the metal bump, thereby making the outer edge of the top surface non-wettable to a solder material. |
| US07982310B2 |
Semiconductor device, method of manufacturing thereof, circuit board and electronic apparatus
A semiconductor device is provided comprising: a semiconductor element including a plurality of electrodes; first wirings coupled to the electrodes and directed toward a center of the semiconductor element from a portion coupled to the electrodes; second wirings coupled between the first wirings and external terminals, the second wirings being directed to an outer area of the semiconductor element relative to the center; and at least one resin layer formed between the first wirings and the second wirings. |
| US07982308B2 |
Light-emitting diode packaging structure and light-emitting diode module
A light-emitting diode packaging structure, a packaging module and the assembling method thereof are disclosed. The assembling method comprises the steps of: providing a light-emitting diode, wherein the light-emitting diode has two electrode leads; providing two metal plates, wherein each of the metal plates has at least a clamping portion; holding the electrode leads against the metal plates respectively; and bending the clamping portion of each of the metal plates to fix the electrode leads on the metal plates. Further, a plurality of light-emitting diodes are allowed to be mounted on the metal plates to form the light-emitting diode packaging module. |
| US07982304B2 |
Chip package structure
A chip package structure including a substrate, at least one chip, a heat dissipation device, at least one first conductive bar, a molding compound, and at least one second conductive bar is provided. The chip and the heat dissipation device are respectively disposed on a first and a second surface of the substrate. The first conductive bar has two opposite end surfaces, wherein one end surface is disposed on the first surface of the substrate, the other end surface is extended away from the substrate, and a fastening slot is disposed between the two end surfaces and passes through the other end surface. The molding compound encapsulates the substrate, the chip, part of the heat dissipation device, and the first conductive bar. The second conductive bar is disposed on one surface of the molding compound and has a protrusion portion fastened to the fastening slot of the first conductive bar. |
| US07982302B2 |
Power semiconductor module with control functionality and integrated transformer
A power semiconductor module comprising: a substrate, a plurality of conductor tracks arranged thereon, the conductor tracks being electrically insulated from one another, and including power semiconductor components arranged thereon; a connecting device, composed of an alternating layer sequence of at least two electrically conductive layers and at least one electrically insulating layer disposed therebetween, for the circuit-conforming connection of the power semiconductor components, the conductor tracks and/or external contact devices. The electrically conductive layers form connecting tracks and at least one transformer is formed integrally with, and thus from the constituent parts of, the connecting device. The transformer is composed of at least one transmitter coil and at least one receiver coil, which are in each case arranged coaxially with respect to one another and are formed with spiral windings. |
| US07982300B2 |
Stackable layer containing ball grid array package
Layers suitable for stacking in three dimensional, multi-layer modules are formed by interconnecting a ball grid array electronic package to an interposer layer which routes electronic signals to an access plane. The layers are under-filled and may be bonded together to form a stack of layers. The leads on the access plane are interconnected among layers to form a high-density electronic package. |
| US07982296B2 |
Methods and devices for fabricating and assembling printable semiconductor elements
The invention provides methods and devices for fabricating printable semiconductor elements and assembling printable semiconductor elements onto substrate surfaces. Methods, devices and device components of the present invention are capable of generating a wide range of flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices and arrays of devices on substrates comprising polymeric materials. The present invention also provides stretchable semiconductor structures and stretchable electronic devices capable of good performance in stretched configurations. |
| US07982291B2 |
Method for manufacturing a microelectromechanical component, and a microelectromechanical component
The invention relates to microelectromechanical components, like microelectromechanical gauges used in measuring e.g. acceleration, angular acceleration, angular velocity, or other physical quantities. The microelectromechanical component, according to the invention, comprises a microelectromechanical chip part, sealed by means of a cover part, and an electronic circuit part, suitably bonded to each other. The aim of the invention is to provide an improved method of manufacturing a microelectromechanical component, and to provide a microelectromechanical component, which is applicable for use particularly in small microelectromechanical sensor solutions. |
| US07982290B2 |
Contact spring application to semiconductor devices
A contact spring applicator is provided which includes an applicator substrate, a removable encapsulating layer and a plurality of contact springs embedded in the removable encapsulating layer. The contact springs are positioned such that a bond pad on each contact spring is adjacent to an upper surface of the removable encapsulating layer. The contact spring applicator may also include an applicator substrate, a release layer, a plurality of unreleased contact springs on the release layer and a bond pad at an anchor end of each contact spring. The contact spring applicators apply contact springs to an integrated circuit chip, die or package or to a probe card by aligning the bond pads with bond pad landings on the receiving device. The bond pads are adhered to the bond pad landings. The encapsulating or release layer is then removed to separate the contact springs from the contact spring applicator substrate. |
| US07982286B2 |
Method to improve metal defects in semiconductor device fabrication
The invention, in one aspect, provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. This method includes providing a semiconductor substrate and depositing a metal layer over the semiconductor substrate that has an overall thickness of about 1 micron or greater. The metal layer is formed by depositing a first portion of the thickness of the metal layer, which has a compressive or tensile stress associated therewith over the semiconductor substrate. A stress-compensating layer is deposited over the first portion, such that the stress-compensating layer imparts a stress to the first portion that is opposite to the compressive or tensile stress associated with the first portion. A second portion of the thickness of the metal layer is then deposited over the stress-compensating layer. |
| US07982284B2 |
Semiconductor component including an isolation structure and a contact to the substrate
A semiconductor component includes a semiconductor body, in which are formed: a substrate of a first conduction type, a buried semiconductor layer of a second conduction type arranged on the substrate, and a functional unit semiconductor layer of a third conduction type arranged on the buried semiconductor layer, in which at least two semiconductor functional units arranged laterally alongside one another are provided. The buried semiconductor layer is part of at least one semiconductor functional unit, the semiconductor functional units being electrically insulated from one another by an isolation structure which permeates the functional unit semiconductor layer, the buried semiconductor layer, and the substrate. The isolation structure includes at least one trench and an electrically conductive contact to the substrate, the contact to the substrate being electrically insulated from the functional unit semiconductor layer and the buried layer by the at least one trench. |
| US07982282B2 |
High efficiency amplifier with reduced parasitic capacitance
A semiconductor amplifier is provided comprising, a substrate and one or more unit amplifying cells (UACs) formed on the substrate, wherein each UAC is laterally surrounded by a first lateral dielectric filled trench (DFT) isolation wall extending at least to the substrate and multiple UACs are surrounded by a second lateral DFT isolation wall of similar depth outside the first isolation walls, and further semiconductor regions lying between the first isolation walls when two or more unit cells are present, and/or lying between the first and second isolation walls, are electrically floating with respect to the substrate. This reduces the parasitic capacitance of the amplifying cells and improves the power added efficiency. Excessive leakage between buried layer contacts when using high resistivity substrates is avoided by providing a further semiconductor layer of intermediate doping between the substrate and the buried layer contacts. |
| US07982277B2 |
High-efficiency thinned imager with reduced boron updiffusion
A method for fabricating a back-illuminated semiconductor imaging device on an ultra-thin semiconductor-on-insulator wafer (UTSOI) is disclosed. The UTSOI wafer includes a mechanical substrate, an insulator layer, and a seed layer. At least one dopant is applied to the semiconductor substrate. A first portion of an epitaxial layer is grown on the seed layer. A predefined concentration of carbon impurities is introduced into the first portion of the epitaxial layer. A remaining portion of the epitaxial layer is grown. During the epitaxial growth process, the at least one dopant diffuses into the epitaxial layer such that, at completion of the growing of the epitaxial layer, there exists a net dopant concentration profile which has an initial maximum value at an interface between the seed layer and the insulator layer and which decreases monotonically with increasing distance from the interface within at least a portion of at least one of the semiconductor substrate and the epitaxial layer. |
| US07982272B2 |
Thin-film semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A thin-film semiconductor device including a transparent insulating substrate, an island semiconductor layer formed on the transparent insulating substrate and including a source region containing a first-conductivity-type impurity and a drain region containing a first-conductivity-type impurity and spaced apart from the source region, a gate insulating film and a gate electrode which are formed on a portion of the island semiconductor layer, which is located between the source region and the drain region, a sidewall spacer having a 3-ply structure including a first oxide film, a nitride film and a second oxide film, which are respectively formed on a sidewall of the gate electrode, and an interlayer insulating film covering the island semiconductor layer and the gate electrode. |
| US07982268B2 |
Dual-gate transistor and pixel structure using the same
A dual-gate transistor includes a first gate formed on a substrate, a first dielectric layer covering the first gate and the substrate, a semiconductor layer formed on the first dielectric layer, first and second electrodes formed on the semiconductor layer and spaced with an interval in order to separate each other, a second dielectric layer covering the first and second electrodes, and a second gate formed on the second dielectric layer, in which at least one of the first and second gates is non-overlapped with the second electrode. |
| US07982261B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing same
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a first stacked body on a silicon substrate, and a second stacked body is provided thereon. The first stacked body includes a plurality of insulating films alternately stacked with a plurality of electrode films, and a first portion of a through-hole extending in a stacking direction is formed. The second stacked body includes a plurality of insulating films alternately stacked with a plurality of electrode films, and a second portion of the through-hole is formed. A memory film is formed on an inner face of the through-hole, and a silicon pillar is buried in an interior of the through-hole. A central axis of the second portion of the through-hole is shifted from a central axis of the first portion, and a lower end of the second portion is positioned lower than an upper portion of the first portion. |
| US07982255B2 |
Flash memory with recessed floating gate
A flash memory device wherein the floating gate of the flash memory is defined by a recessed access device. The use of a recessed access device results in a longer channel length with less loss of device density. The floating gate can also be elevated above the substrate a selected amount so as to achieve a desirable coupling between the substrate, the floating gate and the control gate comprising the flash cell. |
| US07982253B2 |
Semiconductor device with a dynamic gate-drain capacitance
A semiconductor device with a dynamic gate drain capacitance. One embodiment provides a semiconductor device. The device includes a semiconductor substrate, a field effect transistor structure including a source region, a first body region, a drain region, a gate electrode structure and a gate insulating layer. The gate insulating layer is arranged between the gate electrode structure and the body region. The gate electrode structure and the drain region partially form a capacitor structure including a gate-drain capacitance configured to dynamically change with varying reverse voltages applied between the source and drain regions. The gate-drain capacitance includes at least one local maximum at a given threshold or a plateau-like course at given reverse voltage. |
| US07982251B2 |
Device for detecting/storing electromagnetic beams, method for making same, and use thereof and imager incorporating same
The invention concerns a device for detecting and storing electromagnetic beams, an imager incorporating same, a method for making said device and use thereof. The inventive device comprises a field-effect phototransistor including: two source and drain contact electrodes, an electrical conduction unit which is connected to the two contact electrodes and which is coated with a photosensitive polymeric coating capable of absorbing the beams, of detecting, of generating in response the loads detected by said unit and of storing said loads, and a gate electrode which is capable of controlling the electric current in the unit as well as spatially distributing the loads in said coating and which is separated from said unit by a gate dielectric. Said device is configured such that the conduction unit comprises at least one semiconductive nanotube or nanowire capable of supplying an electric signal representing a modification of the conductivity of the phototransistor having been exposed to a beam, and that the gate dielectric has a thickness and a permittivity ∈, which satisfy ∈r>0.2 nm*1, so that the conductivity after exposition may be electrically reset in a reduced time and that the device forms at least one imaging pixel. |
| US07982250B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device is demonstrated in which a plurality of field-effect transistors is stacked with an interlayer insulating layer interposed therebetween over a substrate having an insulating surface. Each of the plurality of filed-effect transistors has a semiconductor layer which is prepared by a process including separation of the semiconductor layer from a semiconductor substrate followed by bonding thereof over the substrate. Each of the plurality of field-effect transistors is covered with an insulating film which provides distortion of the semiconductor layer. Furthermore, the crystal axis of the semiconductor layer, which is parallel to the crystal plane thereof, is set to a channel length direction of the semiconductor layer, which enables production of the semiconductor device with high performance and low power consumption having an SOI structure. |
| US07982249B2 |
Magnetic tunnel junction transistor
A magnetic tunnel junction transistor. In a particular embodiment, the magnetic tunnel junction transistor includes a tunnel barrier having a high resistance when in a non-ferromagnetic, state and a low resistance when in a ferromagnetic state. The tunnel barrier is switchable between the non-ferromagnetic and the ferromagnetic states. |
| US07982245B2 |
Circuit with fuse/anti-fuse transistor with selectively damaged gate insulating layer
A semiconductor integrated circuit is disclosed which includes a main transistor and at least one of a fuse transistor or an anti-fuse transistor (“fuse/anti-fuse transistor”). Each transistor type includes an active region formed in a semiconductor substrate, a gate stack comprising a gate insulation layer and a gate electrode sequentially formed on the active region, and source/drain regions separated across the gate stack, but the gate insulation layer of the fuse/anti-fuse transistor is selectively damaged during fabrication. |
| US07982242B2 |
Warp-free semiconductor wafer, and devices using the same
A semiconductor wafer to be diced into individual SBDs, HEMTs or MESFETs has a substrate with a main semiconductor region and counter semiconductor region formed on its opposite surfaces. The main semiconductor region is configured to provide the desired semiconductor devices. In order to counterbalance the warping effect of the main semiconductor region on the substrate, as well as to enhance the voltage strength of the devices made from the wafer, the counter semiconductor region is made similar in configuration to the main semiconductor region. The main semiconductor region and counter semiconductor region are arranged in bilateral symmetry as viewed in a cross-sectional plane at right angles with the substrate surfaces. |
| US07982239B2 |
Power switching transistors
In an embodiment, a integrated semiconductor device includes a first Vertical Junction Field Effect Transistor (VJFET) having a source, and a gate disposed on each side of the first VJFET source, and a second VJFET transistor having a source, and a gate disposed on each side of the second VJFET source. At least one gate of the first VJFET is separated from at least one gate of the second VJFET by a channel. The integrated semiconductor device also includes a Junction Barrier Schottky (JBS) diode positioned between the first and second VJFETs. The JBS diode comprises a metal contact that forms a rectifying contact to the channel and a non-rectifying contact to at least one gate of the first and second VJFETs, and the metal contact is an anode of the JBS diode. A first electrical connection ties the gates of the first VJFET, the gates of the second VJFET, and the anode of the JBS diode to a common gate electrode and a second electrical connection ties the source of the first VJFET and the source of the second VJFET to a common source electrode. |
| US07982238B2 |
Light-emitting diode
A light-emitting diode (LED) is provided, wherein the LED comprises an epitaxial structure, a bonding layer and a composite substrate. The composite substrate comprises a patterned substrate having a pattern and a conductive material layer disposed around the patterned substrate. The bonding layer is formed on the composite substrate. The epitaxial structure is formed on the bonding layer. |
| US07982235B2 |
Light emitting device, package and lead frame
The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a lead frame electrically connected to the semiconductor element, and a package having an opening in a front surface with a part of the lead frame protruding from a bottom surface. The protruding lead frame branches into a plurality of end portions, and the end portions are bent to be positioned respectively on a side surface and one of a back surface and a bottom surface of the package. |
| US07982229B2 |
Light emitting device with conversion structure
The invention relates to a light-emitting device comprising a conversion structure and one or several LEDs (40), which emit light into the conversion structure. The light is then converted and emitted with a high radiant flux. |
| US07982225B2 |
Heat dissipation device for LED chips
A heat dissipation device for removing heat from LED chips includes a heat sink and a plurality of substrates. The heat sink comprises a base plate. A plurality of fins extends upwardly from the base plate. The substrates each have a unidirectional heat transfer and are attached to a bottom face of the heat sink. Each of the substrates defines a first wall on which The LED chips are mounted and a second wall coupled to the heat sink. The substrates only transfer heat from the first wall to the second wall and restrict the heat transfer in a reverse direction. When the LED chips generate heat, the heat is transferred to the fins of the heat sink via the unidirectional substrates to lower temperature of the LED chips. |
| US07982219B2 |
Pixel array
A pixel array includes scan lines, data lines, and pixels. Each pixel arranged in the nth row includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel. In the first sub-pixel, a first gate and a first drain of a first transistor are connected to the (n−1)th scan line and a first pixel electrode, respectively. In the second sub-pixel, a second gate of a second transistor is connected to the nth scan line, and a second drain is connected to a second pixel electrode and a first source of the first transistor. In the third sub-pixel, a third gate of a third transistor is connected to the (n+1)th scan line, a third drain is connected to a third pixel electrode and a second source of the second transistor, and a third source is connected to one of the data lines. |
| US07982216B2 |
Thin film field effect transistor with amorphous oxide active layer and display using the same
A TFT is provided which includes, on a substrate, at least a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, an active layer containing an amorphous oxide semiconductor, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, wherein a carrier concentration of the active layer is 3×1017 cm−3 or more and a film thickness of the active layer is 0.5 nm or more and less than 10 nm. A TFT is provided which has a low OFF current and a high ON-OFF ratio, and is improved in environmental temperature dependency. Also, a display using the TFT is provided. |
| US07982213B2 |
Phenanthroline compound and organic light emitting device using same
A novel phenanthroline compound is provided which is represented by the general formula [I]: (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are the same or different and each is selected from a hydrogen atom, an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted aralkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted aryl group, an unsubstituted or substituted heterocyclic group, and a halogen atom; and Ar1 and Ar2 are the same or different and each is selected from an unsubstituted or substituted fluorenyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted fluoranthenyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted perylenyl group, and an unsubstituted or substituted carbazolyl group). An organic light emitting device using the phenanthroline compound is also provided that has a light output with a high efficiency and a high luminance and has a high long-term durability. |
| US07982210B2 |
Light emitting diode having modulation doped layer
A light emitting diode (LED) having a modulation doped layer. The LED comprises an n-type contact layer, a p-type contact layer and an active region of a multiple quantum well structure having an InGaN well layer. The n-type contact layer comprises a first modulation doped layer and a second modulation doped layer, each having InGaN layers doped with a high concentration of n-type impurity and low concentration of n-type impurity InGaN layers alternately laminated. The InGaN layers of the first modulation doped layer have the same composition, and the InGaN layers of the second modulation doped layer have the same composition. The second modulation doped layer is interposed between the first modulation doped layer and the active region, and an n-electrode is in contact with the first modulation doped layer. Accordingly, an increase in process time is prevented and strains induced in a multiple quantum well structure are reduced. |
| US07982209B2 |
Memory cell comprising a carbon nanotube fabric element and a steering element
A rewritable nonvolatile memory cell is disclosed comprising a steering element in series with a carbon nanotube fabric. The steering element is preferably a diode, but may also be a transistor. The carbon nanotube fabric reversibly changes resistivity when subjected to an appropriate electrical pulse. The different resistivity states of the carbon nanotube fabric can be sensed, and can correspond to distinct data states of the memory cell. A first memory level of such memory cells can be monolithically formed above a substrate, a second memory level monolithically formed above the first, and so on, forming a highly dense monolithic three dimensional memory array of stacked memory levels. |
| US07982205B2 |
III-V group compound semiconductor light-emitting diode
A III-V group compound semiconductor light-emitting diode, containing a substrate 1 having plural crystal planes, and a grown layer formed on the substrate by epitaxial growth, the grown layer at least including a barrier layer 2 and 3 and an active layer 8, wherein at least the active layer of the grown layer has plural crystal planes each having a different bandgap energy in the in-plane direction, and an Ohmic electrode 4 for current injection is formed on a crystal plane (3) having a higher bandgap energy among the plural crystal planes. |
| US07982195B2 |
Controlled dose ion implantation
An ion implanter for creating a ribbon or ribbon-like beam by having a scanning device that produces a side to side scanning of ions emitting by a source to provide a thin beam of ions moving into an implantation chamber. A workpiece support positions a workpiece within the implantation chamber and a drive moves the workpiece support up and down through the thin ribbon beam of ions perpendicular to the plane of the ribbon to achieve controlled beam processing of the workpiece. A control includes a first control output coupled to said scanning device to limit an extent of side to side scanning of the ion beam to less than a maximum amount and thereby limit ion processing of the workpiece to a specified region of the workpiece and a second control output coupled to the drive simultaneously limits an extent of up and down movement of the workpiece to less than a maximum amount and to cause the ion beam to impact a controlled portion of the workpiece. |
| US07982191B2 |
Plasma panel based ionizing radiation detector
A radiation detector is formed from a plasma panel that includes a front substrate, and a back substrate that forms a generally parallel gap with the front substrate. X (column) and Y (row) electrodes are coupled by gas discharge events to define one or more pixels. Impedances are coupled to the X and Y electrodes, and a power supply is coupled to one or both types of electrodes. Discharge event detectors are coupled to the impedances. |
| US07982188B2 |
Apparatus and method for wafer pattern inspection
An electric field for decelerating an electron beam is formed on a surface of a sample semiconductor to be inspected, an electron beam having a specific area (a sheet electron beam) and containing a component having such an energy as not to reach the surface of the sample semiconductor is reflected in the very vicinity of the surface of the sample semiconductor by action of the electric field for deceleration and then forms an image through an imaging lens. Thus images of plural fields on the surface of the sample semiconductor are obtained and are stored in image memory units. By comparing the stored images of the plural fields with one another, the presence and position of a defect in the fields are determined. |
| US07982187B2 |
Method and apparatus for photon-assisted evaluation of a plasma
Described are a method and apparatus for evaluating a least one characteristic of a plasma. The described method uses photons to raise the excitation state to or past the point of ionization of atoms which will traverse the plasma to be evaluated. The ionization of the atoms, followed by the measurement of the energy of any resulting secondary ions, facilitates the determining of one or more characteristics of the plasma. In one example, the photons are provided by a laser which directs a beam to intersect, and in some examples to be collinear with, a beam of atoms directed through the plasma. |
| US07982186B2 |
Method and apparatus for obtaining images by raster scanning charged particle beam over patterned substrate on a continuous mode stage
A method of raster scanning a sample on a continuously moving stage for charged-particle beam imaging said sample is disclosed. The method includes line scanning a charged-particle beam across a surface of the sample repeatedly to form on the surface at least one 2-dimensional line array composed of scan lines lying adjacent to each other. When each line scan is to be performed, the charged-particle beam is shifted, along the stage-moving direction, by an extra predefined distance at least equal to a distance the stage has traveled during a time period from the beginning of the first line scan of the first formed line array to the beginning of the current line scan (to be performed) of the current line array (to be formed). |
| US07982184B2 |
Multi-reflecting time-of-flight mass analyser and a time-of-flight mass spectrometer including the mass analyser
A multi-reflecting TOF mass analyser has two parallel, gridless ion mirrors each having an elongated structure in a drift direction (Z). These ion mirrors provide a folded ion path formed by multiple reflections of ions in a flight direction (X), orthogonal to the drift direction (Z). The analyser also has a further gridless ion mirror for reflecting ions in the drift direction (Z). In operation ions are spatially separated according to mass-to-charge ratio due to their different flight times along the folded ion path and ions having substantially the same mass-to-charge ratio are subjected to energy focusing with respect to the flight and drift directions. |
| US07982182B2 |
Mass spectrometer and mass spectrometry method
The present invention relates to an ion trap with a large trap capacity. A mass spectrometer comprises a first linear ion trap that performs mass selective ejection, and a second linear ion trap that accumulates and then mass selectively ejects ions ejected from the first linear ion trap. Directions of resonant excitation of ions of the first linear ion trap and of the second linear ion trap are orthogonal. Compared to conventional art, sensitivity is significantly improved. |
| US07982181B1 |
Methods for identifying an apex for improved data-dependent acquisition
A method of analyzing data from a mass spectrometer provides data-dependent acquisition. An extracted ion chromatogram (XIC) is created for each m/z data point of mass spectral scans and the XIC for each m/z data point are correlated to a model function to obtain a XIC correlation value. A weighting function is applied to the XIC correlation value to obtain a current weighted intensity for each m/z point, which is used to reconstruct a weighted mass spectrum. The value or range of intensities of interest of the weighted intensity data or raw data is transformed from the time domain into the frequency domain, and the transformed data is used to make a real-time decision for the data-dependent acquisition. The data-dependent acquisition can be the performance of tandem mass spectrometry. A sample processing apparatus receives the sample and a computer readable medium provides instructions to the apparatus. |
| US07982178B2 |
Phototransistor with source layer between barrier layer and photosensitive semiconductor layer
A photo transistor has an active region spaced from a source by barrier. A drain is laterally spaced from the active region. Light incident on the active region creates electron-hole pairs. Holes accumulate at the barrier and modulate the effective barrier height to electrons. A gate reset voltage then is applied to gate which lower the barrier allowing the holes to escape. |
| US07982175B2 |
Miniaturized single track optical encoder system with integrated index channel(s)
Disclosed are various embodiments of a reflective optical encoder system having at least three channels—two data channels and at least one index channel. The various configurations of reflective optical encoders disclosed herein permits very high resolution reflective optical encoders in small packages to be provided. In addition, the embodiments of the reflective optical encoder systems disclosed herein reduce problems associated with misalignment between code scales and light detectors, permit relatively simple electronic circuitry to be used to process outputs, and reduce manufacturing, assembly, integrated circuit and encoder costs. Methods of making and using such optical encoders are also disclosed. |
| US07982167B2 |
Microwave food heating package with removable portion
Various blanks are provided for forming sleeves, containers, and other constructs for heating, browning, and/or crisping of a food item in a microwave oven, and for holding and/or transporting the food item after heating. The various blanks, sleeves, containers, and other constructs include a removable portion defined by one or more lines of disruption that enable the removable portion to be separated from the remainder of the blank, sleeve, container, or other construct. |
| US07982165B2 |
Metal heat treating systems that control the ratio of hydrogen to water vapor in metal heat treating atmospheres
A system for heat treating a metal product has an annealing zone having a first preselected atmosphere condition, a cooling zone having a second preselected atmosphere condition different than the first preselected atmosphere condition, and a blueing zone having a third preselected atmosphere condition different than the first and second preselected atmosphere conditions. A graphical user interface allows an operator select one of the zones for displaying processing information pertaining to the selected zone. The processing information includes a computed ratio of gaseous hydrogen H2 (g) to water vapor H2O (g) for the respective preselected atmosphere condition. The graphical user interface allows an operator to control the respective preselected atmosphere based, at least in part, upon the computed ratio. |
| US07982163B2 |
Heat gun
A heat gun has a body with a support mechanism mounted on the handle. The support mechanism includes at least one arm moveably mounted on the handle and which is capable of moving between a first retracted position and a second extended position. The at least one arm, when it is in its extended position, is capable of co-operating with the body to form a platform upon which the heat gun can rest on a work surface while the nozzle is placed remotely from the work surface. |
| US07982160B2 |
Photonic clock stabilized laser comb processing
Processing a workpiece with a laser includes generating laser pulses at a first pulse repetition frequency. The first pulse repetition frequency provides reference timing for coordination of a beam positioning system and one or more cooperating beam position compensation elements to align beam delivery coordinates relative to the workpiece. The method also includes, at a second pulse repetition frequency that is lower than the first pulse repetition frequency, selectively amplifying a subset of the laser pulses. The selection of the laser pulses included in the subset is based on the first pulse repetition frequency and position data received from the beam positioning system. The method further includes adjusting the beam delivery coordinates using the one or more cooperating beam position compensation elements so as to direct the amplified laser pulses to selected targets on the workpiece. |
| US07982155B2 |
System of testing semiconductor devices, a method for testing semiconductor devices, and a method for manufacturing semiconductor devices
A system of testing semiconductor devices includes a classification module configured to classify a plurality of lots into a plurality of groups; an apparatus assignment module configured to assign a plurality of testing apparatuses to each of the groups; and a test recipe creation module configured to create a test recipe to test defects in a second group other than a first group specified in the groups, the test recipe including a definition of testing positions in the second group defined by a rule different from the first group. |
| US07982154B2 |
Sorting device and method for sorting RFID tags
sorting device for RFID tags, comprising a dispensing unit for supplying RFID tags which are applied to a transport belt to a dispensing area, in which the RFID tags are detached from the transport belt; a pick-up unit having a plurality of transport units for respectively picking up the RFID tags in a respective pick-up area onto a corresponding transport belt of the transport units and a positioning device for positioning the dispensing area and a selected pick-up area with respect to one another so that the RFID tags detached from the transport belt in the dispensing area are picked up by the pick-up area of the selected transport unit. |
| US07982152B2 |
Trigger switch
Disclosed a trigger switch including fixed contacts forming main contacts double in series and functioning as a switch for supplying a motor with power and slide plate parts connected to the fixed contacts; and movable contacts provided in an actuator interlocking with an operation part and auxiliary contacts sliding on the slide plate parts. Drawing the operation part causes the actuator to move forward making the movable contact come into electric contact with the fixed contact to supply the motor with power, simultaneously making the auxiliary contact bridge over the slide plate parts to achieve electric contact to make no potential in the contact between the movable contact and the fixed contact. Releasing the operation part make the movable contact separate from the fixed contact, simultaneously making the auxiliary contact bridging over the slide plate parts cause a break of the contact with the slide plate part. |
| US07982132B2 |
Reduced size in twisted pair cabling
A twisted pair cable and a method of making the twisted pair cable are described. First and second insulated conductors are twisted about each other to form a twisted pair. A first insulating material surrounds a first conductor to form the first insulated conductor. In a first alternative or supplemental embodiment, the first insulating material directly abuts a circumference of the first conductor and has a first area with a first radial thickness and a second area with a thinner radial thickness. In a second alternative or supplemental embodiment, the first insulating material has a first area with a first radial thickness and a second area with a thinner radial thickness and the first area resides along a portion of the first insulated conductor which is abutting the second insulated conductor. |
| US07982124B1 |
Wireless guitar synthesizer
A wireless guitar synthesizer for creating theremin like sounds on an unmodified electric guitar. The wireless synthesizer generally includes a portable housing adapted to be moved independent of an electric guitar to influence a sound outputted by an audio means connected to the guitar and a circuit supported by the housing for generating an electromagnetic field to be received by the coil pickup of the guitar to influence the outputted sound. The circuit generally includes a signal generator for producing an output signal, at least one user-adjustable modulator electrically coupled to the signal generator for varying the output signal, and an LED antenna array electrically coupled to the signal generator to receive the modulated output signal and output the electromagnetic field. The user-adjustable modulators may include a joystick movable along an X-Y axis, as well as a plurality of switches, each of which independently alter the output signal. |
| US07982123B2 |
Passive electromagnetic string isolating pickup
A passive pickup that utilizes electromagnetic coils comprising circuits that are connected in series and placed underneath and parallel to the strings of the electrical instrument. Each circuit within the passive pickup can be run through separate amplifiers in stereo or combined with standard guitar pickup signals and run through one or more amplifiers. The passive string isolating pickup is directed at allowing utilization of signal processing (guitar effects) in a string-isolated mono or stereo manner and the adjustment the volume and tone of isolated strings when wired in conjunction with volume and tone potentiometers. |
| US07982121B2 |
Drum loops method and apparatus for musical composition and recording
One of many possible embodiments includes a method of recording and organizing drum sequences for use in composing music. The method includes recording a drum performance, separating the recorded drum performance into drum loops, organizing the drum loops into a song set, and providing a unique name for each drum loop. The unique name is descriptive of a possible position or function of each drum loop in the song set. In some embodiments, the song set and the drum loops are named and organized hierarchically to guide composers in conveniently selecting desired drum loops. In some embodiments, one or more song sets is provided on a processor-readable medium. |
| US07982118B1 |
Musical data input
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for entering or editing musical note data. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a user input selecting a scale; receiving a user input of notes; determining whether each note is in the scale; and for each note that is not, automatically replacing the note with a corrected note. In another aspect, a method includes displaying a segment of music; receiving user input selecting a scale, multiple notes from the displayed music, and a pitch displacement; displacing the notes; and for each displaced note that is not in the scale, automatically replacing the displaced note with a corrected note. In another aspect, a method includes receiving user inputs selecting multiple scales and a non-overlapping period of time for each scale; receiving notes, each for a particular period; and correcting the notes as necessary according to the scale for the period. |
| US07982117B2 |
Music intelligence universe server
An artificial intelligence song/music recommendation system and method is provided that allows music shoppers to discover new music. The system and method accomplish these tasks by analyzing a database of music in order to identify key similarities between different pieces of music, and then recommends pieces of music to a user depending upon their music preferences. |
| US07982115B2 |
Music notation system
A music notation system uses a grid with vertical columns representing musical notes and horizontal rows representing time intervals. Each note of a musical piece is indicated by a selected note symbol in the appropriate column, and extending across multiple rows if intended to be sounded for more than one time interval. Different note symbol shapes are used to indicate different tone qualities or playing styles. Note symbols are colored or graphically textured to indicate different sound intensities. Suggested fingerings may be indicated by numbers marked the note symbols, or by lines connecting notes to be played with the same finger. Other graphical design elements may be used to display rhythmic or harmonic context and, in computerized applications, to show or hide selected musical information, or to activate and listen to a sound recording of a piece of music or individually selected notes. |
| US07982105B2 |
Transgenic corn seed with enhanced free lysine
Transgenic corn seed with high levels of free lysine resulting from a recombinant DNA construct having an endosperm specific promoter and an embryo specific promoter operably linked to gene suppression elements for suppressing the production of an endogenous lysine catabolite. |
| US07982104B2 |
Soybean variety D5223512
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated D5223512. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety D5223512. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety D5223512 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety D5223512 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US07982099B2 |
Canola line GB083
A canola line designated GB083 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of canola line GB083, to the plants of canola GB083, to plant parts of canola line GB083 and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing canola line GB083 with itself or with another canola line. The invention also relates to methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic canola plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to canola lines or breeding lines and plant parts derived from canola line GB083, to methods for producing other canola lines, lines or plant parts derived from canola line GB083 and to the canola plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid canola seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the line GB083 with another canola line. |
| US07982094B2 |
Gene encoding lignan methylation enzyme
The present invention relates to genes for enzymes having the activity of transferring a methyl group to lignans, plants with an altered lignan composition using these methyltransferases, and so on. More particularly, the present invention relates to enzyme genes having the activity of synthesizing methylated lignans, preferably enzyme genes having the activity of synthesizing sesame-derived methylated lignans, and use thereof. |
| US07982093B2 |
Promoter sequence obtained from rice and methods of use
Methods are provided by which Oryza sativa plants and seeds thereof may be modified to express a coding region of interest using a promoter sequence operatively linked to the coding region. The promoter sequence is an isolated Oryza sativa antiquitin (OsAnt1) promoter sequence including SEQ ID NO: 1. The coding region of interest may encode a nitrogen utilization protein, suitably alanine aminotransferase. Methods to develop Oryza sativa plants that have increased biomass and seed yield are also presented. Furthermore, Oryza sativa plants may be produced that maintain a desired yield while reducing the need for high levels of nitrogen application. |
| US07982090B2 |
Laminate with indicia for an absorbent article
The invention relates to laminates, absorbent articles and production methods thereof. An absorbent article includes a liquid impervious backsheet having a first layer forming the wearer facing side of the backsheet, a second layer forming the garment facing side of the backsheet. The first layer has a wearer-facing surface and a garment facing surface and the garment facing surface includes at least first indicia present in the front half but not in the rear half of the backsheet backsheet. The backsheet includes a third layer on the front half of the backsheet and that covers partially but not fully the garment facing surface of the second layer and the first indicia. The second and the third layers are translucent in order for the first indicia to be visible through the second and third layers when looking at the absorbent article from the garment facing side of the backsheet. |
| US07982087B2 |
Wound dressing
A wound dressing includes a substantially transparent upper layer, an absorbent layer comprising a plurality of apertures arranged in a lattice pattern, and a low-adherent wound contact layer provided with a plurality of apertures arranged in a lattice pattern such the apertures of this layer are congruent with the apertures of the absorbent layer. |
| US07982085B2 |
In-line process for generating comonomer
The present invention relates to an in-line method for generating comonomer from monomer, such as ethylene. The comonomer generated is directly transported, without isolation or storage, to a polyethylene polymerization reactor. The in-line method includes the steps of providing an in-line comonomer synthesis reactor and a downstream gas/liquid phase separator prior to the polymerization reactor; feeding ethylene monomer and a catalyst in a solvent and/or diluent to the comonomer synthesis reactor; reacting the ethylene monomer and the catalyst in solvent and/or diluent under reaction conditions to produce an effluent stream including ethylene monomer and comonomer; passing the effluent stream from the comonomer synthesis reactor to the downstream gas/liquid phase separator to separate a gas stream from a bottom stream, wherein the gas stream is a mixture of ethylene monomer and comonomer; and passing the gas stream to the polymerization reactor to provide the necessary comonomer input. |
| US07982084B1 |
Processes using UZM-37 aluminosilicate zeolite
A new family of crystalline aluminosilicate zeolites has been synthesized. These zeolites are 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 propyltrimethylammonium cation and E is a framework element such as gallium. These zeolites are similar to MWW but are characterized by unique x-ray diffraction patterns and compositions and have catalytic properties for carrying out various hydrocarbon conversion processes. |
| US07982079B2 |
Integrated process for production of diesel fuel from renewable feedstocks and ethanol denaturizing
An integrated process has been developed for producing diesel boiling range fuel from renewable feedstocks such as plant and animal fats and oils and using a byproduct naphtha as a denaturant for ethanol. The process involves treating a renewable feedstock by hydrogenating and deoxygenating i.e. decarboxylating, decarbonylating, and/or hydrodeoxygenating to provide a hydrocarbon fraction useful as a diesel fuel or diesel boiling range fuel blending component. If desired, the hydrocarbon fraction can be isomerized to improve cold flow properties. A byproduct naphtha stream from the diesel boiling range fuel production process is used as the denaturant in an alcohol denaturing process for the generation of denaturized ethanol. |
| US07982077B2 |
Production of diesel fuel from biorenewable feedstocks with selective separation of converted oxygen
A process has been developed for producing diesel boiling range fuel from renewable feedstocks such as fats and oils from plants and animals where the process provides for sulfur-component management. The process involves catalytically treating a renewable feedstock by hydrogenating and deoxygenating to provide a hydrocarbon fraction useful as a diesel boiling range fuel. A selective separation such as a hot high pressure hydrogen stripper may be used to remove at least the carbon oxides from the first zone effluent and provide a liquid recycle stream at pressure and temperature. A vapor stream is separated from the net process effluent and at least carbon dioxide is removed using at least one selective or flexible amine absorber. The resulting hydrogen-rich stream is recycled to the reaction zone. |
| US07982076B2 |
Production of diesel fuel from biorenewable feedstocks
A process has been developed for producing diesel boiling range fuel from renewable feedstocks such as plant oils, animal fats and oils, and greases. The process involves treating a renewable feedstock by hydrogenating and deoxygenating to provide a diesel boiling range fuel hydrocarbon product. If desired, the hydrocarbon product can be isomerized to improve cold flow properties. A portion of the hydrocarbon product is recycled to the treatment zone to increase the hydrogen solubility of the reaction mixture. |
| US07982073B2 |
Catalytic production processes for making tetrafluoropropenes and pentafluoropropenes
A process is disclosed for making CF3CF═CHF. The process involves contacting at least one hexafluoropropane selected from the group consisting of CF3CF2CH2F and CF3CHFCHF2 with a chromium oxyfluoride catalyst in a reactor to obtain a product mixture comprising CF3CF═CHF, and recovering CF3CF═CHF from the product mixture.A process is disclosed for making CF3CH═CHF. The process involves contacting CF3CH2CHF2 with a chromium oxyfluoride catalyst in a reactor to obtain a product mixture comprising CF3CH═CHF, and recovering CF3CH═CHF from the product mixture.A process is disclosed for making CF3CF═CH2. The process involves contacting CF3CF2CH3 with a chromium oxyfluoride catalyst in a reactor to obtain a product mixture comprising CF3CF═CH2, and recovering CF3CF═CH2 from the product mixture. |
| US07982072B2 |
Process for the obtention of purified heptafluoropropane
Process for the obtention of HFC-227ea having a reduced content of organic impurities, comprising at least subjecting a crude HFC-227ea to two distillation steps at different pressures. |
| US07982070B2 |
Ionizable isotopic labeling reagents for relative quantification by mass spectrometry
Relative quantification of metabolites by Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (ESI-MS) requiring a mechanism for simultaneous analysis of multiple analytes in two or more samples. Labeling reagents that are reactive to particular compound classes and differ only in their isotopic kit facilitating relative quantification and providing tangible evidence for the existence of specific functional groups. Heavy and light isotopic forms of methylacetimidate were synthesized and used as labeling reagents for quantification of amine-containing molecules, such as biological samples. Heavy and light isotopic forms of formaldehyde and cholamine were also synthesized and used independently as labeling reagents for quantification of amine-containing and carboxylic acid-containing molecules, such as found in biological samples. Advantageously, the labeled end-products are positively charged under normal acidic conditions involving conventional Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS) applications. Labeled primary and secondary amine and carboxylic acid end-products also generated higher signals concerning mass-spectra than pre-cursor molecules and improved sensitivity. Improved accuracy concerning relative quantification was achieved by mixing heavy and light labeled Arabidopsis extracts in different ratios. Labeling strategy was further employed to ascertain differences in the amounts of amine-containing metabolites for two strains of Arabidopsis seeds. |
| US07982069B2 |
Switchable solvents and methods of use thereof
A solvent that reversibly converts from a nonionic liquid mixture to an ionic liquid upon contact with a selected trigger, e.g., contact with CO2, is described. In preferred embodiments, the ionic solvent is readily converted back to the nonionic liquid mixture. The nonionic liquid mixture includes an amidine or guanidine or both, and water, alcohol, or a combination thereof. Single component amine solvents that reversibly convert between ionic and non-ionic states are also described. Some embodiments require increased pressure to convert; others convert at 1 atmosphere. |
| US07982066B2 |
High protein supplement
The present disclosure relates to high protein dietary supplements for treating various symptoms and diseases associated with protein deficiency including weight gain, obesity, catabolic diseases, fibromyalgia, anxiety reactions, posttraumatic stress and chronic fatigue syndrome. Embodiments of dietary supplements comprise combinations of proteins, essential and semi-essential amino acids including L-Lysine, L-Arginine, and/or L-Histidine. |
| US07982060B2 |
Intermediates for the preparation of analogs of Halichondrin B
The present invention provides macrocyclic compounds, synthesis of the same and intermediates thereto. Such compounds, and compositions thereof, are useful for treating or preventing proliferative disorders Formula (F-4). |
| US07982053B2 |
Peptide deformylase inhibitors
Novel PDF inhibitors and novel methods for their use are provided. |
| US07982051B2 |
Methods for preparing diazonamides
This invention relates to novel macrocyclic lactams intermediates useful for the preparation of diazonamide analogs. This invention also relates to a novel electrochemical oxidative cyclization for the preparation of such macrocyclic lactams, and their further elucidation to provide diazonamide analogs. |
| US07982050B2 |
Process for preparing ligands of PPARdelta and the intermediate compounds for preparing the same
The present invention provides a process for preparing thiazole derivatives of formula (I), that activate the delta subtype of the human Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor (hPPAR δ), and also provides compounds of formula (II), (IV), (X), (XI) and (XII), intermediate compounds for preparation of the above compounds of formula (I). |
| US07982048B2 |
Antagonists of the magnesium binding defect as therapeutic agents and methods for treatment of abnormal physiological states
This invention provides a class of therapeutic compounds and methods for the treatment of mammals with physiological disorders, such as for example a frequently occurring type of essential hypertension, which are critically associated with the decreased binding of magnesium to the plasma membranes of their cells. These methods consist of administering to a mammal in need of such treatment a compound selected from a series of disubstituted trans, trans 1,3-butadienes, 1,3-disubstituted perhydrobutadienes, 1,2-disubstituted trans ethylenes and 1,2 disubstituted ethanes and disubstituted propanes, each of which embodies, in common, the unique structural feature essential for the biological activity of these compounds. This invention also provides for pharmaceutical formulations that employ these novel compounds. |
| US07982044B2 |
Iminopyridine derivatives and use thereof
The present invention aims to provide an iminopyridine derivative compound having an α1D adrenergic receptor antagonistic action, which is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of a lower urinary tract disease and the like. The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof. |
| US07982043B2 |
Protein tyrosine kinase enzyme inhibitors
This invention provides compounds of formula 1, having the structure wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are described within the specification. |
| US07982033B2 |
Pyrrolotriazine kinase inhibitors
The invention provides compounds of formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The formula I compounds inhibit tyrosine kinase activity of Trk receptors such as TrkA, TrkB, TrkC or Flt-3 thereby making them useful as anticancer agents. |
| US07982028B2 |
Oligonucleotides affecting expression of phosphodiesterases
The invention relates to therapeutic antisense oligonucleotides directed against genes encoding phosphodiesterases (PDE) and the use of these antisense oligonucleotides in combination. These antisense oligonucleotides may be used as analytical tools and/or as therapeutic agents in the treatment of disease associated with reduced cellular cAMP in a patient, such as inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract including, for example, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), acute respiratory distress syndrome, bronchitis, chronic bronchitis, silicosis, pulmonary fibrosis, lung allograft rejection, allergic rhinitis and chronic sinusitis as well as other conditions in which an increase in cyclic AMP or a decrease in PDE levels is beneficial. |
| US07982024B2 |
Antibodies to insulin-like growth factor I receptor
The present invention relates to antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof that specifically bind to insulin-like growth factor I receptor (IGF-IR), which is preferably human IGF-IR. The invention also relates to human anti-IGF-IR antibodies, including chimeric, bispecific, derivatized, single chain antibodies or portions of fusion proteins. The invention also relates to isolated heavy and light chain immunoglobulin molecules derived from anti-IGF-IR antibodies and nucleic acid molecules encoding such molecules. The present invention also relates to methods of making anti-IGF-IR antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these antibodies and methods of using the antibodies and compositions thereof for diagnosis and treatment. The invention also provides gene therapy methods using nucleic acid molecules encoding the heavy and/or light immunoglobulin molecules that comprise the human anti-IGF-IR antibodies. The invention also relates to gene therapy methods and transgenic animals comprising nucleic acid molecules of the present invention. |
| US07982020B2 |
Variant polynucleotide for increasing L-proline production
The invention relates to mutated variants of the proB gene from coryneform bacteria, which encode γ-glutamyl kinase, and to processes for fermentative production of L-proline using bacteria which contain this mutation. |
| US07982018B2 |
Modified corticotropin releasing factor peptides and uses thereof
The present invention relates to compounds comprising modified corticotrophin releasing factor peptide and specifically urocortin and urocortin-related peptides, modified derivatives thereof, and conjugates of such modified peptides and derivatives to serum components, preferably serum proteins or peptides. The compounds and conjugates of the invention comprise a reactive group, which is covalently attached to a modified peptide or derivative, optionally through a linking group. The present invention also provides methods for the covalent attachment of a modified peptide or derivative to a serum protein or peptide to form a conjugate of the invention. The conjugates of the invention preferably exhibit a longer in vivo circulating half-life compared to the corresponding unconjugated peptides. The conjugates of the invention also retain at least some of the biological activity of the unconjugated peptides, and preferably exhibit increased biological activity compared to the unconjugated peptides. The present invention also provides methods for the treatment and prevention of a disease or disorder comprising the administration of one or more of the compounds or conjugates of the invention to a subject in need of such treatment or prevention. |
| US07982016B2 |
Antigen binding proteins capable of binding thymic stromal lymphopoietin
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods relating to antigen binding proteins which bind to human thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP), including antibodies. In particular embodiments, the disclosure provides fully human, humanized and chimeric anti-TSLP antibodies and derivatives of such antibodies. The disclosure further provides nucleic acids encoding such antibodies and antibody fragments and derivatives, and methods of making and using such antibodies including methods of treating and preventing TSLP-related inflammatory and fibrotic disorders. |
| US07982009B2 |
Maize cellulose synthases and uses thereof
The invention provides isolated cellulose synthase nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering cellulose synthase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, and transgenic plants comprising said nucleic acids. |
| US07982005B2 |
Recombinant IL-5 antagonists useful in treatment of IL-5 mediated disorders
Chimeric, humanized and other IL-5 mAbs, derived from high affinity neutralizing mAbs, pharmaceutical compositions containing same, methods of treatment and diagnostics are provided. |
| US07982002B2 |
Nucleic acid encoding proteins involved in protein degradation, products and methods related thereto
In accordance with the present invention, there are provided novel Siah-Mediated-Degradation-Proteins (SMDPS) and/or SCF-Complex Proteins (SCPs). Nucleic acid sequences encoding such proteins and assays employing same are also disclosed. The invention SMDPs and/or SCPs can be employed in a variety of ways, for example, for the production of anti-SMDP and/or SCP antibodies thereto, in therapeutic compositions, and methods employing such proteins and/or antibodies for drug screening, functional genomics and other applications. Also provided are transgenic non-human mammals that express the invention protein. Also provided are compositions and methods for targeting the destruction of selected polypeptides in eukaryotic cells based on the ubiquitin-independent mechanism by which ornithine decarboxylase is degraded by the 26S proteasome. |
| US07982000B2 |
Composition comprising various proteorhodopsins and/or bacteriorhodopsins and use thereof
The present invention provides a solid material comprising an immobilized mixture of two or more proteorhodopsins, two or more bacteriorhodopsins, or one or more bacteriorhodopsin and one or more proteorhodopsins. The proteorhodopsins are selected from the group consisting of all-trans-retinal-containing proteorhodopsins and retinal analog-containing proteorhodopsins; all of which have absorption spectra that do not overlap. The bacteriorhodopsins are selected from the group consisting of all-trans-retinal-containing bacteriorhodopsins and retinal analog-containing bacteriorhodopsins; all of which have absorption spectra that do not overlap. The present invention also provides an optical information carrier, such as an optical data storage material and a fraud-proof optical data carrier, comprising the above-described solid material and a substrate selected from the group consisting of glass, paper, metal, fabric material, and plastic material, wherein said solid material is deposited on said substrate. The present invention further provides security ink comprising one or more hydrophilic polymers and a mixture of various photochromic materials. |
| US07981998B2 |
Bis-sulfhydryl macrocyclization systems
Peptidomimetic macrocycles and methods for their preparation and use, as well as amino acid analogs and macrocycle-forming linkers, and kits useful in their production, are provided. |
| US07981997B2 |
Growth factor which acts through ErbB-4 RTK
The present invention provides for isolated polypeptides capable of binding ErbB-4. |
| US07981996B2 |
Method of making bisimides
The present invention provides a method for preparing relatively insoluble bisimides under conditions which afford high imidization reaction rates and which permit the monitoring and adjustment of reactant stoichiometry at any stage of the reaction. The bisimides provided by the present invention are prepared either by reaction of a diamine such as 4,4′-diaminodiphenylsulfone (DDS) with an anhydride, for example 3-chlorophthalic anhydride (3-ClPA) in the presence of a solvent at a pressure greater than one atmosphere and at a temperature above the normal boiling point of the solvent, or by reaction of a monoamine with a dianhydride under the same conditions. In one embodiment, the relatively insoluble product bisimides provided by the present invention have a solubility in ortho-dichlorobenzene of less than about 10 percent by weight at a temperature of about 180° C. |
| US07981993B2 |
1-butene ethylene copolymers
A 1-butene ethylene copolymer having an ethylene derived units content ranging from 15.10% by molto 18.00% by mol having the following properties: a) distribution of molecular weight lower than 3; preferably b) hardness shore A (measured according to ISO 868) lower than 65; c) tension set lower than 30% at 100% of deformation (ISO 2285) d) no melting pointdetectable at the DSC; e) Melting enthalpy measured after 10 days of aging at room temperature comprised between 4 and 15 J/g. |
| US07981992B2 |
Catalyst composition comprising shuttling agent for regio-irregular multi-block copolymer formation
Copolymers, especially multi-block copolymer containing therein two or more segments or blocks, are prepared by polymerizing propylene, 4-methyl-1-pentene, or another C4-8 α-olefin in the presence of a composition comprising the admixture or reaction product resulting from combining: (A) a first metal complex olefin polymerization catalyst, (B) a second metal complex olefin polymerization catalyst capable of preparing polymers having increased incidence of regio-irregular branching compared to the polymer prepared by catalyst (A) under equivalent polymerization conditions, and (C) a chain shuttling agent. |
| US07981990B2 |
Synthesis of a liquid polymer and a functionalized polymer
A method comprising: (a) forming a living liquid polymer, wherein said living liquid polymer is anionically initiated and comprises a cation; (b) adding a functional initiator precursor of the formula FI-H, wherein H is hydrogen and FI is a functional group, said H terminates said living liquid polymer resulting in said liquid polymer having a number average molecular weight of about 20,000 (g/mole) to about 100,000 (g/mole), and said FI and said cation form a functional initiator; (c) adding monomer, wherein said functional initiator initiates anionic polymerization of said monomer; and (d) terminating the polymerization reaction initiated in step (c). Steps (a) through (c) may be conducted in a single reactor, allowing a liquid polymer to be dispersed in a functionalized polymer in a single polymerization step. Thus, the liquid polymer does not have to be handled separately and processing efficiency is improved. |
| US07981981B2 |
Flexible, hydrocarbon-resistant polyarylenesulfide compounds and articles
Disclosed are polyarylene sulfide compounds and melt-processed shapes therefrom in the form of extruded profiles, tubings, pipes, fibers, monofilaments and films. Embodiments especially adapted from the invention are elongated spooled tubings exhibiting a smooth surface texture, spoolability and chemical resistance. The compounds contain polyarylene sulfide, a highly saturated, hydrogenated (if applicable) nitrile copolymer; and an organofunctional silane. The compounds exhibit spherical microdomains of the nitrile copolymer in diameters ranging from 0.1 μm-100 μm. |
| US07981976B2 |
Heat-curable polyimide silicone resin composition
A heat-curable polyimide silicone resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a polyimide silicone resin having a radically polymerizable group bonded to a silicon atom, 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a peroxycarbonate curing agent, and a solvent. The composition can be cured at a low temperature in a short time. |
| US07981973B2 |
Toner process
The present disclosure relates to a process for latex preparation comprising a first heating of a latomer mixture comprising at least one free radical polymerizable monomer to low conversion and then adding at least one alkylene anhydride; a second heating of the latomer mixture to low conversion; a third heating of the latomer mixture to form polymeric particles; and combining at least one amine with the polymeric particles. |
| US07981971B2 |
Compounding agent for rubber vulcanization containing amino alcohol salt compound of carboxylic acid group-containing disulfide and method of production of the same and rubber composition containing the same
A compounding agent for rubber vulcanization containing an amino alcohol salt of a carboxylic acid group-containing disulfide, obtained by a reaction of a dithiocarboxylic acid and an amino alcohol, having the formula (i): |
| US07981969B2 |
Postcrosslinking of water-absorbing polymers
The invention concerns a process for producing water-absorbing polymer, which comprises a base polymer A being mixed with a first aqueous solution B of at least one surface postcrosslinker and a second aqueous solution C of at least one polyvalent cation and thermally treated, wherein said base polymer A is based on at least 50% neutralized acid-functional monomer and said solutions B and C are metered wholly or partly concurrently through separate nozzles whereby a water-absorbing polymer having a high saline flow conductivity value is obtained. |
| US07981965B2 |
Fiber composition and fiber made from the same
A fiber modifier for improving thermo-bonding affinity of a composite fiber to a natural fiber includes a blend of maleic anhydride and a copolymer component selected from a copolymer of ethylene and acrylic acid, a copolymer of ethylene and methacrylic acid, and combinations thereof. A core and sheath composite fiber including a sheath component made from a fiber composition that contains the above fiber modifier is also disclosed. |
| US07981963B2 |
Insulation material of reactive elastomer, epoxy resin, curing agent and crosslinked rubber
In a semiconductor device, the topmost wiring layer of the package board is formed from an insulation material in which the elongation at break is 20% or higher and Young's modulus is 1 GPa or less when the temperature is 10 to 30° C. This insulation material contains a reactive elastomer that reacts with epoxy resin or an epoxy resin curing agent; an epoxy resin; an epoxy resin curing agent; and a crosslinked styrene-butadiene rubber having a double bond and a hydroxyl group, a carboxylic group, or another polar group. It is therefore possible to provide a semiconductor device that has a wiring board in which the connection reliability in relation to temperature cycles is high and the adhesiveness between the insulation layer and the electroless copper plating layer is also high. |
| US07981962B1 |
Polymer grout compositions
The present invention relates to a one-part polymer grout composition tintable to any desired color upon request, as well as to a method of tinting the grout composition. Advantageously, the present one-part polymer grout compositions may be tinted using any of the multiplicity of commercially available universal colorants, according to fandecks of color based upon the same, or by visual or computerized color matching. Similarly, since conventional universal colorants may be employed, the equipment utilized to tint and agitate paint in order to provide any desired color may be utilized to tint the present grout compositions. A kit is also provided, comprising the tintable grout composition and instructions for tinting the grout composition according to the method. |
| US07981953B2 |
Flame retardant rubber-modified styrene resin composition
The present invention relates to a flame retardant rubber-modified styrene resin composition having excellent flame resistance for dripping without containing halogens and phenylene ether, which comprises A) 100 weight part of a rubber-modified polystyrene; B) 1˜10 weight part of a phosphoric ester compound; and C) 0.1˜10 weight part of an aliphatic amide compound. The flame retardant rubber-modified styrene resin composition of the present invention has flame resistance at the level of UL-94 V-2 and excellent impact resistance, heat resistance and fluidity. |
| US07981951B2 |
Process for producing epoxides from olefinic compounds
A process for producing an epoxide such as a cycloaliphatic diepoxide by the reaction of an olefin such as a cycloaliphatic diene with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as an oxidant in the presence of a catalytic system under pH control for example at a pH of less than about 5. The present invention is advantageously used for the epoxidation of olefinic compounds such as olefins and aliphatic or aromatic dienes. |
| US07981946B2 |
Antimicrobial and antistatic polymers and methods of using such polymers on various substrates
The present invention relates to a substrate having one or more antimicrobial or antistatic properties. Such properties are imparted by applying a coating or film formed from a cationically-charged polymer composition. The polymer composition includes a noncationic ethylenically unsaturated monomer and an ethylenically unsaturated monomer capable of providing a cationic charge to the polymer composition. Optionally, the polymer composition includes a steric stabilization component incorporated into the cationically-charged polymer composition. The present invention also relates to a personal care product and polymeric material comprising a base polymer blended with the above cationically-charged polymer composition. |
| US07981941B2 |
PET bottle recycling
A method for reprocessing used PET bottles having the step of shredding the bottles to form plastic flakes, sorting the plastic flakes according to at least one criterion into at least two partial quantities, and performing an individual processing treatment including a decontamination treatment. The device permits performing the method whereby it is possible to separate the plastic flakes produced from the threaded part of a PET bottle, these flakes being more difficult to purify, from the lighter plastic flakes from the wall of the bottle, which have a thin wall and are easier to purify, and treating them further in separate reprocessing steps. |
| US07981940B2 |
Method of treating sealing compound and apparatus for treating the same
Provided is a method of treating a sealing compound, in order to recover from the inside of a pneumatic tire the sealing compound that was used for repairing a puncture, the sealing compound including an aqueous solution having at least rubber latex dispersed therein, the method comprising: solid-liquid separating, by injecting a treating agent into the inside of a pneumatic tire into which the sealing compound was injected, the treating agent comprising at least one of a salt that is a reaction compound of an acid and a base and/or a water-soluble organic solvent, mixing the treating agent with the sealing compound inside the pneumatic tire, and aggregating and solidifying the rubber latex in the sealing compound. |
| US07981939B2 |
Application of 2-bromide-isovanillin for the manufacture of a medicament for anti-cancer or/and radiation/chemotherapy sensitization
Use of 2-bromo-isovanillin in the preparation of an anticancer medicament and/or radio- and chemotherapy sensitizing medicament is disclosed. The medicament for the treatment of cancers and/or for radio- and chemotherapy sensitization comprising 2-bromo-isovanillin as active ingredient provided herein has the following features: (1) low toxicity, without evident adverse effects; (2) significant therapeutic effect, with remarkable proliferation inhibiting and pro-apoptotic effects in tumor cells; (3) a broad-spectrum anticancer activity; (4) suitable to be used in combination with antimetabolites, to enhance the effects and meanwhile lower the toxicity, and also to reduce multi-drug resistance; (5) convenient and safe administration, the main route being oral. |
| US07981938B2 |
Colchicine compositions and methods
Stable ultrapure colchicine compositions comprising ultrapure colchicine and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient are described. The compositions can be tablets. Methods for preparing such compositions and methods of use are also disclosed. Methods of treating gout flares with colchicine compositions are also disclosed. |
| US07981928B2 |
Chemotherapy method using x-rays
A method of treating cancer in a human uses x-rays to disrupt a linkage in a complex of a chemotherapeutic agent and a carrier compound comprising a pre-selected element. The complex is administered to the human and then a localized region of cells which contains the cancerous cells is irradiated with line emission x-rays of an energy selected to cause emission of Auger electrons from the pre-selected element of the carrier compound to disrupt the linkage and release the chemotherapeutic agent near the cancer cells. A kit useful for the treatment comprises an x-ray tube capable of emitting monochromatic line emission x-rays and the complex compound. A transfer compound useful in the method comprises a chemotherapeutic agent linked to a carrier compound. |
| US07981927B2 |
Steroids derivatives as selective progesterone receptor modulators
The present invention is directed to novel steroid derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of disorders and conditions modulated by at least one progesterone or glucocorticoid receptor. |
| US07981924B2 |
Thiophene derivatives
The invention relates to novel thiophene derivatives, their preparation and their use as pharmaceutically active compounds. Said compounds particularly act as immunosuppressive agents. |
| US07981923B2 |
Tetralin and indane derivatives and uses thereof
Compounds of the formula I, II or III: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein m, n, q, Ar, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein. Also provided are methods for preparing, compositions comprising, and methods for using compounds of formulas I-III. |
| US07981922B2 |
Angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors
This invention relates to a process for synthesizing an amino acid derivative of a tripeptidomimetic, such as lisinopril. The invention also relates to a derivative of lisinopril, incorporating a amino acid moeity such as tryptophan at the P2′ position. |
| US07981919B2 |
Tricyclic heteroaryl piperazines, pyrrolidines and azetidines as serotonin receptor modulators
The present invention generally relates to a series of compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and to use of the compounds and compositions as therapeutic agents. More specifically, compounds of the present invention are hexahydroazepinoindole and octahydroazepinoindole compounds. These compounds are serotonin receptor (5-HT) ligands and are useful for treating diseases, disorders, and conditions wherein modulation of the activity of serotonin receptors (5-HT) is desired (e.g. anxiety, depression and obesity). |
| US07981918B2 |
Cyclohexylpyrazole-lactam derivatives as inhibitors of 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1
The present invention discloses novel compounds of Formula (I): having 11β-HSD type 1 antagonist activity, as well as methods for preparing such compounds. In another embodiment, the invention discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I), as well as methods of using the compounds and compositions to treat diabetes, hyperglycemia, obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, metabolic syndrome, and other conditions associated with 11β-HSD type 1 activity. |
| US07981913B2 |
Isophthalates as beta-secretase inhibitors
There is provided a series of substituted isophthalates of formula (I) or a stereoisomer thereof; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein W, R3, R5 and R6 as defined herein, their pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use. These novel compounds inhibit the processing of amyloid precursor protein (APP) by β-secretase and, more specifically, inhibit the production of Aβ-peptide. The present disclosure is directed to compounds useful in the treatment of neurological disorders related to β-amyloid production, such as Alzheimer's disease and other conditions affected by anti-amyloid activity. |
| US07981902B2 |
Substituted pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidines for selectively targeting tumor cells with FR type receptors
A compound for treating cancer tumors, particularly ovarian cancer tumors, is described, where a fused cyclic pyrimidine having a cancer treating ability is effective to allow selective delivery to a cancerous tumor. |
| US07981901B2 |
Compositions and methods for targeting cerebral circulation and treatment of headache
Methods and compositions for targeting cerebral circulation and treatment of headache include formulations comprising a pharmacologically active substance in a transdermal formulation, which is topically applied to an area of skin superficial to a carotid artery, a temporal artery, a vertebral artery, or to a tender spot associated with a headache. Particularly preferred formulations include a xanthine derivative (e.g., theophylline, caffeine, aminophylline), and may further comprise ketoprofen. Contemplated methods further include methods of advertising use of contemplated compositions. |
| US07981900B2 |
2-phenyl pyrimidines which are tubulin inhibitors
Compounds of general formula (I), (II) (III) and (V) are described for use in modulating microtubule polymerisation and in the treatment of associated disease states. Use of compounds (I), (III) and (V) in the treatment of kinase-associated disease states is also described. Further described are novel compounds of formula (II), (III) and (V). |
| US07981896B2 |
Pyrazoles for the treatment of obesity and other CNS disorders
This invention relates to compounds of the formula: to compositions containing these compounds, and to methods of treatment employing the compounds and compositions. |
| US07981895B2 |
Carbamic acid compounds comprising a piperazine linkage as HDAC inhibitors
This invention pertains to certain carbamic acid compounds which inhibit HDAC (histone deacetylase) activity of the following formula: The present invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions, both in vitro and in vivo, to inhibit HDAC, and in the treatment of conditions mediated by HDAC, cancer, proliferative conditions, psoriasis, etc. |
| US07981894B2 |
Polymorphic forms of 1-′4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl) butyl-4-(2-carbamoylbenzofuran-5-yl)piperazine hydrochloride
The invention relates to new crystalline modifications of the hydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl) butyl]-4-(2-carbomyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine, crystaline modification of the dihydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl) butyl]-4-(2-carbomyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine and amorphous 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine hydrochloride which are suitable in particular for the preparation of solid medicaments for the treatment or prevention of depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, mania, dementia, substance-related disorders, sexual dysfunctions, eating disorders, obesity, fibromyalgia, sleeping disorders, psychiatric disorders, cerebral infarct, tension, for the therapy of side-effects in the treatment of hypogonadism, secondary amenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome and undesired puerperal lactation. |
| US07981893B2 |
Heteroaryl compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of treatment therewith
Provided herein are Heteroaryl Compounds having the following structure: wherein R1, R2, L, X, Y, Z, Q, A and B are as defined herein, compositions comprising an effective amount of a Heteroaryl Compound and methods for treating or preventing cancer, inflammatory conditions, immunological conditions, metabolic conditions and conditions treatable or preventable by inhibition of a kinase pathway comprising administering an effective amount of a Heteroaryl Compound to a patient in need thereof. |
| US07981892B2 |
Disubstituted phthalazine hedgehog pathway antagonists
The present invention provides novel 1,4-disubstituted phthalazine hedgehog pathway antagonists useful in the treatment of cancer. |
| US07981888B2 |
1-oxyalkyl-2-carboxyl-7-nonsubstituted indole derivatives
Compounds of Formula I wherein A1, B1, C1, D1, E1, F1 and L1 are as defined herein, which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Mcl-1 protein, compositions containing the compounds, and methods of treating diseases involving overexpressed or unregulated Mcl-1 protein, such as leukemia and lymphoma, are disclosed. |
| US07981883B2 |
Substituted spiro-compounds and the use thereof for producing medicaments
The present invention relates to substituted spiro compounds, to processes for preparing them, to medicaments comprising these compounds and to the use of these compounds for producing medicaments. |
| US07981882B2 |
6-N-linked heterocycle-substituted 2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-benzo[d]azepines as 5-HT2C receptor agonists
The present invention provides 6-substituted 2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-benzo[d]azepines of Formula I as selective 5-HT2C receptor agonists for the treatment of 5-HT2C associated disorders including obesity, obsessive/compulsive disorder, depression, and anxiety: Formula (I) where: R6 is selected from the group consisting of (a, b, c, d, e) and other substituents are as defined in the specification. |
| US07981881B2 |
Fused heterocyclic compounds and use thereof
Fused heterocylic compounds of the following Formula wherein R1, R2, R5, Z, J1 and J2 are described herein, and analogs thereof are provided which are useful in treating leukocyte activation-associated disorders. |
| US07981880B2 |
3-(aminomethyliden) 2-indolinone derivates and their use as cell proliferation inhibitors
The present invention encompasses compounds of general formula (1) wherein R1, R2, R3 and X are defined as in claim 1, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterised by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation, and the use thereof for preparing a pharmaceutical composition having the above-mentioned properties. |
| US07981878B2 |
Tumor treatment with gliotoxin derivatives
The present invention describes the use of Notch2 inhibitors for producing a medicament for the treatment of tumours, which tumours are characterized by ligand-independent Notch2 fragments. |
| US07981876B2 |
Polymorphic and amorphous salt forms of squalamine dilactate
The invention relates to select squalamine salts, methods of their synthesis, their therapeutic use and their advantages relating to manufacturing, product stability and toxicity. More specifically, this application is directed to various forms of the dilactate salt of squalamine and their utility in inhibiting neovascularization and endothelial cell proliferation. |
| US07981873B1 |
Use within transplantation surgery
The present invention is within the field of transplantation surgery. More closely, the present invention relates to use of a clotting preventing agent in the production of a drug for administration in association with transplantation of insulin producing cells in the form of isolated islets to patients with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, IDDM. The invention is expected to significantly improve the clinical outcome of transplantation of islets of Langerhans. |
| US07981869B2 |
RNAi modulation of RSV and therapeutic uses thereof
The present invention is based on the in vivo demonstration that RSV can be inhibited through intranasal administration of iRNA agents as well as by parenteral administration of such agents. Further, it is shown that effective viral reduction can be achieved with more than one virus being treated concurrently. Based on these findings, the present invention provides general and specific compositions and methods that are useful in reducing RSV mRNA levels, RSV protein levels and viral titers in a subject, e.g., a mammal, such as a human. These findings can be applied to other respiratory viruses. |
| US07981866B2 |
MG53 compositions and methods of use
Disclosed herein are nucleic acid sequences that encode novel polypeptides. Also disclosed are polypeptides encoded by these nucleic acid sequences, and antibodies, which immunospecifically-bind to the polypeptide, as well as derivatives, variants, mutants, or fragments of the aforementioned polypeptide, polynucleotide, or antibody. The invention further discloses therapeutic, diagnostic and research methods for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disorders involving any one of these novel human nucleic acids and proteins. |
| US07981865B2 |
Antigenic fragments of human factor VIII polypeptides
Antigenic fragments of human Factor VIII polypeptide, pharmaceutical compositions which contain these fragments, and complexes containing these peptides and a carrier protein or peptide. |
| US07981863B2 |
Treatment of Parkinson's disease with PDGF
The invention relates generally to methods of influencing central nervous system cells to produce progeny useful in the treatment of CNS disorders. More specifically, the invention includes methods of exposing a patient suffering from such a disorder to a reagent that modulates the proliferation, migration, differentiation and survival of central nervous system cells. These methods are useful for reducing at least one symptom of the disorder. |
| US07981858B1 |
Methods of using zinc containing compounds to improve ocular health
The present invention provides zinc complexes for use in methods of providing zinc to subjects in need of treatment. The invention further provides improved dietary supplement formulations for improving and maintaining ocular nutrition. In particular, the improved dietary supplement formulations comprise the zinc complexes described herein, antioxidant vitamins, minerals and excipients. |
| US07981857B2 |
Cerberus/coco derivatives and uses thereof
The invention relates to Cerberus/Dan/Gremlin polypeptides or variants thereof for use in treating a variety of disorders associated with myostatin, nodal and GDF-11. Preferred polypeptides are Coco or Cerberus derivatives. |
| US07981851B2 |
Environmentally responsible personal cleansing compositions with high performance
A method is provided for formulating a personal cleansing composition. At least one primary surfactant, at least one secondary amphoteric and/or nonionic surfactant, at least one humectant, and at least one polymeric and/or quaternary conditioner are selected, each of these components having a natural and renewable resource origin. The primary and secondary surfactants are combined with the at least one humectant and the at least one conditioner in a final composition that includes the combined primary and secondary surfactants at less than about 14 wt. %, and includes the combined at least one humectant and at least one conditioner at less than 5.5 wt. %. After forming the final composition, an optimum performance index (OPI) is determined for the composition to ensure that the composition has an OPI of at least about 5.450. The OPI is calculated as: OPI=3÷((solids wt.%+Zein score)÷performance grade). |
| US07981849B2 |
Reversible thermal thickening grease
A reversible thermal thickening grease for microelectronic packages, in which the grease contains filler particles; at least one polymer; and a binder; in which the filler particles are dispersed within the binder, in which one or more segments of the at least one polymer may be attached to the filler particles prior to dispersion in the binder, and in which the polymer collapses at temperatures below a Theta temperature and swells at temperatures above a Theta temperature. During the operation of a microelectronic package, grease pump-out and air proliferation are minimized with use of the reversible thermal thickening grease, while grease fluidity is retained under repetitive thermal stresses. |
| US07981848B2 |
Use of polyalkylmethacrylate polymer
The present invention relates to the use of a polyalkylmethacrylate polymer to improve the air release of a functional fluid. |
| US07981841B2 |
Resistive type super conductive current-limiting device comprising a strip-shaped high-Tc-super conductive path
The conductive path of the current-limiting device is made of a strip-shaped super conductor, whereby the structure thereof has a metallic strip, at least one oxidic buffer, a type AB2Cu3Ox super conductive layer and a metal cover layer which is arranged thereon. An intrinsically stable bifilar coil is embodied with said super conductor, and a distance is maintained between adjacent coil windings, wherein a distance maintainer is arranged which is transparent to the coolant. |
| US07981840B2 |
Method of manufacturing Bi-based oxide superconductor thin films
A well-crystallized a-axis (or b-axis) oriented Bi-based oxide superconductor thin film is manufactured in order to obtain a high performance layered Josephson junction using a Bi-based oxide superconductor. In manufacturing a well-crystallized a-axis oriented Bi-based oxide superconductor thin film, a (110) plane of a single crystal substrate of LaSrAlO4 or a vicinal cut substrate of a single crystal of LaSrAlO4 is used, on which an a-axis oriented Bi-2223 or Bi-2201 thin film is heteroepitaxially grown at a low film forming temperature T1, then homoepitaxially grown on the grown film at a high film forming temperature T2 (double temperature growth method). Although it is difficult to grow an a-axis oriented film directly on a substrate at a high temperature T2, an a-axis oriented Bi-2223 or Bi-2201 thin film is formed on the base by previously forming the base film at low deposition temperature. |
| US07981839B2 |
Herbicidal suspension
A herbicidal suspension comprising (1) a sulfonylurea compound or its salt as a herbicidal component, (2) at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of an alkoxylated sorbitol fatty acid ester and an alkoxylated sorbitan fatty acid ester, and (3) a water-immiscible diluent. A method for controlling undesired plants or inhibiting their growth, which comprises applying a herbicidally effective amount of the herbicidal suspension to the undesired plants or to a place where they grow. |
| US07981838B2 |
Defoliant
A mixture, which comprises (A) thidiazuron (or thidiazuron and diuron), and (B) one or more compounds from the group of the N-phenylsulfonyl(het)arylamides, if appropriate also in salt form, of the formula below: in which R21 is cyclopropyl and R22 is H, R21 is cyclopropyl and R22 is 5-Cl, R21 is ethyl and R22 is H, R21 is isopropyl and R22 is 5-Cl or R21 is isopropyl and R22 is H; is suitable for use as a defoliant, in particular in crops of cotton. |
| US07981837B2 |
Heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet
A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, containing; a support; at least one receptor layer containing a latex polymer, the latex polymer containing a repeating unit derived from vinyl chloride in a proportion of 50 mass % or above in the latex polymer; and at least one heat-insulation layer containing hollow latex polymer particles and a water-soluble polymer, the at least one heat-insulation layer being provided between the support and the at least one receptor layer. |
| US07981833B2 |
Aqueous-liquid-absorbing agent and its production process
An object of the present invention is to provide an aqueous-liquid-absorbing agent which comprises water-absorbent resin particles as essential components and is suitable for uses in sanitary materials. As a means of achieving this object, an aqueous-liquid-absorbing agent according to the present invention is an aqueous-liquid-absorbing agent comprising water-absorbent resin particles as essential components, wherein the water-absorbent resin particles are obtained by a process including the step of polymerizing a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer and have a crosslinked structure in their inside; with the aqueous-liquid-absorbing agent exhibiting an absorption rate (FSR) of not less than 0.2 g/g/s, a water absorption capacity (CRC) of 5 to 25 g/g, a saline flow conductivity (SFC) of not less than 400×10−7 cm3·s/g, and a wet porosity of not less than 20%. |
| US07981827B2 |
Chiral phosphanes for use in asymmetric syntheses
The present invention relates to biarylbisphosphines and intermediates thereof. Furthermore, the scope of the invention encompasses catalysts which can be prepared from the bisarylphosphines and their use in asymmetric syntheses. |
| US07981825B2 |
Fuel cell catalyst regeneration
Systems and methods that facilitate operating proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells are provided. The methods can involve contacting a reducing agent comprising a mixture of hydrogen and nitrogen, or a reducing plasma with a cathode catalyst of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell to reduce the cathode catalyst. The systems employ a fuel supply component that supplies fuel to the proton exchange membrane fuel cell; and a regeneration component that provides a reducing agent comprising a mixture of hydrogen and nitrogen, or a reducing plasma to a cathode catalyst of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell to reduce the cathode catalyst. |
| US07981823B2 |
Transparent glass ceramic plate that has an opaque, colored bottom coating over the entire surface or over part of the surface
A transparent, colorless lithium-aluminosilicate glass ceramic plate with high-quartz mixed crystals as the prevailing crystal phase, which is provided on one side with an opaque, colored, temperature-stable coating over the entire surface or over the entire surface to a large extent, is described, which has a content of Nd2O3 of 40 to 4000 ppm, a Yellowness Index of less than 10% with a 4 mm glass (ceramic) layer thickness, and a variegation of colors of the glass or the glass ceramic in the CIELAB color system of C* of less than 5. The glass ceramic plate preferably has a composition (in % by weight based on oxide) of: Li2O 3.0-4.5, Na2O 0-1.5, K2O 0-1.5, ΣNa2O+K2O 0.2-2.0, MgO 0-2.0, CaO 0-1.5, SrO 0-1.5, BaO 0-2.5, ZnO 0-2.5, B2O3 0-1.0, Al2O3 19-25, SiO2 55-69, TiO2 1-3, ZrO2 1-2.5, SnO2 0-0.4, ΣSnO2+TiO2<3, P2O5 0-3.0, Nd2O3 0.01-0.4, CoO 0.0-0.004. |
| US07981820B2 |
Press fabric for a machine for the production of web material and method to produce said press fabric
A press fabric for a machine for the production of web material, especially paper or cardboard, includes a carrying structure and at least one layer of fibrous material on one web material contact side of the carrying structure, whereby at least some of the fibers of the at least one layer of fibrous material are coated at least partially with a film of a first polymeric material and whereby a permeable composite structure is formed by a second polymeric material in the at least one fibrous layer, in that the hollow spaces which are formed between fibers of the at least one fibrous layer are filled partially with the second polymeric material. |
| US07981819B2 |
Fire resistant mattress fabric material and mattress
A fire resistant fabric material comprising a substrate having an ionic charge which is coated with a coating having essentially the same ionic charge. The coating consists essentially of a filler material comprising clay and a binder material. The substrate is preferably fiberglass, the filler material may further comprise at least one additional filler selected from the group consisting of decabromodiphenyloxide, antimony trioxide, fly ash, charged calcium carbonate, mica, glass microspheres and ceramic microspheres and mixtures thereof and the binder material is preferably acrylic latex. |
| US07981817B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device using multiple ion implantation masks
A production method for a semiconductor device includes providing a semiconductor substrate having semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type formed on a surface thereof; forming a first mask so as to cover a predetermined region of the semiconductor layer; (c) forming a well region of a second conductivity type by implanting impurity ions of the second conductivity type into the semiconductor layer having the first mask formed thereon; reducing the thickness of the first mask by removing a portion of the first mask; forming a second mask covering a portion of the well region by using photolithography; and forming a source region of the first conductivity type by implanting impurity ions of the first conductivity type into the semiconductor layer having the first mask with the reduced thickness and the second mask formed thereon. |
| US07981809B2 |
Film formation method and apparatus for semiconductor process
A film formation method for a semiconductor process for forming a silicon oxynitride film on a target substrate within a reaction chamber includes a step of performing a pre-process on members inside the reaction chamber without the target substrate loaded therein, and a step of then forming a silicon oxynitride film on the target substrate within the reaction chamber. The pre-process is arranged to supply a pre-process gas containing a nitriding gas or oxynitriding gas into the reaction chamber, and setting an interior of the reaction chamber at a first temperature and a first pressure. |
| US07981807B2 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor device with smoothing
Cost is reduced and reliability is improved with a CSP type semiconductor device. A glass substrate which works as a supporting plate is bonded through an adhesive to a first surface of a semiconductor wafer on which first wirings are formed. Thickness of the semiconductor wafer is reduced by back-grinding the semiconductor wafer on a second surface of the semiconductor wafer which is opposite to the first surface of the semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor wafer is wet-etched to remove bumps and dips on the second surface of the semiconductor wafer caused during the back-grinding. Then the second surface of the semiconductor wafer is etched to form a tapered groove. The semiconductor wafer is wet-etched to reduce bumps and dips caused by the etching and round a corner of the groove. The wet-etching improves coverage of insulation film, wiring and protection film and enhances yield and reliability of the semiconductor device. |
| US07981804B2 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor device
A method of forming a metal interconnection that has a favorable cross-sectional shape is provided without the fear of side etching, even in a sparse arrangement of metal interconnections. The method, the following structure is employed. A region for placing a dummy metal interconnection is provided close to a region in which a metal interconnection is formed. A trench is formed in the dummy metal interconnection region and a resist pattern for the metal interconnection is then formed, giving the resist above the trench a large surface area per unit area. The metal interconnection is subsequently formed by dry etching in which an organic component from the resist above the trench forms a solid sidewall protection film, permitting anisotropic etching. The metal interconnection can thus have a favorable cross-sectional shape. |
| US07981801B2 |
Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) method for gate last process
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is provided which includes providing a semiconductor substrate, forming a plurality of transistors, each transistor having a dummy gate structure, forming a contact etch stop layer (CESL) over the substrate including the dummy gate structures, forming a first dielectric layer to fill in a portion of each region between adjacent dummy gate structures, forming a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) stop layer over the CESL and first dielectric layer, forming a second dielectric layer over the CMP stop layer, performing a CMP on the second dielectric layer that substantially stops at the CMP stop layer, and performing an overpolishing to expose the dummy gate structure. |
| US07981798B2 |
Method of manufacturing substrate
The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a substrate. The method includes: (a) forming through holes by applying an anisotropic etching to a silicon substrate from a first surface of the silicon substrate; (b) forming a first insulating film to cover the first surface of the silicon substrate, surfaces of the silicon substrate exposed from the through holes, and a second surface of the silicon substrate opposite to the first surface; (c) forming an opening in a portion of the first insulating film provided on the second surface, the portion of the first insulating film corresponding to an area in which the through holes are formed; (d) etching the silicon substrate using the first insulating film provided on the second surface as a mask, thereby forming a cavity in the silicon substrate; and (e) removing the first insulating film. |
| US07981797B2 |
Phase-change random access memory device and method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a phase-change random access memory device includes forming an interlayer insulating film on a semiconductor substrate, on which a bottom structure is formed, and patterning the interlayer insulating film to form a contact hole, forming a spacer on the side wall of the contact hole; forming a dielectric layer in the contact hole, and removing the spacer to form a bottom electrode contact hole. Therefore, the contact area between the bottom electrode contact and the phase-change material layer can be minimized. |
| US07981796B2 |
Methods for forming packaged products
An apparatus and methods for packaging semiconductor devices are disclosed. The apparatus is applicable to many types of contemporary packaging schemes that utilize a sacrificial metal base strip. Tunnels formed through an encapsulation area surrounding the device and associated bond wires are filled with a metallic conductor by, for example, electroplating, and extend bottom contact pads to an uppermost portion of the encapsulated area. The sacrificial metal base strip serves as a plating bus and is etch-removed after plating. The filled tunnels allow components to be stacked in a three-dimensional configuration. |
| US07981795B2 |
Semiconductor device manufacturing method
A semiconductor device manufacturing method has forming a metal film containing platinum by depositing a metal on a source/drain diffusion layer primarily made of silicon formed on a semiconductor substrate and on a device isolation insulating film; forming a silicide film by silicidation of an upper part of the source/drain diffusion layer by causing a reaction between silicon in the source/drain diffusion layer and the metal on the source/drain diffusion layer by a first heating processing; forming a metal oxide film by a oxidation processing to oxidize selectively at least a surface of the metal film on the device isolation insulating film; increasing the concentration of silicon in the silicide film by a second heating processing; and selectively removing the metal oxide film and an unreacted part of the metal film on the device isolation insulating film. |
| US07981789B2 |
Feature patterning methods and structures thereof
Methods of patterning features, methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices, and semiconductor devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of patterning a feature includes forming a first portion of the feature in a first material layer. A second portion of the feature is formed in the first material layer, and a third portion of the feature is formed in a second material layer. |
| US07981788B2 |
Semiconductor device and a manufacturing method of the same
The degree of freedom of the chip layout in a semiconductor device is improved, and improvement in packaging density is aimed at.Since it becomes possible to form the wire of two directions on the pad of a memory chip by performing the over-bonding of reverse bonding by ball bonding, an effect equivalent to continuation stitch bonding of wedge bonding can be produced by ball bonding. Hereby, the degree of freedom of a chip layout and the degree of freedom of the lead layout of substrate 3 can be improved, and the packaging density on a substrate in a chip lamination type semiconductor device (memory card) can be improved. |
| US07981787B2 |
Semiconductor device manufacturing method
A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes: providing a laminated member in which at least a first GaAs layer, an InAlGaAs layer and a second GaAs layer are laminated on or above a substrate in this order; and etching the second GaAs layer using the InAlGaAs layer as an etching stopper layer. A ratio of In:Al of the InAlGaAs layer is in a range of approximately 4:6 to approximately 6:4 and a ratio of (In+Al):Ga of the InAlGaAs layer is in a range of approximately 1.5:8.5 to approximately 5:5. |
| US07981786B2 |
Method of fabricating non-volatile memory device having charge trapping layer
A method of fabricating a non-volatile memory device having a charge trapping layer includes forming a tunneling layer, a charge trapping layer, a blocking layer and a control gate electrode layer over a substrate, forming a mask layer pattern on the control gate electrode layer, performing an etching process using the mask layer pattern as an etching mask to remove an exposed portion of the control gate electrode layer, wherein the etching process is performed as excessive etching to remove the charge trapping layer by a specified thickness, forming an insulating layer for blocking charges from moving on the control gate electrode layer and the mask layer pattern, performing anisotropic etching on the insulating layer to form an insulating layer pattern on a sidewall of the control gate electrode layer and a partial upper sidewall of the blocking layer, and performing an etching process on the blocking layer exposed by the anisotropic etching, wherein the etching process is performed as excessive etching to remove the charge trapping layer by a specified thickness. |
| US07981784B2 |
Methods of manufacturing a semiconductor device
Isolation regions are formed on a substrate to define an active region. A gate electrode is formed on the active region. A spacer structure is formed on a sidewall of the gate electrode. A gate silicide layer is formed on the gate electrode and a source/drain silicide layer is formed on the active region adjacent to the gate electrode. An upper portion of the gate silicide layer and a portion of the spacer structure are simultaneously removed to form a spacer structure pattern and a gate silicide layer pattern. A stress layer is formed to cover the gate electrode and spacer structure pattern. |
| US07981776B2 |
Method for depositing silicon
The inventive method for depositing silicon onto a substrate firstly involves the introduction of a reactive silicon-containing gas and hydrogen into the plasma chamber and then the initiation of the plasma. After initiating the plasma, only reactive silicon-containing gas or a gas mixture containing hydrogen is supplied to the plasma chamber in an alternatively continuous manner, and the gas mixture located inside the chamber is, at least in part, simultaneously withdrawn from the chamber. From the start, homogeneous microcrystalline silicon is deposited onto the substrate in the presence of hydrogen. |
| US07981773B2 |
Switchable memory diode—a new memory device
Systems and methodologies are provided for forming a diode component integral with a memory cell to facilitate programming arrays of memory cells created therefrom. Such a diode component can be part of a PN junction of memory cell having a passive and active layer with asymmetric semiconducting properties. Such an arrangement reduces a number of transistor-type voltage controls and associated power consumption, while enabling individual memory cell programming as part of a passive array. Moreover, the system provides for an efficient placement of memory cells on a wafer surface, and increases an amount of die space available for circuit design. |
| US07981768B2 |
Method for transferring an epitaxial layer
A method for producing an epitaxial layer. First, a structure is fabricated by: formation of an intermediate layer on a donor substrate; and formation of the epitaxial layer on the intermediate layer by epitaxy; with the melting temperature of the intermediate layer being lower than the melting temperature of the epitaxial layer; and then a detachment step for transferring the epitaxial layer from the donor substrate. The detachment step includes applying at least one thermal treatment performed at a temperature of between the melting temperature of the intermediate layer and the melting temperature of the epitaxial layer. |
| US07981767B2 |
Methods for relaxation and transfer of strained layers and structures fabricated thereby
The present invention provides methods for forming at least partially relaxed strained material layers on a target substrate. The methods include forming islands of the strained material layer on an intermediate substrate, at least partially relaxing the strained material islands by a first heat treatment, and transferring the at least partially relaxed strained material islands to the target substrate. The at least partial relaxation is facilitated by the presence of low-viscosity or compliant layers adjacent to the strained material layer. The invention also provides semiconductor structures having an at least partially relaxed strained material layer, and semiconductor devices fabricated using an at least partially relaxed strained material layer. |
| US07981766B2 |
Manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus of semiconductor
To provide a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device using an SOI substrate, by which mobility can be improved. A plurality of semiconductor films formed using a plurality of bond substrates (semiconductor substrates) are bonded to one base substrate (support substrate). At least one of the plurality of bond substrates has a crystal plane orientation different from that of the other bond substrates. Accordingly, at least one of the plurality of semiconductor films formed over one base substrate has a crystal plane orientation different from that of the other semiconductor films. The crystal plane orientation of the semiconductor film is determined in accordance with the polarity of a semiconductor element formed using the semiconductor film. For example, an n-channel element in which electrons are majority carriers is formed using a semiconductor film having a face {100}, and a p-channel element in which holes are majority carriers is formed using a semiconductor film having a face {110}. |
| US07981764B2 |
Method for fabricating semiconductor device with vertical gate
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes: forming a stack structure including pillar regions whose upper portion has a wider width than a lower portion over a substrate, the lower portion including at least a conductive layer; forming a gate insulation layer on sidewalls of the pillar regions; forming active pillars to gap-fill the pillar regions; and forming vertical gates that serve as both gate electrode and word lines by selectively etching the conductive layer. |
| US07981759B2 |
Local oxidation of silicon planarization for polysilicon layers under thin film structures
In accordance with the teachings described herein, a method for fabricating a patterned polysilicon layer having a planar surface may include the steps of: depositing a polysilicon film above a substrate material; depositing an oxide-resistant mask over the polysilicon film; patterning and etching the oxide-resistant mask to form a patterned mask layer over the polysilicon film, such that the polysilicon film includes masked and unmasked portions; etching the unmasked portions of the polysilicon film for a first amount of time; oxidizing the etched polysilicon film for a second amount of time to form an oxide layer that defines the patterned polysilicon layer; and removing the patterned mask layer; wherein the first and second amounts of time are selected such that the oxide layer and the patterned polysilicon layer have about the same thickness and form a planar surface. |
| US07981757B2 |
Semiconductor component and method of manufacture
A semiconductor component that includes an integrated passive device and method for manufacturing the semiconductor component. Vertically integrated passive devices are manufactured above a substrate. In accordance with one embodiment, a resistor is manufactured in a first level above a substrate, a capacitor is manufactured in a second level that is vertically above the first level, and a copper inductor is manufactured in a third level that is vertically above the second level. The capacitor has aluminum plates. In accordance with another embodiment, a resistor is manufactured in a first level above a substrate, a copper inductor is manufactured in a second level that is vertically above the first level, and a capacitor is manufactured in a third level that is vertically above the second level. The capacitor may have aluminum plates or a portion of the copper inductor may serve as one of its plates. |
| US07981752B2 |
Method of forming junction of semiconductor device
The present invention relates to a method of forming junctions of a semiconductor device. According to the method of forming junctions of a semiconductor device in accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor substrate in which a transistor including the junctions are formed. A first thermal treatment process for forming a passivation layer over the semiconductor substrate including the junctions is performed. Here, the passivation layer functions to prevent impurities within the junctions from being drained. A pre-metal dielectric layer is formed over the semiconductor substrate including the passivation layer. |
| US07981749B2 |
MOS structures that exhibit lower contact resistance and methods for fabricating the same
MOS structures that exhibit lower contact resistance and methods for fabricating such MOS structures are provided. In one method, a semiconductor substrate is provided and a gate stack is fabricated on the semiconductor substrate. An impurity-doped region within the semiconductor substrate aligned with the gate stack is formed. Adjacent contact fins extending from the impurity-doped region are fabricated and a metal silicide layer is formed on the contact fins. A contact to at least a portion of the metal silicide layer on at least one of the contact fins is fabricated. |
| US07981748B2 |
Method for fabricating a vertical field effect transistor array comprising a plurality of semiconductor pillars
Vertical field effect transistor semiconductor structures and methods for fabrication of the vertical field effect transistor semiconductor structures provide an array of semiconductor pillars. Each vertical portion of each semiconductor pillar in the array of semiconductor pillars has a linewidth greater than a separation distance to an adjacent semiconductor pillar. Alternatively, the array may comprise semiconductor pillars with different linewidths, optionally within the context of the foregoing linewidth and separation distance limitations. A method for fabricating the array of semiconductor pillars uses a minimally photolithographically dimensioned pillar mask layer that is annularly augmented with at least one spacer layer prior to being used as an etch mask. |
| US07981741B2 |
High-capacitance density thin film dielectrics having columnar grains formed on base-metal foils
Deposited thin-film dielectrics having columnar grains and high dielectric constants are formed on heat treated and polished metal foil. The sputtered dielectrics are annealed at low oxygen partial pressures. |
| US07981735B2 |
Method of manufacturing a Schottky barrier tunnel transistor
Provided are a Schottky barrier tunnel transistor and a method of manufacturing the same that are capable of minimizing leakage current caused by damage to a gate sidewall of the Schottky barrier tunnel transistor using a Schottky tunnel barrier naturally formed at a semiconductor-metal junction as a tunnel barrier. The method includes the steps of: forming a semiconductor channel layer on an insulating substrate; forming a dummy gate on the semiconductor channel layer; forming a source and a drain at both sides of the dummy gate on the insulating substrate; removing the dummy gate; forming an insulating layer on a sidewall from which the dummy gate is removed; and forming an actual gate in a space from which the dummy gate is removed. In manufacturing the Schottky barrier tunnel transistor using the dummy gate, it is possible to form a high-k dielectric gate insulating layer and a metal gate, and stable characteristics in silicidation of the metal layer having very strong reactivity can be obtained. |
| US07981733B2 |
Laser irradiation method, laser irradiation apparatus, and semiconductor device
An object of the present invention is obtaining a semiconductor film with uniform characteristics by improving irradiation variations of the semiconductor film. The irradiation variations are generated due to scanning while irradiating with a linear laser beam of the pulse emission. At a laser crystallization step of irradiating a semiconductor film with a laser light, a continuous light emission excimer laser emission device is used as a laser light source. For example, in a method of fabricating an active matrix type liquid crystal display device, a continuous light emission excimer laser beam is irradiated to a semiconductor film, which is processed to be a linear shape, while scanning in a vertical direction to the linear direction. Therefore, more uniform crystallization can be performed because irradiation marks can be avoided by a conventional pulse laser. |
| US07981731B2 |
Method of forming a high impedance antifuse
A programmable element that has a first diode having an electrode and a first insulator disposed between the substrate and said electrode of said first device, said first insulator having a first value of a given characteristic, and an FET having an electrode and a second insulator disposed between the substrate and said electrode of said second device, said second insulator having a second value of said given characteristic that is different from said first value. The electrodes of the diode and the FET are coupled to one another, and a source of programming energy is coupled to the diode to cause it to permanently decrease in resistivity when programmed. The programmed state of the diode is indicated by a current in the FET, which is read by a sense latch. Thus a small resistance change in the diode translates to a large signal gain/change in the latch. This allows the diode to be programmed at lower voltages. |
| US07981728B2 |
Coreless substrate
A coreless substrate having a plurality of function pads, etched from a metal sheet and having a protruded shape; an insulating layer, the insulating layer being formed on one side of the function pads, a circuit corresponding to a pattern being formed on the insulating layer, a via hole being formed on the insulating layer to electrically connect the function pads and the circuit; and a solder resist, being formed on the insulating layer to protect the surface of the insulating layer. The coreless substrate has a signal delivery characteristic that is improved by eliminating the inner via hole. |
| US07981726B2 |
Copper plating connection for multi-die stack in substrate package
An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to construct a multi-die package. A stack of dice is formed from a base substrate in a package. The dice are positioned one on top of another and have copper plated segments for die interconnection. The dice are interconnected using copper plating to connect the copper plated segments. |
| US07981724B2 |
Manufacturing method for semiconductor device embedded substrate
A manufacturing method for a semiconductor device embedded substrate, includes: a first step of preparing a semiconductor device having a first insulating layer; a second step of arranging the semiconductor device on one surface of a support body; a third step of forming a second insulating layer on the one surface of the support body; a fourth step of removing the support body; a fifth step of forming a third insulating layer on a surface of each of the semiconductor device and the second insulating layer; a sixth step of mounting a wiring substrate on a surface of each of the semiconductor device and the second insulating layer; a seventh step of forming a via-hole in the second insulating layer and the third insulating layer; and an eighth step of forming a second wiring pattern on a surface of each of the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer. |
| US07981721B2 |
Diamond transistor and method of manufacture thereof
A method of manufacturing a transistor, typically a MESFET, includes providing a substrate including single crystal diamond material having a growth surface on which further layers of diamond material can be deposited. The substrate is preferably formed by a CVD process and has high purity. The growth surface has a root-mean-square roughness of 3 nm or less, or is free of steps or protrusions larger than 3 nm. Further diamond layers are deposited on the growth surface to define the active regions of the transistor. An optional n+ shielding layer can be formed in or on the substrate, following which an additional layer of high purity diamond is deposited. A layer of intrinsic diamond may be formed directly on the upper surface of the high purity layer, followed by a boron doped (“delta doped”) layer. A trench is formed in the delta doped layer to define a gate region. |
| US07981718B2 |
Method of manufacturing solid-state image pickup element, and solid-state image pickup element
Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a solid-state image pickup element, the method including the steps of forming a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements within a semiconductor substrate; forming a wiring layer via an insulating film on a surface of the semiconductor substrate in which surface the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are formed; laminating a supporting substrate to a surface of the semiconductor substrate in which surface the wiring layer is formed via an adhesive; applying a pressure to the semiconductor substrate and the supporting substrate in a state of the semiconductor substrate and the supporting substrate being laminated to each other via the adhesive; and curing the adhesive by heating the adhesive to a curing temperature of the adhesive after releasing the applied pressure. |