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| US08599449B2 |
Technical documents capturing and patents analysis system and method
Disclosed is a system and method for capturing technical documents and reading and commentating captured documents thereof. The system may comprise a capturing system and a reading with commentating system. The capturing system selects related drawings from a group of technical documents. It then provides important information and the related drawings onto an image for the readers' review. The reading with commentating system allows the readers to process technical classification, management and export/import for the group of technical documents. Readers may make comments on an information sharing platform after reviewing the technical documents. Besides, other materials collected or generated from the technical analysis on the technical documents may be attached to the information sharing platform. |
| US08599441B2 |
Fax machine
A fax machine includes a setting recorder, a communication device, a remainder calculator, a determination device, and a controller. The setting recorder holds setting information on a fax transmission job. The communication device performs the transmission job based on the held setting information. The remainder calculator calculates the number of sheets which can be faxed further for the transmission job by the fax machine. When the transmission job stops, the determination device determines, based on the calculated number of sheets, whether the job is completed. If the determination device determines, when the transmission job stops, that the transmission job is completed, the controller clears the setting recorder. If the determination device determines, when the transmission job stops, that the transmission job is not completed, the controller does not clear the setting recorder. |
| US08599440B2 |
Methods and apparatus for adjusting ink pile height
A method and apparatus for adjusting estimated ink pile height to reduce the frequency and effects of a defect known as a halo defect. An estimated ink pile height profile of ink to be deposited on a surface in an area of image data having a foreground and a background is determined. The estimated ink pile height profile has a foreground color area including a top color component and at least one non-top color component in the foreground. Then, the estimated height profile is adjusted if the difference between the pile heights of the foreground and background is greater than a threshold condition. |
| US08599436B2 |
Printing using inks of plural colors including white color
Disclosed is a printing apparatus that performs printing by using inks of plural colors including a white color, which includes a first image forming unit that forms a first image, and a second image forming unit that forms a second image such that at least a part of the second image overlaps the first image. The second image forming unit forms at least a part of a section of the second image, which overlaps the first image, by using only a white ink, and forms at least a part of a section of the second image, which does not overlap the first image, by using inks of a white color and at least one color other than the white color. |
| US08599434B2 |
Method and system for improved solid area and heavy shadow uniformity in printed documents
A method for minimizing cross-process non-uniformities in solid and heavy shadow regions of printed documents is provided. The method includes marking with a marking engine an image on an image bearing surface moving in a process direction; generating profile data of the image by sensing an optical characteristic of the image in a cross-process direction; adjusting at least one control actuator of the marking engine so as to shift the characteristic of a subsequent marked image in the cross-process direction to at least a target value; and generating a spatially varying tone reproduction curve to smooth the characteristic of the subsequent marked image towards the target value. |
| US08599433B2 |
Image processor, image processing method, computer readable medium, and image processing system
An image processor includes: a first storage; a rendering unit; a second storage; a creation unit; and a control unit that performs: a first control that makes the creation unit create sequentially variable images corresponding to respective records of variable data, and output the created variable images; and a second control that, in a case where variable image creating format data corresponding to format definition data conforming to the records embedded by the creation unit is not stored in the second storages makes the rendering unit render from the format definition data conforming to the records stored in the first storage to the variable image creating format data, and makes the creation unit output the variable image in which the recodes are embedded in the variable image creating format data rendered by the rendering unit separately from the output of the variable image by the first control. |
| US08599428B2 |
Output device and storage medium storing image processing program
A data acquiring unit acquires imaging data generated by an imaging device. The imaging data represents a still image or a motion image. The motion image is configured of a plurality of frame images that are chronologically in succession with one another. An image processing unit executes a first process for the still image to output the still image according to a first layout and a second process for the motion image. The second process is different from the first process. The image processing unit outputs, according to the first layout, one frame image in the plurality of frame images of the motion image when the imaging data representing the motion image satisfies a prescribed condition. |
| US08599426B2 |
Apparatus for storing and maintaining printing-associated information updated during the operation of the printing apparatus in a non-volatile storage unit
A writing-back task unit alternately performs writing-back of data of a second storage unit in two storage areas of a non-volatile memory according to a flag value of an updating flag. At this time, a counting process of a counter for obtaining a count value according to written-back data amount is performed. At a power-on time, it is determined whether or not all the counters have writing-back completion values. When all the counters have the writing-back completion values, if the updating flag=1, the data of the first storage area are written in a first storage unit of a RAM. On the other hand, if the updating flag=0, the data of the second storage area are written in the first storage unit of the RAM. |
| US08599424B2 |
Printer cartridge microchip
Printer cartridge microchips that can be used in conjunction with several different types of printer cartridges and/or printer models or families are described. Several printer cartridge microchips are provided that respond to data or information requests and/or commands from the printer (e.g., the printer processor). If the correct data or information is stored on the microchip, the printer can then function with that particular cartridge. In order to optimize the memory requirements of the microchip, at least one separate read-only memory subunit and at least one writable memory subunit is provided in the memory element. Each of the read-only memory subunits can correspond to a particular printer model or family type. In this manner, several different printer model or family types can function with the use of a single microchip for the printer cartridge. |
| US08599422B2 |
Image processing apparatus, data processing method and data processing program
An image processing apparatus comprises a first storage area that stores in itself original data to be copied; a copier that copies the original data to a second storage area that is shared and allowed to be accessed by a plurality of users belonging to one same group, by storing reference information pointing to the original data stored in the first storage area, in the second storage area; a judger that judges whether or not all of access judgment target users who are the group users sharing the second storage area or preliminarily specified users, make access to the reference information stored by the copier in the second storage area; and a controller that suspends execution of an instruction given to change the original data for the access judgment target users so that the original data could be provided to all of them, if the judger judges that only some of the access judgment target users has made access to the reference information when the instruction to change the original data is given, and then, cancels the suspension after the original data is provided to all of the access judgment target users. |
| US08599418B2 |
Intra-device communication in a locked print architecture
Techniques are provided for processing a job, such as a print job or a facsimile (fax) job. A printing device comprises multiple modules that are developed in different programming languages. An inter-process communication channel is established between (a) a first module that is developed in a platform-independent programming language and (b) a second module that is developed in a platform-dependent programming language. The first module receives user input that identifies a particular print job. In response to the user input, the first module sends, via the inter-process communication channel, one or more instructions to the second module, which retrieves the print job, decrypts the print job, and causes the print job to be executed. |
| US08599415B2 |
Information processing system and method for managing profile
An information processing system including a multifunction peripheral for reading a document according to a profile set by a user. A host server stores the profile and a management section registers and deletes the profile. An information processing terminal has a setting processing section for providing the profile being set by the user to the management section. The storage section preliminarily stores an identification code for management. The setting processing section acquires an identification code for determination and provides that code to the management section prior to profile registration. The management section compares the identification code for determination with the identification code for management to register the profile provided by the information processing terminal without a time limit when the codes match or register the profile with a time limit when the codes do not match to delete the profile when the time limit elapses. |
| US08599411B2 |
Scanning optical apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same
Provided are a scanning optical apparatus including an incident optical system for guiding a light beam emitted from a light source unit to a deflecting unit, an imaging optical system for imaging, on the surface to be scanned, a light beam deflectively scanned by the deflecting unit, and an optical path changing unit which is provided on an optical path between the deflecting unit and the surface to be scanned and includes at least two optical path changing elements. One of an optical path changing element having a minimum reflectance has a reflectance equal to or smaller than 70% in all areas used for image formation. An on-axis light beam deflected by the deflecting unit enters the optical path changing element having the minimum reflectance at a minimum angle of the at least two optical path changing elements. |
| US08599409B2 |
Printing control apparatus, image forming apparatus, and printing control method of analyzing printing option for pre-processing in an XPS file
A printing control apparatus is provided. The printing control apparatus includes a user interface to set a printing option for a document to be printed, an extraction unit to determine whether the set printing option is a printing option for pre-processing, a generation unit to generate a setting file corresponding to the pre-processing printing option if the printing option is the pre-processing printing option, a conversion unit to convert an XPS file into an enhanced XPS file that includes the generated setting file, and a controller to transmit the enhanced XPS file to the image forming apparatus. |
| US08599404B2 |
Network image processing system, network image processing apparatus, and network image processing method
A network image processing system that includes a plurality of apparatuses connected to a network and performs jobs in a linkage process in which an upstream apparatus passes a workflow specifying a job to be completed, together with image data to be processed, to a downstream apparatus according to a procedure specified in the workflow. The downstream apparatus has a completion notification transmitting unit that when a predetermined job assigned to the downstream apparatus has been processed completely, transmits to the upstream apparatus a completion notification indicating that the predetermined job has been processed normally. The upstream apparatus has a linkage unit that if the completion notification is not received from the downstream apparatus, updates the workflow to specify, as a new downstream apparatus, another apparatus that can process the predetermined job, and continues to process the predetermined job in the linkage process. |
| US08599396B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes: a reading mechanism having an original placement portion on which an original document is placed for reading an image; a recording mechanism having a medium supply tray on which a recording medium is set, the recording mechanism being disposed in such a manner that a longitudinal direction of the medium supply tray is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the original placement portion; an angular casing that houses the reading mechanism and the recording mechanism while stacking the reading mechanism and the recording mechanism vertically; and a cartridge holder that houses an ink cartridge and is disposed in a space located at a corner position of the casing below the reading mechanism and surrounded by a circumferential wall of the casing and a side wall of the medium supply tray. |
| US08599389B2 |
Page description data processing apparatus, page description data processing method, print producing method, and recording medium
It is judged whether a dashed line pattern needs to be divided into a plurality of auxiliary dashed line patterns or not based on the configuration of the dashed line pattern. If it is decided that the dashed line pattern needs to be divided, an operator group which is descriptive of the dashed line pattern is replaced with a plurality of operator groups which are descriptive of the auxiliary dashed line patterns, respectively. |
| US08599385B2 |
Measuring distributed polarization crosstalk in polarization maintaining fiber and optical birefringent material
Techniques and devices for measuring the distribution of polarization crosstalk in birefringence optical media including polarization maintaining fiber based on suppressing the number and magnitude of ghost interference peaks. |
| US08599384B2 |
Handheld interferometer based wavelength meter
A handheld wavelength meter that includes a housing that encloses a non-stable reference signal source, an interferometer with rotating retroreflectors, optical-electrical converters, a frequency multiplier, and a controller. |
| US08599382B2 |
Automated in situ contaminant detection system
The present invention provides methods and apparatuses for in situ chemical analysis of liquid sample for the collection, identification, and measurement of chemical moieties, such as, biotoxins, organic compounds, or chemical contaminants, in aquatic environments. The apparatuses of the present invention relate to an automated in situ sampler for chemical stressors that adversely impact biological systems in aquatic environments. The apparatuses of the present invention are designed as a means to automatically collect liquid (e.g., water) samples and analyze them for the presence of chemical moieties. The apparatuses of the present invention are designed to automatically collect multiple liquid samples, extract and separate chemical moieties contained within the samples, and analyze the chemical moieties to determine the composition and concentration of the chemical moieties over time and space. The apparatuses of the present invention can be used for in situ sample collection and analysis in all weather conditions safely and economically without the need for vessels or human involvement. |
| US08599379B2 |
Method for inspecting defects and defect inspecting apparatus
Light from a light source device (4) is polarized through a polarizer (5) and is caused to impinge obliquely on an object (W) to be inspected. The resulting scattered light (SB) is received by a CCD imaging device (7) having an element (9) for separating scattered light disposed in a dark field. Component light intensities are worked out for an obtained P-polarized component image and an obtained S-polarized component image and a polarization direction is determined as a ratio of them. The component light intensities and the polarization directions are determined from images obtained by imaging of the light scattering entities in a state where stress is applied to the object to be inspected and in a state where stress is not applied thereto. The component light intensities and the polarization directions are compared with predetermined threshold values. As a result, defects in the inspection object, such as internal deposits or cavity defects, foreign matter or scratches on the surface or cracks in the surface layer can be detected with high precision and the defects can be classified by identifying the type of the defect. |
| US08599374B1 |
Hyperspectral imaging systems and methods for imaging a remote object
A hyperspectral imaging system and a method are described herein for providing a hyperspectral image of an area of a remote object (e.g., scene of interest). In one aspect, the hyperspectral imaging system includes at least one optic, a rotatable disk (which has at least one spiral slit formed therein), a spectrometer, a two-dimensional image sensor, and a controller. In another aspect, the hyperspectral imaging system includes at least one optic, a rotatable disk (which has multiple straight slits formed therein), a spectrometer, a two-dimensional image sensor, and a controller. In yet another aspect, the hyperspectral imaging system includes at least one optic, a rotatable drum (which has a plurality of slits formed on the outer surface thereof and a fold mirror located therein), a spectrometer, a two-dimensional image sensor, and a controller. |
| US08599369B2 |
Defect inspection device and inspection method
A defect inspection method wherein illumination light having a substantially uniform illumination intensity distribution in a certain direction on the surface of a specimen is radiated onto the surface of the specimen; wherein multiple components of those scattered light beams from the surface of the specimen which are emitted mutually different directions are detected, thereby obtaining corresponding multiple scattered light beam detection signals; wherein the multiple scattered light beam detection signals is subjected to processing, thereby determining the presence of defects; wherein the corresponding multiple scattered light detecting signals is processed with respect to all of the spots determined to be defective by the processing, thereby determining the sizes of defects; and wherein the defect locations on the specimen and the defect sizes are displayed with respect to all of the spots determined to be defective by the processing. |
| US08599368B1 |
Laser-based speed determination device for use in a moving vehicle
A method of laser-based speed determination includes determining, via a digital scan of a field of view, a location of a target, directing, via a laser-aiming device, a laser from a laser device to the determined location, and determining a speed of the target via light reflected from the target to the laser device. |
| US08599366B2 |
Method and device for determining a deformation of a disk-shaped workpiece, particularly a mold wafer
The present invention relates to a method and a device for determining a deformation of a disc-shaped workpiece, in particular a mold wafer. The device comprises a rotatable, height and laterally adjustable mounting unit for mounting an inner region of the disc-shaped workpiece; a determination unit for determining eccentricity of a center axis of the disc-shaped workpiece from a center axis of the mounting unit and for generating a suitable adjustment signal for the mounting unit; a deposit unit for depositing the disc-shaped workpiece during a process of lateral adjustment of the mounting unit; and a fixed-height detector unit for measuring a deviation of a plurality of measuring points, respectively, in a non-mounted outer region of the disc-shaped workpiece from a predetermined height position corresponding to the deformation by rotating the mounting unit or the detector unit at a predetermined height position of the mounting unit. |
| US08599360B2 |
Reflective reticle chuck, reflective illumination system including the same, method of controlling flatness of reflective reticle using the chuck, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device using the chuck
Provided are a reflective reticle chuck, a reflective illumination system including the chuck, a method of controlling the flatness of a reflective reticle using the chuck, and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device using the chuck. The reflective reticle chuck includes a fixed portion and a mobile portion that together provide a securing surface for the reflective reticle. The mobile portion may alter a height of the securing surface relative to the fixed portion. |
| US08599352B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and process of manufacture
A liquid crystal display device and method includes a pair of substrates with liquid crystal sandwiched therebetween, a plurality of intersecting scanning signal lines and image signal lines, a thin film transistor formed corresponding to each intersection, a pixel electrode which is formed in a pixel region and connected to the thin film transistor, a gate insulating film, and a protective insulating film. At least one of the scanning signal lines and the image signal lines are each formed of a laminated film including a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer is formed of a copper film having a purity of at least 99.5%, and the second layer is formed of an alloy film containing copper as a main component. The first layer and the second layer are collectively subjected to wet etching with an etchant having a predetermined pH. |
| US08599351B2 |
Liquid crystal display
A liquid crystal display includes a substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes formed on the substrate, each of the pixel electrodes including a first and a second sub-pixel electrode; and a plurality of first data lines formed on the substrate, wherein the first data line overlaps the first and second sub-pixel electrodes of each of two adjacent pixel electrodes among the pixel electrodes. |
| US08599350B2 |
Display panel and method of manufacturing the same
A display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate. The second substrate includes a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from each other. A cholesteric liquid crystal having a pitch shorter than a wavelength of a visible ray and a rotation axis substantially perpendicular to the first and second substrates is disposed between the first and second substrates. The display panel displays a grayscale image in response to an electric field generated between the first and second electrodes. A polymer is added to the cholesteric liquid crystal, and a concentration of the polymer is controlled by exposing the polymer to a light. The concentration of the polymer in an area adjacent to the first substrate may be higher than the concentration of the polymer in an area adjacent to the second substrate. |
| US08599349B2 |
Display panel
A display panel includes a first substrate, scan lines, data lines, pixel units, a second substrate, a display medium, and a color filter layer. The scan lines and the data lines are disposed on the first substrate. The pixel units are electrically connected to the scan lines and the data lines. Each pixel unit includes first, second, third, and fourth pixels. An extension direction of slit patterns of the first and second pixels is different from an extension direction of slit patterns of the third and fourth pixels. The color filter layer includes a first color filter pattern, a second color filter pattern, a third color filter pattern, and a fourth color filter pattern respectively corresponding to the first, second, third, and fourth pixel. The color of the fourth color filter pattern is different from the colors of the first, second, and third color filter patterns. |
| US08599347B2 |
Display device and electronic device
An object is to provide a display device in which a difference in load capacitance between wirings is reduced in the case where different signals are supplied to plural pixels at the same timing with use of plural wirings; thus, deviation in the grayscale and/or signal delay can be reduced. The display device includes first to N-th (N is a natural number of 3 or larger) data lines for supplying different video signals; and a pixel including a selection transistor connected to one of the first to N-th data lines. The first to N-th data lines intersect with each other so that one of the first to N-th data lines is provided closest to one terminal of the selection transistor and connected to the one terminal of the selection transistor. |
| US08599344B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes a display panel disposed between a first polarizer and a second polarizer and having at least one first area and at least one second area. A first light-transmission axis direction of the first polarizer is substantially perpendicular to a second light-transmission axis direction of the second polarizer. The first light-transmission axis direction intersects a horizontal axis direction by about 45 degrees. When the display panel is in a narrow viewing angle display mode, the first and second areas have different brightness in a side viewing angle direction but have the same brightness in and around a normal viewing angle direction. When the display panel is in a wide viewing angle display mode, the first and second areas have substantially the same brightness in various viewing angle directions. |
| US08599343B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the same
A liquid crystal display device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The liquid crystal display device is manufactured by placing a half tone mask on the assembled first and second substrates in a polymerization process of liquid crystal composition disposed between the first and second substrates. The liquid crystal composition includes liquid crystal molecules and reactive mesogens. The half tone mask has a first transmission part and a second transmission part. The light transmittance of the first transmission part is higher than the light transmittance of the second transmission part. The first transmission part is disposed in the pixel region, while the second transmission part is disposed in the non-pixel region. The non-pixel region is covered by a black matrix that is formed on the second substrate. Through this manufacturing method, the generation of spots around a black matrix is prevented. |
| US08599338B2 |
Liquid crystal display and method for manufacturing the same related application data
A liquid crystal display includes a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the substrates and has a reflective area and a transmissive area. At least one of the substrates is provided with a retardation film whose phase difference differs between the reflective area and the transmissive area. Alternatively, at least one of the substrates is provided with a retardation film whose slow axis differs between the reflective area and the transmissive area. |
| US08599337B2 |
Liquid crystal device and electronic apparatus
A liquid crystal device in which a horizontal electric field is applied to a liquid crystal layer of a transflective type. Spacers are disposed to set a distance between substrates and to prevent deterioration of display quality by eliminating thickness non-uniformity of an alignment layer due to the presence of a retardation layer. Slits are provided in the retardation layer regions to prevent deterioration of display quality by preventing dissolution and flow of an ingredient of the retardation layer to the liquid crystal layer side through the alignment layers. |
| US08599336B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same
A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates facing each other, wherein a pixel region is defined on the first and second substrates, first and second grooves formed on an inner surface of the first substrate, a gate line formed in the first groove along a direction, a common line formed in the second groove and parallel to the gate line, a data line crossing the gate line to define the pixel region, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, and a light-shielding pattern of a black inorganic material and around the gate line, the data line and the common line. |
| US08599335B2 |
Liquid crystal display panel having a polarization adjusting layer and liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a backlight source; a liquid crystal cell; and a polarization adjusting layer disposed outside the liquid crystal cell and used to adjust the polarization direction of the linear polarized light emitted from the liquid crystal cell and transmitted through the polarization adjusting layer, wherein the polarization adjusting layer comprises a base body and optical anisotropic crystal grains dispersed within the base body. Also a liquid crystal display device is provided. |
| US08599334B2 |
Polarizing plate protection film, polarizing plate, and liquid crystal display device
A polarizing plate protection film and a polarizing plate which can restrain generation of rainbow-like irregularities and enables to produce an excellent quality liquid crystal display device when a commercially-available film is used as it is under commercially-available conditions or when a film produced by a common film forming method is used. The polarizing plate protection film includes: a transparent substrate; and a refractive index difference-mitigating part formed on the transparent substrate and provided with a low refractive index layer at its most outer layer, in which the low refractive index layer has a refractive index to the light transmitted through the transparent substrate smaller than that of the transparent substrate and bigger than that of the air. An in-plane distribution of the in-plane retardation (Re) of the transparent substrate is 5 nm or more. |
| US08599332B2 |
Light guide plate and liquid crystal display device
A light guide plate has a light incident surface arranged facing a plurality of point light sources arrayed in a line, a light exit surface orthogonal to the light incident surface, and two side surfaces orthogonal to the light incident surface and the light exit surface. Light from the plurality of point light sources introduced from the light incident surface is diffused by a diffusion unit arranged on the light exit surface or a surface facing the light exit surface. The light diffused by the diffusion unit is exited from the light exit surface. A distance between a point light source positioned at an end of the plurality of point light sources and the light incident surface is different from a distance between a point light source not positioned at the end of the plurality of point light sources and the light incident surface. |
| US08599324B2 |
Liquid crystal display apparatus and array substrate thereof
A liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus having an improved a wiring structure for preventing circuits from being damaged due to static electricity. The LCD apparatus includes an array substrate body on which a pixel electrode is disposed, a common voltage wiring formed on the array substrate body in order to apply a common voltage to a common electrode facing the pixel electrode, a driving integrated circuit (IC) for applying an appropriate driving voltage to the pixel electrode and the common electrode, and a flexible circuit board for connecting the driving IC and an external power source to each other, wherein the common voltage wiring is connected to the driving IC through the flexible circuit board. Accordingly, electrical shock applied to the driving IC due to static electricity is reduced, and thus circuits are prevented from being damaged, thereby reducing errors of products and improving reliability of products. |
| US08599317B2 |
Scene recognition methods for virtual insertions
A method of adding a virtual insertion to an image, according to an embodiment, includes extracting dynamic features from an input image, associating the dynamic extracted features with dynamic reference features in a reference feature database, generating a camera model based on the associations, mixing a virtual insertion into the input image based on the camera model, and outputting an image containing both the input image and the virtual insertion. According to another embodiment, a method of adding a virtual insertion to an image includes generating a biased camera model using a statistically selected subset of a plurality of non-fixed regions of the image, locating fixed reference objects in the image using the biased camera model as an entry point for a search, generating a corrected camera model using the fixed reference objects in the image, and adding a virtual insertion to the image using the corrected camera model. |
| US08599312B2 |
Digital signal processor (DSP) architecture for a hybrid television tuner
According to one aspect, a mixed-signal tuner for analog and digital TV reception incorporates a demodulator for analog TV, employing various features for resolving limitations of the analog circuitry and for achieving compatibility with various global TV standards. Such features, which may be present in one or more embodiments, include the use of a variable sample rate in all digital clocks for frequency planning, and use of a microcontroller (MCU) to control various circuitry of the tuner. |
| US08599311B2 |
Methods circuits devices and systems for transmission and display of video
Disclosed are methods, circuits, devices and associated executable code for facilitating transmission, reception and presentation (e.g. rendering) of video information/signals on a video display unit such as a flat-screen display, a touchscreen and/or a tablet computing platform. There may be provided a video display unit adapted to receive video signals through two or more video signal paths, wherein one of the signal paths (i.e. a first signal path) may be a wired signal path. Another signal path (i.e. a second signal path) may be a wireless signal path. The display unit may be matched or paired to a matched computing platform. The paired matched computing platform may send video signals to the display unit along the wired signal path, e.g. when the display unit is docked with the matched computing platform. The paired matched computing platform may send video signals to the display unit along the wireless signal path, e.g. when the display unit is disconnected from the matched computing platform. |
| US08599310B2 |
Audio and video clock synchronization
Provided herein is a method for synchronizing audio and video clock signals in a system. The method includes comparing, within a comparison module, a system video signal with the determined mathematical relationship to produce an adjustment signal. A system video reference signal is updated with the adjustment signal to produce an updated intermediate signal. |
| US08599304B2 |
Image capturing apparatus having focus detection pixels producing a focus signal with reduced noise
An image capturing apparatus comprises: an image sensor having image forming pixels for receiving light that has passed through an entire pupil area of an imaging lens which forms an object image, and focus detection pixels, which are arranged discretely among the image forming pixels, for receiving light that has passed through part of the pupil area of the imaging lens; a detection unit configured to detect an edge direction of an object based on an image signal acquired by the image sensor; an averaging unit configured to average image signals, while shifting a phase of the image signals, which are acquired respectively from each of the focus detection pixels, based on the edge direction detected by the detection unit; and a calculation unit configured to calculate a defocus amount of the imaging lens using the image signal averaged by the averaging unit. |
| US08599303B2 |
Dimensioning system
The present invention determines the dimensions and volume of an object by using a novel 3-D camera that measures the distance to every reflective point in its field of view with a single pulse of light. The distance is computed by the time of flight of the pulse to each camera pixel. The accuracy of the measurement is augmented by capture of the laser pulse shape in each camera pixel. The camera can be used on an assembly line to develop quality control data for manufactured objects or on a moving or stationary system that weighs as well as dimensions the objects. The device can also ascertain the minimum size of a box required to enclose an object. |
| US08599302B2 |
Vibrating device and image equipment having the same
A vibrating device includes a dust-screening member and a vibrating member. The dust-screening member is disposed in front of an image surface of an image forming element having the image surface in which an optical image is generated. The dust-screening member has a box shape with about the same small plate thickness as a whole, and includes, in a bottom surface portion of the box shape, a transparent part which spreads from the center of the bottom surface portion. The vibrating member is disposed outside the transparent part of the dust-screening member. The vibrating member is configured to generate, in the bottom surface portion of the dust-screening member, vibration having a vibrational amplitude which is vertical to the bottom surface portion thereof. |
| US08599299B2 |
System and method of processing a digital image for user assessment of an output image product
A system and method of processing a digital image for user assessment of an output image product intended to be generated using the digital image. The method comprises the steps of: (a) accessing the digital image using an imaging device having a viewing member; (b) selecting the output image product intended to include the digital image; (c) digitally modifying at least a portion of the digital image using the imaging device to produce a substantially accurate representation of at least a portion of the output image product; and (d) displaying, using the viewing member, for assessment by the user, the substantially accurate representation of the at least a portion of the output image product. |
| US08599298B2 |
Reproduction apparatus, imaging apparatus, screen display method, and user interface
A desired image is quickly retrieved from many images that have been stored. Reproduced images are horizontally arranged on time axis. Horizontal lines are displayed above the plurality of images. The horizontal lines are delimited every image group such that images that belong to the same image group are visually identified. Dots are displayed on individual lines corresponding to representative images P11 and P12 that belong to individual image groups. In addition, photographed dates and times are displayed only on representative images P11 and P21 that belong to image groups. A plurality of reproduced images are simultaneously displayed on an LCD 13. Among these reproduced images, representative images are identifiably displayed. When a desired image is selected from reproduced images, left and right feed buttons of a cross key 27 are pressed and representative images that belong to individual image groups are selected. When a dial key 28 is rotated, a desired image is selected from images that belong to the selected image group. |
| US08599297B2 |
Multi-dimensional imaging system and method
Disclosed is a camera to provide images for use in multi-dimensional imaging. In an embodiment, the camera includes an image gathering lens operable to obtain a lens image of a visual, a plurality of optic modules operable to provide distinct focusing options for the lens image, a relaying module operable to relay at least part of the lens image to the plurality of optic modules and a plurality of capture devices operable to capture a plurality of distinct versions of the lens image from the plurality of optic modules relayed from the relaying module. In another embodiment, a multi-dimensional imaging system is provided that includes a camera, such as described above, and further includes a computing device operable to receive and display the plurality of distinct versions, and a data management module operable to receive data related to the distinct versions and to display the distinct versions on separate displays. |
| US08599292B2 |
CMOS sensor with low partition noise and low disturbance between adjacent row control signals in a pixel array
A CMOS image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of unit pixels with individual rows of unit pixels being coupled to respective row control signal lines, and a buffer including plural row control signal drivers. Each driver is coupled to a respective one of the row control signal lines and is configured to provide a row control signal pulse to a respective row control signal line in response to an input pulse when the row control signal line is in an active state and to bias the row control signal line at a ground voltage when the respective row control signal line is in an inactive state. Each driver has a first drive capability when the row control signal line is in the active state and a second drive capability greater than the first drive capability when the row control signal line is in an inactive state. |
| US08599282B2 |
Method and apparatus for generating image
A method and apparatus for generating an image is provided. The method includes acquiring a plurality of images using different exposure amounts, white-balancing each of the raw images, and synthesizing the white-balanced images producing as a result an absolute HDR image. |
| US08599280B2 |
Multiple illuminations automatic white balance digital cameras
A multiple source automatic white balancing method includes performing a first image processing on a subject image and generating a first processed image; performing a second image processing on the subject image and generating a second processed image; and generating a third processed image by blending the first and second processed images together based on an output of an outdoor weight map function. |
| US08599279B2 |
Solid-state imaging apparatus and imaging apparatus
A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a comparator for comparing a pixel signal obtained by a pixel section and a reference signal the value of which varies in a stepwise manner, an analog-digital converter for outputting, as a digital value, the amount of time when the pixel signal and the reference signal change levels by the comparator; a reset signal generator for generating a reset signal that triggers a reset operation to be input to the comparator in order to adjust the reference in the analog-digital converter, and a waveform processor provided between the reset signal generator and the comparator for increasing the degree of dullness of a waveform of the reset signal. |
| US08599273B2 |
Handshake correction apparatus of photographing apparatus
Disclosed is a handshake correction apparatus of a photographing apparatus. The handshake correction apparatus includes a lens support plate that supports a correction lens and operates in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis; a base that supports the lens support plate to be movable; and magnets and driving coils which are assembled on the lens support plate and the base to face each other, wherein the magnets are tight-fitted in assembly grooves of the lens support plate or the base, and wherein one or more protrusions that protrude from internal walls of the assembly grooves toward the magnets and elastically press the magnets are formed in the assembly grooves. Control performance of a correction operation of the handshake correction apparatus may be improved by ensuring alignment between assembly structures of assembly parts including magnets and yokes. |
| US08599268B2 |
Image capturing apparatus, method of detecting tracking object, and computer program product
An image signal processing unit partitions a frame image into a plurality of partitioned blocks and calculates for each partitioned block luminance information, color information, contrast information, and a motion vector quantity. A grouping unit groups the partitioned blocks into an image area of the same object based on the luminance information and the color information of each partitioned block. A moving amount calculating unit calculates a moving amount of an object contained in a grouped image area based on the motion vector quantity of each partitioned block, a detection value of a motion detection sensor, and a focal length calculated by a focal length calculating unit. A tracking object selecting unit selects an object in the image area of the highest contrast value as a tracking target object out of objects each having a moving amount exceeding a threshold value. |
| US08599267B2 |
Tracking device, tracking method, tracking device control program, and computer-readable recording medium
A tracking device includes feature information detection means for detecting feature information from a photographic image and tracking object matching means for comparing the feature information with tracking object information in which feature information of a plurality of figures are registered so that the feature information corresponds to a priority indicating tracking order of the feature information and for determining whether or not the feature information is information of the tracking object. The tracking device also includes priority acquisition means for acquiring the priority of the feature information detected from the tracking object information where it is determined that the feature information detected is the information of the tracking object and control means for controlling the photographing section, based on the priority acquired, so as to continuously include, in the photographic image from which the feature information is detected, feature information that has a highest priority in the photographic image. |
| US08599266B2 |
Digital processing of video images
Digital video imaging systems and techniques for efficiently transforming warped video images into rectilinear video images, real-time tracking of persons and objects, face recognition of persons, monitoring and tracking head pose of a person and associated perspective view of the person. |
| US08599258B2 |
Method for calibrating an assembly using at least one omnidirectional camera and an optical display unit
A method for calibrating an assembly consisting of an omnidirectional camera (2) located on a vehicle (1) and an optical display unit. An image displayed by the display unit reproduces a perspective of an imaginary virtual camera above the object (1), an image from the virtual camera is projected into an object coordinate system and resulting coordinates (XW, XW.Y) are projected into the omnidirectional camera. During the projection of the image of the virtual camera into the object coordinate system, pixels (xp) of the image of the virtual camera within an imaginary circle or ellipse (1) around the object are projected onto an imaginary plane, while pixels (xp) of the image outside the circle or ellipse are transformed by the virtual camera into the object coordinate system in such a way that they are projected onto an imaginary surface that rises from the edge of the circle or ellipse. |
| US08599253B2 |
Providing photographic images of live events to spectators
A method of providing photographic images of live events to a spectator includes obtaining at least one photographic image from at least one camera at a live event; providing a version of the at least one photographic image to an electronic device being used by the spectator; and receiving a selection of a the photographic image or a portion of the photographic image selected by said spectator using the electronic device. |
| US08599251B2 |
Camera
A camera comprises an imaging unit for imaging an object image; a first storage unit for storing plural still pictures and plural motion pictures, as images, and information other than the images; a display unit for displaying one or plural images, or an image output from the imaging unit; a search source specification unit for specifying a search source image; a search condition specification unit for specifying a search condition; and a search unit for searching an image similar to the search source image specified by the search source specification unit and in accordance with the search condition specified by the search condition specification unit. |
| US08599247B2 |
Stereoscopic image system employing an electronic controller which controls the polarization plane rotator in synchronization with an output image of the display device
Provided is a stereoscopic image system. The stereoscopic image system includes a display device radiating linearly polarized light, glasses including left and right oculars each including a first polarizer disposed between the display device and the eyes of a user, a second polarizer disposed between the first polarizer and the eyes of the user, and a polarization plane rotator disposed between the first polarizer and the second polarizer, and a quarter wave plate disposed between the display device and the first polarizer. Accordingly, even when the glasses are rotated around a normal line to surfaces of the left and right oculars, a change in the brightness of a stereoscopic image can be reduced. |
| US08599236B2 |
Utilizing a video image from a video communication session as contact information
A method, a communication device and computer readable storage media facilitate engaging in communication session between a first communication device and another, i.e., a second communication device. One or more video frames received from the second communication device for display on the first communication device are captured. At least one video frame from the communication session is selected, at the first communication device, for use as a contact identifier associated with a contact person at the second communication device. The selected video frame for use as the contact identifier of the contact person is stored in a memory of the first communication device. |
| US08599235B2 |
Automatic display latency measurement system for video conferencing
Methods and systems that compensate for display latency when separate speakers are used during video conferencing. A method includes determining whether speakers, which are not controlled by a display, are to be used in connection with a video conferencing session. The method further includes sending, to the display, data that causes the display to generate a predetermined pattern, capturing imagery of the effects of the predetermined pattern shown on the display, calculating a latency of the display based on a difference in a time the data was sent and the imagery of the effects is received, and storing a value of the latency of the display in a device that enables the video conferencing. When the speakers, which are not controlled by the display are selected, are selected, the audio portion of the video conferencing session is redirected to those speakers, but delayed for an amount of time substantially equivalent to the value of the latency of the display. In this way audio and video synchronization may be improved. |
| US08599234B2 |
Image forming apparatus
In an image forming apparatus, a quantized amount of correction A is applied to emission timing with which each light-emitting point is to be caused to give off light emission to thereby align points of exposure to light emitted from the light-emitting points, substantially with a straight line extending in the main scanning direction on a photoconductor. The amount of correction A is adjusted by adding or subtracting one to or from one of the tentatively determined amounts of correction A1, A2 for light-emitting point (P1, P2) at opposite ends of two adjacent light-emitting chips, if formula (1) is not satisfied: Δ E - B < D 2 ( 1 ) where B is difference |C1−C2| between amounts of shift C1, C2 of the light-emitting points (P1, P2) stored in a memory, ΔE is a value derived from |A1−A2| multiplied by the quantization unit D, |A1−A2| is the difference between the amounts of correction A1, A2. |
| US08599232B2 |
Integral cushion for flexographic printing plates
A system for preparing a flexographic printing plate having a printing layer, a second layer, and a cushion layer includes a first laser for imaging a first zone on a bottom surface of the cushion layer; and wherein the first laser or a second laser images a first area of a top surface of the printing layer which corresponds to the first zone. |
| US08599231B2 |
Method and apparatus for indicating a part number for a consumable to be used in an image production device
A method and apparatus for indicating a part number for a consumable to be used in an image production device is disclosed. The method may include generating a pre-printed label that includes one or more potential part numbers for the consumable with an indication area proximate to the one or more potential part numbers, the indication area including reactive material, attaching the preprinted label on packaging for the consumable, determining a desired part number from the one or more potential part numbers for the consumable, and indicating the desired part number for the consumable by activating the reactive material proximate to the desired part number. |
| US08599229B1 |
Roll-fed duplex thermal printing system
A roll-fed duplex thermal printing system, comprising a supply roll of receiver media, a printing path, a reversing path, a diverter and a cutter positioned between the supply roll and the reversing path. When the diverter is in a first position the receiver media is directed from the supply roll or the reversing path into the printing path. When the diverter is in a second position the receiver media is directed from the supply roll into the reversing path. During a printing operation, the diverter is positioned in the first position and the receiver media is fed into the printing path where a first side image is printed. The diverter is then repositioned the receiver media is fed into the reversing path where it is cut. The diverter is then repositioned again and the receiver media is fed into the printing path where a second side image is printed. |
| US08599227B2 |
Display apparatus and display-apparatus driving method
Disclosed herein is a driving method for driving a display apparatus, the display apparatus including: N×M light emitting units; M scan lines; N data lines; a driving circuit provided for each of the light emitting units to serve as a circuit having a signal writing transistor, a device driving transistor, a capacitor and a first switch circuit; and a light emitting device. |
| US08599225B2 |
Method of dimming backlight assembly
A plurality of gray-scale values is extracted from image signals corresponding to a dimming area to calculate a mean value of the gray-scale values, and at least one of a variance, a standard deviation, a kurtosis, a skewness, a central moment, and an image moment is calculated using the mean value. Then, a representative gray-scale value corresponding to the dimming area is determined using the calculated values, and a dimming function for the light sources included in the dimming area is determined based on the representative gray-scale value. Then, the light sources included in the dimming area are driven based on the dimming function. |
| US08599222B2 |
Method of driving pixel circuit, light emitting device, and electronic apparatus
There is provided a method of driving a pixel circuit that includes a light emitting element; a driving transistor that is connected to the light emitting element in series; a storage capacitor that is interposed between a path, which is formed between the light emitting element and the driving transistor, and a gate of the driving transistor; a selection switch that is interposed between the gate of the driving transistor and a signal line; and a first control switch that is interposed between the gate of the driving transistor and the signal line and is connected to the selection switch in series. |
| US08599220B2 |
Position fine tuning in a computer aided modeling
A position fine tuning of an object without movement of creation points of the object is facilitated with a position tool having a graphic position tool displayed on a display. The graphic position tool may comprise a rotation tool, dragging of which causes the object to rotate accordingly around its creation axis, and/or an offset tool, either a clickable one or a draggable one, with which the object's position on an offset plane can be changed. A clickable offset tool may comprise buttons clicking of which causes the object to move a predetermined offset value(s) to a direction defined by the button. |
| US08599219B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for generating thumbnail summaries for image collections
Methods and apparatuses for generating thumbnail summaries for image collections are described. Thumbnails summaries may be representative of the image collection while being disjoint from each other. In some embodiments, a method may sample crops from some or all images in an image collection. From these candidate crops, the method may select representative but disjoint crops. In some embodiments, a desired representativeness and/or disjointedness of the candidate crops may be defined by a user. The method may then generate and/or select thumbnail summaries for the collection of images based at least in part on the selected candidate crops. |
| US08599214B1 |
Image compression method using dynamic color index
A method for communicating an image section between a first computer and a second computer, the first computer adapted for remotely coupling to the second computer via a network. The method comprises determining, by the first computer, a color table comparison result for an input pixel value, the color table comparison result identifying one of (i) an indexed color value of a color table, the indexed color value approximating the input pixel value, or (ii) an absence in the color table of any color value approximating the input pixel value; generating, based on the color table comparison result, encoded data comprising one of a derivative of the input pixel value or an index for the indexed color value; communicating, to the second computer, the encoded data; and updating the color table according to the color table comparison result. |
| US08599210B2 |
Surface caching
Techniques for surface caching are described in which a cache for surfaces is provided to enable existing surfaces to be reused. Surfaces in the cache can be assigned to one of multiple surface lists used to service requests for surfaces. The multiple lists can include at least a main list and an auxiliary list configured to group existing surfaces according to corresponding surface constraints. When a surface is requested, the multiple lists can be searched to find an existing surface based on constraints including, for example, the type of surface and size requirements for the requested surface. If an existing surface is discovered, the existing surface can be returned to service the request. If a suitable surface is not found in the multiple lists, a new surface is created for the request and the new surface can be added to a corresponding one of the multiple surface lists. |
| US08599207B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program
An information processing apparatus includes a first graphics chip having a first drawing processing capacity and being capable of producing a first image signal; a second graphics chip having a second drawing processing capacity higher than the first drawing processing capacity and being capable of producing a second image signal; an output changeover section capable of selectively outputting one of the first or second image signals; an inputting section configured to input a user operation to select one of the first graphics chip or the second graphics chip; and a control section configured to control the output of the output changeover section in response to the inputted user operation. |
| US08599205B2 |
Method for displaying battery residual quantity in portable terminal having self-luminescence display and apparatus therefor
A method and apparatus for displaying a battery residual quantity of a portable terminal having a self-luminescence display are provided. The brightness of an image frame is determined by analyzing a histogram of the image frame output through the self-luminescence display. A power consumption of the self-luminescence display is determined based on the brightness of the image frame output through the self-luminescence display. A battery voltage and a battery voltage variance value are determined. The battery residual quantity is displayed in accordance with the power consumption of the self-luminescence display and the battery voltage variance value. |
| US08599204B2 |
Controlling edge routing using layout constraints
A system and method for creating or editing a graph diagram. A system provides a mechanism to specify constraints on edge way points. Constraints may specify alignment with other way points, distribution of way points, spacing from other way points or nodes, or other types of constraints. A system may automatically determine edge way point constraints based on edge direction, edge type, target nodes or regions of nodes, or other characteristics of edges. The system enables a combination of constraints specified by a user and automatically determined by the system. Way points are positioned based on associated constraints, and edges are routed based on their associated way points. |
| US08599198B2 |
Pseudo 3D image creation apparatus and display system
A plurality of basic depth models indicate depth values of a plurality of basic scene structures. Statistical amounts of pixel values in predetermined areas in a non-3D image are calculated to generate first evaluation values. A statistical amount of pixel values in a whole of the non-3D image is calculated to generate a second evaluation value. The basic depth models are combined into a combination result according to a combination ratio depending on the generated first evaluation values. Depth estimation data is generated from the combination result and the non-3D image. A texture of the non-3D image is shifted in response to the generated depth estimation data and the generated second evaluation value to generate a different-viewpoint picture signal. The generated different-viewpoint picture signal and a picture signal representative of the non-3D image make a stereo pair representing a pseudo 3D image. |
| US08599190B2 |
Voltage level selection circuit and display driver
A decoder includes a first sub-decoder that receives a first level voltage set and outputs voltages selected according to lower L-bits of N-bit data, a second sub-decoder that receives a second level voltage set and outputs voltages selected according to the lower L-bits, a third sub-decoder that selects, according to higher M-bits, one voltage from the voltages selected by the first and second sub-decoders, a fourth sub-decoder that outputs voltages selected according to lower P-bits from among a third level voltage set, a fifth sub-decoder that selects one voltage selected according to higher Q-bits from the voltages output from the fourth sub-decoder, and a sixth sub-decoder that controls conduction and non-conduction based on K-bits, between one output among outputs of the first sub-decoder, and one output among outputs of the fourth sub-decoder; output of the third sub-decoder and output of the fifth sub-decoder are connected to an output terminal; the first, second, and third sub-decoders are configured from transistor switches of said first polarity, and the fourth, fifth, and sixth sub-decoders are configured from transistor switches of said second polarity. |
| US08599189B2 |
Display device, display data processing device, and display data processing method
A display device includes: an extraction unit extracting an edge component of a display data signal; an adder unit adding an edge component to the display data signal; a signal generation unit generating a control signal in accordance with the display data signal and an output signal of the adder unit; a correction unit carrying out correction processing on the edge component in accordance with the control signal and outputting the corrected edge component to the adder unit; and a display unit carrying out a display operation in accordance with the output signal of the adder unit. |
| US08599187B2 |
Organic light-emitting display device
An organic light-emitting display device that increases long range uniformity (LRU). The organic light-emitting display device includes an image display unit including a plurality of pixels defined by a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines, a plurality of film type connection devices electrically connected to the image display unit and at least one DC-DC converter arranged on the plurality of film type connection devices to supply driving voltages to the image display unit. |
| US08599184B2 |
Charge pump and display driving system including the same
Provided is a boosting voltage generating element used in a semiconductor integrated circuit, more particularly, is a charge pump. The charge pump includes a first converting unit and a second converting unit. The first converting unit is configured to receive a first voltage in response to a first clock signal to generate a first pumping voltage. The first converting unit is also configured to alternately output the first pumping voltage to a first terminal and a second terminal. The second converting unit is configured to receive the first pumping voltage through the first terminal or the second terminal in response to a second clock signal and a third clock signal respectively, to generate a second pumping voltage The second converting unit is also configured to provide the second pumping voltage to an output terminal. The second converting unit is configured to provide the second pumping voltage to the output terminal for at least half of a period of the second clock signal or the third clock signal. |
| US08599183B2 |
Liquid crystal display device for preventing abnormal drive of liquid crystal module
A liquid crystal display device is provided to prevent a liquid crystal module from being driven abnormally. The liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal display panel displaying a picture corresponding to a data; a DC-DC converter for generating driving voltages necessary for driving the liquid crystal display panel; a system for supplying the data, a module operation power and a backlight operation power in a play state, and cutting off the module operation power and the backlight operation power while supplying the data in a pause state; and a switching circuit for controlling an input of the DC-DC converter whether or not the module operation power and the backlight operation power are supplied, wherein the input of the DC-DC converter is cut-off if either the module operation power or the backlight operation power is not input to the switching circuit. |
| US08599174B2 |
Verifying a written expression
Embodiments include a method, a manual device, a handheld manual device, a handheld writing device, a system, and an apparatus. An embodiment provides a system. The system includes a manual device that includes a writing element operable to discharge a marking substance on a surface in response to a movement of the writing element upon the surface. The system also includes a sensor operable to acquire information corresponding to an environment of the manual device. The system further includes a verification module operable to determine a correspondence between a first aspect of the environment of the manual device and a second aspect of the environment of the manual device. |
| US08599173B2 |
Tracking approaching or hovering objects for user interfaces
The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can utilize photo-sensors embedded in a substantially transparent layer of a UI display for tracking objects that approach or hover over the UI display. The photo-sensors can be configured to detect light of certain wavelengths (e.g., visible light, infrared light) that are propagated toward the UI display, while ignoring light emanating from the UI display when displaying content. Accordingly, by examining various characteristics of the incoming light such as intensity, the architecture can identify a location of a shadow incident upon the display caused by an approaching or hovering selector object blocking portions of incoming light. Additionally or alternatively, the architecture can identify a location of higher intensity for light emanating from the selector object. |
| US08599170B2 |
Optical pointing device and electronic equipments
Light emitted from a light source such as LED and reflected by a fingertip is guided by a cover member onto a light receiving surface of an imaging element. A second resin part is provided that is in contact with the cover member and a resin molded part sealing the imaging element. The reflected light guided by the cover member is made to reach the light receiving surface via the second resin part and the resin molded part, traveling along a path spaced apart from an air layer. |
| US08599167B2 |
Method and apparatus for improving dynamic range of a touchscreen controller
A touchscreen system for increasing the dynamic range of the system comprising a touchscreen coupled to an offset cancellation element and a capacitance measuring element. The offset cancellation element is configured to be dynamically changed in capacitance such that it offsets parasitic and sensor capacitances of the touchscreen sensors thereby leaving only touch event capacitance to be measured by the measuring element. The offset cancellation element is able to adjust to the initial unwanted capacitances of each sensor as well as dynamically adjust to changes in the unwanted capacitance due to the environment. In some embodiments, the offset cancellation element is a capacitance digital-to-analog converter that is controlled by a controller for offsetting the unwanted capacitance. As a result, the touchscreen system is able to utilize a small integrating capacitor thereby lowering cost and improving the dynamic range of the system. |
| US08599165B2 |
Force and true capacitive touch measurement techniques for capacitive touch sensors
Methods, systems, and apparatus relate to touch sensors that are configured to measure a true capacitive touch and a force applied to the sensor from a user. Some implementations involve the measurement of force and true capacitive touch simultaneously in a touch capacitive sensor. |
| US08599163B2 |
Electronic device with dynamically adjusted touch area
A method for adjusting at least a area of a touch screen wherein the touch panel comprises a first touch area and a second touch area, the first touch area is responsive to a stationary touch and corresponds to a first function, and the second touch area is responsive to a sliding touch and corresponds to a second function, includes: defining an overlapped touch area comprising at least part of the first touch area and at least part of the second touch area; receiving a touch input on the touch panel; when the touch input is started from the overlapped touch area, calculating a moving distance of the touch input and a touch time of the touch input; and when the touch time is within a threshold time, and the moving distance exceeds a threshold distance, setting the overlapped touch area to correspond to the second function. |
| US08599162B2 |
Actionable-object controller and data-entry attachment for touchscreen-based electronics
A touchscreen-controller and data-entry ensemble are attached conterminously or proximately to a touchscreen device. A touchscreen-controller attachment device has one or more input ends and one or more output ends. The input and output ends may be opposite ends of unitary elements and/or may be remote from one another and connected by wire or wirelessly. Each input end of a unitary conductive element is connected to a respective output end and the plurality of output ends, residing in an attachment base, are in a position of contact with or in close proximity to the soft buttons, keys or controller(s) of a touchscreen. The output ends thus activate the touchscreen when the input ends are manipulated. A base maintains the input and/or output ends in fixed position during use. Input and output elements can be spring-mounted. New controllers offer the user haptic ability. |
| US08599158B2 |
Multi-surface touch sensitive apparatus and method
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises a first side, second side and touch sensitive layer, the touch sensitive layer coupled with the apparatus and comprising a wiring pattern for receiving a touch signal, the touch sensitive layer having a first portion opposing the first side and a second portion opposing the second side. |
| US08599150B2 |
Touchscreen electrode configuration
A touchscreen includes touchscreen electrode elements distributed across an active area of a substrate, and the touchscreen overlays a display. The touchscreen electrode elements are configured to avoid creating moiré patterns between the display and the touchscreen, such as angled, wavy, zig-zag, or randomized lines. In a further example, the electrodes form a mesh pattern configured to avoid moiré patterns. |
| US08599149B2 |
Organic light emitting diode display
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. The OLED display includes a plurality of subpixels on one surface of a first substrate, a second substrate attached to the first substrate, a shield electrode on one surface of the second substrate that is not opposite to the subpixels, the shield electrode being connected to a low potential voltage source, a touch screen panel on the shield electrode, a first printed circuit board (PCB) attached to the one surface of the first substrate, the first PCB receiving a driving signal driving the subpixels from a driving device, and a second PCB attached to the one surface of the second substrate, the second PCB transmitting a sensing signal generated by the touch screen panel to an external device. |
| US08599143B1 |
Switch configuration for detecting writing pressure in a writing device
An apparatus for detecting writing pressure is comprised of a carrier. A mode selection device coupled to the carrier is operable to select writing modes. A switch coupled to the carrier is operable to move between a first state and a second state in response to writing pressure coupled to the switch. An actuator coupled to the carrier is configured to actuate the switch in response to pressure applied to the actuator in response to writing. |
| US08599141B2 |
Input device having coordinate-inputting unit and switching unit
An input device is provided. The input device contains a face sheet, coordinate-inputting means opposing the lower portion of the face sheet, and switching means opposing the lower portion of the coordinate-inputting means. The face sheet, the coordinate-inputting means, and the switching means are laminated in a thickness direction. The coordinate-inputting means has X- and Y-direction electrodes opposing each other and arranged on both surfaces of a base sheet in a grid manner. The switching means has a substrate with a switch contact portions in a grid arrangement. The switch contact portions are switched by the inversion of invertible plates. Projections are disposed between the coordinate-inputting means and the invertible plates. |
| US08599138B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method and computer program
An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a position acquisition unit for obtaining a display position of an input area in a display area, and a display control unit for controlling, based on the display position of the input area, in the display area a display position of an input operation area in which a character to be displayed in the input area is input. The display control unit displays the input area near the display position of the input area, and makes the input operation area follow the movement of the input area when the display position of the input area is moved. |
| US08599137B2 |
Navigation tool including induction functionality
There is provided a handheld electronic device including a support structure, a display, a navigation tool assembly and a coil. The display is located on a front face of the device and upon which graphical user interface information is displayed to the user of the device. The navigation tool assembly is coupled to the support structure and includes a navigation tool that is moveable relative to the support structure. The navigation tool is configured to control motion of a selection or position indicator on the display. The coil is coupled to the support structure. A movement of the navigation tool relative to the support structure effects induction of current through the coil. |
| US08599136B2 |
Combination mouse and touch input device
A computer input device, capable of operating in a mouse mode and in a touch mode, includes a body, a control unit and a switch. The body includes a first housing, a second housing and a hinge interconnecting the first and second housings. The body is movable between a flat position where the first and second housings are positioned side by side in a line, and an inverted-V position where the first and second housings co-define an included angle. The control unit provides a first input function which enables the input device to operate in the mouse mode and a second input function which enables the input device to operate in the touch mode. The switch is configured to have the control unit perform the first input function when the body is in the flat position and perform the second input function when the body is in the inverted-V position. |
| US08599132B2 |
Methods and systems for controlling electronic devices according to signals from digital camera and sensor modules
An embodiment of a method for remotely controlling an electronic apparatus, performed by a processor of the electronic apparatus, comprises the following steps. Existence of an object in close proximity to the electronic apparatus is detected. A camera module of the electronic apparatus is turned on to capture a series of images. A control operation in response to the captured images is determined. The control operation is performed to an electronic device of the electronic apparatus. |
| US08599127B2 |
Electrophoretic display device, driving method thereof, and electronic apparatus
There is provided a method of driving an electrophoretic display device including a first substrate, a second substrate opposed to the first substrate, a plurality of microcapsules including electrophoretic particles, the plurality of microcapsules being arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, a plurality of first electrodes formed on the plurality of microcapsules side of the first substrate, the plurality of first electrodes being arranged at a pitch equal to or smaller than an average diameter of the plurality of microcapsules in at least one direction, and a second electrode formed on the plurality of microcapsules side of the second substrate, the second electrode being opposed to the plurality of first electrodes. One or a plurality of the first electrodes are set as a driving unit. During removing a displayed image, the second electrode is in an electrically isolated condition. And electric potentials are applied to the plurality of the first electrodes such that the driving units adjacently located in at least one direction have different electric potentials. |
| US08599123B2 |
Drive circuit and liquid crystal display using the same
A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel, a drive circuit, and a power circuit. The drive circuit includes a gate driver, a timing control circuit, and a wave signal generation circuit. The timing control circuit sends a timing control signal to the gate driver and the wave signal generation circuit. The wave signal generation circuit generates a control signal according to the timing control signal, and generates a wave signal according to the control signal. The gate driver generates scan signals according to the timing control signal and the wave signal. Before the voltage of the scan signal changes from a maximum voltage to a minimum voltage, the voltage of the scan signal decreases to an invariable middle voltage that is between the minimum voltage and the maximum voltage during a fall time of the scan signal. |
| US08599120B2 |
Timing controller, liquid crystal display device having the timing controller and method of driving the LCD device
An LCD device includes a display panel having a plurality of pixels on which an image is displayed and a timing controller, which includes a receiver receiving image data in series for displaying the image on the display panel wherein the image data being made up of pixel data of three prime colors that are Red, Green and Blue for each pixel, a serial/parallel converter sorting the image data received at the receiver in the order that the display panel can display the image, a sub-pixel generator generating complementary color image data, which are image data of the complementary color indicating the image indicated by the sorted image data, based on information of the sorted image data, and a transmitter transmitting the sorted image data and the complementary color image data. |
| US08599118B2 |
Chiplet display with electrode connectors
A display device comprising a transparent substrate, transparent electrodes, light-emitting layers, and reflective electrodes that define light-emitting pixels in which chiplets with pixel driving circuits are connected to pixel connection pads that are connected to the transparent electrode by an opaque electrode connector such that at least a portion of one opaque electrode connector overlaps at least a portion of a transparent electrode to which the opaque electrode connector is not electrically connected. The device provides a display having improved pixel-driving performance and increased light-emitting area. |
| US08599117B2 |
Emission control driver and organic light emitting display device using the same
An emission control driver includes a plurality of stages, each of the plurality of stages including a first driver for outputting a first output signal corresponding to one of the first output signal output from a previous stage or a first start pulse; a second driver for outputting a second output signal corresponding to one of the second output signal output from the previous stage or a second start pulse; and a third driver for receiving the first and second output signals and for outputting an emission control signal. |
| US08599110B2 |
Organic electroluminescent display and a driver thereof
A driver for a display may include a first signal processor adapted to output first and third control signals, and a second signal processor adapted to output a second control signal. The first signal processor may include a first shift register adapted to receive clock signals, and a first input signal, and to output a shifted signal. A first logic gate may be adapted to receive the shifted control signal and a separation signal to output the first control signal. A second logic gate may be adapted to receive the shifted signal and a negative separation signal, and to output the third control signal. The second signal processor may include a second shift register adapted to receive clock signals and the second input signal, and to output a shifted signal, and a first inverter adapted to receive the shifted signal of the second shift register and to output a second control signal. |
| US08599106B2 |
Dual screen application behaviour
A multi-screen user device and methods for logically controlling the display behavior of applications and other displayable data are disclosed. Specifically, when a dual-screen application is displayed to the primary and secondary screens of a device the dual-screen application can be minimized to a single screen by closing the device. When the device is reopened, the minimized dual-screen application is maintained in a minimized state on the screen to which it was minimized. Specific rules can be implemented to determine whether the dual-screen application will be maximized to run on the primary and secondary screens of a device upon reopening. |
| US08599100B2 |
Antenna installation apparatus and method
Methods and systems are disclosed for enabling installation of antennas in a cost effective and efficient manner. The methods and systems disclosed herein provide a hollow pole and an elevating mechanism, wherein the elevating mechanism can be used to position antenna equipment located in one or more capsules attached to the elevating mechanism. The antenna equipment may be attached to a removable power source located in the capsule or to a non-removable power source located at the base of the hollow pole. Additionally, the antenna equipment may also be attached to communications equipment adapted to communicate with one or more communications networks. In an embodiment disclosed herein, the capsules may be adapted to rotate around a one or more axis in response to received commands and/or in accordance with instructions stored on a memory module attached to the capsules. |
| US08599098B1 |
Adjustable antenna system
The present invention is directed to an antenna system comprising two rigid portions, an electrical conductor located between the two rigid portions, and a connector that extends between the two rigid portions and: (a) allows the position of one of the rigid portions relative to the other rigid portion to be altered when a force is applied to one of the rigid portions, such as when one of the rigid portions encounters an obstacle, and (b) maintains the altered position until a subsequent force is applied. In one embodiment, the connector comprises a ball-and-socket joint with the spring force produced by the socket causing sufficient frictional force between the ball and socket so that the position relationship of the ball to the socket is maintained when only gravity is being applied to the rigid portions and the connector but allowing the positional relationship to be altered when an additional force is applied. In another embodiment, the connector is comprised of multiple ball-and-socket links that each provide a limited angular range of motion and cumulatively allow an angular range of motion that is the sum of the limited angular ranges of motion associated each of the links. |
| US08599096B2 |
Antenna attachment arrangement, a module comprising such an arrangement and an antenna mast arrangement
An antenna attachment arrangement (2) comprising first and second separate attachment points (4, 6) for an antenna (8) is provided. The first and second attachment points (4, 6) each comprise an attachment device and a clamping device removably attached to the attachment device. The clamping devices are arranged for attachment to an antenna (8) or a fastening arrangement of an antenna (8). There area at least two selectable positions for the antenna (8). There is also provided a module (30) for carrying an antenna (8) of a telecommunication system, comprising a substantially vertically extending central arrangement (32) and an antenna attachment arrangement (2). |
| US08599091B2 |
Antenna with beam directivity
An antenna comprising a radiator which is configured to radiate electromagnetic wave inside of an antenna housing, and at least one dielectric which is configured to be contributory to directivity angle of the electromagnetic wave in the vertical direction, wherein the at least one dielectric is directly attached to the antenna housing ahead of the radiator. |
| US08599090B2 |
Waveguide slot array antenna apparatus
Provided is a waveguide slot array antenna apparatus having a polarized wave plane in a direction oblique to a tube shaft of a waveguide, in which an excitation distribution of opening portions for radiating or receiving electromagnetic waves is appropriately attained. The waveguide slot array antenna apparatus includes a waveguide slot array antenna formed of a rectangular antenna waveguide which has a rectangular section orthogonal to a tube axis, in which: the rectangular antenna waveguide has one end side thereof in a tube axial direction serving as a feeding port and another end side short-circuited; the antenna waveguide has a plurality of slender rectangular opening portions for radiating or receiving an electromagnetic wave arranged at intervals of about λg/2 (λg is an intra-tube wavelength) along the tube axis on a first wide plane of a pair of wide planes that are parallel to the tube axis; the plurality of slender rectangular opening portions each have the same predetermined angle with respect to a center line parallel to the tube axis of the first wide plane; the opening portions adjacent to one another are alternately arranged at opposite positions with respect to the center line; the opening portions located on one side with respect to the center line of the first wide plane each have a length longer than about λf/2 (λf is a free space wavelength), and the opening portions located on another side each have a length shorter than about λf/2. |
| US08599089B2 |
Cavity-backed slot antenna with near-field-coupled parasitic slot
Electronic devices may be provided with antennas. The antennas may include conductive antenna cavities. Antenna resonating elements may be mounted in the antenna cavities to form cavity antennas. An antenna cavity may be formed from metal structures with curved edges that define a curved cavity opening. A flexible printed circuit substrate may be coated with a layer of metal. Slot antenna structures such as a directly fed antenna slot and a parasitic antenna slot may be formed from openings in the metal layer. The flexible printed circuit substrate may be flexed so that the antenna resonating element forms a non-planar curved shape that mates with the opening of the antenna cavity. A ring of solder may be used to electrically seal the edges of the cavity opening to the metal layer in the antenna resonating element. The curved opening may be aligned with curved housing walls in an electronic device. |
| US08599084B2 |
Mobile communication device and antenna
A mobile communication device is provided. The mobile communication device includes a system circuit board with a surface, a ground plane having a monopole slot on the surface, a microstrip feedline, and a metal element, wherein the ground plane has a longer edge and a shorter edge. The monopole slot has a first operating band and a second operating band. The microstrip feedline is located on the system circuit board, wherein one end of the microstrip feedline passes over the monopole slot, and the other end of the microstrip feedline is connected to a signal source. The metal element is electrically connected to the shorter edge of the ground plane, and is substantially perpendicular to the ground plane. A distance between the open end of the monopole slot and the shorter edge of the ground plane where the metal element is connected is shorter than 0.05 wavelength of the lowest operating frequency of the first operating band. |
| US08599078B1 |
Near-field RF current probe system for a floating buoyant cable antenna
A current probe system includes a toroid made from a magnetic material and a wire made from an electrically-conducting material that forms at least one winding about a portion of the toroid. A current is induced in the winding(s) when a time-varying magnetic field is present in the toroid. A float coupled to the toroid floats the system at a water's surface. In use, a buoyant cable antenna is fed through the toroid and the system is moved along the antenna. |
| US08599077B2 |
Mobile wireless communications device with selective load switching for antennas and related methods
A mobile wireless communications device may include a plurality of antennas, a plurality of wireless transceivers, and signal processing circuitry. The device may further include a controller for selectively switching the signal processing circuitry to a desired one of the wireless transceivers, and for selectively switching a desired one of the antennas to the desired one of the wireless transceivers. Moreover, the controller may also be for selectively connecting and disconnecting the at least one other one of the antennas to an unused one of the wireless transceivers. |
| US08599075B2 |
Housing of portable electronic device and method for making the same
A housing includes a base and an antenna radiator. The base includes a first injection layer and a second injection layer. The first and second injection layers are formed by injecting of moldable plastic and combining to each other. The antenna radiator is sandwiched between the first and second injection layers by insert molding. The antenna radiator is at least partly covered by the first and second injection layer. The antenna radiator includes a plurality of hills and a plurality of valleys defined between adjacent hills. The antenna radiator includes at least two conducting layers and at least one dielectric layer, and adjacent conducting layers electrically are connected to each other and are separated by the dielectric layer. |
| US08599068B2 |
Systems and methods for mobile terminal location verification
Methods and systems for using W-code to extend anti-spoof capability to civilian GPS receivers for verifying locations of mobile terminals are disclosed. A system for verifying a reported location of a mobile terminal includes a receiver of the mobile terminal and a verification processor. The receiver processes the radio ranging signals to generate measured quantities related to the W-code to the verification processor. The receiver also provides the reported location of the mobile terminal to the verification processor. The verification processor generates expected quantities related to the W-code based on the reported location of the mobile terminal. The verification processor further compares the measured quantities related to the W-code to the expected quantities related to the W-code to verify the reported location of the mobile terminal. |
| US08599066B1 |
System, method, and apparatus for obtaining information of a visually acquired aircraft in flight
A system, method, and apparatus for obtaining information about an aircraft sighted from the ground. The system includes a communication device for determining an estimated location of the visually acquired aircraft, a flight database for determining information about a specified aircraft based on a provided location, and a network allowing communication between the communication device and the flight database. The communication device provides the estimated location of the sighted aircraft to the flight database and the flight database provides information on the sighted aircraft to the communication device. |
| US08599065B2 |
SBAS receiver
Disclosed herein is a Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) receiver. The SBAS receiver is configured to receive SBAS messages containing augmentation data and to provide one or more served GPS receivers with augmentation information based on the augmentation data extracted from the received SBAS messages. The SBAS receiver is designed to implement a Finite State Machine (FSM) intended to be common to all served GPS receivers, and configured to evolve based on the received SBAS messages and to store the augmentation data contained therein. The common FSM is further configured to cooperate with a number of correction modules equal to the number of served GPS receivers, each correction module being configured to receive GPS data from a corresponding served GPS receiver, and to compute an augmented position for the corresponding served GPS receiver based on the corresponding GPS data and on augmentation data retrieved from the common FSM. If the correction modules are implemented in the SBAS receiver, then the augmentation information provided by the SBAS receiver to each served GPS receiver is the augmented position computed by the corresponding correction module. If the correction modules are each implemented in a corresponding served GPS receiver, then the augmentation information provided by the SBAS receiver to the served GPS receiver is the augmentation data stored in the common FSM. |
| US08599064B2 |
Systems and methods for radar data communication
A radar information processing system is operable to process high bandwidth radar information received from a radar system into low bandwidth radar information that may be communicated to a low bandwidth connection coupled to an electronic flight bag (EFB). An exemplary embodiment receives radar information from a radar system, the radar information communicated from the radar system at a first bandwidth; processes the received radar information into processed radar information, the processed radar information configured for communication over a connection operable at a second bandwidth, the second bandwidth lower than the first bandwidth; and communicates the radar information from a radar system, the radar information communicated from the radar system at a first bandwidth. |
| US08599062B2 |
Object detection with multiple frequency chirps
A system and method are disclosed for the generation and processing of waveforms utilized to modulate the carrier frequency of a microwave sensor employed, to determine the range and velocity of an object of interest. The system and method result in improved performance in environments with high levels of interference. |
| US08599053B2 |
Switched-capacitance gain amplifier with improved input impedance
A gain amplifier may have a differential amplifier with feedback capacitors; a switched input stage having first and second outputs coupled with the differential amplifier, and having: first and second capacitors, a first input receiving a first signal of a differential input signal; a second input receiving a second signal of the differential input signal; a first plurality of switches controlled by a first clock signal to connect the first terminals of the first capacitor with the first or second input, respectively and to connect the first terminals of the second capacitors with the second and first input, respectively; and a second plurality of switches controlled by a phase shifted clock signal to connect the second terminal of the first capacitor with a first or second input of the differential amplifier and connecting the second terminal of the second capacitor with the second or first input of the differential amplifier. |
| US08599048B2 |
Systems and methods for compression of logical data objects for storage
A compression system configured to compress logical data objects into one or more accommodation blocks with a predefined size, and a method of operating thereof are provided. The compression system includes a compression engine capable of compressing input data with the help of sequential encoding one or more input strings and a counter operatively coupled to the compression engine. The counter is configured to keep its ongoing value indicative of a number of input bytes in one or more strings successfully encoded into a given accommodation block; and, responsive to unsuccessful compression of a string into the given accommodation block, to provide the compression engine with information indicative of starting point in the input stream for encoding into the next accommodation block, thus giving rise to a “start indication.” |
| US08599047B2 |
Haptic keyboard assemblies and methods
Various embodiments provide keyboards that provide haptic feedback to a user of the keyboard. In at least some embodiments, movement of an actuator and/or a user-engageable portion in a direction generally orthogonal to a direction of the keypress when the switch is closed provides a user with haptic feedback, which simulates a snapover movement. |
| US08599044B2 |
System and method to assess and report a health of a tire
The different advantageous embodiments provide an apparatus comprising a number of tires for a vehicle, a number of systems, and a number of processor units. The number of systems is configured to generate data about the number of tires and the vehicle. The number of processor units is configured to monitor the data and manage the health of the number of tires. |
| US08599040B2 |
Vehicle traffic signal transmission notification system for a driver
A system, device and method for notifying a vehicle driver of the condition of an upcoming vehicle traffic signal is described. The system includes a transmitter; transmission circuitry operably coupled to a vehicle traffic signal controller and operably coupled to the transmitter; wherein the transmission circuitry receives information associated with vehicle traffic signal status from the vehicle traffic signal controller, and causes the transmitter to transmit a non-visual and non-audible signal including information associated with the vehicle traffic signal status; a mobile receiver unit including a receiver to receive the transmitted non-visual signal; and a communication mechanism coupled to the mobile receiver unit to communicate information associated with the vehicle traffic signal status to a driver or user. |
| US08599036B2 |
On-line web accessed energy meter
An electrical metering system capable of performing multiple metering functions, collecting data, and wirelessly provides the collected metering data to a utility operator. In the electrical metering system, at least one computing device for initiating a request for data. A first modem connects the computing device to an infrastructure. A wireless embedded modem for wirelessly connects an electric meter to an infrastructure, and the wireless electric modem receives a request from the computing device and wirelessly transmits the metering data to the computing device, thereby initiating the request. |
| US08599035B2 |
Equipment module indicator handle and methods for indicating equipment module status
Equipment module indicator handle apparatus and methods are provided for displaying indications of the status conditions of equipment module circuitry using a light-conductive handle body that includes at least one handle leg at least partially composed of light conductive material and configured to transmit emitted light from a proximate end of the indicator handle toward a distal end of the indicator handle to visibly display a status condition of the module circuitry to a user on a surface of the indicator handle that is spaced apart from the wall of a chassis of the module. |
| US08599031B2 |
Systems and methods for stray voltage detection
A system for detecting stray voltage in a conductive object is disclosed herein. The system includes a pick-up element, electrical circuitry, a housing for enclosing the circuitry, a support for mounting the housing, and an indicator. The pick-up element is separated from the conductive object and capable of detecting an electric field from the conductive object. The support of the housing is such that the pick-up element remains separated from the conductive object. The electrical circuitry determines a voltage level corresponding to the electric field detected by the pick-up element and generates, based on a comparison of the determined voltage level relative to a reference voltage level, an indicator signal representative of whether stray voltage is present in the conductive object. Based on the indicator signal, the indicator indicates to a user of the system whether stray voltage is present in the conductive object. |
| US08599030B2 |
Communication apparatus, connection control method for communication apparatus and method of determining state of communication plug relative to communication connector in communication apparatus
A communication apparatus includes a communication connector, a communication section, a connection section, a state detector, a controller and a warning section. The communication section controls communication performed through the communication connector, to which a communication plug is connected. The connection section connects the communication connector and the communication section. The state detector generates a state detection signal corresponding to a connection state of the communication plug relative to the communication connector. The controller determines which of a normal connection state, an improper connection state and a non-connection state the communication plug is in based on the state detection signal. The controller also controls an ON-OFF operation of the connection section. The warning section notifies a user of results determined by the controller. |
| US08599026B2 |
Animal control system
An animal control system for use in a plant to facilitate management of the trapping of animals in the plant, the system including: a plurality of animal traps located at discrete locations of the plant, each trap including an animal sensor associated with the trap for detecting an animal trapped in the trap and a transceiver in electronic communication with the animal sensor, the transceiver having an identifier unique to the trap with which it is associated; and a computer system having a plurality of computers in communication with one another for receiving and reporting information relating to conditions of the traps. The discrete locations of the traps are obtained and input into a computer processor for processing to yield a computer generated template of the plant having a template of the plant with the discrete locations of the traps. |
| US08599024B2 |
Radio frequency environment object monitoring system and methods of use
A method and apparatus for monitoring untagged objects in a target area including calibrating a radio environment monitoring system including a rules engine and a baseline data set for a target area by recording a set of changes to the RF environment fingerprint of the target area received by the radio environment monitoring system as the target area is filled with objects. During system operation, scanning the target area with the radio environment monitoring system for a current RF environment fingerprint, comparing the current RF environment fingerprint with the baseline data set by a rules engine and reporting an output of the rules engine. |
| US08599021B2 |
Method and apparatus for deactivating an alarming unit
A system and method for displaying merchandise item is presented. A merchandise display system includes a display cabinet, an alarm unit and a key extension device. The display cabinet can display several different kinds of merchandise items. The alarm unit generates an alarm when one of the merchandise items is removed from a predetermined distance from the display cabinet. The key extension device can be mounted on the display cabinet away from the alarm unit to allow an electronic key to be inserted into the key extension devise to control the alarm unit. |
| US08599019B2 |
Antitheft device and interface device provided with the same
By attaching a connector 16 to an interface device connector 105, engaging a hook member 17 in a security slot 106, and attaching a security cable 30 to a first security slot 21, displacement of a link bar 19 is regulated by a head portion 32 of the security cable 30 and displacement of the connector 16 and the hook member 17 can be regulated. Since a computer 100 and an interface device 10 can be protected against theft by the single security cable, they can be shifted to the locked state with ease. |
| US08599009B2 |
Systematic distillation of status data relating to regimen compliance
Configuration technologies for cost-effectively monitoring indicia of regimen compliance or noncompliance in response to one or more indications of symptoms or actions or other data on data-bearing media or in wireless transmissions, such as implementing techniques for providing or preventing access or otherwise acting on or communicating incremental or definitive indicia of compliance or noncompliance. |
| US08599005B2 |
Method for determining the driving limits of a vehicle
A method for making it possible to set the link between all the types of vehicles and roads with the rolling limits on the roadway is described. This setting can be established from the existing road data bases and from the characteristics of the known vehicles. This method is capable of determining the vehicle rolling limits. A device which can be fitted on any vehicle and capable of implementing the method according to the invention is also disclosed. |
| US08599003B2 |
Information transmission and processing systems and methods for freight carriers
Methods and systems for remotely monitoring trailer or trailers attached to a vehicle is provided. The method includes associating an identification tag or ABS ECU that is configured to broadcast a trailer identification signal with a trailer. The method further includes receiving the trailer identification signal on-board the vehicle, associating the trailer identification signal with the vehicle, transmitting the trailer identification signal to a remote processor and receiving the trailer identification signal at the remote processor. The system comprises a mobile data terminal capable of generating and responding to telematic events comprising at least one processor, a graphical user interface, an input device, a memory and a set of executable instructions which may include a plurality of modules, such as a vehicle location module capable of receiving a GPS signal and transmitting the GPS signal to a remote processor for determining a location of a transportation unit. |
| US08599000B2 |
Over-the-air issue reporting from vehicles
Systems and methods for occupant reporting of a vehicle issue over-the-air from within a vehicle include a cellular device in the vehicle that establishes a connection with a cellular network. A user interface includes a display that provides occupant selectable menu options for reporting a vehicle issue. A processing system generates issue data based on a selected menu option. The issue data is selectably provided to one or more issue receiving servers including a first issue receiving server associated with a first organization and a second issue receiving server associated with a second, different organization using the cellular network. |
| US08598999B2 |
Customizable indicating instrument
The invention relates to a combination instrument comprising at least one first zone and one second zone, in which respective driver-relevant data can be displayed. The invention also relates to a method for customizing a combination instrument. |
| US08598995B2 |
Distributed healthcare communication system
A graphical audio station of a nurse call system is operable to permit a user to perform one or more of the following functions: establish a two-way voice communication link with another computer device in another patient and/or with a another computer device located in another staff work area and/or with a wireless communication device carried by caregiver and/or with a telephone of the healthcare facility; broadcast a voice page to a group of other selected computer devices; compose and send a text message to a portable device that is carried by a caregiver and that has wireless communication capability; browse web pages and/or view multimedia content, such as videos, hosted on servers of the healthcare facility and/or that are accessible via the Internet; view and/or acknowledge and/or answer and/or cancel alerts or nurse calls originating in a plurality of patient rooms. |
| US08598992B2 |
Self-calibrating RFID transponder
A RFID transponder includes a resonant circuit for providing a clock signal at a predetermined clock frequency, a self-calibration stage for calibrating the resonant circuit's current clock frequency towards the predetermined clock frequency. The self-calibration stage is adapted to compare a first clock frequency of the resonant circuit determined during an interrogation period, during which the resonant circuit is excited by an external RF signal, with a second clock frequency determined during a frequency maintenance period, during which the resonant circuit is excited internally through an oscillation maintenance circuit of the RFID transponder and to calibrate the resonant circuit towards the predetermined clock frequency based on the comparison result. |
| US08598990B2 |
Delimited read command for efficient data access from radio frequency identification (RFID) tags
Methods, and systems for efficiently reading data stored in an RFID tag memory are described. A delimited read command is issued by an RFID reader, causing a tag to truncate the data read-out process when a delimiter data pattern is detected in the stored data. Upon receipt of a delimited read command, a tag reads data until a delimiter pattern is detected. The tag determines whether the detected pattern is a valid delimiter pattern or a spurious one. If the detected pattern is a valid delimiter, the tag terminates the read process and transmits the data to the reader. The format of the delimiter pattern may be modified based on needs of a particular communications protocol or specific implementations. |
| US08598989B2 |
Reader control system
An RFID reader control system and method is provided. A protocol for controlling an RFID reader and an RFID reader control unit of a mobile phone is defined. Messages, information, commands, responses, and notification are constructed and transmitted between the RFID reader and the RFID reader control unit. |
| US08598973B2 |
Reactor
A reactor that is fabricated with high productivity is provided. The reactor 1 includes an annular magnetic core 11, a coil molded product 12A, and an external resin portion 13. The coil molded product 12A is disposed around an outer periphery of the magnetic core 11, the external resin portion 13 covers an outer periphery of an assembly 10 of the magnetic core 11 and the coil molded product 12A. The magnetic core 2 includes a plurality of core pieces that are combined so as to form an annular shape. The magnetic core 2 is fixed in the annular shape using the external resin portion 13 that covers the magnetic core without use of adhesive. The coil molded product 12A includes a coil 12 formed of a helically wound wire 12w and an internal resin portion 12c that maintains the coil 12 in a compressed state. Since the magnetic core 11 is formed without adhesive, a bonding step is not required. Due to use of the coil molded product 12A, the coil 12 needs not be compressed while forming the reactor 1. Thus, the reactor 1 is fabricated with high productivity. |
| US08598966B2 |
Multi-level power amplification system
In general, in accordance with an exemplary aspect of the present invention, an electrical system configured to use power combining of microwave signals, such as those from monolithic microwave integrated circuits or MMICs is provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the system of the present invention further comprises a low loss interface that the circuits are directly connected to. In another exemplary embodiment, the circuits are connected to a pin which is connected to the low loss interface. In yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a multi-layer power amplifier is provided that comprises two or more chassis and circuits attached to impedance matching interfaces according to the present invention. This multi-layered power amplifier is configured to amplify an energy signal and have a significantly reduced volume compared to existing power combiners. |
| US08598961B2 |
Waveguide transition for connecting U-shaped surface mounted waveguide parts through a dielectric carrier
The present invention relates to a transition arrangement comprising two surface-mountable waveguide parts and a dielectric carrier material with a metallization and a ground plane provided on a respective first main side and second main side Surface-mountable waveguide parts comprise a first wall, a second wall, and a third wall, which second and third walls are arranged to contact a part of the metallization, all the walls together essentially forming a U-shape, the surface-mountable waveguide parts also comprising respective bend parts. The metallization on the first main side is removed such that a first aperture and a second aperture are formed, the apertures being enclosed by a frame of via holes electrically connecting the ground plane with the metallization, the bend parts being fitted such that the apertures permit passage of a microwave signal propagating via the bend parts. Then the dielectric carrier material itself acts as a waveguide transition between the first aperture and the second aperture. |
| US08598956B2 |
System and method for reducing holdover duration
A device is provided having a local oscillator (LO) configured to generate a first signal comprising at least one of timing information, frequency information, phase information and combinations thereof. The device also has a LO error corrector comprising an input, the input configured to receive a second signal comprising at least one of timing information, frequency information, phase information and combinations thereof. The second signal is used for disciplining the LO. The LO error corrector is capable of disciplining the LO using a source that is less accurate than a preferred second signal, if the preferred second signal is unavailable to discipline the LO. |
| US08598952B2 |
Voltage variable type digital audio amplifying device for noise compensation and method thereof
The present invention relates to a voltage variable type digital audio amplifying device for noise compensation and a method therefor, and more specifically, varies the power according to an audio input signal, and compensates for the noise generated when varying the power, thereby enhancing audio output efficiency and easily removing noise. |
| US08598951B1 |
Linear multi-mode power amplifier for dynamic supply operation
A multi-mode RF power amplifier circuit that operates under dynamic power supply conditions. The power amplifier circuit operates under a high power mode and a low power mode. The multi-mode RF power amplifier includes a low power path and a high power path. Under the high power mode of operation, the high power path becomes active and the low power path becomes inactive. Each of the low power path and the high power path includes impedance matching networks and power amplifiers. Under either mode of operation, an inactive path will present at least five times higher input impedance than that of an active path. An impedance matching network connected between output terminals of the high power path and the low power path provides isolation between the output terminals of the high power path and the low power path. |
| US08598949B2 |
Electronic circuit and method for state retention power gating
A method and a electronic circuit, the method includes: sending to a switching circuit, to a state retention power gating (SRPG) circuit and to a first power source a control signal indicating that the SRPG circuit should operate in a functional mode; coupling, by the switching circuit, a third power grid to a first power grid; supplying power from the first power source to the SRPG circuit via the first power grid, the switching circuit and the third power grid; supplying power from a second power source to a second circuit via a second power grid; sending to the switching circuit, to the SRPG circuit and to the first power source a control signal indicating that the SRPG circuit should operate in a state retention mode; coupling, by the switching circuit, the third power grid to the second power grid; supplying power from the second power source to the SRPG circuit via the second power grid, the switching circuit and the third power grid; supplying power from the second power source to the second circuit via the second power grid; and storing, by the SRPG state information. |
| US08598948B1 |
Self biased low noise high PSRR constant gm for VCO
A system and method for voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) biasing in low voltage circuits including low resistance elements that are especially susceptible to noise. In one embodiment, a poly resistor and triode resistor is used to cancel or offset the effects that temperature variations have on the circuit. The triode resistor is powered by a voltage source that uses a pair of diodes coupled to a constant transconductance (gm) circuit to generate a reduced noise voltage that is independent of the power supply noise. The size of the triode resistor and poly resistors can be varied. |
| US08598946B2 |
Digitally programmable high voltage charge pump
A method of operating a programmable charge pump includes configuring each of a plurality of cascaded charge pump stages to be in a first set of charge pump stages or in a second set of charge pump stages based on an indicator of a target output voltage level. The first set of charge pump stages is configured to level-shift a first voltage level to a second voltage level. Each charge pump stage of the second set of charge pump stages has a disabled pump circuit portion. The second set of charge pump stages is configured to pass a version of the second voltage level to an output node of the programmable charge pump. |
| US08598944B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit deciding a power-supply voltage based on a delay test
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor integrated circuit includes a semiconductor integrated circuit a voltage regulator providing a prescribed power-supply voltage, a plurality of delay test circuits, each of the delay test circuits being configured in each of areas where electrical current flows in response to each of operation modes, a test control unit executing a delay test using the delay test circuit under a test mode while decreasing a power-supply voltage in a stepwise fashion, a supply voltage decision unit deciding the power-supply voltage of the operation mode on a basis of the delay test, a memory unit storing the power-supply voltage of each operation mode, a supply voltage configuration unit reading out the power-supply voltage corresponding to the operation mode from the memory unit, and the supply configuration unit arranging the power-supply voltage as an output voltage of the voltage regulator when each of the operation modes starts to execute. |
| US08598942B2 |
Current correction circuit for power semiconductor device and current correction method
A current-voltage conversion circuit of a current correcting unit having a current detecting terminal connected to a sense terminal of a power semiconductor device converts a sense current into a voltage and detects the voltage. A temperature detecting unit detects the ambient temperature of the power semiconductor device, and a correction unit performs a predetermined operation for correcting a characteristic difference due to the temperature on the basis of the detected temperature and outputs a control signal to a variable voltage source. The variable voltage source changes an output voltage on the basis of the output control signal and adjusts the potential of the sense terminal of the power semiconductor device on the basis of the changed voltage value. In this way, the characteristic difference between a main region and a sense region of the power semiconductor device is corrected. |
| US08598940B2 |
Low-voltage source bandgap reference voltage circuit and integrated circuit
A low-voltage source bandgap reference voltage circuit is provided. In the circuit, a differential amplification module (301) is configured to provide negative feedback in a differential input manner, and has one input end connected to a bandgap core module (303), and the other input end connected to an output end of a mirror current module (302) and then connected to the bandgap core module (303); the mirror current module (302) is configured to provide a mirror current for the bandgap core module (303); the bandgap core module (303) is configured to provide a voltage for counteracting positive and negative temperature coefficients; and a starting module (304) is configured to start the low-voltage source bandgap reference voltage circuit, and has one input end connected to an output end of the differential amplification module (301), the other input end connected to a power supply (Vcc), and an output end connected to an output end of the bandgap core module (303) and then grounded. Therefore, the design of the starting circuit is simplified, the weak current conduction state is effectively prevented, and the startup risk is reduced. |
| US08598939B2 |
Switch circuit and semiconductor circuit
A T/R switch applicable to an ultrasonograph and capable of transmitting a signal reflected from a living body over a wide band with low noise without causing erroneous operation of the switch or element destruction even when the potential of a transmission signal or reflected signal changes includes: a common source terminal commonly and serially coupling the source terminals of two MOS transistors; a common gate terminal commonly coupling the gate terminals of the two MOS transistors; a main switch, the drain terminals of which are connected to input/output terminals; and a floating voltage circuit which is connected to the common gate terminal and common source terminal, makes the common gate terminal potential follow, in phase, variation in the common source terminal potential, and sends a signal to turn the switch on or off to the common gate terminal. |
| US08598932B2 |
Integer and half clock step division digital variable clock divider
A clock divider is provided that is configured to divide a high speed input clock signal by an odd, even or fractional divide ratio. The input clock may have a clock cycle frequency of 1 GHz or higher, for example. The input clock signal is divided to produce an output clock signal by first receiving a divide factor value F representative of a divide ratio N, wherein the N may be an odd or an even integer. A fractional indicator indicates the divide ratio is N.5 when the fractional indicator is one and indicates the divide ratio is N when the fractional indicator is zero. F is set to 2(N.5)/2 for a fractional divide ratio and F is set to N/2 for an integer divide ratio. A count indicator is asserted every N/2 input clock cycles when N is even. The count indicator is asserted alternately N/2 input clock cycles and then 1+N/2 input clock cycles when N is odd. One period of an output clock signal is synthesized in response to each assertion of the count indicator when the fractional indicator indicates the divide ratio is N.5. One period of the output clock signal is synthesized in response to two assertions of the count indicator when the fractional indicator indicates the divide ratio is an integer. |
| US08598931B2 |
Delay circuit
To cancel a delay time that occurs in a delay circuit due to temperature and voltage changes. The delay circuit includes a plurality of first and second inverters that are each composed of an N-channel first transistor and a P-channel second transistor connected in series, and P-channel third transistors that are connected between a first power supply wiring and the input nodes of the second inverters. According to the present invention, the presence of the third transistors cancels characteristic variations of the second transistors included in the respective plurality of inverters even if there are changes in temperature, voltage, etc. Consequently, when temperature, voltage, or the like changes, variations in the amount of delay of the entire delay circuit can be regarded as resulting from characteristic variations of the first transistors. |
| US08598923B2 |
Low-power frequency dividers
A bias-shaping circuit for adjusting power consumption in a frequency divider to a temperature-dependent minimum includes a temperature-dependent bias source for producing a temperature-dependent bias. The bias is combined with an input signal to create an output bias. The output bias changes in response to a change in temperature to compensate for at least a portion of a temperature-induced change in the frequency divider, thereby adjusting power consumption in the frequency divider to a temperature-dependent minimum. |
| US08598921B2 |
Control circuit and method for controlling a power semiconductor switch
A driving circuit for driving a power semiconductor switch wherein at least one semiconductor device being provided which is implemented in such a way that it is operated in breakdown in response to the exceeding of a specific collector-emitter voltage of the power semiconductor switch, an output of the at least one semiconductor device being connected via a conductive interconnect to a terminal between the resistors of the resistor series circuit or to the resistor-series-circuit output which is connected to the signal processing unit, and the breakdown voltage of the at least one semiconductor device being selected in such a way that the potential at the output of the at least one semiconductor device is greater than the potential at the gate of the power semiconductor switch in its ON state. The invention further relates to a method for driving a power semiconductor switch. |
| US08598918B2 |
Differential communication device
When a transmission signal is detected as having been changed from a high level to a low level, two transmission lines are connected for only a predetermined time through a diode by a first transistor and a second transistor. The diode is arranged such that its forward direction is from a high-side transmission line to a low-side transmission line. The diode turns on, when a potential of the high-side transmission line becomes higher than that of the low-side transmission line by ringing and a potential difference therebetween exceeds a forward drop voltage of the diode. As a result, a peak wave level of a positive side in the ringing is limited to the forward drop voltage of the diode. |
| US08598917B2 |
Line driver with reduced dependency on process, voltage, and temperature
According to one exemplary embodiment, a transmitter module includes a line drive including a current digital-to-analog converter, where the line driver provides an analog output waveform. The current digital-to-analog converter receives a digitally filtered input waveform including at least two voltage steps. The at least two voltage steps of the digitally filtered input waveform cause a rise time of the analog output waveform to have a reduced dependency on process, voltage, and temperature variations in the line driver, while meeting stringent rise time requirements. The digitally filtered input waveform has an initial voltage level and a final voltage level, where the final voltage level is substantially equal to a sum of the at least two voltage steps of the digitally filtered input waveform. |
| US08598915B1 |
CMOS programmable non-linear function synthesizer
The CMOS programmable non-linear function synthesizer utilizes CMOS current-mode electronics to provide synthesis of arbitrary analog functions. The circuit approximates a seventh-order Taylor series expansion to synthesize an arbitrary nonlinear function. Each term of the Taylor series expansion is realized using a current-mode basic building block, and the output weighted currents of these basic building blocks are algebraically added in addition to a DC current, if needed. The CMOS current mode electronic circuit can be easily integrated, extended to include higher order terms of the Taylor series, and programmed to generate arbitrary nonlinear functions. |
| US08598913B2 |
Reduced temperature dependent hysteretic comparator
This document discusses, among other things, apparatus and methods for controlling a hysteresis range of a voltage comparator. In an example, an apparatus can include an amplifier having a temperature dependency, a comparator configured to receive first and second currents and to provide an output voltage indicative of a hysteretic comparison of the first and second input voltages, wherein a range of hysteresis of the apparatus is controlled over a range of temperatures. In an example, the amplifier can be configured to receive first and second input voltages and to provide the first and second currents. |
| US08598912B2 |
Transistor voltage threshold mismatch compensated sense amplifiers and methods for precharging sense amplifiers
Sense amplifiers and methods for precharging are disclosed, including a sense amplifier having a pair of cross-coupled complementary transistor inverters, and a pair of transistors, each one of the pair of transistors coupled to a respective one of the complementary transistor inverters and a voltage. The sense amplifier further includes a capacitance coupled between the pair of transistors. One method for precharging includes coupling input nodes of the sense amplifier to a precharge voltage, coupling the input nodes of the sense amplifier together, and coupling a resistance to each transistor of a cross-coupled pair to set a voltage threshold (VT) mismatch compensation voltage for each transistor. The voltage difference between the VT mismatch compensation voltage of each transistor is stored. |
| US08598910B1 |
Timestamping logic with auto-adjust for varying system frequencies
In described embodiments, a timestamp generator includes a fixed clock domain driven by a fixed frequency clock, a core clock domain, coupled to the fixed clock domain, which is driven by a core clock whose frequency is adjustable during an operation of the timestamp generator. A timestamp logic operating in the core clock domain generates a timestamping output of the timestamp generator. A rate generator operating in both the fixed clock domain and the core clock domain generates per clock cycle increments in the fixed clock domain and transfers carry units from the fixed clock domain into the core clock domain, and a timestamp increment generation of the timestamp logic is clocked by the fixed frequency clock provided by the rate generator. A method for enabling timestamp in an ASIC to be accurate with system clock changes is also described. |
| US08598907B2 |
Configuration context switcher with a clocked storage element
Some embodiments provide an IC with configuration context switchers. The IC includes several configurable circuits, each of which configurably performs one of several operations at any given time, based on the configuration data set that it receives at that time. The IC includes several storage circuits for storing several configuration data sets for each of the configurable circuits. The IC also includes a context switching interconnect circuit for switchably connecting the configurable circuit to different sets of storage circuits to receive different sets of configuration data sets. The context switcher includes one or more stages for re-timing the data coming from the configuration storage elements. The stages can include interconnect circuitry or storage circuitry. Some embodiments build one of the stages in the configuration data storage elements. Some embodiments encode the configuration data bits and hence utilize a decoder in the context switcher to decode the encoded configuration data. |
| US08598906B2 |
Low-power ethernet transmitter
An electrical circuit comprising a line driver for providing Ethernet signals is disclosed. The line driver comprises a voltage mode line driver for producing 1000BT and 100BT Ethernet signals and an active output impedance line driver arranged parallel to the voltage mode line driver. The line driver is capable of producing 1000BT or 100BT or 10BT Ethernet signals, wherein either the voltage mode line driver or the active impedance line driver is active. |
| US08598897B2 |
Isolation monitoring system and method utilizing a variable emulated inductance
A system for measuring leakage resistance between a high voltage (HV) system of a vehicle and a vehicle chassis includes an emulated inductance that is connected between the HV system and the vehicle chassis and that has an inductive reactance that substantially cancels a capacitive reactance between the HV system and the vehicle chassis. A signal source outputs one of an AC current signal and an AC voltage signal between the HV system and the vehicle chassis. A sensor measures one of an AC current response to the AC voltage signal between the HV system and the vehicle chassis and an AC voltage response to the AC current signal between the HV system and the vehicle chassis. |
| US08598894B2 |
Noise handling in capacitive touch sensors
In a capacitive sensor of the type having X electrodes which are driven and Y electrodes that are used as sense channels connected to charge measurement capacitors, signal measurements may be made by driving the X electrodes to transfer successive packets of charge to the charge measurement capacitors. An additional noise measurement may be made by emulating or mimicking the signal measurement, but in certain embodiments without driving the X electrodes. The packets of charge transferred to the charge accumulation capacitor may be indicative of noise induced on the XY sensing nodes. These noise measurements can be used to configure post-processing of the signal measurements. |
| US08598891B2 |
Detection and mitigation of particle contaminants in MEMS devices
Detecting and/or mitigating the presence of particle contaminants in a MEMS device involves converting benign areas in which particles might become trapped undetectably by electric fields during test to field-free regions by extending otherwise non-functional conductive shield and gate layers and placing the same electrical potential on the conductive shield and gate layers. Particle contaminants can then be moved into detection locations remote from the potential trap areas and having particle detection structures by providing some mechanical disturbance. |
| US08598881B2 |
Magnetic resonance imaging system with thermal reservoir and method for cooling
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system with a thermal reservoir and method for cooling are provided. A cooling vessel for a magnet system of the MRI system includes a first portion containing a helium cryogen in contact with a plurality of magnet coils of an MRI system. The cooling vessel also includes a second portion separate from and fluidly decoupled from the first portion, with the second portion containing a material different than the helium cryogen and having a volume greater than the first portion. |
| US08598880B2 |
Method and apparatus for imaging a subject using local surface coils
A Radio Frequency (RF) coil apparatus for generating a Magnetic Resonance (MR) image includes a body adapted to be worn by a subject being scanned, the body comprising an anterior portion, a posterior portion, and a transition portion coupled between the anterior and posterior portions, a first RF receive-only saddle coil including a first coil positioned in the anterior portion and a second coil positioned in the anterior portion, the first RF saddle coil configured to be positioned on the anterior and posterior sides of the subject. An MRI imaging system and method are also described herein. |
| US08598874B2 |
Wireless transmit and receive MRI coils
A magnetic resonance system includes a wireless local coil which functions as a transmit only or a transmit and receive coil. The local coil includes an RF coil with a plurality of coil elements. A corresponding number of transmit amplifiers apply RF signals to the RF coil elements to transmit an RF signal. A peak power supply provides electrical power to the transmit amplifiers to transmit relatively high power RF pulses. A trickle charging device recharges the peak power supply between RF pulses front a local coil power supply. A power transfer device wirelessly transfers power to a coil power supply recharging device which recharges the local coil power supply. |
| US08598871B2 |
System and method for phase offset and time delay correction in magnetic resonance spectroscopy data
A method is provided for producing, with a magnetic resonance (MR) system, a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum that has been corrected for errors arising from phase offsets and time shifts in the acquired spectroscopic data. A spectroscopic data set includes temporal information indicative of the underlying phase offsets and time shifts. In general, this temporal information is utilized to correct for errors in the acquired data. As a result, a plurality of acquired spectroscopic data sets are more accurately combined by first individually correcting each spectroscopic data set for such errors. Exemplary sources of the phase offsets and time shifts include the physical separation between a volume of interest and the detectors in the MRI system. Using the temporal information, T2 decay in the produced spectrum is also corrected. |
| US08598865B2 |
Measuring device with a measuring- and operating electronics for monitoring a measurement signal
A measuring device with at least one control unit and an electrical current controller. The measuring- and operating electronics is connected to a current loop and the control unit is connected with the electrical current controller and provides the electrical current controller a reference input. The reference input corresponds to a desired value of the measurement signal current and the electrical current controller is suppliable with a primary feedback signal. The primary feedback signal corresponds to an actual value of the measurement signal current set in the current loop. The electrical current controller outputs a control signal formed from a control error signal, wherein at least one evaluation unit is provided, which compares at least one value of the control signal output by the electrical current controller with at least one reference value. The comparison indicates whether the value of the control signal exceeds or subceeds the reference value. |
| US08598864B2 |
Apparatus and method for monitoring and controlling detection of stray voltage anomalies
Apparatus and methods for detecting stray voltage anomalies in electric fields are provided herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for detecting an electrical field may comprise: at least one sensor probe for generating data corresponding to an electrical field detected by the at least one sensor probe, wherein the at least one sensor probe comprises at least one electrode; a processor, coupled to the at least one sensor probe, for analyzing the data to identify a voltage anomaly in the electric field; and an indicator, coupled to the processor, for alerting a user to a presence of the voltage anomaly in the electric field. |
| US08598861B2 |
Circuit and method for providing a reference signal
An integrated circuit for providing a reference signal to a regulator includes a comparison circuit and a first reference signal adjustor. The comparison circuit is configured to output a control signal based on a difference between levels of a constraint signal of the regulator, such as an input voltage signal or a supply voltage signal, and the reference signal. The regulator has a feedback control loop maintained by the reference signal. The first reference signal adjustor is operatively coupled to the comparison circuit and is configured to adjust the level of the reference signal based on the control signal such that the level of the reference signal increases toward a preset level and does not cause the feedback control loop of the regulator to become saturated when the regulator is in a start-up phase. |
| US08598859B2 |
Power supply controller
A first current corresponding to the drain-to-source voltage of a power MOSFET can pass through an FET; and a second current corresponding to a constant voltage can pass through an FET; a third current corresponding to the difference determined by subtracting the first current from the second current can pass into threshold setting resistors from the connecting point between FETs. Consequently, divided voltages at the connecting points between the threshold setting resistors varies directly with a voltage corresponding to the difference determined by subtracting the drain-to-source voltage of the power MOSFET from the constant voltage. |
| US08598858B2 |
Predictive control system
The first sampling measurement value compares whether to exceed a prescribed threshold and judges the control part at the sampling time. The control part compares whether the first sampling measurement value exceeds a prescribed threshold. When the actual measurement value doesn't exceed a prescribed threshold, the control part predict the first sampling value at the next sampling time. [1] When the first sampling the predicting value doesn't exceed the threshold value, the status of the switch is maintained, [2] When the first sampling the predicting value exceeds the threshold value, the time when the movement of the switch should be changed is calculated and the status of the switch is changed at time concerned. |
| US08598855B2 |
Monitoring and control circuit for adjusting current
A monitoring and control circuit comprises a sense block, a first and a second comparators, and a control module. The current sense block is coupled to a switch for generating a monitoring signal indicative of a current flowing through the switch. The first comparator coupled to the sense block is operable for comparing the monitoring signal to a first threshold and for providing a first signal according to a first comparison result between the monitoring signal and the first threshold. The second comparator coupled to the sense block is operable for comparing the monitoring signal to a second threshold and for providing a second signal according to a second comparison result between the monitoring signal and the second threshold. The control module coupled to the first comparator and the second comparator provides a control signal for controlling the switch according to the first signal and the second signal so as to adjust the current. |
| US08598852B2 |
Cost effective configuration for supercapacitors for HEV
A rechargeable energy storage system (RESS) for a hybrid electric vehicle includes a power supply module that includes at least one battery. A startup module includes N supercapacitors arranged in parallel with the at least one battery, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal 1, and an adjustable power supply arranged in series with at least one of the N supercapacitors and in parallel with the at least one battery, wherein the adjustable power supply maintains a voltage across the N supercapacitors below a predetermined voltage. |
| US08598851B2 |
Charging circuit
A charging circuit that prevents a system abnormality caused by removal of a battery. The charging circuit includes a constant voltage charge controller which detects charge voltage and performs a constant voltage charging operation. A constant current charge controller detects charge current and performs a constant current charging operation. A controller controls the constant voltage charge controller to perform the constant voltage charging operation during a period from when the charge voltage reaches a fully charged voltage to when the charge current decreases to a charge completion current. The controller suspends charging the battery when the constant voltage charging operation is being performed and detects whether or not the battery is coupled to the charging circuit based on the charge voltage during the charging suspension. |
| US08598850B2 |
Devices and methods for optimizing rechargeable battery life
Embodiments of the present invention generally comprise devices and methods for optimizing rechargeable battery life. One or more embodiments of the invention comprise a device for interrupting the charging status of a rechargeable battery, comprising: a plug, an outlet, a switch, and a controller for controlling the switch state dependent on at least one of: amount of time the switch is in the open state, and amount of time the switch is in the closed state. |
| US08598848B2 |
Battery end of life determination
A method for determining an end of life of a battery includes determining a discharge capacity of the battery at a given moment in time, determining a discharge capacity at a functional endpoint of the battery, and determining a fuel remaining in the battery at the given moment in time as a function of both the discharge capacity at the given moment in time and the discharge capacity of the battery at the functional endpoint of the battery. The determined fuel remaining is indicative of an end of life of the battery. |
| US08598847B2 |
Balancing voltage for a multi-cell battery system
A method for balancing voltage for a multi-cell battery system, in which the battery system includes at least two parallel groups of cells connected in series and in which the parallel group of cells includes at least one battery cell, includes: charging the battery system by keeping the voltage of all parallel groups of cells less than or equal to a second threshold voltage value, while at least the voltage of one group of parallel cells is less than or equal to a first threshold voltage; and while at least the voltage of one group of parallel cells is less than or equal to a second threshold voltage; and while the charging current is above a predefined minimal current. The method further includes measuring the voltage of each parallel group of cells while electrical loads are shut off and dissipating energy in each of the parallel group of cells of the amount that is represented by the voltage difference between the individual parallel group of cells and the parallel group of cells with the lowest voltage. |
| US08598846B1 |
Device and method for stabilizing a battery pack
The present invention generally relates to a device and method for stabilizing a battery pack, wherein the battery pack stabilization device has a by-pass circuit to prevent individual cell overcharge. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to an efficient balancing and monitoring system for use in an electric vehicle that utilizes nickel-zinc-based batteries. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a device that permits over-voltage protection as well as the ability to monitor cell voltage. In still another embodiment, the present invention provides a method to coordinate multiple packs of cells within a vehicle so a driver could be aware of possible distance and time parameters, as well as a monitoring or alert system to inform the driver of reduced power, thus preventing damage to the cells. |
| US08598845B2 |
Battery chargers, electrical systems, and rechargeable battery charging methods
Battery chargers, electrical systems, and rechargeable battery charging methods are described. According to one aspect, a battery charger includes charge circuitry configured to apply a plurality of main charging pulses of electrical energy to a plurality of rechargeable cells of a battery to charge the rechargeable cells during a common charge cycle of the battery and to apply a plurality of secondary charging pulses of electrical energy to less than all of the rechargeable cells of the battery during the common charge cycle of the battery to charge the less than all of the rechargeable cells. |
| US08598841B2 |
Charger alignment indicator with adjustable threshold
Electrical energy is transmitted to charge the implanted medical device, and an electrical parameter (e.g., a steady-state voltage) indicating a rate at which the implanted medical device is charged by the electrical energy is detected. A threshold (e.g., by modifying a stored threshold value) at which the charge strength indicator generates a user-discernible signal is adjusted based on the detected electrical parameter. |
| US08598838B2 |
Electric vehicle having a battery configured for recharging via an on-board generator powered by renewal energy sources
This invention concerns a vehicle with four wheels, automobile type, non polluting, propelled by electric engine, fed by batteries which take energy to recharge mainly from photovoltaic panels, passive wind rotors which work together with an aerodynamic accelerator (in air at a faster speed in compare to the speed of the wind in atmosphere also when the vehicle is still), and small hydroelectric rotors. |
| US08598836B1 |
Star-delta many levels starter for an AC induction motor
A star-delta multi-level starter is provided for controlling a starting and a slow stopping of an AC induction motor with desired quality, nevertheless changing conditions of a power supplying and a motor charge. An improving of a quality of the starting or the stopping is achieved as a result of an increasing number of power levels from two achieved in usual star-delta starter and producing effective changing of the power levels. The increasing number of the power levels is achieved by using electrical elements, such as resistors, transformers and others. The changing of the power levels is fulfilled at moments defined automatically. The changing, of the power levels may be fulfilled in any predetermined order, for example, in step-by-step increasing or decreasing order. The control system of the star-delta multi-level starter permits to use one parameter for changing desired quality of the starting, as in usual star-delta starters. |
| US08598835B2 |
Protection circuit for a drive circuit of a permanent magnet motor and corresponding system
It is presented a protection circuit for a drive circuit of a permanent magnet motor being powered by a main DC source. The protection circuit comprises a protection circuit DC source; a changeover switch being arranged to select an input to a gate of a main drive switch of the drive circuit, the input being selectable between an output of the protection circuit DC source and a second control signal; and a changeover control device connected to control the changeover switch, which changeover control device is arranged to ensure that the changeover switch is connected to the output of the second side of the protection circuit DC source when an overvoltage is detected. |
| US08598831B2 |
Damper system for vehicle
A vehicle damper including an electromagnetic damper configured to generate a damping force with respect to a motion of a sprung portion and an unsprung portion toward each other and a motion thereof away from each other and includes: an electromagnetic motor; a motion converting mechanism; and an external circuit which is disposed outside the electromagnetic motor and including a first connection passage and a second connection passage and which includes a battery-device connection circuit for connecting the motor and a battery device and a battery-device-connection-circuit-current adjuster configured to adjust an electric current that flows in the battery-device connection circuit, wherein the damper system further includes an external-circuit controller configured to control an electric current that flows in the electromagnetic motor by controlling the external circuit and configured to control a flow of an electric current between the battery device and the electromagnetic motor by controlling the battery-device-connection-circuit-current adjuster. |
| US08598830B2 |
Image forming apparatus, motor control apparatus and motor control method thereof
An image forming apparatus includes an engine unit used for performing an image forming job, an engine control unit which controls the operation of the engine unit, a brushless direct current (BLDC) motor which drives the engine unit, a sensor unit which senses the driving information of the BLDC motor, a communication interface unit which receives a digital control command with respect to the BLDC motor from the engine control unit, a driving signal unit which generates a driving signal to control the BLDC motor, and a digital control unit which controls the operation of the driving signal unit in a digital PLL manner, based on the received digital control command, the detected driving information and a digital gain value as a control factor with respect to the BLDC motor. |
| US08598821B2 |
Inverter control device for AC motor and electric compressor
The present invention has an object to detect a three-phase AC motor current with high accuracy only with DC input current measuring means to a three-phase PWM inverter, and reduce resonance of a DC power supply by a ripple current in driving an AC motor with a DC current via a three-phase PWM inverter. A carrier wave Cry_e earlier than that of a V phase is used to sample a U phase and a carrier wave Cry_l always later than that of the V phase is used to sample a W phase. Thus, a sampling time sufficiently longer than an interval Ts of the carrier waves Cry_e, Cry_m and Cry_l can be ensured, and the current can be easily detected. |
| US08598819B2 |
Motor control
A system includes a power supply output sensor that senses an output level of a power supply during active motor control of a motor using the power supply and generates a signal indicative thereof. The motor regenerates energy and the power supply absorbs energy regenerated by the motor. The system also includes a motor controller that, in response to the signal satisfying a predetermined threshold, controls an electrical current supplied to the motor for active control of the motor based on a set of instructions that mitigate increases in the output level of the power supply from the absorption of the energy regenerated in the motor. |
| US08598813B2 |
High voltage RF opto-electric multiplier for charge particle accelerations
Circuitry is presented for use in the pulse-forming lines of compact linear accelerators of charged particles. This presents devices that can provide high-voltage radio-frequency pulses in the range of from a few volts to megavolts for charged particle accelerators. The devices can use as input an external charge voltage and an optical pulse to create output RF pulses with a peak voltage that is increased over the input voltage. The exemplary embodiment presents a circuit of pulse forming lines for compact linear accelerator that includes an opto-switch and RF transmission lines that form a pulse shaper and a ladder-like pulse multiplier unit, with or without an output shaper. |
| US08598809B2 |
White light color changing solid state lighting and methods
Solid state lighting (SSL) luminaries are disclosed wherein the emission intensity of discrete light sources within the SSL luminaire can be varied to produce luminaire light having different characteristics. The present invention can utilize the unique circuit topology of SSL luminaires to vary the emission intensity of different types of LEDs in the luminaire. In some embodiments, the different types of LEDs are connected in respective serial strings, and the intensity of emission of the LEDs in each of the strings can be varied by changing the electrical signal driving the strings. In some of these embodiments, white light is emitted from the SSL luminaire by combining emission from BSY and red LEDs. For these embodiments the color changing solutions according to the present invention can include, as an example, changing color while dimming the luminaire, changing color between daytime and nighttime modes, and changing between most efficient and points in between. |
| US08598807B2 |
Multi-channel constant current source and illumination source
A multi-channel circuit having respective channels powered through transformers having primary windings connected in series allows substantially equal constant currents to be provided through all channels by cross-regulation while only a single channel need be monitored and controlled. The variation in current between channels is generally small and largely insensitive to imbalances between voltages on loads due, for example, to different numbers of LEDs in series connected strings in illumination devices and can be further reduced by inverse coupling between inductors in respective channels. Efficiency is improved through reduction in the number of stages of the constant current source since the respective channels provided both DC-to-DC conversion and constant current regulation. |
| US08598803B2 |
LED driver having a pre-chargeable feedback for maintaining current and the method using the same
A driving circuit of a light emitting diode (LED), including a driving unit, a current pre-charging unit and a feedback unit, is provided. The driving unit outputs a driving power to drive the LEDs and outputs at least one first feedback signal according to the current conducted in the LEDs. The current pre-charging unit is coupled to an output of the driving unit to provide a current path to the driving unit and generates a second feedback signal. One of the at least one first feedback signal is selected to adjust the driving power when the enable signal is at a first logic level; the second feedback signal is selected to adjust the driving power when the enable signal is at a second logic level so as to maintain a current to drive the LEDs. |
| US08598801B2 |
Electric supply device
An electric supply device for a high-pressure discharge lamp comprising: an electric supply device control unit, having a function of switching between a steady lighting mode and a low power lighting mode in which electric power lower than the electric power in the steady lighting mode is supplied to the high pressure discharge lamp. While in the low power lighting mode, predetermined base current is continuously supplied to the high pressure discharge lamp and a current supply command signal is sent so that boost current obtained by superimposing current having a predetermined magnitude on the base current, is periodically supplied thereto, and a luminance control signal for adjusting the luminance of a video signal of a liquid crystal projector apparatus according to a magnitude of the electric power of the high pressure discharge lamp, which is operated responding to the supply of the boost current, is sent. |
| US08598800B2 |
Control circuit for switching power supply
A soft-start circuit generates a soft-start voltage Vss having a voltage level that rises over time. A pulse width modulator generates a PWM signal having a duty ratio adjusted such that a feedback voltage Vout′ that corresponds to the output voltage Vout of the switching power supply matches the soft-start voltage Vss. A driver circuit controls a switching element according to the PWM signal. A capacitor is arranged such that one terminal thereof is set to a fixed electric potential. A current source generates a charge current that flows intermittently in synchronization with the PWM signal so as to charge the capacitor. The soft-start circuit outputs, as the soft-start voltage Vss, a voltage that occurs at the capacitor. |
| US08598799B2 |
Alternating current light emitting device
An alternating current (AC) light emitting device includes an AC light emitting diode (LED) module and a waveform modulation unit. The AC LED module includes at least two sets of micro-diodes. The waveform modulation unit coupled between the AC LED module and an AC voltage source modulates a waveform of the AC voltage source. |
| US08598794B2 |
White AC LED
A multi-color white LED which can be driven by a single current, and more particularly, to the use of a specific ratio of numbers of different color LEDs to obtain a specific desired color while running all of them at the same current. |
| US08598792B2 |
Driving circuit for powering LED light sources
Embodiments of the invention provided a driving circuit for powering a light-emitting diode (LED) light source. The driving circuit includes a rectifier, a filter capacitor, and a control circuit. The rectifier converts an AC voltage from an AC power source to a rectified AC voltage. The filter capacitor coupled to the rectifier filters the rectified AC voltage to provide a DC voltage. The control circuit controls power supplied to the LED light source. The control circuit enables a discharging current periodically to discharge the filter capacitor if a switch coupled between an AC power source and a rectifier is turned off and disables the discharging current if the control circuit determines that the switch is turned on. |
| US08598788B2 |
System for displaying images
A system for displaying images employing an organic electroluminescent device is provided. The organic electroluminescent device includes a first electrode, an organic electroluminescent element disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the organic electroluminescent element, and a color tuning element disposed on the second electrode. In particular, the color tuning element has a thickness range T1: 3500 Å≦T1≦4500 Å, 6500 Å≦T1≦7500 Å, 9500 Å≦T1≦10500 Å, 11000 Å≦T1≦12000 Å, 13500 Å≦T1≦14500 Å, 16500 Å≦T1≦17500 Å, or 18500 Å≦T1≦19500 Å. |
| US08598783B2 |
Deposition mask, method for manufacturing display unit using it, and display unit
A deposition mask and a display unit and method of manufacturing same are provided. A red continuous organic layer, a green continuous organic layer, and a blue continuous organic layer are provided over two or more lines of a matrix configuration of organic light emitting devices in common. A film thickness distribution in the extensional direction of the red, green and blue continuous organic layer is dissolved, and an aperture ratio can be improved by just that much. |
| US08598780B2 |
Organic light emitting display and fabrication method thereof
An organic light emitting display having a small thickness and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The organic light emitting display includes a substrate, an non-transmissive layer formed on the substrate, a semiconductor layer formed on the non-transmissive layer, a gate insulation layer formed on the semiconductor layer, a gate electrode formed on the gate insulation layer, an inter-layer dielectric layer formed on the gate electrode, a source/drain electrode formed on the inter-layer dielectric layer, an insulation layer formed on the source/drain electrode, and an organic light emitting diode formed on the insulation layer. |
| US08598774B2 |
Field emission device and field emission display
A field emission device includes an insulating substrate, a number of first electrode down-leads, a number of second electrode down-leads, and a number of electron emission units. The first electrode down-leads are set an angle relative to the second electrode down-leads to define a number of cells. Each electron emission unit is located in each cell and includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a plurality of electron emitters. The second electrode extends surrounding the first electrode. The plurality of electron emitters located on and electrically connected to at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode. A field emission display is also provided. |
| US08598773B2 |
Hot cathode fluorescent lamp containing a device for mercury release and a getter
A hot cathode fluorescent lamp (10) of small diameter is described comprising a shield (17) around the cathode (15) to avoid the formation of blackenings on the phosphors due to evaporated material and a mercury filiform mercury dispenser (20) fixed by a metallic part (18) to the front part of the shield, in such a geometry that said dispenser is turned towards the opposite end of the lamp and its axis is essentially parallel to the axis of the lamp. |
| US08598770B2 |
Resonator element having a notched base
A resonator element capable of improving impact resistance is provided. A quartz crystal resonator element is a resonator element formed by etching a Z plate which is cut at predetermined angles with respect to the crystal axes of a quartz crystal. The quartz crystal resonator element includes a base, a pair of resonating arms extending from the base in the Y-axis direction, and a positive X-axis notch and a negative X-axis notch formed by notching the base in the X-axis direction. The positive X-axis notch is formed by notching the base from the negative side of the X axis towards the positive side so that the width of the positive X-axis notch increases as it approaches the outer circumference. |
| US08598769B2 |
Perovskite oxide material, ferroelectric compound, piezoelectric body, piezoelectric device, and liquid discharge device
A perovskite oxide material containing: BiFeO3 as a first component; a second component containing at least one perovskite oxide which is constituted by A-site atoms having an average ionic valence of two and has a tendency to form a tetragonal structure; and a third component containing at least one perovskite oxide which has a tendency to form one of monoclinic, triclinic, and orthorhombic structures; where each perovskite oxide in the first component, the second component, and the third component contains A-site atoms, B-site atoms, and oxygen atoms substantially in a molar ratio of 1:1:3, and the molar ratio can deviate from 1:1:3 within a range. |
| US08598766B2 |
Surface acoustic wave resonator, surface acoustic wave oscillator, and electronic apparatus
A surface acoustic wave resonator includes a quartz crystal substrate with Euler angles (−1.5°≦φ≦1.5°, 117°≦θ≦142°, and 42.79°≦|Ψ|≦49.57°), and an IDT provided on the quartz crystal substrate that includes a plurality of electrode fingers and excites a stop band upper end mode surface acoustic wave. Inter-electrode finger grooves are provided between the electrode fingers. If a line occupation rate of the convex portions of the quartz crystal substrate disposed between the inter-electrode finger grooves is ηg, and a line occupation rate of the electrode fingers disposed on the convex portions is ηe, ηg>ηe and 0.59<ηeff<0.73 are satisfied when an effective line occupation rate ηeff of the IDT is an arithmetic mean of the line occupation rate ηg and the line occupation rate ηe. |
| US08598764B2 |
Insulation bobbin of a stator
An insulation bobbin unit of a stator includes first and second insulation bobbins. The first insulation bobbin has a first body and a plurality of first extension members. The first body has a first assembly hole. Each extension member has a first wound portion having a first top plate and one first side wall. The first top plate has a smaller thickness than that of the first side wall. The second insulation bobbin has a second body and a plurality of second extension members. Each second extension member includes a second wound portion having a second top plate and one second side wall. The first side wall is aligned with one edge of the second top plate that is not mounted with the second side wall, and the second side wall is aligned with one edge of the first top plate that is not mounted with the first side wall. |
| US08598762B2 |
Permanent magnet rotating electric machine and electric power steering device using the same
A permanent magnet rotating electric machine includes: a stator including: a stator core having teeth, and an armature winding wound around each of the teeth to configure the multiple phases; and a rotor including a rotor core, and permanent magnets provided in order around the rotor core. The rotor is arranged to be spaced apart from the stator with an air gap therebetween. Each of the permanent magnets has a curved surface opposed to the stator and is configured to satisfy the following relationship: 0.65 ≤ Rm × h 1 W ( h 1 + g ) ≤ 1.37 where Rm denotes a radius of curvature of the curved surface, h1 denotes a thickness of a central portion of the permanent magnet in the peripheral direction, W denotes a width of the permanent magnet in the peripheral direction, and g denotes an air gap length of the air gap. |
| US08598761B2 |
Rotor magnet positioning device
A device for positioning a planar array of magnets within a permanent magnet electrical machine of the type having a rotor and stator with an air gap there between. The device includes a body made of non-ferrous material and having a first side which is attachable to the rotor and a second side which, in an assembled machine, faces the air gap. The first side of the body has a plurality of recesses therein for receiving a corresponding plurality of magnets. The recesses are shaped and arranged to separate the magnets from each other and maintain a consistent spacing between them. When the device is attached to the rotor the magnets are held in a fixed position against the rotor. The electrical machine may be a motor or a generator. |
| US08598760B2 |
Permanent magnet module for an electrical machine
A permanent magnet module for a rotor of a permanent magnet electrical machine is presented. The permanent magnet module comprises: a stack of ferromagnetic steel sheets (104) having a groove in the direction perpendicular to the ferromagnetic steel sheets, and a permanent magnet (105) located in the groove and arranged to produce magnetic flux that penetrates a surface (106) of the stack of ferromagnetic steel sheets. The surface has a shape suitable for forming a desired magnetic flux density distribution into an air-gap of the permanent magnet electrical machine. The permanent magnet module further comprises a base-plate (102) made of solid ferromagnetic steel. The base plate is located at an opening (116) of the groove and constitutes together with the groove an aperture in which the permanent magnet is located. |
| US08598752B2 |
Motor
Disclosed is a motor. The motor includes a rotor case, a ring member mounted on the rotor case and including an encoder on a bottom surface thereof extending outside of the rotor case, and an encoder sensor detecting speed information of the rotor case from the encoder such that the rotor case rotates at low speeds enabling a LightScribe operation. |
| US08598751B2 |
Generator with integrated blower
An air-cooled generator may be provided with a centrifugal blower configured for rotation on a shaft of the generator. The centrifugal blower may have an axially oriented outlet. An impeller of the blower may have blades with trailing edges oriented at an angle between 80° to about 90° relative to an axis of the shaft of the generator. |
| US08598744B2 |
Apparatus for transmitting and receiving wireless energy using meta-material structures having negative refractive index
Disclosed herein is there is provided an apparatus for transmitting and receiving wireless energy using meta-material structures having a negative refractive index. The apparatus includes a wireless energy transmission unit and a wireless energy reception unit. The wireless energy transmission unit generates wireless energy to be wirelessly transmitted, and then wirelessly transmits wireless energy, which is normally propagated radially, using a magnetic resonance method while concentrating the wireless energy at a single point. The wireless energy reception unit wirelessly receives the wireless energy using the magnetic resonance method while concentrating the wireless energy at a single point. |
| US08598743B2 |
Resonator arrays for wireless energy transfer
Described herein are improved configurations for an apparatus that may include a plurality of resonators electrically interconnected and arranged in an array to form a composite resonator for wireless power transfer, each one of the plurality of resonators may include a block of a magnetic material having a conductor wire wrapped around a cross section thereof to form at least one loop enclosing an area substantially equal to the cross section, wherein the plurality of resonators are may be oriented so that a dipole moment of each one of the plurality of resonators is aligned with a dipole moment of each other one of the plurality of resonators. |
| US08598742B2 |
Server and method for detecting work state of power transformers
A server and method detects a power transformer. The server reads power transformer data from a data converter and determines if work state of a power transformer needs to be changed from based on the power transformer data. An alert message is generated by the server and sent to an alarm computer in response to a determination that the work state of the power transformer needs to be changed. The server saves the power transformer data into a database system. |
| US08598738B2 |
Power assist device
[Problem] When load power is assisted, the number of component parts becomes greater because an AC power detector is provided in the AC power supply of an inverter.[Means for Solution] An instantaneous output power calculating section comprises a power calculating section to calculate power by using detected values of voltage and current on the output side of an inverter, and a correction calculating section to correct the calculated power. Moreover, limiter sections are provided, respectively, in charge control section and discharge control section for a chopper, and limiter values of the limiter sections are varied by the power calculated by the instantaneous output power calculating section. The charge control section and discharge control section for the chopper are configured so that a detected DC voltage of the inverter is inputted, deviation signals are obtained between the detected DC voltage and preset upper and lower limit voltages, the deviation signals are inputted to voltage control sections, and a value of charge command is calculated. |
| US08598730B2 |
Modular array wind energy nozzles with truncated catenoidal curvature to facilitate air flow
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a wind energy conversion system including a plurality of wind energy conversion modules integrated into a superstructure for the conversion of wind energy to electrical energy, each one of the plurality of wind energy conversion modules including a nozzle comprising: an intake having an intake length; a throat coupled in fluid communication with a wind power generating turbine, wherein the throat is downstream of the intake; a diffuser comprising a housing and having a length, the diffuser downstream from the throat, wherein a diameter of the diffuser is greater than a diameter of the throat; and a vortex-forming aerodynamic feature on at least one of the intake, the throat, the turbine, and the diffuser, wherein the aerodynamic feature acts to increase throughput through the nozzle. |
| US08598729B2 |
Wave power plant
A wave power plant is disclosed which has one or more foils that are pivotally movable about a body. The foil is set into an oscillating, pivotal motion about the body by the force of the waves. A power engine is mounted between the body and the foil and extract works as the foil pivots about the body. The foil and body are held submerged below the surface of the water to reduce the effects of extreme weather conditions on the structural components. |
| US08598728B2 |
Redundant combustion engine starting systems for emergency generators
The present disclosure relates to an engine-generator having an engine, an electrical generator and a control panel configured to control the engine-generator. The engine-generator includes a first electrical starter having a first battery, a first solenoid configured to receive a starting signal from the control panel and a first starter motor configured to crank the engine when the first solenoid receives the starting signal from the control panel. The engine generator also includes a second electrical starter including a second battery, a second solenoid configured to receive a starting signal from the control panel and a second starter motor configured to crank the engine when the second solenoid receives the starting signal from the control panel. |
| US08598727B2 |
Methods for controlling a wind turbine connected to the utility grid, wind turbine and wind park
Methods for controlling a wind turbine connected to the utility grid by detecting status of the utility grid, and controlling one or more rotor blades and/or emitted power to the grid in returning to the operational wind turbine settings of normal grid mode, as well as wind turbines and wind parks comprising at least two wind turbines. |
| US08598726B1 |
Wind turbine generator system and control method therefor
An object is to suppress an output power reduction of a wind turbine generator system caused by a drop in the wind speed while the output power is being reduced according to an output-power reduction demand. When the output-power reduction demand to reduce the output power at an interconnection point to a predetermined output-power limit value is notified from a utility grid side, priorities are set such that higher priorities are given to wind turbines whose output powers are larger, and a preset minimum output-power value is set in output power commands for the wind turbines sequentially in descending order of priority, until the output power at the interconnection point reaches the output power limit value. |
| US08598724B2 |
Wind-driven power plant equipped with folding and lifting mechanism for raising and stowing the tower
A wind-driven electric plant includes a mast with a windwheel and a generator in a nacelle and a shielding chamber with a base, walls, and a cover. The mast is coupled to the nacelle and mounted in the shielding chamber. The mast may comprise a set of sections pivotally connected to each other such that the mast has the capability of folding and spreading, or the mast may comprise a set of telescoping or folding and spreading sections. A mast transfer mechanism is configured to move the mast between an operating position with the windwheel outside the chamber and a stored position with the windwheel inside the chamber. |
| US08598718B2 |
Three-dimensional multichip module
A three-dimensional multichip module includes a first integrated circuit chip having at least one first high-temperature functional area and one first low-temperature functional area, and at least one second integrated circuit chip having a second high-temperature functional area and a second low-temperature functional area. The second high-temperature functional area is arranged opposite the first low-temperature functional area. As an alternative, at least one low-temperature chip having only one low-temperature functional area can also be arranged between the first and second chips. |
| US08598716B2 |
Semiconductor apparatus having stacked semiconductor components
The present invention provides an apparatus having stacked semiconductor components. Two semiconductor components (21, 26) are arranged such that their contact regions (28, 22) are opposite one another. A contact-connection device (29) forms a short electrical connection between the two contact regions (28, 22). The contact regions (28, 22) are connected to external contact regions (36) of the apparatus via a rewiring (23). |
| US08598713B2 |
Deep silicon via for grounding of circuits and devices, emitter ballasting and isolation
According to an exemplary embodiment, a semiconductor die including at least one deep silicon via is provided. The deep silicon via comprises a deep silicon via opening that extends through at least one pre-metal dielectric layer of the semiconductor die, at least one epitaxial layer of the semiconductor die, and partially into a conductive substrate of the semiconductor die. The deep silicon via further comprises a conductive plug situated in the deep silicon via opening and forming an electrical contact with the conductive substrate. The deep silicon via may include a sidewall dielectric layer and a bottom conductive layer. A method for making a deep silicon via is also disclosed. The deep silicon via is used to, for example, provide a ground connection for power transistors in the semiconductor die. |
| US08598711B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for forming the same
The semiconductor device comprises a metal line configured to be buried in an interlayer insulation layer formed over a semiconductor substrate, a first insulating pattern configured to be formed over the interlayer insulating layer and the first metal line so that the first metal line is exposed, a second insulating pattern configured to be buried between the first insulating patterns so that the first metal line is exposed, and a third insulating pattern configured to be formed over the first insulating pattern and the second insulating pattern so that the first metal line is exposed, thereby reducing the resistance of a contact plug, such that it operates at high speed and requires low power consumption. |
| US08598710B2 |
Semiconductor device with dummy contacts
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including a cell region and a core region adjacent to the cell region, active regions in the cell region and the core region, an interlayer insulating layer covering the active regions, upper cell contacts penetrating the interlayer insulating layer in the cell region, the upper cell contacts being adjacent to each other along a first direction and being electrically connected to the active regions, and core contacts penetrating the interlayer insulating layer in the active regions of the core region, the core contacts being adjacent to each other along the first direction and including upper connection core contacts electrically connected to the active regions, and dummy contacts adjacent to the upper connection core contacts, the dummy contacts being insulated from the active regions. |
| US08598707B2 |
Solder alloy and semiconductor device
A solder alloy includes 5 to 15% by mass of Sb, 3 to 8% by mass of Cu, 0.01 to 0.15% by mass of Ni, and 0.5 to 5% by mass of In. The remainder thereof includes Sn and unavoidable impurities. Thereby, highly reliable solder alloy and semiconductor device suppressing a fracture in a semiconductor element and improving crack resistance of a solder material can be obtained. |
| US08598705B2 |
Composite substrate for a semiconductor chip
A composite substrate for a semiconductor chip includes a first covering layer containing a semiconductor material, a second covering layer, and a core layer arranged between the first covering layer and the second covering layer, wherein the core layer has a greater coefficient of thermal expansion than the covering layers. |
| US08598702B2 |
Semiconductor package
Disclosed herein is a semiconductor package. The semiconductor package includes a semiconductor module, a first heat dissipation unit, a second heat dissipation unit and a housing. The semiconductor module contains a semiconductor device. The first heat dissipation unit is provided under the semiconductor module. The first heat dissipation unit includes at least one first pipe through which first cooling water passes. A first rotator is rotatably disposed in the first pipe. The second heat dissipation unit is provided on the semiconductor module. The second heat dissipation unit includes at least one second pipe through which second cooling water passes. A second rotator is rotatably disposed in the second pipe. The housing is provided on opposite sides of the semiconductor module, the first heat dissipation unit and the second heat dissipation unit and supports the semiconductor module, the first heat dissipation unit and the second heat dissipation unit. |
| US08598698B1 |
Package substrate with an embedded stiffener
An integrated circuit (IC) package substrate with an embedded stiffener is disclosed. The IC package substrate is a multilayer package substrate that has build-up layers and metal layers stacked up alternately and a core layer in between the multiple build-up and metal layers. The core layer has an embedded stiffener that surrounds a perimeter of the core layer. Metal layers and build-up layers that are stacked alternately are placed on each surface of the core layer. Each metal layer has transmission traces and each build-up layer has vias that connect the transmission traces on one metal layer to the transmission traces on another metal layer. The embedded stiffener in the IC package substrate creates a more stable IC package structure and may eliminate the need to have a stiffener in addition to the IC package substrate. |
| US08598696B2 |
Multi-surface IC packaging structures
An IC package having multiple surfaces for interconnection with interconnection elements making connections from the IC chip to the I/O terminations of the package assembly which reside on more than one of its surfaces and which make interconnections to other devices or assemblies that are spatially separated. |
| US08598691B2 |
Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing and packaging thereof
Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing and packaging thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an integrated circuit and a plurality of copper pillars coupled to a surface of the integrated circuit. The plurality of copper pillars has an elongated shape. At least 50% of the plurality of copper pillars is arranged in a substantially centripetal orientation. |
| US08598690B2 |
Semiconductor device having conductive vias in peripheral region connecting shielding layer to ground
A semiconductor device is made by mounting a plurality of semiconductor die to a substrate, depositing an encapsulant over the substrate and semiconductor die, forming a shielding layer over the semiconductor die, creating a channel in a peripheral region around the semiconductor die through the shielding layer, encapsulant and substrate at least to a ground plane within the substrate, depositing a conductive material in the channel, and removing a portion of the conductive material in the channel to create conductive vias in the channel which provide electrical connection between the shielding layer and ground plane. An interconnect structure is formed on the substrate and are electrically connected to the ground plane. Solder bumps are formed on a backside of the substrate opposite the semiconductor die. The shielding layer is connected to a ground point through the conductive via, ground plane, interconnect structure, and solder bumps of the substrate. |
| US08598688B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device and manufacturing method are disclosed which prevent breakage and chipping of a semiconductor chip and improve device characteristics. A separation layer is in a side surface of an element end portion of the chip. An eave portion is formed by a depressed portion in the element end portion. A collector layer on the rear surface of the chip extends to a side wall and bottom surface of the depressed portion, and is connected to the separation layer. A collector electrode is over the whole surface of the collector layer, and is on the side wall of the depressed portion. The thickness of an outermost electrode film is 0.05 μm or less. The collector electrode on the rear surface of the chip is joined onto an insulating substrate via a solder layer, which covers the collector electrode on a flat portion of the rear surface of the semiconductor chip. |
| US08598686B2 |
Electronic device package structure with a hydrophilic protection layer and method for fabricating the same
The invention provides an electronic device package structure and method of fabrication thereof. The electronic device package structure includes a chip having an active surface and a bottom surface. A dielectric layer is disposed on the active surface of the chip. At least one trench is formed through the dielectric layer. A first protection layer covers the dielectric layer and sidewalls of the trench. A second protection layer covers the first protection layer, filling the trench. |
| US08598684B2 |
Semiconductor device, and method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of preparing a structure including a semiconductor substrate, an element formed therein, a through hole formed to penetrate the semiconductor substrate, and an insulating layer formed on both surface sides of the semiconductor substrate and an inner surface of the through hole, and covering the element, forming a penetrating electrode in the through hole, forming a first barrier metal pattern layer covering the penetrating electrode, forming a contact hole reaching a connection portion of the element in the insulating layer, removing a natural oxide film on the connection portion of the element in the contact hole, and forming a wiring layer connected to the first barrier metal pattern layer and connected to the element through the contact hole. |
| US08598681B2 |
Temperature switch with resistive sensor
The present disclosure is directed to a device and a method for forming a precision temperature sensor switch with a Wheatstone bridge configuration of four resistors and a comparator. When the temperature sensor detects a temperature above a threshold, the switch will change states. The four resistors in the Wheatstone bridge have the same resistance, with three of the resistors having a low temperature coefficient of resistance and the fourth resistor having a high temperature coefficient of resistance. As the temperature increases, the resistance of the fourth resistor will change. The change in resistance of the fourth resistor will change a voltage across the bridge. The voltage across the bridge is coupled to the comparator and compares the voltage with the threshold temperature, such that when the threshold temperature is exceeded, the comparator switches the output off. |
| US08598677B2 |
Semiconductor device including metal lines
Provided are a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same. Since an additional space for forming a shield line is unnecessary, the critical dimension of metal lines is reduced, thereby improving data transfer characteristics, signaling characteristics and noise characteristics of the metal lines. The semiconductor device includes: a plurality of metal lines disposed on the semiconductor device; a plurality of insulation layers disposed on the metal lines; and a plurality of shield lines disposed between the insulation layers. |
| US08598675B2 |
Isolation structure profile for gap filling
An trench isolation structure and method for manufacturing the trench isolation structure are disclosed. An exemplary trench isolation structure includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion extends from a surface of a semiconductor substrate to a first depth in the semiconductor substrate, and has a width that tapers from a first width at the surface of the semiconductor substrate to a second width at the first depth, the first width being greater than the second width. The second portion extends from the first depth to a second depth in the semiconductor substrate, and has substantially the second width from the first depth to the second depth. |
| US08598674B2 |
Range sensor and range image sensor
A range image sensor 1 is provided with a semiconductor substrate 1A having a light incident surface 1BK and a surface 1FT opposite to the light incident surface 1BK, a photogate electrode PG, first and second gate electrodes TX1, TX2, first and second semiconductor regions FD1, FD2, and a third semiconductor region SR1. The photogate electrode PG is provided on the surface 1FT. The first and second gate electrodes TX1, TX2 are provided next to the photogate electrode PG The first and second semiconductor regions FD1, FD2 accumulate respective charges flowing into regions immediately below the respective gate electrodes TX1, TX2. The third semiconductor region SR1 is located away from the first and second semiconductor regions FD1, FD2 and on the light incident surface 1BK side and has the conductivity type opposite to that of the first and second semiconductor regions FD1, FD2. |
| US08598666B2 |
Semiconductor structure and method for manufacturing the same
The present invention relates to a semiconductor structure and a method for manufacturing the same. A semiconductor structure comprises: a semiconductor substrate; a first insulating material layer, a first conductive material layer, a second insulating material layer, a second conductive material layer and an insulating buried layer formed in sequence on the semiconductor substrate; a semiconductor layer bonded on the insulating buried layer; transistors formed on the semiconductor layer, the channel regions of the transistors each being formed in the semiconductor layer and each having a back-gate formed from the second conductive material layer; a dielectric layer covering the semiconductor layer and the transistors; isolation structures for at least electrically isolating each transistor from its adjacent transistors, the top of the isolation structures being flush with or slightly higher than the upper surface of the semiconductor layer, and the bottom of the isolation structures being in the second insulating material layer; and a conductive contact running through the dielectric layer and extending down into the first conductive material layer. |
| US08598665B2 |
Controlling threshold voltage in carbon based field effect transistors
A field effect transistor fabrication method includes defining a gate structure on a substrate, depositing a dielectric layer on the gate structure, depositing a first metal layer on the dielectric layer, removing a portion of the first metal layer, depositing a second metal layer, annealing the first and second metal layers, and defining a carbon based device on the dielectric layer and the gate structure. |
| US08598664B2 |
Field effect transistor (FET) and method of forming the FET without damaging the wafer surface
Disclosed are a field effect transistor structure and a method of forming the structure. A gate stack is formed on the wafer above a designated channel region. Spacer material is deposited and anisotropically etched until just prior to exposing any horizontal surfaces of the wafer or gate stack, thereby leaving relatively thin horizontal portions of spacer material on the wafer surface and relatively thick vertical portions of spacer material on the gate sidewalls. The remaining spacer material is selectively and isotropically etched just until the horizontal portions of spacer material are completely removed, thereby leaving only the vertical portions of the spacer material on the gate sidewalls. This selective isotropic etch removes the horizontal portions of spacer material without damaging the wafer surface. Raised epitaxial source/drain regions can be formed on the undamaged wafer surface adjacent to the gate sidewall spacers in order to tailor source/drain resistance values. |
| US08598663B2 |
Semiconductor structure having NFET and PFET formed in SOI substrate with underlapped extensions
A semiconductor structure which includes a semiconductor on insulator (SOI) substrate. The SOI substrate includes a base semiconductor layer; a buried oxide (BOX) layer in contact with the base semiconductor layer; and an SOI layer in contact with the BOX layer. The semiconductor structure further includes a circuit formed with respect to the SOI layer, the circuit including an N type field effect transistor (NFET) having source and drain extensions in the SOI layer and a gate; and a P type field effect transistor (PFET) having source and drain extensions in the SOI layer and a gate. There may also be a well under each of the NFET and PFET. There is a nonzero electrical bias being applied to the SOI substrate. One of the NFET extensions and PFET extensions may be underlapped with respect to the NFET gate or PFET gate, respectively. |
| US08598662B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for forming the same
A semiconductor device comprises: a semiconductor substrate located on an insulating layer; and an insulator located on the insulating layer and embedded in the semiconductor substrate, wherein the insulator applies stress therein to the semiconductor substrate. A method for forming a semiconductor device comprises: forming a semiconductor substrate on an insulating layer; forming a cavity within the semiconductor substrate so as to expose the insulating layer; forming an insulator in the cavity, wherein the insulator applies stress therein to the semiconductor substrate. It facilitates the reduction of the short channel effect, the resistance of source/drain regions and parasitic capacitance. |
| US08598661B2 |
Epitaxial process for forming semiconductor devices
A method for forming a semiconductor device such as a MOSFET. The method includes forming gate electrode pillars on a silicon substrate via material deposition and etching. Following the etching step to define the pillars, an epitaxial silicon film is grown on the substrate between the pillars prior to forming recesses in the substrate for the source/drain regions of the transistor. The epitaxial silicon film compensates for substrate material that may be lost during formation of the gate electrode pillars, thereby producing source/drain recesses having a configuration amenable to be filled uniformly with silicon for later forming the source/drain regions in the substrate. |
| US08598659B2 |
Single finger gate transistor
A transistor device includes a lightly doped layer of semiconductor material of a first type and a body region of semiconductor material of a second type. A source region of the first type is formed in the body region, the source region being more doped than the lightly doped layer. A drain region of the first type is formed in the lightly doped layer, the drain region being more doped than the lightly doped layer. A drift region of the lightly doped layer is further provided disposed between the body region and the drain region. Additionally, a gate electrode is provided surrounding the drain region. The gate electrode is partially disposed over a thin oxide and partially over a thick oxide, wherein the gate electrode extended over the thick oxide from the thin oxide controls the electric field in the drift region to increase the avalanche breakdown of the drain region. |
| US08598655B1 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing a semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a first transistor with a first drift zone, and a plurality of second transistors, each second transistor comprising a source region, a drain region and a gate electrode. The second transistors are electrically coupled in series to form a series circuit that is electrically coupled to the first transistor, the first and the plurality of second transistors being at least partially disposed in a semiconductor substrate including a buried doped layer, wherein the source or the drain regions of the second transistors are disposed in the buried doped layer. |
| US08598654B2 |
MOSFET device with thick trench bottom oxide
In one general aspect, an apparatus can include a first trench oxide disposed within a first trench of an epitaxial layer and having a trench bottom oxide disposed below a gate portion of the first trench oxide. The apparatus can include a second trench disposed lateral to the first trench. The trench bottom oxide portion of the first oxide can have a thickness greater than a distance within the epitaxial layer from the first trench to the second trench. |
| US08598653B2 |
FinFET having cross-hair cells
Systems and methods are disclosed for manufacturing grounded gate cross-hair cells and standard cross-hair cells of fin field-effect transistors (finFETs). In one embodiment, a process may include forming gate trenches and gates on and parallel to row trenches in a substrate, wherein the gate trenches and gates are pitch-doubled such that four gate trenches are formed for every two row trenches. In another embodiment, a process may include forming gate trenches, gates, and grounded gates in a substrate, wherein the gate trenches and gates are formed such that three gate trenches are formed for every two row trenches. |
| US08598652B2 |
Semiconductor device
Provided is a semiconductor device capable of suppressing deterioration in characteristics even when an Avalanche phenomenon occurs in the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first conductive type drift region; a second conductive type body region disposed on a front surface side of the drift region; a gate trench penetrating the body region and extending to the drift region; a gate electrode disposed within the gate trench; an insulator disposed between the gate electrode and a wall surface of the gate trench; and a second conductive type diffusion region surrounding a bottom portion of the gate trench. An impurity concentration and dimension of the diffusion region are adjusted such that a breakdown is to occur at a p-n junction between the diffusion region and the drift region when an Avalanche phenomenon is occurring. |
| US08598650B2 |
Semiconductor device and production method therefor
It is intended to provide a semiconductor device comprising a circuit which has a connection between a drain region or a source region of a first MOS transistor and a drain region or a source region of a second MOS transistor. Each surround gate transistor (SGT) has a gate electrode that surrounds a sidewall of a pillar-shaped semiconductor layer. |
| US08598648B2 |
Semiconductor device and driving method of semiconductor device
A semiconductor device is formed using a material which allows a sufficient reduction in off-state current of a transistor; for example, an oxide semiconductor material, which is a wide-gap semiconductor, is used. When a semiconductor material which allows a sufficient reduction in off-state current of a transistor is used, the semiconductor device can hold data for a long time. Transistors each including an oxide semiconductor in memory cells of the semiconductor device are connected in series; thus, a source electrode of the transistor including an oxide semiconductor in the memory cell and a drain electrode of the transistor including an oxide semiconductor in the adjacent memory cell can be connected to each other. Therefore, the area occupied by the memory cells can be reduced. |
| US08598644B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor storage device and method of manufacturing the same
A nonvolatile semiconductor storage device including a first transistor comprising a first gate electrode including a charge storage layer, an interelectrode insulating film, and a control electrode layer; a second transistor comprising a second gate electrode including a lower electrode, an upper electrode, and an upper silicide portion above the upper electrode; and a third transistor comprising a third gate electrode including a lower electrode, an upper electrode, and an upper silicide portion above the upper electrode; wherein the lower electrodes of the second and the third gate electrodes have a first side and a second side taken along a length direction of the second and the third gate electrodes, the lower electrodes of the second and the third gate electrodes including a lower silicide portion in which at least the first side of the lower electrodes are partially silicided. |
| US08598643B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing the same
According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, a first inter-electrode insulating film, and a third conductive layer stacked above the first conductive layer, a memory film, a semiconductor layer, an insulating member, and a silicide layer. The memory film and the semiconductor layer is formed on the inner surface of through hole provided in the second conductive layer, the first inter-electrode insulating film, and the third conductive layer. The insulating member is buried in a slit dividing the second conductive layer, the first inter-electrode insulating film, and the third conductive layer. The silicide layer is formed on surfaces of the second conductive layer and the third conductive layer in the slit. The distance between the second conductive layer and the third conductive layer along the inner surface of the slit is longer than that of along the stacking direction. |
| US08598641B2 |
Sea-of-fins structure on a semiconductor substrate and method of fabrication
A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device, wherein the method includes forming, on a substrate, a plurality of planarized fin bodies to be used for customized fin field effect transistor (FinFET) device formation; forming a nitride spacer around each of the plurality of fin bodies; forming an isolation region in between each of the fin bodies; and coating the plurality of fin bodies, the nitride spacers, and the isolation regions with a protective film. The fabricated semiconductor device is adapted to be used in customized applications as a customized semiconductor device. |
| US08598640B2 |
Solid-state imaging device
A solid-state imaging device with a structure such that an electrode for reading a signal charge is provided on one side of a light-receiving sensor portion constituting a pixel; a predetermined voltage signal V is applied to a light-shielding film formed to cover an image pickup area except the light-receiving sensor portion; a second-conductivity-type semiconductor area is formed in the center on the surface of a first-conductivity-type semiconductor area constituting a photo-electric conversion area of the light-receiving sensor portion; and areas containing a lower impurity concentration than that of the second-conductivity-type semiconductor area is formed on the surface of the first-conductivity-type semiconductor area at the end on the side of the electrode and at the opposite end on the side of a pixel-separation area. |
| US08598639B2 |
Si photodiode with symmetry layout and deep well bias in CMOS technology
A silicon photodiode with symmetry layout and deep well bias in CMOS technology is provided. The silicon photodiode includes a substrate, a deep well, and a PN diode structure. The deep well is disposed on the substrate, where an extra bias is applied to the deep well. The region surrounded by the deep well forms the main body of the silicon photodiode. The PN diode structure is located in the region surrounded by the deep well, where the silicon photodiode has a symmetry layout. The deep well is adopted when fabricating the silicon photodiode, and the extra bias is applied to the deep well to eliminate the interference and effect of the substrate absorbing light, and further greatly improve speed and bandwidth. Furthermore, the silicon photodiode has a symmetry layout, so that uniform electric field distribution is achieved, and the interference of the substrate noise is also reduced. |
| US08598635B2 |
Transistor
It is an object to provide a thin film transistor with high speed operation, in which a large amount of current can flow when the thin film transistor is on and off-state current is extremely reduced when the thin film transistor is off. The thin film transistor is a vertical thin film transistor in which a channel formation region is formed using an oxide semiconductor film in which hydrogen is contained in an oxide semiconductor at a concentration of lower than or equal to 5×1019/cm3, preferably lower than or equal to 5×1018/cm3, more preferably lower than or equal to 5×1017/cm3, hydrogen or an OH group contained in the oxide semiconductor is/are removed, and carrier concentration is lower than or equal to 5×1014/cm3, preferably lower than or equal to 5×1012/cm3. |
| US08598634B1 |
Graphene-based efuse device
A semiconductor device includes a field-effect transistor (FET), and a fuse which includes a graphene layer and is electrically connected to the FET. |
| US08598633B2 |
Semiconductor device having contact layer providing electrical connections
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a diffusion region. A transistor is formed within the diffusion region. A power rail is disposed outside the diffusion region. A contact layer is disposed above the substrate and below the power rail. A via is disposed between the contact layer and the power rail to electrically connect the contact layer to the power rail. The contact layer includes a first length disposed outside the diffusion region and a second length extending from the first length into the diffusion region and electrically connected to the transistor. |
| US08598632B2 |
Integrated circuit having pitch reduced patterns relative to photoithography features
An integrated circuit having differently-sized features wherein the smaller features have a pitch multiplied relationship with the larger features, which are of such size as to be formed by conventional lithography. |
| US08598627B2 |
P-type field-effect transistor and method of production
An n-layer is arranged above a substrate, which can be GaAs, and a p-layer (4) is arranged on the n-layer. The p-layer is separated by a gate electrode into two separate portions forming source and drain. The gate electrode is insulated from the semiconductor material by a gate dielectric. Source/drain contacts are electrically conductively connected with the portions of the p-layer. |
| US08598619B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting device having multi-cell array and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor light emitting device includes a substrate and a plurality of light emitting cells arranged on the substrate. Each of the light emitting cells includes a first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a second-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, and an active layer disposed therebetween to emit blue light. An interconnection structure electrically connects the first-conductivity-type and the second-conductivity-type semiconductor layers of one light emitting cell to the first-conductivity-type and the second-conductivity-type semiconductor layers of another light emitting cell. A light conversion part is formed in a light emitting region defined by the light emitting cells and includes a red and/or a green light conversion part respectively having a red and/or a green light conversion material. |
| US08598618B2 |
White light emitting device, backlight, liquid crystal display device, and illuminating device
A white light emitting device includes a blue light emitting diode chip that emits blue light in a specific wavelength band, a first resin layer that seals the blue light emitting diode chip and includes a cured product of silicone resin, and a second resin layer that covers the first resin layer and includes phosphor powder, which absorbs the blue light and emits light in a specific wavelength band, and a cured product of transparent resin. The phosphor powder has a composition represented by the following Formula (1): (Sr1-x-yBaxEuy)2SiO4 (1) (in Formula (1), x and y satisfy a condition that 0.05 |
| US08598617B2 |
Methods of fabricating light emitting diode packages
An LED array comprises a growth substrate and at least two separated LED dies grown over the growth substrate. Each of LED dies sequentially comprise a first conductive type doped layer, a multiple quantum well layer and a second conductive type doped layer. The LED array is bonded to a carrier substrate. Each of separated LED dies on the LED array is simultaneously bonded to the carrier substrate. The second conductive type doped layer of each of separated LED dies is proximate to the carrier substrate. The first conductive type doped layer of each of LED dies is exposed. A patterned isolation layer is formed over each of LED dies and the carrier substrate. Conductive interconnects are formed over the patterned isolation layer to electrically connect the at least separated LED dies and each of LED dies to the carrier substrate. |
| US08598616B2 |
Light emitting device and light unit using the same
Disclosed are a light emitting device and a light unit using the same. The light emitting device includes a body, a light emitting diode installed in the body, a plurality of lead frames disposed in the body and electrically connected to the light emitting diode; and a heat dissipation member received in the body, thermally connected to the light emitting diode, and having a plurality of heat dissipation fins exposed from a lower surface of the body. |
| US08598615B2 |
Light emitting device, method for fabricating the light emitting device, light emitting device package and lighting system
Provided is a light emitting device. The light emitting device includes a light emitting structure layer including a first conductive type semiconductor layer, a second conductive type semiconductor layer, and an active layer between the first conductive type semiconductor layer and the second conductive type semiconductor layer, a first electrode electrically connected to the first conductive type semiconductor layer, an insulating support member under the light emitting structure layer, and a plurality of conductive layers between the light emitting structure layer and the insulating support member. At least one of the plurality of conductive layers has a width greater than that of the light emitting structure layer and includes a contact part disposed further outward from a sidewall of the light emitting structure layer. |
| US08598603B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and television set
Provided is a liquid crystal display device, including: a liquid crystal display panel; and a backlight unit, in which: the backlight unit includes: a plurality of light emitting diodes each having an anode and a cathode; a first substrate; and a second substrate, the plurality of light emitting diodes being mounted on the first substrate and the second substrate; the first substrate and the second substrate are disposed adjacent to each other; light emitting diodes which are adjacent across a boundary between the first substrate and the second substrate are disposed so that the respective anodes are opposed to each other and so as to have a pitch equal to or smaller than a pitch of other adjacent light emitting diodes. |
| US08598598B2 |
Light emitting device having vertically stacked light emitting diodes
Disclosed is a light emitting device having vertically stacked light emitting diodes. It comprises a lower semiconductor layer of a first conductive type positioned on a substrate, a semiconductor layer of a second conductive type on the lower semiconductor layer of a first conductive type, and an upper semiconductor layer of a first conductive type on the semiconductor layer of a second conductive type. Furthermore, a lower active layer is interposed between the lower semiconductor layer of a first conductive type and the semiconductor layer of a second conductive type, and an upper active layer is interposed between the semiconductor layer of a second conductive type and the upper semiconductor layer of a first conductive type. Accordingly, there is provided a light emitting device having a structure in which a lower light emitting diode comprising the lower active layer and an upper light emitting diode comprising the upper active layer are vertically stacked. Therefore, light output per unit area of the light emitting device is enhanced as compared with a conventional light emitting device, and thus, a chip area of the light emitting device needed to obtain the same light output as the conventional light emitting device can be reduced. |
| US08598596B2 |
Method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip and optoelectronic semiconductor chip
An optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor layer sequence having at least one doped functional layer having at least one dopant and at least one codopant, wherein the semiconductor layer sequence includes a semiconductor material having a lattice structure, one selected from the dopant and the codopant is an electron acceptor and the other an electron donor, the codopant is bonded to the semiconductor material and/or arranged at interstitial sites, and the codopant at least partly forms no bonding complexes with the dopant. |
| US08598593B2 |
Chip comprising an integrated circuit, fabrication method and method for locally rendering a carbonic layer conductive
A chip includes an integrated circuit and a carbonic layer. The carbonic layer includes a graphite-like carbon, wherein a lateral conducting path through the graphite-like carbon electrically connects two circuit elements of the integrated circuit. |
| US08598591B2 |
Display device including clock wiring and oxide semiconductor transistor
By applying an AC pulse to a gate of a transistor which easily deteriorates, a shift in threshold voltage of the transistor is suppressed. However, in a case where amorphous silicon is used for a semiconductor layer of a transistor, the occurrence of a shift in threshold voltage naturally becomes a problem for a transistor which constitutes a part of circuit that generates an AC pulse. A shift in threshold voltage of a transistor which easily deteriorates and a shift in threshold voltage of a turned-on transistor are suppressed by signal input to a gate electrode of the transistor which easily deteriorates through the turned-on transistor. In other words, a structure for applying an AC pulse to a gate electrode of a transistor which easily deteriorates through a transistor to a gate electrode of which a high potential (VDD) is applied, is included. |
| US08598580B2 |
Wiring structure, display apparatus, and semiconductor device
Disclosed is a wiring structure that attains excellent low-contact resistance even if eliminating a barrier metal layer that normally is disposed between a Cu alloy wiring film and a semiconductor layer, and wiring structure with excellent adhesion. The wiring structure is provided with a semiconductor layer, and a Cu alloy layer, on a substrate in this order from the substrate side. A laminated structure is included between the semiconductor layer, and the Cu alloy layer. The laminated structure is composed of a (N, C, F, O) layer which contains at least one element selected from among a group composed of nitrogen, carbon, fluorine, and oxygen, and a Cu—Si diffusion layer which includes Cu and Si, in this order from the substrate side. At least one element selected from among the group composed of nitrogen, carbon, fluorine, and oxygen that composes the (N, C, F, O) layer is bonded to Si in the semiconductor layer. The Cu alloy layer is a laminated structure containing a Cu—X alloy layer (a first layer) and a second layer. |
| US08598578B2 |
Sputtering target and thin film transistor equipped with same
A sintered body including an oxide that includes In, Ga and Zn at the following atomic ratio and includes a compound having as a main component a homologous crystal structure represented by InGaO3(ZnO): 0.28≦Zn/(In+Zn+Ga)≦0.38 0.18≦Ga/(In+Zn+Ga)≦0.28. |
| US08598576B2 |
Magnetic random access memory with field compensating layer and multi-level cell
A spin toque transfer magnetic random access memory (STTMRAM) element comprises a reference layer, formed on a substrate, with a fixed perpendicular magnetic component. A junction layer is formed on top of the reference layer and a free layer is formed on top of the junction layer with a perpendicular magnetic orientation, at substantially its center of the free layer and switchable. A spacer layer is formed on top of the free layer and a fixed layer is formed on top of the spacer layer, the fixed layer has a fixed perpendicular magnetic component opposite to that of the reference layer. The magnetic orientation of the free layer switches relative to that of the fixed layer. The perpendicular magnetic components of the fixed layer and the reference layer substantially cancel each other and the free layer has an in-plane edge magnetization field. |
| US08598575B2 |
Semiconducting compounds and related compositions and devices
Disclosed are new semiconductor materials prepared from thienocoronene-based compounds and related heteroaromatic analogs. Such compounds can exhibit high carrier mobility and/or good current modulation characteristics. In addition, the compounds of the present teachings can possess certain processing advantages such as solution-processability and/or good stability at ambient conditions. |
| US08598573B1 |
Infrared pass visible blocker for upconversion devices
An IR-to-Visible up-conversion device with a stacked layer structure includes an IR pass visible blocking layer such that the IR entry face of the stacked device allows IR radiation, particularly NIR radiation, to enter the device but visible light generated by a light emitting diode (LED) layer to be blocked from exit at that IR entry face of the device. The device has an IR transparent electrode at the IR entry face and a visible light transparent electrode such that the visible light can exit the device at a visible light detection face opposite the IR entry face. |
| US08598566B2 |
Controlled quantum dot growth
The present disclosure generally relates to techniques for controlled quantum dot growth as well as a quantum dot structures. In some examples, a method is described that includes one or more of providing a substrate, forming a defect on the substrate, depositing a layer on the substrate and forming quantum dots along the defect. |
| US08598564B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and manufacturing method thereof
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device has a first wire, a second wire, and a memory cell electrically coupled to the first wire at one end and to the second wire at the other end. The memory cell has a resistance change layer to store information by changing a resistance value and a first electrode and a second electrode coupled to both ends of the resistance change layer and not containing a precious metal. The first electrode includes an outside electrode and an interface electrode formed between the outside electrode and the resistance change layer. The thickness of the interface electrode is less than the thickness of the outside electrode. The resistivity of the interface electrode is higher than the resistivity of the outside electrode. The resistance value of the first electrode is lower than the resistance value of the resistance change layer in a low resistance state. |
| US08598560B1 |
Resistive memory elements exhibiting increased interfacial adhesion strength, methods of forming the same, and related resistive memory cells and memory devices
A resistive memory element comprising a conductive material, an active material over the conductive material, and an ion source material on the active material and comprising at least one chalcogen, at least one active metal, and at least one additional element. Additional resistive memory elements, as well as methods of forming resistive memory elements, and related resistive memory cells and resistive memory devices are also described. |
| US08598556B2 |
Substrate positioning device
A substrate positioning device includes: a supporting unit for supporting a substrate in place; a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit respectively arranged at major surface sides of the substrate to face each other; a light emission control unit configured to control a light emission quantity of the light emitting unit pursuant to a control value; and a detecting unit for detecting a light reception quantity received by the light receiving unit. The substrate positioning device further includes an adjusting unit for controlling the control value pursuant to the light reception quantity while the substrate is not supported by the supporting unit. |
| US08598555B2 |
Finger sensing apparatus with selectively operable transmitting/receiving pixels and associated methods
A finger sensing device may include an integrated circuit (IC) substrate and an array of pixels on the IC substrate. Each pixel may be selectively operable in at least a receiving mode for receiving radiation from an adjacent finger, or a transmitting mode for transmitting radiation into the adjacent finger. The finger sensing device may also include a controller coupled to the array of pixels for selectively operating at least one first pixel in the receiving mode, and while selectively operating at least one second pixel in the transmitting mode. Each pixel may also be selectively operable in a mask mode for neither receiving nor transmitting radiation. The controller may also selectively operate at least one third pixel in the mask mode while selectively operating the at least one first and second pixels in the receiving and transmitting modes. |
| US08598549B2 |
EUV optics
In a first aspect, a method of fabricating an EUV light source mirror is disclosed which may comprise the acts/steps of providing a plurality of discrete substrates; coating each substrate with a respective multilayer coating; securing the coated substrates in an arrangement wherein each coated substrate is oriented to a common focal point; and thereafter polishing at least one of the multilayer coatings. In another aspect, an optic for use with EUV light is disclosed which may comprise a substrate; a smoothing layer selected from the group of materials consisting of Si, C, Si3N4, B4C, SiC and Cr, the smoothing layer material being deposited using highly energetic deposition conditions and a multilayer dielectric coating. In another aspect, a corrosion resistant, multilayer coating for an EUV mirror may comprise alternating layers of Si and a compound material having nitrogen and a 5th period transition metal. |
| US08598544B2 |
Method of generating a two-level pattern for lithographic processing and pattern generator using the same
The invention relates to a method of generating a two-level pattern for lithographic processing by multiple beamlets. In the method, first a pattern in vector format is provided. The vector format pattern is then converted into a pattern in pixmap format. Finally, a two-level pattern is formed by application of error diffusion on the pixmap format pattern. |
| US08598543B2 |
Multi-axis/multi-field charged particle cancer therapy method and apparatus
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for treatment of solid cancer. More particularly, the invention comprises a multi-axis and/or multi-field raster beam charged particle cancer therapy system. The system independently controls patient translation position, patient rotation position, two-dimensional beam trajectory, delivered beam energy, delivered beam intensity, beam movement velocity, timing of charged particle delivery, and/or distribution of radiation striking healthy tissue. The system operates in conjunction with a negative ion beam source, synchrotron, patient positioning, imaging, and/or targeting method and apparatus to deliver an effective and uniform dose of radiation to a tumor while distributing radiation striking healthy tissue. |
| US08598540B2 |
System of fluorescence analysis of a field in an illuminated area
A system of analysis with the naked eye and by fluorescence of a field in an illuminated area comprising a periodically-excited first low-remanence white light illumination source; a second light source for exciting fluorescent elements located in said field, active at least during part of the time periods when the first source is off; and a fluorescence analysis device active during time periods when the first source is off and the second source is on. |
| US08598538B2 |
Movable body apparatus, object processing device, exposure apparatus, flat-panel display manufacturing method, and device manufacturing method
In a substrate stage device, a substrate is held by a substrate support member mounted on a Y step surface plate. The substrate support member moves in the scanning direction in long strokes on the Y step surface plate. The part corresponding to an exposure area of the substrate is held by suction in a non-contact manner from below by a fixed point stage, and other parts are supported by levitation by the plurality of air floating devices placed on the Y step surface plate. The part corresponding to the exposure area of the substrate is controlled so that surface position of the substrate is located in the depth of focus of the projection optical system by the fixed point stage. |
| US08598537B2 |
Particle beam irradiation system and particle beam therapy system
The objective is to eliminate the effect of the hysteresis of a scanning electromagnet so that there is obtained a particle beam irradiation system that realizes high-accuracy beam irradiation. There are provided a magnetic-field sensor that measures the magnetic field of a scanning electromagnet and an irradiation control apparatus that controls the scanning electromagnet based on a measurement magnetic field measured by the magnetic-field sensor and target irradiation position coordinates of a charged particle beam. The irradiation control apparatus is provided with an inverse map means that calculates a target magnetic field, based on the target irradiation position coordinates of the charged particle beam; and a compensator that outputs a control input, to the scanning electromagnet, for controlling the magnetic-field error between the target magnetic field and the measurement magnetic field to be the same as or smaller than a predetermined threshold value. |
| US08598534B2 |
Low-power TDC-ADC and anger logic in radiation detection applications
A diagnostic imaging device includes a signal processing circuit (22) processes signals from a detector array (16) which detects radiation from an imaging region (20). The hit signals are indicative of a corresponding detector (18) being hit by a radiation photon. The signal processing circuit (22) includes a plurality of input channels (321, 322, 323, 324), each input channel receiving hit signals from a corresponding detector element (18) such that each input channel (321, 322, 323, 324) corresponds to a location at which each hit signal is received. A plurality of integrators (42) integrate signals from the input channels (32) to determine an energy value associated with each radiation hit. A plurality of analog-to-digital converters (441, 442, 443, 444) convert the integrated energy value into a digital energy value. A plurality of time to digital converters (40) receive the hit signals and generate a digital time stamp. OR logic (36, 38) relays signal hits from a subset of the plurality of input channels (32) to one of the ADC (44) and one of the time to digital converters (40), the subset including more than one input channel such that more than one input channel is connected with each ADC (44) and/or each time-to-digital converter (40). A register and read out (25) reads out the locations, the digital energy values, and the digital time stamps for hit signals. |
| US08598531B2 |
Radiation therapy apparatus and control method
According to one embodiment, a radiation therapy apparatus includes a radiation irradiation device, a detector included in a PET scanner, a control unit, and a PET image reconstruction unit. The radiation irradiation device emits a therapeutic radiation. The detector counts light derived from gamma rays, and is provided with a gap portion through which the therapeutic radiation passes on a plane of rotation about the body axis of a subject. The control unit controls the radiation irradiation device and the detector so as to rotate in synchronization with each other in a state capable of emitting the therapeutic radiation to the gap portion. The PET image reconstruction unit reconstructs a PET image based on position information at the time of counting of the detector that nearly coincidentally counts pair annihilation gamma rays in a state where the control unit performs rotation control. |
| US08598530B2 |
Chloride scintillator for radiation detection
The present disclosure discloses, in one arrangement, a single crystalline chloride scintillator material having a composition of the formula A3MCl6, wherein A consists essentially of Cs and M consists essentially of Ce and Gd. In another arrangement, a chloride scintillator material is single-crystalline and has a composition of the formula AM2Cl7, wherein A consists essentially of Li, Na K, Rb, Cs or any combination thereof, and M consists essentially of Ce, Sc, Y, La, Lu, Gd, Pr, Tb, Yb, Nd or any combination thereof. Specific examples of these scintillator materials include single-crystalline Ce-doped KGd2Cl7 (KGd2(1-x)Ce2xCl7) and Ce-doped CsGd2Cl7(CsGd2(1-x)Ce2xCl7). |
| US08598529B2 |
Radiation detection system including an array of scintillator elements and processes of forming the same
A process of forming a radiation detection system can include forming an array of scintillator elements, which can include joining a plurality of pieces including scintillator material together to form an object. A joining region can include the space between the immediately adjacent pieces. The process can also include cutting the object to obtain a portion having a face, wherein cutting is performed such that the portion includes parts of different pieces within the plurality of pieces. The process can further include cutting a groove within the portion, wherein the groove extends from the face and intersects the joining region. The process can include optically coupling the array to a photosensor. A radiation detection system can include an array of scintillator elements wherein a reflective sheet may lie between a pair of scintillator elements and no reflective sheet between another pair of scintillator elements. |
| US08598528B2 |
Infrared detector based on suspended bolometric micro-plates
A bolometric array detector for detecting electromagnetic radiation in a predetermined range of infrared wavelengths includes a substrate; an array of bolometric micro-plates for detecting the radiation suspended above the substrate by support arms; and metallic reflectors formed on the substrate underneath the micro-plates to reflect that portion of the radiation which has passed through said micro-plates without being absorbed by the latter. For each micro-plate, a corresponding reflector includes a first part located underneath the micro-plate which extends as a second part not positioned underneath the micro-plate. At least the second part has surface texturing in a repeating pattern for coupling a portion of incident radiation on the second part to a guided wave that propagates towards the first part of the reflector positioned underneath micro-plate. |
| US08598526B2 |
Transmission electron microscope
A transmission electron microscope in which a sample is positioned in a sample plane 9b comprises an objective lens 11b, a first projection lens system 61b having plural lenses, a second projection lens 63b system having plural lenses, and an analyzing system.The sample plane 9b is imaged into an intermediate image plane 71, a diffraction plane 15b of the objective lens 11b is imaged into an intermediate diffraction plane 67b, and either a) the intermediate image plane is imaged into an entrance image plane of the analyzing system and the intermediate diffraction plane is imaged into an entrance pupil plane of the analyzing system, or b) the intermediate image plane 71 is imaged into the entrance pupil plane 65b and the intermediate diffraction plane 67b is imaged into the entrance image plane 21b. |
| US08598522B2 |
Techniques for automated parameter adjustment using ion signal intensity feedback
Described are techniques for tuning parameters of a system. For one or more values of a distance, mass spectral analysis of a liquid analyte stream is performed. A corresponding ion signal intensity of a selected ion is obtained. The distance is measured from a first end of a first tube to a second end of a second tube which surrounds said first tube. Using a computing device, a current value of the distance is automatically adjusted in accordance with corresponding ion signal intensities obtained for the selected ion. Using a computing device, a desired value for the distance is automatically determined using the corresponding ion signal intensities. The desired value results in an ion signal intensity for the selected ion which is any of more than a threshold intensity and a maximum of ion signal intensities obtained by performing mass spectral analysis using different values for the distance. |
| US08598519B2 |
Multipole ion guide ion trap mass spectrometry with MS/MSN analysis
A method includes directing ions from an atmospheric pressure ion source to a first ion guide; directing ions in the first ion guide to a second ion guide, the second ion guide being a multipole ion guide extending along an axis; periodically directing ions along the axis; receiving at least some of the ions in a time-of-flight analyzer; accelerating the ions in the time-of-flight mass analyzer orthogonal to the axis; and detecting the accelerated ions. |
| US08598514B2 |
AP-ECD methods and apparatus for mass spectrometric analysis of peptides and proteins
An in-source atmospheric pressure electron capture dissociation (AP-ECD) method and apparatus for mass spectrometric analysis of peptides and proteins. An electrified sprayer generates a multiply-charged peptide/protein ions from a sample solution, a source of electrons for negative reagents, and a flow of gas for guiding positively charged ions from the electrified sprayer to a downstream reaction region within the guide. The reaction region being at or near atmospheric pressure and substantially free of the electric field from the electrified sprayer. In another embodiment, the method uses electron transfer dissociation (ETD), in the event that anions are substituted for electrons as the negative reagents. Fragment ions exiting the reaction region are subsequently passed into a mass analyzer of a mass spectrometer for mass analysis of the ions. |
| US08598512B2 |
Mass spectrometer and method of mass spectrometry
The invention relates to a method of derivina improved data from a mass spectrometer. The method includes operating the mass spectrometer in a mode enabling quantitation; assigning a threshold value for the total ion current (TIC) above which at least MS and/or MSMS data is desired; and triggering the mass spectrometer out of the mode enabling quantitation into at least an MS and/or MSMS mode when said TIC rises above the threshold but triggering only at such time at or after a confirmed TIC maxima has been reached. |
| US08598508B2 |
Imaging device camera system and driving method of the same
An imaging device including an electronic shutter and a pixel array with color pixels with different characteristics of spectral sensitivity arranged. The pixel array part has at least one clear pixel, the plurality of color pixels including (i) a first color filter pixel having a peak of spectral sensitivity characteristics for red, (ii) a second color filter pixel having a peak for blue, and (iii) a third color filter pixel having a peak for green. The clear pixel has a high transmittance arranged in an oblique pixel array system at a given position of a given row and a given column with respect to the first color filter pixel, the second color filter pixel, and the third color filter pixel. An electronic shutter is separately driven for the at least one clear pixel and for the plurality of color filter pixels. |
| US08598507B2 |
Sensor circuit integrated with signal processing circuit and charging circuit
A sensor circuit integrated with a signal processing circuit and a charging circuit. The sensor circuit has a sensor voltage source to which a sensor internal resonance is connected in series, the signal processing circuit having a capacitor to which the sensor voltage source is connected via a signal line of the charging circuit, and a switch. The charging circuit includes another capacitor connected to the signal line, and a drive circuit at an input side of which the other capacitor is connected and which has a transconductance equivalent to an internal resistance. |
| US08598505B2 |
Method and apparatus for cancellation of transient voltage spike
An apparatus for cancellation of a transient voltage spike, includes: a first photodiode for detecting a photon in an optical signal input from an outside, a second photodiode for detecting the photon in the optical signal input from the outside, and a differential amplifier for canceling the same signal component in a first output signal of the first photodiode and a second output signal output from the second photodiode, and to amplify a voltage difference between the first output signal and the second output signal. The transient voltage spike cancellation apparatus cancel a transient voltage spike occurring in an avalanche photodiode operating in a gated Geiger mode, using the differential amplifier. |
| US08598497B2 |
Cooking temperature and power control
A system and method for controlling the power delivered to cookware by a power control system that comprises a heating control user interface that is set by the user to a particular heating control user interface set point within an operating range. A controller derives from the heating control user interface set point a desired cookware temperature set point, and, over at least a first portion of the operating range that encompasses the boiling range, also derives from the heating control user interface set point a maximum limit of power that can be delivered to the cookware to maintain the cookware at the desired cookware temperature set point. The maximum power limit varies monotonically over the first portion of the operating range. |
| US08598493B2 |
Heating system
The invention relates to a heating system (190) for a switch (4) of a trackway (3) and comprising applicable electrically operating heater elements (2; 100; 103; 300). Said electrical heater elements (2; 100; 103) are arranged selectably connectable to a branch network (104) of electric connections extending along the switch (4) in question and intended for the connection of a desired number of heating plates (2) for the track railbase (23), friction-plate heaters (100) as well as supporting cleat heaters (103) to a relevant supply bar (110) for current extending along the length (L) of the switch. |
| US08598490B2 |
Methods and systems for laser processing a workpiece using a plurality of tailored laser pulse shapes
Tailored laser pulse shapes are used for processing workpieces. Laser dicing of semiconductor device wafers on die-attach film (DAF), for example, may use different tailored laser pulse shapes for scribing device layers down to a semiconductor substrate, dicing the semiconductor substrate, cutting the underlying DAF, and/or post processing of the upper die edges to increase die break strength. Different mono-shape laser pulse trains may be used for respective recipe steps or passes of a laser beam over a scribe line. In another embodiment, scribing a semiconductor device wafer includes only a single pass of a laser beam along a scribe line using a mixed-shape laser pulse train that includes at least two laser pulses that are different than one another. In addition, or in other embodiments, one or more tailored pulse shapes may be selected and provided to the workpiece on-the-fly. The selection may be based on sensor feedback. |
| US08598486B2 |
Method for treating return ores using plasma
A method and an apparatus for treating return ores using plasma, capable of treating sintered return ores generated in a sintering process in a steel maker or return ores (iron ores) employed in other ironmaking process such as FINEX. The method of treating return ores using plasma includes: providing return ores sorted out by a sorting process; and bonding the return ores by fusing and agglomerating the return ores using plasma. Also, an apparatus for treating return ores using plasma includes a plasma heating device used to fuse and agglomerate sorted return ores. The return ores of a predetermined grain size are fusion-bonded and agglomerated using a flame of a plasma heating device. Particularly, the return ores can be treated in a massive amount to enhance productivity of a fusion-bonding process of the return ores. Furthermore, a great amount of sintered return ores generated in the sintering process can be subjected to a fewer number of re-treatment processes. |
| US08598484B2 |
System and apparatus for circuit protection within an equipment enclosure
An enclosure is provided for use with a circuit protection system having at least one exhaust duct configured to route exhaust gases out of the circuit protection system. The enclosure includes a first barrier coupled to the circuit protection system, a second barrier coupled to the circuit protection system, and a top wall coupled to the first barrier and the second barrier. The first barrier and the second barrier define an exhaust plenum coupled in flow communication with the at least one exhaust duct. A vent extends through the top wall and is coupled in flow communication with the exhaust plenum to route the exhaust gases out of the enclosure. |
| US08598483B2 |
High-voltage power switch having a contact gap equipped with switching gas deflection elements
A switching device assembly with a contact gap has a nozzle made of insulating material. The nozzle made of insulating material is formed with a nozzle channel that ends in a hot gas space. A deflector element is arranged within the hot gas space. The deflector element is supported inside the deflector channel. |
| US08598480B2 |
Electronic device with switches to selectively control safe access
An exemplary electronic device includes a casing, a first switch, a second switch and a switch control unit. The casing includes a side plate and a top plate detachably connected with a top end of the side plate. The first switch is turned on when the top plate is connected to the side plate and turned off when the top plate is detached from the side plate. The switch control unit includes a sliding member mounted at one side of the second switch. The sliding member includes a pressing plate. The sliding member is moveable relative to the side plate between a first state in which the pressing plate aligned with and pressing the second switch to turn on the second switch and a second state in which the pressing plate is staggered with the second switch to turn off the second switch. |
| US08598478B2 |
Switch
The invention relates to a switch for a door, a flap or a door handle of a motor vehicle, having a base body with a receptacle; a first contact area and second contact area, both areas provided in the receptacle; a snap-action plate arranged in the receptacle having a curved region situated above the first contact area, and at least three support elements, with at least one support element contacting the second contact area, the curved region undergoing elastic deformation by operation of the snap-action plate, thereby achieving an electrical connection between the two contact areas and therefore generating a switching signal, with the second contact area, which is at a distance from the first contact area, extending at least in regions around the first contact area such that at least one support element touches the second contact area in every possible position of the snap-action plate within the receptacle. |
| US08598477B2 |
Universal switch restraint device
A universal restraint device for a switch handle includes a channel adapted to accommodate the switch handle. The channel includes a base wall, first and second side walls that extend generally perpendicularly from the base wall, and first and second feet that extend toward one another from distal ends of the first and second side walls. The channel includes a width defined by a distance measured between the first and second side walls. A lever arm extends from the base wall a distance greater than the width of the channel. |
| US08598475B2 |
Roof switch assembly
A switch assembly for the lift-and-slide roof of a vehicle that includes a housing, an actuating element, a first pair of movable electrical switching contacts, and a second pair of movable electrical switching contacts. Each longitudinal wall of the housing comprises a cross-shaped groove including a cross-shaped guiding track. The cross shaped groove receives a projecting member of the actuating element. The guiding track receives a pressure piece carried by the actuating element. The cross shaped groove has end surfaces which form abutment surfaces for the corresponding surfaces of the projecting member. |
| US08598472B2 |
EMC protected compression unit and a sealing system comprising such compression unit
A compression unit for a modular sealing system including a compression assembly being arranged to expand in one direction as it is compressed in another direction and including an electrically conductive flexible sheet enclosing one end of the compression assembly. |
| US08598470B2 |
Electromagnetic-wave-absorbing film and electromagnetic wave absorber comprising it
An electromagnetic-wave-absorbing film comprising a plastic film, and a single- or multi-layer, thin metal film formed on at least one surface of the plastic film, the thin metal film being provided with large numbers of substantially parallel, intermittent, linear scratches with irregular widths and intervals. |
| US08598469B2 |
Electronic device enclosure
An electronic device enclosure includes a first cover, a second cover located below the first cover, and a bracket for receiving a disk drive. The second cover defining a hole and comprising a shielding panel covering the hole. The shielding panel is deformable to expose the hole, for the disk drive inserting into or being removed out of the bracket. |
| US08598466B2 |
Controlled-impedance electronic board vias, method of forming the same, and unitized PCB incorporating the same
A shielded signal pass-through or via structure integral with an electronic circuit board is described. The structure includes a rigid inner generally cylindrical conductor; at least a semi-rigid intermediate annular dielectric surrounding the conductor; and a rigid outer annular conductor surrounding the dielectric material. Also described is an interconnect device that presents a contact array in a boss region of a unitary embossed printed circuit board (PCB) optionally equipped with one or more such shielded vias. |
| US08598460B2 |
Interleaved conductor structure with offset traces
An interleaved conductor structure for electrically connecting the read/write electronics to a read/write head in a hard disk drive is provided. The interleaved conductor structure may allow for an increased characteristic-impedance range, greater interference shielding and a reduction of signal loss that is contributed by a lossy conductive substrate. The electrical traces may have different widths, be offset, or even wrap around each other at the via connections. |
| US08598459B2 |
Shielded cable
A shielded cable includes a core comprising an insulated wire including an inner conductor and an insulation layer formed on an outer periphery of the inner conductor, a shield layer formed on an outer periphery of the core, and a jacket layer formed on an outer periphery of the shield layer. The shield layer includes a stranded conductor shield layer including a stranded conductor spirally wound around the core, and the stranded conductor includes a plurality of conductor strands stranded together. The shield layer may further include a tinsel copper braided shield layer or a metal plated strand braided shield layer that is formed between the core and the stranded conductor shield layer. |
| US08598456B2 |
Cover and hinge assembly for electrical device
A cover assembly includes a base, a cover and a hinge coupling the cover to the hinge. The hinge includes a body coupled to a rear face of the base and extends outwardly from a side edge of the base. The hinge has a leg oriented to contact an edge of the cover when the cover is pivoted to the open position. The edge frictionally engages the leg of the hinge to hold the cover in an open position and limit rotation of the cover. |
| US08598454B2 |
Electrical box with fitting flanges, and method of use
An electrical box has four sides that define a rectangular space. The box has flanges extending outward from opposite sides, for mounting the box to a stud or other structure. One of the flanges has one or more tabs, outward protrusion(s) that fit into one or more openings in the flange on the opposite side. The fitting of the one or more tabs into the one or more openings allows two such electrical boxes to be conveniently located at the same height, on opposite sides of the stud. The tab(s) and opening(s) automatically align the boxes with each other. The result is an easier and accurate installation, with less time and effort expended. |
| US08598452B2 |
Electric energy distribution pole with incorporated ground system
The present invention is oriented to solving existing problems in the ground systems of aerial networks of electric energy distribution, providing a pole with an incorporated ground system. Said pole has a ground lead embedded in its structure, and two connection terminal boards fitted in the upper and lower sections. This ground system completely avoids the subtraction of the lead, is effective in the grounding and ensures the efficient performance of the electrical distribution system by guaranteeing an effective connection to the ground system with operation, protection and control elements that are installed in the distribution network. |
| US08598449B2 |
Conjugated polymers and their use in optoelectronic devices
Disclosed are certain oligomeric and polymeric compounds and their use as organic semiconductors in organic and hybrid optical, optoelectronic, and/or electronic devices such as photovoltaic cells, light emitting diodes, light emitting transistors, and field effect transistors. The disclosed compounds can provide high power conversion efficiency, fill factor, open circuit voltage, field-effect mobility, on/off current ratios, and/or air stability when used in photovoltaic cells or transistors. The disclosed compounds can have good solubility in common solvents enabling device fabrication via solution processes. |
| US08598446B2 |
Crosslinkable materials for safety laminates
A safety laminate comprises an interlayer that comprises a crosslinkable blend of ethylene copolymers. The first ethylene copolymer comprises copolymerized units of ethylene, optionally a first olefin having the formula CH2═C(R1)CO2R2, and a second olefin having the formula CH2═C(R3)COOH. The first ethylene copolymer is optionally at least partially neutralized. The second ethylene copolymer consists essentially of copolymerized units of ethylene, optionally a first olefin having the formula CH2═C(R1)CO2R2, and a third olefin having the formula CH2═C(R4)D. R1, R3 and R4 represent hydrogen or an alkyl group; R2 represents an alkyl group; and D represents a moiety containing an epoxy group. The crosslinkable blend is useful as an interlayer in safety laminates. Methods for preparing the safety laminates are also provided. |
| US08598445B2 |
Solar home electrification with grid connection
A means of providing solar powered electricity for day and nighttime use supported in part by power from the grid to allow a small generator to electrify the home or business with a small generator operating with much larger capacity. Excess solar energy is provided to the power company as needed. |
| US08598444B2 |
Music-oriented controller for a tablet computing device
A controller for a tablet computing device is disclosed. The controller has a body having a number of control surfaces. A dock is on the body and has an L-shaped groove configured and arranged to receive a tablet computing device docked therein. A microcontroller is configured and arranged to detect interactions with the control surfaces and transmit the interactions to the tablet computing device. An analog output is configured and arranged to receive audio signals from the tablet computing device whereby interactions from the control surfaces are processed by the tablet computing device into audio signals for transmission through the audio output. |
| US08598441B1 |
Wheat variety A000301E1
A wheat variety designated A000301E1, the plants and seeds of wheat variety A000301E1, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety A000301E1 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety A000301E1 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety A000301E1. This invention also relates to methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety A000301E1 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods. |
| US08598439B1 |
Wheat variety W010476N1
A wheat variety designated W010476N1, the plants and seeds of wheat variety W010476N1, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety W010476N1 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety W010476N1 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety W010476N1. This invention also relates to methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety W010476N1 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods. |
| US08598437B1 |
Maize inbred PH1M49
A novel maize variety designated PH1M49 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1M49 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1M49 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1M49 or a locus conversion of PH1M49 with another maize variety. |
| US08598436B1 |
Maize inbred PH18KW
A novel maize variety designated PH18KW and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH18KW with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH18KW through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH18KW or a locus conversion of PH18KW with another maize variety. |
| US08598433B1 |
Maize variety hybrid X13B604
A novel maize variety designated X13B604 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X13B604 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13B604 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13B604, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13B604. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13B604. |
| US08598432B1 |
Maize variety hybrid X13B653
A novel maize variety designated X13B653 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X13B653 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13B653 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13B653, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13B653. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13B653. |
| US08598430B1 |
Maize variety hybrid X05B932
A novel maize variety designated X05B932 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X05B932 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05B932 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X05B932, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05B932. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05B932. |
| US08598429B1 |
Maize variety hybrid X03B467
A novel maize variety designated X03B467 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X03B467 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X03B467 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X03B467, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X03B467. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X03B467. |
| US08598426B2 |
Celery cultivar ADS-24
A celery cultivar, designated ADS-24, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar ADS-24, to the plants of celery cultivar ADS-24 and to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar ADS-24 with itself or another celery cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a celery plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic celery plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to celery cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from celery cultivar ADS-24, to methods for producing other celery cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from celery cultivar ADS-24 and to the celery plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid celery seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar ADS-24 with another celery cultivar. |
| US08598424B2 |
Celery cultivar ADS-22
A celery cultivar, designated ADS-22, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar ADS-22, to the plants of celery cultivar ADS-22 and to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar ADS-22 with itself or another celery cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a celery plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic celery plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to celery cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from celery cultivar ADS-22, to methods for producing other celery cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from celery cultivar ADS-22 and to the celery plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid celery seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar ADS-22 with another celery cultivar. |
| US08598422B1 |
Soybean cultivar 7991150112
A soybean cultivar designated 7991150112 is disclosed. Embodiments of the invention include the seeds of soybean 7991150112, the plants of soybean 7991150112, to plant parts of soybean 7991150112, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 7991150112 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments of the invention include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments of the invention also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 7991150112, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 7991150112, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments of the invention further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 7991150112 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US08598421B2 |
Soybean cultivar S090081
A soybean cultivar designated S090081 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S090081, to the plants of soybean cultivar S090081, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S090081, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S090081. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S090081. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S090081, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar S090081 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US08598417B2 |
Soybean cultivar S090033
A soybean cultivar designated S090033 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S090033, to the plants of soybean cultivar S090033, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S090033, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S090033. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S090033. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S090033, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar S090033 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US08598415B1 |
Soybean cultivar OW0810239
The present invention is in the field of soybean variety OW0810239 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety OW0810239 and its progeny, and methods of making OW0810239. |
| US08598413B2 |
AAD-1 event DAS-40278-9, related transgenic corn lines, event-specific identification thereof, and methods of weed control involving AAD-1
This invention relates in part to plant breeding and herbicide tolerant plants. This invention includes a novel aad-1 transformation event in corn plants comprising a polynucleotide sequence, as described herein, inserted into a specific site within the genome of a corn cell. In some embodiments, said event/polynucleotide sequence can be “stacked” with other traits, including, for example, other herbicide tolerance gene(s) and/or insect-inhibitory proteins. Additionally, the subject invention provides assays for detecting the presence of the subject event in a sample (of corn grain, for example). The assays can be based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct, inserted into the corn genome, and on the genomic sequences flanking the insertion site. Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are also provided. The subject invention also includes related methods of controlling weeds. |
| US08598409B2 |
Non-human organism comprising a gene expression modulation system encoding a chimeric retinoid X receptor
This invention relates to the field of biotechnology or genetic engineering. Specifically, this invention relates to the field of gene expression. More specifically, this invention relates to a novel ecdysone receptor/chimeric retinoid X receptor-based inducible gene expression system and methods of modulating gene expression in a host cell for applications such as gene therapy, large-scale production of proteins and antibodies, cell-based high throughput screening assays, functional genomics and regulation of traits in transgenic organisms. |
| US08598408B2 |
Method of producing an antibody using a cancer cell
The present invention aims to provide a method for antibody preparation. The present invention is directed to a method for preparing an antibody-producing cell, which comprises the following steps: (1) transplanting metastatic cancer cells capable of expressing a target antigen into a non-human animal to ensure engraftment of the cancer cells in the animal; (2) immunizing the animal with the target antigen; and (3) collecting the antibody-producing cell from the immunized animal; as well as a method for preparing an antibody, which comprises collecting the antibody from the antibody-producing cell prepared by the above method. |
| US08598406B2 |
Disposable absorbent article comprising a durable hydrophilic acquisition layer
A disposable absorbent article having a durable hydrophilic substantially liquid pervious acquisition layer. The acquisition layer includes an acquisition layer substrate and a hydrophilicity boosting composition coated on the acquisition layer substrate. The hydrophilicity boosting composition includes a hydrophilicity boosting amount of nanoparticles having a particle size of from about 1 nanometer to about 750 nanometers. |
| US08598404B2 |
Biodegradable water-sensitive films
A film that is biodegradable and water-sensitive (e.g., water-soluble, water-dispersible, etc.) in that it loses its integrity over time in the presence of water is provided. The film contains a biodegradable polyester, starch, water-soluble polymer, and plasticizer. The desired water-sensitive attributes of film may be achieved in the present invention by selectively controlling a variety of aspects of the film construction, such as the nature of the components employed, the relative amount of each component, the manner in which the film is formed, and so forth. |
| US08598401B2 |
Method for enhancing the performance of a catalyzed reaction
A method for improving performance of a catalyzed reaction carried out in a moving bed system having a reaction zone. A process stream is introduced into the reaction zone at a temperature, and the temperature of the catalyst introduced to the reaction zone is different from the process stream introduction temperature to increase conversion. |
| US08598400B2 |
Efficient methods for Z- or cis-selective cross-metathesis
The present invention generally relates to methods for performing metathesis reactions, including cross-metathesis reactions. Methods described herein exhibit enhanced activity and stereoselectivity, relative to known methods, and are useful in the synthesis of a large assortment of biologically and therapeutically significant agents. |
| US08598398B2 |
Process for the preparation of an olefin
Process for the preparation of ethylene and/or propylene comprising reacting an oxygenate feed and an olefinic co-feed in a reactor in the presence of a zeolite catalyst to prepare an olefinic reaction mixture; wherein the olefinic co-feed is partially obtained from an olefinic refinery stream and partially obtained from a olefinic recycle stream. |
| US08598394B2 |
Manufacture of low viscosity poly alpha-olefins
The present invention relates to poly alpha-olefins (PAO's) which exhibit superior Noack volatility at low pour points. The poly alpha-olefin is prepared from an olefin feed comprised of a blend of octene, decene, and dodecene, the feed comprising at least 10 weight % octene and at least 30 weight % dodecene. The process includes both synthesis and distillation of the olefin and oligomerization olefin. The oligomerized olefin feed yields at least 50% low viscosity PAO having a nominal viscosity at 100° C. of about 4 cSt. |
| US08598384B2 |
Crystalline teglicar
The present invention relates to a new crystalline form of R-4-trimethylammonium-3-(tetradecylcarbamoyl)-amino butyrate (also named crystalline Form I of ST 1326 or teglicar), a process for its preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing same. |
| US08598374B2 |
GPR120 receptor agonists and uses thereof
GPR120 agonists are provided. These compounds are useful for the treatment of metabolic diseases, including Type II diabetes and diseases associated with poor glycemic control. |
| US08598373B2 |
Halichondrin B analogs
The invention includes halichondrin B analogs having pharmaceutical activity; in some cases, crystalline forms thereof, and in some cases, halichondrin B analogs having a further utility as synthetic intermediates. |
| US08598370B2 |
Process for producing threo-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-L-serine
The present invention provides a process for producing Droxidopa or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof comprising a step of reacting threo-N-phthaloyl-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-L-serine represented by the formula (1) with methylamine, whereby a process for producing threo-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-L-serine (common name: Droxidopa), which is useful as an agent for treatment of peripheral orthostatic hypotension or an agent for treatment of Parkinson's disease, with high production efficiency and without requiring troublesome operations. |
| US08598367B2 |
Nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound and pest control agent
The present invention offers compounds or their salts expressed by formula (I)(in the formula, X indicates an alkyl group, or the like; Y indicates an alkyl group; Z indicates a respectively independent nitro group, or the like; n indicates any integer from 0 to 3; A indicates carbon atom, or the like, and hydrogen atom is bonded thereto in the case where the carbon atom is not substituted with Z; D indicates oxygen atom, or the like; W indicates hydrogen atom, or the like; R1 and R2 indicate respectively independent hydrogen atoms, or the like; R1 and R2 may be bonded, and may form a heterocycle together with the nitrogen atom between R1 and R2). |
| US08598365B2 |
Herbicides
Bicyclic dione compounds, and derivatives thereof, which are suitable for use as herbicides. formula (I) |
| US08598364B2 |
Oligomer-protease inhibitor conjugates
The invention provides protease inhibitors that are chemically modified by covalent attachment of a water-soluble oligomer. A conjugate of the invention, when administered by any of a number of administration routes, exhibits characteristics that are different from the protease inhibitors not attached to the water-soluble oligomer. |
| US08598361B2 |
Process for preparing 5-fluoro-1H-pyrazolo [3,4-B] pyridin-3-amine and derivatives therof
The present invention relates to a process for the synthesis of 5-fluoro-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin-3-amine in high yield and purity. The present invention also relates to processes for the synthesis of 5-fluoro-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin-3-amine derivatives. These processes are useful for preparing biologically active compounds, particularly certain GSK-3 inhibitors, or derivatives thereof. |
| US08598359B2 |
Biaryl substituted heterocycle inhibitors of LTA4H for treating inflammation
The present invention relates to a chemical genus of biaryl substituted heterocycle inhibitors of LTA4H (leukotriene A4 hydrolase) useful for the treatment and prevention and prophylaxis of inflammatory diseases and disorders. The compounds have general formula Ψ: An example is |
| US08598358B2 |
Synthetic intermediate of oxazole compound and method for producing the same
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing an oxazole compound in a high yield.The object can be achieved by a compound represented by Formula (11): wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or lower-alkyl group; R2 is a 1-piperidyl group substituted at the 4-position with a substituent selected from (A1a) a phenoxy group substituted on the phenyl moiety with one or more halogen-substituted lower-alkoxy groups, (A1b) a phenoxy-substituted lower-alkyl group substituted on the phenyl moiety with one or more halogen-substituted lower-alkyl groups, (A1c) a phenyl-substituted lower-alkoxy lower-alkyl group substituted on the phenyl moiety with halogen, (A1d) a phenyl-substituted lower-alkyl group substituted on the phenyl moiety with one or more halogen-substituted lower-alkoxy groups, (A1e) an amino group substituted with a phenyl group substituted with one or more halogen-substituted lower-alkoxy groups, and a lower-alkyl group, and (A1f) a phenyl-substituted lower-alkoxy group substituted on the phenyl moiety with one or more halogen-substituted lower-alkoxy groups; n is an integer from 1 to 6; and X3 is an organic sulfonyloxy group. |
| US08598357B2 |
Benzodioxole piperidine compounds
The present invention is concerned with novel dual modulators of the 5-HT2A and D3 receptors of formula (I) wherein n, Y, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as described herein, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof. Further the present invention is concerned with the manufacture of the compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals. |
| US08598349B2 |
Method for manufacturing conjugated aromatic compound
A method for manufacturing a conjugated aromatic compound comprising reacting an aromatic compound (A) substituted with a halogen as a leaving group with an aromatic compound (A) or an aromatic compound (B) substituted with a halogen as a leaving group and is structurally different from the aromatic compound (A), in the presence of (i) a nickel compound, (ii) a metal reducing agent, (iii) at least one ligand (L1) selected from the group consisting of a 2,2′-bipyridine compound having at least one electron-withdrawing group, and a 1,10-phenanthroline compound having at least one electron-withdrawing group, and (iv) at least one ligand (L2) selected from the group consisting of a 2,2′-bipyridine compound having at least one electron-releasing group, and a 1,10-phenanthroline compound having at least one electron-releasing group. |
| US08598348B2 |
Purification of 1-[2-(2,4-dimethylphenylsulfanyl)phenyl]piperazine
The present invention concerns a process for the manufacture of 1-[2-(2,4-dimethylphenylsulfanyl)phenyl]piperazine. |
| US08598342B2 |
Methods and compounds for antimicrobial intervention
The present invention provides Wall Teichoic Acid biosynthesis inhibitors such as compound 1835F03 (targocil) and related synthetic analogs. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods for treating bacterial infection and the suppression of growth of bacterial cells by administering a Wall Teichoic Acid biosynthesis inhibitor. The invention is particularly useful for the treatment of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The invention further provides procedures for the syntheses of Wall Teichoic Acid biosynthesis inhibitors. The invention also provides methods for the identification of antibacterial therapeutic agents. |
| US08598333B2 |
SiRNA silencing of genes expressed in cancer
The present invention provides nucleic acid-lipid particles comprising siRNA molecules that silence genes expressed in cancer (e.g., Eg5, EGFR or XIAP) and methods of using such nucleic acid-lipid particles to silence Eg5, EGFR or XIAP gene expression. |
| US08598332B1 |
Methods and means for obtaining modified phenotypes
Methods and means are provided for reducing the phenotypic expression of a nucleic acid of interest in eucaryotic cells, particularly in plant cells, by introducing chimeric genes encoding sense and antisense RNA molecules directed towards the target nucleic acid, which are capable of forming a double stranded RNA region by base-pairing between the regions with sense and antisense nucleotide sequence or by introducing the RNA molecules themselves. Preferably, the RNA molecules comprises simultaneously both sense and antisense nucleotide sequence. |
| US08598329B2 |
Polynucleotide encoding a cysteine protease
The present invention relates to isolated polynucleotides encoding cysteine proteinases; cysteine proteinase inhibitors; and aspartic endoproteinases. The invention also relates to a transformed host cell, preferably a plant cell, in which over- or under-expression of these polynucleotides result in altered levels of coffee flavor precursor levels, specifically, amino group-containing molecules such as amino acids, peptides and proteins, in green coffee grains. |
| US08598328B2 |
Tol1 factor transposase and DNA introduction system using the same
An object is to provide a Tol1 element transposase and a use thereof. Provided is a Tol1 element transposase containing (a) a protein having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No: 1 or (b) a protein having an amino acid sequence homologous to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 and having an enzymatic activity for transferring Tol1 element. Further, provided are a polynucleotide encoding the transposase and an expression construct containing the polynucleotide therein. The present invention also provides a DNA introduction system including (a) a donor factor having such a structure that a desired DNA is inserted in a transposase gene-defected Tol1 element and (b) a helper factor containing the transposase or the polynucleotide. |
| US08598320B2 |
Anti-PCSK9 and methods for treating lipid and cholesterol disorders
The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating disorders of cholesterol and lipid metabolism by administration of an anti-PCSK9 antibody or a peptide inhibitor of PCSK9. |
| US08598318B2 |
Modified human thymic stromal lymphopoietin
Modified, furin resistant human TSLP polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding the modified human TSLP polypeptides are provided. Pharmaceutical compositions, B and T cell activation agents, assays and methods of use are also described. |
| US08598316B2 |
Molecules that selectively home to vasculature of pre-malignant dysplastic lesions or malignancies
The present invention provides a conjugate that contains a therapeutic moiety linked to a homing peptide or peptidomimetic which selectively homes to vasculature of pre-malignant dysplastic skin and which includes the amino acid sequence SRPRR (SEQ ID NO: 1) or a conservative variant or peptidomimetic thereof. The present invention further provides a conjugate containing a therapeutic moiety linked to a homing peptide or peptidomimetic which selectively homes to vasculature of malignant skin and which includes the amino acid sequence CGKRK (SEQ ID NO: 6) or the amino acid sequence CDTRL (SEQ ID NO: 7), or a conservative variant or peptidomimetic of one of these sequences. |
| US08598314B2 |
Peptide-peptidase-inhibitor conjugates and methods of making and using same
Peptide-peptidase inhibitor conjugate molecules and methods of manufacture thereof are disclosed. These conjugate molecules are useful as agents for the treatment and prevention of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases, disorders, and conditions. Such diseases, conditions and disorders include, but are not limited to, hypertension, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular disease, eating disorders, insulin-resistance, obesity, and diabetes mellitus of any kind, and other diabetes-related disorders. |
| US08598313B2 |
Compositions for ameliorating cell proliferative disorders and methods of making and using them
In alternative embodiments, the invention provides apratoxin F and apratoxin G compounds, which include apratoxin F and apratoxin G stereoisomers, derivatives and analogs compositions and methods. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions and formulations comprising apratoxin F (compound 6 of FIG. 1) and apratoxin G (compound 7 of FIG. 1) and their stereoisomers, derivatives and analogs. In alternative embodiments, pharmaceutical compositions and formulations of the invention are administered in an amount sufficient to treat, prevent and/or ameliorate a disease or condition that can be ameliorated by decreasing or inhibiting cell growth, e.g., pathological, uncontrolled or unwanted cell growth, e.g., a cancer or a metastases, or any disease or condition (e.g., allergy) or infection having a hyperproliferative cell growth component. |
| US08598306B2 |
Monomer, polymer, and method of making it
A monomer having the general formula: in which R1 is any substitution; R2 is any substitution; R1 and R2 may be linked to form a saturated or unsaturated ring; L represents a reactive leaving group; X and Y each independently represent CR2, O, BR, NR, SiR2, S, S═O, SO2, PR or P═O(R) wherein R in each occurrence is independently selected from H or a substituent; Z represents a single bond or a divalent atom or group, wherein X—Z—Y forms an unconjugated ring or chain, with the proviso that at least one of R1 and R2 is an aryl or heteroaryl group if Z is a single bond. |
| US08598301B2 |
Copolymer containing fluorenylporphyrin-anthracene, preparation method and application thereof
A copolymer containing fluorenylporphyrin-anthracene is disclosed, which comprises a polymer represented by formula (1), in which R1, R2, R3 and R4, which may be identical or different, are C1-C16 alkyl, and n is an integer of 1 to 100. A preparation method of the copolymer containing fluorenylporphyrin-anthracene and the application thereof in manufacture of solar cell devices, organic field-effect transistors, organic electroluminescent devices, organic optical storage device, organic nonlinear materials or organic laser devices are also disclosed. |
| US08598300B2 |
Amorphous polyester resin, binder resin for toner for electrostatic image development and amorphous polyester resin production method
The invention provides an amorphous polyester resin that can sufficiently achieve the reciprocal performance properties of hot offset resistance and cold offset resistance, which is a major issue for a toner for electrostatic image development, while allowing adequate blocking resistance to be obtained, as well as a binder resin for toner for electrostatic image development, and an amorphous polyester resin production method, the amorphous polyester resin being obtained by reaction between a polybasic carboxylic acid compound and a polyhydric alcohol, wherein the polybasic carboxylic acid compound comprises (a) the reaction product between an aromatic polybasic carboxylic acid compound and a C2-4 glycol at 60 mol % or greater based on the total amount of the polybasic carboxylic acid compound, and the amorphous polyester resin has a glass transition point of 55° C. to 75° C. and a weight-average molecular weight of 10,000 to 50,000. |
| US08598297B2 |
Prepolymers made from hydroxymethyl-containing polyester polyols derived from fatty acids
Prepolymers are prepared by a reaction of a polyisocyanate and a hydroxylmethyl containing polyester polyol derived from a fatty acid. The prepolymers can be prepared having isocyanate, hydroxyl, or a variety of other reactive functional groups. The prepolymers are useful in making polyurethanes and other polymers, or a crosslinking agents. |
| US08598295B2 |
Method for producing branched SiH functional polysiloxanes and the use thereof for producing SiC- and SiOC-linked, branched organomodified polysiloxanes
The invention provides a process for preparing branched SiH-functional siloxanes by converting a mixture of one or more low molecular weight SiH-functional siloxanes, one or more low molecular weight SiH-free siloxanes and one or more trialkoxysilanes with addition of water and in the presence of at least one Brønsted-acidic catalyst, which is characterized in that the reaction is performed in one process step. |
| US08598293B2 |
Vinyl ester resin composition
The present invention relates to a resin composition comprising (a) from 30 to 70 wt. % of a vinyl ester resin, (b) from 30 to 70 wt. % of reactive diluent, wherein the resin composition comprises methacrylate containing compound and an itaconate ester as reactive diluent. |
| US08598292B2 |
Adamantane derivative, method for producing same, polymer using same as starting material, and resin composition
Provided are an adamantane derivative represented by the following formula (1), a method for producing the same, a polymer containing an acrylate compound having the adamantane structure represented by formula (1) in a repeat unit, and a functional resin composition which contains the polymer, has excellent alkali developability and substrate adhesiveness, and can improve the resolution and the line edge roughness as a chemically amplified resist sensitive to far-ultraviolet rays represented by KrF excimer laser light, ArF excimer laser light, F2 excimer laser light or EUV without spoiling fundamental properties thereof as a resist such as pattern forming properties, dry etching resistance, heat resistance and the like. In the formula, R1 through R3, which may be the same or different, each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 3, or a halogen-containing alkyl group; R4 through R8, which may be the same or different, each represent an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 3 or a halogen-containing alkyl group; X, which may be the same or different, represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 3, or a alkoxy group having a carbon number of 1 to 3; and n represents 14. |
| US08598278B2 |
Golf ball
An object of the present invention is to provide a resin composition for the golf ball that suppresses the bleed out of the low molecular weight material component, as well as improves the fluidity and repulsion performance. The present invention provides a golf ball forming resin composition comprising as a resin component, (A) a high melt viscosity resin; (B) a low melt viscosity ionomer resin having a melt viscosity (190° C.) ranging from 1 Pa·s to 10 Pa·s measured by a brookfield viscometer, in a ratio of (A) the high melt viscosity resin/(B) the low melt viscosity ionomer resin being 55 mass % to 99 mass %/45 mass % to 1 mass %; and (C) a metal ion source capable of neutralizing carboxyl groups of (A) the high melt viscosity resin and (B) the low melt viscosity ionomer resin, in an amount of from 0.1 part to 10 parts with respect to 100 parts by mass of a sum of (A) the high melt viscosity resin and (B) the low melt viscosity ionomer resin. |
| US08598275B2 |
Hydrophobic thermoplastic polyurethane as a compatilizer for polymer blends for golf balls
A golf ball has a layer comprising a compatibilized blend of thermoplastic polyurethane, polyolefin, and hydrophobic thermoplastic polyurethane. The layer may be part of the cover, for example an inner layer of a two-layer cover layer. The layer may be an intermediate layer between the core and the cover. |
| US08598274B2 |
Method for producing modified conjugated diene-based polymer, and method for producing vulcanized polymer
A method for producing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer, wherein the method comprises: a first step of producing a conjugated diene-based polymer by polymerizing monomers comprising a conjugated diene compound in a hydrocarbon solvent using an organoalkali metal compound and a second step of adding (I) a compound having a carbonyl group and a substituted amino group and (II) a compound represented by Formula (II-A) to a hydrocarbon solvent containing the conjugated diene-based polymer. |
| US08598273B2 |
High ionic conductivity electrolytes from block copolymers of grafted poly(siloxanes-co-ethylene oxide)
Polymer electrolytes offer increased safety and stability as compared to liquid electrolytes, yet there are a number of new challenges that polymer electrolytes introduce. A polymer electrolyte, as disclosed herein, is a block copolymer that has a block that provides mechanical strength and a novel, ionically-conductive polymer block with a backbone that is both highly flexible and highly conductive with high conductivity pendant chains attached, thus increasing the concentration of lithium coordination sites and improving ionic conductivity. Previous strategies for comb-type conductive polymers have focused on attaching either conductive pendant chains to a flexible non-conductive backbone or conductive pendant groups to a marginally flexible conductive backbone. |
| US08598269B2 |
Antimicrobial constructs
The invention is based on the recognition that known antimicrobial compounds, such as nisin or other lantibiotics, can be made to form a long lasting antimicrobial surface coating by linking the peptide with a block polymer, such as PLURONIC® F108 or an end group activated polymer (EGAP) in a manner to form a flexible tether and/or entrap the peptide. The entrapped peptide provides antimicrobial action by early release from entrapment while the tethered peptide provides longer lasting antimicrobial protection. Antimicrobial gels and foams may be prepared using the antimicrobial peptide containing block copolymers. |
| US08598267B2 |
Fluoropolymer dispersion containing no or little low molecular weight fluorinated surfactant
The present invention provides a fluoropolymer dispersion comprising fluoropolymer particles having an average particle size of 10 to 400 nm dispersed in water whereby the dispersion is free of fluorinated surfactant having a molecular weight of less than 1000 g/mol or contains the fluorinated surfactant having a molecular weight of less than 1000 g/mol in an amount of not more than 0.025% by weight based on the total weight of solids in the dispersion. The dispersion further comprises a non-ionic surfactant and an anionic surfactant selected from fluorinated anionic surfactants having a molecular weight of at least 1000 g/mol, non-fluorinated anionic surfactants and mixtures thereof. |
| US08598265B2 |
Thermoplastic elastomer composition
Disclosed is a thermoplastic elastomer composition that will provide little load on the environment and has superior mechanical characteristics, the composition being obtained by melt-kneading 10 to 90 parts of ethylene-α-olefin based copolymer rubber (A), 1 to 50 parts of non-petroleum source-derived thermoplastic resin (B), 1 to 50 parts of modified propylene-based copolymer (C), 1 to 50 parts of propylene-based polymer (D), 0.001 to 5 parts of crosslinking agent (E), and 0 to 50 parts of mineral oil-based softening agent (F), wherein the amounts of components (A), (B), (C), (D), and (F) are amounts in weight calculated where the combined amount of components (A), (B), (C), (D) and (F) is considered to be 100 parts by weight, and the amount of component (E) is an amount in weight calculated where the combined amount of components (A), (B), (C), (D), and (F) is considered to be 100 parts by weight. |
| US08598263B2 |
Endless flexible members for imaging devices
Flexible members for use in imaging devices comprise a polyamic acid and an internal release agent; and optionally, a polysiloxane surfactant. |
| US08598259B2 |
Vinyl chloride resin composition for transparent product, and transparent molded product produced by molding the composition
The vinyl chloride resin composition for transparent products which does not contain heavy metal stabilizers such as lead, tin and barium, characterized in that (A) 0.001˜10 mass parts of at least one kind of organic acid zinc salts and (B) 0.001˜10 mass parts of at least one kind of zinc-modified hydrotalcite compounds are contained relative to 100 mass parts of vinyl chloride resin; and the transparent molded products produced by molding the said composition. |
| US08598255B2 |
Early strengthening agent for hydraulic composition
The present invention provides the early strengthening agent for hydraulic compositions containing a compound (a) obtained by reacting (A) one or more compounds selected from polyhydric alcohols having 3 to 20 hydroxy groups and alkylene oxide adducts thereof with (B) a sulfating agent, and the additive composition for hydraulic compositions containing the compound (a). |
| US08598249B2 |
Photoinitiators
The present invention is related to novel photoinitiators, in particular to photoinitiators comprising amino groups within the molecule. |
| US08598246B2 |
Biocidal particles of methylated polystyrene
Methylated polystyrene having pendant N-halamine and N-halamine precursor groups. Biocidal particles have been prepared by reacting highly crosslinked methylated polystyrene beads as starting materials with various N-halamine precursor compounds. The resulting polymer beads are halogenated with chlorine or bromine. The porous beads will be useful in disinfection applications as well as for sanitization and controlling noxious odor when mixed with absorbent materials in items such as disposable diapers, infant swimwear, incontinence pads, bandages, sanitary napkins, pantiliners, mattress covers, shoe inserts, sponges, animal litter, carpets, and fabrics. |
| US08598245B2 |
Insulating materials comprising polysilazane, methods of forming such insulating materials, and precursor formulations comprising polysilazane
Methods of forming an insulating material comprising combining a polysilazane, a cross-linking compound, and a gas-generating compound to form a reaction mixture, and curing the reaction mixture to form a modified polysilazane. The gas-generating compound may be water, an alcohol, an amine, or combinations thereof. The cross-linking compound may be an isocyanate, an epoxy resin, or combinations thereof. The insulating material may include a matrix comprising one of a reaction product of a polysilazane and an isocyanate and a reaction product of a polysilazane and an epoxy resin. The matrix also comprises a plurality of interconnected pores produced from one of reaction of the polysilazane and the isocyanate and from reaction of the polysilazane and the epoxy resin. A precursor formulation that comprises a polysilazane, a cross-linking compound, and a gas-generating compound is also disclosed. |
| US08598242B2 |
Expanded polypropylene copolymer resin particles
Disclosed is an expanded polypropylene copolymer resin particle whose base resin is a polypropylene random copolymer resin having a melting point of not more than 145° C., the base resin having a H/W ratio of not more than 8 where H (%) is a maximum height of an elution peak and W (° C.) is a peak width at half a height of the peak in an elution curve obtained from a differential value of eluted content measured by cross fractionation chromatography, and a ratio (Mw/Mn) of a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) and a number-average molecular weight (Mn) being not less than 3.5 in a molecular weight distribution measurement of a whole of eluted components. With such an expanded polypropylene copolymer resin particle, it is possible to provide expanded polypropylene copolymer resin particles which are capable of producing an in-mold expansion-molded article with a low molding heating vapor pressure, and which causes few deformation or shrinkage of an obtained in-mold expansion-molded article (i.e. having a broad molding heating temperature range) even if the in-mold expansion molding is carried out with a high molding heating vapor pressure and has a low decrease in physical properties such as compression strength. |
| US08598241B2 |
Polypropylene resin pre-foamed particle and method for producing same, and polypropylene resin in-mold foaming molded article
Provided are polypropylene resin pre-foamed particles including, as base resin, polypropylene resin that satisfies the following requirements (a) through (c): (a) in cross fractionation chromatography, an amount of components eluted at a temperature of not more than 40° C. is not more than 2.0% by weight; (b) a melting point is not less than 100° C. but not more than 160° C.; and (c) propylene monomer units are present in an amount of not less than 90 mol % but not more than 100 mol %, and olefin units each having a carbon number of 2 or 4 or more are present in an amount of not less than 0 mol % but not more than 10 mol %. The polypropylene resin pre-foamed particles can be molded by in-mold foaming molding at a not high molding heating steam pressure, and a polypropylene resin in-mold foaming molded product excellent in dimensional stability at high temperatures can be prepared from the polypropylene resin pre-foamed particles. |
| US08598238B2 |
Process for the preparation of hydrocarbons from synthesis gas
A process for the preparation of hydrocarbon products comprising the steps of (a) providing a synthesis gas comprising hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide; (b) reacting the synthesis gas to an oxygenate mixture comprising methanol and dimethyl ether in presence of one or more catalysts which together catalyse a reaction of hydrogen and carbon monoxide to oxygenates at a pressure of at least 4 MPa; (c) withdrawing from step (b) the oxygenate mixture comprising amounts of methanol, dimethyl ether, carbon dioxide and water together with unreacted synthesis gas and introducing the entire amount of the oxygenate mixture without further treatment into a catalytic oxygenate conversion step (d); (d) reacting the oxygenate mixture in presence of a catalyst being active in the conversion of oxygenates to higher hydrocarbons; (e) withdrawing an effluent from step (d) and separating the effluent into a tail gas, a liquid hydrocarbon phase containing the higher hydrocarbons produced in step. (d) and a liquid aqueous phase, wherein the pressure employed in steps (c) to (e) is substantially the same as employed in step (b). |
| US08598237B2 |
Method for adjusting hydrogen to carbon monoxide ratio in synthesis gas
A method for adjusting hydrogen to carbon monoxide ratio of syngas contaminated by sulfur impurities involving a water gas shift (WGS) reaction. In light of the presence of the sulfur impurities, the WGS can be implemented as a sour gas shift. WGS can provide good results by using a non-sulfided catalyst. Conditions can be employed which contribute to further enhanced CO-conversion in the reaction. The hydrocarbons or derivatives thereof obtainable from the method can further be refined and used for production of fuels or lubricants for combustion engines. |
| US08598233B2 |
Method for administering an NMDA receptor antagonist to a subject
Compositions and methods for administering memantine to a subject are provided. In particular, a solid pharmaceutical composition in a unit dosage form for once daily oral administration is provided. The compositions comprises an extended release formulation of 22.5 mg to 33.75 mg memantine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein administration of a dose of the composition to a human subject provides a mean plasma memantine concentration profile characterized by a change in memantine concentration as a function of time (dC/dT) that is less than 50% of the dC/dT provided by the same quantity of an immediate release form of memantine, determined in a time period between 0 hours to 6 hours after administration of memantine, and wherein dC/dT is measured in a single-dose human PK study. Methods of treating dementia, in particular Alzheimer's diseases, using the compositions are provided. |
| US08598229B2 |
Tiglien-3-one derivatives
The present invention relates to tiglien-3-one compounds and their use in methods of treating or preventing protozoal infections, bacterial infections, parasitic infections and cell proliferative disorders. The tiglien-3-one compounds are also used in methods of controlling pests in humans, animals, plants and the environment. |
| US08598225B2 |
Use of L-butylphthalide in the manufacture of medicaments for treatment of cerebral infarct
The present invention discloses the use of L-butylphthalide of formula (I) in the manufacture of medicaments for the prevention and treatment of cerebral infarct, especially induced by focal cerebral ischemia. |
| US08598221B2 |
Synergistic combination of analgesic compounds
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising as active substances: at least one compound of the following general formula (I): and at least one inhibitor of type 2 cyclooxygenase (COX-2), notably for use in the prevention or treatment of pain. |
| US08598220B2 |
Antagonists of the vanilloid receptor subtype 1 (VR1) and uses thereof
The present invention is directed to compounds of formula (I) wherein variables X1, X2, Y, R1a, R1b, R2a, R2b, A1, A2, A3, and A4 are as defined in the description, and methods of use to treat pain, neuropathic pain, allodynia, pain associated with inflammation or an inflammatory disease, inflammatory hyperalgesia, bladder overactivity, and urinary incontinence. |
| US08598219B2 |
Liquid pharmaceutical formulations of palonosetron
The present invention relates to shelf-stable liquid formulations of palonosetron for reducing chemotherapy and radiotherapy induced emesis with palonosetron. The formulations are particularly useful in the preparation of intravenous and oral liquid medicaments. |
| US08598215B2 |
Combination of epothilone analogs and chemotherapeutic agents for the treatment of proliferative diseases
Compositions and methods are disclosed which are useful of the treatment and prevention of proliferative disorders. |
| US08598213B2 |
Positive allosteric modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
The present invention relates to compounds useful in therapy, to compositions comprising said compounds, and to methods of treating diseases comprising administration of said compounds. The compounds referred to are positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) of the nicotinic acetylcholine α7 receptor. |
| US08598210B2 |
Prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors and methods of use
The present disclosure relates to HIF-1α prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors, compositions which comprise the HIF-1α prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors described herein and to methods for controlling, inter alia, Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD), Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), heart failure, ischemia, and anemia. |
| US08598208B2 |
Pyridine derivatives as S1P1/EDG1 receptor modulators
The invention relates to novel pyridine derivatives of formula (D, their preparation and their use as pharmaceutically active compounds. Said compounds particularly act as immunomodulating agents. Formula (I) wherein A represents and the other substituents are as defined in the claims. |
| US08598204B2 |
1,2-dihydro-2-oxoquinoline compounds as 5-HT4 receptor ligands
The present invention relates to novel 1,2-dihydro-2-oxoquinoline compounds of the formula (I), and their derivatives, prodrugs, tautomers, stereoisomers, polymorphs, solvates, hydrates, metabolites, N-oxides, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions containing them. The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation of above said novel compounds, and their derivatives, prodrugs, tautomers, stereoisomers, polymorphs, solvates, hydrates, metabolites, N-oxides, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions containing them.The compounds of the present invention are useful in the treatment/prevention of various disorders that are mediated by 5-HT4 receptor activity. |
| US08598202B2 |
Aryl-hydroxyethylamino-pyrimidines and triazines as modulators of fatty acid amide hydrolase
Certain aryl-hydroxyethylamino-pyrimidine and triazine compounds are described, which are useful as FAAH inhibitors. Such compounds may be used in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) activity, such as anxiety, pain, inflammation, sleep disorders, eating disorders, energy metabolism disorders, and movement disorders (e.g., multiple sclerosis). Methods of synthesizing such compounds are also disclosed. |
| US08598199B2 |
Octahydropentalene compounds as chemokine receptor antagonists
The present invention is directed to novel compounds of Formula (I) pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pro-drugs thereof, biologically active metabolites thereof, isomers thereof or stereoisomers thereof wherein the variables are as defined herein. The compounds of Formula (I) are useful as chemokine receptor antagonists and as such would be useful in treating certain conditions and diseases, especially inflammatory conditions and diseases and proliferative disorders and conditions, for example, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, multiple sclerosis and asthma. |
| US08598196B2 |
Methods of treating dermatological disorders and inducing interferon biosynthesis with shorter durations of imiquimod therapy
Pharmaceutical formulations and methods for the topical and/or transdermal delivery of imiquimod, including creams, ointments and pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions to treat dermatological disorders, namely, viral infections, such as Type I or Type II Herpes simplex infections and genital and perianal warts, actinic keratosis and superficial basal cell carcinoma, and to induce interferon biosynthesis to achieve an antiviral effect, with shorter durations of therapy, than currently approved for imiquimod by the Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”). |
| US08598193B2 |
Polycyclic agents for the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus infections
Compounds of formula (I), and their use as in the treatment of infections involving viruses of the Pneumovirinae sub-family (RSV) are disclosed. In the formula ring (A) may be phenyl, pyridyl etc., (B—C) may be CH2—CH2 etc., (R1) may be phenyl and substituted forms thereof, (R2) may be assorted substituents. |
| US08598192B2 |
Hydroxylamine substituted imidazoquinolines
Imidazo ring compounds (e.g., imidazoquinolines, 6,7,8,9-tetrahydroimidazoquinolines, imidazonaphthyridines, and imidazopyridines) with a hydroxylamine substituent at the 2-position, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, intermediates, and methods of use of these compounds as immunomodulators, for inducing cytokine biosynthesis in animals and in the treatment of diseases including viral and neoplastic diseases are disclosed. |
| US08598191B2 |
Controlled release compositions of gamma-hydroxybutyrate
The present invention is directed to oral pulse-release pharmaceutical dosage form containing an immediate release component of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, and one or more delayed/controlled release components of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid. |
| US08598186B2 |
CDK inhibitors
Compounds of formulae I, II or III, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful as CDK inhibitors. |
| US08598185B2 |
Unitary pharmaceutical dosage form
In accordance with this invention a novel pharmaceutical product containing efavirenz, emtricitabine and tenofovir DF are provided as a multicomponent unitary oral dosage form, component 1 comprising tenofovir DF (and, optionally, emtricitabine) and component 2 comprising efavirenz, wherein components 1 and 2 are in a stabilizing configuration. In preferred embodiments component 1 is made by dry granulation. |
| US08598181B2 |
Modulators of ATP-binding cassette transporters
Compounds of the present invention and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”). The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using compounds of the present invention. |
| US08598180B2 |
Tetrahydroindolone derivatives for treatment of neurological conditions
Compositions comprising tetrahydroindolone derivatives in which the tetrahydroindolone moiety is covalently linked to a substituted arylpiperazine moiety and methods for treating neurological and psychiatric conditions using such compositions are disclosed. |
| US08598178B2 |
Controlled release sterile injectable aripiprazole formulation and method
A controlled release sterile freeze-dried aripiprazole formulation is provided which is formed of aripiprazole of a desired mean particle size and a vehicle therefor, which upon constitution with water and intramuscular injection releases aripiprazole over a period of at least about one week and up to about eight weeks. A method for preparing the controlled release freeze-dried aripiprazole formulation, and a method for treating schizophrenia employing the above formulation are also provided. |
| US08598177B2 |
Imidazopyridazines as PAR1 inhibitors, production thereof, and use as medicaments
The invention relates to novel compounds of formula I where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, Q1, Q2 and Q3 are each as defined below. The compounds of formula I have antithrombotic activity and inhibit especially protease-activated receptor 1 (PAR1). The invention further relates to a process for preparing the compound of formula I and to the use thereof as a medicament. |
| US08598176B2 |
Pyridazine compound and use thereof
A pyridazine compound of the formula: has an excellent plant disease controlling effect. |
| US08598175B2 |
Heteroarylamide pyrimidone derivatives
The present invention discloses a series of pyrimidone derivatives represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof or a hydrate thereof: Wherein X, Z, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, n and m are as defined herein. Also disclosed herein are the methods of preparation of compounds of formula (I), intermediates therefor and their utility in treating a variety of disease conditions. |
| US08598174B2 |
Pyridazinones, method of making, and method of use thereof
Compounds of Formula I that inhibit Btk are described herein. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one compound of Formula I, together with at least one pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle chosen from carriers, adjuvants, and excipients, are described. Methods of treating patients suffering from certain diseases responsive to inhibition of Btk activity and/or B-cell activity are described. Methods for determining the presence of Btk in a sample are described. |
| US08598173B2 |
1-[(6,7-substituted alkoxyquinoxalinyl)aminocarbonyl]-4-(hetero)arylpiperazine derivatives for treating tumors
The present invention relates to novel quioxaline-piperazine compounds, 1-[(6,7-substituted alkoxyquinoxalinyl)aminocarbonyl]-4-(hetero)arylpiperazine derivatives of formula (1): and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, a process for their preparation thereof, and compositions containing such compounds. Therapeutic methods for the treatment of hyperproliferative disorders, including cancers, by administering quioxalin-piperazine compounds are also included. |
| US08598167B1 |
Substituted 6,5-fused bicyclic heteroaryl compounds
The present invention relates to substituted 6,5-fused bicyclic heteroaryl compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods of treating cancer by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof. |
| US08598165B2 |
Morpholines as selective inhibitors of cytochrome P450 2A13
A method of inhibiting formation of cancerous metabolites, of inhibiting cytochrome P450 2A13 from forming carcinogen metabolites, and/or inhibiting formation of cancerous lung cells in a subject can include: providing a morpholine compound that selectively interacts with cytochrome P450 2A13 over cytochrome P450 2A6; administering a therapeutically effective amount of the morpholine compound or derivative to the subject. The morpholine compound or derivative can be substantially more selective for interacting with the cytochrome P450 2A13 over the cytochrome P450 2A6. The morpholine compound or derivative can also be substantially non-interactive with other physiological components. The morpholine compound or derivative can include a structure that selectively interacts with cytochrome P450 2A13 over cytochrome P450 2A6, such as Compounds 1-34 of Formulas A-D. |
| US08598163B2 |
Derivatives of [1,3]Oxazin-2-one useful for the treatment of metabolic diseases such as lipid disorders
This invention relates to novel compounds of an 11 β-HSD1 inhibitor disclosed herein, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, which are useful for the therapeutic treatment of diseases associated with the modulation or inhibition of 11/3-HSD1 in mammals. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions of the novel compounds and methods for their use in the reduction or control of the production of Cortisol in a cell or the inhibition of the conversion of cortisone to Cortisol in a cell. |
| US08598161B2 |
Compounds for the reduction of beta-amyloid production
Compounds of formula (I), including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are set forth herein: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are independently hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl or C1-C6 cycloalkyl; Y and Z are independently a C6-C10-aryl group or a 5-10 membered heterocyclic group, wherein each Y and Z group can be optionally substituted with from 0-3 substituents selected from halogen, amino, C1-4alkylamino, C1-4dialkylamino, haloC1-4 alkyl, OH, CN, C1-C6 alkyl or cycloalkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, and C2-C4 alkynyl; L is either a bond or is —NHCO—; L and Z together can be absent; and m is 1, 2 or 3. |
| US08598159B2 |
Therapeutic pyrazoloquinoline derivatives
The invention provides a novel chemical series of formula I, as well as methods of use thereof for binding to the benzodiazepine site of the GABAA receptor and modulating GABAA, and use of the compound of formula I for the treatment of GABAA receptor associated disorders. The general structure of formula I is shown below and can exist in tautomeric forms: The invention further provides a method of modulation of one or more GABAA subtypes in an animal comprising administering to the animal an effective amount of a compound of formula (I). |
| US08598151B2 |
Solid solution inducing layer for weak epitaxy growth of non-planar phthalocyanine
The present invention relates to solid solution inducing layer for the preparation of weak epitaxial films of non-planar phthalocyanine and the thin film of non-planar phthalocyanine generated from the weak epitaxial growth on the solid solution inducing layer and organic thin film transistor based on the weak rpitaxy growth thin film of non-planar phthalocyanine. The solid solution inducing layer is prepared at certain substrate temperature by vapor co-deposition of any two inducing layer molecules presented by Formula I and Formula II. The solid solution inducing layer has uniformed structure, of which the lattice parameter and electronic structure can be controlled by adjusting the component proportion, the solid solution inducing layer can epitaxially grow a high quality thin film of non-planar phthalocyanine and fabricate high performance transistor device based on such epitaxial thin film. |
| US08598146B2 |
Methods for identifying modulators of protein kinase C-epsilon (PKCε) and method of treatment of aberrant glucose metabolism associated therewith
The present invention provides novel cell-based and animal-based assays for determining antagonists of PKCε and uses of the isolated antagonist compounds for modulating insulin clearance and secretion. The invention also provides novel animals and cells such as animals and cells suitable for use in the assays. |
| US08598144B1 |
Method of administering hyaluronan formulation for the amelioration of osteoarthritis
Disclosed is a method for mitigating or ameliorating osteoarthritis in vertebrate subjects including administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of an exogenous hyaluronan formulation. Also disclosed is an oral or parenteral hyaluronan composition comprising a polydisperse hyaluronan and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and a method of manufacturing the composition. |
| US08598136B2 |
Baculovirus-mediated transgene expression in both mammalian and insect cells
This invention relates to a method for expressing a gene in a cell. The method includes introducing into a cell an agent that inhibits one or both of miRNA pathway and antiviral defense pathway; and a baculovirus that contains a nucleic acid molecule including a gene operably linked to a promoter; and expressing the gene in the cell. |
| US08598132B2 |
Glycosylated indolocarbazoles, method for obtaining same and uses thereof
Glycosylated indolocarbazoles, method for obtaining same and uses thereof. This invention relates to rebeccamycin and staurosporine derivatives obtained by fermentation of recombinant bacterial strains. The invention also relates to the methods used to obtain the recombinant strains and the production of rebeccamycin and staurosporine derivatives. The invention also relates to bacterial strains that are of use for the production of rebeccamycin and staurosporine derivatives. Lastly, the rebeccamycin and staurosporine derivatives described herein are applicable to the field of human health, specifically for manufacturing drugs that are of use in the treatment of tumour, neurological and inflammatory diseases. |
| US08598128B2 |
Fructosylated puerarin, and preparation method and use thereof
Fructosylated puerarin being converted from puerarin by a bioconversion method conducted in an aqueous phase or nonaqueous phase system, including monofructosyl-(2,6)-puerarin, bifructosyl-(2,6)-puerarin, trifructosyl-(2,6)-puerarin, tetrafructosyl-(2,6)-puerarin and pentafructosyl-(2,6)-puerarin. Tests have shown that the oligosaccharylated puerarin is effective to treat acute myocardial ischemia, and can markedly suppress in vitro the proliferation of human breast cancer cell strain MDA-MB-23 and human chronmyelogenors leukemia cell strain K562, and it has a low toxicity. |
| US08598126B2 |
Peptides for inhibiting the HPV-E6 oncoprotein
The present invention is concerned with means and methods for diagnosing or treating HPV associated neoplasia or tumors. Specifically, it relates to a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence motif as shown in SEQ ID No: 1. Moreover, contemplated by the present invention are fusion polypeptides, polynucleotides, vectors and host cells based on said peptide. Furthermore, the peptides, fusion polypeptides, polynucleotides, and vectors are suitable as pharmaceutical compositions for treating HPV associated neoplasia or tumors. The peptides and fusion polypeptides are also suitable as diagnostic compositions for diagnosing HPV associated neoplasia or tumors. The present invention also refers to a method of identifying a compound capable of binding to the HPV E6 protein. Finally, a kit is provided for carrying out the aforementioned diagnosis or compound identification. |
| US08598120B2 |
Methods for treatment using amylin family peptides
The present invention relates to novel compounds having a function of a peptide in the amylin family, related nucleic acids, expression constructs, host cells, and processes production of the compounds. The compounds of the invention include one or more amino acid sequence modifications. In addition, methods and compositions are disclosed to treat and prevent metabolic disorders such as obesity, diabetes, and increased cardiovascular risk. |
| US08598119B2 |
Methods and compositions for sleep disorders and other disorders
Use of particular substituted heterocycle fused gamma-carboline compounds as pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them for the treatment of one or more disorders involving the 5-HT2A, SERT and/or dopamine D2 pathways are disclosed. In addition, the compounds may be combined with other therapeutic agents for the treatment of one or more sleep disorders, depression, psychosis, dyskinesias, and/or Parkinson's disease or any combinations. |
| US08598116B2 |
Treatment of influenza virus infection
The present invention provides methods for the treatment of an ongoing influenza infection by administering a polypeptide to a subject suffering from an influenza infection. The polypeptide consists of SEQ ID NO: 4. The present invention also provides a method of interfering with fusion of an influenza virus envelope with a host cell membrane by contacting the host cell with a polypeptide consisting of SEQ ID NO: 4. |
| US08598115B2 |
Cyclic compound and salt thereof
A compound useful as an antifungal agent, particularly a therapeutic agent for deep-seated mycoses, is provided. A fungus Acremonium persicinum was collected, and cyclic compounds were isolated from culture liquids thereof. The present inventors confirmed that the cyclic compounds or salts thereof have a potent antifungal activity and are useful as medicaments, particularly an antifungal agent, and thus the present invention was completed. The cyclic compound and the salt thereof according to the present invention can be used as an agent for preventing or treating mycoses, particularly deep-seated mycoses. |
| US08598111B2 |
Products and methods using soy peptides to lower total and LDL cholesterol levels
Controlled studies demonstrate that products and related methods using soy related peptides lower total and LDL cholesterol levels in individuals. In one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a product containing an effective amount of lunasin peptides that lowers cholesterol levels in an individual that consumes the lunasin peptides is provided. In another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a composition containing an effective amount of lunasin peptides or lunasin peptide derivatives and one or more enzyme inhibitors is provided. In a related exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for lowering or reducing cholesterol levels in an individual is provided where a product containing an effective amount of lunasin peptides to an individual is provided and a claim that the product lowers or reduces cholesterol, total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol or lipid levels in an individual that consumes the composition is made. |
| US08598109B2 |
Fabric softener
A fabric softener formulation according to one embodiment includes 70-80 wt % methyl bis (canola amidoethyl)-2-hydroxyethyl ammonium methyl sulfate; 2-4 wt % dicocoylethyl hydroxyethylmonium CL; >0-12 wt % of a glycol; >0-10 wt % solvent; 0-5 wt % methyl laurate; 0-5 wt % alcohol; and 0-5 wt % fragrance. A fabric softener formulation according to another embodiment includes 20-30 wt % solvent; >0-2 wt % coco methyl ester ethoxylate; >0-3 wt % glycerin; >0-3 wt % dicocoethyl hydroxyethylmonium methosulfate with propylene glycol; 1-5 wt % alcohol; 35-45 wt % methyl bis(canolaamideoethyl)-2-hydroxyethyl ammonium methyl sulfate with propylene glycol; 0-5 wt % fragrance; 0-2 wt % acid; and 20-30 wt % water. |
| US08598108B2 |
Fabric care compositions comprising organosiloxane polymers
The present composition relates to fabric care compositions comprising an organosiloxane polymer. Methods of using such compositions including contacting a fabric with the composition and rinsing the fabric are also disclosed. |
| US08598106B2 |
Anti-microbial composition exhibiting residual anti-microbial properties on a surface
The present invention describes a formulation comprising: (A) at least one surfactant; and (B) an anti-microbial composition that comprises (i) an anti-microbial agent with surfactant properties; (ii) a hydrophobic material and (iii) a polar solvent. |
| US08598095B2 |
Low conductivity water based wellbore fluid
A low electrical conductivity water-based wellbore fluid for use in drilling wells through a formation containing a clay which swells in the presence of water, said wellbore fluid that includes an aqueous base fluid; and a polymeric non-ionic tertiary amine is disclosed. Methods of using such fluids are also disclosed. |
| US08598088B2 |
Methods for simplifying microbial nucleic acids by chemical modification of cytosines
A method for detecting a microorganism comprising reducing the complexity of a microbial genome or microbial nucleic acid by generating a simplified form of the microbial genome or microbial nucleic acid in which substantially all of the positions naturally occupied by cytosines are occupied by uracil or thymine; and assaying for a microbial specific nucleic acid in the simplified form of the microbial genome or microbial nucleic acid, wherein presence of the microbial specific nucleic acid is indicative of the microorganism. |
| US08598085B2 |
2-(2-fluoro-substituted phenyl)-6-amino-5-chloro-4-pyrimidinecarboxylates and their use as herbicides
2-(2-Fluoro-substituted phenyl)-6-amino-5-chloro-4-pyrimidine carboxylic acid and its derivatives are potent herbicides demonstrating a broad spectrum of weed control. |
| US08598084B2 |
Synergistic herbicide/insecticide composition containing certain pyridine carboxylic acids and certain insecticides
An herbicide/insecticide composition containing (a) a pyridine carboxylic acid component and (b) an insecticide component provides synergistic control of selected weeds. |
| US08598082B2 |
Materials and methods for controlling nematodes with Pasteuria spores in seed coatings
The subject invention provides novel and advantageous materials and methods for controlling phytopathogenic and/or soil-dwelling nematodes by attaching an effective amount of Pasteuria spores to a seed and delivering the seeds to the situs of nematodes. |
| US08598078B2 |
Condensed anthran I lami de derivatives as insecticides
Compounds of Formula I wherein the substituents are as defined in Claim 1, and the agrochemically acceptable salts and all stereoisomers and tautomeric forms of the compounds of formula I can be used as agrochemical active ingredients and can be prepared in a manner known per se. |
| US08598077B2 |
Composition based on bacillus spp. and correlate genera and their use in pest control
The objective of the current invention is the control of agricultural infestations based on alternative methods that are less aggressive to the environment and that are harmless to other invertebrates and to man; for instance biological control using bacterial strains belonging to species of the genera Bacillus, Brevibacillus and/or Paenibacillus. A first embodiment of the invention refers to compositions based on the systemic utilization of bacterial strains belonging to species of the genera Bacillus, Brevibacillus and/or Paenibacillus to protect plants by using the composition containing the above referred bacteria in wild-type, conjugated, mutant or transgenic forms and/or the substances produced by them. A second embodiment of the invention refers to a method of bioinsecticide application based on bacteria from the genera Bacillus, Brevibacillus and/or Paenibacillus. A third embodiment of the invention is related to the bioinsecticide usage of the formulations based on bacteria from the genera Bacillus, Brevibacillus and/or Paenibacillus. |
| US08598074B2 |
Thermosensitive recording medium, image recording method and image processing method
To provide a thermosensitive recording medium including: a support; an image recording layer on the support; and an inorganic material in particle form as a light-heat conversion material, wherein the inorganic material has a ratio of Y to X, represented by Y/X, of 2 or greater, where X denotes an average value of absorption intensities with respect to light having wavelengths in the range of 400 nm to 700 nm, and Y denotes a maximum value among absorption intensities with respect to light having wavelengths greater than 700 nm but smaller than or equal to 1,200 nm. |
| US08598072B2 |
Mercury-removal adsorbent, method of producing mercury-removal adsorbent, and method of removing mercury by adsorption
To provide mercury-removal adsorbents, a method of producing mercury-removal adsorbents, and a method of removing mercury by adsorption which are capable of realizing efficient removal of mercury by adsorption from liquid hydrocarbon, thermal power station exhaust combustion gas, natural gas, off gas of various process plants, and so on which contain mercuries in various forms such as elemental mercury, ionic mercury, and organic mercury, and a concomitant hindering mercury adsorption.Mercury-removal adsorbents carrie potassium iodide in an amount of 27 to 70% of a total adsorbent weight, and a volume of pores with a 1 μm pore diameter or more in the mercury-removal adsorbents is 0.6 mL/g or more. These mercury-removal adsorbents are filled in, for example, an adsorption tower 10, and a hydrocarbon liquid is passed therethrough (mercury removal step). In a case where the hydrocarbon liquid contains saturated water, a dehydration unit 9 or the like is installed on a preceding stage of the adsorption tower 10 to dehydrate the hydrocarbon liquid (dehydration step). |
| US08598070B1 |
Carbon dioxide sorbents
Improved CO2 sorbents comprised of a mesoporous silica functionalized with a polyamine are obtained by the in-situ polymerization of azetidine. Also included herein are processes utilizing the improved CO2 sorbents wherein CO2 is chemisorbed onto the polyamine portion of the sorbent and the process is thermally reversible. |
| US08598066B2 |
Preparing phosphorus containing alumina support by sol-gel method for fischer-tropsch synthesis and catalyst preparation thereof
The present invention relates to a process of preparing of a phosphorus-containing phosphorus-alumina support by a sol-gel method and a cobalt/phosphorus-alumina catalyst where cobalt is supported onto the phosphorus-alumina support as an active ingredient. The phosphorus-alumina support is prepared by a sol-gel method and has wide specific surface area with bimodal pore size distribution and high cobalt dispersion, thereby enabling to increase heat and mass transfer, stabilize the structure by modifying the surface property of alumina and decrease the deactivation rate due to the reduced oxidation of cobalt component during the F-T reaction. When Fischer-Tropsch reaction (F-T) is conducted on the catalyst, the catalyst maintains a superior thermal stability, inhibits the deactivation due to water generation during the F-T reaction and also causes relatively high conversion of carbon monoxide and stable selectivity of liquid hydrocarbons. |
| US08598062B2 |
Zero valent metal composite, manufacturing, system and method using thereof, for catalytically treating contaminated water
Zero valent metal composite, manufacturing thereof, using thereof, and system including thereof, for (in-situ or ex-situ) catalytically treating contaminated water, such as sub-surface water, surface water, above-surface water, water vapor, or/and gaseous water. Composite includes powdered diatomite matrix incorporated with nanometer (1-1000 nm) sized particles of a zero valent (transition) metal (iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, palladium, platinum, or/and gold) and at least one electron transfer mediator (catalyst) from porphyrinogenic organometallic complexes (e.g., metalloporphyrins (chlorophylls, hemes, cytochromes) or metallocorrins (e.g., vitamin B12), and optionally, includes vermiculite. System includes composite and in-situ or/and ex-situ unit containing the composite, enabling exposure of contaminated water thereto. Applicable to in-situ sub-surface permeable reactive barriers (PRBs). Treatable water contaminants are organics (halogenated organic compounds), or/and inorganics (metal elements, metal element containing inorganic species, nonmetal elements, and nonmetal element containing inorganic species). Applicable to non-aqueous fluids (liquids, vapors, gases), for removing contaminants therefrom. |
| US08598052B2 |
Highly air-permeable and water-resistance sheet, a highly air-permeable and water-resistance sheet composite and an absorbent article, and a method for manufacturing a highly air-permeable and water-resistance sheet and a method for manufacturing a highly air-permeable and water-resistance sheet composite
A highly air-permeable and water-resistance sheet according to the present invention includes a hydrophobic non-woven fabric layer having 100 mm H2O or more of water pressure resistance and a fine cellulose fiber layer layered on the hydrophobic non-woven fabric layer, and a water repellent layer is layered on either surface of the highly air-permeable and water-resistance sheet. A highly air-permeable and water-resistance sheet composite according to the present invention includes the highly air-permeable and water resistance sheet and another non-woven fabric layered onto the water-repellant layer. |
| US08598049B2 |
Deposition method
A deposition method capable of forming an oxide film with a predetermined film thickness ratio using a deposition gas with which a small film thickness ratio is obtained and a deposition gas with which a large film thickness ratio is obtained. When forming an oxide film having a larger film thickness on the surface of a substrate than on the bottom surface of the hole so that the film thickness ratio of the oxide film formed on the surface of the substrate to the oxide film formed on the bottom surface of the hole becomes a predetermined ratio, plasma is generated from a gas mixture including tetraethoxysilane and oxygen to form an oxide film and then plasma is generated from a gas mixture including silane and nitrous oxide. |
| US08598047B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus and producing method of semiconductor device
A substrate treatment apparatus includes a reaction tube and a heater heating a silicon wafer. Trimethyl aluminum (TMA) and ozone (O3) are alternately fed into the reaction tubeto generate Al2O3 film on the surface of the wafer. The apparatus also includes supply tubes and for flowing the ozone and TMA and a nozzle supplying gas into the reaction tube. The two supply tubes are connected to the nozzle disposed inside the heater in a zone inside the reaction tube where a temperature is lower than a temperature near the wafer, and the ozone and TMA are supplied into the reaction tube through the nozzle. |
| US08598041B2 |
Method for positioning spacers in pitch multiplication
Multiple pitch-multiplied spacers are used to form mask patterns having features with exceptionally small critical dimensions. One of each pair of spacers formed mandrels is removed and alternating layers, formed of two mutually selectively etchable materials, are deposited around the remaining spacers. Layers formed of one of the materials are then etched, leaving behind vertically-extending layers formed of the other of the materials, which form a mask pattern. Alternatively, instead of depositing alternating layers, amorphous carbon is deposited around the remaining spacers followed by a plurality of cycles of forming pairs of spacers on the amorphous carbon, removing one of the pairs of spacers and depositing an amorphous carbon layer. The cycles can be repeated to form the desired pattern. Because the critical dimensions of some features in the pattern can be set by controlling the width of the spaces between spacers, exceptionally small mask features can be formed. |
| US08598039B2 |
Barrier layer removal method and apparatus
This invention relates to a method and apparatus by integrating semiconductor manufacturing processes of stress free electrochemical copper polishing (SFP), removal of the Tantalum oxide or Titanium oxide formed during SFP process and XeF2 gas phase etching barrier layer Ta/TaN or Ti/TiN process. Firstly, at least portion of plated copper film is polished by SFP. Secondly the barrier metal oxide film formed during SFP process is etched away by etchant. Finally, the barrier layer Ta/TaN or Ta/TiN is removed with XeF2 gas phase etching. The apparatus accordingly consists of three sub systems: stress free copper electropolishing system, barrier layer oxide film removal system and barrier layer Ta/TaN or Ti/TiN gas phase etching system. |
| US08598038B2 |
Process for producing two interleaved patterns on a substrate
A process for producing two interleaved patterns on a substrate uses photolithography and etching to produce, on the substrate, a first pattern of first material protruding regions separated by recessed regions. A non-conformal deposition of a second material on the first pattern forms cavities in the recessed regions of the first pattern. These cavities are opened and filled with a third material. The second material is then removed, and the remaining third material forms a second pattern of third material protruding regions, wherein the second pattern is interleaved with the first pattern. |
| US08598036B2 |
Method for forming fine pattern having variable width and method for manufacturing semiconductor device using the same
A method for forming a fine pattern having a variable width by simultaneously using an optimal focused electron beam and a defocused electron beam in a light exposure process Includes, after forming a first film on a substrate, forming a first film pattern including a first level area and a second level area having different distances from the substrate by changing a profile of an upper surface of the first film. A photoresist film having a first area covering the first level area and a second area covering the second level area is formed. To simultaneously light-expose the first area and the second area with the same width, a light exposure condition, in which an optimal focused electron beam is eradiated on the first area and a defocused electron beam is eradiated on the second area, is applied. A plurality of photoresist patterns continuously extending over the first level area and the second level area with different widths on the first level area and the second level area are formed by developing the light-exposed photoresist film. |
| US08598029B2 |
Method for fabricating flip-attached and underfilled semiconductor devices
A semiconductor device, which comprises a workpiece with an outline and a plurality of contact pads and further an external part with a plurality of terminal pads. This part is spaced from the workpiece and the terminal pads are aligned with the workpiece contact pads, respectively. A reflow element interconnects each of the contact pads with its respective terminal pad. Thermoplastic material fills the space between the workpiece and the part; this material adheres to the workpiece, the part and the reflow elements. Further, the material has an outline substantially in line with the outline of the workpiece, and fills the space substantially without voids. Due to the thermoplastic character of the filling material, the finished device can be reworked, when the temperature range for reflowing the reflow elements is reached. |
| US08598024B2 |
Fabricating method of metal silicide layer, fabricating method of semiconductor device using the same and semiconductor device fabricated using the method
A method of fabricating a metal silicide layer includes forming a metal layer on a substrate, and forming a pre-metal silicide layer by reacting the substrate with the metal layer by performing a first annealing process on the substrate. The method also includes implanting silicon into the substrate using a gas cluster ion beam (GCIB) process, and changing the pre-metal silicide layer into a metal silicide layer by performing a second annealing process on the substrate. |
| US08598023B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus, substrate processing method, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
There is disclosed a substrate processing apparatus including a processing chamber housing a substrate, pipes for supplying gas into the processing chamber, and heaters provided in the middle of the pipes, and heating the gas. In the substrate processing apparatus, the heaters heat the gas to a temperature lower than a temperature at which exhaust gas is generated from the pipes to dry the substrate in the heated gas. |
| US08598022B2 |
Isotopically-enriched boron-containing compounds, and methods of making and using same
An isotopically-enriched, boron-containing compound comprising two or more boron atoms and at least one fluorine atom, wherein at least one of the boron atoms contains a desired isotope of boron in a concentration or ratio greater than a natural abundance concentration or ratio thereof. The compound may have a chemical formula of B2F4. Synthesis methods for such compounds, and ion implantation methods using such compounds, are described, as well as storage and dispensing vessels in which the isotopically-enriched, boron-containing compound is advantageously contained for subsequent dispensing use. |
| US08598021B2 |
Method for junction avoidance on edge of workpieces
A method of implanting ions into a workpiece without the formation of junctions, which impact the performance of the workpiece, is disclosed. To counteract the effect of dopant being implanted into the edge of the workpiece, components made of material having an opposite conductivity are placed near the workpiece. As ions from the beam strike these components, ions from the material are sputtered. These ions have the opposite conductivity as the implanted ions, and therefore inhibit the formation of junctions. |
| US08598020B2 |
Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition of crystalline germanium
In a method of depositing a crystalline germanium layer on a substrate, a substrate is placed in the process zone comprising a pair of process electrodes. In a deposition stage, a crystalline germanium layer is deposited on the substrate by introducing a deposition gas comprising a germanium-containing gas into the process zone, and forming a capacitively coupled plasma of the deposition gas by coupling energy to the process electrodes. In a subsequent treatment stage, the deposited crystalline germanium layer is treated by exposing the crystalline germanium layer to an energized treatment gas or by annealing the layer. |
| US08598018B2 |
Forming an electrode having reduced corrosion and water decomposition on surface using a custom oxide layer
The present invention provides a method of forming an electrode having reduced corrosion and water decomposition on a surface thereof. A conductive layer is deposited on a substrate. The conductive layer is partially oxidized by an oxygen plasma process to convert a portion thereof to an oxide layer thereby forming the electrode. The oxide layer is free of surface defects and the thickness of the oxide layer is from about 0.09 nm to about 10 nm and ranges therebetween, controllable with 0.2 nm precision. |
| US08598017B2 |
Fiber SOI substrate, semiconductor device using this, and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention provides a SOI substrate that can realize a composite device formed of a MOS integrated circuit and a passive device and can reduce a size and a manufacturing cost of a semiconductor device. There is provided a fiber SOI substrate 5 comprising a fiber 1 with a polygonal cross section, and a semiconductor thin film 3 crystallized after film formation on at least one surface of the fiber 1, and a plurality of grooves 8 that extend in a linear direction of the fiber 1 and are arranged at intervals in a width direction are formed on a surface of the fiber 1. |
| US08598016B2 |
In-situ deposited mask layer for device singulation by laser scribing and plasma etch
Methods of dicing substrates by both laser scribing and plasma etching. A method includes forming an in-situ mask with a plasma etch chamber by accumulating a thickness of plasma deposited polymer to protect IC bump surfaces from a subsequent plasma etch. Second mask materials, such as a water soluble mask material may be utilized along with the plasma deposited polymer. At least some portion of the mask is patterned with a femtosecond laser scribing process to provide a patterned mask with trenches. The patterning exposing regions of the substrate between the ICs in which the substrate is plasma etched to singulate the IC and the water soluble material layer washed off. |
| US08598012B2 |
Method for fabricating semiconductor device with buried gates
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes sequentially stacking a pad oxide layer and a hard mask layer over a substrate, forming a device isolation layer over the substrate, forming a capping layer pattern configured to open a first region of the substrate and cover a second region of the substrate, removing the hard mask layer, removing the capping layer pattern, and removing the pad oxide layer. |
| US08598011B2 |
Resistive memory device and method for fabricating the same
A resistive memory device includes a plurality of resistive units, each resistive unit including: a lower electrode formed over a substrate; a resistive layer formed over the lower electrode; and an upper electrode formed over the resistive layer, wherein edge parts of the lower and upper electrodes, which come in contact with the resistive layer, is formed with a rounding shape. |
| US08598010B2 |
Methods of forming variable-resistance memory devices and devices formed thereby
Methods of forming a variable-resistance memory device include patterning an interlayer dielectric layer to define an opening therein that exposes a bottom electrode of a variable-resistance memory cell, on a memory cell region of a substrate (e.g., semiconductor substrate). These methods further include depositing a layer of variable-resistance material (e.g., phase-changeable material) onto the exposed bottom electrode in the opening and onto a first portion of the interlayer dielectric layer extending opposite a peripheral circuit region of the substrate. The layer of variable-resistance material and the first portion of the interlayer dielectric layer are then selectively etched in sequence to define a recess in the interlayer dielectric layer. The layer of variable-resistance material and the interlayer dielectric layer are then planarized to define a variable-resistance pattern within the opening. |
| US08598002B2 |
Method for manufacturing metal gate stack structure in gate-first process
A method for manufacturing a metal gate stack structure in gate-first process comprises the following steps after making conventional LOCOS and STI isolations: growing an untra-thin interface layer of oxide or oxynitride on a semiconductor substrate by rapid thermal oxidation or chemical process; depositing a high dielectric constant (K) gate dielectric on the untra-thin interface oxide layer and then performing rapid thermal annealing; depositing a TiN metal gate; depositing a barrier layer of AlN or TaN; depositing a poly-silicon film and a hard mask, and performing photo-lithography and the etching of the hard mask; after photo-resist removing, etching the poly-silicon film/metal gate/high-K gate dielectric sequentially to form the metal gate stack structure. The manufacturing method of the present invention is suitable for integration of high-K dielectric/metal gate in nano-scale CMOS devices, and removes obstacles of implementing high-K/metal gate integration. |
| US08598000B2 |
Two step poly etch LDMOS gate formation
A method of making a transistor is disclosed. The method starts with applying a first photoresist and performing a first etching of the first side of a gate where the gate includes an oxide layer formed over a substrate and a conductive material formed over the oxide layer. The first etching is followed by implanting an impurity region into the substrate while using the first photoresist and the conductive material as a mask making the implantation of the impurity region self-aligned to the gate. The implantation is followed by applying a second photoresist and performing a second etching of the second side of the gate. |
| US08597997B2 |
Process for fabricating a charge storage layer of a memory cell
A process for fabricating a charge storage layer comprising metal particles of a memory cell, said layer consisting of an organic layer comprising, on the surface, said metal particles, said process comprising the following steps: (a) a step of grafting, onto a metallic, semiconductor or electrically insulating substrate, an organic layer comprising, on the surface, groups capable of complexing at least one metallic element in cationic form; (b) a step of bringing said layer into contact with a solution comprising said metallic element in cationic form, by means of which said metallic element is complexed by said abovementioned groups; and (c) a step of reducing said complexed metallic element to the metallic element in oxidation state 0, by means of which metal particles are obtained. |
| US08597993B2 |
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) device and method of fabricating
A structure and method of fabricating electrostatic discharge (EDS) circuitry in an integrated circuit chip by integrating a lateral bipolar, either a p-n-p with a NMOSFET or a n-p-n with a PMOSFET within a triple well. The lateral bipolar preferably includes diodes at the I/O and/or the VDDs of the circuitry. |
| US08597991B2 |
Embedded silicon germanium n-type filed effect transistor for reduced floating body effect
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a gate stack on an active region of a silicon-on-insulator substrate. The active region is within a semiconductor layer and is doped with an p-type dopant. A gate spacer is formed surrounding the gate stack. A first trench is formed in a region reserved for a source region and a second trench is formed in a region reserved for a drain region. The first and second trenches are formed while maintaining exposed the region reserved for the source region and the region reserved for the drain region. Silicon germanium is epitaxially grown within the first trench and the second trench while maintaining exposed the regions reserved for the source and drain regions, respectively. |
| US08597985B1 |
MEMS packaging with etching and thinning of lid wafer to form lids and expose device wafer bond pads
In wafer-level packaging of microelectromechanical (MEMS) devices a lid wafer is bonded to a MEMS wafer in a predetermined aligned relationship. Portions of the lid wafer are removed to separate the lid wafer into lid portions that respectively correspond in alignment with MEMS devices on the MEMS wafer, and to expose areas of the MEMS wafer that respectively contain sets of bond pads respectively coupled to the MEMS devices. |
| US08597982B2 |
Methods of fabricating electronics assemblies
In an embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided for fabricating an electronics assembly having a substrate and a plurality of circuit elements. The method includes forming a liquid barrier on the substrate, placing a first circuit element on one side of the liquid barrier, and placing a second circuit element on the opposite side of the liquid barrier. A liquid is applied to the first circuit element. The method further includes using the liquid barrier to prevent the liquid applied to the first circuit element from contaminating the second circuit element so that the spacing between the first and second circuit elements can be minimized. |
| US08597981B2 |
Microelectronic devices and methods for manufacturing microelectronic devices
Microelectronic devices and methods for manufacturing microelectronic devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a microelectronic device includes a microelectronic die, a plurality of electrical couplers projecting from the die, and a flowable material disposed on the die. The die includes an integrated circuit and a plurality of terminals operably coupled to the integrated circuit. The electrical couplers are attached to corresponding terminals on the die. The flowable material includes a plurality of spacer elements sized to space the die apart from another component. The flowable material may be a no-flow underfill, a flux compound, or other suitable material. |
| US08597979B1 |
Panel-level package fabrication of 3D active semiconductor and passive circuit components
Three dimensional Panel-Level Packaging (3D-PLP) fabrication techniques for mass-production of small, simple three dimensional electronic component packages or units such as a DC-DC Converters are described where each package or unit consists of at least an active semiconductor die and a passive, two-terminal electrical circuit element (capacitor inductor and/or resistor). |
| US08597978B2 |
Method for attaching wide bus memory and serial memory to a processor within a chip scale package footprint
A method for forming a semiconductor device includes physically attaching a first semiconductor die to front surface of a first substrate. The first die is electrically connected to routings on front surface of the first substrate. The routings are electrically connected with conductive pads on back surface of the first substrate. A second semiconductor die is physically attached to front surface of a second substrate. The die is electrically connected to routings on front surface of second substrate. These routings are electrically connected with conductive pads on front surface of the second substrate. A third semiconductor die is physically attached to the second die. The third die is electrically attached to the second die through a plurality of through substrate vias (TSVs) within the second die. The conductive pads on back surface of first substrate are electrically connected to the conductive pads on front surface of second substrate. |
| US08597977B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
In a thin film transistor which uses an oxide semiconductor, buffer layers containing indium, gallium, zinc, oxygen, and nitrogen are provided between the oxide semiconductor layer and the source and drain electrode layers. |
| US08597976B2 |
Multilevel-cell memory structures employing multi-memory layers with tungsten oxides and manufacturing method
The present invention provides multilevel-cell memory structures with multiple memory layer structures where each memory layer structure includes a tungsten oxide region that defines different read current levels for a plurality of logic states. Each memory layer structure can provide two bits of information, which constitutes four logic states, by the use of the tungsten oxide region that provides multilevel-cell function in which the four logic states equate to four different read current levels. A memory structure with two memory layer structures would provide four bits of storage sites and 16 logic states. In one embodiment, each of the first and second memory layer structures includes a tungsten oxide region extending into a principle surface of a tungsten plug member where the outer surface of the tungsten plug is surrounded by a barrier member. |
| US08597972B2 |
Back-illuminated type solid-state imaging device
A method for manufacturing a back-illuminated type solid-state imaging device by (a) providing a substrate having, on a front surface side thereof, a semiconductor film on a semiconductor substrate with an insulation film therebetween; (b) forming in the semiconductor substrate a charge accumulation portion of a photoelectric conversion element that constitutes a pixel; (c) forming in the semiconductor film at least some transistors that constitute the pixel; and (d) forming on a rear surface side of the semiconductor substrate a rear surface electrode to which a voltage can be applied. |
| US08597971B2 |
Method for producing photovoltaic device and photovoltaic device
A method for producing a photovoltaic device that includes spherical photovoltaic elements and a support with a large number of recesses for receiving the elements one by one and to the photovoltaic device. Each of the spherical photovoltaic elements includes a spherical first semiconductor and a second semiconductor layer covering the first semiconductor. A conductive adhesive is applied to the bottoms of the recesses of the support serving as a second conductor layer. The elements are disposed in the bottoms of the recesses with the conductive adhesive applied thereto, to fix the elements to the support and electrically connect their second semiconductor layers to the support. An electrical insulator layer, which has through-holes serving as conductive paths, is bonded to the backside of the support, and a first conductor layer, which interconnects the electrodes of the first semiconductors of the respective elements, is formed thereon. |
| US08597969B2 |
Manufacturing method for optical semiconductor device having metal body including at least one metal layer having triple structure with coarse portion sandwiched by tight portions of a same material as coarse portion
In an optical semiconductor device including a semiconductor laminated body including at least a light emitting layer, a first metal body including at least one first metal layer formed on the semiconductor laminated body, a support substrate, a second metal body including at least one second metal layer formed on the support substrate, and at least one adhesive layer formed in a surface side of at least one of the first and second metal bodies, the semiconductor laminated body is coupled to the support substrate by applying a pressure-welding bonding process upon the adhesive layer to form a eutectic alloy layer between the first and second metal bodies. At least one of the first and second metal layers has a triple structure formed by two tight portions and a coarse portion sandwiched by the tight portions. |
| US08597964B2 |
Manufacturing method of LED package structure
A method for manufacturing a plurality of holders each being for an LED package structure includes steps: providing a base, pluralities of through holes being defined in the base to divide the base into a plurality of basic units; etching the base to form a dam at an upper surface of each of the basic units of the base; forming a first electrical portion and a second electrical portion on each basic unit of the base, the first electrical portion and the second electrical portion being separated and insulated from each other by the dam; providing a plurality of reflective cups each on a corresponding basic unit of the base, each of the reflective cups surrounding the corresponding dam; and cutting the base into the plurality of basic units along the through holes to form the plurality of holders. |
| US08597963B2 |
Manufacture of light emitting devices with phosphor wavelength conversion
A method of manufacturing a light emitting device: an LED wafer having an array of LEDs formed on a surface thereof, the method comprises: a) fabricating a sheet of phosphor/polymer material comprising a light transmissive polymer material having at least one phosphor material distributed throughout its volume and in which the polymer material is transmissive to light generated by the LEDs and to light generated by the at least one phosphor material; b) selectively making apertures through the phosphor/polymer sheet at positions corresponding to electrode contact pads of the LEDs of the LED wafer; c) attaching the sheet of phosphor/polymer material to the surface of the LED wafer such that each aperture overlies a respective electrode contact pad; and d) dividing the wafer into individual light emitting devices. The method can further comprise, prior to dividing the LED wafer, cutting slots through the phosphor/polymer material that are configured to pass between individual LEDs. |
| US08597962B2 |
Vertical structure LED current spreading by implanted regions
An improved method of fabricating a vertical semiconductor LED is disclosed. Ions are implanted into the LED to create non-conductive regions, which facilitates current spreading in the device. In some embodiments, the non-conductive regions are located in the p-type layer. In other embodiments, the non-conductive layer may be in the multi-quantum well or n-type layer. |