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| US08692931B2 |
Camera module
A shutter section (84), mounted to a front surface (2202) of a front lens barrel (22), is included. The shutter section (84) has a shutter blade (not shown) that opens and closes an optical path of an image pickup optical system (28), an actuator (not shown) that drives the shutter blade, and a case (86) that accommodates the shutter blade and the actuator and that is provided with an opening (8610) for the optical path. The shutter section (84) is mounted to the front surface (2202) of the front lens barrel (22) by stopping a cover-side engagement stopping section (88) of the cover (26) and a case-side engagement stopping section (90) of the case (86) by engaging them with each other. By these structures, it is possible to provide a camera module that is advantageous in terms of reducing costs and size. |
| US08692929B2 |
Lens drive device, image-capturing device, and electronic apparatus with shape memory alloy actuator
An image-capturing device includes a detector which detects that a resistance value of an actuator, made of shape memory alloy, is maintained within a predetermined range. The image-capturing device moves a lens step by step from a place corresponding to a first field in order to obtain image data from each one of the fields provided in a focus region. The image-capturing device also calculates a target place, where the lens should be finally positioned, by using the obtained image data, and then positions the lens at the calculated target place. The foregoing structure allows obtaining reliable and stable data. |
| US08692925B2 |
Optical system drive device, image capture device provided with optical system drive device, and mobile device mounted with image capture device
An optical system drive device, an image capture device, and a mobile device of the invention includes: an optical system; a urging member; a shape-memory alloy actuator; a current applying section for supplying a current to the actuator; a measurement section for measuring a characteristic value of the actuator; a driving control section for controlling the supply current to the current applying section according to the characteristic value measured by the measurement section; and a signal output section for outputting prescribed signal to the driving control section when the characteristic value of the actuator measured by the measurement section reaches a value corresponding to a target position of the optical system while making the shape-memory alloy of the actuator change the length at least in an extending mode when moving the optical system to the target position. |
| US08692920B2 |
Solid-state imaging apparatus, A/D converter, and control method thereof
In an A/D converter, a first analog signal which is input to an input terminal in a state in which the input terminal and a reference voltage line are connected via a first capacitor is converted into digital data when a reference signal is supplied to the reference signal line in a state in which the reference signal line and a first input terminal of a comparator are connected via the first capacitor. A second analog signal which is input to the input terminal in a state in which the input terminal and the reference voltage line are connected via a second capacitor is converted into digital data when the reference signal is supplied to the reference signal line in a state in which the reference signal line and the first input terminal of the comparator are connected via the second capacitor. |
| US08692918B2 |
CMOS image sensor and driving method thereof
A CMOS image sensor is provided. The CMOS image sensor includes a photodiode receiving light and generating photocharges, a transfer transistor connected to the photodiode and transferring the photocharges, a floating diffusion accumulating the photocharges transferred from the transfer transistor, a reset transistor discharging the photocharges accumulated in the floating diffusion, and a merge gate transistor controlling capacitance of the floating diffusion. The CMOS image sensor may obtain a wide dynamic range signal without an increase in size of a pixel. |
| US08692912B2 |
Multi-spectral camera
This disclosure describes an apparatus and method of multi-spectral imaging to obtain and analyze information contained in the spectral distribution (reflection, absorption, or emission) of components within the image. The spectral information is captured in a series of images from differing spectral regions. This series of images are then combined into a composite image using re-colorization and image stabilization algorithms for display in real time. The process can be repeated continuously allowing spectral changes over time to be captured and analyzed. In the alternative one sequence of images can be captured for use as a still image. |
| US08692905B2 |
Communication device, communication system, image presentation method, and program
A communication device including an image capturing device having a RF-ID unit for performing proximity wireless communication with a RF-ID reader/writer connected via an infrared communication path to a TV. The image capturing device includes: an antenna for the proximity wireless communication; a data receiving unit receiving an input signal from the RF-ID reader/writer; a nonvolatile second memory storing at least UID and an execution program; and a data transmission unit transmitting the UID and the execution program to the RF-ID reader/writer via the antenna according to the input signal. The UID is used to identify the communication device, and the execution program is executed by the TV with reference to the UID. The transmitted UID and execution program are transferred to the TV via the RF-ID reader/writer. |
| US08692904B2 |
Image pickup apparatus having masking function
An image pickup apparatus includes adjustment processors 15, 16, and 18 that sets an evaluation area 106 in an image generated by taking the image and that perform a focusing process or a color adjustment process based on evaluation information obtained from an image signal of the evaluation area, and a masking processor 17 that sets a mask area 302 in the image and perform a masking process for the mask area. The adjustment processors change at least one of a position and a size of the evaluation area so that a range in which the evaluation area is not overlapped with the mask area increases when at least a part of the evaluation area is overlapped with the mask area. |
| US08692901B2 |
Method, apparatus, and program for processing an image
The present invention relates to a method, apparatus and program for processing an image, capable of producing a sharp image. A digital camera 1 includes an imaging device 4 formed of a single-plane sensor that provides one color signal for each pixel. A plurality of images are captured at a high shutter speed by the imaging device 4 and stored in a frame memory 22 of a signal processor 7. The signal processor 7 detects a positional relationship among the plurality of images stored in the frame memory 22 and estimates a correct image with three color signals at each pixel, based on the detected positional relationship. The present invention is applicable, for example, to a digital camera. |
| US08692897B2 |
Method of generating moving picture information
A moving picture file is generated from moving picture data received from a camera. Control sequence information from the camera corresponding to the generated moving picture file, and information relating to an address of the camera, are incorporated into the moving picture file. The moving picture file is generated by dividing the received moving picture data, based on camera control information. |
| US08692895B2 |
Image apparatus and electronic device
An imaging apparatus includes a barrel unit having a photographic lens, an image pickup device configured to receive light through the photographic lens to capture a subject image, a movable unit configured to movably support the image pickup device in a direction perpendicular to a light-receiving axis of the subject image, a processing unit configured to process signals from the image pickup device, a flexible board configured to connect the image pickup device to the processing unit, and a positioning unit configured to position the flexible board. |
| US08692891B2 |
System and method of implementing a TV band device with enhanced spectrum sensing
A TV band device for indoor applications uses information gleaned from a database inquiry based on geo-location information in combination with spectrum sensing to determine if TV channels are available for unlicensed use. |
| US08692890B2 |
Testing apparatus and method using same
A testing apparatus for testing delay characteristics of a multimedia player in an enclosed environment includes a storage device, a controller, a recording device, and a processor. The controller controls the multimedia player to display a video having a number of different scenes with different brightness and sends a switching instruction to switch the scenes. The recording device records a number of ambient light intensities in a darkroom at predetermined time intervals. A testing system executed by the processor compares two adjacent ambient light intensities to determine the actual switching time between the scenes and evaluates the delay characteristic according to differences between the actual switching times and a transmitting time of the instructions to switch. |
| US08692888B2 |
Image pickup apparatus
An image pickup apparatus includes a first detection unit configured to detect movement information of an object which is a tracking target from a movie generated at an image pickup element; a second detection unit configured to detect movement information of an apparatus main body; and a determination unit configured to determine that tracking cannot be continued when the difference between a motion vector of the apparatus main body and a motion vector of the object is larger than a certain threshold. |
| US08692885B2 |
Method and apparatus for capture and distribution of broadband data
A system and method for preparing for distribution to, distributing to and/or use by one or more devices broadband data associated with intelligence information garnered from an aerial vehicle (“AV”): The method may include obtaining from sensors coupled to the AV video depicting an area of surveillance, obtaining metadata associated with the video, aligning, temporally, the video and metadata, using reference information to align, spatially, the video and metadata, forming for distribution to the at least one device enhanced metadata as a function of the video, metadata and reference information, wherein the enhanced metadata is operable to enable displaying at the devices at least a portion of the video, whereby after receiving a distribution of the enhanced metadata, the devices are operable to display such portion of the video. |
| US08692873B2 |
Video-frame data receiver with low frame capture rate
The present disclosure relates generally to a video frame data receiver that is capable of image acquisition at low frame rates. Such video frame data receivers may be used to capture images from diagnostic tests or assays in which lower frame capture rates are sufficient including, for example, lateral flow test strips. |
| US08692871B2 |
Autostereoscopic display apparatus
An autostereoscopic display apparatus includes a spatial light modulator in which alignment features such as bump features provide radially symmetric alignment of the molecules of the liquid crystal. A parallax element is arranged over the spatial light modulator to direct light from the pixels into different viewing windows. The apertures of the pixels are shaped such that, for each individual row of pixels, a notional line parallel to the geometric axes of the parallax elements has a total length of intersection with the pixels of the row, weighted for the intensity of light modulated by the alignment features, which is the same for all positions of the notional line. This improves angular intensity uniformity. The pixels may each include plural apertures, wherein the alignment features of the apertures of each individual pixel are offset from one another in a direction perpendicular to said geometric axes. This improves angular contrast uniformity. |
| US08692869B2 |
Image processing device, image processing method, machine readable recording medium, endoscope system
An image processing device for processing image information including light reception value information obtained by imaging an inside of a living body includes: a distance information obtainment unit that obtains, at a bright region in the image information, information on a distance to a surface of the living body on the basis of the light reception value information on light in a first wavelength range, and obtains, at a dark region in the image information, information on a distance to the surface of the living body on the basis of the light reception value information on light in a second wavelength range which is a longer wavelength range than the first wavelength range. |
| US08692863B2 |
System and method for setting resolution utilized for video conferencing through a streaming device
A system and method for adjusting resolution for a video conference through a streaming device. An invitation to accept a video conference is accepted through a streaming device. A determination is made whether available bandwidth supports a line resolution. The line resolution is adjusted in response to determining the available bandwidth does not support the line resolution. The video conference is implemented utilizing the adjusted line resolution. |
| US08692856B2 |
Print apparatus adapted to move in a predetermined direction and a reverse direction of the predetermined direction
A print apparatus is supplied capable of preventing print density unevenness. In the print apparatus that prints by moving a print head with respect to an ink ribbon that is rotated and transported in a predetermined direction, a controller analyzes print data, and performs one direction print by moving the print head in a reverse direction opposite to the predetermined direction on the basis of the analysis result. |
| US08692849B2 |
Method and apparatus for layer-based panorama adjustment and editing
Method and apparatus for layer-based panoramic image blending, adjustment and editing. A panoramic image mechanism may provide the automated generation of a panoramic image from a set of input images. The panoramic image may be generated, organized and persisted as a set or stack of component layers, which enables manual modification of the component layers to optimize the panoramic image. The panoramic image mechanism may include scripts and associated user interface mechanisms that automate the generation of a panoramic image and that may provide users access to the adjustment and edit mechanisms, and that thus enable users to retouch the automatically-generated panoramic images. |
| US08692848B2 |
Method and system for tile mode renderer with coordinate shader
A method and system are provided in which one or more processors and/or circuits are operable to generate position information for a plurality of primitives utilizing a coordinate shader, one or more lists based on the generated position information, and rendering information for the plurality of primitives utilizing a vertex shader and the generated one or more lists. The generated one or more lists may comprise indices associated with one or more primitives from the plurality of primitives and with one or more tiles from a plurality of tiles in a screen plane. The position information and the one or more lists may be generated during a first rendering phase, and the rendering information may be generated during a second rendering phase different from the first rendering phase. The coordinate shader may perform a subset of the operations supported by the vertex shader. |
| US08692844B1 |
Method and system for efficient antialiased rendering
A method and system are disclosed for antialiased rendering a plurality of pixels in a computer system. The method and system comprise providing a fixed storage area and providing a plurality of sequential format levels for the plurality of pixels within the fixed storage area. The plurality of format levels represent pixels with varying degrees of complexity in subpixel geometry visible within the pixel. A system and method in accordance with the present invention provides at least the following format levels: one-fragment format, used when one surface fully covers a pixel; two-fragment format, used when two surfaces together cover a pixel; and multisample format, used when three or more surfaces cover a pixel. The method and system further comprise storing the plurality of pixels at a lowest appropriate format level within the fixed storage area, so that a minimum amount of data is transferred to and from the fixed storage area. The method and system further comprise procedures for converting pixels from one format level to take into account newly rendered pixel fragments. All formats represent depth values in a consistent manner so that fragments rendered during later rendering passes match depth values resulting from rendering the same primitive in earlier passes. Thus, the invention enables high-quality antialiasing with minimal data transferred to and from the fixed storage area, while supporting multi-pass rendering. |
| US08692843B2 |
Method for graphical display and manipulation of program parameters on a clinical programmer for implanted devices and clinical programmer apparatus
Accepts inputs via an input device and displays resulting power consumption for example in a color-coded format that enables a doctor or other programmer to observe how changes in one programming parameter affects power consumption. This enables the apparatus to accept input values and display the resulting power consumption that would occur if the input values were programmed into an implantable device in an intuitive graphical manner. In one or more embodiments programming parameters associated with power consumption may be set for electrical stimulation pulses, namely the voltage amplitude, the frequency of pulses per unit time and the pulse width of the pulses in units of time. |
| US08692836B2 |
Computer system and processing method utilizing graphics processing unit with ECC and non-ECC memory switching capability
Computer systems and methods that utilize a GPU whose operation is able to switch between ECC and non-ECC memory operations on demand. The computer system includes a graphics processing unit and a memory controller and local memory that are functionally integrated with the graphics processing unit. The memory controller has at least two operating modes comprising a first memory access mode that uses error checking and correction when accessing the local memory, and a second memory access mode that does not use error checking and correction when accessing the local memory. The memory controller is further operable to switch the operation of the memory controller between the first and second memory access modes without rebooting the computer system. |
| US08692834B2 |
Graphics processor with non-blocking concurrent architecture
In some aspects, systems and methods provide for forming groupings of a plurality of independently-specified computation workloads, such as graphics processing workloads, and in a specific example, ray tracing workloads. The workloads include a scheduling key, which is one basis on which the groupings can be formed. Workloads grouped together can all execute from the same source of instructions, one or more different private data elements. Such workloads can recursively instantiate other workloads that reference the same private data elements. In some examples, the scheduling key can be used to identify a data element to be used by all the workloads of a grouping. Memory conflicts to private data elements are handled through scheduling of non-conflicted workloads or specific instructions an deferring conflicted workloads instead of locking memory locations. |
| US08692829B2 |
Calculation of plane equations after determination of Z-buffer visibility
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for computing plane equations for primitive shading after non-visible pixels are removed by z culling operations and pixel coverage has been determined. The z plane equations are computed before the plane equations for non-z primitive attributes are computed. The z plane equations are then used to perform screen-space z culling of primitives during and following rasterization. Culling of primitives is also performed based on pixel sample coverage. Consequently, primitives that have visible pixels after z culling operations reach the primitive shading unit. The non-z plane equations are only computed for geometry that is visible after the z culling operations. The primitive shading unit does not need to fetch vertex attributes from memory and does not need to compute non-z plane equations for the culled primitives. |
| US08692827B1 |
Carving buildings from a three-dimensional model, and applications thereof
Embodiments relate to carving three dimensional models of buildings out of larger models of city blocks to make way for more detailed models. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a computer-implemented method for carving a building from a first three-dimensional model is described. The first three-dimensional model may represent a city block. The three-dimensional model may include a plurality of polygons which represent one or more buildings in a three-dimensional environment. One or more polygons are identified as a portion of a roof, and roof portions that are not discontinuous are combined in roof meshes. Based on a roof mesh, a three-dimensional volume portion of a three-dimensional model is determined, which may represent a first building. The first building representation may then be carved from the three-dimensional model. |
| US08692825B2 |
Parallelized streaming accelerated data structure generation
A method includes receiving at a master processing element primitive data that includes properties of a primitive. The method includes partially traversing a spatial data structure that represents a three-dimensional image to identify an internal node of the spatial data structure. The internal node represents a portion of the three-dimensional image. The method also includes selecting a slave processing element from a plurality of slave processing elements. The selected processing element is associated with the internal node. The method further includes sending the primitive data to the selected slave processing element to traverse a portion of the spatial data structure to identify a leaf node of the spatial data structure. |
| US08692820B2 |
Organic light emitting display and method for driving the same
An organic light emitting display includes scan lines, row common electrodes and rows of pixels. The scan lines sequentially transmit scan signals. The row common electrodes disposed in parallel with the scan lines and sequentially transmit common voltage signals corresponding to the scan signals. The rows of the pixels are electrically coupled to the scan lines and the row common electrodes and sequentially receive the scan signals and the common voltage signals. A method for driving the organic light emitting display is also disclosed herein. |
| US08692818B2 |
Driving device for display and display using the same and driving method of the display
A driving device for a display and a display using same, and a driving method of the display are provided. The display includes a display panel on which an image is displayed, and at least one optical sensor (photodetector) to detect the intensity of ambient (external) light incident upon the display panel. An external-brightness detector outputs an external-brightness signal based on the intensity of external (ambient) light and a backlight brightness controller changes the brightness of the image displayed (or backlight) on the display panel according to the external-brightness signal. The driving device may be implemented on an integrated circuit adapted to be connected to external-light photodetectors of type 1 or of type 2. The driving device may be may be dynamically configured to generate the external-brightness signal by sensing a voltage level of the light detecting node in a first mode of operation and may be reconfigured to generate the external-brightness signal by sensing a current level of the light detecting node in a second mode. |
| US08692815B2 |
Touch-based user interface user selection accuracy enhancement
A user interface for an audio/visual device takes measurements of a touch sensor that are indicative of the current position of a tip of a finger of a user against a touch-sensitive surface of the touch sensor on a recurring basis, maintains a predetermined quantity of those measurements in a storage accessible to a processing device implementing at least a portion of the user interface, and employs measurements taken of the touch sensor at a predetermined amount of time into the past in response to an indication of the user having exerted increased pressure against the touch-sensitive surface via the tip to determine the position of that tip at a time relatively shortly before the user began to exert the increase in pressure. |
| US08692812B2 |
Layered border for touch sensor device
Multi-layered paint on a border of a surface acoustic wave touch device may reduce attenuation. The touch substrate has a front surface and a back surface where the front surface has a touch region. Multi-layered paint is formed on the back surface to form a border along the touch substrate. The multi-layered paint includes a minor layer and a color layer. The surface acoustic waves propagate over at least a portion of the border region such that the surface acoustic waves propagate on the multi-layered paint without excessive wave attenuation. |
| US08692811B2 |
Display device having vibration function and vibration type touch-sensing panel
A vibration type touch-sensing panel includes a substrate, a plurality of vibration units, and a control module, wherein the vibration units are disposed on the substrate to form a matrix. Each one of the vibration units includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and an electret layer, wherein the first electrode layer is disposed on the substrate. The electret layer is disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer and located on one of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The control module provides a driving voltage between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer so that the electret layer and one of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer generate a relative vibration. |
| US08692809B2 |
Auto-gain switching module for acoustic touch systems
An apparatus for processing signals received from an acoustic touch surface comprises an analog input receiving an analog input signal having a signal level. The analog input signal comprises data indicative of a touch location on a touch surface. A plurality of gain elements receive the analog input signal and output gain-adjusted analog signals. A gain selection module selects one of the gain-adjusted analog signals based on the signal level of the analog input signal. |
| US08692806B2 |
On a substrate formed or resting display arrangement
A touch screen including a display unit on which a plurality of icons are displayed, a touch detector operable to detect contact between a pointer and the display unit at a plurality of locations on the display unit, the plurality of locations forming a pattern that substantially surrounds more than one displayed icon, and a calculating unit to disambiguate an intended one of the plurality of icons, based on the pattern of locations that is detected by the touch detector, by determining which of the displayed icons are substantially completely surrounded, and by selecting an appropriate one of the substantially completely surrounded displayed icons. |
| US08692799B1 |
Single layer multi-touch capacitive sensor
Embodiments described herein provide capacitive sensing devices and methods. A substrate having a plurality of pairs of conductive traces formed thereon is provided. The pairs of conductive traces include first and second conductive traces having first and second opposing ends. A capacitance variation of a plurality of the first conductive traces and a plurality of the second conductive traces is measured. The capacitance variation of at least some of the second conductive traces is measured before the capacitance variation for all of the plurality of first conductive traces is measured. A position coordinate in a two-dimensional coordinate system on the capacitive sensing device is determined based on the measuring a capacitance variation of a plurality of the first conductive traces and a plurality of the second conductive traces. |
| US08692798B1 |
Light activated input panel
Generally, a layer of light-induced shape-memory polymer (LISMP) is incorporated into touch input device in such way that its localized volume change caused by light activation of incidence light beam becomes detectable by sensing means of the touch input device. In accordance with the invention, one embodiment for the light activated input panel comprises two electrode layers respectively laid on two plates and separated by a predetermined gap and a layer of LISMP in between the two electrode layers. The layer of LISMP transforms illumination of incidence light beam into localized capacitance variation through localized volume change of LISMP activated by the illumination, which, in turn, is detected as a valid input by capacitive sensing means formed by the two electrode layers. Later, the localized volume change is restored through side light exposure by a side light source next to side of the layer of LISMP. |
| US08692796B2 |
Touch screen and addressing method thereof
The disclosed technology provides a touch screen, comprising a touch screen body, comprising a plurality of first channels extending in first direction and a plurality of second channels extending in second direction; and an interface device provided with a plurality of I/O ports, wherein at least two first channels of the touch screen body spaced apart with first predetermined distance are connected electrically to a parallel connection node so as to form a first channel group, and the parallel connection node is connected electrically to one I/O port, and wherein the first predetermined distance is a predetermined length of a touching region in the first direction. An addressing method for the touch screen is also provided. |
| US08692795B1 |
Contact identification and tracking on a capacitance sensing array
A technique for providing reliable position calculations for conductive inputs at the edges of a touch-sensitive array is disclosed. A matrix of sensors is completed using virtual sensors or nodes, allowing for a closer approximation of position of a conductive object. The matrix may be defined by a center point or sensor and a number of surrounding nodes or sensors. |
| US08692794B2 |
Input device transmitter path error diagnosis
A processing system configured for capacitive sensing comprises transmitter circuitry, a first internal diagnostic mechanism, and a determination module. The transmitter circuitry is configured to transmit during a first time period with a first transmitter path of a plurality of transmitter paths in an input device. Each transmitter path of the plurality of transmitter paths is configured for capacitive sensing. The first internal diagnostic mechanism comprises a selectable leakage path. The selectable leakage path is configured to be coupled with the transmitter circuitry. The determination module is configured to determine if a discontinuity exists within the first transmitter path based on a discharge rate for the first transmitter path. The discharge rate is acquired during a second time period via the selectable leakage path of the first internal diagnostic mechanism, wherein the second time period occurs after the first time period. |
| US08692790B2 |
Capacitive touch sensitive housing and method for making the same
A capacitive touch sensitive housing comprises: a housing wall; an array of capacitive touch sensor pads formed on the housing wall; a plurality of conductive bonding pads formed on the housing wall; and a plurality of conductive lines formed on the housing wall. Each conductive line extends from a respective one of the touch sensor pads to a respective one of the bonding pads and cooperates with the respective one of the capacitive touch sensor pads and the respective one of the bonding pads to define a touch sensor unit having a layered structure including an active metal layer and an electroless deposited metal layer. The active metal layer contains an active metal capable of initiating electroless deposition. |
| US08692785B2 |
Method and system for detecting one or more objects
A method for detecting one or more objects is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of: receiving one or more induction signals caused by at least one object along one or more directions; comparing each received induction signal with a reference to detect at least one upward trend and/or at least one downward trend in the induction signal; and determining the number of objects based on the number of upward trend and/or downward trend in each received induction signal. A device for detecting one or more objects on a touch device is also disclosed. |
| US08692783B2 |
Touchscreen overlay
An overlay for electronic devices having a touchscreen display includes a plurality of raised regions which, when the overlay is assembled to the touchscreen display, are at predetermined positions relative to the plurality of virtual keys on the touchscreen display. Alternatively, the overlay may include a plurality of recesses which, when the overlay is in assembled position on the touchscreen display, are in registry with the plurality of virtual keys on the touchscreen display. |
| US08692782B2 |
Touch display apparatus and electronic reading apparatus with touch input function
The present invention relates to a touch display apparatus, which is including a display unit and a touch unit installed under the display unit. The display unit includes a first substrate and a second substrate installed in parallel. The touch unit includes a third substrate installed under the second substrate in parallel, and a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes separately installed on the lower surface of the second substrate and on the upper surface of the third substrate and facing each other. When a user touches the display unit of the electronic reading apparatus, the display unit will have a local deformation accordingly, the first electrode and the second electrode touch each other, and thus a touch signal is generated. Therefore, a touch function can be achieved. |
| US08692780B2 |
Device, method, and graphical user interface for manipulating information items in folders
A method includes: displaying a group of selectable objects in a first region of a display, each selectable object corresponding to a respective information item; detecting selection of a plurality of selectable objects in the group of selectable objects; in response to detecting selection of the plurality of selectable objects, displaying a pile of two or more information items corresponding to the plurality of selectable objects at a first location in a second region of the display, each information item having a partially overlapping position with a neighboring information item in the pile; detecting a gesture on the pile on the display; in response to detecting the gesture on the pile, moving the pile away from the first location in the second region; detecting lift-off of the gesture from the pile; and in response to detecting the lift-off, moving the pile back to the first location in the second region. |
| US08692778B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling display area of touch screen device
A method of controlling a display area of a touch screen device includes detecting a touch on the display area of the touch screen device; determining whether the detected touch is being used to hold the touch screen device or to activate a function of the touch screen device; and selectively changing the display area of the touch screen device based on a result of the determination. |
| US08692772B2 |
Communication zone on a keyboard
A control device is provided that is configured to provide control commands to a computing device, and the computing device is configured to wirelessly communicate information with a mobile device. The control device including a communication zone that includes at least one button configured to be pressed once by a user to effect wireless-data transfer between the computing device and the mobile device. |
| US08692768B2 |
Interactive input system
A method for resolving ambiguities between at least two pointers in a plurality of input regions defining an input area of an interactive input system. The method includes capturing images of the plurality of input regions, the images captured by a plurality of imaging devices having a field of view of at least a portion of the input area, processing image data from the images to identify a plurality of targets for the at least two pointers within the input area, and analyzing the plurality of targets to resolve a real location associated with each pointer. |
| US08692766B2 |
Systems and methods for inputting data using multi-character keys
Systems and methods are provided for inputting data to a mobile device using multi-character keys. A first input may be generated by pressing a multi-character key on the mobile device. In response to the first input, the mobile device may sequentially display a plurality of characters associated with the pressed multi-character key. When a desired character is displayed, a second input may be generated to select the currently displayed character as character data input. |
| US08692761B2 |
Apparatus and method for modeling the light field of a local-dimming LED backlight for an LCD display
An apparatus for displaying images. The apparatus comprises: an LCD panel comprising a plurality of pixels for displaying the images; and a backlight comprising a plurality of light sources. Each of the plurality of light sources is associated with one of a plurality of zones and each of the plurality of zones comprises a plurality of grid points. A controller coupled to the LCD panel and the backlight is configured to retrieve contour data associated with each of the plurality of light sources. The contour data is associated with a 3-D contour shape comprising a plurality of facets, each facet associated with at least one of the plurality of grids. The controller is configured to determine a brightness level of at least one pixel in a first grid based on a slope value associated with a first facet associated with the first grid. |
| US08692759B2 |
Method for driving a light source and light source apparatus for performing the method
A light source apparatus includes light-emitting blocks, a local dimming control part and a light source driving part driving. The light-emitting blocks include a first-color light source which emits first-color light and a second-color light source which emits second-color light. The second-color light source includes a third-color chip and a fourth-color phosphor disposed on the third-color chip, and is disposed as one package to emit the second-color light therefrom. The local dimming control part compensates a driving current of the first-color light source and a driving current of the second-color light source of each of the light-emitting blocks. The light source driving part drives the first-color light source and the second-color light sources based on the driving current of the first-color light source and the a driving current of the second-color light source, respectively, each compensated by the local dimming control part. |
| US08692753B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and driving method of the same
To provide a liquid crystal display device capable of improving a moving picture characteristic at a low cost by achieving high luminance of the liquid crystal display device which performs quasi-impulse drive. In the liquid crystal display device of the present invention, a first switching device constituting each pixel has a control terminal connected to a gate line, another control terminal connected to another gate line, and becomes electrically conductive when one of the control terminals is low level while the other is high level. A second switching device has a control terminal connected to the gate line and a control terminal connected to the other gate line. A pixel capacitance and a storage capacitance are connected to data lines via the first switching device, and connected to a black signal supplying wiring via the second switching device. The black signal supplying wiring is common to all the pixels. |
| US08692752B2 |
Vertical alignment liquid crystal display device and method for driving same
A vertical alignment liquid crystal display device (VA-LCD) includes a display panel. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel unit includes a first thin film transistor (TFT), a second TFT, and a liquid crystal capacitor having a pixel electrode and a common electrode. The common electrode is applied with a common voltage, a first gray voltage is applied to the pixel electrode through a first TFT, and a second gray voltage is applied to the pixel electrode through a second TFT different from the first gray voltage, such that the liquid crystal capacitor maintains two different gray voltages in a display frame time of the VA-LCD. |
| US08692751B2 |
Gate-on voltage generator, driving device and display apparatus comprising the same
A gate-on voltage generator that can enhance display quality at low temperatures, a driving device, and a display apparatus having the same, in which the gate-on voltage generator includes a temperature sensor having an operational amplifier configured to receive a driving voltage and produce a temperature-dependent variable voltage, the level of which varies according to the ambient temperature, and a charge pumping unit shifting the temperature-dependent variable voltage by the voltage level of a pulse signal and generating a gate-on voltage. |
| US08692750B2 |
Liquid crystal display device having GOLDD type TFT and LDD type TFT and method of making same
A liquid crystal display device includes a display region having unit pixels arranged thereon in a matrix, and a driving circuit unit having at least a LDD (Lightly Doped Drain) type TFT and a GOLDD (Gate overlapped Lightly Doped Drain) type TFT. |
| US08692744B2 |
Display device and electronic equipment
A display device is disclosed. The display device includes: a pixel array unit and a driving unit which drives the pixel array unit. The pixel array unit includes rows of first scanning lines and second scanning lines, columns of signals, pixels in a matrix state arranged at portions where the scanning lines and the signal lines cross each other and power supply lines and ground lines supplying power to respective pixels. The driving unit includes a first scanner performing line-sequential scanning to pixels by each row by supplying a first control signal to each first scanning line sequentially, a second scanner supplying a second control signal to each second scanning line sequentially so as to correspond to the line-sequential scanning and a signal selector supplying a video signal to rows of signal lines so as to correspond to the line-sequential scanning. |
| US08692743B2 |
Pixel driving circuit of an organic light emitting diode
A pixel driving circuit of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) includes a first switch, a first capacitor, a transistor, a second switch, a second capacitor, and an OLED. The operation of the pixel driving circuit includes four stages of reset, threshold voltage compensation, data writing, and emitting. The pixel driving circuit compensates the threshold voltage of the transistor, so the driving current of the OLED is only related to the data voltage and the reference voltage. |
| US08692742B2 |
Pixel driving circuit with multiple current paths in a light emitting display panel
A display panel has a plurality of OLED pixels arranged in rows and columns. The pixel driving circuit has two or more current paths through a plurality of switching elements for providing the necessary current to the OLEDs in a pixel. The control end of each switching element is connected to the control end of the other switching elements, but each switching element has a separate power source which can be separately adjustable. In some embodiments, in a pixel or sub-pixel, one switching element is located at one end and one switching element is located at the other end of a pixel length, and each pixel is adjacent to a first power source line and a second power source line along the pixel length for separately providing the electrical power to two switching elements. |
| US08692740B2 |
Display device and driving method thereof
In an EL display device which performs area grayscale display, image quality is improved and stabilized. A plurality of subpixels each having light emitting elements which emit light of approximately the same color and a plurality of monitor pixels each having the same number of subpixels as the pixel are provided. The light emitting element in the monitor pixel is manufactured at the same time as the light emitting element in the pixel, and the electrode of the light emitting element in the monitor pixel is connected to a different constant current source in each subpixel. A circuit for changing a potential of the electrode of the light emitting element in the pixel for each subpixel in accordance with a potential change of the electrode of the light emitting element of the monitor pixel, thereby the aforementioned purposes are achieved. |
| US08692723B2 |
Antenna structure
An antenna structure includes a circuit board and at least one antenna circuit. The circuit board includes a ground area and an antenna area. The antenna area is substantially rectangular-shaped and arranged between the ground area and the periphery of the circuit board. The antenna circuit is formed within the antenna area and includes a feeding segment, a border segment and at least one ground segment. The feeding segment is connected to the border segment and the distance from the border segment to the periphery of the circuit board ranges from 0 to 3 millimeters; a substantially 90° bent-structure is formed within the border segment. One end portion of the ground segment is connected to the ground area. Thus an antenna structure which enables the antenna circuit to be formed within the remaining space on the periphery of the circuit board is provided. |
| US08692720B2 |
Antenna structure
An antenna structure, used for being fed with a signal, includes a grounding portion, a radiation portion, and a frequency adjusting portion. The radiation portion has a loop segment, a high frequency segment, and a low frequency segment. The loop segment has a feeding sub-segment adjacent to the grounding portion and used for being fed with the signal. The high and low frequency segments are extended from opposite ends of the loop segment away from each other. The frequency adjusting portion is connected to the loop segment and the grounding portion. A high frequency dual-path is formed from a feeding point of the feeding sub-segment and extends along the loop segment in two different directions to the high frequency segment. A low frequency dual-path is formed from the feeding point and extends along the loop segment in two different directions to the low frequency segment. |
| US08692719B2 |
Multiband antenna and electronic device
A multiband antenna includes a conductive antenna element portion and a conductive ground element portion which are provided on an insulating film. The antenna element portion includes a first antenna element having a length corresponding to a first resonance frequency, and a second antenna element having a length corresponding to a second resonance frequency. The ground element portion includes a first side having a length to resonate at the first resonance frequency, and a second side having a length to resonate at the second resonance frequency. |
| US08692718B2 |
Antenna and wireless IC device
An antenna and a wireless IC device that includes the antenna are provided for which the manufacturing process is simple and for which there is a low probability of a poor connection occurring between a feeder portion and a radiation electrode. An antenna includes a radiation electrode that is provided on a main surface of an insulator board, a ground electrode and/or a counter electrode that is arranged so as to oppose the radiation electrode, and a magnetic field electrode that is connected to the radiation electrode through a connection portion. The magnetic field electrode is defined by line-shaped electrodes and feeds a signal to the radiation electrode from a feeder portion defined by ends of the line-shaped electrodes through the magnetic field electrode. |
| US08692715B2 |
Method and arrangement of determining timing uncertainty
A network node such as a positioning node, and a related method of determining an uncertainty of a timing measurement used for positioning of a wireless device are disclosed. The method includes estimating a timing measurement uncertainty, and determining if an uncertainty reducing measurement is available. If an uncertainty reducing measurement is available, the method also comprises determining a timing measurement uncertainty based on the estimated timing measurement uncertainty and the uncertainty reducing measurement. |
| US08692714B2 |
GNSS receiver
To realize a GNSS receiver that can perform further optimal correlation processing on a positioning signal phase-modulated by a CBOC signal. A correlation processing module 32 performs correlation processing between a baseband signal and a BOC(1, 1) replica code to output a BOC(1, 1) correlation data, and also performs correlation processing between the baseband signal and a BOC(6, 1) replica code to output a BOC(6, 1) correlation data. A synthesis module 33 uses a BOC(1, 1) synthesizing ratio coefficient G11 and a BOC(6, 1) synthesizing ratio coefficient G61 to synthesize the BOC(1, 1) correlation data with the BOC(6, 1) correlation data, and outputs the synthesized correlation data to a calculation module 30. The calculation module 30 detects a reception environment based on the synthesized correlation data, sets a BOC(1, 1) synthesizing ratio coefficient and a BOC(6, 1) synthesizing ratio coefficient based on the reception environment, and supplies them to the synthesis module 33. |
| US08692708B2 |
Radiometric imaging device and corresponding method
Radiometric imaging for scanning a scene includes a radiometer for detecting radiation emitted in a predetermined spectral range from a spot of the scene and for generating a radiation signal from the detected radiation. Spot movement circuitry effects a movement of the spot, from which the radiation is detected, to various positions. Control circuitry controls the spot movement circuit to effect the movement of the spot from one position to another position so that radiation is detected at a number of spots distributed over the scene. The number is lower than the number of pattern signals of the high-density signal pattern and the radiation signals generated from the radiation detected at the number of spots form a low-density signal pattern. Processing circuitry processes the radiation signals of the low-density signal pattern and generates the high-density signal pattern by applying compressive sensing to the low-density signal pattern. |
| US08692705B2 |
Apparatus and method for generating low latency position information from position signals transmitted in a narrow bandwidth channel of a radio frequency
Present novel and non-trivial apparatus and method for generating low latency position information from position signals transmitted in a narrow bandwidth channel of a radio frequency are disclosed. An aircraft (i.e., ownship) and each target (e.g., aircraft) of a time-division multiple access (“TDMA”) network receives its respective position derived from its individual source such as a satellite navigation system. A processing module of a communication device installed in ownship and each target generate position signals, and during the allocated time slots of an interface protocol, exchange position information with the others in the network over a narrow bandwidth channel (e.g., bandwidths of 25 KHz or less) of a radio frequency in the VHF range or lower UHF range. The interface protocol may also be comprised of a voice contention time slot for the transmission of messages and an order wire for the administration of the network. |
| US08692702B2 |
Analog-digital converter and power saving method thereof
Disclosed is an analog-digital converter which includes a pre-amplifier configured to output a comparison result between a sampled analog input signal and a reference signal and to control a power supply operation in response to a power control signal; a digital signal processor configured to generate a digital signal based on the comparison result; a power controller configured to generate an amplifier operation clock signal for controlling the pre-amplifier; and a counter configured to count the number of falling edges of the amplifier operation clock signal and to detect a power interruption point of time of the pre-amplifier according to the counted falling edge number. The power controller generates the power control signal for interrupting a power to be supplied to the pre-amplifier when the power interruption point of time of the pre-amplifier is detected. |
| US08692701B2 |
Pipelined A/D converter circuit provided with A/D converter circuit parts of stages each including precharge circuit
A pipelined A/D converter circuit includes a sample hold circuit configured to sample and hold an analog input signal, and output a sample hold signal, and an A/D converter circuit including A/D converter circuit parts connected to each other in cascade, and performs A/D conversion in a pipelined form. The pipelined A/D converter circuit part of each stage includes a sub-A/D converter circuit, a multiplier D/A converter circuit, and a precharge circuit. The sub-A/D converter circuit includes comparators, and A/D convert the input signal into a digital signal of predetermined bits, a multiplier D/A converter circuit for D/A converting the digital signal from the sub-A/D converter circuit into an analog control signal generated with a reference voltage served as a reference value, sample, hold and amplify the input signal by sampling capacitors based on the analog control signal. |
| US08692700B2 |
Sigma-delta digital-to-analog converter
A sigma-delta digital-to-analog converter (SD DAC) exhibits undesirable distortion when implemented in an integrated circuit due to the non-linearity of polysilicon resistors used in the filtering stages of the SD DAC. By using resistors other than polysilicon for the output resistor of an SD DAC, distortion can be reduced or eliminated. Additionally or alternatively, by generating an error correction signal, the distortion can be corrected. |
| US08692698B2 |
Coding device, device for reprocessing a digital baseband signal or intermediate frequency signal, system and method for external digital coding
The invention relates to a method and a system for external, digital coding of a baseband or intermediate-frequency signal. Initially, a digital datastream is converted in a coding device into a digital-baseband signal in the time domain or into a digital intermediate-frequency signal in the time domain. The digitally generated signal is output via an asynchronous-serial interface of the coding device to another device. Such a device also provides an asynchronous-serial interface, which is connected to the asynchronous-serial interface of the coding device. The device reads in the output digital-baseband signal or intermediate-frequency signal for further processing. |
| US08692696B2 |
Generating a code alphabet of symbols to generate codewords for words used with a program
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for generating a code alphabet for use by a deployed program to determine codewords for words. A first code alphabet is generated having a first number of symbols that provide variable length codings of the words. The symbols in the first code alphabet are merged into a second number of groups of the symbols in the first code alphabet, where the second number is less than the first number. A second code alphabet is generated having the second number of symbols, wherein a second average codeword length of the codewords produced using the symbols in the second code alphabet is smaller than the codeword length (b) of the words, and wherein the second code alphabet comprises the code alphabet used by the deployed program. |
| US08692693B2 |
Multiple predictions in a reduced keyboard disambiguating system
A computer receives user entry of a sequence of keypresses, representing an intended series of letters collectively spelling-out some or all of a desired textual object. Resolution of the intended series of letters and the desired textual object is ambiguous, however, because some or all of the key presses individually represent multiple letters. The computer interprets the keypresses utilizing concurrent, competing strategies, including one-keypress-per-letter and multi-tap interpretations. The computer displays a combined output of proposed interpretations and completions from both strategies. |
| US08692692B2 |
Identifying a potential vehicle incident within a communication black spot
A system and computer program product for identifying a potential vehicle incident within a communication black spot. It is identified when a vehicle has entered a communication black spot. It is further identified when the vehicle has failed to exit the communication black spot within a determined time period. It is then determined whether it is likely that the vehicle has failed to exit the communication black spot within the determined time period due to being involved in an incident (or whether there is another reasonable explanation for a vehicle's failure to exit). If it is determined that it is likely that the vehicle has been involved in an incident within the communication black spot, a third party can be alerted (by a service provider) to the potential that an incident has occurred within the communication black spot. |
| US08692691B2 |
Infrared laser landing marker
An infrared laser landing marker system provides a capability to mark a boundary line of varying lengths with near infrared lasers, e.g., of the order 8xx nm. This system can be either directly operated or remotely operated via satellite communications and is compatible with currently fielded night vision goggles. Two modules, placed at either end of boundary, self align to each other and then proceed to mark a boundary edge of a landing zone with an infrared laser line. |
| US08692690B2 |
Automated vehicle speed measurement and enforcement method and system
An automated vehicle speed measurement and enforcement method and system. Traffic can be continuously monitored utilizing an image capturing unit and a controller. The speed of one or more vehicles within an effective field of view of the image capturing unit can be estimated. A burst of radiation from an associated remote sensing device can be triggered when a vehicle is detected having a speed greater than a predetermined value. An accurate speed of the vehicle can then be determined. Additionally, a transverse velocity component associated with the vehicle can be computed by the image capturing unit in order to thereafter apply the transverse velocity component to a reading generated by the remote sensing device to correct a cosine error with respect to the remote sensing device. |
| US08692688B1 |
Sensor system and algorithm for reliable non-delineated on-street parking indications
A method and system of providing information and directions to drivers in relation to the availability of parallel street parking places within a certain area is provided. Such a method includes the utilization of properly placed sensors working in combination with a particular algorithm to provide reliable information in terms of actual availability for certain vehicle sizes on a continuous basis. As well, this system accords a manner of properly assessing actual parking place sizes, potential obstacles (such as driveways, hydrants, and the like), and other important information for electronic relay to any driver (through, for instance, a suitable wireless program and router to a hand-held or dashboard mounted communicator) to locate and assess for himself the potential for utilizing such a vacant parking place. Furthermore, such a system may also provide an effective means to properly charge a driver for parking without the need for parking meters or other like mechanisms. |
| US08692687B2 |
Parking-assistant system
A parking-assistant system for “multi-maneuver parking”, which is designed for generating, before the parking maneuver is started, a predetermined path, via the simulation of a maneuver of exit from a parking space. The control effected by the system, during the real parking maneuver, limits itself to comparing the effective position of the vehicle with respect to the predetermined path. Said control has somewhat low computational requirements so that the system is quite reliable. |
| US08692686B2 |
Subsea electronics module and methods of loading software thereon
An electronics module for a well installation configured to receive software via a wireless connection and methods of installing software on an electronics module for a well installation, are provided. An example of such electronics module comprises a short-range wireless receiver for wirelessly receiving software and/or data from an external wireless source. Modem external interface wiring can be employed as an antenna for the wireless receiver to receive the wireless transmission of the software and/or data. |
| US08692685B2 |
Wellsite communication system and method
A wellbore communication system for a wellsite having a downhole tool deployed from a rig into a wellbore penetrating a subsurface formation is provided. The system includes at least one wellsite sensor adapted to collect wellsite data, at least one mobile communication module locatable at various positions about the wellsite and a surface unit operatively connected to the at least one communication module. The communication module includes a housing, at least one communication interface adapted to receive signals from the at least one wellsite sensor, at least one signal-conditioning module positioned in the housing, a power supply and a connector adapted to receive a communication link to the surface unit. |
| US08692684B2 |
Moveable barrier operator having directional light sources and corresponding method
A moveable barrier operator includes a motor for moving a moveable barrier and a housing is disposed around the motor. The moveable barrier operator also includes a plurality of light sources and the plurality of light source are coupled to the housing along a periphery of the housing and being individually directable so as to illuminate at least one predetermined area outside the housing. The at least one predetermined area is proximal to a moveable barrier operator. A controller disposed in the housing and coupled to the motor. The controller is arranged and configured to automatically selectively actuate the motor to move the moveable barrier according to received user instructions. |
| US08692683B2 |
Illuminable indicator of electronic device being enabled based at least on user presence
An electronic device includes an illuminable indicator, a presence detector, and a controller. The illuminable indicator is to indicate information to a user of the electronic device by one or more of being illuminated and not being illuminated. The presence detector is to detect presence of the user in proximity to the electronic device regardless of whether the user is moving or is stationary. Absence of the user is inferred upon the presence detector not detecting the presence of the user. The controller is to enable the illuminable indicator based at least on the presence of the user as detected by the presence detector and to disable the illuminable indictor based at least on the absence of the user. Enablement of the illuminable indicator does not mean that the illuminable indicator is necessarily illuminated. Disablement of the illuminable indicator means that the illuminable indicator is never illuminated while disabled. |
| US08692679B2 |
Tower elevator alarm system
An elevator within a tower, such as a wind tower, includes a traction or drum type hoist powered by an electric motor where the hoist provides the mechanism to cause the vertical ascent or descent of the elevator. An aspect of the invention is to allow the descent of the elevator to drive the electric motor arranged to act as a generator and provide regenerative braking as well as power to drive an alarm device or devices. |
| US08692676B2 |
Time of flight animal monitoring
A system and method are provided for monitoring the movement of an animal. An animal transceiver unit is placed on the animal for transmitting and receiving signals. A base transceiver unit for transmitting and receiving signals relative to the animal transceiver unit is operated to monitor relative movement of the animal transceiver unit and the base transceiver unit. An indication of the relative distance between the base transceiver unit and the animal transceiver unit is provided in response to signal communication between the animal and base transceiver units. |
| US08692672B2 |
Integrated charger and alarm unit
An integrated charger and alarm unit. A plurality of alarm receptacles are in a housing, each for selectively receiving a sensor cord for sensing security status of one of a plurality of chargeable devices. A plurality of charging receptacles are in the housing, one for each alarm receptacle, each for selectively receiving a power cord for charging one of the chargeable devices. A power receptacle in the housing connects to an electrical power source. An electrical circuit is operatively connected to the alarm receptacles, the charging receptacles and the power receptacle. The electrical circuit comprises an alarm control powered by the electrical power source and connected to the alarm receptacles and generating an alarm signal if the security status of any of the plurality of chargeable devices is in an unsecured status. A power supply control regulates power from the electrical power source to each of the charging receptacles. |
| US08692668B2 |
Network based system for predicting landslides and providing early warnings
A wireless node for monitoring landslide conditions has at least one tubular probe body deployed in a borehole in a landslide prone area and anchored to rock below soil, multiple sensors carried by and deployed within and or outside of the tubular probe body for measuring geologic motion, hydrologic saturation and pressure at three or more levels of soil above the rock, a data acquisition board in communication with the sensors carried by and or deployed within or outside of the probe body, and a wireless transceiver in communication with the data acquisition board and accessible to a local area wireless network (LAWN). Geologic and hydrologic data of layers of soil above the anchor rock is from the sensors deployed on or near the probe body, the data qualified against threshold readings to provide graduating levels of alerts culminating in a warning of a landslide. |
| US08692667B2 |
Methods and apparatus for distributed learning of parameters of a fingerprint prediction map model
In accordance with various embodiments, mobile wireless devices which use prediction maps, e.g., RF prediction maps, to determine their location also contribute to the updating and distribution of parameters relating to prediction map generation. After a device determines its location, it uses the signal measurements used in determining the device's location to determine updated parameters which can be used in generating signal prediction maps in the future. The generated parameters are then transmitted to another device for use in generating prediction maps and/or distribution to other devices. In this manner parameters corresponding to a particular location can be updated and distributed without the need for a survey team and/or dedicated equipment. The devices using the prediction map become the devices which also aid in the updating of the parameters used to facilitate generation of a prediction map at some future time. In some embodiments, statistical information corresponding to the updated parameters is also generated and communicated. |
| US08692664B2 |
Alarm report method, system and device for cascaded equipment
The disclosure discloses an alarm report method for cascaded equipments, comprises: after receiving link alarm information, a radio equipment determines the source of the link alarm information; the radio equipment selects one link alarm information report mode from multiple predetermined link alarm information report modes according to the result of determining the source; the radio equipment reports the link alarm information to a Radio Equipment Controller (REC) according to the selected link alarm information report mode. The disclosure further discloses an alarm report system and device for cascaded equipments. The disclosure can effectively lower the alarm information processing complexity of an REC and the correlation of alarms. |
| US08692663B2 |
Wireless monitoring of battery for lifecycle management
The disclosed invention provides a system and apparatus for monitoring battery status and usage to facilitate battery protection, battery repurposing and battery maintenance. Wireless interrogation of a battery's location and key attributes provides efficiencies to manage the total lifecycle of an electric vehicle battery, whether installed in a vehicle or in an environment external to the vehicle environment. A wireless battery tether, combined with a wireless battery reader, a wireless battery gateway and a centralized battery monitoring server allows management of the high-voltage battery through its lifecycle. |
| US08692660B2 |
Combination instrument
An instrument cluster for the instrument panel of a motor vehicle has at least one display on which relevant operational data of the vehicle can be displayed. The at least one display is freely programmable with respect to the data displayed on it and can be switched between at least two different configurations. |
| US08692656B2 |
Intrinsic flux sensing
According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a lighting system for communication with a remote control device is provided, which comprises a light emitting element adapted for emitting modulated light to the remote control and for detecting control signals from the remote control. This may provide for a communication between the remote control and the lighting system without the need of an extra sensor or an extra transmitter. |
| US08692655B2 |
Dynamically programmable RFID transponder
A radio frequency transponder, or a device that comprises a radio frequency transponder, wherein the radio frequency transponder is operative in invoking self-programming of data stored in the radio frequency transponder. In some implementations the radio frequency transponder selectively enables the transmission of a unique identifier by selectively programming the unique identifier stored in the radio frequency transponder. In various implementations, the radio frequency transponder programs data stored in the transponder by generating a signal that is reactively coupled to the antenna of the radio frequency transponder. |
| US08692653B2 |
Semiconductor device
Objects of the invention are to provide a semiconductor device including an RFID, which can transmit and receive individual information without a check of remaining capacity of the battery and a change of the battery in accordance with deterioration over time of the battery for a driving power supply; and which maintains a favorable communication state even when electric power, as a power supply for driving, from an external radio wave or electromagnetic wave (carrier wave) is not sufficient. A battery is provided as a power supply for supplying electric power in the RFID, and electric power obtained by a power generation element is charged in the battery. |
| US08692650B2 |
Access control device
In an access control device including a lock (2) with a locking element, an actuating element (3) for the locking element, an electronic key (5), an electrical circuit including a receiver unit for receiving key identification data and an evaluation circuit for determining access authorization based on the received identification data, the evaluation circuit cooperates with the actuating element (3) and/or the locking element for selectively locking or unlocking the lock (2). The electronic key (5) comprises means for generating a capacitive near field via which the identification data is emitted. Furthermore, a device for coupling the capacitive near field to the person (4) carrying the key (5) is provided, wherein the receiver unit of the lock (2) comprises at least one capacitive coupling surface such that an alternating current circuit closes at a contact of the lock (2), or an approach of the lock (2), by said person (4) and an electric flux is created across the lock (2), which can be detected by the receiver unit. |
| US08692648B2 |
System for monitoring and/or controlling equipment in a hazardous area
A system for monitoring and/or controlling equipment in a hazardous area can include at least one sensor disposed within the hazardous area. Each sensor can be non-electrical and can be adapted to interact with the equipment and generate at least a first sensor output and second sensor output. The first sensor output can be indicative of a first equipment state and a second sensor output can be indicative of a second equipment state. The system can also include at least one converter disposed outside the hazardous area. Each converter can be in communication with at least one of the sensors. Each converter can be configured to receive the first and second sensor output and generate a converter output signal based on at least one of the first and second sensor outputs. |
| US08692647B2 |
Resistor grid assembly
A resistor unit adapted to be used in a resistor grid assembly. The resistor unit includes a supporting element and a resistor element. The supporting element has an aperture formed therein. The resistor element has a body portion and a tip portion at an end, which is adapted to be received in the aperture to mount the resistor element to the supporting element. Further, a tab extends from the end of the resistor element forming a part of the resistor element. The tab is configured to provide a heat shield between the supporting element and the resistor element. |
| US08692646B2 |
Piezoresistive type touch panel; manufacturing method thereof; and display device, touch pad, pressure sensor, touch sensor, game console and keyboard having the panel
The present invention relates to a touch panel, more specifically a piezoresistive type touch panel. According to the present invention, it is provided a manufacturing method of a piezoresistive type touch panel, comprising manufacturing a polymer membrane in which a piezoresistive type film pattern, of which resistance varies with applied pressure, is embedded; manufacturing a spacer layer and attaching one side of the spacer layer to a surface of the polymer membrane; and then attaching a bottom substrate to the other side of the spacer layer. |
| US08692644B2 |
Harmonic mitigation devices and applications thereof
In one embodiment, the instant invention can provide an inductor that at least includes the following component(s): at least one FAP positioned along at least one magnetic flux path; where the at least one FAP is a high permeability core gap piece; and where the at least one FAP has an effective magnetic permeability that varies based on at least in part on one of the following factors: i) at least one magnetic flux through the at least one FAP, and ii) sufficient heating of the at least one FAP. |
| US08692643B2 |
Transformer winding
An exemplary transformer winding including at least two hollow-cylindrical, axially adjacent winding modules, which are arranged about a common winding axis and have an electrical conductor wound in layers, and a common electrical insulting layer, through which the winding modules are enveloped. The insulating layer has at least one annular, radial depression or annular, radial elevation, which is salient transversely to the winding axis on the radial outer face of said insulating layer. |
| US08692639B2 |
Flux concentrator and method of making a magnetic flux concentrator
A flux concentrator and method for manufacturing a flux concentrator is provided. The method can include combining powdered soft magnetic material, a binder, a solvent, a internal lubricant; mixing the materials to create a mixture, evaporating the solvent from the mixture, molding the mixture to form a flux concentrator, and curing the flux concentrator. The flux concentrator may be laminated and broken into multiple pieces, which makes the flux concentrator more flexible. Breaking the flux concentrator does not significantly affect the magnetic properties. Since the permeability of the binder is very similar to that of air, adding tiny air gaps between the fractions is not significantly different than adding more binder. |
| US08692634B2 |
Switch device and connector
A switch device includes first and second contacting portions including first and second fixed contacting portions, first and second movable contacting portions and first and second break contacting portions, respectively, the first fixed contacting portion and the second fixed contacting portion being configured to be electrically connected to one of a power source and an electronic device while the first movable contacting portion and the second movable contacting portion are configured to be electrically connected to the other of the power source and the electronic device; and a first magnet and a second magnet configured to generate magnetic fields between the first fixed contacting portion and the first movable contacting portion and between the second fixed contacting portion and the second movable contacting portion, respectively. |
| US08692632B2 |
Resonator element, resonator, oscillator, and electronic device
A resonator element includes a base portion in which a pair of notches is formed, a pair of resonating arms which is extended in parallel from one end side of a first portion of the base portion. The resonating arm is provided with a bottomed elongated groove which has an opening along at least one principal surface of both principal surfaces and a weight portion which is formed at the tip end side of the resonating arm on the opposite side of a root of the resonating arm attached to the base portion and which has a larger width than on the root side. The weight portion is formed so that the proportion of the length of the weight portion to the length from the root to the tip end side in a longitudinal direction of the resonating arm is within a range of 35% to 41%. |
| US08692631B2 |
Bulk acoustic wave resonator and method of fabricating same
An acoustic resonator with improved quality factor and electro-mechanical coupling is disclosed. In one embodiment, the acoustic resonator includes an acoustic mirror formed on the top surface of a substrate or in the substrate, a first electrode having a end portion, formed on the acoustic mirror, a piezoelectric layer formed on the first electrode; and a second electrode formed on the piezoelectric layer, where at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode and the piezoelectric layer define a gap in a region that overlaps the end portion of the first electrode. In one embodiment, a dielectric film is deposited on the surface of the end portion of the first electrode to form completely planarized surface before the piezoelectric layer deposition. In another embodiment, a gap between the second electrode and the piezoelectric layer, so that the piezoelectric coupling in the end portion area of the first electrode is minimally contributed into the whole resonator. |
| US08692627B2 |
Oscillating signal generating apparatus and control signal generator of the oscillating signal generating apparatus
An oscillating signal generating device includes: an oscillating circuit arranged to generate an oscillating signal according to a current controlled signal; and a control signal generating circuit coupled to the oscillating circuit, the control signal generating circuit for receiving a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage, the control signal generating circuit operated between the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage, and the control signal generating circuit arranged to generate the current controlled signal according to a voltage input signal; wherein the control signal generating circuit is capable of monotonically generating the current controlled signal according to the voltage input signal when a voltage level of the voltage input signal falls between the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage. |
| US08692625B2 |
Precision oscillator with temperature compensation
An oscillator includes a first capacitor electrically connected to a first charging switch and a first discharging switch, a second capacitor electrically connected to a second charging switch and a second discharging switch, a first chopping circuit having a first input electrically connected to the first capacitor and a second input electrically connected to a reference voltage, a second chopping circuit having a first input electrically connected to the second capacitor and a second input electrically connected to the reference voltage, a first comparator having a first input electrically connected to a first and second output of the first chopping circuit, a second comparator having a first input electrically connected to a first and second output of the second chopping circuit, and control circuitry having a first input electrically coupled to an output of the first comparator and a second input electrically connected to an output of the second comparator. |
| US08692621B2 |
Methods and apparatus for oscillator frequency calibration
In one general aspect, an apparatus can include a phase frequency detector configured to produce a plurality of indicators of relative differences between a frequency of a target oscillator signal and a frequency of a reference oscillator signal. The apparatus can also include a pulse generator configured to produce a plurality of pulses based on the plurality of indicators. The plurality of pulses can include a first portion configured to trigger an increase in the frequency of the target oscillator signal and the plurality of pulses including a second portion configured to trigger a decrease in the frequency of the target oscillator signal. |
| US08692620B2 |
Power amplifier
A power amplifier including a MOSFET including a source supplied with a first DC power, a gate connected to an RF input signal, and a drain connected to a power supply terminal of an RF power amplification unit; a supply voltage modulation control unit that determines a DC gate voltage of the MOSFET based on an envelope of the RF input signal; and a bypass circuit connected between the drain and the power supply terminal. The MOSFET outputs a second DC power via the drain and amplifies the RF input signal based on a third DC power substantially identical to a differential between the first and the second DC power, and also outputs an RF power via the drain. The bypass circuit receives and rectifies the RF power to supply a recycled DC power to the power supply terminal of the RF power amplification unit. |
| US08692618B2 |
Positive and negative voltage input operational amplifier set
A positive and negative voltage input operational amplifier includes a positive operational amplifier and a negative operational amplifier. Each of the positive operational amplifier and the negative operational amplifier has a reduced layout area and a lowered static current, so that the power consumption is effectively reduced. |
| US08692615B2 |
Enhanced transconductance circuit
A transconductance circuit that improves linearity and output current over a wider range of input voltages than prior designs. The transconductance circuit may include first and second sets of paired differential transistors. In each set, emitters of the paired transistors may be commonly coupled to corresponding nodes of a common impedance, and collectors may be coupled to output terminals of the transconductance circuit. The circuit may further include first and second sets of doublet differential transistor pairs, each doublet pair having transistors of different sizes. Each doublet pair may have current sources coupled between commonly coupled emitters and a source potential. Respective collectors for each doublet pair may be coupled to the output terminals of the transconductance circuit. A pair of voltage followers may be provided to replicate corresponding input voltages across corresponding bases of the differential transistor pairs and the doublet transistor pairs. |
| US08692611B2 |
Power boosting circuit for semiconductor packaging
A microelectronic package includes a microelectronic element operable to output a discrete-value logic signal indicating an imminent increase in demand for current by at least some portion of the microelectronic element. An active power delivery element within the package is operable by the logic signal to increase current delivery to the microelectronic element. |
| US08692609B2 |
Systems and methods for current sensing
Systems and methods for current sensing are described. The described systems and methods utilize a comparator for generating a current sense signal based on comparing an output current of a circuit against a reference current. The reference current is generated by using a current sourcing circuit that is connected to a controllable current source. |
| US08692608B2 |
Charge pump system capable of stabilizing an output voltage
A charge pump system includes a charge pump, a ring oscillator, a comparing circuit and a discharge circuit. When an output voltage of the charge pump is relatively low, the comparing circuit turns on the ring oscillator to make the ring oscillator provide an oscillation output to the charge pump to raise the output voltage of the charge pump. When the output voltage of the charge pump is relatively high, the comparing circuit turns off the ring oscillator to stop the ring oscillator from providing the oscillation output to the charge pump, the comparing circuit also makes the discharge circuit provide a discharge path to the charge pump to quickly reduce the output voltage of the charge pump. |
| US08692607B2 |
Control circuit for an internal voltage generation circuit
Sharp fluctuations of an internal voltage when an internal voltage generating circuit is activated or inactivated are prevented. The internal voltage generating circuit to supply the internal voltage generated from an external voltage to an internal power supply line, a control circuit to control an operation of the internal voltage generating circuit, and a voltage detection circuit to detect a level of a first voltage are included. When, for example, the internal voltage generating circuit is activated, the control circuit stepwise increases supply ability of the internal voltage at a first speed and when the internal voltage generating circuit is inactivated, the control circuit stepwise reduces the supply ability of the internal voltage at a second speed that is different from the first speed. Accordingly, wild fluctuations of the internal voltage when the internal voltage generating circuit is activated/inactivated can optimally be prevented for each case. |
| US08692604B2 |
Impedance calibration circuit
An impedance calibration circuit may include a first reference voltage generator configured to generate a first reference voltage in response to reference voltage calibration signals, a second reference voltage generator configured to provide a second reference voltage as a conversion voltage, an impedance calibration signal generator configured to compare the conversion voltage with the first reference voltage and generate impedance calibration signals when an enable signal is activated, and a register configured to store the impedance calibration signals finally calibrated and generate reference voltage calibration signals in response to the stored impedance calibration signals. |
| US08692603B2 |
Methods, apparatuses, and circuits for bimodal disable circuits
Circuits, integrated circuits, and methods are disclosed for bimodal disable circuits. In one such example method, a counter is maintained, with the counter indicating a logic level at which an output signal will be disabled during at least a portion of one of a plurality of disable cycles. The logic level indicated by the counter is transitioned. An input signal is provided as the output signal responsive to the enable signal indicating that the output signal is to be enabled, and the output signal is disabled at the logic level indicated by the counter responsive to the enable signal indicating that the output signal is to be disabled. |
| US08692602B2 |
Method and apparatus of digital control delay line
A digital controlled delay line (DCDL) includes a signal gated delay line generating a delayed signal, a phase selector, a controller, an input signal and an output signal. The phase selector includes logic gates to couple the delayed signal from the signal gated delay line to the output signal. Preventing signal propagation to unused cells and logic gates reduces power consumption. The number of logic gates in the phase selector the delayed signal passes through is log2 p, wherein p is the number of the signal gated delay cells in the signal gated delay line and p is a power of 2. The number of logic gates is (integer part of log2 p)+1, wherein p is the number of the signal gated delay cells and p is not a power of 2. |
| US08692600B1 |
Multi-protocol driver slew rate calibration system for calibration slew rate control signal values
Multi-protocol driver slew rate calibration systems for calibrating slew rate control signal values are provided. Embodiments include generating, by a first phase rotator, a first clock signal; generating, by the second phase rotator, a second clock signal; initially setting, by a calibration controller, phase selector amounts such that the first clock signal is delayed relative to the second clock signal; determining whether the first clock signal is delayed relative to the second clock signal; if the first clock signal is delayed, changing the second phase selector amount; and if the first clock signal is not delayed, using the first clock signal and the second clock signal to calibrate values of control signals provided to control a slew rate of a calibration clock delay line such that the slew rate of the calibration clock delay line substantially matches a target slew rate. |
| US08692598B2 |
Digital phase locked loop
An apparatus comprises digitally controlled oscillator circuitry, feedback circuitry operatively coupled to the digitally controlled oscillator circuitry, and comparison circuitry operatively coupled to the digitally controlled oscillator circuitry and the feedback circuitry. The feedback circuitry, in response to a clock signal generated by the digitally controlled oscillator circuitry, generates a first digital value representing a detected phase of the clock signal for a given clock signal cycle. The comparison circuitry, in response to the first digital value and to a second digital value representing a reference phase, generates a phase error value. The phase error value is useable to generate a first digital control word provided to the digitally controlled oscillator circuitry for controlling a frequency associated with the clock signal. The digitally controlled oscillator circuitry further comprises adjustment circuitry capable of applying a phase adjustment to the clock signal in response to a second digital control word. |
| US08692591B2 |
Power stage
A power stage has a differential output stage 2 driven by one or more buffer stages 4. The buffer stages 4 are implemented as high and low side buffers 12,14, each of which is itself a differential buffer implemented using transistors formed in an isolated-well technology such as triple-well CMOS. |
| US08692587B1 |
Single under voltage monitor for gate driver circuits
A gate driver including: a first input; a first output driver having a first gate drive signal output, wherein the first output driver is connected to the first input; a second input; a second output driver having a second gate drive signal output, wherein the second output driver is connected to the second input; a first converter configured to convert an input voltage level to a first converted voltage level, wherein the converter receives an input voltage from a first high side gate driver output; a multiplexer with a first input connected to the first converter, a second input connected to a low side output, and an output; and an under voltage monitor connected to the output of the multiplexer. |
| US08692584B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit device
A frequency-voltage converting circuit 13 is composed of a switch unit including switches SW1 and SW2, electrostatic capacitive elements C and C10 to C13, and switches CSW0 to CSW3. The electrostatic capacitive elements C10 to C13 are composed of elements having mutually different absolute values of capacitance and are provided so as to cover a frequency range intended by a designer. The electrostatic capacitance values are weighted by, for example, 2. The electrostatic capacitive elements C11 to C13 are selected by, for example, the switches CSW0 to CSW3 based on 4-bit frequency adjustment control signals SELC0 to SELC3, thereby carrying out frequency switching. |
| US08692580B2 |
Sense amplifier
An amplifying circuit comprises a bias circuit, a reference circuit, a first circuit, and an amplifying sub-circuit. The bias circuit is configured to provide a bias current. The reference circuit is configured to provide a first differential input based on a reference resistive device and a reference current derived from the bias current. The first circuit is configured to provide a second differential input based on a first current and a first resistance. The amplifying sub-circuit is configured to receive the first differential input and the second differential input and to generate a sense amplifying output indicative of a resistance relationship between the first resistance and a resistance of the reference resistive device. |
| US08692579B2 |
Circuit and method of driving the same
In order to reduce power consumption, an arithmetic circuit having a function of performing a logic operation processing based on an input signal, storing a potential set in accordance with the result of the logic operation processing as stored data, and outputting a signal with a value corresponding to the stored data as an output signal. The arithmetic circuit includes an arithmetic portion performing the logic operation processing, a first field-effect transistor controlling whether a first potential, which is the potential corresponding to the result of the logic operation processing is set, and a second field-effect transistor controlling whether the potential of the output signal data is set at a second potential which is a reference potential. |
| US08692575B2 |
Asynchronous logic automata
A family of self-timed, charge-conserving asynchronous logic elements that interact with their nearest neighbors permits design and implementation of circuits that are asynchronous at the bit level. The elements pass information by means of state tokens, rather than voltages. Each cell is self-timed, so no hardware non-local connections are needed. An asynchronous logic element comprises a set of edges for asynchronous communication with at least one neighboring cell, the edges receiving state tokens from neighboring logic elements and transferring output state tokens to neighboring logic elements, and circuitry configured to perform, when the circuitry inputs contain valid tokens and the circuitry outputs are empty, a logic operation utilizing received tokens as inputs, thereby producing an output token reflecting the result of the logic operation. |
| US08692573B2 |
Signal lines with internal and external termination
Embodiments of a memory controller are described. This memory controller communicates signals to a memory device via a signal line, which can be a data signal line or a command/address signal line. Termination of the signal line is divided between an external impedance outside of the memory controller and an internal impedance within the memory controller. The memory controller does not activate the external impedance prior to communicating the signals and, therefore, does not deactivate the external impedance after communicating the signals. The internal impedance of the memory controller can be enabled or disabled in order to reduce interface power consumption. Moreover, the internal impedance may be implemented using a passive component, an active component or both. For example, the internal impedance may include either or both an on-die termination and at least one driver. |
| US08692566B2 |
Test apparatus and test method
Provided is a test apparatus comprising a plurality of testing sections and a synchronizing section that synchronizes operation of at least two testing sections among the plurality of testing sections. Each testing section transmits a synchronization standby command to the synchronizing section when a predetermined condition is fulfilled during execution of the corresponding program and the testing section enters a synchronization standby state, and on a condition that the synchronization standby commands have been received from all of one or more predetermined testing sections among the plurality of testing sections, the synchronizing section supplies a synchronization signal, which ends the synchronization standby state, in synchronization to two or more predetermined testing sections among the plurality of testing sections. |
| US08692564B2 |
System and method for use in determining the thickness of a layer of interest in a multi-layer structure
A method for use in determining the thickness of a layer of interest in a multi-layer structure. A first electrode is positioned in contact with a first surface of the multi-layer structure, and a second electrode is positioned in contact with a second surface of the multi-layer structure. The second surface is substantially opposite the first surface. The first electrode is pressed against the multi-layer structure at a predetermined sampling pressure, and the structure is optionally adjusted to a predetermined sampling temperature. The electrical impedance between the first electrode and the second electrode is measured. |
| US08692563B1 |
Methods and circuits for measuring mutual and self capacitance
In an example embodiment, an apparatus includes a sensing device. The sensing device includes circuitry configured to sense self-capacitance and circuitry configured to sense mutual-capacitance, each configured to detect capacitance values corresponding to whether an object is proximate to a touch screen. The sensing device is configured to measure a first capacitance value using the self-capacitance circuitry during self-capacitance sensing operations and to measure a second capacitance value using the mutual-capacitance circuitry during mutual-capacitance sensing operations. |
| US08692562B2 |
Wireless open-circuit in-plane strain and displacement sensor requiring no electrical connections
A wireless in-plane strain and displacement sensor includes an electrical conductor fixedly coupled to a substrate subject to strain conditions. The electrical conductor is shaped between its ends for storage of an electric field and a magnetic field, and remains electrically unconnected to define an unconnected open-circuit having inductance and capacitance. In the presence of a time-varying magnetic field, the electrical conductor so-shaped resonates to generate harmonic electric and magnetic field responses. The sensor also includes at least one electrically unconnected electrode having an end and a free portion extending from the end thereof. The end of each electrode is fixedly coupled to the substrate and the free portion thereof remains unencumbered and spaced apart from a portion of the electrical conductor so-shaped. More specifically, at least some of the free portion is disposed at a location lying within the magnetic field response generated by the electrical conductor. A motion guidance structure is slidingly engaged with each electrode's free portion in order to maintain each free portion parallel to the electrical conductor so-shaped. |
| US08692561B2 |
Implementing chip to chip calibration within a TSV stack
A method and circuit for implementing a chip to chip calibration in a chip stack, for example, with through silicon vias (TSV) stack, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides are provided. A first chip and a second chip are included within a semiconductor chip stack. The semiconductor chip stack includes a vertical stack optionally provided with Though Silicon Via (TSV) stacking of the chips. At least one of the first chip and the second chip includes a calibration control circuit and a performance indicator circuit coupled to the calibration control circuit to train and calibrate at least one of the first chip and the second chip to provide enhanced performance and reliability for the semiconductor chip stack. |
| US08692560B2 |
Method for testing mask articles
A method for testing a mask article includes the steps of electrically connecting the mask article to an electrical sensor, applying a bias voltage to a plurality of testing sites of the mask article with a conductor, measuring at least one current distribution of the testing sites with the electrical sensor, and determining the quality of the mask article by taking the at least one current distribution into consideration. |
| US08692555B2 |
Subsea, vertical, electromagnetic signal receiver for a vertical field component and also a method of placing the signal receiver in uncompacted material
A vertical receiver antenna device includes first and second receiving, electrode units interconnected by a receiver antenna cable and connected to means for the electromagnetic surveying of electrically resistive targets potentially containing hydrocarbons. The receiver antenna is arranged in a tubular, non-magnetic antenna housing arranged vertically in subsea uncompacted material, and one of the first and second receiving electrode units being connected in a electrically conductive manner to the underlying structure, and the other one of the first and second receiving electrode units being arranged in a portion of the antenna housing distantly from the first one of first and second receiving electrode units. A method of installing a vertical receiver antenna in subsea uncompacted material is also described, |
| US08692554B2 |
Locate apparatus having enhanced features for underground facility locate operations, and associated methods and systems
Locate information relating to use of a locate device to perform a locate operation may be acquired from one or more input devices, logged/stored in local memory of a locate device, formatted in various manners, processed and/or analyzed at the locate device itself, and/or transmitted to another device (e.g., a remote computer/server) for storage, processing and/or analysis. In one example, a locate device may include one or more environmental sensors and/or operational sensors, and the locate information may include environmental information and operational information derived from such sensors. Environmental and/or operational information may be used to control operation of the locate device, assess out-of-tolerance conditions in connection with use of the locate device, and/or provide alerts or other feedback. Additional enhancements are disclosed relating to improving the determination of a location (e.g., GPS coordinates) of a detecting tip of the locate device during use, a group/solo mode, and tactile functionality of a user interface. |
| US08692553B2 |
Modular MRI phased array antenna
An antenna configuration for use in a magnetic resonance apparatus has at least two individual antennas which each include at least one conductor loop, one tuning network and one matching network, wherein the individual antennas are each combined into separate modules which are positioned on and mounted to a support body and can be removed therefrom in a non-destructive fashion, is characterized in that the individual antennas are connected to each other through decoupling elements, wherein the decoupling elements are mounted to the support body in an undetachable fashion. It is thereby possible to define individual antenna modules which can be arranged in a simple fashion around the measuring volume, are also electromagnetically decoupled from each other, and can be positioned close to the measuring volume in order to ensure that the received MRI image has a maximum, high signal-to-noise ratio. |
| US08692552B2 |
Gradient field power supply and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
According to one embodiment, there is provided a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus in which a gradient field power supply apparatus supplies currents to gradient field coils corresponding to spatial coordinate axis directions to form gradient fields in a static field space which change along the respective spatial coordinate axis directions, the gradient field power supply apparatus includes a transformer configured to supply power supplied to a primary winding to a current output circuit via a plurality of secondary windings, with the number of phases of the primary windings being equal to or a multiple of the number of phases of the secondary windings, and the secondary windings of the respective phases of output channels corresponding to the respective spatial coordinate axis directions being wound around the primary windings of the respective phases. |
| US08692550B2 |
Method and apparatus for acquiring magnetic resonance imaging signals
A method for acquiring MRI signals includes: applying one or more than one RF pulse, which carries at least two frequency components, and a slice/slab selection gradient to a subject, so that at least two slices/slabs of the subject respectively corresponding to the at least two frequency components are excited simultaneously; applying a plurality of spatial encoding gradients; applying a plurality of separation gradients for separating the at least two slices/slabs; and applying at least one coherent refocusing gradient between the plurality of separation gradients. |
| US08692542B2 |
Variable reluctance resolver and angle detecting system therewith
A VR resolver with a shaft angle multiplier of 3× has a rotor core 104 that is provided with magnetic poles 104a and 104b, which project in a radial direction, and a magnetic pole 104c, which does not project in a radial direction. The VR resolver also has a stator core 101 provided with salient poles 102c and 102e that are wound with a cosine wave detection wire and that are connected. A zero point detecting terminal is led from the cosine wave detection wire between the cosine winding wound portions of the salient poles 102c and 102e. The zero point detecting terminal provides a voltage waveform. By setting a threshold value for the voltage waveform, an absolute angle of the rotor core 104 is measured. |
| US08692540B2 |
Split core status indicator
The size of a status indicator for monitoring a current in a power cable is reduced by integrating a bobbin for the secondary winding with a current transformer core and integrating a circuit board including output terminals with a current transformer assembly. |
| US08692538B2 |
Test equipment calibration
Calibrating test equipment may include: aligning timing of a first group of channels in the test equipment; aligning timing of a second group of channels in the test equipment, with the second group of channels being different from the first group of channels; determining a misalignment in timing between a first channel and a second channel, with the first channel being from the first group of channels, and the second channel being from the second group of channels; and compensating, for the misalignment, channels in at least one of the first group or the second group. |
| US08692534B2 |
Current measuring device
An embodiment of a current measuring device, defined by a gain, including an amplification module including an input for receiving a control signal, an input connected to an output node, brought to an output potential and traversed by an output current, a feedback node traversed by a mirror current associated with the output current by a proportionality coefficient equal to the gain, and an output traversed by the mirror current, and capable of bringing the feedback node to the output potential in response to the control signal. The measuring device also includes a gain modification module, mounted between the first potential and the feedback node, including at least one input for receiving an activation signal, and capable of modifying the value of the gain in response to an activation signal. |
| US08692533B2 |
Control circuit for switching loss reduction and smooth mode transition of a high efficiency buck-boost power converter
A buck-boost power converter switches the switches thereof with a novel sequence and extends the switching periods of the switches to reduce the switching loss and conduction loss when the input voltage thereof approaches the output voltage thereof. The influence of the load current of the power converter on the duty thereof is taken into account to switch the power converter between modes at correct time points, so as to prevent the output voltage from being affected by the mode switching. |
| US08692532B2 |
Power converter with controller operable in selected modes of operation
A power converter and method of controlling the same for selected modes of operation. In one embodiment, the power converter includes a first power switch coupled to a source of electrical power and a second power switch coupled to the first power switch and to an output terminal of the power converter. The power converter also includes a controller configured to control an operation of the first and second power switches during selected modes of operation. |
| US08692531B2 |
Switching regulator performing output voltage changing function
A switching regulator can convert an input voltage to a desired output voltage by ON-OFF controlling switching elements with PWM signals. The switching regulator can include a communication interface circuit that receives external operation instructions, an output voltage setting section that changes an output voltage to an output voltage setting value upon receiving an output voltage changing instruction from the outside, a voltage divider and an ADC that converts an error voltage into a digital error signal e[n], the error voltage being a difference between a reference voltage Vref and a detected output voltage value Vfb. The switching regulator can also include a controller that includes an operation control section for calculating a duty factor signal d[n] to determine an ON time proportion of the switching elements and an output voltage changing control section for controlling operation to change the output voltage. |
| US08692526B2 |
Converting leakage current to DC output
A power source capable of supplying power to operate electronics of a system is disclosed. In one example, the power source takes advantage of an electrical potential difference between primary and secondary grounds. The power source can reduce system cost and power consumption. |
| US08692519B2 |
Battery management
Apparatus and method for battery calibration and state of charge determination (SoC) within battery packs by detecting charge levels in a cell or cells, sending the charge level information to a controller which controls the movement of charge in the battery wherein, the controller initiates the discharge of a sub-unit to a predetermined level into the other sub-units and the charging of said sub-unit in the battery to a predetermined level from the charge held on the other sub-units to improve the accuracy and reliability of battery calibration and provide an accurate State of Charge indication from battery first use to end of life. |
| US08692514B2 |
Charging station for portable electronic devices
A charging station for portable electronic devices includes a base having a substantially vertical and forward facing wall and a plurality of suction cups secured to the wall to temporarily secure the portable electronic devices to the wall in a position that the portable electronic devices can be viewed and operated while recharging. The suction cups can be secured in a plurality of laterally spaced-apart positions so that multiple portable electronic devices can be secured side-by-side for recharging or more than one suction cup can secure a larger portable electronic device. The suction cups can also be secured in a plurality of vertically spaced apart positions so that the suction cup can engage the portable electronic device at a selected height or so that more than one suction cup can secure the portable electronic device. The charging station also organizes mail, keys, wallets, and the like. |
| US08692513B2 |
Method and device for communication between an electric vehicle and a charging station
A method is described for communication with an electric vehicle, comprising a generating of a first predetermined DC voltage level on a pilot conductor, a recognition of the existence of an electrical connection to an electric vehicle by means of the detection of a second predetermined DC voltage level on the pilot conductor, a sending out of a trigger signal on the pilot conductor, a detection of a vehicle identification signal on the pilot conductor and an approval of the electricity supply on a power conductor. |
| US08692501B2 |
Permanent magnet alternator margin detector
A shunt regulated permanent magnet alternator voltage source includes a permanent magnet alternator, a shunt regulator, and a pulse width modulation controller. Also included is a load controller capable of detecting a PMA margin. |
| US08692495B2 |
Roller mill and method for size reduction of ground material
The invention relates to a roller mill having a grinding table, at least one grinding roller and at least two drives with a rotor winding for driving the roller mill and at least one adjustment device for adjusting the motor torque of at least one drive, the adjustment device being connected to the rotor winding of at least one drive in order to influence the rotor current. |
| US08692493B2 |
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for speed control of a movable partition
A movable partition system includes a movable partition including coupled panels and a lead post engaged with and movable along a track. A motor control system includes a motor coupled to the movable partition and a switching circuit coupled to the motor and for selectively coupling the motor to a positive power source and a negative power source responsive to one or more PWM signals. An encoder is configured for generating one or more rotation signals indicative of operational direction and operational speed of the motor. A motor controller is coupled to the switching circuit and is configured for improving airflow around the panels of the movable partition when the lead post of the movable partition is between a predefined position and a fully retracted position indicative of a billowing effect for the panels by adjusting pulse widths of the PWM signals to control rotational speed of the motor. |
| US08692491B2 |
Brushless motor driver and brushless motor system
The brushless motor driver includes a sample and hold circuit which samples and holds a first value of the first comparison signal in a first case in which a current is forced to flow from a first phase coil of the three-phase brushless motor to a second phase coil and no current is forced to flow to a third phase coil in a first period having a preset setting time and a second value of the first comparison signal in a second case in which a current is forced to flow from the second phase coil to the first phase coil and no current is forced to flow to the third phase coil in a second period having the preset setting time subsequent to the first period. The brushless motor driver includes an addition circuit which adds up the first value and the second value sampled and held by the sample and hold circuit and outputs an addition signal depending upon a result of the addition. The brushless motor driver includes a comparison output circuit which compares a value of the addition signal with a reference voltage and outputs a second comparison signal depending upon a result of the comparison. A position of a rotor in the three-phase brushless motor is discriminated on the basis of the second comparison signal. |
| US08692489B2 |
System for controlling an electrical device of a nacelle
A control system for controlling an electrical device of a nacelle, the device having at least one element that is movable to a closed position and an open position. The control system includes at least one electromechanical member for actuating the movable element, a unit for electrically driving the electromechanical actuation member, and a controlling and monitoring unit for controlling the electrical drive unit so as to move the movable element to the closed and/or open position. The control system further includes a system for recovering braking power from the electrical drive unit during the movement of the movable element to the closed and/or open position. |
| US08692487B2 |
Aircraft cabin lighting system and kit therefor
An aircraft cabin lighting kit includes: a driving/dimming module generating output signals for controlling illumination of at least one lighting unit according to command signals from a cabin management system; and at least one wire assembly interfacing the driving/dimming module with a power bus for receiving operational power, and a communication bus for receiving the command signals and for communicating the output signals to the at least one lighting unit. The present aircraft cabin lighting kit is certified by a governmental aviation-regulating body for installation in multiple aircraft. An aircraft cabin lighting system, which includes the kit, is also provided. |
| US08692479B2 |
Method of controlling a ballast, a ballast, a lighting controller, and a digital signal processor
A method of controlling a ballast in a circuit for a lighting application and connected to a mains power supply is disclosed. The method comprises determining whether a dimmer is present in the circuit; in response to detecting that a dimmer is present, determining a zero-crossing of the power supply and setting a bleeder current through the ballast in dependence on the phase of the power supply within a mains half-cycle; and in response to determining that a dimmer is not present, disabling the bleeder current. A ballast which is controlled by such a method is also disclosed. Additionally, a controller, which may include a digital signal processor, for a ballast and operable according to the above method is disclosed. |
| US08692477B1 |
Method and circuit for detecting short circuit in an asynchronous DC-DC boost converter
A simple, cost-effective and efficient short circuit protection with simple routing of the ground on the PCB is achieved in an asynchronous DC-DC boost converter wherein a voltage sensing controller selectively isolates an input power supply to a load in the event of a short circuit. The controller alleviates need for additional components by utilizing the circuit for under voltage lockout protection and the circuit for overvoltage protection to generate signals for detecting short circuit. A predetermined offset voltage is added to a sensed output voltage to generate a reference voltage that is compared to a sensed input voltage and an output signal having a high state is generated in the event that the reference voltage is less than the sensed input voltage for selectively disabling the source of input power when the output signal is in the high state. |
| US08692474B2 |
Electronic ballast circuit for lamps
An electronic ballast circuit includes a power factor correction circuit, a control and amplifier circuit, a ballast controller circuit and a ballast driver circuit. The ballast driver circuit includes a resonant circuit that connects to a lamp and a strike voltage limiter circuit that regulates the behavior of the resonant circuit. An overcurrent sensor circuit may be included to indirectly the control the ballast controller circuit via the control and amplifier circuit. The strike voltage limiter circuit uses varistors to change the resonant frequency of the resonant circuit to limit the voltage to the lamp. |
| US08692469B2 |
LED drive circuit and LED illumination apparatus using the same
An LED drive circuit connectable to a phase control type light adjuster includes a first reference voltage generation portion that generates a first reference voltage, a second reference voltage generation portion that generates a second reference voltage according to a phase angle of the light adjuster, an input voltage detection portion that detects a size relationship between an input voltage and a threshold value voltage, a current draw-out portion that draws out a current in accordance with the first reference voltage or the second reference voltage from an electricity supply line that supplies electricity to an LED drive portion, and a switch portion that in accordance with a detection result by the input voltage, detection portion, performs switching between an output from the first reference voltage generation portion to the current draw-out portion and an output from the second reference voltage generation portion to the current draw-out portion. |
| US08692466B2 |
Method and apparatus of providing power to ignite and sustain a plasma in a reactive gas generator
Described are methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for igniting and/or sustaining a plasma in a reactive gas generator. Power is provided from an ignition power supply to a plasma ignition circuit. A pre-ignition signal of the plasma ignition circuit is measured. The power provided to the plasma ignition circuit is adjusted based on the measured pre-ignition signal and an adjustable pre-ignition control signal. The adjustable pre-ignition control signal is adjusted after a period of time has elapsed. |
| US08692464B2 |
Light guiding plate, backlight module and display device
A light guiding plate and a backlight module and a display device applying the light guiding plate are provided, in which a structure of prisms on a light emergence surface of the light guiding plate is designed by, for example, adopting a mixed structure of prisms in different specifications, regulating the specifications of the prisms, such as a vertex angle and a corresponding reprint ratio, varying the reprint ratio of the prisms with respect to a distance from a light incident surface of the light guiding plate, or combining the aforementioned design solutions, thereby adjusting a light emitting effect of the light guiding plate, increasing uniformity of backlight, and improving display quality of the display device. |
| US08692460B2 |
Highly doped electro-optically active organic diode with short protection layer
An electro-optically active organic diode has anode and cathode electrodes, an electro-optically active organic layer between the electrodes, and a charge carrier organic layer between the electro-optically active organic layer and the cathode electrode layer. The charge carrier organic layer is formed of a highly doped organic semiconductor material. A short protection layer is arranged between the cathode electrode layer and the charge carrier organic layer. The short protection layer is formed of an inorganic semiconductor material. |
| US08692458B2 |
Light emitting device and electronic device
A light emitting device includes: a light emitting element including a first electrode, a second electrode opposed to the first electrode, and a light emitting layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode; a capacitor having a third electrode formed in a position overlapping the light emitting element and an insulating layer provided between the first and third electrodes; a first drive transistor disposed on a first side of the first electrode and having a gate electrode; and a second drive transistor disposed on a second side of the first electrode and having a gate electrode connected to the gate electrode of the first drive transistor via the third electrode. |
| US08692457B2 |
Large area light emitting electrical package with current spreading bus
Disclosed herein is a light emitting electrical package having a first electrode layer comprising a substantially transparent nonmetallic conductive material, and a plurality of light emitting elements disposed on said first electrode layer. The first electrode layer comprises a peripheral region, and an elongated bus is disposed on at least a portion of the peripheral region and adjacent the first electrode layer. The elongated bus is configured to spread current across a length dimension of said first electrode layer. Also disclosed are elongated bus structure designed intended to reduce the resistive losses along a transparent nonmetallic conductive contact at its edge or periphery. One design for an elongated bus comprises: (1) a conductive adhesive/metal foil/conductive adhesive sandwich structure; (2) another design comprises a vapor deposited bus of one or more materials; and a further design employs (1) and (2) in tandem. |
| US08692456B2 |
Organic electro-luminescence diode
An organic electro-luminescence diode comprises two electrodes and an organic electro-luminescence structure. The organic electro-luminescence structure is formed between the two electrodes, and includes a red light-generating unit, a green light-generating unit, a blue light-generating unit and a light-compensating unit stacked with each other. The light-compensating unit is selected from the group consisting of a white light-compensating unit, a red light-compensating unit, a green light-compensating unit, a blue light-compensating unit and a structure stacking together one light-compensating unit upon the other. |
| US08692454B2 |
Electronic appliance and light-emitting device
An EL element having a novel structure is provided, which is suitable for AC drive. A light-emitting element of the invention is provided with material layers (material layers each having approximately symmetric I-V characteristics with respect to the zero point in a graph having the abscissa axis showing current values and the ordinate axis showing voltage values) between a first electrode and a layer including an organic compound and between the layer including the organic compound and a second electrode respectively. Specifically, each of the material layers is a composite layer including a metal oxide and an organic compound. |
| US08692451B2 |
Light emitting diode, and back light unit including the same
Embodiments provide a light emitting device including a light emitting structure including a first conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive type semiconductor layer, and a protective layer disposed at a side of the light emitting structure, and a first electrode formed on an outside of the protective layer. |
| US08692449B2 |
Faux filament lighting device
LEDs are considered to be point light sources. Visible light provided by one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) is passed through a light diffuser. The LEDs and diffuser are mounted inside a transparent or light-transmissive non-evacuated envelope and bulb. The light emitted from the bulb appears to originate from a filament used in conventional light bulbs rather than from a point light source. |
| US08692445B2 |
Electrical conductor and a production method therefor
Provided are an electrical conductor and a production method therefor; the electrical conductor comprising a transparent substrate and an electro-conductive pattern provided on at least one surface of the transparent substrate, and the electroconductive pattern being of a type such that, for at least 30% of the entire surface area of the transparent substrate, when a straight line is drawn intersecting the electroconductive pattern, the ratio of the standard deviation to the mean value of the distances between adjacent points of intersection between the straight line and the electroconductive pattern (the distance distribution ratio) is at least 2%. Also, provided are an electrical conductor and a production method therefor; the electrical conductor comprising a transparent substrate and an electroconductive pattern provided on at least one surface of the transparent substrate, and the electroconductive pattern being of a type such that at least 30% of the entire surface area of the transparent substrate is accounted for by continuously distributed closed motifs, and the ratio of the standard deviation to the mean value of the surface areas of the closed motifs (the surface area distribution ratio) is at least 2%. |
| US08692437B2 |
Vortex flux generator
A method and apparatus for generating electricity by electromagnetic induction, using a magnetic field modulated by the formation, dissipation, and movement of vortices produced by a vortex material such as a type II superconductor. Magnetic field modulation occurs at the microscopic level, facilitating the production of high frequency electric power. Generator inductors are manufactured using microelectronic fabrication, in at least one dimension corresponding to the spacing of vortices. The vortex material fabrication method establishes the alignment of vortices and generator coils, permitting the electromagnetic induction of energy from many vortices into many coils simultaneously as a cumulative output of electricity. A thermoelectric cycle is used to convert heat energy into electricity. |
| US08692435B2 |
Rotating electric machine
A rotor slot is asymmetrically shaped with respect to a straight line drawn from the central axis of the rotation of the rotor in a radial direction, and has a slot opening, the circumferential width of which is smaller than that of the rotor slot, at the top of the rotor slot, so that a loss generated in the rotor due to a carrier harmonic component can be reduced and the power factor can be improved, enabling a current generated in an armature winding to be suppressed and thereby improving efficiency in a rated operation. |
| US08692431B2 |
Permanent magnet rotor
A permanent magnet rotor including a shaft, a rotor core fixed to the shaft, a magnet disposed around the core, and a linker fixed relative to the shaft and located at one end of the core. An elastic clamping structure is arranged between the linker and the magnet such that rotational torque of the magnet is transferred to the shaft via the linker. |
| US08692430B2 |
Motor and motor assembling method
A motor assembling method provides a base with a shaft tube. The shaft tube has a thermoplastic positioning portion on an opening end thereof, and a shaft tube assembly is disposed into the shaft tube via the opening end. The motor assembling method further heats the thermoplastic positioning portion by a heating fixture to melt and deform the thermoplastic positioning portion until the opening end of the shaft tube has shrunk. The shaft tube assembly is held in position in the shaft tube after the thermoplastic positioning portion has cooled down and solidified. The motor assembling method further couples a stator unit with an outer circumferential wall of the shaft tube, and couples a rotor with the shaft tube. |
| US08692429B2 |
Motor casing having a plurality of brackets disposed on the middle portion of the wall of the motor casing
A motor casing, including a hollow motor casing body. The wall of the motor casing body comprises a plurality of brackets and a plurality of grooves which are formed simultaneously by punching the wall of the motor casing body. The plurality of grooves is disposed one close to one of the brackets. One end of each bracket is coupled to the wall of the motor casing body. The motor casing has a simple structure, low cost, and reliable connection and requires less materials compared to conventional motor casings. |
| US08692428B2 |
Linear actuator
A linear actuator having an output shaft with a long moving distance is provided. A linear actuator includes a rotary shaft, a motor portion having a rotor and a stator, a ball screw mechanism including a ball screw nut fixed to a first end of the rotary shaft and a ball screw, a casing assembly including a first end bracket and a second end bracket, an electromagnetic brake device including a rotary brake disc, a stationary brake disc, and an electromagnetic coil, and a brake cover for covering the electromagnetic brake device. The electromagnetic brake device has a hollow structure allowing a second end of the rotary shaft to pass therethrough. |
| US08692427B2 |
Automotive alternator rectifying apparatus
The circuit board includes: a first resin-molded body; a second resin-molded body; and a plurality of terminals each including: a positive electrode terminal portion to which is connected a lead of the positive-side rectifying element to be connected thereto; a negative electrode terminal portion to which is connected a lead of the negative-side rectifying element to be connected thereto; and a trunk portion that links the positive electrode terminal portion and the negative electrode terminal portion. The plurality of terminals are each held between the first resin-molded body and the second resin-molded body so as to be separated from each other such that the trunk portion is disposed between mating surfaces of the first resin-molded body and the second resin-molded body, the positive electrode terminal portion is inserted through the second resin-molded body, and the negative electrode terminal portion is inserted through the first resin-molded body. |
| US08692423B2 |
Vibrator
There is provided a vibrator, including: a case having an inner space; a coil fixedly mounted on a side wall of the case; an elastic member fixedly mounted on the case so as to be disposed within the coil; a weight body fixedly mounted on the elastic member; and a magnet fixedly mounted on the weight body so as to face the coil. |
| US08692419B2 |
Method for operating a wind power plant with excess voltage in the grid
A method is provided for operating a wind power plant (15-19) with a rotor-driven (25-29) electric generator (30) for delivering electric power to an electric grid (31) which provides a grid voltage in which, when excess voltage prevails in the grid (31), idle power from the wind power plant (15-19) is fed to the grid (31) in order to lower the voltage. A wind power plant is provided (15-19) with a rotor-driven electric generator (30) for delivering electric power to an electric grid (31) in which when excess voltage prevails in the grid idle power from the wind power plant (15-19) is fed to the grid (31) in order to lower the voltage. Monitoring occurs to determine whether within a predeterminable time a voltage was lowered to a predeterminable reference value and/or an idle current is delivered which is greater than or equal to a predeterminable idle current reference value. |
| US08692406B2 |
Air-guiding carrier type wind power collection device
An air-guiding carrier type wind power collection device includes a floating body and two air guiding tubes. The floating body includes a compartment filled with an uprising gas having a density lower than that of air. The floating body includes a floating assembly controlling a pressure and a temperature of the uprising gas received in the compartment. The air guiding tubes extend through the compartment of the floating body. Each air guiding tube has an air inlet and an air outlet. The air outlet includes a peripheral wall having a windward section and a guiding section. The peripheral wall has a cutout portion formed between the windward section and the guiding section. An air channel is formed between and in communication with the air inlet and the air outlet of each air guiding tube. A wind power generating assembly is mounted in each of the air channels. |
| US08692400B2 |
Rotating electrical machine abnormal state detection method and apparatus and wind driven generating system using the same
A rotating electrical machine abnormal state detection apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes: a current signal acquisition unit, coupled to a rotating electrical machine, for acquiring a set of real-time current waveforms from the rotating electrical machine; a state characteristic database, pre-storing a plurality of abnormal state characteristics which respectively correspond to a plurality of abnormal states; and an abnormal state detection unit, coupled to the current signal acquisition unit and the state characteristic database, for performing signal analysis on the set of real-time current waveforms to produce a current state characteristic, and comparing the current state characteristic with the abnormal state characteristics pre-stored in the state characteristic database to determine the abnormal state of the rotating electrical machine. |
| US08692399B2 |
Method for operating a wind power plant having a doubly-fed asynchronous machine and wind power plant having a doubly-fed asynchronous machine
A wind energy plant and method for operating it, the plant having a doubly-fed asynchronous machine, a grid-sided converter and a generator-sided converter both being controlled by a control means. In case of a grid fault the converters are controlled by at least one control module which (i) controls the torque and/or the active power and (ii) controls the reactive current and/or the reactive power. |
| US08692393B2 |
Alignment mark design for semiconductor device
Better alignment mark designs for semiconductor devices may substantially lessen the frequency of layer misalignment scanner alignment problems. Exemplary alignment mark designs substantially avoid or minimize damage during the fill-in and etching and chemical mechanical processing processes. Thus, additional processing steps to even out various layers or to address the misalignment problems may also be avoided. |
| US08692392B2 |
Crack stop barrier and method of manufacturing thereof
A wafer is disclosed. The wafer comprises a plurality of chips and a plurality of kerfs. A kerf of the plurality of kerfs separates one chip from another chip. The kerf comprises a crack stop barrier. |
| US08692389B2 |
Dicing tape-integrated film for semiconductor back surface
The present invention provides a dicing tape-integrated film for semiconductor back surface, which includes: a dicing tape including a base material and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on the base material; and a film for flip chip type semiconductor back surface provided on the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, in which a peel force (temperature: 23° C., peeling angle: 180°, tensile rate: 300 mm/min) between the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of the dicing tape and the film for flip chip type semiconductor back surface is from 0.05 N/20 mm to 1.5 N/20 mm. |
| US08692386B2 |
Semiconductor device, method of manufacturing semiconductor device, and electronic device
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element and an electronic element. The semiconductor element has a first protruding electrode, and the electronic element has a second protruding electrode. A substrate is disposed between the semiconductor element and the electronic element. The substrate has a through-hole in which the first and second protruding electrodes are fitted. The first and second protruding electrodes are connected together inside the through-hole of the substrate. |
| US08692379B2 |
Integrated circuit connector access region
A connector access region of an integrated circuit device includes a set of parallel conductors, extending in a first direction, and interlayer connectors. The conductors comprise a set of electrically conductive contact areas on different conductors which define a contact plane with the conductors extending below the contact plane. A set of the contact areas define a line at an oblique angle, such as less than 45° or 5° to 27°, to the first direction. The interlayer connectors are in electrical contact with the contact areas and extend above the contact plane. At least some of the interlayer connectors overlie but are electrically isolated from the electrical conductors adjacent to the contact areas with which the interlayer connectors are in electrical contact. The set of parallel conductors may include a set of electrically conductive layers with the contact plane being generally perpendicular to the electrically conductive layers. |
| US08692378B2 |
UBM structures for wafer level chip scale packaging
A wafer level chip scale semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor die, a first under bump metal structure and a second under bump metal structure. The first under bump metal structure having a first enclosure is formed on a corner region or an edge region of the semiconductor die. A second under bump metal structure having a second enclosure is formed on an inner region of the semiconductor die. The first enclosure is greater than the second enclosure. |
| US08692374B2 |
Carbon nanotube circuit component structure
The present invention proposes a circuit component structure, which comprises a semiconductor substrate, a fine-line metallization structure formed over the semiconductor substrate and having at least one metal pad, a passivation layer formed over the fine-line metallization structure with the metal pads exposed by the openings of the passivation layer, at least one carbon nanotube layer formed over the fine-line metallization structure and the passivation layer and connecting with the metal pads. The present invention is to provide a carbon nanotube circuit component structure and a method for fabricating the same, wherein the circuit of a semiconductor element is made of an electrically conductive carbon nanotube, and the circuit of the semiconductor element can thus be made finer and denser via the superior electric conductivity, flexibility and strength of the carbon nanotube. |
| US08692370B2 |
Semiconductor device with copper wire ball-bonded to electrode pad including buffer layer
A semiconductor element (10) is secured to an island (7), and a plurality of through-holes (8) are formed in the portion of the island (7), which surrounds the area to which the semiconductor element (10) is secured. Further, the electrode pads of the semiconductor element (10) and leads (4) are electrically connected by copper wires (11). In this structure, the cost of materials is reduced by using the copper wires (11) in comparison with gold wires. Further, a part of a resin package (2) is embedded in through-holes (8), so that the island (7) can be easily supported within the resin package (2). |
| US08692367B1 |
Wafer-level packaged device having self-assembled resilient leads
A wafer-level packaged semiconductor device is described. In an implementation, the device includes one or more self-assembled resilient leads disposed on an integrated circuit chip. Each of the resilient leads are configured to move from a first position wherein the resilient lead is held adjacent to the chip and a second position wherein the resilient lead is extended away from the chip to interconnect the chip to a printed circuit board. A guard is provided to protect the resilient leads when the resilient leads are in the first position. One or more attachment bumps may also be furnished to facilitate attachment of the device to the printed circuit board. |
| US08692366B2 |
Apparatus and method for microelectromechanical systems device packaging
A MEMS package includes a substrate having an L-shaped cross-section. The substrate includes a vertical portion having a front surface and a back surface, and a horizontal portion protruding from a lower part of the front surface of the vertical portion, wherein the front surface of the vertical portion includes a mounting region. A MEMS die is mounted on the mounting region such that the MEMS die is oriented substantially parallel to the front surface; a lid attached to the front surface of the substrate while covering the MEMS die; and a plurality of leads formed on a bottom surface of the substrate. The leads can extend substantially parallel to one another, and substantially perpendicular to the front surface. The MEMS die can be oriented substantially perpendicular to a PCB substrate on which the package is mounted. |
| US08692365B2 |
Integrated circuit packaging system with thermal dispersal structures and method of manufacture thereof
A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a base substrate; attaching a package stack assembly, having a contact pad, on the base substrate; applying an encapsulation having a cavity with a tapered side directly over the package stack assembly, the contact pad exposed in the cavity; attaching a recessed circuitry unit in the cavity and on the contact pad, a chamber of the cavity formed by the recessed circuitry unit and the tapered side of the cavity; and mounting a thermal structure over the recessed circuitry unit, the cavity, and the encapsulation. |
| US08692361B2 |
Electric device package comprising a laminate and method of making an electric device package comprising a laminate
A system and method for manufacturing an electric device package are disclosed. An embodiment comprises comprising a first carrier contact, a first electric component, the first electric component having a first top surface and a first bottom surface, the first electric component comprising a first component contact disposed on the first top surface, the first bottom surface being connected to the carrier and an connection element comprising a second electric component and an interconnect element, the connection element having a connection element top surface and a connection element bottom surface, wherein the connection element bottom surface comprises a first connection element contact and a second connection element contact, and wherein the first connection element contact is connected to the first component contact and the second connection element contact is connected to the first carrier contact. The packaged device further comprises an encapsulant encapsulating the first electric component. |
| US08692359B2 |
Through silicon via structure having protection ring
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes the following steps. A semiconductor substrate having a first side and a second side facing to the first side is provided. At least an opening is disposed in the semiconductor substrate of a protection region defined in the first side. A first material layer is formed on the first side and the second side, and the first material layer partially fills the opening. Subsequently, a part of the first material layer on the first side and outside the protection region is removed. A second material layer is formed on the first side and the second side, and the second material layer fills the opening. Then, a part of the second material layer on the first side and outside the protection region is removed. Finally, the remaining first material layer and the remaining second material layer on the first side are planarized. |
| US08692353B2 |
Semiconductor structure and method
An embodiment is a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure comprises at least two gate structures on a substrate. The gate structures define a recess between the gate structures, and the recess is defined by a depth in a vertical direction. The depth is from a top surface of at least one of the gate structures to below a top surface of the substrate, and the depth extends in an isolation region in the substrate. The semiconductor structure further comprises a filler material in the recess. The filler material has a first thickness in the vertical direction. The semiconductor structure also comprises an inter-layer dielectric layer in the recess and over the filler material. The inter-layer dielectric layer has a second thickness in the vertical direction below the top surface of the at least one of the gate structures. The first thickness is greater than the second thickness. |
| US08692347B2 |
Solid-state imaging device and method of manufacturing solid-state imaging device
A solid-state imaging device includes: a gate electrode arranged over an upper surface of a semiconductor substrate; a photoelectric conversion portion formed over the semiconductor substrate to position under the gate electrode; an overflow barrier formed over the semiconductor substrate to position in a portion other than a position facing the gate electrode in a planar direction and adjoin a side face of the photoelectric conversion portion; and a drain formed over the semiconductor substrate to adjoin a side face of the overflow barrier opposite to a side face adjoining the photoelectric conversion portion. |
| US08692345B2 |
Image sensing device, image sensing system, and method for manufacturing image sensing device
An image sensing device includes a light-shielding film having transit portions, a first film and a second film. The second film comprises a first layer having a different refractive index from the first film. The first layer lies within at least the transit portions, and forms interfaces with the first film. The distance between the interface and the corresponding photoelectric conversion portion is greater than the distance between the photoelectric conversion portion and the lower end of the corresponding transit portion. |
| US08692339B2 |
Micromechanical component having a rear volume
In a method for manufacturing a micromechanical component, a cavity is produced in the substrate from an opening at the rear of a monocrystalline semiconductor substrate. The etching process used for this purpose and the monocrystalline semiconductor substrate used are controlled in such a way that a largely rectangular cavity is formed. |
| US08692336B2 |
Semiconductor device
A well potential supply region is provided in an N-type well region of a cell array. Adjacent gates disposed in both sides of the well potential supply region in the horizontal direction and adjacent gates disposed in further both sides thereof are disposed at the same pitch. In addition, an adjacent cell array includes four gates each of which is opposed to the adjacent gates in the vertical direction. In other words, regularity in the shape of the gate patterns in the periphery of the well potential supply region is maintained. |
| US08692329B2 |
Electric resistance element suitable for light-emitting diode, laser diodes, or photodetectors
An electric resistance element comprising: a base body, which is formed with a semiconductor material; a first contact element, which is electrically conductively connected to the base body; and a second contact element, which is electrically conductively connected to the base body. The base body has a first main surface into which a cutout is introduced. The first contact element is electrically conductively connected to the base body at least in places in the cutout. The base body has a second main surface, which is arranged in a manner lying opposite the first main surface. The second contact element is electrically conductively connected to the base body at least in places at the second main surface. |
| US08692328B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a second conductive-type deep well configured above a substrate. The deep well includes an ion implantation region and a diffusion region. A first conductive-type first well is formed in the diffusion region. A gate electrode extends over portions of the ion implantation region and of the diffusion region, and partially overlaps the first well. The ion implantation region has a uniform impurity concentration whereas the impurity concentration of the diffusion region varies from being the highest concentration at the boundary interface between the ion implantation region and the diffusion region to being the lowest at the portion of the diffusion region that is the farthest away from the boundary interface. |
| US08692327B2 |
Lateral double diffused metal oxide semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
An LDMOS device may include at least one of a second conduction type buried layer and a first conduction type drain extension region. An LDMOS device may include a second conduction type drain extension region configured to be formed in a portion of the first conduction type drain extension region. The second conduction type drain extension region may include a gate pattern and a drain region. An LDMOS device may include a first conduction type body having surface contact with the second conduction type drain extension region and may include a source region. An LDMOS device may include a first guard ring formed around the second conduction type drain extension region. An LDMOS device may include a second guard ring configured to be formed around the first guard ring and configured to be connected to a different region of the second conduction type buried layer. |
| US08692326B2 |
High voltage metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor device and layout pattern thereof
A layout pattern of a high voltage metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor device includes a first doped region having a first conductivity type, a second doped region having the first conductivity type, and an non-continuous doped region formed in between the first doped region and the second doped region. The non-continuous doped region includes a plurality of gaps formed therein. The non-continuous doped region further includes a second conductivity type complementary to the first conductivity type. |
| US08692324B2 |
Semiconductor devices having charge balanced structure
A laterally diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor device includes a substrate having a first conductivity type with a semiconductor layer formed over the substrate. A source region and a drain extension region of the first conductivity type are formed in the semiconductor layer. A body region of a second conductivity type is formed in the semiconductor layer. A conductive gate is formed over a gate dielectric layer that is formed over a channel region. A drain contact electrically connects the drain extension region to the substrate and is laterally spaced from the channel region. The drain contact includes a highly-doped drain contact region formed between the substrate and the drain extension region in the semiconductor layer, wherein a topmost portion of the highly-doped drain contact region is spaced from the upper surface of the semiconductor layer. A source contact electrically connects the source region to the body region. |
| US08692320B2 |
Recessed memory cell access devices and gate electrodes
Recessed access transistor devices used with semiconductor devices may include gate electrodes having materials with multiple work functions, materials that are electrically isolated from each other and supplied with two or more voltage supplies, or materials that create a diode junction within the gate electrode. |
| US08692318B2 |
Trench MOS structure and method for making the same
A trench MOS structure is provided. The trench MOS structure includes a substrate, an epitaxial layer, a trench, a gate isolation, a trench gate, a guard ring and a reinforcement structure within the guard ring. The substrate has a first conductivity type, a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The epitaxial layer has the first conductivity type and is disposed on the first side. The trench is disposed in the epitaxial layer. The gate isolation covers the inner wall of the trench. The trench gate is disposed in the trench and has the first conductivity type. The guard ring has a second conductivity type and is disposed within the epitaxial layer. The reinforcement structure has an electrically insulating material and is disposed within the guard ring. |
| US08692315B2 |
Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having an active layer in which an element region and a contact region are formed, a support substrate supporting the active layer, and a buried insulation layer interposed between the active layer and the support substrate. A transistor element is formed in the element region, the transistor element having a transistor buried impurity layer formed within the active layer. The semiconductor device further includes a substrate contact having a contact buried impurity layer formed within the contact region and a through contact extending from the surface of the active layer to the support substrate through the contact buried impurity and the buried insulation layer, the contact buried impurity layer being in the same layer as the transistor buried impurity layer. |
| US08692311B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed for manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method can include selectively implanting an impurity into a underlying layer containing silicon using a mask to form a boron-added region and an etched region. The boron-added region contains boron, and a boron concentration of the etched region is lower than a boron concentration in the boron added region. The method can include forming a pair of holes reaching the etched region in the stacked body including a plurality of layers of electrode layers. The method can include forming a depression part connected to a lower end of each of the pair of holes in the underlying layer by removing the etched region through the holes using an etching solution. |
| US08692310B2 |
Gate fringing effect based channel formation for semiconductor device
Methods and structures for forming semiconductor channels based on gate fringing effect are disclosed. In one embodiment, a NAND flash memory device comprises multiple NAND strings of memory transistors. Each memory transistor includes a charge trapping layer and a gate electrode formed on the charge trapping layer. The memory transistors are formed close to each other to form a channel between an adjacent pair of the memory transistors based on a gate fringing effect associated with the adjacent pair of the memory transistors. |
| US08692309B2 |
Semiconductor device
In the trap type memory chip the withstanding voltage is raised up, and then the electric current for reading out is increased. There are formed on the p-type semiconductor substrate 1 a first gate lamination structure which comprises a first insulating film 11 including a trap layer, and a first conductive body 9, and a second gate lamination structure which comprises a second insulating film 12 free of a trap layer and including an insulating film layer 13 doped with metal for controlling the work function at least on the upper layer, and a second conductive body 10. A source drain region 2 and a source drain region 3 are formed such that the first gate lamination structure and the second gate lamination structure are interleaved therebetween.The effective work function of the second gate lamination structure is higher than that of the first gate lamination structure. |
| US08692308B2 |
Semiconductor device including a floating gate
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer with a trench dug downward from its surface, a source region formed on a surface layer portion adjacent to a first side of the trench in a prescribed direction, a drain region formed on the surface layer portion, adjacent to a second side of the trench opposite to the first side in the prescribed direction, a first insulating film on the bottom surface and the side surface of the trench, a floating gate stacked on the first insulating film and opposed to the bottom surface and the side surface of the trench through the first insulating film, a second insulating film formed on the floating gate, and a control gate at least partially embedded in the trench so that the portion embedded in the trench is opposed to the floating gate through the second insulating film. |
| US08692306B2 |
Decoupling capacitor and method of making same
A semiconductor substrate has at least two active regions, each having at least one active device that includes a gate electrode layer, and a shallow trench isolation (STI) region between the active regions. A decoupling capacitor comprises first and second dummy conductive patterns formed in the same gate electrode layer over the STI region. The first and second dummy conductive regions are unconnected to any of the at least one active device. The first dummy conductive pattern is connected to a source of a first potential. The second dummy conductive pattern is connected to a source of a second potential. A dielectric material is provided between the first and second dummy conductive patterns. |
| US08692301B2 |
Nanostructured photodiode
The present invention provides a photodiode comprising a p-i-n or pn junction at least partly formed by first and second regions (2) made of semiconductor materials having opposite conductivity type, wherein the p-i-n or pn junction comprises a light absorption region (11) for generation of charge carriers from absorbed light. One section of the p-i-n or pn junction is comprises by one or more nanowires (7) that are spaced apart and arranged to collect charge carriers generated in the light absorption region (11). At least one low doped region (10) made of a low doped or intrinsic semiconductor material provided between the nanowires (7) and one of said first region (1) and said second region (2) enables custom made light absorption region and/or avalanche multiplication region of the active region (9). |
| US08692300B2 |
Interposer and method for forming the same
An embodiment of the invention provides an interposer which includes: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface; a first hole extending from the first surface towards the second surface; a second hole extending from the first surface towards the second surface, wherein a width of the first hole is different from a width of the second hole; an insulating layer located on the substrate and extending onto a sidewall of the first hole and a sidewall of the second hole; and a conducting layer located on the insulating layer on the substrate and extending onto the sidewall of the first hole, wherein there is substantially no conducting layer in the second hole. |
| US08692290B2 |
Silicon controlled rectifier structure with improved junction breakdown and leakage control
Device structures and design structures for a silicon controlled rectifier, as well as methods for fabricating a silicon controlled rectifier. The device structure includes first and second layers of different materials disposed on a top surface of a device region containing first and second p-n junctions of the silicon controlled rectifier. The first layer is laterally positioned on the top surface in vertical alignment with the first p-n junction. The second layer is laterally positioned on the top surface of the device region in vertical alignment with the second p-n junction. The material comprising the second layer has a higher electrical resistivity than the material comprising the first layer. |
| US08692283B2 |
Light-transmitting metal electrode, electronic apparatus and light emitting device
According to one embodiment, a light-transmitting metal electrode includes a metal layer. The metal layer is provided on a major surface of a member and includes a metal nanowire and a plurality of openings formed with the metal nanowire. The thin layer includes a plurality of first straight line parts along a first direction and a plurality of second straight line parts along a direction different from the first direction. A maximum length of the first line parts along the first direction and a maximum length of the second line parts along the direction different from the first direction are not more than a wave length of visible light. A ratio of an area of the metal layer viewed in a normal direction of the surface to an area of the metal layer viewed in the normal direction is more than 20% and not more than 80%. |
| US08692273B2 |
Light-emitting device
The present application is to provide a light-emitting device comprising a metal reflective layer; a first transparent conductive oxide layer having a first refractive index; a second transparent conductive oxide layer having a second refractive index different from the first refractive index, and being between the metal reflective layer and the first transparent conductive oxide layer; and a light-emitting stack layer electrically connected to the second transparent conductive oxide layer substantially through the first transparent conductive layer; wherein there is no light absorbing material between the metal reflective layer and the first transparent conductive oxide layer. |
| US08692264B2 |
Light-emitting element, method of manufacturing light-emitting element, self-scanning light-emitting element array, optical writing head, and image forming apparatus
Provided is a light-emitting element including a semiconductor substrate, an island structure formed on the semiconductor substrate and including at least a current confining layer and p-type and n-type semiconductor layers, a light-emitting thyristor formed in the island structure and having a pnpn structure, and a shift thyristor formed in the island structure and having a pnpn structure, wherein the island structure includes a first side surface having a first depth such that the first side surface does not reach the current confining layer in a formation region of the shift thyristor and a second side surface having a second depth such that the second side surface reaches at least the current confining layer in a formation region of the light-emitting thyristor, and an oxidized region selectively oxidized from the second side surface is formed in the current confining layer in the formation region of the light-emitting thyristor. |
| US08692263B2 |
Organic light emitting diode display and manufacturing method thereof
A large size organic light emitting diode (OLED) display and manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes i) forming a display unit including a plurality of pixels on a substrate, ii) forming a getter layer, a bonding layer and a conductive contact layer around the display unit and iii) manufacturing a sealing member including a flexible polymer film and a metal layer formed on at least one side of the polymer film. The method may further include laminating the sealing member on the substrate using a roll lamination process such that the metal layer contacts the conductive contact layer and curing the contact layer and the conductive contact layer. |
| US08692261B2 |
Light emitting device grown on a relaxed layer
In some embodiments of the invention, a device includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, a third semiconductor layer, and a semiconductor structure comprising a III-nitride light emitting layer disposed between an n-type region and a p-type region. The second semiconductor layer is disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer. The third semiconductor layer is disposed between the second semiconductor layer and the light emitting layer. A difference between the in-plane lattice constant of the first semiconductor layer and the bulk lattice constant of the third semiconductor layer is no more than 1%. A difference between the in-plane lattice constant of the first semiconductor layer and the bulk lattice constant of the second semiconductor layer is at least 1%. The third semiconductor layer is at least partially relaxed. |
| US08692259B2 |
Light-emitting device and electronic apparatus
A light-emitting device includes a power feeding line to which a predetermined voltage is supplied; a light-emitting element formed of a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light-emitting layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a driving transistor that controls the amount of current supplied to the light-emitting element from the power feeding line. The power feeding line includes a portion interposed between the first electrode and the driving transistor. |
| US08692258B2 |
Array substrate of TFT-LCD including a black matrix and method for manufacturing the same
The disclosed technology is in connection with an array substrate of a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) and a method for manufacturing the same, and the array substrate comprises: a base substrate; a gate line and a data line forming on the base substrate and defining a pixel region, a pixel electrode, a thin film transistor and a common electrode are formed in the pixel region; a black matrix made of conductive thin film material, the black matrix is electrically connected with the common electrode. |
| US08692248B2 |
Integrated circuit die having input and output circuit pads, test circuitry, and multiplex circuitry
Test circuits located on semiconductor die enable a tester to test a plurality of die/ICs in parallel by inputting both stimulus and response patterns to the plurality of die/ICs. The response patterns from the tester are input to the test circuits along with the output response of the die/IC to be compared. Also disclosed is the use of a response signal encoding scheme whereby the tester transmits response test commands to the test circuits, using a single signal per test circuit, to perform: (1) a compare die/IC output against an expected logic high, (2) a compare die/IC output against an expected logic low, and (3) a mask compare operation. The use of the signal encoding scheme allows functional testing of die and ICs since all response test commands (i.e. 1-3 above) required at each die/IC output can be transmitted to each die/IC output using only a single tester signal connection per die/IC output. In addition to functional testing, scan testing of die and ICs is also possible. |
| US08692245B2 |
Crack stop structure and method for forming the same
The present invention in a first aspect proposes a semiconductor structure with a crack stop structure. The semiconductor structure includes a matrix, an integrated circuit and a scribe line. The matrix includes a scribe line region and a circuit region. The integrated circuit is disposed within the circuit region. The scribe line is disposed within the scribe line region and includes a crack stop trench which is disposed in the matrix and adjacent to the circuit region. The crack stop trench is parallel with one side of the circuit region and filled with a composite material in the form of a grid to form a crack stop structure. |
| US08692244B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes: an emitter electrode formed of a silicide film, and provided on a semiconductor layer; an insulating film provided on the emitter electrode; and an electrode pad made of Al, and provided on the insulating film. |
| US08692243B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
An object is to reduce the number of manufacturing steps of a semiconductor device, to improve yield of a semiconductor device, or to reduce manufacturing cost of a semiconductor device. One embodiment of the present invention relates to a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes, over a substrate, a first transistor having a single crystal semiconductor layer in a channel formation region, a second transistor that is isolated from the first transistor with an insulating layer positioned therebetween and has an oxide semiconductor layer in a channel formation region, and a diode having a single crystal semiconductor layer and a oxide semiconductor layer. |
| US08692242B1 |
Candlelight-like light organic light-emitting device
The present invention relates to a candlelight-like light organic light-emitting device, comprising: a first conductive layer, a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a first host light-emitting layer, a second host light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer, an electron injection layer, and a second conductive layer. Particularly, in the present invention, a plurality of candlelight complementary color dyes are doped in the first host light-emitting layer and the second host light-emitting layer for making the first host light-emitting layer and the second host light-emitting layer respectively emit a first light and a second light, such that the first light and the second light are mixed to a candlelight-like light with high color rendering index and low color temperature; therefore the candlelight-like light is suitable for being a reading light or a bedside light, and can facilitate users to read by their eyes under a comfortable condition. |
| US08692238B2 |
Semiconductor devices and methods of preparation
An organic film-forming polymer has a Tg of at least 70° C. and comprises a backbone comprising recurring units of Structure (A) shown in this application. These organic film-forming polymers can be used as dielectric materials in various devices with improved properties such as improved mobility. |
| US08692236B2 |
Method of manufacturing organic semiconductor nanofibrillar network dispersed in insulating polymer using a blend of organic semiconductor/insulating polymer and organic thin film transistor using the same
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing an organic semiconductor thin film for an organic thin film transistor from a blend of organic semiconductor/insulating polymer. The organic semiconductor thin film is configured such that organic semiconductor nanofibrils are dispersed in the form of a network in the insulating polymer layer. This organic semiconductor thin film is formed by dissolving the blend of organic semiconductor/insulating polymer in a marginal solvent of the organic semiconductor or mixed solvent thus preparing a blend solution, which is then applied while adjusting the solubility of the solution. An organic thin film transistor using the organic semiconductor thin film is also provided. The blend thin film of organic semiconductor/insulating polymer containing only about 3 wt % of the organic semiconductor exhibits electrical properties equal to those of a thin film composed exclusively of an organic semiconductor. The insulating polymer acts as a protective layer of the organic thin film transistor, thus obviating a need for forming the protective layer. |
| US08692233B2 |
Biomolecule-based electronic device
The present invention relates to a biomolecule-based electronic device in which the biomolecule with redox potential is directly immobilized on the substrate. The present invention enables to excellently exhibit the capability of a protein-based bio-memory device in which it is preferable to use the substrate on which cysteine-introduced recombinant proteins are effectively immobilized and a self-assembled layer (SAM) is fabricated. It becomes realized that a redox potential is regulated using intrinsic redox potential of the protein dependent on applied voltage. The present invention provides a novel operating method in which three potentials are applied throughout four steps. The present invention has some advantages of fabricating a protein layer in a convenient manner and inducing electron transfer by fundamental electrochemical or electronic operation. The method of this invention is considered as a new concept in the senses that intrinsic electron transfer mechanisms induced by natural-occurring biomolecules are used to develop an information storage device. |
| US08692232B2 |
Organic light emitting diode having co-deposited emission layer with host, emitting dopant and auxiliary dopant and method of fabricating the same
Provided is an organic light emitting diode which can easily control color coordinates and improve a device's life span characteristic by using an auxiliary dopant having a higher band gap energy than that of a host, and preferably, having an absolute value of the highest occupied molecular orbital energy level equal to or higher than that of the host, or an absolute value of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level equal to or lower than that of the host.The organic light emitting diode includes a first electrode, an emission layer disposed on the first electrode and including a host, an emitting dopant and an auxiliary dopant, and a second electrode disposed on the emission layer. Here, the auxiliary dopant has a higher band gap energy than the host. A method of fabricating the organic light emitting diode is provided. |
| US08692230B2 |
High performance field-effect transistors
A high performance field-effect transistor includes a substrate, a nanomaterial thin film disposed on the substrate, a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the nanomaterial thin film, and a channel area defined between the source electrode and the drain electrode. A unitary self-aligned gate electrode extends from the nanomaterial thin film in the channel area between the source electrode and the drain electrode, the gate electrode having an outer dielectric layer and including a foot region and a head region, the foot region in contact with a portion of the nanomaterial thin film in the channel area. A metal layer is disposed over the source electrode, the drain electrode, the head region of the gate electrode, and portions of the nanomaterial thin film proximate the source electrode and the drain electrode in the channel area. |
| US08692228B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting device and wafer
A semiconductor light emitting device includes a first layer including at least one of n-type GaN and n-type AlGaN; a second layer including Mg-containing p-type AlGaN; and a light emitting section provided between the first and second layers. The light emitting section includes barrier layers of Si-containing AlxGa1-x-yInyN (0≦x, 0≦y, x+y≦1), and a well layer provided between the barrier layers and made of GaInN or AlGaInN. The barrier layers have a nearest barrier layer nearest to the second layer among the barrier layers and a far barrier layer. The nearest barrier layer includes a first portion made of Si-containing AlxGa1-x-yInyN (0≦x, 0≦y, x+y≦1), and a second portion provided between the first portion and the second layer and made of AlxGa1-x-yInyN (0≦x, 0≦y, x+y≦1). The Si concentration in the second portion is lower than those in the first portion and in the far barrier layer. |
| US08692225B2 |
Resistive memory device and fabrication method thereof
A resistive memory device capable of suppressing disturbance between cells and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The resistive memory device includes a word line formed, in a first direction, on a semiconductor substrate, lower access structures, each having a pillar shape, formed on the word line, a first insulating layer formed around an outer circumference of each of the lower access structures, a heat-absorption layer formed on a surface of each of the to heat-absorption layers, a variable resistive material formed on the lower access structures, and an upper electrode formed on each variable resistive material. |
| US08692223B2 |
Resistance variable memory device including nano particles and method for fabricating the same
A resistance variable memory device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; a resistance variable layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and nano particles that are disposed in the resistance variable layer and have a lower dielectric constant than the resistance variable layer. |
| US08692220B2 |
Extreme ultraviolet light source device and control method for extreme ultraviolet light source device
A guide laser beam that has an optical axis and a beam diameter substantially equivalent to those of a driver pulsed laser beam is introduced into an amplification system that amplifies a laser beam that is output from a driver laser oscillator. The guide laser beam is output from a laser device as a continuous light, and is introduced into a light path of the driver pulsed laser beam via a guide laser beam introduction mirror. A sensor detects an angle (a direction) of a laser beam and a variation of a curvature of a wave front. A wave front correction controller outputs a signal to a wave front correction part based on a measured result of a sensor. The wave front correction part corrects a wave front of a laser beam to be a predetermined wave front according to an instruction from the wave front correction controller. |
| US08692216B2 |
Ion implantation apparatus and control method thereof
A vertical profile, a horizontal profile, and an integrated current value of an ion beam are measured by a plurality of stationary beam measuring instruments and a movable or stationary beam measuring device. At a beam current adjustment stage before ion implantation, a control device simultaneously performs at least one of adjustment of a beam current to a preset value of the beam current, adjustment of a horizontal beam size that is necessary to secure uniformity of the horizontal ion beam density, and adjustment of a vertical beam size that is necessary to secure the uniformity of the vertical ion implantation distribution on the basis of a measurement value of the stationary beam measuring instruments and the movable or stationary beam measuring device. |
| US08692215B2 |
Heated rotary seal and bearing for chilled ion implantation system
A workpiece scanning system is provided having a scan arm that rotates about a first axis and a chilled end effector rotatably coupled to the scan arm about a second axis for selectively securing a workpiece. The chilled end effector has a clamping plate and one or more cooling mechanisms for cooling the clamping plate. A bearing is positioned along the second axis and rotatably couples the end effector to the scan arm, and a seal is positioned along the second axis to provide a pressure barrier between an external environment and an internal environment. One or more of the bearing and seal can have a ferrofluid associated therewith. A heater assembly is positioned proximate to the bearing and seal, wherein the heater assembly selectively provides a predetermined amount of heat to the bearing and seal, therein increasing a propensity of the end effector to rotate about the second axis. |
| US08692210B2 |
Photonic wine processor
An apparatus and method for modifying the organoleptic properties of a beverage, such as wine in a bottle, said apparatus having a least one light-source, said light-source applying peak wavelengths at intensities and time durations optimal for modifying said beverage's organoleptic properties with a highly reflective inner surface, a translucent air flow baffle, a translucent liquid barrier, and a controlled oxygen concentration in the bottle headspace. |
| US08692209B2 |
UV disinfection system for waste water and drinking water including a cleaning device
A UV disinfection system for waste water and drinking water, includes a number of UV radiators arranged in cladding tubes, the cladding tubes being configured essentially symmetrically to a longitudinal axis, as well as a cleaning device for the cladding tubes. The cleaning device includes at least one cleaning ring for each cladding tube, which surrounds the cladding tube, the at least one cleaning ring having a scraper ring resting against the cladding tube, at least one drive for driving the cleaning ring in the direction of the longitudinal axis, and supply provisions for supplying pressurized fluid under elevated pressure from a pressure source to the scraper ring are provided, wherein pressure may be applied onto the scraper ring from the pressure source in the direction of the cladding tube. |
| US08692208B2 |
Ion supply device and workpiece processing system provided with the same
An ion supply device includes an ion generator for generating ions for removing static electricity, a carrier gas supply unit for supplying to the ion generator a carrier gas for carrying the ions generated in the ion generator, and an ion supply nozzle for blowing the ions and the carrier gas from the ion generator through a blow-off opening toward an electricity removal target from which static electricity is to be removed. A slit is provided at the blow-off opening and has an increased width as the slit gets distant from the electricity removal target. The ion supply nozzle includes an internal flow path and a plurality of internal fins provided at a portion of the internal flow path near the blow-off opening so that the ions and the carrier gas blown from the slit is uniformly distributed along a lengthwise direction of the slit. |
| US08692203B1 |
Iodide scintillator for radiation detection
The present disclosure discloses, in one arrangement, a single crystalline iodide scintillator material having a composition of the formula AM1−xEuxI3, A3M1−xEuxI5 and AM2(1−x)Eu2xI5, wherein A consists essentially of any alkali metal element (such as Li, Na K, Rb, Cs) or any combination thereof, M consists essentially of Sr, Ca, Ba or any combination thereof, and 0≦x≦1. In another arrangement, the above single crystalline iodide scintillator material can be made by first synthesizing a compound of the above composition and then forming a single crystal from the synthesized compound by, for example, the Vertical Gradient Freeze method. Applications of the iodide scintillator materials include radiation detectors and their use in medical and security imaging. |
| US08692199B2 |
Concept for determining a measurement value at a component
In an evaluation device for determining a measurement value at a component, power is supplied to the component during readout of the measurement value. A controller serves to determine the power supplied to the component during the readout. The measurement value determined by the reader is corrected by a compensator while using the power determined by the controller, so as to obtain a corrected measurement value freed from any effects caused by the power supplied. |
| US08692195B2 |
Charged particle radiation device
The present invention provides a scanning charged particle beam device including a sample chamber (8) and a detector. The detector has: a function of detecting light at least ranging from the vacuum ultraviolet region to the visible light region, of light (17) having image information which is obtained by a light emission phenomenon of gas scintillation when the sample chamber is controlled to a low vacuum (1 Pa to 3,000 Pa); and a function of detecting ion currents (11, 13) having image information which are obtained by cascade amplification of electrons and gas molecules. Accordingly, it becomes possible to realize a device which can deal with observation of various samples. Further, an optimal configuration of the detection unit is devised, to thereby make it possible to add value to an obtained image and provide users in wide-ranging fields with the observation image. In addition, the detector is made usable in combination with a detector for high vacuum, to thereby make it possible to provide wide-ranging users with the image, irrespective of the vacuum mode. |
| US08692194B2 |
Electron microscope device
The present invention provides an electron microscope device, comprising a scanning electron microscope 2 and an optical microscope 3, wherein the scanning electron microscope has scanning means 10 for scanning an electron beam and an electron detector 12 for detecting electron 11 issued from a specimen 8 scanned over by the electron beam, and the scanning electron microscope acquires a scanning electron image based on a detection result from the electron detector, the optical microscope has a light emitting source 13 for illuminating an illumination light, and the optical microscope illuminates the illumination light to the specimen, and acquires an optical image by receiving a reflection light from the specimen, and wherein the electron detector has a fluorescent substance layer for electron-light conversion, a wavelength filter for restricting so that all or almost all of wavelength ranges of the fluorescent light from the fluorescent substance layer passes through, and a wavelength detecting element for receiving the fluorescent light passing through the wavelength filter and performing optical-electric conversion, wherein the light amount of the illumination light in the wavelength range passing through the wavelength filter does not exceed a limit of deterioration of the scanning electron image. |
| US08692193B2 |
Method for inspecting EUV reticle and apparatus thereof
A method of inspecting an EUV reticle is proposed, which uses an original design layout information to align the plurality of patterns on an image, which is got by scanning the surface of an EUV reticle, such that the defect can be identified and classified according to the aligned patterns. In the scanning process, a step of conditioning surface charge is followed by a step of inspecting surface of the EUV reticle wherein the step of conditioning surface can neutralize the surface charge and the step of inspecting can obtain an image of the EUV reticle. The method of inspecting an EUV reticle also tuning a retarding electrode to attract more secondary electrons such that the greylevels of different patterns may be shown and the defect can be identified and classified. |
| US08692192B2 |
Methods and systems for mass spectrometry
The present invention relates generally to mass spectrometry. The present invention relates more particularly to methods and systems for use in mass spectrometric identification of a variety of analytes, including high molecular weight species such as proteins. One embodiment of the invention is a method for analyzing an analyte. The method includes nebulizing a suspension of the analyte in a solvent with a surface acoustic wave transducer; and performing mass spectrometry on the nebulized suspension. The surface acoustic wave transducer can be used, for example, to transfer non-volatile peptides and proteins (as well as other analyztes, such as oligonucleotides and polymers) to the gas phase at atmospheric pressure. Nebulization using surface acoustic waves can be conducted in a discontinuous or pulsed mode, similar to that used in MALDI, or in a continuous mode, as in ESI. |
| US08692190B2 |
FAIMS having a displaceable electrode for on/off operation
A system for analyzing ions comprises: an ion source; a FAIMS cell comprising: (a) a gas inlet; (b) an outer electrode having a generally concave inner surface and comprising: (i) an ion inlet operable to receive the ions from the ion source and a carrier gas from the gas inlet; and (ii) an ion outlet; and (c) an inner electrode having a conduit therethrough and having a generally convex outer surface disposed in a spaced-apart and facing arrangement relative to the inner surface of the outer electrode defining at least one annular on separation region therebetween; and a mass analyzer for mass analyzing ions transmitted by the FAIMS cell through the ion outlet, wherein the inner electrode is moveable between a first position and a second position, the first and second positions facilitating movement of the ions through the at least one annular ion separation region and the conduit, respectively. |
| US08692189B2 |
Parallel mass analysis
A system and method of mass spectrometry is provided. Ions from an ion source are stored in a first ion storage device and in a second ion storage device. Ions are ejected from the first ion storage device to a first mass analysis device during a first ejection time period, for analysis during a first analysis time period. Ions are ejected from the second ion storage device to a second mass analysis device during a second ejection time period. The ion storage devices are connected in series such that an ion transport aperture of the first ion storage device is in communication with an ion transport aperture of the second ion storage device. The first analysis time period and the second ejection time period at least partly overlap. |
| US08692188B2 |
Mass spectrometers and methods of ion separation and detection
A mass spectrometer operating according to the iso-tach principle in which a mass filter accelerates ions to nominally equal velocities irrespective of their mass-to-charge ratios. The mass spectrometer is provided with an improved detector based on an electrostatic lens arrangement made of a concave lens followed in the beam path by a convex lens. These lenses deflect ions away from the beam axis by a distance from the beam axis that is inversely proportional to their mass-to-charge ratios. The mass-to-charge ratio of the ions can then be determined by a suitable detector array, such as a multi-channel plate placed in the beam path. This provides a compact and sensitive instrument. |
| US08692187B2 |
Electron transfer dissociation for biopolymer sequence analysis
The present invention relates to a new method for fragmenting ions in a mass spectrometer through the use of electron transfer dissociation, and for performing sequence analysis of peptides and proteins by mass spectrometry. In the case of peptides, the invention promotes fragmentation along the peptide backbone and makes it possible to deduce the amino acid sequence of the sample, including modified amino acid residues, through the use of an RF field device. |
| US08692186B2 |
Method and apparatus for leak testing containers
Closed containers which are filled with a consumer product are tested on leakiness by means of mass spectrometry (10) in that an impact (AN(P)) by the consumer product (P) upon the surrounding atmosphere (A(P)) of the container to be leak tested is monitored by the mass spectrometry (10). |
| US08692182B2 |
Ruggedized high temperature compatible radiation detector
Disclosed is an apparatus configured to detect radiation at high temperatures in a borehole penetrating the earth. The apparatus includes a scintillation material that interacts with the radiation to generate photons, at least one solid-state photodetector optically coupled to the scintillation material and configured to detect the radiation by detecting the generated photons, and at least one optical element disposed between the scintillation material and the at least one solid-state photodetector and configured to concentrate the photons generated in the scintillation material onto the at least one solid-state photodetector. |
| US08692175B2 |
Image sensor with very high dynamic range
A image sensor includes active pixels for gathering images at very high and very low luminance level. Each pixel includes at least one photodiode, a charge storage node, an electron multiplication amplification structure, a unit for transferring electrons from the photodiode to the structure, a unit for transferring electrons from the amplification structure to the storage node after multiplication, a transistor for reinitializing the potential of the storage node. The pixels are read by a reading circuit which samples the potential of the charge storage node after reinitialization and after transfer of the electrons into the storage node and which provides a corresponding illumination measurement. The sensor furthermore includes a unit for carrying out the integration of charge in two different durations in the course of one and the same frame, and for giving the amplification structure multiplication factors different to the charge integrated in the course of these durations. |
| US08692173B2 |
Solar tracking sensor array
The present invention provides an apparatus and method for solar tracking. The solar tracking sensor array and method so disclosed can be used with any device that requires a specific orientation to the sun for optimal operation. The system relies upon a sun tracking mechanism which includes a plurality of phototransistors configured in a particular manner. The apparatus can further be used with an analog sensor circuit which is also disclosed herein. Although the device and method are disclosed in conjunction with a solar tracking device, which includes the analog sensor circuit, a drive assembly, and a power source, these components may be used independently of one another. |
| US08692167B2 |
Medical device heaters and methods
A medical device having a heater with at least one heating element which has mains voltage applied to it by a heating control unit. The heating control unit includes a monitoring arrangement and a switching arrangement. The monitoring arrangement can recognize the zero crossings of the mains voltage, and the switching arrangement can switch the at least one heating element on or off in the zero crossing. The heating control unit controls the power of the heating by switching on and off of one or more half cycles of the mains AC voltage. |
| US08692164B2 |
Cooking appliance
A cooking appliance for producing flatbreads or other foodstuffs is provided. The cooking appliance includes a base, lower heating assembly, and an upper heating assembly. The lower heating assembly includes a lower cooking surface, and the upper heating assembly includes an upper cooking surface. The upper cooking surface is translatable and rotatable relative to the lower cooking surface. The upper cooking surface is locatable in at least three operative positions relative to the lower cooking surface. |
| US08692161B2 |
Furnace system with case integrated cooling system
An infrared firing furnace includes a case-integrated cooling system to provide high performance cooling as the first step in the cooling process. The cooling system includes a cooling manifold integrated into, and made from, the same case material as the adjacent firing zone. As the cooling system is made from the same material as the rest of the case, it can handle being exposed to higher temperatures. The cooling system is positioned such that the plane of its outlet is at a specific clearance level relative to the product passing underneath. High pressure cooling jets of air are directed downward toward the products as they pass under the cooling manifold in order to quickly bring the temperature of the products down from the much higher firing temperature, and minimize the dwell time of the product at the higher temperature. |
| US08692159B2 |
Addition of lithium aluminate to improve the performance of self shielded electrodes
A self-shielding welding electrode and a method of making the same are provided. The self-shielding welding electrode contains lithium aluminate in either the flux or the electrode portion of the electrode. |
| US08692156B2 |
Robot cell
A robot cell comprises a support having a top surface within a plane and configured to rotate about a central axis substantially normal to the plane and a plurality of welding tables including a first welding table and a second welding table. The first welding table is operably connected to the support and configured to rotate about a first axis substantially parallel to the plane and about a second axis substantially normal to the plane. The first welding table is configured such that the second axis remains substantially normal to the plane while the first welding table rotates about the first axis. The second welding table is operably connected to the support and configured to rotate about a third axis substantially parallel to the plane and about a fourth axis substantially normal to the plane. The second welding table is configured such that the fourth axis remains substantially' normal to the plane while the second welding table rotates about the third axis. |
| US08692153B2 |
Method for manufacturing photoelectric-conversion-device, device for photoelectric-conversion-device manufacturing device, and photoelectric conversion device
Provided is a method for manufacturing a photoelectric-conversion-device capable of controlling the groove depth of a processed groove to a desired value. The method for manufacturing a photoelectric conversion device (10) includes a groove forming step of irradiating an intermediate-contact-layer separating groove (15) constituting a photoelectric conversion device (10) with a picosecond laser and of moving the picosecond laser relative to the intermediate-contact-layer separating groove (93), thereby forming a processed groove (15) in a predetermined scanning direction. In the groove forming step, interference fringes arranged in parallel in one direction are formed in an irradiated area corresponding to a beam diameter of the picosecond laser, and the picosecond laser is relatively moved such that the interference fringes are joined in the scanning direction. |
| US08692148B1 |
Method and apparatus for improving performance in container sorting
The present invention discloses a container sorting system capable of increased sorting efficiency. The present invention discloses a device in which the distance is shortened between detection and ejection of containers being sorted by reflective infrared radiation, transmission infrared radiation, or both. The present invention also includes a method of operating such device. |
| US08692145B2 |
Keyboard
A keyboard includes a membrane circuit board, a luminous key, a light-emitting element and a plastic film layer. The luminous key has a keycap with a light-transmissible part. The luminous key is configured for triggering a membrane switch of the membrane circuit board. The light-emitting element is disposed on the membrane circuit board and arranged under the membrane circuit board for emitting a light beam. The plastic film layer is disposed on the membrane circuit board, and includes a convex structure, which is integrally formed with the plastic film layer. The light-emitting element is enclosed by the convex structure. The convex structure has a light-transmissible zone aligned with the light-emitting element. In such way, the keyboard of the present invention has enhanced production yield and reduced leak leakage. |
| US08692141B2 |
Luggage overweight-indicating appratus
An integral weighing device for determining whether the weight of a luggage container and its contents exceed a maximum allowable amount simply by suspending the container by its handle. If the container weighs more than a set amount the integral weighing device provides a visual cue that the container exceeds the predefined weight. The integral weighing device comprises a torsion spring mounted within a housing, and a cord attached to each end of the torsion spring and fed via a guide-way through and out of the housing to an externally accessible grip handle. An indicator arm is rotationally mounted to the housing. When a person lifts the luggage by the grip handle the force is transferred to the torsion spring causing angular deflection toward the indicator arm. If the container exceeds the set weight the indicator arm provides a visual cue that the bag exceeds the predetermined weight. |
| US08692139B2 |
Cable gland assembly for terminating cable
A cable gland assembly for terminating cable is described herein. The cable gland assembly can include a gland configured to receive a cable, and a gland nut disposed around the gland. A skid washer may be disposed within the gland nut above or below the gland. The cable gland assembly can also include an intermediate body having a first end and a second end, in which the first end may be coupled to the gland nut. The cable gland assembly can further include a body coupled to the second end of the intermediate body, and an intermediate nut disposed around a portion of the body and the second end of the intermediate body. |
| US08692129B2 |
Package-substrate-mounting printed wiring board and method for manufacturing the same
A printed wiring board includes an interlayer insulation layer, first pads positioned to mount a semiconductor element and forming a first pad group on the insulation layer, second pads forming a second pad group on the insulation layer and positioned along a peripheral portion of the first group, a first solder-resist layer formed on the insulation layer and having first openings exposing the first pads, respectively, and second openings exposing the second pads, respectively, conductive posts formed on the second pads through the second openings of the first solder-resist layer, respectively, and a second solder-resist layer formed on the first solder-resist layer and having a third opening exposing the first pads and fourth openings exposing surfaces of the posts, respectively. The second openings have a diameter greater than a diameter of the posts, and the second solder-resist layer is filling gaps formed between the second openings and the posts. |
| US08692123B2 |
Electrical device with power cord insert
An electrical device including an electrical power cord secured to a base of the electrical device by using a plug having a pair of resilient prongs. The plug is inserted into an opening in the base to secure a strain reliever on an end of the electrical power cord into the opening. The resilient prongs flex towards each other when the plug is inserted into the opening. The prongs return to their original positions after passing through the opening and seat the plug in the opening. When seated, the plug secures the strain reliever into the opening thereby securing the electrical power cord to the base. |
| US08692121B1 |
Device for receiving an electrical contact
This invention relates generally to a method and apparatus to engage and suspend an electrical contact of a cylindrical and elongated configuration. In accordance with the invention and described is a hollowed out, cylindrical and elongated device having two pair of spaced apart cantilever beams which extend forwardly from a base to a pin receiving end wherein the counter levered beams of each pair are opposing each other and are equally spaced along the entire circumference wherein a pin like cylindrical object engages through the hollowed out portion and urges against the cantilevered beams in a fashion to increase the distance between the opposing beams. |
| US08692118B2 |
Reliable wire structure and method
A wire structure, which may be configured for a semiconductor device, is disclosed. The wire may include an elongate flexible core formed of a conductor material and a cladding layer covering an outer surface of the core. The cladding layer may be a conductor. In various aspects the cladding layer and core have a different grain sizes. An average grain size of the core material may several orders of magnitude greater than an average grain size of the cladding layer material. The cladding layer may be an alloy having a varying concentration of a minor component across its thickness. Methods of forming a wire structure are also disclosed. |
| US08692117B2 |
Durable fine wire electrical conductor suitable for extreme environment applications
Durable fine wire electrical conductors are robust, durable, small in profile, and light weight, yet capable of operating under extreme environmental conditions. Formed of a glass, silica, sapphire or crystalline quartz fiber core with a metal coating and one or more polymer layers, a unipolar electrical conductor can have an outer diameter as small as about 300 microns or even smaller. The metal buffer coating may be deposited directly on the glass/silica fiber, or upon an intermediate layer between the glass/silica fiber and metal, consisting of carbon and/or polymer. The resulting metallized glass/silica fibers are extremely durable, can be bent through small radii and will not fatigue even from millions of iterations of flexing. Bipolar electrical conductors can include several insulated metallized glass/silica fibers residing side by side, or can be coaxial with two or more insulated metal conductive paths. An outer protective sheath of a flexible polymer material can be included. |
| US08692115B2 |
Electrical submersible pump system having high temperature insulation materials
Electric submersible well pumping systems operable in well temperatures of above about 180° C. (356° F.) utilize high temperature electrical insulation. The electrical insulation includes E-base polyimide films or perfluoropolymer TE films on various components. The insulation films are employed around magnet wires that are threaded through slots in the stator. Slot insulation of E-base polyimide or perfluoropolymer TE film surrounds the magnet wires in the stator slots. Sheets of E-base polyimide or perfluoropolymer TE film extend around and between phase loops of the magnet wire at the lower end of the stator. The motor contains a PAO oil having additives to dissipate acid generated by epoxy used in the motor. |
| US08692114B1 |
Wiring harness conduits shield interconnect
A wiring harness conduit shield assembly that provides shield continuity for a transition from one or more main wire bundle conduits into two or more wire bundle conduit branches. The assembly includes a pre-branch shield sock disposed over at least one main wire bundle conduit and two or more post-branch shield socks, one each disposed around each of the wire bundle conduit branches. An interconnect ring is coaxially disposed around the main wire bundle conduit at the branching point, and the post-branch shield socks have a tail portion that is disposed over the outer surface of the interconnect ring. The pre-branch shield sock is likewise disposed over the interconnect ring, overlapping the tail portions, and a retaining ring is tightly placed over both to clamp them onto the interconnect ring in metal-to-metal contact with one another so as to create shield continuity between the pre-branch shield sock and the post-branch shield socks. |
| US08692109B2 |
Solar cell module and method of manufacturing the same, and mobile apparatus with the solar cell module
The present invention provides a solar cell module including: a light transmitting plate having light transmittance; solar cells having bonding pads and conductive bumps bonded to the bonding pads; an adhesive film disposed between the light transmitting plate and the solar cells to bond the light transmitting plate and the solar cells; and a conductive pad disposed by being inserted in the adhesive film and surrounding and electrically connecting the conductive bumps of the adjacent solar cells. |
| US08692108B2 |
Solar power collecting device
A solar power collecting device including a parabolic concentrating unit, a light-guide pillar positioned on the parabolic concentrating unit, a solar cell positioned on the light-guide pillar and a transmissive protection cap for covering the light-guide pillar and the solar cell is disclosed. |
| US08692107B2 |
Stationary solar spectrum-splitting system and method for stimulating a broadband photovoltaic cell array
Solar system for converting solar radiation into electric energy, the system comprising: a refraction array and a converting array, the refracting array including at least one refraction sub array, each of the refraction sub arrays including a plurality of refraction sites, each of the refraction sites refracting variable approach angle collimated solar radiation into a plurality of solar rays, each of the solar rays being of a different waveband, each of the refraction sites directing each of the solar rays, refracted thereby, in a different direction, the different direction being at least dependent on the approach angle of the solar radiation, the converting array including a plurality of broadband converting cells, positioned such that light refracted by the refraction array impinges on the converting array, wherein at any given moment, each of the converting cells receives solar rays of a specific waveband originating from different refraction sites and arriving from different directions thereto. |
| US08692102B2 |
Pickup cable for stringed instrument
A pickup cable for a stringed instrument can switch between the output of the direct vibrational sound of strings and the output of the sound from the stringed instrument body generated by the vibrations of the strings and can also simultaneously output both the sound components. The pickup cable for a stringed instrument includes an input terminal to be inserted in a jack of the stringed instrument; a microphone to collect and convert sound of an internal space of the stringed instrument into collected-sound electrical signals; and an output terminal to output the collected-sound electrical signals. The microphone is incorporated in the input terminal. |
| US08692100B2 |
User interface metaphor methods for multi-channel data sonification
A method and user interface for data sonification for representing multidimensional numerical information with a plurality of variable-timbre channels are described. The method includes providing a user interface that includes a plurality of metaphors and spatial sound rendering operations resulting in stereo audio output. In one implementation, a metaphor is used in making parameter assignments according to which audio-frequency waveforms having adjustable timbre attributes are generated. In another implementation, timbre attributes are adjustable over a range of timbre variation and are further associated with corresponding metaphors. |
| US08692098B1 |
Leg lever adjustment device for hi-hat musical cymbals
A leg lever adjustment device for a hi-hat musical cymbals device to enable variable adjustment of spacing between an upper cymbal and lower cymbal without the need for hand or foot operation, includes: a) a base support having a connector mechanism for attachment to a hi-hat cymbals device vertical tube; b) a spring-biased cymbal arm rotatably attached to the base support, moveably positioned above the base support; c) a spring so as to bias the cymbal arm upwardly; d) a leg lever connected to the cymbal arm. A user may attach the leg lever adjustment device to a hi-hat such that in the leg lever rest position, the cymbal arm pushes the lower cymbal toward the upper cymbal, and by pressing the leg lever with a leg, pushes the lower cymbal down and away from the upper cymbal to alter impact sound. |
| US08692097B1 |
Inbred corn line D036013
An inbred corn line, designated D036013, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line D036013, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line D036013 with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line D036013 with another corn line or plant and to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line D036013, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line D036013 and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods. |
| US08692093B1 |
Maize inbred PH1KYM
A novel maize variety designated PH1KYM and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1KYM with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1KYM 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 PH1KYM or a locus conversion of PH1KYM with another maize variety. |
| US08692092B1 |
Maize inbred PH1JYB
A novel maize variety designated PH1JYB and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1JYB with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1JYB 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 PH1JYB or a locus conversion of PH1JYB with another maize variety. |
| US08692089B1 |
Maize hybrid X03C220
A novel maize variety designated X03C220 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 X03C220 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X03C220 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X03C220, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X03C220. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X03C220. |
| US08692082B2 |
Sweet grape tomato
The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line CHI 15-2113, tomato line CHD 15-2114 and hybrid tomato variety BX 0154 3756. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line CHI 15-2113, tomato line CHD 15-2114 and hybrid tomato variety BX 0154 3756, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing a plant of tomato line CHI 15-2113, tomato line CHD 15-2114 or hybrid tomato variety BX 0154 3756 with itself or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another line or variety. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of tomato line CHI 15-2113, tomato line CHD 15-2114 or hybrid tomato variety BX 0154 3756, including the fruit and gametes of such plants. |
| US08692081B2 |
Cotton variety FM 9101GT
The cotton variety FM 9101GT is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety FM 9101GT with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of FM 9101GT and to plants of FM 9101GT reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from FM 9101GT. |
| US08692074B2 |
Lettuce cultivar Denali
A lettuce cultivar designated Denali is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of lettuce cultivar Denali, to the plants of lettuce cultivar Denali and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the cultivar Denali with itself or another lettuce cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to lettuce cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Denali, to methods for producing other lettuce cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Denali and to the lettuce plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid lettuce seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar Denali with another lettuce cultivar. |
| US08692073B2 |
Crispers lettuce variety
A new and distinct lettuce variety designated ‘Crispers’, characterized by having a distinct thick leaf texture, symmetrical and compact leaf, lack of an obvious mid-rib, a short open growth habit, and undulating leaf margins shape, and improved shelf life in a non-heading variety. |
| US08692072B2 |
Plant transcription factors
This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a transcription factor. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the transcription factor, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of accumulated oil in a transformed host cell. |
| US08692068B2 |
Promoter molecules for use in plants
The present invention relates to polynucleotide molecules for regulating gene expression in plants. In particular, the present invention relates to promoters isolated from Brassica napus that are useful for regulating gene expression of heterologous polynucleotide molecules in plants. The present invention also relates to expression constructs and transgenic plants containing the heterologous polynucleotide molecules. |
| US08692066B2 |
Bacillus thuringiensis gene with coleopteran activity
The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of Bacillus thuringiensis encoding polypeptides having pesticidal activity against insect pests, including Coleoptera. Particular embodiments of the invention provide isolated nucleic acids encoding pesticidal proteins, pesticidal compositions, DNA constructs, and transformed microorganisms and plants comprising a nucleic acid of the embodiments. These compositions find use in methods for controlling pests, especially plant pests. |
| US08692061B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH548933
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH548933. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH548933, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH548933 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH548933. |
| US08692059B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH409624
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH409624. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH409624, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH409624 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH409624. |
| US08692055B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH218560
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH218560. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH218560, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH218560 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH218560. |
| US08692052B2 |
Genetically modified mice and engraftment
A mouse with a humanization of the mIL-3 gene and the mGM-CSF gene, a knockout of a mRAG gene, and a knockout of a mII2rg subunit gene; and optionally a humanization of the TPO gene is described. A RAG/II2rg KO/hTPO knock-in mouse is described. A mouse engrafted with human hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) that maintains a human immune cell (HIC) population derived from the HSCs and that is infectable by a human pathogen, e.g., S. typhi or M. tuberculosis is described. A mouse that models a human pathogen infection that is poorly modeled in mice is described, e.g., a mouse that models a human mycobacterial infection, wherein the mouse develops one or more granulomas comprising human immune cells. A mouse that comprises a human hematopoietic malignancy that originates from an early human hematopoietic cells is described, e.g., a myeloid leukemia or a myeloproliferative neoplasia. |
| US08692050B2 |
Medicated patch
A medicated patch is provided which is covered with a liner that enables one to remove the liner unconsciously and readily without losing the initial stickiness of the medicated patch. The external medicated patch includes a backing, an aqueous adhesive drug-containing matrix that is spread substantially entirely over one surface of the backing, and a liner that is larger in size than the surface of the drug-containing matrix to which the liner is attached. The liner larger in size than the surface of the drug-containing matrix to which the liner is attached includes an unattached area that extends from the surface of the drug-containing matrix, or an unattached slack portion that projects upward from the surface of the drug-containing matrix at a position on the surface of the drug-containing matrix. |
| US08692047B2 |
Method of purifying 8-isoprostane
A method of purifying 8-isoprostane is provided that includes a step of contacting a liquid sample containing 8-isoprostane with an ion exchange support having a quaternary ammonium salt immobilized thereon such that 8-isoprostane in the liquid sample is retained on the ion exchange support and a step of eluting 8-isoprostane from the ion exchange support using a first eluent containing a water-soluble organic solvent and water as main components. |
| US08692046B2 |
Process for isomerizing a feed stream including one or more C4-C6 hydrocarbons
One exemplary embodiment can be a process for isomerizing a feed stream including one or more C4-C6 hydrocarbons. The process may include contacting the feed stream in an isomerization reaction zone with an isomerization catalyst at isomerization conditions to produce an isomerization zone effluent; passing at least a portion of the isomerization zone effluent to a stabilizer zone and recovering a stabilizer overhead stream, a bottom stream, and a stripper feed stream; passing the stripper feed stream to a stripping zone and separating the stripper feed stream into a stripper overhead stream and a stripper bottom stream; and recycling at least a portion of the stripper bottom stream to a deisopentanizer zone and passing a stream from the deisopentanizer zone to the isomerization reaction zone. Usually, the stabilizer overhead stream includes one or more C5− hydrocarbons, the bottom stream includes at least about 85%, by weight, one or more C6+ hydrocarbons, and a stripper feed stream including at least about 10%, by weight, one or more C5+ hydrocarbons. Often, a stripper overhead stream includes at least about 5%, by weight, one or more C4− hydrocarbons and a stripper bottom stream includes at least about 90%, by weight, one or more C5+ hydrocarbons. |
| US08692042B2 |
Methods for producing cycloheptatriene
This invention relates to methods for producing cycloheptatriene from at least 7,7-dichloronorcarane and a liquid component comprising a C8 to C30 succinic anhydride, a carboxylic acid, or a C8 to C30 alkyldimethylamine at about 205 deg. C. to about 230 deg. C. |
| US08692038B2 |
Fluorine-containing compound purification method
There is provided a fluorine-containing compound purification method for obtaining a high-purity fluorine-containing compound by efficiently separating and removing hydrogen chloride from a fluorine-containing compound that contains hydrogen chloride, i.e., from a crude fluorine-containing compound. The fluorine-containing compound purification method of the present invention comprises the following steps (1) and (2) in this order: step (1): a step of adding dimethyl ether to a crude fluorine-containing compound that contains a fluorine-containing compound and hydrogen chloride in a molar ratio (dimethyl ether (mol)/hydrogen chloride (mol)) of dimethyl ether to hydrogen chloride being 1.3 or more to prepare a mixture (1) of the crude fluorine-containing compound and dimethyl ether; and step (2): a step of separating and removing a mixture (2) of hydrogen chloride and dimethyl ether from the mixture (1). |
| US08692037B2 |
Compositions comprising 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane or 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene
Disclosed are compositions comprising HFC-245eb and at least one additional compound selected from the group consisting of HFO-1234ze, HFC-245fa, HFC-236cb, HFC-236ea, HFC-236fa, HFC-227ea, HFC-227ca, HFO-1225yc, HFO-1225zc, HFO-1225ye, methane, ethane, propane, HFC-23, HFC-143a, HFC-134, HFC-134a, FC-1216, HFO-1234yf, HFC-254eb, HFO-1243zf, and HFC-254fb. Compositions comprising HFC-245eb are useful in processes to make HFO-1234yf. Also disclosed are compositions comprising HFO-1234yf and at least one additional compound selected from the group consisting of HFO-1234ze, HFC-254eb, HFC-254fb, HFO-1243zf, HFCHFC-245eb, HFC-245fa, HFC-245cb, HFC-236cb, HFC-236ea, HFC-236fa, HFC-227ea, HFC-227ca, HFO-1225yc, HFO-1225zc, HFO-1225ye, methane, ethane, propane, HFC-23, HFC-134, HFC-134a, HFO-1132a and FC-1216. Compositions comprising HFO-1234yf are useful as heat transfer compositions for use in refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pump systems. |
| US08692036B2 |
Method for preparing 2,3-dimethyl-2,3-dinitrobutane
The present invention relates to a method for preparing 2,3-dimethyl-2,3-dinitrobutane (DMNB), which includes the following steps: (1) making titanium-silicate molecular sieve catalyst, acetone, hydrogen peroxide and ammonia contact and react at 65-80° C. to obtain a modified titanium-silicate molecular sieve catalyst; and (2-1) making acetone oxime and hydrogen peroxide contact and react in the presence of the modified titanium-silicate molecular sieve catalyst and water under the conditions of temperature of 60-90° C. and pH of 8-10, and separating DMNB from the reaction products thereof; or (2-2) making acetone, ammonia and hydrogen peroxide contact and react in the presence of the modified titanium-silicate molecular sieve catalyst and water under the conditions of temperature of 60-90° C. and pH of 8-10, and separating DMNB from the reaction products thereof. By the method provided by the present invention, DMNB can be prepared without having to use dangerous chemicals, such as 2-nitropropane, NaH and the like. |
| US08692032B2 |
Methods of using tungsten carbide catalysts in preparation of ethylene glycol
Tungsten carbide catalysts are used in preparation of ethylene glycol by hydrogenating degradation of cellulose. The catalyst includes tungsten carbide as main catalytic active component, added with small amount of one or more transition metals such as nickel, cobalt, iron, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, platinum, and copper as the second metal, supported on one or more porous complex supports such as active carbon, alumina, silica, titanium dioxide, silicon carbide, zirconium oxide, for conversion of cellulose to ethylene glycol. The catalyst realizes high efficiency, high selectivity, and high yield in the conversion of cellulose to ethylene glycol at the temperature of 120-300° C., hydrogen pressure of 1-10 MPa, and hydrothermal conditions. Compared to the existing industrial synthetic method of ethylene glycol using ethylene as feedstock, the invention has the advantages of using renewable raw material resources, environment friendly process, and excellent atom economy. |
| US08692025B2 |
Process for preparing M- or P-substituted phenylalkanols by alkylation
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of m- or p-substituted phenylalkanols of the formula (I) in which R1 is bonded to the phenyl ring in the m- or p-position and is C1-C5-alkyl, and R2, R3, R4 and R5, independently of one another, are hydrogen or methyl, wherein an unsubstituted phenylalkanol of the formula (II) in which R2, R3, R4 and R5 have the meanings given under formula (I) is alkylated together with a C1-C5-alkyl halide of the formula (III) R1-Hal (III), in which R1 has the meaning given under formula (I) and Hal is halogen, in the presence of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst to give an m- or p-alkyl-substituted phenylalkanol of the formula (I), then the reaction mixture is worked-up and the desired m- or p-alkyl-substituted phenylalkanol of the formula (I) is separated off, the other formed by-products are returned to the reaction mixture and these are isomerized in the presence of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst to give the desired m- or p-alkyl-substituted phenylalkanol. From the m- or p-alkyl-substituted phenylalkanols of the formula (I), it is possible to form, by oxidation or dehydrogenation, as products of value, the corresponding aldehydes, which play an interesting role as fragrances and aroma chemicals. |
| US08692023B2 |
Sugar metabolism improving composition, and pharmaceutical preparation containing said composition
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a highly safe composition that improves glucose tolerance and sugar metabolism at skeletal muscles, and a prevention/treatment drug for diabetes/metabolic syndrome containing the composition. Provided is a composition that is for improving sugar metabolism and glucose tolerance and that contains a compound represented by formula (I) derived from a plant selected from the group consisting of Rumex japonicus, R. crispus, and R. obtusifolius as the active ingredient. |
| US08692021B2 |
Method of preparing Neramexane or a salt thereof
Method of preparing 1-amino-1,3,3,5,5-pentamethylcyclohexane or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (Neramexane), comprising step (iv): (iv) hydrolyzing a mixture comprising an acid, 1-formamido-1,3,3,5,5-pentamethylcyclohexane and hydrogen cyanide to yield 1-amino-1,3,3,5,5-pentamethylcyclohexane. |
| US08692017B2 |
Carbon linked modulators of gamma-secretase
The present invention relates to compounds of Formula I as shown below, wherein the definitions of A, X, R1, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 are provided in the specification. Compounds of Formula I are useful for the treatment of diseases associated with γ-secretase activity, including Alzheimer's disease. |
| US08692012B2 |
Method for producing ester-functional silanes
Silanes containing an ester group are produced in high yield and purity by reacting a salt of a carboxylic acid with a silane containing a carboxylate substitutable leaving group following by distilling the product mixture to obtain a distillate containing the ester group containing silane product, wherein a solvent having a boiling point higher than the product is contained in the product mixture during at least a terminal portion of the distillation. |
| US08692010B1 |
Synthesis method for copper compounds
Disclosed are synthesis methods to produce copper bis-ketoiminate and copper bis-ketiminate compounds. |
| US08692006B2 |
Thermal methods for treating a metathesis feedstock
Various methods are provided for metathesizing a feedstock. In one aspect, a method includes providing a feedstock comprising a natural oil, heating the feedstock to a temperature greater than 100° C. in the absence of oxygen, holding the feedstock at the temperature for a time sufficient to diminish catalyst poisons in the feedstock, and, following the heating and holding, combining a metathesis catalyst with the feedstock under conditions sufficient to metathesize the feedstock. |
| US08692005B2 |
Catalyst for esteramine production
Provided are methods for decreasing the reaction time between an alkanolamine such as triethanolamine and a fatty acid alkyl ester such as, a triglyceride, a vegetable oil, a methyl ester, an ethyl ester, etc., a fatty acid, or a mixture thereof. The methods utilize a divalent zinc catalyst to facilitate and accelerate an esterification or transesterification reaction between the alkanolamine and the fatty acid, or fatty acid alkyl ester. |
| US08692004B2 |
Process for purification of vegetable oils upon withdrawal of solids by centrifugation in the miscella stage
Process for purification of vegetable oils upon withdrawal of solids by centrifugation in the miscella stage consists of the industrial extraction of vegetable oils, including the soybean oil by using a solvent, usually a mixture of hydrocarbons, in which the main constituent is hexane. The percolation extractors that operate continuously and in countercurrent provide an optimized extraction and a good performance. The replacement of the traditional miscella purification processes by a process of Centrifugation in the mixture of oil and solvent (miscella) within the process with the removal of solids contained therein, returning it to the extractor results in final products as oil and lecithin of a better quality, also providing a better functioning of the process by avoiding fouling in heat exchangers and distillation of solvent, reducing downtime and lower fuel consumption resulting in lower production costs. |
| US08692001B2 |
Sulfonamides for the modulation of PKM2
The invention relates to sulfonamide compounds and methods for activating PKM2. The compounds and methods are useful in treating or preventing a disease or disorder selected from cancer, cell proliferative disorder, inflammatory disorder, metabolic disorder, and immune system disorder. |
| US08691999B2 |
Process for the preparation of telmisartan
An improved process for the preparation of telmisartan, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, comprises subjecting 1H-Benzimidazole-2-n-propyl-4-methyl-6-(1′-methyl benzimidazole-2′yl)] of formula (II), and methyl-4-(bromomethyl)biphenyl-2-carboxylate of formula (III) to condensation and hydrolysis in a single step: |
| US08691997B2 |
Processes for producing 2-chloro-3-trifluoromethylpyridine
The present invention provides processes for producing 2-chloro-3-trifluoromethylpyridine which is useful as an intermediate for medicines and agrochemicals, at a high production rate in a high yield. Specifically, the present invention relates to a process for producing 2-chloro-3-trifluoromethylpyridine or a salt thereof comprising allowing 3-trifluoromethylpyridine N-oxide to react with a chlorinating agent; and also relates to a process for producing 2-chloro-3-trifluoromethylpyridine or a salt thereof comprising oxidizing 3-trifluoromethylpyridine to produce 3-trifluoromethylpyridine N-oxide and subsequently allowing the obtained 3-trifluoromethylpyridine N-oxide to react with a chlorinating agent. |
| US08691996B2 |
Compound containing pyridine ring and method for producing halogenated picoline derivative and tetrazolyloxime derivative
Disclosed is a compound containing a pyridine ring that can be synthesized in an industrially advantageous manner, and is useful as an intermediate for producing tetrazolyloxime derivatives that exhibit fungicidal activity (wherein R0 represents a C1-6 alkoxy group, C1-6 alkoxy-C1-6 alkoxy group or the like, R1 represents a C1-2 alkoxycarbonyl group, acetyl group or the like, Z represents a halogen atom, cyano group or the like, X represents a halogen atom, and n represents an integer of 0 to 3), and industrially advantageous production methods for producing 2-substituted amino-6-halomethylpyridine derivatives and tetrazolyloxime derivatives. |
| US08691992B2 |
Octahydro biquinoline compound
The present invention relates to an octahydro biquinoline compound. Provided is also a method of separating the octahydro biquinoline compound into enantiomers. The octahydro biquinoline compound is of the general formula (V): In formula (V) R1 is one of H, a protective group and an aliphatic group, with the aliphatic group having a main chain of a length of 1 to about 10 carbon atoms, comprising 0 to about 6 heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O, S, Se and Si. R2 and R3 are independent from one another selected from the group consisting of (i) H, (ii) one of an aliphatic, an alicyclic, an aromatic, an arylaliphatic, and an arylalicyclic group comprising 0 to about 6 heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O, S, Se and Si, an ester, a carbonate group, a carbamoyl group and a phosphate ester. R4 and R5 are independent from one another H, an aliphatic, an alicyclic, an aromatic, an arylaliphatic or an arylalicyclic group comprising 0 to about 6 heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O, S, Se and Si. |
| US08691990B2 |
6-heterocyclic imidazo[1,2-α]pyridine-2-carboxamide derivatives, preparation and therapeutic use thereof
Compounds of formula (I): in which: X, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the disclosure, or an acid addition salt thereof; and therapeutic use thereof. |
| US08691988B2 |
Metal complexes of cyclometallated imidazo (1,2-f) phenanthridine (1,2-a:1′, 2′-c),quinazoline ligands and isoelectronic and benzannulated analogs thereof
Compounds comprising phosphorescent metal complexes comprising cyclometallated imidazo[1,2-f]phenanthridine and diimidazo[1,2-a:1′,2′-c]quinazoline ligands, or isoelectronic or benzannulated analogs thereof, are described. Organic light emitting diode devices comprising these compounds are also described. |
| US08691987B2 |
Method of producing polymeric phenazonium compounds
A process of making a polymeric phenazonium compound having the general formula: wherein R1, R2, R4, R5, R6, R8 and R9 are the same or different, and represent hydrogen, a low alkyl or a substituted aryl, R3 starts with NH2 and is diazotized followed by polymerization, R5 and R8 may alternatively represent monomeric or polymeric phenazonium radicals, R7 with its substituent group is a substituted amine, with RX and RY representing any combination of CH3, C2H5, and hydrogen, except that RX and RY cannot both be hydrogen, A is an acid radical, and n is an integer from 2 to 100, preferably from 2 to 20 is described. The polymeric phenazonium compound is usable in as an additive in a metal plating bath. The method includes the steps of: a) dissolving an effective amount of an amino compound in a formic acid solution; b) adding a nitrite salt to diazotize the amino compound; and c) adding sulfamic acid to neutralize any excess nitrous acid that may be formed in step b), whereby a polymeric phenazonium compound is produced. |
| US08691979B2 |
Methods of chemical synthesis of diaminophenothiazinium compounds involving the use of persulfate oxidants
Described are methods of synthesizing and purifying certain 3,7-diamino-phenothiazin-5-ium compounds (referred to herein as “diaminophenothiazinium compounds”) including Methylhioninium Chloride (MTC) (also known as Methylene Blue). In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of, in order: a thiosulfonic acid formation (TSAF); an oxidative coupling (OC); and a ring closure (RC). Also described are resulting compounds and compositions comprising them (e.g., tablets, capsules) for use in methods of medical treatment and diagnosis, etc., for example, for tauopathies, or Alzheimer's disease (AD). |
| US08691976B2 |
Carbohydrate composition for flat glucose response
A low-glycemic available carbohydrate composition of the invention contains the following components: (i) 5-60 wt. % of one or more monosaccharides selected from monosaccharides other than glucose and fructose, in particular galactose, ribose and mannose; (ii) 15-95 wt. % of oligosaccharides having a length of 2 to 20 anhydromonose units, at least half of which are anhydroglucose units linked by non-α-1,4 bonds; these oligosaccharides preferably comprising disaccharides such as palatinose, isomaltose and trehalose and/or non-α-1,4 linked higher glucose-containing oligosaccharides; (iii) 0-45 wt. % of other available carbohydrates, such as glucose and maltodextrins. This carbohydrate composition can be part of a food composition for the treatment of diabetes, obesitas, insulin resistance, or for postprandial glucose response. |
| US08691975B2 |
Solvent-free mechanochemical purification of compounds
Methods for purifying and extracting compounds from a mixture are provided using a solvent-free mechanochemical method. Methods for purifying and/or extracting sugars, amino acids, and, the like, from a mixture are also provided, using a solvent-free mechanochemical method. |
| US08691974B2 |
Three-dimensional bioprinting of biosynthetic cellulose (BC) implants and scaffolds for tissue engineering
A novel BC fermentation technique for controlling 3D shape, thickness and architecture of the entangled cellulose nano-fibril network is presented. The resultant nano-cellulose based structures are useful as biomedical implants and devices, are useful for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, and for health care products. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for the production and control of 3-D architecture and morphology of nano-cellulose biomaterials produced by bacteria using any biofabrication process, including the novel 3-D Bioprinting processes disclosed. Representative processes according to the invention involve control of the rate of production of biomaterial by bacteria achieved by meticulous control of the addition of fermentation media using a microfluidic system. In exemplary embodiments, the bacteria gradually grew up along the printed alginate structure that had been placed into the culture, incorporating it. After culture, the printed alginate structure was successfully removed revealing porosity where the alginate had been placed. Porosity and interconnectivity of pores in the resultant 3-D architecture can be achieved by porogen introduction using, e.g., ink-jet printer technology. |
| US08691973B2 |
Method of producing chitosan scaffold having high tensile strength and chitosan scaffold produced using the method
Provided are a method of producing a porous chitosan scaffold, the method including: providing an aqueous acidic solution having chitosan and a solvent which does not dissolve the chitosan; and freeze-drying the aqueous acidic solution, wherein the solvent is selected from the group consisting of a C3-C8 aliphatic alcohol having one hydroxy group, ethylene glycol monoethylether, ethylene glycol monobutylether, dioxane, tetrahydrofuran, dimethylcarbonate, acetone and acetonitrile, and a chitosan scaffold produced using the method. |
| US08691967B2 |
Multiple promoter expression cassettes for simultaneous delivery of RNAi agents
The present invention provides multiple-promoter expression cassettes for simultaneous delivery of RNAi, preferably to mammalian cells in vivo. |
| US08691966B2 |
RNA containing modified nucleosides and methods of use thereof
This invention provides RNA, oligoribonucleotide, and polyribonucleotide molecules comprising pseudouridine or a modified nucleoside, gene therapy vectors comprising same, methods of synthesizing same, and methods for gene replacement, gene therapy, gene transcription silencing, and the delivery of therapeutic proteins to tissue in vivo, comprising the molecules. The present invention also provides methods of reducing the immunogenicity of RNA, oligoribonucleotide, and polyribonucleotide molecules. |
| US08691965B2 |
Oligonucleotides for modulating target RNA activity
The present invention relates to oligonucleotides for modulation of target RNA activity. Thus, the invention provides oligonucleotides that bind to microRNA binding sites of target RNA. The oligonucleotides may activate RNase H or RNAi. In a preferred embodiment, the oligonucleotides prevents a microRNA from binding to its binding site of the target RNA and thereby prevent the microRNA from regulating the target RNA. Such oligonucleotides have uses in research and development of new therapeutics. |
| US08691961B1 |
Flavivirus reporter virus and methods of making and using the same
The present invention relates to the production and uses of flavivirus replicons and flavivirus particles and reporter virus particles. The present invention relates to the production and uses of chimeric and codon-optimized flavivirus virus replicons and flavivirus virus particles and reporter virus particles. |
| US08691960B2 |
Oxidoreductases for enantioselective reactions
Described herein are compositions and methods for generating oxidoreductases for enantioselective reactions. Described herein are compositions and methods for generating neomorphic (R)-2-hydroxyacid dehydrogenases capable of enzymatically converting a 1-carboxy-2-ketoacid to a 1-carboxy-(R)-2-hydroxyacid, or the reverse reaction. Illustrative examples include (a) (R)-2-hydroxyadipate dehydrogenase and uses thereof for converting 2-oxoadipate to (R)-2-hydroxyadipate, or the reverse reaction; and (b) (R)-2-hydroxyglutarate dehydrogenase and uses thereof for converting 2-oxoglutarate to (R)-2-hydroxyglutarate, or the reverse reaction. Also described herein are compositions and methods for generating non-natural microbial organisms to enzymatically convert 2-oxoadipate to (E)-2-hexenedioate or adipate, or to enzymatically convert 2-oxoglutarate to (E)-2-pentenedioate or glutarate, or the respective reverse reactions. |
| US08691956B2 |
Monoclonal antibody against human HIG-1 polypeptide
This invention relates to a monoclonal antibody against a human HIG-1 polypeptide, the antibody binding to at least one epitope included in the amino acid sequence at positions 1-19 of a human HIG-1 polypeptide; an antibody fragment derived from the antibody; a DNA comprising a base sequence encoding a variable region of the antibody; an expression vector comprising the DNA; a cell line producing the antibody; a reagent for detecting a human HIG-1 polypeptide comprising the antibody or the antibody fragment, and a method for detecting a human HIG-1 polypeptide using the antibody or the antibody fragment. |
| US08691955B2 |
Use of α1G subunit of T-type calcium channel as diagnostic marker for pregnancy in cattle
The present invention relates to a marker composition for pregnancy diagnosis in cattle, a pregnancy diagnosis composition, and a pregnancy diagnosis method, which use a pregnancy-specific protein in cattle. The present inventors discovered an α1G subunit protein of the T-type calcium channel expressed specifically in pregnant cows, and produced a specific antibody against this protein. Therefore, the present invention has the effect of detecting pregnancy in cows easily, quickly, and accurately early in the pregnancy. |
| US08691951B2 |
Type I-type IV collagen hybrid gel
It is an object of the present invention to provide a Type I-Type IV collagen hybrid gel, which maintains characteristics of a Type IV collagen and is superior in gel strength. It is the Type I-Type IV collagen hybrid gel obtained by mixing 100 to 500 parts by mass of the Type I collagen having fibrosis ability, relative to 100 parts by mass of the Type IV collagen having gelling ability. A three-dimensional structure is formed, where a membrane-like substance by the Type IV collagen is formed onto a fibrous substance by the Type I collagen, so as to be able to provide cell culture environment approximate to a basement membrane of a living body. |
| US08691944B2 |
Fibronectin polypeptides and methods of use
Described herein are fragments of fibronectin and variants thereof that bind growth factors. Compositions containing such a fragment of fibronectin are therefore useful in sequestering growth factors, and complexes containing both a FN fragment and a bound, active growth factor can be used to deliver growth factors to a patient (e.g., to a wound on the patient's skin). |
| US08691942B2 |
N- and C- terminal substituted antagonistic analogs of GH-RH
There is provided a novel series of synthetic analogs of hGH-RH(1-29)NH2 (SEQ ID NO: 1) and hGH-RH(1-30)NH2. Of particular interest are those carrying PhAc, N-Me-Aib, Dca, Ac-Ada, Fer, Ac-Amc, Me-NH-Sub, PhAc-Ada, Ac-Ada-D-Phe, Ac-Ada-Phe, Dca-Ada, Dca-Amc, Nac-Ada, Ada-Ada, or CH3—(CH2)10—CO-Ada, at the N-Terminus and β-Ala, Amc, Apa, Ada, AE2A, AE4P, ε-Lys(α-NH2), Agm, Lys(Oct) or Ahx, at the C-terminus. These analogs inhibit the release of growth hormone from the pituitary in mammals as well as inhibit the proliferation of human cancers, and inhibit the hyperplastic and benign proliferative disorders of various organs, through a direct effect on the cancerous and non-malignant cells. The stronger inhibitory potencies of the new analogs, as compared to previously described ones, result from replacement of various amino acids. |
| US08691940B2 |
Relaxin polypeptides comprising non-naturally encoded amino acids
Modified relaxin polypeptides and their uses are provided. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a relaxin polypeptide comprising one or more non-naturally encoded amino acids. The polypeptide may be linked to a linker, polymer, or biologically active molecule. The serum half-life of the relaxin polypeptide may be enhanced relative to the unconjugated form. In another aspect, the disclosure provides methods of treating a patient having a disorder modulated by relaxin. |
| US08691938B2 |
Anti-viral compounds
Compounds effective in inhibiting replication of Hepatitis C virus (“HCV”) are described. This invention also relates to processes of making such compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat HCV infection. |
| US08691937B2 |
Method for the preparation of low odor copolymer latexes
A method of preparing a low odor polymer latex composition includes the step of polymerizing a monovinylidene monomer, such as styrene, and a conjugated diene, such as butadiene, in the presence of a linear alkyl thiol chain transfer agent. The resulting polymer latex is treated with an oxidizing agent to oxidize residual chain transfer agent to volatile decomposition products that are then removed by steam stripping. |
| US08691932B2 |
Thermosetting monomers and compositions containing phosphorus and cyanato groups
A thermosetting monomer comprising at least two of an aryl-cyanato group and at least two of a phosphorus group. |
| US08691927B2 |
Vinyl chloride resin with low viscosity for foaming application and method of preparing the same
Provided are a vinyl chloride-based resin formed by polymerization of vinyl chloride-based small seed particles having an average particle diameter range of 0.15 μm to 0.5 μm prepared by emulsion polymerization and vinyl chloride-based large seed particles having an average particle diameter range of 0.51 μm to 0.8 μm prepared by micro-suspension polymerization, in which a content ratio (weight ratio) of the large seed particles to the small seed particles is in a range of 1 to 2, and a method of preparing the vinyl chloride-based resin. Excellent low viscosity characteristics of the vinyl chloride resin at high and low shear rates may be obtained by controlling the particle size of the small seed prepared by emulsion polymerization. |
| US08691924B2 |
Optical-use pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet
The present invention provides an optical-use pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, which includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing a polymer formed of one or more monomer ingredients containing, as an indispensable monomer ingredient, a monomer of which homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of not lower than −10° C., said sheet having a moisture content of at least 0.65% by weight after stored in an environment at 60° C. and 95% RH for 120 hours. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is preferably an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. |
| US08691921B2 |
Polyurethane and manufacturing method therefor, master batch, ink binder, ink composition, thermoplastic polymer composition for molding, molded body, and composite molded body and manufacturing method therefor
The present invention provides a polyurethane which is non-sticky, exhibits superior handling properties and superior moldability, and has superior adhesive properties with silicones even if a surface activation treatment is not carried out beforehand. The polyurethane of the present invention contains polyol units and organic polyisocyanate units. The polyol units contain an alkenyl group-containing organopolysiloxane structure in an amount ranging from 0.01 to 20% by weight with respect to the weight of the aforementioned polyurethane. |
| US08691917B2 |
Ionomers modified with imidized acrylic resins
Compositions comprising ionomers and imidized acrylic resins are disclosed. Articles prepared from the compositions exhibit improved heat resistance properties such as increased Vicat temperature, increased stiffness/modulus at room temperature and elevated temperatures below the ionomer's melting point, and increased upper use temperature at a given stiffness over those of ionomers alone. |
| US08691916B2 |
Retortable easy opening seals for film extrusion
A composition of matter particularly well suited for use as a peelable seal layer is described. The composition comprises from about 50 to about 85 percent by weight of a first polymer and from 15 to 50 percent of a second polymer. The first polymer is a propylene based polymer characterized by having a melting point of at least 125° C. together with a Comonomer Composition Distribution Breadth (“CCDB”) less than 2. The second polymer is characterized by having an interfacial adhesion with the first polymer of less than 1 lb/inch. |
| US08691913B2 |
Polylactic acid compositions, polylactic acid materials and methods of preparing the same
A polylactic acid composition is provided having a polymer matrix and a compatibilizer. The polymer matrix includes polylactic acids and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene[s]. The compatibilizer is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of: a poly (styrene-ethylene-butadiene-styrene) copolymer grafted with maleic anhydrides, an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer grafted with maleic anhydrides, a polystyrene grafted with maleic anhydrides, and an ethylene-ethyl acrylate-glycidyl methacrylate. |
| US08691911B2 |
Melt-blended thermoplastic composition
Disclosed is a melt-blended thermoplastic composition including: A) a polyamide composition including a) 55 to 90 weight percent semi-crystalline semi-aromatic copolyamide; wherein the semi-aromatic copolyamide has a DMA tan delta peak value of greater than or equal to 0.23; and heat of fusion of at least 20 J/g and b) 10 to 45 weight percent aliphatic homopolyamide; wherein the aliphatic homopolyamide has a DMA tan delta peak value of less than or equal to 0.21; and heat of fusion of at least 30 J/g; B) 0 to 45 weight percent polymeric toughener; C) 0 to 20 weight percent plasticizer; and D) 0 to 45 weight percent reinforcing agent; wherein said melt-blend composition has a glass transition and has a tan delta peak (E″/E′) value of 0.21 or lower at said glass transition. Further disclosed herein is a method for providing the melt-blended thermoplastic composition. |
| US08691907B2 |
Water-borne primer
A water-borne stain blocking primer comprises a) from about 10 to about 30 wt % of a water-dispersible, hydrophobic alkyd resin having an acid number of less, than 40 KOH/g, b) from about 5 to about 30 wt % of a pigment, the pigment having an average aspect ratio of at least 3:3:1; c) from about 0.05 to about 3 wt % of a tannin chelation agent; d) from about 0 to about 20 wt % of a water-dispersible, hydrophobic free-radically polymerized copolymer; e) a hydrophobically modified associative rheology modifier in an amount effective to provide a water-borne primer having an ICI viscosity of from about 0.5 to about 3.0 poise; and a KU viscosity range of from about 80 to about 120 Krebs units; and f) water. The water-borne primer has a VOC content of less than 5%. Methods of preparing and using such water-borne stain blocking primers also are described. |
| US08691906B2 |
Method for producing an monofilament and use of the monofilament
A process for producing at least one monofilament from a thermoplastic polymer material comprising at least one polyester and also nanoparticles and optionally further additives as components, comprises adding the components to an extruder as partial or complete mixtures or separately and the thermoplastic polymer material being initially strand extruded, cooled and stretched and finally heat-conditioned at a temperature in the range from 40 to 120° C. for 0.01 to 10 min. The invention further relates to using a monofilament obtained by the process in the manufacture of artificial turf, wigs and also as bristles for soft or stiff brushes. |
| US08691903B2 |
VOC-free coalescing agent
A film-forming composition including a coalescent aid comprising fatty acid esters of ethylene glycol and/or propylene glycol having the formula R1COO[(EO)x(PO)y]zH wherein R1CO is a linear saturated aliphatic acyl group, or a combination thereof, having from about 6 to about 22 carbon atoms, EO is —CH2CH2O—, PO is —CH2CH(CH3)O— or —CH(CH3)CH2O— or a combination thereof, where the acyl radical is bonded to a carbon atom of the EO or PO radical, and x=0 to about 5, y=about 0 to about 5, the sum of x and y is equal or greater than 0.5, z=1 to about 5, and (x+y)z is less than or equal to 6. It is to be understood that x, y, and z are average values for the composition. |
| US08691896B2 |
Halogen-free, phosphorus-containing flame-retardant polymer foams
Disclosed is a polymer foam with density in the range from 5 to 120 kg/m3 composed of a polymer component including at least one styrene polymer and from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of a flame retardant mixture including at least one phosphorus compound of the formula PR1R2R3. A process for producing the polymer is also disclosed. |
| US08691894B2 |
Preparation of polyamide block copolymers
This invention relates to the preparation of polyamide block copolymers by sequential monomer addition. More particularly, it relates to catalysts capable of copolymerizing not only cyclic amides, but other monomers such as cyclic esters and epoxides as well, using sequential addition so as to produce useful and novel block copolymers. |
| US08691893B2 |
Biodegradable composite materials
A method of making a biodegradable composite is carried out by: (a) providing an aqueous mixture comprising partially hydrolyzed cellulose in a dissolution media; (b) providing a solution comprising a aliphatic polyester in a polar organic solvent; (c) combining the mixture with the solution to form a precipitate; (d) washing the precipitate with water to remove solvent and dissolution media and form a wet biodegradable composite; and then (e) drying the wet biodegradable composite to form a dry biodegradable composite. Composites made from the method are also described. |
| US08691884B2 |
Crosslinked flame retardant thermoplastic elastomer gels
Crosslinked flame retardant thermoplastic elastomer gels are provided. The crosslinked flame retardant thermoplastic elastomer gels comprise a char catalyst, a char former, a maleic anhydride-modified styrene ethylene/butylene styrene polymer, and a softener oil. Methods are provided of making crosslinked flame retardant thermoplastic elastomer gels. |
| US08691880B2 |
Silicone dispersions
A non-aqueous silicone emulsion is provided. It comprises a continuous phase of a polar organic liquid containing droplets of an organopolysiloxane dispersed therein. An organic wax, which has a melting point in the range 40 to 100° C. and is sparingly soluble in the polar organic liquid at 25° C., is dispersed in the polar organic liquid continuous phase as a network of interconnected particles which stabilizes the organopolysiloxane droplets in emulsion in the polar organic liquid. A process for the production of the emulsion is also disclosed. |
| US08691870B2 |
Use of isothiocyanates for treating cancer
Novel Uses of small molecules, particularly, 6-methylsulfinylhexyl isothiocyanate and 6-methylsulfonylhexyl isothiocyanate, are disclosed herein. The two isothiocyanates are useful as lead compounds for manufacturing a medicament or a pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer, particularly drug-resistant cancer, in a patient. |
| US08691869B2 |
Pharmaceutical formulation of nitrooxyderivatives of NSAIDs
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical formulation comprising: a) one or more NO-releasing NSAID(s) of formula (I); b) one or more surfactants; c) a carbonyl scavenger compound selected from free acid forms, salts, carboxylic acid esters derivatives of a compound of formula (II) H2N—(CH2)m—(C6H4)—COOH (II) wherein m=0-10; and d) optionally an oil or semi-solid fat and/or a short-chain alcohol. |
| US08691867B2 |
Use of benzo-fused heterocycle sulfamide derivatives for the treatment of substance abuse and addiction
The present invention is a method for the treatment of alcohol abuse and/or addiction comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of one or more novel benzo-fused heterocycle sulfamide derivatives of formula (I) and/or formula (II) as herein defined. |
| US08691865B2 |
Substituted octahydrocyclopenta[C]pyrrol-4-amines as calcium channel blockers
The present application relates to calcium channel inhibitors containing compounds of formula (I) wherein L1, L2, R1, R2, and R3 are as defined in the specification. The present application also relates to compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions. |
| US08691864B2 |
Agents useful for reducing amyloid precursor protein and treating dementia and methods of use thereof
The present invention provides compounds and methods of administering compounds to a subject that can reduce βAPP production and that is not toxic in a wide range of dosages. The present invention also provides non-carbamate compounds and methods of administering such compounds to a subject that can reduce βAPP production and that is not toxic in a wide range of dosages. It has been discovered that either the racemic or enantiomerically pure non-carbamate compounds can be used to decrease βAPP production. |
| US08691861B2 |
Prodrugs of inhibitors of plasma kallikrein
This invention provides new pharmaceutically useful compounds that are prodrugs of inhibitors of plasma kallikrein and methods and compositions for preventing or treating plasma kallikrein dependent diseases or conditions, such as diabetic macular edema or hemorrhagic stroke, by administering prodrugs of the formula: |
| US08691859B2 |
Broad spectrum antibacterial compounds
Disclosed herein are methods of inhibiting, reducing or preventing growth of or destroying bacteria of at least one bacterial strain which comprises contacting the bacteria with the compounds disclosed herein. Also disclosed are methods of treating, inhibiting or preventing an infection or intoxication caused by bacteria of at least one bacterial strain in a subject and pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions comprising the compounds disclosed herein. |
| US08691856B2 |
Glucagon receptor antagonists, preparation and therapeutic uses
The present invention discloses novel compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which have glucagon receptor antagonist or inverse agonist activity, as well as methods for preparing such compounds. In another embodiment, the invention discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I) as well as methods of using them to treat diabetic and other glucagon related metabolic disorders, and the like. |
| US08691855B2 |
Compounds, isomer thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as vanilloid receptor antagonist and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same
This present invention relates to novel compounds, isomer thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as vanilloid receptor (Vanilloid Receptor 1; VR1; TRPV1) antagonist; and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same. The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating a disease such as pain, migraine, arthralgia, neuralgia, neuropathies, nerve injury, skin disorder, urinary bladder hypersensitiveness, irritable bowel syndrome, fecal urgency, a respiratory disorder, irritation of skin, eye or mucous membrane, stomach-duodenal ulcer, inflammatory diseases, ear disease, heart disease and so on. |
| US08691849B2 |
3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexyl derivatives as modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptors
The present invention relates to novel compounds, in particular novel pyridinone derivatives according to Formula (I) wherein all radicals are as defined in the application and claims. The compounds according to the invention are positive allosteric modulators of metabotropic receptors—subtype 2 (“mGluR2”) which are useful for the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved. In particular, such diseases are central nervous system disorders selected from the group of anxiety, schizophrenia, migraine, depression, and epilepsy. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions and processes to prepare such compounds and compositions, as well as to the use of such compounds for the prevention and treatment of such diseases in which mGluR2 is involved. |
| US08691845B2 |
Tetra-O-substituted butane-bridge modified NDGA derivatives, their synthesis and pharmaceutical use
The present invention relates to nordihydroguaiaretic acid derivative compounds, namely, butane bridge modified nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) compounds and butane bridge modified tetra-O-substituted NDGA compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods of making them, and methods of using them and kits including them for the treatment of diseases and disorders, in particular, diseases resulting from or associated with a virus infection, such as HIV infection, HPV infection, or HSV infection, an inflammatory disease, such as various types of arthritis and inflammatory bowel diseases, metabolic diseases, such as diabetes and hypertension, or a proliferative disease, such as diverse types of cancers. |
| US08691844B2 |
Method for treating thrombosis and inhibiting platelet aggregation with 21-(S)-argatroban
A method for inhibiting coagulation including administering to a patient in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition containing 21-(S)-Argatroban and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Compared with 21-(R)-Argatroban, 21-(S)-Argatroban significantly prolongs coagulation time of whole blood (CT), recalcification time (RT), kaolin partial thromboplastin time (APTT), pro-time prothrombin time (PT), thrombin time (TT), and reduces platelet adhesion rate and platelet aggregation rate in healthy dogs. Therefore, 21-(S)-Argatroban has a stronger effect for inhibiting coagulation and reducing therapeutically effective dose and is suitable for use in a method for treatment and/or prevention of thrombosis and inhibiting platelet aggregation. |
| US08691840B2 |
N-biarylamides
The invention relates to N-biarylamides useful for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of impairments of perception, concentration, learning and/or memory, and to processes for preparing them, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. |
| US08691839B2 |
Aminotetraline derivatives
The present application relates generally to amino tetraline derivative compounds and methods of use, specifically, embodiments including compounds of formula (I) described herein, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates. More specifically, this application relates to amino tetraline derivative compounds and uses of such compounds producing medicaments for the treatment of various disease and conditions including movement disorders and disorders of the central nervous system. |
| US08691837B2 |
Substituted imidazo ring systems and methods
Imidazo ring systems substituted at the 1-position, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, intermediates, methods of making the compounds, 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. |
| US08691835B2 |
4 aminopyridine and a pharmaceutical composition for treatment of neuronal disorders
A composition is provided having the formula where R1 in each occurrence is independently H or a C1-C4 hydrocarbon; R3 is H, and R4 is a moiety capable of crossing the blood brain barrier selected from the group consisting of: an amino acid, a peptide, transferrin, gluconate, lactate, citrate, malate, fumarate, benzoate, salicylate, pyruvate and propionate. The composition includes 4-aminopyridine and a transporter species which allows for improved transport of the aminopyridine across the blood brain barrier thereby reducing systemic side effects of aminopyridine administration. |
| US08691834B2 |
Combinations of pyrimethanil and monoterpenes
The present invention relates to combinations of pyrimethanil, or a salt thereof, and a monoterpene, or a salt thereof, which provide an improved biocidal effect. More particularly, the present invention relates to compositions comprising a combination of pyrimethanil, or a salt thereof, together with a monoterpene selected from thymol and β-thujaplicin in respective proportions to provide a synergistic biocidal effect. Compositions comprising these combinations are useful for the protection of any living or non-living material, such as crops, plants, fruits, seeds, objects made of wood, thatch or the like, engineering material, biodegradable material and textiles against deterioration due to the action of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, yeasts, algae, virusses, and the like. |
| US08691833B2 |
Heterocyclic aspartyl protease inhibitors
Disclosed are compounds of the formula I or a stereoisomer, tautomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein each variable in Formula 1 are as defined in the specification; and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I. Also disclosed are methods of inhibiting aspartyl protease, and in particular, the methods of treating cardiovascular diseases, cognitive and neurodegenerative diseases, and the methods of inhibiting of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, plasmepins, cathepsin D and protozoal enzymes. Also disclosed are methods of treating cognitive or neurodegenerative diseases using the compounds of formula I in combination with a cholinesterase inhibitor or a muscarinic m1 agonist or m2 antagonist. |
| US08691828B2 |
Thienopyrimidine as CDC7 kinase inhibitors
The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof, or a prodrug thereof, which is useful for the prophylaxis or treatment of cancer. |
| US08691826B2 |
Compounds
Compounds of formula (I): are useful as inhibitors of human neutrophil elastase. |
| US08691822B2 |
Dihydropteridinone derivatives, preparation process and pharmaceutical use thereof
Dihydroperidinone derivatives, preparation process and pharmaceutical use thereof are disclosed. Specially, new dihydroperidinone derivatives represented by general formula (I), wherein each substituent of the general formula (I) is defined as in the description, their preparation process, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said derivatives and their use as therapeutical agents, especially as Plk kinase inhibitors are disclosed. |
| US08691821B2 |
Oxazolidinones as modulators of mGluR5
The disclosure generally relates to compounds of formula I, including their salts, as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds. The compounds are ligands, agonists and partial agonists for the mGluR5 receptor and may be useful for the treatment of various disorders of the central nervous system. |
| US08691818B2 |
Cyclic triazo and diazo sodium channel blockers
Compounds of general structure in which X and Y are each N or C with at least one of X and Y being N; Z is a single bond or an optionally substituted linking group R1 is hydrogen or a substituent group; R2 is amino or a substituent group; N* is amino when RI is hydrogen or ═NH when R1 is a substituent group; or N* is a group NRaRb where Ra and Rb are independently H or an alkyl group; or N* is an optionally substituted piperazinyl ring; and A is an optionally substituted heterocyclic or carbocyclic ring system which may be linked to the triazo/diazo ring through R2 to form a fused multicyclic ring; are indicated as suitable for treatment of disorders in mammals that are susceptible to sodium channel blockers and antifolates, and particularly disorders such epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, glaucoma and uevitis, cerebral traumas and cerebral ischaemias, stroke, head injury, spinal cord injury, surgical trauma, neurodegenerative disorders, motorneurone disease, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, chronic inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, migraine, bipolar disorder, mood, anxiety and cognitive disorders, schizophrenia and trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias; for treatment of mammalian cancers; and for treatment of malaria. |
| US08691813B2 |
Indole and benzoxazine derivatives as modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptors
The present invention relates to novel indole and benzoxazine derivatives which are positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 2 (“mGluR2”) and which are useful for the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and to the use of such compounds and compositions for the prevention or treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which mGluR2 is involved. |
| US08691806B2 |
Pyrazole derivatives as protein kinase modulators
The invention provides compounds of the formula (I) having protein kinase B inhibiting activity: Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, methods for preparing the compounds and their use as anticancer agents. |
| US08691804B2 |
Azetidines and cyclobutanes as histamine H3 receptor antagonists
The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R, R0, R1, m, n and X1 to X4 have the meaning as cited in the description and the claims. These compounds are useful as Histamine H3 receptor antagonists. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions, the preparation of such compounds as well as the production and use as medicament. |
| US08691802B2 |
Stabilized compositions comprising a therapeutically active agent and an oxidizing preservative
Citric acid and conjugate bases thereof are useful for stabilizing stabilized chlorine dioxide in the presence of therapeutically active agents and excipients in a composition. Ophthalmic compositions and methods related thereto are also disclosed herein. |
| US08691801B2 |
Use of manzamine compounds in anti-cancer therapeutic regimens
Manzamine compounds have been discovered to decrease cell dissociation and cell migration associated with the metastatic potential of cancer cells and a restoration of cancer cell susceptibility to agents, such as TRAIL, which can induce apoptosis. Specifically, Manzamine A has a formerly unrecognized utility in both blocking tumor cell invasion and tumor metastasis as well in restoring cancer cell susceptibility to standard chemotherapeutic agents which induce apoptosis and, therefore, has utility in treating cancer. |
| US08691800B2 |
Quinoline derivatives as antibacterial agents
Use of a compound for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of a bacterial infection provided that the bacterial infection is other than a Mycobacterial infection, said compound being a compound of Formula (Ia) or (Ib) a pharmaceutically acceptable acid or base addition salt thereof, a quaternary amine thereof, a stereochemically isomeric form thereof, a tautomeric form thereof or a N-oxide form thereof, wherein R1 is hydrogen, halo, haloalkyl, cyano, hydroxy, Ar, Het, alkyl, alkyloxy, alkylthio, alkyloxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, Ar-alkyl or di(Ar)alkyl; p is 1, 2, 3 or 4; R2 is hydrogen, hydroxy, thio, alkyloxy, alkyloxyalkyloxy, alkylthio, mono or di(alkyl)amino or a radical of formula R3 is alkyl, Ar, Ar-alkyl, Het or Het-alkyl; R4 is hydrogen, alkyl or benzyl; R5 is hydrogen, halo, haloalkyl, hydroxy, Ar, alkyl, alkyloxy, alkylthio, alkyloxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, Ar-alkyl or di(Ar)alkyl; or two vicinal R5 radicals may be taken together to form together with the phenyl ring to which they are attached a naphthyl; r is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; R6 is hydrogen, alkyl, Ar or Het; R7 is hydrogen or alkyl; R5 is oxo; or R7 and R5 together form the radical —CH═CH—N═; Z is CH2 or C(═O). |
| US08691795B2 |
Process for producing sugar chain derivative, structure analysis method, and sugar chain derivative
A process for preparing an oligosaccharide derivative from an oligosaccharide mixture, the process being characterized in that the process comprises the steps of (a) introducing a lipophilic group into oligosaccharides of the mixture to obtain a mixture of oligosaccharide derivatives, and (b) treating the oligosaccharide derivative mixture by serotonin affinity column chromatography. |
| US08691794B2 |
Topical composition for skin containing polysaccharide extract of red ginseng
The present invention relates to a composition for skin application, which has the effects of reducing skin wrinkles, enhancing skin elasticity and preventing skin aging, and more particularly, to a composition for skin application, which contains, as an active ingredient, a polysaccharide extract of red ginseng having a molecular weight of less than 10,000, in which the polysaccharide extract of red ginseng has the effect of increasing the expression of mitochondrial electron transport system enzymes in human skin keratinocytes to enhance the activity of the skin cells, thereby reducing skin wrinkles, increasing skin elasticity and preventing skin aging. |
| US08691791B2 |
Microspheres for treatment of brain tumors
There is provided a new use of microspheres comprising a water-insoluble, water-swellable polymer which is anionically charged at pH7, and electrostatically associated with the polymer, in releasable form, a cationically charged chemotherapeutic agent, in the manufacture of a composition for use in the treatment of a brain tumor, wherein in the treatment the composition is introduced into the brain and the chemotherapeutic agent is released from the microspheres, wherein the microspheres, when equilibrated in water at 37° C., comprise at least 40 wt % water based on weight of polymer plus water. Compositions comprising the microspheres and methods for the treatment of brain tumors are also provided. |
| US08691789B2 |
Probe of iodine-123 marker thymidine (FLT)analogue [123I]-IaraU
A tumor radiation probe of iodine-123 marker thymidine (FLT) analogue [123I]-IaraU is disclosed. Commercial available uridine is used as the raw material for the synthesis of the precursor. A radioactive iodine-123 is marked on an alkaline group of uridine to obtain [123I]-IaraU, which is distinguishable from [18F]-FLT marking 18F on a glycosyl group to obtain a novel tumor radiation probe. The marking procedures include mixing the marker precursor with Na [123I] solution, acetic acid and hydrogen peroxide solution, and the solution of chloroform and sodium hydroxide. The sonication time increases from 1 minute to 10 minutes, so that [123I]-IaraU has radiologically chemical purity of higher than 98% and radiological specific activity of not less than 0.196 GBq/umole, and the yield can increase from 8% to 40%. Its radioactive specific activity, yield and purity reach to the degree for the use in biological experiments, while reducing production cost. |
| US08691785B2 |
Compositions and methods for non-parenteral delivery of oligonucleotides
The present invention relates to compositions and methods which enhance the local and systemic uptake and delivery of oligonucleotides and nucleic acids via non-parenteral routes of administration. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising oligonucleotides disclosed herein include, for systemic delivery, emulsion and microemulsion formulations for a variety of applications and oral dosage formulations. It has also surprisingly been discovered that oligonucleotides may be locally delivered to colonic sites by rectal enemas and suppositories in simple solutions, e.g., neat or in saline. Such pharmaceutical compositions of oligonucleotides may further include one or more penetration enhancers for the transport of oligonucleotides and other nucleic acids across mucosal membranes. The compositions and methods of the invention are utilized to effect the oral, buccal, rectal or vaginal administration of an antisense oligonucleotide to an animal in order to modulate the expression of a gene in the animal for investigative, therapeutic, palliative or prophylactic purposes. |
| US08691784B2 |
MCP-1 binding nucleic acids
The present invention is related to a nucleic acid, preferably binding to MCP-1, selected from the group consisting of Type 1A nucleic acids, type 1B nucleic acids, Type 2 nucleic acids, Type 3 nucleic acids, Type 4 nucleic acids and nucleic acids comprising SEQ ID NOs:87-115. |
| US08691780B2 |
Txr1 and enhanced taxane sensitivity based on the modulation of a pathway mediated thereby
Methods and compositions for enhancing taxane sensitivity are provided. Aspects of the subject methods include administering to a subject a txr1 pathway modulatory agent in conjunction with a taxane. Also provided are txr1 polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding the same. The subject methods and compositions find use in a variety of different applications. |
| US08691778B2 |
Flurbiprofen and muscle relaxant gel combinations thereof
A topical pharmaceutical gel includes flurbiprofen or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of flurbiprofen, thiocolchicoside or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of thiocolchicoside, and menthol. Pharmaceutical combinations of flurbiprofen, thiocolchicoside, and menthol in the form of topical gels with anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and myorelaxant activities are described. |
| US08691777B2 |
Combination therapy
The disclosure relates to methods of treating tuberous sclerosis in a subject, comprising administering a composition comprising an mTOR inhibitor and a tyrosine kinase inhibitor to a subject that is diagnosed with, suspected of, or exhibiting symptoms of cancer. In some embodiments, the cancer is tuberous sclerosis. In some embodiments, the mTOR inhibitor is sirolimus and the tyrosine kinase inhibitor is imatinib. In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to a composition comprising an mTOR inhibitor and a tyrosine kinase inhibitor. In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to a composition comprising sirolimus and imatinib. |
| US08691775B2 |
Use of drugs that activate P2Y receptors to enhance synaptogenesis
The present invention encompasses compositions and methods that activate P2Y receptors for the increased production of new synapses in the central nervous system. The formulations of the invention may be administered to a healthy subject or to a subject in need thereof to restore synapses. |
| US08691774B2 |
Carbohydrate profile compositions from human cells and methods for analysis and modification thereof
The invention describes methods for production of novel composition of glycans, glycomes, from human multipotent stem cells. The invention is further directed to methods for modifying the glycomes and analysis of the glycomes and the modified glycomes. Furthermore the invention is directed to stem cells carrying the modified glycomes on their surfaces. |
| US08691771B2 |
Bi-specific fusion proteins for tissue repair
Bi-specific fusion proteins with therapeutic uses are provided, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such fusion proteins, and methods for using such fusion proteins to repair damaged tissue. The bi-specific fusion proteins generally comprise: (a) a targeting polypeptide domain that binds to an ischemia-associated molecule; and (b) an activator domain that that detectably modulates the activity of a cellular network. |
| US08691767B2 |
Use of erythropoietin and substances increasing and/or prolonging the activation and/or stimulation of erythropoietin receptors for treating and/or preventing schizophrenia and related psychoses
Method for treatment and/or prophylaxis of schizophrenia and related psychoses of a human being, erythropoietin being administered to the human being. |
| US08691766B2 |
Biglycan and related therapeutics and methods of use
The invention provides compositions and methods for treating, preventing, and diagnosing diseases or conditions associated with an abnormal level or activity of biglycan; disorders associated with an unstable cytoplasmic membrane, due, e.g., to an unstable dystrophin associated protein complex (DAPC); disorders associated with abnormal synapses or neuromuscular junctions, including those resulting from an abnormal MuSK activation or acetylcholine receptor (AChR) aggregation. Example of diseases include muscular dystrophies, such as Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy, Becker's Muscular Dystrophy, neuromuscular disorders and neurological disorders. |
| US08691765B2 |
Metallothionein based neuronal therapeutic and therapeutic methods
A method of stimulating neuronal growth or repair comprising exposing a target neuron or neuronal area to a solution of the metallothionein isoform MT-IIA. |
| US08691764B2 |
Inhibitors of NF-κB activity
The present invention provides a method for inhibiting NF-κB activity in a subject, the method comprising providing an agent capable of inducing expression of annexin 1, whereby said agent induces expression of annexin 1 and whereby said induced expression of annexin 1 inhibits NF-κB activity. Also provided are annexin 1 mimetics capable of binding to NF-κB and pharmaceutical compositions of such inducing and mimetic agents. |
| US08691763B2 |
Methods for treating or preventing cardiovascular disorders and providing cardiovascular protection
The present invention provides methods for treating, preventing and/or ameliorating at least one cardiovascular disorder in a human in need thereof comprising administering to said human a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one polypeptide having at least one GLP-1 activity and/or at least one GLP-1 agonist. |
| US08691761B2 |
Somatostatin receptor 2 antagonists
The invention is directed to somatostatin analogs which are receptor antagonists of the somatostatin receptor, including receptor-selective antagonists, especially sst2-selective antagonists. Related compounds and compositions are included, including antagonists complexed with or conjugated to radioactive nuclides. The antagonists of the invention are useful in diagnosing and treating neoplastic and non-neoplastic mammalian diseases; such methods, and kits, are encompassed. |
| US08691758B2 |
Inhibitors of serine proteases, particularly HCV NS3-NS4A protease
The present invention relates to compounds of formula I or formula Ia or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that inhibit serine protease activity, particularly the activity of hepatitis C virus NS3-NS4A protease. As such, they act by interfering with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are useful as antiviral agents. The invention further relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds either for ex vivo use or for administration to a patient suffering from HCV infection and processes for preparing the compounds. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a patient by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of this invention. |
| US08691757B2 |
Hepatitis C virus inhibitors
Hepatitis C virus inhibitors having the general formula (I) are disclosed. Compositions comprising the compounds and methods for using the compounds to inhibit HCV are also disclosed. |
| US08691754B2 |
Microparticles with enhanced covalent binding capacity and their uses
A polyelectrolyte having multiple exposed functional groups, each such group being capable of covalently bonding to a molecule, is immobilized on a surface for the purpose of bonding to a biomolecule. The biomolecule can be, for example, a nucleic acid, e.g., an amine functionalized oligonucleotide. The polyelectrolyte can include, e.g., BSA (Bovine Serum Albumin) which is bound to a functionalized surface using a covalent immobilization strategy, e.g., reaction with the surface of a tosyl-activated microparticle. Following such reaction, exposed reactive functional groups on the protein, such as amine, carboxyl, thiol, hydroxyl groups can further be utilized to covalently couple the oligonucleotide of interest using suitable chemistry. |
| US08691753B2 |
Pseudodipeptides as MMP inhibitors
The invention relates to compounds, in particular MMP inhibitors. The compounds of the invention have formula (1). The invention can be used in particular in the pharmaceutical field. The present invention also relates to labeled compounds of formula (2), and to the use thereof as contrast agents for detecting extracellular matrix metalloproteinases. |
| US08691751B2 |
Compounds containing a vascular disrupting agent
The present invention relates to compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, comprising a vascular disrupting agent (VDA) associated and a MMP proteolytic cleavage site. The compounds are useful in the treatment of cancer. |
| US08691746B2 |
Cyclohexene derivatives and their use as odorants
The present invention relates to a process for the production of formyl cyclohexene derivatives which are suitable as odorants as such or as intermediates for the preparation of further odorants. In particular the present invention relates to a domino-methylenation-Diels-Alder reaction of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes using formaldehyde in the presence of 1,3-butadienes. |
| US08691743B2 |
Liquid detergent compositions
The present invention relates to aqueous liquid detergent compositions comprising an alkaline protease and/or one or more other non-proteolytic enzymes, and an enzyme stabilization system. The invention also relates to enhancing stability of the non-proteolytic enzymes in a liquid detergent composition comprising an alkaline protease. |
| US08691734B2 |
Method of fracturing with phenothiazine stabilizer
Well treatment fluids and methods of treating high temperature subterranean formations of up to about 500° F. (260° C.) are provided. The well treatment fluids and methods utilize a high molecular weight synthetic copolymer and a pH buffer than maintains a pH in a range of about 4.5 to about 5.25 for the fluids. The high molecular weight synthetic copolymer is derived from acrylamide, acrylamidomethylpropanesulfonic acid, and vinyl phosphonates. The well treatment fluids may be energized or foamed. |
| US08691731B2 |
Heat generation process for treating oilfield deposits
Generating heat within a combination solvent/acid system removes undesirable deposits from petroleum reservoir formations (especially the near well-bore region), oilfield equipment, and petroleum processing equipment. An exothermic reaction occurs between the solvent and the acid and the heat evolved helps remove organic solid deposits. The acids may include organic acid compounds, such as sulfonic acids, sulfuric acid and nitric acid. The solvents may include terpene- and terpene-derivative-containing solvents, including, but not necessarily limited to, limonene, pinene, dipentene, myrcene, turpentines and compounds having at least one double bond, such as methyl furan, dienes, styrene, vinyl acetate and the like. The exothermic reaction produces a great amount of heat, and together with using certain acids and solvents already known as effective to remove paraffin and asphaltene deposition, removing such deposits is improved. |
| US08691726B2 |
Synergistic combination of a glyphosate compound and ZPT
A synergistic antimicrobial composition containing a glyphosate compound and zinc pyrithione is provided. Also provided is a method of inhibiting the growth of or controlling the growth of microorganisms in a building material by adding such a synergistic antimicrobial composition. Also provided is a coating composition containing such a synergistic antimicrobial composition, and a dry film made from such a coating composition. |
| US08691722B2 |
Sorbent comprising activated carbon particles, sulfur and metal catalyst
Sorbents comprising activated carbon particles, sulfur, and metal catalyst. The sorbents may be used, for example, for the removal of a contaminant, such as mercury, from a fluid stream. |
| US08691717B2 |
Core/shell-type catalyst particles and methods for their preparation
The invention discloses core/shell, type catalyst particles comprising a Mcore/Mshell structure with Mcore=inner particle core and Mshell=outer particle shell, wherein the medium diameter of the catalyst particle (dcore+shell) is in the range of 20 to 100 nm, preferably in the range of 20 to 50 nm. The thickness of the outer shell (tshell) is about 5 to 20% of the diameter of the inner particle core of said catalyst particle, preferably comprising at least 3 atomic layers. The core/shell type catalyst particles, particularly the particles comprising a Pt˜based shell reveal a high specific activity. The catalyst particles are preferably supported on suitable support materials such as carbon black and are used as electrocatalysts for fuel cells. |
| US08691714B2 |
Processes for making multimodal molecular weight distribution polyolefins
This invention relates to a process to make a multimodal polyolefin composition comprising: (i) contacting at least one first olefin monomer with a mixed catalyst system, under polymerization conditions, to produce at least a first polyolefin component having a Mw of 5,000 g/mol to 600,000 g/mol, wherein the mixed catalyst system comprises: (a) at least one polymerization catalyst comprising a Group 4 or Group 5 transition metal; (b) at least one organochromium polymerization catalyst; (c) an activator; and (d) a support material; (ii) thereafter, contacting the first polyolefin component/mixed catalyst system combination with a molecular switch; (iii) contacting the first polyolefin component/mixed catalyst system combination with at least one second olefin monomer, which may be the same or different, under polymerization conditions; and (iv) obtaining a multimodal polyolefin composition. |
| US08691709B2 |
Method of forming metal carbide barrier layers for fluorocarbon films
A method of forming metal carbide barrier layers for fluorocarbon films in semiconductor devices is described. The method includes depositing a fluorocarbon film on a substrate and depositing a metal-containing layer on the fluorocarbon film at a first temperature, where the metal-containing layer reacts with the fluorocarbon film to form a metal fluoride layer at an interface between the metal-containing layer and the fluorocarbon film. The method further includes heat-treating the metal-containing layer at a second temperature that is greater than the first temperature, wherein the heat-treating the metal-containing layer removes fluorine from the metal fluoride layer by diffusion through the metal-containing layer and forms a metal carbide barrier layer at the interface between the metal-containing layer and the fluorocarbon film, and wherein the metal-containing layer survives the heat-treating at the second temperature without blistering or pealing. |
| US08691704B2 |
Methods for forming semiconductor constructions, and methods for selectively etching silicon nitride relative to conductive material
The invention includes methods for selectively etching insulative material supports relative to conductive material. The invention can include methods for selectively etching silicon nitride relative to metal nitride. The metal nitride can be in the form of containers over a semiconductor substrate, with such containers having upwardly-extending openings with lateral widths of less than or equal to about 4000 angstroms; and the silicon nitride can be in the form of a layer extending between the containers. The selective etching can comprise exposure of at least some of the silicon nitride and the containers to Cl2 to remove the exposed silicon nitride, while not removing at least the majority of the metal nitride from the containers. In subsequent processing, the containers can be incorporated into capacitors. |
| US08691701B2 |
Strip with reduced low-K dielectric damage
A method for forming etched features in a low-k dielectric layer disposed below the photoresist mask in a plasma processing chamber is provided. Features are etched into the low-k dielectric layer through the photoresist mask. The photoresist mask is stripped, wherein the stripping comprising at least one cycle, wherein each cycle comprises a fluorocarbon stripping phase, comprising flowing a fluorocarbon stripping gas into the plasma processing chamber, forming a plasma from the fluorocarbon stripping gas, and stopping the flow of the fluorocarbon stripping gas into the plasma processing chamber and a reduced fluorocarbon stripping phase, comprising flowing a reduced fluorocarbon stripping gas that has a lower fluorocarbon flow rate than the fluorocarbon stripping gas into the plasma processing chamber, forming the plasma from the reduced fluorocarbon stripping gas, and stopping the flow of the reduced fluorocarbon stripping gas. |
| US08691699B2 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor device and semiconductor device
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes: forming an insulating layer above a substrate; forming a recessed section in the insulating layer; forming, on the insulating layer, a mask pattern having a first opening which exposes the recessed section, and a second opening which is arranged outside the first opening and does not expose the recessed section; forming a first conductive member and a second conductive member by respectively depositing a conductive material in the first opening and the second opening; and polishing and removing the first conductive member and the second conductive member on the upper side of the insulating layer so as to leave the first conductive member in the recessed section. |
| US08691698B2 |
Controlled gas mixing for smooth sidewall rapid alternating etch process
A method for etching features in a silicon layer disposed below a mask in a plasma processing chamber a plurality of cycles is provided. A deposition phase forming a deposition on the silicon layer in the plasma processing chamber is provided comprising providing a deposition gas into the plasma processing chamber wherein the deposition gas comprises a halogen containing etchant component and a fluorocarbon deposition component, forming the deposition gas into a plasma, which provides a net deposition on the silicon layer, and stopping the flow of the deposition gas. A silicon etch phase is provided, comprising providing a silicon etch gas into the plasma processing chamber that is different than the deposition gas, forming the silicon etch gas into a plasma to etch the silicon layer, and stopping the flow of the silicon etch gas. |
| US08691696B2 |
Methods for forming an integrated circuit with straightened recess profile
Methods are provided for forming an integrated circuit. In an embodiment, the method includes forming a sacrificial mandrel overlying a base substrate. Sidewall spacers are formed adjacent sidewalls of the sacrificial mandrel. The sidewall spacers have a lower portion that is proximal to the base substrate, and the lower portion has a substantially perpendicular outer surface relative to the base substrate. The sidewall spacers also have an upper portion that is spaced from the base substrate. The upper portion has a sloped outer surface. A first dielectric layer is formed overlying the base substrate and is conformal to at least a portion of the upper portion of the sidewall spacers. The upper portion of the sidewall spacers is removed after forming the first dielectric layer to form a recess having a re-entrant profile in the first dielectric layer. The re-entrant profile of the recess is straightened. |
| US08691695B2 |
CMP compositions and methods for suppressing polysilicon removal rates
The present invention provides a chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) composition suitable for polishing a silicon nitride-containing substrate while suppressing polysilicon removal from the substrate. The composition comprises abrasive particles suspended in an acidic aqueous carrier containing a surfactant comprising an alkyne-diol, an alkyne diol ethoxylate, or a combination thereof. Methods of polishing a semiconductor substrate therewith are also disclosed. |
| US08691694B2 |
Solderless back contact solar cell module assembly process
In order to better and more efficiently assemble back contact solar cells into modules, the cell to cell soldering and other soldered connections are replaced by electro and/or electroless plating. Back contact solar cells, diodes and external leads can be first laminated to the module front glass for support and stability. Conductive materials are deposited selectively to create a plating seed pattern for the entire module circuit. Subsequent plating steps create an integrated cell and module metallization. This avoids stringing and tabbing and the associated soldering steps. This process is easier for mass manufacturing and is advantageous for handling fragile silicon solar cells. Additionally, since highly corrosion resistant metals can be plated, the moisture barrier requirements of the back side materials can be greatly relaxed. This can simplify and reduce the cost of the back side of the module. |
| US08691692B2 |
Semiconductor chips and methods of forming the same
Provided are a semiconductor chip and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor chip includes a substrate having a first side and a second side facing each other, and a through electrode being disposed in a hole penetrating the substrate, wherein an opening surrounded by the through electrode is disposed in the hole, wherein the opening comprises a first end adjacent to the first side of the substrate and a second end adjacent to the second side of the substrate. |
| US08691684B2 |
Layout and pad floor plan of power transistor for good performance of SPU and STOG
A power transistor for use in an audio application is laid out to minimize hot spots. Hot spots are created by non-uniform power dissipation or overly concentrated current densities. The source and drain pads are disposed relative to each other to facilitate uniform power dissipation. Interleaving metal fingers and upper metal layers are connected directly to lower metal layers in the absence of vias to improve current density distribution. This layout improves some fail detection tests by 17%. |
| US08691680B2 |
Method for fabricating memory device with buried digit lines and buried word lines
A method for fabricating a memory array includes providing a semiconductor substrate having thereon a plurality of line-shaped active areas and intermittent line-shaped trench isolation regions between the plurality of line-shaped active areas, which extend along a first direction; forming buried word lines extending along a second direction in the semiconductor substrate, the buried word lines intersecting with the line-shaped active areas and the intermittent line-shaped trench isolation regions, wherein the second direction is not perpendicular to the first direction; forming buried digit lines extending along a third direction in the semiconductor substrate, wherein the third direction is substantially perpendicular to the second direction; and forming storage nodes at storage node sites between the buried digit lines. |
| US08691679B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A silicon carbide substrate has a substrate surface. A gate insulating film is provided to cover a part of the substrate surface. A gate electrode covers a part of the gate insulating film. A contact electrode is provided on the substrate surface, adjacent to and in contact with the gate insulating film, and it contains an alloy having Al atoms. Al atoms do not diffuse from the contact electrode into a portion of the gate insulating film lying between the substrate surface and the gate electrode. Thus, in a case where a contact electrode having Al atoms is employed, reliability of the gate insulating film of a semiconductor device can be improved. |
| US08691677B2 |
Method for boron doping silicon wafers
The object of the invention is a process for P-type boron doping of silicon wafers placed on a support in the chamber of a furnace of which one end comprises a wall in which means for introducing reactive gases and a gas carrying a boron precursor in gaseous form are located, whereby said process comprises the stages that consist in: a) In the chamber, reacting the reactive gases with boron trichloride BCl3 that is diluted in the carrier gas at a pressure of between 1 kPa and 30 kPa, and a temperature of between 800° C. and 1100° C., for forming a boron oxide B2O3 glass layer, b) Carrying out the diffusion of atomic boron in silicon under an N2+O2 atmosphere at a pressure of between 1 kPa and 30 kPa. A furnace designed for the implementation of said doping process as well as its applications—the manufacturing of large boron-doped silicon slices, in particular for photovoltaic applications—is also claimed. |
| US08691675B2 |
Vapor phase deposition processes for doping silicon
A process of doping a silicon layer with dopant atoms generally includes reacting a vapor of a dopant precursor with oxide and/or hydroxide reactive sites present on the silicon layer to form a self assembled monolayer of dopant precursor; hydrolyzing the self assembled monolayer of the dopant precursor with water vapor to form pendant hydroxyl groups on the dopant precursor; capping the self assembled monolayer with an oxide layer; and annealing the silicon layer at a temperature effective to diffuse dopant atoms from the dopant precursor into the silicon layer. Additional monolayers can be formed in a similar manner, thereby providing controlled layer-by-layer vapor phase deposition of the dopant precursor compounds for controlled doping of silicon. |
| US08691674B2 |
Method for producing group 3-5 nitride semiconductor and method for producing light-emitting device
A method for producing a group 3-5 nitride semiconductor includes the steps of (i), (ii), (iii) in this order: (i) placing inorganic particles on a substrate, (ii) epitaxially growing a semiconductor layer by using the inorganic particles as a mask, and (iii) separating the substrate and the semiconductor layer by irradiating the interface between the substrate and the semiconductor layer with light; and a method for producing a light emitting device further includes adding electrodes. |
| US08691671B2 |
Planar nonpolar group-III nitride films grown on miscut substrates
A nonpolar III-nitride film grown on a miscut angle of a substrate, in order to suppress the surface undulations, is provided. The surface morphology of the film is improved with a miscut angle towards an α-axis direction comprising a 0.15° or greater miscut angle towards the α-axis direction and a less than 30° miscut angle towards the α-axis direction. |
| US08691667B1 |
Method and apparatus for depositing a pattern on a substrate
This invention relates to a process for forming a continuous pattern on a substrate with a liquid media. Upon the deposition of the liquid media on the substrate, a portion the continuous pattern is evaporated upon contact with the substrate. |
| US08691661B2 |
Trench with reduced silicon loss
An isolation trench in a substrate of a semiconductor device includes a first shallow portion, a transition region, and a second deeper portion. The isolation trench contains a dielectric filler. The isolation trench is formed by first forming a first shallow portion of the isolation trench, forming polysilicon sidewalls on the first shallow portion, and then etching the second deeper portion. |
| US08691660B2 |
Semiconductor component with trench isolation and corresponding production method
The invention relates to a semiconductor component with trench isolation and to an associated fabrication method, a trench isolation (STI, TTI) having a deep isolation trench with a covering insulation layer (10, 11), a side wall insulation layer (6) and an electrically conductive filling layer (7), which is electrically connected to a predetermined doping region (1) of the semiconductor substrate in a bottom region of the trench. The use of a trench contact (DTC), which has a deep contact trench with a side wall insulation layer (6) and an electrically conductive filling layer (7), which is likewise electrically connected to the predetermined doping region (1) of the semiconductor substrate in a bottom region of the contact trench, makes it possible to improve the electrical shielding properties with a reduced area requirement. |
| US08691655B2 |
Method of semiconductor integrated circuit fabrication
A method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) is disclosed. The method includes receiving a semiconductor device, patterning a first hard mask to form a first recess in a high-resistor (Hi-R) stack, removing the first hard mask, forming a second recess in the Hi-R stack, forming a second hard mask in the second recess in the Hi-R stack. A HR can then be formed in the semiconductor substrate by the second hard mask and a gate trench etch. |
| US08691653B2 |
Semiconductor structure with reduced surface field effect and manufacturing process thereof
A semiconductor structure and a manufacturing process thereof are disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate having a first conductive type, a first well having a second conductive type formed in the substrate, a doped region having the second conductive type formed in the first well, a field oxide and a second well having the first conductive type. The doped region has a first net dopant concentration. The field oxide is formed on a surface area of the first well. The second well is disposed underneath the field oxide and connected to a side of the doped region. The second well has a second net dopant concentration smaller than the first net dopant concentration. |
| US08691650B2 |
MOSFET with recessed channel film and abrupt junctions
MOSFETs and methods for making MOSFETs with a recessed channel and abrupt junctions are disclosed. The method includes creating source and drain extensions while a dummy gate is in place. The source/drain extensions create a diffuse junction with the silicon substrate. The method continues by removing the dummy gate and etching a recess in the silicon substrate. The recess intersects at least a portion of the source and drain junction. Then a channel is formed by growing a silicon film to at least partially fill the recess. The channel has sharp junctions with the source and drains, while the unetched silicon remaining below the channel has diffuse junctions with the source and drain. Thus, a MOSFET with two junction regions, sharp and diffuse, in the same transistor can be created. |
| US08691649B2 |
Methods of forming recessed channel array transistors and methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices
In methods of manufacturing a recessed channel array transistor, a recess may be formed in an active region of a substrate. A plasma oxidation process may be performed on the substrate to form a preliminary gate oxide layer on an inner surface of the recess and an upper surface of the substrate. Moistures may be absorbed in a surface of the preliminary gate oxide layer to form a gate oxide layer. A gate electrode may be formed on the gate oxide layer to fill up the recess. Source/drain regions may be formed in an upper surface of the substrate at both sides of the gate electrode. Thus, the oxide layer may have a uniform thickness distribution and a dense structure. |
| US08691643B2 |
Methods of forming semiconductor devices
Methods of forming semiconductor devices are provided. The methods may include forming a gate pattern on an active region of a substrate. The methods may further include performing a deoxidization treatment on the substrate. |
| US08691642B2 |
Method of fabricating semiconductor device including forming epitaxial blocking layers by nitridation process
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming gate structures on PMOS and NMOS transistor regions of the semiconductor substrate, forming epitaxial blocking layers on source/drain regions of PMOS and NMOS transistor regions using a nitridation process, then selectively removing one of the epitaxial blocking layers, and using a SEG process to form an epitaxial layer on respective source/drain regions while shielding the other source/drain regions with a remaining epitaxial blocking layer. |
| US08691638B2 |
High-K metal gate device
A method of forming a semiconductor device is presented. The method includes providing a substrate. The method further includes forming a gate stack having a gate electrode on the substrate, which includes forming a metal gate electrode layer. A buffer gate electrode layer is formed on top of the metal gate electrode layer and a top gate electrode layer having a poly-silicon alloy is formed over the metal gate electrode layer. |
| US08691636B2 |
Method for removing germanium suboxide
A method for removing germanium suboxide between a germanium (Ge) substrate and a dielectric layer made of metal oxide includes causing a supercritical fluid composition that includes a supercritical carbon dioxide fluid and an oxidant to diffuse into the germanium suboxide such that metal residues in the dielectric layer, the germanium suboxide and the oxidant are subjected to a redox reaction so as to reduce the germanium suboxide into germanium. |
| US08691631B2 |
Device including two mounting surfaces
A device including two mounting surfaces. One embodiment provides a power semiconductor chip and having a first electrode on a first surface and a second electrode on a second surface opposite to the first surface. A first external contact element and a second external contact element, are both electrically coupled to the first electrode of the semiconductor chip. A third external contact element and a fourth external contact element, both electrically coupled to the second electrode of the semiconductor chip. A first mounting surface is provided on which the first and third external contact elements are disposed. A second mounting surface is provided on which the second and fourth external contact elements are disposed. |
| US08691630B2 |
Semiconductor package structure and manufacturing method thereof
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor package structure is provided. A heat-conductive block is adhered to a portion of a second surface of a conductive substrate via a first adhesive layer. An opening is formed by performing a half-etching process on a first surface of the conductive substrate. The remaining conductive substrate is patterned to form leads and expose a portion of the heat-conductive block. Each lead has a first portion and a second portion. A thickness of the first portion is greater than a thickness of the second portion. A first lower surface of the first portion and a second lower surface of the second portion are coplanar. A chip is disposed on the exposed portion of the heat-conductive block and electrically connected to the second portions of the leads. A first bottom surface of the heat-conductive block and a second bottom surface of a molding compound are coplanar. |
| US08691626B2 |
Semiconductor chip device with underfill
A method of manufacturing is provided that includes placing a removable cover on a surface of a substrate. The substrate includes a first semiconductor chip positioned on the surface. The first semiconductor chip includes a first sidewall. The removable cover includes a second sidewall positioned opposite the first sidewall. A first underfill is placed between the first semiconductor chip and the surface wherein the second sidewall provides a barrier to flow of the first underfill. Various apparatus are also disclosed. |
| US08691625B2 |
Method for making a chip package
The present invention relates to a method for making a chip package. The method includes the following steps: (a) providing a substrate having at least one conductive via; (b) disposing the substrate on a carrier; (c) removing part of the substrate, so as to expose the conductive via, and form at least one through via; (d) disposing a plurality of chips on a surface of the substrate, wherein the chips are electrically connected to the through via of the substrate; (e) forming an encapsulation; (f) removing the carrier; (g) conducting a flip-chip mounting process; (h) removing the encapsulation; and (i) forming a protective material. Whereby, the carrier and the encapsulation can avoid warpage of the substrate during the manufacturing process. |
| US08691623B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
An object is to provide a semiconductor device of which a manufacturing process is not complicated and by which cost can be suppressed, by forming a thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor film typified by zinc oxide, and a manufacturing method thereof. For the semiconductor device, a gate electrode is formed over a substrate; a gate insulating film is formed covering the gate electrode; an oxide semiconductor film is formed over the gate insulating film; and a first conductive film and a second conductive film are formed over the oxide semiconductor film. The oxide semiconductor film has at least a crystallized region in a channel region. |
| US08691621B1 |
Thiol bond formation concurrent with silver nanoparticle ink thermal treatment
A method is provided for preparing a printed metal surface for the deposition of an organic semiconductor material. The method provides a substrate with a top surface, and a metal layer is formed overlying the substrate top surface. Simultaneous with a thermal treatment of the metal layer, the metal layer is exposed to a gaseous atmosphere with thiol molecules. In response to exposing the metal layer to the gaseous atmosphere with thiol molecules, the work function of the metal layer is increased. Subsequent to the thermal treatment, an organic semiconductor material is deposited overlying the metal layer. In one aspect, the metal layer is exposed to the gaseous atmosphere with thiol molecules by evaporating a liquid containing thiol molecules in an ambient air atmosphere. Alternatively, a delivery gas is passed through a liquid containing thiol molecules. An organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) and OTFT fabrication process are also provided. |
| US08691616B2 |
Method for manufacturing thin film solar cell
A method for manufacturing a thin film solar cell includes depositing a front electrode on a substrate in a chamber, etching the front electrode formed on the substrate to form an uneven portion on the surface of the front electrode, forming a photoelectric conversion unit on the front electrode, and forming a back electrode on the photoelectric conversion unit. The depositing of the front electrode includes depositing the front electrode while reducing a process pressure of the chamber from a first pressure to a second pressure lower than the first pressure. The etching of the front electrode form the uneven portion of the front electrode so that a top portion of the uneven portion includes a portion formed at the second pressure. |
| US08691615B2 |
Image sensor and method of manufacturing the same
An image sensor and a method of manufacturing the same. The image sensor includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units that are horizontally arranged and selectively emit electric signals by absorbing color beams. |
| US08691613B2 |
Method for manufacturing photoelectric conversion device
A crystalline-based silicon photoelectric conversion device comprises: an intrinsic silicon-based layer and a silicon-based layer of a first conductivity type, on one surface of a single-crystal silicon substrate of the first conductivity type; and an intrinsic silicon-based and a silicon-based layer of an opposite conductivity type, in this order on the other surface of the silicon substrate. At least one of forming the intrinsic silicon-based layer of the first conductivity type layer-side forming the intrinsic silicon-based layer of the opposite conductivity type layer-side includes: forming a first intrinsic silicon-based thin-film layer having a thickness of 1-10 nm on the silicon substrate; plasma-treating the silicon substrate in a gas containing mainly hydrogen; and forming a second intrinsic silicon-based thin-film layer on the first intrinsic silicon-based thin-film. |
| US08691611B2 |
Method for creating a micromechanical membrane structure and MEMS component
In a method for manufacturing a micromechanical membrane structure, a doped area is created in the front side of a silicon substrate, the depth of which doped area corresponds to the intended membrane thickness, and the lateral extent of which doped area covers at least the intended membrane surface area. In addition, in a DRIE (deep reactive ion etching) process applied to the back side of the silicon substrate, a cavity is created beneath the doped area, which DRIE process is aborted before the cavity reaches the doped area. The cavity is then deepened in a KOH etching process in which the doped substrate area functions as an etch stop, so that the doped substrate area remains as a basic membrane over the cavity. |
| US08691606B2 |
Method for manufacturing a light emitting diode with smooth surface for reflective electrode
A light emitting diode comprising an epitaxial layer structure, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The first and second electrodes are separately disposed on the epitaxial layer structure, and the epitaxial layer structure has a root-means-square (RMS) roughness less than about 3 at a surface whereon the first electrode is formed. |
| US08691603B2 |
Organic el device manufacturing method, organic el device, and electronic apparatus having a luminescent layer disposed over another luminescent layer
In a method for manufacturing an organic EL device, a first luminescent layer emitting first color light is formed over a first anode disposed on a substrate by coating. A second luminescent layer emitting second color light is formed over a second anode disposed on the substrate. An intermediate layer having electron injection performance is formed on the first luminescent layer and the second luminescent layer. A third luminescent layer emitting third color light is formed over the intermediate layer and a third anode disposed on the substrate by vapor deposition. A cathode is formed on the third luminescent layer. |
| US08691601B2 |
Semiconductor device and penetrating electrode testing method
Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device, including: a semiconductor substrate; an integrated circuit formed on a first main surface of the semiconductor substrate; a penetrating electrode that penetrates the semiconductor substrate in the thickness direction and has its one end electrically connected to the integrated circuit; a bump electrode formed on a second main surface of the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to another end of the penetrating electrode; and a test pad electrode formed on the second main surface of the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the bump electrode. |
| US08691599B2 |
Parameter extraction method for semiconductor device
A parameter extraction method for semiconductor devices includes: providing a first multi-finger device and a second multi-finger device, wherein the gate-finger numbers between the first and second multi-finger devices are different; performing an open de-embedding, then the high-frequency test apparatus measuring a first intrinsic gate capacitance of the first multi-finger device and a second intrinsic gate capacitance of the second multi-finger device; calculating a slope according to the first and second intrinsic gate capacitances, and the first and second gate-finger numbers; performing a 3D capacitance simulation for computing the poly finger-end fringing capacitances; utilizing a long channel device for measuring the gate capacitance and extracting the intrinsic gate capacitance, then calculating an inversion channel capacitance per unit area; and computing a delta channel width of the semiconductor device, according to the slope, the poly finger-end fringing capacitance, and the inversion channel capacitance per unit area. |
| US08691598B1 |
Dual-loop control for laser annealing of semiconductor wafers
Systems and methods for performing semiconductor laser annealing using dual loop control are disclosed. The first control loop operates at a first frequency and controls the output of the laser and controls the 1/f laser noise. The second control loop also controls the amount of output power in the laser and operates at second frequency lower than the first frequency. The second control loop measures the thermal emission of the wafer over an area the size of one or more die so that within-die emissivity variations are average out when determining the measured annealing temperature. The measured annealing temperature and an annealing temperature set point are used to generate the control signal for the second control loop. |
| US08691597B2 |
Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including application of a plating voltage
An automatic analyzer detects voltage applied across electrodes, and judges whether voltage value falls within set voltage range. When the detected voltage value is lower than minimum value of set voltage range, the analyzer calculates the deficient amount of base solution based on the detected voltage value, controls a valve to supply the deficient amount of base solution, then, performs operation control of the valve so as to keep the prescribed amount of plating solution in plating solution tank, and discharges plating solution. When the detected voltage value is higher than maximum value of set voltage range, the analyzer calculates the excess amount of base solution based on the detected voltage value, controls a valve, and supplies pure water into the tank so that the base solution concentration falls within prescribed range to dilute plating solution, then controls a valve, and discharges plating solution so as to keep prescribed amount. |
| US08691589B2 |
Method for detecting formation of G-quadruplex
The method of the present disclosure determines whether a target DNA forms a G-quadruplex using a phenomenon in which thioflavin T generates a strong fluorescence when reacted with the G-quadruplex in the presence of potassium ions. |
| US08691587B2 |
Use of SFRP-3 in the assessment of heart failure
Disclosed is a method for assessing heart failure in vitro including the steps of measuring in a sample the concentration of the marker SFRP-3, of optionally measuring in the sample the concentration of one or more other marker(s) of heart failure, and of assessing heart failure by comparing the concentration determined in for SFRP-3 and the concentration(s) determined for the optionally one or more other marker to the concentration of this marker or these markers as established in a reference population. Also disclosed are the use of SFRP-3 as a marker protein in the assessment of heart failure, a marker combination comprising SFRP-3 and a kit for measuring SFRP-3. |
| US08691584B2 |
Sperm processing methods
A method of analyzing particles in a fluid stream including focusing a generally elliptical beam spot to a width less than the size of the particles. As particles pass through the beam spot electromagnetic radiation from the particles which is then detected and converted into electrical signals indicative of characteristics of the particles. The electrical signals may be digitally sampled to provide digital information which may be analyzed to extract information and to classify the particles. |
| US08691582B2 |
Methods and systems for fluid examination and remediation
A method for in situ monitoring within a specified environment. The method includes locating a housing in a well, wherein a set of pumps and a plurality of test beds are inserted. Each of the set of pumps are controlled by signals from the control system to push water from each pump into one of the plurality of separate test beds where, after flowing through each of the test beds, effluent flows into an effluent storage device. |
| US08691578B2 |
Method for generating homoplasmic cells from heteroplasmic cells
A method includes providing a eukaryotic cell including mutant mtDNA in which there is at least one mutation in the mtDNA, allowing the cell to come into contact with an active oxygen species or a chemical species that generates such an active oxygen species in the cell (e.g., hydrogen peroxide) and thereby changing the percentage of mutant mtDNA (mitochondrial genomic DNA) in the cell as a result of the contact. Also featured are cells obtained by the above-described method. |
| US08691577B2 |
Somatic embryogenesis of Jatropha curcas from ovules
The present invention relates to the field of somatic embryo production, particularly to methods for somatic embyrogenesis of Jatropha from ovules. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and media compositions for somatic embryogenesis of Jatropha curcas from ovules of unopened flower buds. The method is well suited for Jatropha curcas transformation, for producing clonal planting stock useful for large scale Jatropha curcas plantation and for producing haploids, double haploids, diploids and disease-free plantlets. |
| US08691572B2 |
Diagnosing, monitoring and treating inflammation
The present invention provides methods and compositions for treating chronic inflammatory disease in a subject and associated pharmaceutical compositions, medical devices and systems. |
| US08691566B1 |
Cells useful for immuno-based botulinum toxin serotype a activity assays
The present specification discloses clonal cell lines susceptible to BoNT/A intoxication, methods of producing such clonal cell lines, and methods of detecting Botulinum toxin serotype A activity using such clonal cell lines. |
| US08691565B2 |
Method of reseeding adherent cells grown in a hollow fiber bioreactor system
This invention is directed to methods of directly reseeding harvested adherent cells grown in a hollow fiber bioreactor. Also disclosed is a novel harvest media for use in directly reseeding adherent cells into a hollow fiber bioreactor. |
| US08691555B2 |
Production of carotenoids in oleaginous yeast and fungi
The present invention provides systems for producing engineered oleaginous yeast or fungi that express carotenoids. |
| US08691552B2 |
Microaerobic cultures for converting glycerol to chemicals
Glycerol or other reduced carbon sources may be used as a feedstock for the microbial production of chemical products under certain microaerobic conditions. For example, such production may occur under microaerobic or microrespiratory conditions in which electron acceptors are consumed in the reaction as quickly as they are added. In such reactions, the reaction product is at least as reduced as carbon source. Further, during such a reaction, at least some of the carbon source is used to generate cell mass. In addition, microorganisms with modified genomes are provided for carrying out the methods herein. |
| US08691550B2 |
Vaccines against japanese encephalitis virus and west nile virus
The invention provides attenuated Flavivirus vaccines, such as vaccines against Japanese encephalitis virus and West Nile virus, as well as methods of making and using these vaccines. |
| US08691549B2 |
High fidelity restriction endonucleases
Compositions and methods are provided for enzymes with altered properties that involve a systematic approach to mutagenesis and a screening assay that permits selection of the desired proteins. Embodiments of the method are particularly suited for modifying specific properties of restriction endonucleases such as star activity. The compositions includes restriction endonucleases with reduced star activity as defined by an overall fidelity index improvement factor. |
| US08691546B2 |
Inhibitors of Bruton's tyrosine kinase
Disclosed herein are compounds, including compounds having the structure of Formula (A), (B), (C), and (D), as described in further detail herein, that form covalent bonds with Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk). Also described are irreversible inhibitors of Btk. Methods for the preparation of the compounds are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds. Methods of using the Btk inhibitors are disclosed, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, and inflammatory diseases or conditions. |
| US08691543B2 |
Nanofibrous scaffold comprising immobilized cells
The invention is directed to a device and method to prevent migration of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hMSCs) from a delivery site while allowing communication between the stem cells and native cardiomyocytes. The device is characterized by scaffold pore size, fiber diameter and biomaterial selection. The invention includes a two part polyurethane scaffold that prevents migration of stem cells, allows gap junction formation through pores and is packaged for minimally invasive delivery. |
| US08691542B2 |
Tissue engineering methods and compositions
The presently disclosed subject matter generally relates to methods and systems for facilitating the growth and differentiation of adipose-derived stem cells for laboratory and therapeutic applications. The cells can be employed alone or in conjunction with unique biologically-compatible scaffold structures to generate differentiated tissues and structures, both in vitro and in vivo. The presently disclosed subject matter further relates to methods of forming and using improved tissue engineered scaffolds that can be used as substrates to facilitate the growth and differentiation of cells. |
| US08691536B2 |
Pectin lyase, pectin lyase polynucleotide, enzyme preparation, and method for producing single cells of plant tissue
To provide a pectin lyase and a gene for a pectin lyase which can be used in an enzyme preparation for processing plant tissue, and which possesses sufficient maceration activity even under highly acidic conditions. Isolation and purification of a pectin lyase and a gene for a pectin lyase having a molecular weight of 39,500 produced by an Aspergillus filamentous fungus, and possessing a maceration activity and a pectin lyase activity. The pectin lyase has a specified amino acid sequence, an optimal pH of 3.5 for maceration activity, an optimal pH of 4.5 for pectin lyase activity, and deactivates with boiling treatment for 15 minutes at 121° C. Sterilizing heat treatment are unnecessary, because the present invention possesses sufficient maceration activity at pH 3.0-4.0, and the resulting pectin lysate possesses a bactericidal activity and a potent antibacterial activity. It is possible to inexpensively mass produce food products which retain water-soluble components within the cell, because physical treatment such as stirring or beating is also unnecessary. |
| US08691533B2 |
Inducible gene expression
The invention relates to vector constructs for an HIV-specific gene therapy. The expression of transgenes is coupled with an infection of the cell with HIV while the transcription of the transgene is controlled by a transcription control region derived from HIV. In addition, the transgene is improved with regard to RNA stability and expression efficiency by modifying the nucleotide sequence. |
| US08691531B2 |
Anti-CD79B antibodies and immunoconjugates and methods of use
The present invention is directed to compositions of matter comprising nucleic acids encoding a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 207 or 208, encoding an anti-CD79b antibody comprising the heavy chain variable domain sequence of SEQ ID NO: 207 and the light chain variable domain sequence of SEQ ID NO: 208, or encoding an anti-CD79b antibody having : (i) a variable light chain comprising a HVR-L1 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 194, a HVR-L2 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 195, and a HVR-L3 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 196 and (ii) a variable light chain comprising a HVR-H1 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 202, a HVR-H2 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 203, and a HVR-H3 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 204, and vectors and host cells thereof. |
| US08691530B2 |
Process for obtaining aspart insulin using a Pichia pastoris yeast strain
The present invention refers to a method for producing a human insulin analogue with high efficiency and excellent yield, by means of a biotechnological process comprising transformation of a Pichia pastoris yeast strain. In particular, the invention refers to a biotechnological process for obtaining aspart insulin. |
| US08691529B2 |
Increasing protein production by increasing ABC50 expression or activity
The disclosure provides methods and materials for increasing the expression of a protein of interest such as an antibody by a cell ABC50 expression or activity is increased which increases expression of the protein or antibody of interest. The disclosure also provides methods and materials for increasing the sensitivity of a cell to an endoplasmic reticulum stress agent such as Econazole by decreasing the level of ABC50. |
| US08691528B2 |
Cell penetrating peptide
According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a novel cell penetrating peptide that transports proteins into cells and/or into nuclei at higher frequency than conventional cell penetrating peptides, and a pharmaceutical containing the peptide. |
| US08691525B2 |
Methods of combined bioprocessing and related microorganisms, thermophilic and/or acidophilic enzymes, and nucleic acids encoding said enzymes
A genetically modified organism comprising: at least one nucleic acid sequence and/or at least one recombinant nucleic acid isolated from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius and encoding a polypeptide involved in at least partially degrading, cleaving, transporting, metabolizing, or removing polysaccharides, cellulose, lignocellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, starch, sugars, sugar oligomers, carbohydrates, complex carbohydrates, chitin, heteroxylans, glycosides, xylan-, glucan-, galactan-, or mannan-decorating groups; and at least one nucleic acid sequence and/or at least one recombinant nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide involved in fermenting sugar molecules to a product. Additionally, enzymatic and/or proteinaceous extracts may be isolated from one or more genetically modified organisms. The extracts are utilized to convert biomass into a product. Further provided are methods of converting biomass into products comprising: placing the genetically modified organism and/or enzymatic extracts thereof in fluid contact with polysaccharides, cellulose, lignocellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, starch, sugars, sugar oligomers, carbohydrates, complex carbohydrates, chitin, heteroxylans, glycosides, and/or xylan-, glucan-, galactan-, or mannan-decorating groups. |
| US08691524B2 |
Method for isolating a part of a layer of a biological material
A film (14) with a tissue section (10) is placed with the tissue section (10) downward on a microscope slide (18) and the microscope slide (18) positioned in the object plane of an inverse microscope; where an adhesive tape (20) is arranged, with a bonding agent (22) downward, above the film (14) and therefore above the tissue section (10); wherein the next step, tissue (36) to be isolated is excised by a focused laser beam, which also divides the film (14); whereupon removal of the adhesive tape (20) from the microscope, the excised tissue pieces (36) adhere to the adhesive tape (20), and the remnant of the film (14) and of the tissue section (10) remains adhering to the microscope slide (18). |
| US08691515B2 |
Methods for early detection of blood disorders
Disclosed herein are methods of detecting blood disorders, such as diabetes. In particular examples the method includes contacting a blood sample with an amine reagent, blocking an excess of the amine reagent with a blocking reagent, digesting the modified blood sample with trypsin to produce a digested blood sample containing a plurality of glycated N-terminal peptides and non-glycated N-terminal peptides, then analyzing the digested blood sample with MALDI MS. Also provided are reagents for use in such methods. |
| US08691511B2 |
Hydroxylated 1,2,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid compounds, compositions thereof and their use in bioassays
Novel hydroxylated 1,2,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid compounds, methods of using and pharmaceutical compositions comprising a hydroxylated 1,2,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid derivative are disclosed. The methods include methods of treating or preventing a disease ameliorated by modulation of premature translation termination or nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, or ameliorating one or more symptoms associated therewith. |
| US08691509B2 |
Multi-primer amplification method for barcoding of target nucleic acids
In certain embodiments, the invention provides amplification methods in which nucleotide tag(s) and a barcode nucleotide sequence are added to target nucleotide sequences. In other embodiments, the present invention provides a microfluidic device that includes a plurality of first input lines and a plurality of second input lines. The microfluidic device also includes a plurality of sets of first chambers and a plurality of sets of second chambers. Each set of first chambers is in fluid communication with one of the plurality of first input lines. Each set of second chambers is in fluid communication with one of the plurality of second input lines. The microfluidic device further includes a plurality of first pump elements in fluid communication with a first portion of the plurality of second input lines and a plurality of second pump elements in fluid communication with a second portion of the plurality of second input lines. |
| US08691505B2 |
Promoter for use in transformation of algae
The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a highly-efficient transformation technology, specifically, a highly-efficient promoter used for transforming algae, a vector comprising the promoter, and a method for transforming algae by using the vector. The promoter according to the present invention is characterized in comprising a polynucleotide constituting a non-coding region located upstream of a gene encoding a structural protein of a ClorDNA virus, and the like. |
| US08691504B2 |
Method for detecting variations in nucleic acid sequences
The present invention relates to a method and a kit for detecting nucleic acid sequence variation using melting curve analysis, especially relates to a method and a kit for detecting nucleic acid sequence variation by melting curve analysis using self-quenched probe. Said method provides the characteristics of the self-quenched probe employed, as well as the corresponding nucleic acid amplification conditions, so that the probe can bind to the amplified target sequence, and variations of the target sequence can be detected by melting curve analysis. The present invention also encompasses a kit assembled according to the method described. |
| US08691500B2 |
Device and method for detecting biomolecule
Disclosed are a method for detecting a biomolecule including: immobilizing a nucleic acid aptamer capable of specifically binding to a biomolecule to be detected on the surface of a bead on which fluorophores are arranged; hybridizing the nucleic acid aptamer with a guard nucleic acid (g-nucleic acid) labeled with a quencher to quench fluorescence; and reacting a sample including the biomolecule to be detected with the nucleic acid aptamer and detecting a fluorescence signal emitted as the biomolecule binds with the nucleic acid aptamer and the g-nucleic acid labeled with the quencher is separated, and a device for detecting a biomolecule for conducting the detection method. The present disclosure allows for effective, convenient and fast detection of the biomolecule to be detected, enables quantitative analysis, and enables detection of even a trace amount of sample. |
| US08691499B2 |
Method of detecting molecules
Method of detecting molecules, using a sensor having a membrane layer having parallel pores extending through the membrane layer and incorporating therein probe molecules that bind with corresponding target molecules when present in the pores, electrodes, and an ionic solution in contact with the electrodes and the pores, wherein the electrodes are energized to induce an electrical current in the solution through the pores, wherein the electrical current induces an electrical parameter in the electrodes that is indicative of a through-pore electrical impedance of the pores, wherein the through-pore electrical impedance is increased when there is probe-to-target molecule binding in the pores relative to when there is an absence of such binding. |
| US08691497B2 |
Developing treatment method
A developing treatment method includes: a treatment solution supplying step of supplying a treatment solution made by diluting a hydrophobizing agent hydrophobizing a resist pattern with hydrofluoroether onto a substrate on which a rinse solution has been supplied after development of the resist pattern; a hydrophobic treatment stabilizing step of stabilizing a hydrophobic treatment of the resist pattern with the supply of the treatment solution stopped and rotation of the substrate almost stopped; and a treatment solution removing step of removing the treatment solution from a top of the substrate on which the treatment solution has been supplied. The hydrophobizing agent is trimethylsilyldimethyl-amine. |
| US08691496B2 |
Method for forming resist under layer film, pattern forming method and composition for resist under layer film
A method for forming a resist under layer film includes providing a composition for forming a resist under layer film on a substrate which is to be processed. The composition includes a solvent and a calixarene compound or a derivative of the calixarene compound. The composition is set under an oxidizing atmosphere with an oxygen content of 1% or more by volume to form a resist under layer film. |
| US08691493B2 |
Method for the production of a multilayer element, and multilayer element
The invention relates to a method for producing a multilayer element (100), and also to a multilayer element (100) produced by said method. On and/or in a carrier ply (1) a decorative ply (3) is formed. The decorative ply (3) has a first region (8) and a second region (9). Viewed perpendicular to the plane of the carrier ply (1), the decorative ply (3) has in the first region (8) a first transmittance and in the second region (9) a second transmittance greater in comparison to the first transmittance. A layer (5) to be structured and a photoactivatable resist layer are disposed on the first side (11) of the carrier ply (1). On exposure of the resist layer through the decorative ply (3), the decorative ply (3) serves as an exposure mask. The at least one layer (5) to be structured and the resist layer are structured in register to one another by means of structuring operations synchronized with one another. |
| US08691491B2 |
Fluorine-containing compounds and their polymers useful for anti-reflection film materials and resist compositions
A fluorine-containing compound represented by the formula 1, where R1 is a methyl group or trifluoromethyl group, each of R2 and R3 is independently a hydrogen atom or a group containing (a) a hydrocarbon group having a straight-chain, branched or ring form and having a carbon atom number of 1-25 or (b) an aromatic hydrocarbon group, the group optionally containing at least one of a fluorine atom, an oxygen atom and a carbonyl bond, l is an integer of from 0 to 2, each of m and n is independently an integer of 1-5 to satisfy an expression of m+n≦6, and when at least one of R1, R2 and R3 is in a plural number, the at least one of R1, R2 and R3 may be identical with or different from each other. |
| US08691490B2 |
Sulfonium salt, polymer, method for producing the polymer, resist composition and patterning process
There is disclosed a sulfonium salt represented by the following general formula (1). In the formula, X and Y each represents a group having a polymerizable functional group; Z represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 33 carbon atoms optionally containing a hetero atom; R1 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 36 carbon atoms optionally containing a hetero atom; and R2 and R3 each represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms optionally containing a hetero atom or R2 and R3 may be bonded with each other to form a ring together with a sulfur atom in the formula. There can be provided a sulfonium salt usable as a resist composition providing high resolution and excellent in LER in photolithography using a high energy beam such as an ArF excimer laser, an EUV light and an electron beam as a light source, a polymer obtained from the sulfonium salt, a resist composition containing the polymer and a patterning process using the resist composition. |
| US08691486B2 |
Electrostatic image developing toner, developer, image forming apparatus, image forming method, and process cartridge
An electrostatic image developing toner including a toner particle (C), wherein the toner particle (C) has a structure in which a resin particle (A) containing at least a first resin (a) or a coated film (P) containing the first resin (a) is attached to a surface of a resin-containing particle (B) containing a second resin (b), and wherein the resin (b) includes a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton, and the resin (a) is a polyester resin containing a polybasic acid and a polyhydric alcohol. |
| US08691483B2 |
Toner for developing electrostatic charge image
To provide a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image, which is free from fogging even by means of a high speed and long operating life machine and which brings about no OPC filming or soiling of components.A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image, which contains at least a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the toner has silica particles satisfying at least the following (1) to (3) and particles having an electrostatic property antipolar to the silica particles: (1) the average primary particle diameter is at least 60 nm and at most 300 nm, (2) the moisture content is at most 1.0 mass %, and (3) the absolute specific gravity is at least 2.0 and at most 2.4. |
| US08691482B2 |
Powder Coated Carrier
The instant disclosure describes methods for preparing latex resins for coated carriers using surfactant partitioning, which resins exhibit both lower ζ potential and greater latex stability, while not adversely affecting particle size, toner charge or other metrics. |
| US08691481B2 |
Local exposure method and local exposure apparatus
A local exposure method includes steps of: dividing a large block into a plurality of small blocks; setting irradiation illuminances different in a stepwise fashion; controlling light emission of light emitting elements based on the irradiation illuminances respectively set for the small blocks for a photosensitive film on a substrate moving with respect to light emitting elements; developing the photosensitive film having been subjected to exposure processing by irradiation by the light emitting elements; measuring a residual film thickness of the photosensitive film for each of the small blocks to obtain correlation data between the illuminance set for the small block and the residual film thickness; and obtaining a required illuminance of irradiation to each of the large blocks from a target residual film thickness of the photosensitive film set for each of the large blocks based on the correlation data. |
| US08691479B1 |
Optical mask for forming pattern
An optical mask for forming a pattern is provided. The optical mask includes: a substrate including a light blocking pattern formed on portions of the substrate, wherein the light blocking pattern includes a halftone layer and a light blocking layer formed on the halftone layer, and the halftone layer and the light blocking layer overlap such that at least an edge portion of the halftone layer is exposed. A pitch of the light blocking pattern may about 6 μm, and a transmission ratio of the halftone layer may range from about 10% to about 50%. |
| US08691478B2 |
Attenuated phase shift mask for multi-patterning
An attenuated phase shift mask (AttPSM) is fabricated with a set of fully transmitting regions, some parts adjacent phase-shifting regions with a first reduced transmission and first phase shift near 180 degrees, and remaining parts adjacent phase-shifting regions with a second transmission higher than the first transmission and second phase shift lower than the first phase shift. |
| US08691477B2 |
Reticle design for the reduction of lens heating phenomenon
A reticle for lens heating mitigation includes a substrate, a target pattern and a redistributive pattern. The substrate includes a live pattern region and the target pattern is disposed within the live pattern region for constructing the target pattern onto a wafer. The redistributive pattern is also disposed within the live pattern region for redistributing energy onto a lens without being printed onto the wafer and without correcting said target pattern to be printed onto the wafer. |
| US08691473B2 |
Fuel cell module having non-planar component surface
A fuel cell module may include a membrane electrode assembly two gas diffusion layers, two current collectors, two sealing members, and a fluid flow plate assembly. The membrane electrode assembly may include at least one membrane for fuel cell reactions, and the two gas diffusion layers may be respectively coupled with the two opposite sides of the membrane electrode assembly. The fluid flow plate assembly is coupled with the membrane electrode assembly at a first side of the two opposite sides of the membrane electrode assembly. At least one of the membrane electrode assembly, the two gas diffusion layers, the two current collectors, and the two sealing members has a non-planar surface prior to an assembly of the membrane electrode assembly, the two gas diffusion layers, the two current collectors, and the two sealing members, and the non-planar surface is at least partially flattened when the assembly occurs. |
| US08691470B2 |
Seal compositions, methods, and structures for planar solid oxide fuel cells
A seal composition includes a first alkaline earth metal oxide, a second alkaline earth metal oxide which is different from the first alkaline earth metal oxide, aluminum oxide, and silica in an amount such that molar percent of silica in the composition is at least five molar percent greater than two times a combined molar percent of the first alkaline earth metal oxide and the second alkaline earth metal oxide. The composition is substantially free of boron oxide and phosphorus oxide. The seal composition forms a glass ceramic seal which includes silica containing glass cores located in a crystalline matrix comprising barium aluminosilicate, and calcium aluminosilicate crystals located in the glass cores. |
| US08691469B2 |
Proton conducting membranes for fuel cells having a proton gradient and methods for preparing said membranes
A proton exchange membrane for a fuel cell, comprising a graft (co)polymer comprising a main chain and grafts comprising at least one proton acceptor group and at least one proton donor group. |