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US08792356B2 Determining telecommunication subscriber metrics
Information associated with a communication is gathered at a switching point during the routing process to determine subscriber metric information associated with an active service identifier. The information relates to the originator of the communication and the target. The information is compared to a provider database to determine a carrier originally associated with the active service identifier. The information is then compared to a porting database to determine if the active service identifier was ported, and if so, to which carrier the active service identifier was ported. A determination can then be made regarding which carrier is associated with the active service identifier. Various systems and methods may be used to determine a number of subscribers, a number of new subscribers, and a number of disconnected subscribers for a given carrier in a given market.
US08792352B2 Methods and devices for backward congestion notification
The present invention provides improved methods and devices for managing network congestion. Preferred implementations of the invention allow congestion to be pushed from congestion points in the core of a network to reaction points, which may be edge devices, host devices or components thereof. Preferably, rate limiters shape individual flows of the reaction points that are causing congestion. Parameters of these rate limiters are preferably tuned based on feedback from congestion points, e.g., in the form of backward congestion notification (“BCN”) messages. In some implementations, such BCN messages include congestion change information and at least one instantaneous measure of congestion. The instantaneous measure(s) of congestion may be relative to a threshold of a particular queue and/or relative to a threshold of a buffer that includes a plurality of queues.
US08792350B2 Network relay system, network relay device, and congested state notifying method
A network relay device includes a plurality of ports which input and output data packets, a storage in which a destination to which an input data packet is to be transferred and identification information of a port that outputs the input data packet are associated with each other for each of the plurality of ports, and a transmitter which obtains from the storage a destination associated with a port to which a data packet responsible for a congested state of traffic is input out of the plurality of ports, and which transmits a notification of congestion to the obtained destination.
US08792347B2 Real-time network monitoring and subscriber identification with an on-demand appliance
A system and a method are disclosed for selectively monitoring traffic in a service provider network. The system receives a notice for a beginning of a network data flow, which responds to a request from a user device for content at an origin server. The system then determines whether to monitor the data flow from the origin server to the user device. If so determined, the system collects statistic information of the data flow and stores the statistic information to a flow record in a database. The system also maps the flow record to a subscriber of the service provider network by analyzing the statistic information of the data flow and estimates bandwidth provided to the data flow by the service provider's network based on the analysis of the statistic information of the data flow.
US08792345B2 Method and apparatus for providing access to public packet networks from a local environment
One or more mobile devices capable of establishing wireless communication a public packet network independently of a network access device in a local environment is used to provide additional bandwidth for the local environment. Some traffic that would normally be routed over the backhaul connected to the network access device, such as a fixed wireless terminal, is sent to the mobile device and after address translation sent to the public network over the backhaul connection associated with the mobile device.
US08792343B2 Procedure for wireless network management and station supporting the procedure
There is provided a procedure for wireless network management and a station supporting the procedure. In the procedure, non-AP station which wants to us a traffic filter service (TFS) transmits a TFS request message including one or more TFS request elements for defining information about the requesting traffic filters to an access point (AP). And, the non-AP station receives, from the AP in response to the first TFS request message, a TFS response message including one or more TFS response elements for defining information about the status of the requesting traffic filters.
US08792330B2 Hierarchical virtual private LAN service hub connectivity failure recovery
Techniques for recovering from hierarchical virtual private LAN service (HVPLS) hub connectivity failure are described herein. In one embodiment of the invention, a provider edge network element reuses an HVPLS spoke connectivity failure recovery mechanism in an MTU to protect against a failure of HVPLS hub connectivity. The PE network element monitors hub facing connectivity elements and declares a hub connectivity failure upon a certain amount of those hub facing connectivity elements failing, and fabricates a failure of its spoke facing connectivity elements causing the MTU to detect an HVPLS spoke connectivity failure and switch to a secondary HVPLS spoke connection. Other methods and apparatuses are described.
US08792327B2 Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving a control format indicator channel for a relay backhaul link in a wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting/receiving a control format indicator channel for a relay backhaul link in a wireless communication system. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for transmitting a control format indicator channel for a relay backhaul link in a wireless communication system is configured such that a base station generates a relay physical control format indicator channel (hereinafter, referred to as “R-PCFICH”) containing information on a relay physical downlink control channel (hereinafter, referred to as “R-PDCCH”) region, and transmits the R-PCFICH through a first OFDM symbol of the R-PDCCH region.
US08792326B2 Ranging and distance based wireless link spectrum selection
A method and apparatus for performing spectral allocation for a wireless link in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method determines a distance/range for the wireless link and assigns an optimal sub-carrier frequency to the wireless link based on (1) a higher frequency to lower frequency priority and (2) on the value of the distance/range of the wireless link. Higher frequency sub-carriers are assigned to wireless links that have a shorter distance/range and lower frequency sub-carriers are assigned to wireless links that have a longer distance/range. The method of the present work increases the spectral efficiency of the wireless communication system and improves system bandwidth.
US08792320B2 Information storage medium, reproducing method, and recording method
A machine readable information storage medium, a reproducing method and apparatus which reproduces data from the storage medium, and a recording method and apparatus for recording data on the storage medium. The information storage medium includes a control area which stores within a data structure information usable by the recording or reproducing apparatus to record or reproduce the data on or from the storage medium. The information stored within the data structure includes a version corresponding to a specification, a revision number of recording speed, and an extended part version field.
US08792314B2 Optical disc and optical disc device
In a multilayer optical disc having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, because the type of each information layer is not recorded in the other information layers, in read and write operations by a compatible optical disc device conforming to a plurality of optical disc standards, every time the information layer being accessed changes, it has been necessary to read the type of the information layer and select a method of generating a tracking error signal adapted to the type of information layer, so access has taken time. In order to solve the above problem, in the optical multilayer disc according to the present invention, having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, in an area in one of the information layers, information about the other information layers is recorded. The time required to access the other information layers can be reduced by using this information to select a tracking error signal generating method.
US08792313B2 Magnetic recording medium having multiple under layers for heat-assisted magnetic recording apparatus
A magnetic recording medium of the present invention includes an under layer formed on a substrate, and a magnetic layer, formed on the under layer, which contains an alloy having an L10-type crystal structure as a main component. The under layer includes, in order from the substrate side, a first under layer with a lattice constant a of 2.87 Å≦a<3.04 Å, a second under layer having a BCC structure with a lattice constant a of 3.04 Å≦a<3.18 Å, a third under layer having a BCC structure with a lattice constant a of 3.18 Å≦a<3.31 Å, and an upper under layer having a NaCl-type crystal structure. The first under layer has a B2 structure, or has a BCC structure containing Cr as a main component. In the magnetic recording medium of the present invention, information is recorded using a heat-assisted magnetic recording type, or a microwave-assisted magnetic recording type.
US08792310B2 Multitrack recorder
A multitrack recorder can allocate an input source in a simple manner without regard to whether a track is a monaural type or a stereo type. The multitrack recorder can set tracks 3 and 4, among a plurality of tracks 1 through 4, to either a monaural type or a stereotype. Track types are stored in memory. On occasion of allocation of an input source to each of the tracks, available input source alternatives are displayed in a display section while being changed according to whether the track is a monaural type or a stereo type.
US08792309B2 Alarm method and device
The present invention discloses an alarm method and device, and belongs to the electronic product field. The method includes: playing a first-time alarm clock ring when an alarm clock is triggered for a first time; and playing a delay alarm clock ring when the alarm clock is triggered again after a period of delay time. The device includes: a first play module and a second play module. According to the present invention, when the alarm clock rings, even if a user is in a doze state, the user is still able to determine whether the current ring is the first-time ring or the delay ring according to the different rings of the alarm clock, and then knows whether it is time to get up, thereby ensuring that the user is able to get up at the right time, and improving the user experience.
US08792307B2 Acoustic transducer with a backing containing unidirectional fibers and methods of making and using same
The disclosure, in one aspect, provides an apparatus that includes an acoustic transducer and a backing in contact with a side of the transducer. The backing includes substantially unidirectional fibers in a matrix of a material that has high shear wave acoustic attenuation. The fibers contact the side of the transducer at an angle configured to convert substantially all of the compressional waves that enter the backing for the transducer into shear waves, which shear waves are then attenuated by the matrix of the backing material.
US08792299B2 Method and device for processing seismic data
Apparatus, computer instructions and method for processing seismic data related to a subsurface of a body of water. The method includes inputting data indicative of recordings made by detectors provided on a curved profile in response to an acoustic wave reflected from the subsurface; applying a matched mirror migration procedure to the data, where (i) actual positions of the detectors on the curved profile and corresponding recordings, and (ii) fictitious mirror positions of the actual detectors on the curved profile and corresponding recordings with a changed sign are added in the matched mirror migration; and generating a final image of the subsurface based on the matched mirror migration procedure.
US08792296B2 Method and apparatus for deghosting seismic data
Apparatus, computer instructions and method for deghosting seismic data related to a subsurface of a body of water. The method includes inputting data recorded by detectors that are towed by a vessel, the data being associated with waves travelling from the subsurface to the detectors; applying a migration procedure to the data to determine a first image of the subsurface; applying a mirror migration procedure to the data to determine a second image of the subsurface; joint deconvoluting the first image and the second image for deghosting a reflectivity of the subsurface; and generating a final image of the subsurface based on the deghosted reflectivity of the joint deconvoluting step.
US08792294B2 DRAM and access and operating method thereof
An access method for a DRAM is provided. A row address is partitioned into a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the row address via an address bus and a first active command via a command bus are provided to the DRAM. The second portion of the row address via the address bus and a second active command via the command bus are provided to the DRAM after the first active command is provided. A column address via the address bus and an access command via the command bus are provided to the DRAM after the second active command is provided. The address bus is formed by a plurality of address lines, and a quantity of the address lines is smaller than the number of bits of the row address, and the access command is a read command or a write command.
US08792288B1 Nonvolatile logic array with built-in test drivers
A system on chip (SoC) provides a nonvolatile memory array that is configured as n rows by m columns of bit cells. Each of the bit cells is configured to store a bit of data. There are m bit lines each coupled to a corresponding one of the m columns of bit cells. There are m write drivers each coupled to a corresponding one of the m bit lines, wherein the m drivers each comprise a write one circuit and a write zero circuit. The m drivers are operable to write all ones into a row of bit cells in response to a first control signal coupled to the write one circuits and to write all zeros into a row of bit cells in response to a second control signal coupled to the write zero circuits.
US08792285B2 Page buffer circuit
A page buffer circuit is coupled to a bit line of a memory array. The page buffer circuit includes a latch storing different data during different phases of a multi-phase program operation. A preparation phase is after the program phase and after the program verify phase of the present multi-phase program operation. For the preparation phase, the control circuitry causes the latch to store the preparation data indicating whether to program the memory cell in a subsequent multi-phase program operation following the present multi-phase program operation. Results of the program verify phase, and contents of the latch at a start of the present multi-phase program operation, are sufficient to determine the preparation data.
US08792284B2 Oxide semiconductor memory device
In a semiconductor device which conducts multilevel writing operation and a driving method thereof, a signal line for controlling on/off of a writing transistor for conducting a writing operation on a memory cell using a transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer is disposed along a bit line, and a multilevel writing operation is conducted with use of, also in a writing operation, a voltage which is applied to a capacitor at a reading operation. Because an oxide semiconductor material that is a wide gap semiconductor capable of sufficiently reducing off-state current of a transistor is used, data can be held for a long period.
US08792282B2 Nonvolatile memory devices, memory systems and computing systems
A nonvolatile memory device configured to apply a wordline erase voltage to a plurality of wordlines connected to a plurality of memory cells, apply an erase voltage to a substrate where a memory cell string is formed while applying a specific voltage to at least one ground selection line connected to at least one ground selection transistor, and float the at least one ground selection line when a target voltage of the substrate reaches a target voltage.
US08792280B2 Strings of memory cells having string select gates, memory devices incorporating such strings, and methods of accessing and forming the same
Strings of memory cells having a string select gate configured to selectively couple ends of a string to a data line and a source line concurrently, memory devices incorporating such strings and methods for accessing and forming such strings are provided. For example, non-volatile memory devices are disclosed that utilize vertical structure NAND strings of serially-connected non-volatile memory cells. One such string including two or more serially-connected non-volatile memory cells where each end of the string shares a string select gate with the other end of the string is disclosed.
US08792279B2 Architectures for data analytics using computational NAND memory
A data analytic system allows for analytic operations be moved from a server on to a solid state drive (SSD) type analytic system, where a CAM NAND structure can be used in the analytic operations. The server can run a software using database language can issue command to the analytic system. On the data analytic system (that can interface with common, existing database language), the software commands are translated into firmware language and broken down into multiple small tasks. The small tasks are executed on the SSD flash controllers or on NAND flash according to the task specifications. The mid-product from the NAND flash or the SSD controllers can be merged within each SSD blade and also further merged on the top server level.
US08792277B2 Split data error correction code circuits
Split data error correction code (ECC) circuits including a control circuit coupled to an error correction code (ECC) circuit. The ECC circuit is adapted to generate at least one ECC code from user data of a first physical sector during a data access. The split data ECC circuit is adapted to write the at least one ECC code to a second physical sector if the data access is a write access and to compare the at least one generated ECC code with at least one ECC code stored in a second physical sector if the data access is a read access.
US08792266B2 Resistance-change type non-volatile semiconductor memory
A memory cell is formed with a resistance variable element, which is interposed between first and second electrodes and can store resistance changes representing 2 or more different values, and first and second cell transistors having source terminals thereof connected to the first electrode, and gates thereof to a word line. A drain of the first cell transistor is connected to a bit line, and a drain of the second cell transistor is connected to a data line. The second electrode is connected to a source line. During a read operation, the first and second cell transistors are kept in an ON state, and a current is supplied from the bit line to the source line through the memory cell. Data is read according to the electrical potential difference between the data line and the source line.
US08792262B2 Nonvolatile memory with bitline capacitive coupling compensation
A method of programming memory cells in a nonvolatile memory, includes applying a programming voltage to a first bitline and setting a second bitline in a floating state. The method further includes applying a compensation voltage to a shield conductive line coupled to the bitline set in the floating state, and setting in the floating state a shield conductive line coupled to the bitline receiving the programming voltage. The method is applicable to the reduction of the parasitic programming phenomena of memory cells by capacitive coupling between bitlines.
US08792261B2 Power conversion device
A power conversion device connected with a three-phase power system through a transformer, including unit converters cascade-connected so that reactors are unnecessary, and volume and weight are reduced. The secondary winding of the transformer is an open winding having six terminals. A first converter group, includes a circuit which has three converter arms, which are star-connected, connected to three of the terminals of the secondary winding. A second converter group, having three different converter arms which are star-connected, is connected to three other terminals of the secondary winding. A neutral point (the point where the star connection is made) of the first converter group, and a neutral point of the second converter group are made to be the output terminals of the power conversion device.
US08792260B2 Rectifier circuit and semiconductor device using the same
An object is to provide a rectifier circuit of which the drop in the output voltage by the threshold voltage of a transistor used as a rectifier element is suppressed. Another object is to provide a rectifier circuit whose variations in the output voltage are suppressed even in the case where the amplitude of input AC voltage varies greatly. A transistor may be used as a rectifier element in such a way that a gate electrode of the transistor is connected to a second electrode of the transistor through a capacitor, and the potential of the gate electrode is held to be higher than the potential of the second electrode by a difference greater than or equal to the threshold voltage.
US08792257B2 Power converter with reduced power dissipation
A power converter with reduced power dissipation at light loads and method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the power converter includes an opto-isolator circuit configured to produce an output signal dependent on an output characteristic of the power converter. The power converter also includes a controller configured to control the output characteristic to a first regulated value when the output signal is greater than or equal to a threshold level, and control the output characteristic to a second regulated value less than the first regulated value when the output signal is less than the threshold level.
US08792253B2 System and methods for high power DC/DC converter
A voltage conversion system and methods are disclosed. Phase-shift modulation signals are generated and interleaved to provide interleaved phase-shift modulation signals. A plurality of voltage converters are controlled using the interleaved phase-shift modulation signals to convert an input electrical current at an input voltage to an output electrical current at an output voltage.
US08792251B2 Electronic device with locking assembly
An electronic device includes an enclosure and a locking assembly. The locking assembly includes a fixing sleeve including a fixing end hermetically fixed to the enclosure, and an opening end away from the enclosure, and a locking bracket. The locking bracket is attached to the fixing sleeve and defines a through hole defining a passing portion and at least one locking portion communicating with each other. The electronic device is position to a fastener by the fastener passing through the passing portion and being positioned in the locking portion of the through hole.
US08792248B2 Method for providing improved power distribution or power dissipation to an electrical component attached to main circuit board
The present invention provides a method for embedding a power modification component such as a capacitance inside of an adaptor board located to extend over and beyond the vias of the main circuit board so that a portion of the interposer board containing the embedded capacitance is located beyond where the vias or blind vias are located. This permits that via to conduct through the opening. In this way, the capacitance and the resistance will have a closer contact point to the electrical component. With this methodology a resistance can also be embedded in an opening in the adaptor board and be vertically aligned within the opening to make contact with a pad on top of the adaptor board and a pad at the bottom of the adaptor board so that electricity conducts through the embedded component.
US08792247B2 Apparatus for bypassing faulty connections
Apparatus are disclosed, such as those involving a 3-D integrated circuit. One such apparatus includes a first die including a plurality of vertical connectors formed therethrough. The apparatus also includes a first circuit configured to encode multiple data bits into a multi-bit symbol, and provide the multi-bit symbol to two or more of the vertical connectors. The apparatus further includes a second circuit configured to receive the multi-bit symbol from at least one of the two or more vertical connectors, and decode the multi-bit symbol into the multiple data bits. The apparatus provides enhanced repairability with no or less redundant vertical connectors, thus avoiding the need for “on the fly” or field repair of defective vertical connectors.
US08792243B2 Carriage chassis with a tri-lobed torsion stop
Carriage chassis for installation of a component assembly in a support structure. The support structure includes a power connector in a connector housing. The carriage chassis includes: rails adapted to receive a component assembly and a safety cover. One of the rails includes a tri-lobed torsion stop that includes a first lobe configured to contact the connector housing when no safety cover is installed, preventing a component assembly from coupling with power; a second lobe configured to receive contact from a displacement member of a safety cover, rotating the tri-lobed torsion stop; and a third lobe configured to provide contact to the displacement member when the safety cover is installed and a component assembly is coupled with power. The third lobe and the first lobe prevent removal of the safety cover when a component assembly is coupled with the power connector.
US08792229B2 Component engaging mechanism for an electronic device
In an assembly of an electronic device and a battery, the battery includes a protrusion that is formed with an engaging hole, and the electronic device includes a housing and an engaging unit. The housing defines a receiving space and is formed with a first opening that is adapted for extension of the protrusion. The engaging unit includes a main body pivotable relative to the housing, an actuating member accessible from outside of the receiving space, and an engaging hook disposed on the main body adjacent to the first opening. The engaging hook is engageable with the engaging hole in the protrusion. The actuating member is actuable to pivot the main body so as to disengage the engaging hook from the engaging hole.
US08792225B2 Partitioned reaction container for manufacturing capacitor element including openable and closable passage
A reaction container for manufacturing a capacitor element includes a container which accommodates electrolytic solution therein, a partitioning frame which can partition the inside of the container into a plurality of individual chambers, negative electrode members individually arranged in each of the individual chambers, and a constant-current source electrically connected to the cathode members. A passage, which enables movement of the electrolytic solution between each individual chamber and at least one individual chamber of the individual chambers adjacent to each individual chamber, is provided in a manner such that the passage can be opened and closed.
US08792220B2 Power source protection circuit including over-voltage protector and over-current protector
A protection circuit includes a first input, an over-voltage protector, an over-current protector, and a first output connected in series in that order. The first input is configured for receiving a power source. The first output is configured for outputting a voltage of the power source to a load circuit. The over-voltage protector is configured to cut off an electrical connection between the first input and the first output under the condition that a voltage value of the power source is greater than a predetermined voltage value. The over-current protector is configured to cut off an electrical connection between the first input and the first output under the condition that a current value from the first output is greater than a predetermined current value.
US08792218B2 Electrostatic discharge protection circuit and method for radio frequency semiconductor device
An ESD protection circuit for an RF semiconductor device includes an RF input pad configured to receive an RF input signal having an RF operating frequency for the RF semiconductor device. A first ESD block is coupled between an intermediate node and the first power supply voltage terminal, to direct an ESD pulse of a first polarity toward the first power supply voltage terminal. A second ESD block is coupled between the intermediate node and the second power supply voltage terminal, to direct an ESD pulse of a second, opposite polarity toward the second power supply voltage terminal. A resonance circuit is coupled between the RF input pad and the intermediate node. The resonance circuit is configured to present a greater impedance to the RF input signal having the RF operating frequency than to the ESD pulses.
US08792214B1 Electrical contacts to motors in dual stage actuated suspensions
Various embodiments concern a dual stage actuation flexure having a motor contact paddle for connecting to a terminal of a piezoelectric motor. The flexure comprises a paddle having a top side and a bottom side, the paddle comprising at least one void, each void extending through the paddle from the bottom side to the top side. The paddle further comprises a stainless steel base, a conductor comprising a layer of metal, and a dielectric layer having a first section and a second section, the first section positioned between the conductor and the stainless steel base to overlap the stainless steel base and the second section extending beyond the stainless steel base to not overlap the stainless steel base. The bottom side of the paddle is configured to connect to the terminal with electrically conductive adhesive.
US08792213B1 Tethered gimbal on suspension for improved flyability
A suspension assembly used in magnetic disk drives includes a load beam and a gimbal assembly coupled to an end of the load beam. The gimbal assembly includes a support having a left outrigger and a right outrigger, first tethers or connectors disposed along the left outrigger, second tethers or connectors disposed along the right outrigger, and a flexible circuit assembly that includes a left electrical trace and a right electrical trace. The flexible circuit assembly is coupled to the support through the first tethers or connectors that couple the left electrical trace to the left outrigger and the second tethers or connectors that couple the right electrical trace to the right outrigger. The first and second tethers or connectors are made of stainless steel with a polyimide coating and there are three first tethers or connectors and three second tethers or connectors.
US08792212B1 Robust gimbal design for head gimbal assembly
Disclosed is a flexure for a head/gimbal assembly suspension for a disk drive. The flexure comprises a metal base layer that includes two outrigger beams and a support island supported by a pair of beams extending from a flexure tongue. The flexure further comprises: a trace layer that is disposed over the base layer that includes a plurality of conductive traces, each conductive trace having a curved section that terminates in a trace termination pad; and a dielectric layer disposed between the trace and base layers including a portion underlying the trace termination pads and overlying the support island. The support island is supported by the pair of beams extending from the flexure tongue and is sized to fully support the trace termination pads of the conductive traces.
US08792209B2 Magnetic head for perpendicular recording having a plurality of magnetic path portions
A magnetic head includes a coil, a main pole, a write shield, and a return path section. The return path section includes a yoke layer located on the front side in the direction of travel of a recording medium relative to the main pole, and a coupling part coupling the main pole and the yoke layer to each other. The coupling part includes a plurality of magnetic path portions that separate a magnetic flux into a plurality of fluxes and allow the fluxes to pass therethrough in parallel. The coil includes a plurality of winding portions disposed around the plurality of magnetic path portions, respectively.
US08792207B1 Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording having a return path section
A magnetic head includes a coil, a main pole, and a return path section. The return path section includes a coil surrounding portion located on the front side in the direction of travel of a recording medium relative to the main pole and provided for forming a coil receiving space, and a connecting portion connecting the main pole and the coil surrounding portion to each other. The connecting portion has a contact surface in contact with the main pole. The coil receiving space is a space defined by a first virtual plane intersecting the contact surface and parallel to a medium facing surface, a second virtual plane including the contact surface and perpendicular to the direction of travel of the recording medium, and the coil surrounding portion. The coil includes a portion received in the coil receiving space.
US08792205B1 Disk drive with a housing hole seal including a conductive layer with an exposed planar surface region
A disk drive includes a disk drive housing having a hole therethrough. A disk is enclosed within the disk drive housing, and is rotatably attached to the disk drive housing. A seal covers the hole through the disk drive housing. The seal includes a conductive layer, a primary dielectric layer, and a gasket layer. The conductive layer has a covered surface region and an exposed planar surface region. The exposed planar surface region is lacking a dielectric coating disposed thereon. The primary dielectric layer includes an adhesive coating disposed between the primary dielectric layer and the covered surface region. The gasket layer includes first and second adhesive gasket layer sides and a gasket opening disposed through the gasket layer. The gasket opening is disposed about the hole in the disk drive housing, with the first adhesive gasket layer attached to the disk drive housing.
US08792204B2 Base plate of motor including flange portion and plastic deforming portion and disk drive apparatus
A base plate of a disk drive apparatus includes a motor base disposed around a central axis and a base body portion extending radially outward of the motor base. The motor base is made of a metallic material of a first type. The base body portion is made of a metallic material of a second type. Thus, the axial thickness of a portion of the base plate close to the central axis can be significantly reduced and a reduction in the stiffness of the portion can be prevented. Further, the motor base includes a flange portion and a plastic deforming portion. The flange portion and the plastic deforming portion are respectively in contact with at least a portion of both axial end surfaces of an inner end portion of the base body portion. Thus, extraction of the motor base in the axial direction is prevented.
US08792203B2 Method and a demodulator for demodulating a position error signal from a readback servo signal
According to embodiments of the present invention, a method for demodulating a position error signal from a readback servo signal having a first frequency associated with a first servo track of a storage medium and a second frequency associated with a second servo track adjacent to the first servo track is provided. The method includes sampling the readback servo signal at successive time instants to provide a sequence of samples, computing a Discrete Fourier Transform based on the sequence of samples, and providing a measurement indicative of the position error signal based on the Discrete Fourier Transform. According to further embodiments of the present invention, a demodulator is also provided.
US08792200B1 Disk drive employing a temperature dependent write offset
A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk, and a head actuated over the disk, the head comprising a read element radially offset from a write element. A temperature is measured, and an operating write offset is generated based on the measured temperature. Data is written to a target radial location on the disk by radially offsetting the write element based on the operating write offset. An operating read offset is generated based on the target radial location on the disk, and the data is read from the disk by radially offsetting the read element based on the operating read offset.
US08792198B1 High impedance low noise cross-coupled amplifier for use in as a preamplifier in a magnetic data storage system
A balanced amplifier with a relatively high input impedance with wide bandwidth for use as a fly-height sensor head preamplifier in a magnetic storage read system. The balanced amplifier has two substantially identical halves, each amplifier half having an input transistor, responsive to the input node of the amplifier half disposed in series with a cross-coupling transistor receiving a buffered cross-coupled version of the input signal applied to the other half of the balanced amplifier. Use of cascoded transistors and voltage-followers to limit voltages across various the input and cross-coupling transistors enhance the common mode rejection and power supply rejection ratios of the amplifier while retaining a low high-frequency noise figure similar to low-input impedance balanced amplifier designs.
US08792193B2 Magnetic media tester and a method of magnetic media testing
A magnetic media tester comprising a Laser Doppler Vibrometer (LDV) head; and a magnetic read head; the LDV head and the magnetic read head being configured for obtaining correlatable data of a region on a magnetic disk.
US08792189B2 Personal media viewing device
A personal media viewing device has a frame that adjustably holds a pair of lenses. The frame has tracks along a bottom inside portion that guides the lenses as a lens adjustment knob is turned. The adjustment knob is attached to a translating screw shaft that has opposingly threaded portions that interact with a left and right traveling nut attached to each lens and moves each lens in an opposite direction. An elastic strap is used to removably hold a personal media device to the frame and a head attachment portion is provided to allow a user to operate the personal media viewing device hands free. The adjustment knob allows a user to adjust the lenses to an off-axis position selected to reduce eyestrain, headaches and other non-desirable effects associated with viewing a device in front of the user's eyes.
US08792186B2 Imaging lens and imaging device
An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; and a third lens arranged from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens has an object-side surface having a positive curvature radius R1f and an image plane-side surface having a negative curvature radius R1r. The second lens has an object-side surface and an image plane-side surface with negative curvature radii. The third lens has an object-side surface and an image plane-side surface with positive curvature radii and formed as aspheric surfaces having inflexion points. When the whole lens system has a focal length f, the first lens has a focal length f1, the second lens has a focal length f2, and the third lens has a focal length f3, the imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expressions: f1
US08792185B2 Image lens system
An image lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element with negative refractive power including a concave image-side surface; a second lens element with positive refractive power including a convex object-side surface; a third lens element with negative refractive power including an object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, the object-side surface and the image-side surface being aspheric; a fourth lens element with positive refractive power including a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; and a fifth lens element with negative refractive power including a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, the object-side surface and the image-side surface being aspheric, the fifth lens element having at least one inflection point.
US08792182B2 Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus having zoom lens
A zoom lens including a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative reflective power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a rear lens group including one or more lens units in this order from an object side to an image side, wherein distances between the respective lens units vary during the zooming operation, wherein the first lens unit consists of three lenses including one negative lens, and a partial dispersion ratio of a material for the negative lens of the first lens unit, an Abbe number of the same, a focal length of the entire system at a wide angle end and a focal length of the first lens unit are set individually and adequately.
US08792178B2 Virtual image display system
A thickness of a tapered part provided at the deeper side (−X side) in a light guide direction of a light transmission member is smaller toward the deeper side, and thus, a reflection angle of ghost light that has passed through a fourth reflection surface provided with a half mirror layer and reached the light transmission member gradually becomes smaller within the tapered part and no longer satisfies a total reflection condition, and the light is ejected to the outside in the position diverging from an eye of an observer. That is, the tapered part may prevent the ghost light from reaching the eye and good see-through observation can be realized.
US08792173B2 Changeable liquid lens array and method of manufacturing the same
A changeable liquid lens array and a method of manufacturing the same. The changeable liquid lens array includes a substrate, a plurality of partition walls arrayed on the substrate and having a fluid travel path, cells defined by the plurality of partition walls, a first fluid comprised in the cells, a second fluid arranged on the first fluid, a first electrode arranged on at least one side surface of each of the partition walls, and a second electrode disposed to be separate from the partition walls. A shape of shape of an interface between the first fluid and the second fluid changes based on a voltage that is applied to the first electrode and the second electrode.
US08792171B2 Phase grating with three-dimensional configuration
A phase grating includes a substrate and a first dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a column and a plurality of rings. The top sides of the column and the top sides of the rings align with one another to form a flat plane. The column and the rings are concentric.
US08792165B2 Internally patterned multilayer optical films with multiple birefringent layers
A reflective film includes interior layers that selectively reflect light by constructive or destructive interference, the layers extending from a first to a second zone of the film. The interior layers include a first set of layers composed of a first material and a second set of layers composed of a different second material. The first and second sets of layers are both birefringent in the first zone, but at least some of the layers have reduced birefringence in the second zone. The reduced birefringence produces a second reflective characteristic in the second zone that differs from a first reflective characteristic in the first zone, this difference not being substantially attributable to any thickness difference between the first and second zones. The film may also incorporate absorbing agents to assist in the manufacture or processing of the film.
US08792163B2 Low order adaptive optics by translating secondary mirror of off-aperture telescope
In one or more embodiments, a beam control apparatus and method for correcting aberrations include an off-aperture telescope configured to receive a beam of electromagnetic energy, wherein the telescope includes a first optical element and a second optical element. The second optical element is configured to be translated in three orthogonal axes, and a wavefront error sensor is configured to detect aberrations in the beam and to provide a wavefront error signal in response thereto. A processor is configured to provide a correction signal in response to the wavefront error signal, and an actuator is coupled to the second optical element and configured, in response to the wavefront error signal, to selectively translate the second optical element in one or more of three substantially orthogonal directions corresponding to the three orthogonal axes.
US08792160B2 Light-emitting device and method of manufacturing the same
Provided is a light-emitting device including (a) a layer structure obtained by sequentially growing on a base substrate a first compound semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, (b) an active layer formed of a compound semiconductor, and (c) a second compound semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type; a second electrode formed on the second compound semiconductor layer; and a first electrode electrically connected to the first compound semiconductor layer. The layer structure formed of at least a part of the second compound semiconductor layer in a thickness direction of the second compound semiconductor layer. The first compound semiconductor layer has a thickness greater than 0.6 μm. A high-refractive index layer formed of a compound semiconductor material having a refractive index higher than a refractive index of a compound semiconductor material of the first compound semiconductor layer is formed in the first compound semiconductor layer.
US08792157B2 Systems and methods for cascaded raman lasing at high power levels
In a light amplification system, a fiber-based oscillator, amplifier, and cascaded Raman resonator are coupled together in series. The oscillator output is provided as an input into the amplifier, the amplifier output is provided as a pumping input into the cascaded Raman resonator, and the cascaded Raman resonator provides as an output single-mode radiation at a target wavelength. A loss element is connected between the oscillator and amplifier, whereby the oscillator is optically isolated from the amplifier and cascaded Raman resonator. A filter is coupled between the isolator and the amplifier for filtering out backward-propagating Stokes wavelengths generated in the cascaded Raman resonator. The oscillator is operable within a first power level range, and the amplifier and cascaded Raman resonator are operable within a second power level range exceeding the first power level range.
US08792150B2 Method for storing a profile set, a computer readable recording medium stored with a profile set storage program, a profile set storage system, and a color conversion process device
The method of storing profile set storage method according to the present invention comprising (a) selecting as reconstruction data that enables to reconstruct a profile set, either size prioritized data, which is smaller than said profile set, or reconstruction speed prioritized data, which enables to be reconstructed within a shorter time period than is required for reconstructing the size prioritized data, and which is smaller than the profile set but is larger than the size prioritized data; (b) for generating the selected reconstruction data based on the profile set; and (c) storing the reconstruction data generated in the step (b) in a storage device.
US08792146B2 Image reading apparatus
An image reading apparatus may include a cable for connecting one device or component to a controller configured to perform functions and execute instructions. To prevent breakage and stress on the cable, the cable may be fixed to a guide component. For example, the cable may be fixed to the guide component on a first side and be held by the component such that the cable includes a generally U-shaped slacked portion. According to one or more arrangements, the guide component may include an escape portion that allows for the movement of an openable unit of the image reading apparatus. In yet other aspects, the guide component may be attachable/detachable from a main body of the image reading apparatus.
US08792145B2 Image reading apparatus with cleaning member on one reading unit higher in cleaning ability than cleaning member on the other reading unit
An image reading apparatus includes a conveying unit for conveying documents one by one, a first reading unit for optically reading the conveyed document through a first transparent member provided at a first reading position on a conveying path in the conveying unit, a first cleaning unit for cleaning the first transparent member provided at the first reading position, a second reading unit for optically reading the conveyed document through a second transparent member provided at a second reading position on the conveying path in the conveying unit and on a downstream side of the first reading position, and a second cleaning unit for cleaning the second transparent member provided at the second reading position. The second cleaning unit is higher in cleaning ability than the first cleaning unit.
US08792143B2 Operation device and image reading apparatus with a touch panel
A touch panel includes a ring-like shaped light-transmissive portion. A ring-shaped diffusion surface is formed on the bottom surface of a light guide element. The ring-like shape includes a second region provided at a location corresponding to two light sources adjacent to a first region corresponding to one light source. A distance from a location of the ring-shaped light-transmissive portion to a periphery of the ring close to the light source is greater in the second region than in the first region. Light emitted from the light source and incident to the light guide element is diffusion-reflected on the diffusion surface and a part of the diffusion-reflected light illuminates the light-transmissive portion.
US08792141B2 Embedded form extraction definition to enable automatic workflow configuration
A system and methods are disclosed to automatically extract data from documents, such as scanned paper forms and/or digital forms that need to be pre-configured to understand a layout for the forms to be processed. The system extracts data from the form definition at a two dimensional barcode and dynamically configures a workflow with services for extracting desired user filled information from the data fields present on the form. Support for a re-flowable service is provided.
US08792137B2 Control apparatus for controlling process for printing
In a control apparatus, first type binary image data representing density of pixels arranged along a first image direction at a first resolution is acquired, and a first determining process is executed to determine an exposure pattern used to execute exposures of exposure lines at a second resolution lower than the first resolution along a first exposure direction. In the first determining process, a partial exposure pattern for exposing an output partial area that is correlated with a binary partial area and that overlaps N successive exposure lines is determined such that distribution of exposure amounts in the output partial area along the first exposure direction differs according to layout of second-value pixels in the binary partial area at least in the first image direction, thereby enabling an image of color material to be formed through development at a resolution higher than the second resolution in the first exposure direction.
US08792133B2 Rendering data processing apparatus, rendering data processing method, print apparatus, print method, and computer-readable medium
A rendering data processing apparatus comprises: a determination unit configured to determine objects of a bitmap pattern in rendering data; a specification unit configured to specify an object, for which a bitmap rendering command can be replaced with a graphic rendering command, among the determined objects of the bitmap pattern; a replacement unit configured to replace the bitmap rendering command for the object specified by the specification unit with the graphic rendering command; and a combination unit configured, in a case where a plurality of patterns designated by a plurality of graphic rendering commands replaced by the replacement unit are arranged adjacent to each other and rendered, to combine the plurality of graphic rendering commands corresponding to the plurality of patterns with each other.
US08792131B2 Image processing system, information processing system, control method, and program
In printing the same image data as image data printed by a printing unit of an image forming apparatus from another image forming apparatus, an image information processing system and an information processing system are capable of executing arbitrary high-quality printing, which can be implemented by acquiring image data received from an image processing server stored on the image forming apparatus, based on a reference location of a shortcut transmitted from the image processing server. The image information processing system and the information processing system can be controlled by a control method, which can be implemented by a program.
US08792130B2 Image processing apparatus for carrying out enlargement/reduction of image and image processing method for the same
Disclosed is an image processing apparatus including: an operation pixel arrangement unit to arrange the operation pixels to be inserted or deleted in a staggered form from one end of the image to the other end of the image in the second direction, so as to satisfy a first condition in which a distance in the first direction between the operation pixels adjacent in the second direction is 2 pixels or more and less than the predetermined number of pixels, and a second condition in which a direction in which the operation pixels adjacent in the second direction are apart from each other is reversed at intervals of not more than 2 pixels which are consecutive in the second direction; and an image enlargement/reduction unit to enlarge or reduce the image by inserting or deleting the operation pixels arranged by the operation pixel arrangement unit.
US08792129B2 Printing apparatus to control images to be laid out side by side
A printing apparatus wherein first image data corresponding to a first document is generated, second partial data corresponding to a partial range of a second document is generated in a state in which the first image data is stored in a storage portion, joint data in which first partial data and the second partial data are joined is generated, the first partial data being included in the first image data and corresponding to a partial range of the first document which is laid out side by side with respect to the partial range of the second document based on the second partial data in a state in which a first image based on the first image data and a second image based on second image data are laid out side by side in a scanning direction of a head, and an image based on the joint data is printed.
US08792126B2 Systems and methods for routing facsimiles based on content
In one embodiment, a method for routing a facsimile in a computer readable format includes receiving text of a facsimile in a computer readable format; ascertaining one or more of a significance and a relevance of at least a portion of the text by locating one or more keywords in the text, wherein at least two of the keywords are not adjacent in the text; analyzing the text of the facsimile for at least one of a meaning and a context of the text; and routing the facsimile or text thereof to one or more destinations based on the analysis. Additional disclosed embodiments include systems and computer program products configured to similarly route a facsimile in a computer readable format.
US08792125B2 Method and system for providing access to image system services
A method and system according to the disclosure facilitates subscription based access to services for image systems including an image acquisition device configured to generate image data describing a target object in a target area of the image acquisition device and an image display device configured to generate a human perceptible rendering of the target object based on the image data.
US08792123B2 Mechanism for generating personalized mailpieces in a manufacturing system
A manufacturing system is disclosed. The manufacturing system may include a personalization mechanism to evaluate personalization information relating to mailpieces, wherein the mailpieces include mail containers and mail content components. The manufacturing system may further include a matching mechanism to compare the containers with their corresponding content components using unique verification codes assigned to each of the containers and content components, wherein the unique verification codes are assigned based on the evaluated personalization information, and a production machine to produce personalized containers and their corresponding content components based on comparison results of the comparison.
US08792120B2 System and method for acquiring document services
A system and method for acquiring document services is disclosed.
US08792117B2 Information processing device, information processing system, information processing method and computer readable medium storing program
An information processing device includes a communication unit that communicates with a designated information processing device, and a controller that, when the communication unit attempts communication with the designated information processing device and the attempt fails, controls the communication unit so as to attempt communication with the designated information processing device by using identifying (ID) information on a transmission source used when a communication attempt with the designated information processing device has succeeded.
US08792114B2 System, method and recordable medium for previewing a document over the network
The invention generally relates to sending data (e.g. print data or a document), in a network environment, to a port monitor, and to upload the data to an upload manager for storing in a database. Relevant data may be sent from a print spooler to the port monitor invoking an upload manger to convey (e.g. securely or non-securely) print data to a web server. A version manager determines whether the print driver being used to print data is authentic, and data are written to a web server as packets of information and sent to a database for storage. Additionally, a system, method and recordable medium are recognized whereby a pass through (e.g. a port monitor filter) is inserted between a print spooler and a port monitor in order to detach the port monitor from the print spooler such that object code can be upgraded for future versions of software.
US08792111B2 Image processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium
A plurality of licenses included in a package license and respectively corresponding to a plurality of applications is stored in a first storage unit, the plurality of applications is stored in a second storage unit, and a product information table associating product information with application information for identifying each of the applications is stored in the second storage unit.
US08792107B2 Information processing apparatus, method for uninstalling printer driver, and recording medium
An uninstaller extracts a print setting included in only a printer driver to be uninstalled, deletes information relating to the extracted print setting from all presets (a preset description file) to be registered in an OS, extracts a default value of print setting items for all print queues other than a print queue corresponding to the printer driver to be uninstalled, deletes information relating to the preset which does not differ in the print setting from the extracted default value from the preset description file, and uninstalls the printer driver.
US08792106B2 Image reading apparatus including document separating mechanism, image reading method, and computer program product
An image reading apparatus includes a hopper unit, a separating unit, a reading unit, an ejecting unit, a stacking unit, a control unit, and a storage unit. The control unit includes a detecting unit that detects abnormal reading of the document read by the reading unit, an image storing unit that associates the read image and an abnormal reading result with a reading order of the document to store, a separation stacking unit that controls the ejecting unit to separate the document in which the abnormal reading is detected and the document in which the abnormal reading is not detected to eject to the stacking unit, a rereading unit that allows the reading unit to read again the document in which the abnormal reading is detected, thereby obtaining a reread image, and an image replacing unit that replaces the image corresponding to the reading order with the reread image.
US08792104B2 Use of an optical device for interferometric analysis of the surface condition of an object
The instant disclosure describes an optical device for the interferometric analysis of the surface condition of an object, including: a light source; an optical fiber capable of receiving the incident light wave and transmitting said wave to the object; a detector capable of detecting a combination between a light wave reflected by the optical fiber and a light wave returned by the object; and in which the optical fiber has a free end in the shape of a cone, with a vertex angle of between 15 and 25 degrees, the tip of the cone having dimensions of less than 50×50 nm, and the tip of the cone being placed, while in use, at a distance of between 5 and 50 μm from the surface of the object.
US08792100B2 System and method for optical measurement of a target
The invention relates to a system and a method for optical measurement of a target, wherein the target is illuminated, either actively illuminated, reflecting ambient light, or self illuminating, and a measurement light beam received from the target or through it is detected. The prior art optical measurement systems generally include mechanical filter wheels and photomultiplier tubes, which cause the equipment to be expensive, large-sized and often not sufficiently accurate and stable. The objective of the invention is achieved with a solution, in which the illuminating light beam and/or measurement light beam is led through a Fabry-Perot interferometer or a set of two or more Fabry-Perot Interferometers, and the Fabry-Perot interferometer or a set of two or more Fabry-Perot Interferometers is controlled into different modes during the measurement of a single target. The invention can be applied in optical measurements where, for example, reflectance, absorption of fluorescence of the target is measured.
US08792096B2 Inspection apparatus for lithography
Four separately polarized beams are simultaneously measured upon diffraction from a substrate (W) to determine properties of the substrate. Linearly, circularly or elliptically polarized radiation is transmitted through a first beam splitter (N-PBS) and split into two polarized beams. These two beams are further split into two further beams using two further beam splitters, the further beam splitters (32,34) being rotated by 45° with respect to each other. The plurality of polarizing beam splitters enables the measurement of the intensity of all four beams and thus the measurement of the phase modulation and amplitude of the combined beams to give the features of the substrate. Algorithms are used to compare the four intensities of each of the polarized angles to give rise to the phase difference between the polarization directions and the ratio between the two main polarization direction amplitudes of the original polarized beam.
US08792092B2 Optoelectronic inclination sensor
An optoelectronic inclination sensor determines the inclination of a reference plane relative to the horizontal. A sensor body has a liquid layer, the free surface of which represents a horizon that can be inclined relative to the reference plane, forming an optical boundary to the adjacent medium. A light source disposed below the liquid layer emits a light beam onto the boundary. An optical sensor surface below the liquid layer detects the light beam reflected by the boundary. An analysis unit determines the inclination of the reference plane as a function of the amount of light received by the sensor surface. A deflecting element for deflecting or initially totally reflecting the beam is disposed between the source and the liquid layer. The beam is inclined as a result of said deflection or initial total reflection. A second total reflection occurs at the boundary in both the inclined and non-inclined orientation.
US08792087B2 Concept for optical distance measurement
The present invention relates to a concept for optical distance measurement, wherein a radiation pulse is emitted in the direction of an object of measurement. At least two different transfer gates which couple a photoactive region to at least two different evaluating capacities are driven during different drive intervals so that charge carriers generated during the drive intervals by a radiation pulse reflected from the object of measurement and/or by ambient radiation can be transported from the photoactive region to the evaluating capacities each coupled to the at least two transfer gates. Another transfer gate is driven during a time outside the drive intervals of the at least two transfer gates to connect the photoactive region to a reference potential terminal acting as a charge carrier sink during the time outside the drive intervals of the at least two transfer gates.
US08792082B2 Illumination system for microlithography
An illumination system for a microlithography projection exposure apparatus for illuminating an illumination field with the light from an assigned light source includes a pupil shaping unit for receiving light from the assigned light source and for generating a predeterminable basic light distribution in a pupil plane of the illumination system, and a transmission filter assigned to the pupil shaping unit and having at least one array of individually drivable individual elements for the spatially resolving transmission filtering of the light impinging on the transmission filter in or in proximity to a pupil plane of the illumination system. The transmission filter generates a predetermined correction of the basic light distribution. An illumination system of this type can generate a multiplicity of location-dependent intensity distributions in a pupil plane of the illumination system, and ensure a high transmittance.
US08792080B2 Method and system to predict lithography focus error using simulated or measured topography
A method and system to predict lithography focus error using chip topography data is disclosed. The chip topography data may be measured or simulated topography data. A plane is best fitted to the topography data, and residuals are computed. The residuals are then used to make a prediction regarding the focus error. The density ratio of metal to dielectric may also be used as a factor in determining the predicted focus error.
US08792078B2 Method and pellicle mounting apparatus for reducing pellicle induced distortion
An apparatus for mounting a pellicle onto a mask is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a base provided with a track; a dummy plate holder coupled to the base, the dummy plate holder for receiving a dummy plate having an elevated portion on one side thereof; a mask holder for receiving a mask, the mask holder slidably coupled to the base; a pellicle holder for receiving a pellicle frame, the pellicle holder slidably coupled to the base; and drive means being adapted to drive the pellicle holder along the track towards the dummy plate holder, wherein during operation when the pellicle frame is mounted onto the mask causing the mask to contact the dummy plate, the mounting pressure in the mask is distributed by way of the elevated portion in the dummy plate, thus reducing distortion in the mask.
US08792074B2 Liquid crystal display
A liquid crystal display includes a substrate, first and second pixels neighboring in a row direction, third and fourth pixels respectively neighboring the first and second pixel in a column direction, wherein the pixels are formed on the substrate, first and second data lines formed on the substrate that transmit a data voltage, and a voltage line disposed between the first and second data lines. The pixels respectively include a first switching element connected to the first or second data line, a second switching element connected to the voltage line, a first pixel electrode connected to the first switching element, and a second pixel electrode connected to the second switching element. A position of the first pixel electrode with respect to the second pixel electrode of the first pixel is opposite to a position of the first pixel electrode with respect to the second pixel electrode of the second pixel.
US08792067B2 Display module
A display module including a display panel, at least one bracket, a protective plate, a plurality of assembling elements and a back cover is provided. The display panel has a display surface and a back surface opposite to the display surface. The bracket is fixed to the display panel. The protective plate faces the display surface. The assembling elements are fixed on the protective plate, wherein each of the assembling elements has a positioning protrusion and an engaging slot. And the bracket is positioned on the assembling elements through the positioning protrusions. The back cover faces the back surface, wherein the back cover is engaged to the assembling elements through the engaging slots.
US08792064B2 Pixel array, liquid crystal display panel, and electro-optical apparatus
A pixel array including first scan lines, second scan lines, data lines, and sub-pixels is provided. Each sub-pixel includes a first switch, a second switch, a first pixel electrode electrically connected to the first switch, a second pixel electrode electrically connected to the second switch, a third switch, and common lines connected with each other and disposed under the first and the second pixel electrode. The first and the second switch are electrically connected to the same first scan line and data line. The first scan line is located between the first and second pixel electrode. The third switch is electrically connected to the second scan line and the first pixel electrode and has a floating terminal. The floating terminal is capacitively coupled to the common line under the second pixel electrode to form a capacitor.
US08792062B2 Touch integrated display device
The present invention provides a touch integrated display device which reduces a thickness of a display device and can improve touch performance. The touch integrated display device according to one embodiment of the present invention can include: a TFT positioned on a lower substrate; a pixel electrode connected to the TFT; a common electrode facing the pixel electrode to form electric field; a liquid crystal layer positioned on the common electrode; an upper substrate facing the lower substrate which is positioned at both sides of the liquid crystal layer; a driving electrode which is positioned on one side of the upper substrate adjacent to the liquid crystal layer; and a sensing electrode which is positioned on the other side of the upper substrate and faces the driving electrode.
US08792059B2 Control device for audio-visual display
A control device signals user inputs to an audio-video display. The control device may be configured as a pillow speaker and include a speaker for reproducing audio from the audio-video display. The control device is coupled to the audio-video display by wiring. Shared signals in the wiring are used to provide power to operate the control device and are used to signal the user inputs to the audio-video display. A touch panel is used to sense user inputs. The touch panel may be transparent with an underlay containing indicia of user-selectable commands located below the touch panel. The arrangement and selection of commands available to the user may be modified by changing the underlay.
US08792058B2 System and method for presenting guide data on a remote control
System and method for displaying guide data on a remote control. In one embodiment, guide data may be received in a first format by the remote control. The guide data may be converted from the first format to a second format based in part on a predefined user preference. A portion of the guide data may be displayed in accordance with the second format on a display of the remote control such that guide data is displayed according to a first scale.
US08792056B2 Electronic apparatus and display control method
An electronic apparatus includes terminals, each being based on a specific standard and being used for communicating with an external device. The electronic apparatus includes a transmission module, an acquisition module and a display control module. The transmission module simultaneously transmits a power-on signal to external devices connected to the terminals, upon turn on of the electronic apparatus. The acquisition module acquires a physical address from one or more first external devices of the plurality of external devices by switching video input among one or more first terminals of terminals. The one or more first external devices are turned on and the one or more first terminals being connected to the one or more first external devices. The display control module displays device information of the one or more first external devices and terminal numbers of the one or more first terminals. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US08792052B2 Image processing apparatus and method of controlling the same
The frame rate of a pause frame of a moving image is detected. The number of frame images of the moving image to be used in a process of increasing the resolution of a low-resolution image is determined such that a larger number of frame images is set for a higher detected frame rate. In a super-resolution process, a high-resolution image is generated using the determined number of continuous frame images including the pause frame of the moving image. This makes it possible to appropriately determine the number of frames to be referred to in the super-resolution process in accordance with the frame rate of a moving image when generating a high-resolution image from the frames of a low-resolution moving image.
US08792049B2 Exposure control for an imaging system
A device that analyzes an image. The device includes a circuit that receives an image that includes a plurality of pixels. The circuit creates a histogram of the image and analyzes the histogram to determine an acceptable exposure of the image. The histogram may include a plurality of bins versus a population of pixels associated with each bin. By way of example, the bins may be associated with an intensity of light. The images and histograms may include data defined by low dynamic range number of bits and/or an extended dynamic range number of bits. Certain features and criteria of the image may be determined and analyzed to determine whether the image has an acceptable exposure. If the image is unacceptable, an exposure characteristic can be changed and the process can be repeated until an acceptable image is obtained.
US08792040B2 Photography apparatus, control method, program, and information processing device using image-data templates
A photography apparatus includes: an imaging unit configured to image a subject and acquire photographed image data; a display unit configured to perform an image display; and a control unit; wherein the control unit executes reading processing for reading out, from a storage medium which stores template information arranged to fit and display photographed image data imaged by the imaging unit into a target region within display screen data according to a predetermined display format, the template information, wherein instruction information for instructing what sort of image should be photographed as the photographed image data to be fit and displayed in the target region is correlated therewith, and instruction information display control processing for controlling the display unit so as to display the instruction information in a correlated manner with the target region, in accordance with the template information.
US08792038B2 Image capturing apparatus and control method therefor
An image capturing apparatus having a plurality of executable image blurring correction modes selects an image blurring correction mode to be executed from among the executable image blurring correction modes in accordance with an image capturing situation, and executes the selected image blurring correction mode. The image capturing apparatus has a plurality of display items respectively associated with the image blurring correction modes, and displays the display item corresponding to the image blurring correction mode under execution on a display screen.
US08792034B2 Solid-state imaging device with charge transfer transistor on different substrates
A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels, each of which includes a photoelectric converter section formed on a first substrate to generate and accumulate signal charges corresponding to incident light, a charge accumulation capacitor section formed on the first substrate or a second substrate to temporarily hold the signal charges transferred from the photoelectric converter section, and a plurality of MOS transistors formed on the second substrate to transfer the signal charges accumulated in the charge accumulation capacitor section, connection electrodes formed on the first substrate, and connection electrodes formed on the second substrate and electrically connected to the connection electrodes formed on the first substrate.
US08792033B2 Image pickup apparatus capable of changing operation condition of image sensing device and control method therefor
An image pickup apparatus capable of ensuring a dynamic range suitable for an image shooting condition and capable of reducing noise. The image pickup apparatus includes an image sensing device having floating diffusion units that are provided corresponding to pixels and that convert electrical charges accumulated in the pixels into voltage signals, which are output as pixel signals from pixel amplifiers. At that time, according to an image shooting condition, at least parts of connection switches corresponding to the floating diffusion units are sequentially turned on or all the connection switches are turned off, whereby the connection switches are connected to or disconnected from connection lines to thereby change capacity components connected to pixel amplifiers. This contributes to dynamic range expansion or noise reduction.
US08792030B2 Solid-state imaging apparatus, image processing apparatus, and camera system
An imaging section outputs n pixel signals every pixel row of n×m pixels, and n AD conversion sections, corresponding to n pixel columns of the n×m pixels, convert the n pixel signals to n pixel values. A resolution control section controls the n AD conversion sections so that the AD conversion resolution of the n AD conversion sections become a first resolution, or a second resolution rougher than the first resolution, based on the AD conversion resolution of the n AD conversion sections and the n pixel values.
US08792023B2 Heat dissipating system for an image pickup apparatus
An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup element; a heat dissipating member including a heat dissipating portion and thermally connected to the image pickup element; a housing that retains the image pickup element and the heat dissipating member such that the image pickup element and the heat dissipating member are movable, the housing having an opening at which the heat dissipating portion is exposed irrespective of the position of the image pickup element and the heat dissipating member in a movable range; a fan that generates an airflow; and a duct that forms an air flow channel that directs the airflow generated by the fan toward the opening.
US08792010B2 Image capturing apparatus
An image capturing apparatus includes an acceleration sensor having a first measurement axis and a second measurement axis that intersect each other, and arranged on a plane that intersects the imaging optical axis of the image capturing apparatus while inclining the first and second measurement axes by about 45° in the vertical direction, and a calculation unit that calculates the arc tangent of the ratio of the detection result of an acceleration due to gravity by the first measurement axis and the detection result of an acceleration due to gravity by the second measurement axis, thereby obtaining the inclination degree of the image capturing apparatus in the rolling direction.
US08792009B2 Image pickup apparatus that performs image pickup using rolling shutter method, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
An image pickup apparatus capable of reducing camera-shake blur and rolling-caused distortion of image data obtained by shooting without including invalid data. An object obtained by shooting is stored in a memory area as first image data, and data having a smaller data size than the first image data is acquired as second image data by clipping from the memory area. A clipping position which enables correction of camera-shake blur is calculated according to an amount of movement due to a camera shake. Range information indicative of a range in the memory area and shift amounts used for correcting rolling-caused distortion are calculated. Rolling-caused distortion of the second image data is corrected based on the calculated shift amounts.
US08792007B2 Calibration operation device and calibration operation method
An object of the present invention is to simplify a calibration operation of a camera and to shorten a time necessary for calibration. A camera calibration device 10 is mounted on a predetermined position of a movable object 100 and includes a camera 11 configured to take an image including an index 41 provided outside the movable object 100, an image superimposing unit 122 configured to generate a superimposed image by superimposing a calibration object 42 having a position adjustment part and a rotation adjustment part on the image taken by the camera 11, and a calculation unit 124 configured to calculate, based on a position of the calibration object 42 after being shifted in the superimposed image such that an end or a center of the index 41 meets the position adjustment part and a part of the index other than the end or the center overlaps the rotation adjustment part, parameters relative to a pan angle, a tilt angle and a roll angle for calibration of the camera mounting position.
US08792005B2 Method and system for automatically determining the camera field of view in a camera network
A system and method for automatically determining the camera field of view in a camera network. The system has a plurality of spatially separated cameras and direction sensors, carried on respective cameras, configured to measure the angle directions of the field of views of the cameras. Elevation sensors are operably coupled to respective cameras to measure the elevation angles of thereof. A controller is configured to process direction and elevation measurement signals transmitted from the cameras to automatically determine the cameras' fields of views. One or more cameras having a field of view containing or nearby an event of interest can be selected from the determined field of views and indicated to a user via a graphical user interface. Selected cameras which are rotatably mounted can be rotated if need be to automatically bring the event of interest into the field of views of the selected cameras.
US08792002B2 System for extending a field-of-view of an image acquisition device
Systems for extending a field-of-view of an image acquisition device are provided. In one embodiment, a system includes a rotatable image-directing device, an actuator, and a controller. The rotatable image-directing device directs optical images along an optical image path. The actuator controls a position of the rotatable image-directing device, and the controller generates signals for synchronizing the rotatable image-directing device and the image acquisition device. The signals illustratively include a first signal that is transmitted to the actuator, and a second signal that is transmitted to the image acquisition device.
US08791999B2 Systems and methods for display calibration
Methods and data processing systems are disclosed for automatically calibrating display devices. In one embodiment, a data processing system includes a display device having a built-in image capturing device and a mirror system with at least one mirror that is operatively coupled to the image capturing device. The mirror system reflects one or more reference images in a first region of the display device and one or more references images in a second region of the display device to the image capturing device. The references images captured by the image capturing device allow a calibration of colors output from the display device. A reference image in the first region may be compared to different references images in the second region until a match is obtained. In another embodiment, an adjustable mirror system includes at least one adjustable mirror to allow adjustment of the mirror angle for the display calibration.
US08791996B2 Image processing system and position measurement system
An image processing system inputs a captured image of a scene viewed from a vehicle, extracts image feature points from the captured image, and obtains image-capturing situation information indicating a possibility that a specific subject is included in the captured image. The system determines importance degrees of the extracted image feature points based on the image-capturing situation information and generates image feature point data using the extracted image feature points based on the importance degrees. The system generates reference data by associating the image feature point data with image-capturing attribute information and creates a reference data database. The image-capturing attribute information includes an image-capturing position at which the image is captured to obtain the captured image corresponding to the image feature point data.
US08791995B2 Stereo video microscope system
A stereo video microscope system (10), comprising: a stereo video microscope (11) having two output channels for providing stereo image data and including an internal lighting; a display unit (14) having two input channels for receiving and displaying stereo image data; and a control unit operably connected to the stereo video microscope (11) and the display unit (14) such that the control unit can control the operation of the stereo video microscope (11) and the display unit (14) and the flow of stereo image data between the two output channels of the stereo video microscope (11) and the two input channels of the display unit (14). In one embodiment the control unit is configured for performing an image rotation and/or exchanging the output channels such that the stereo image is always upright.
US08791989B2 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, recording method, and recording medium
Provided is an image processing apparatus that stereoscopically displays a two-dimensional image, comprising a generating section that generates a left-side image and a right-side image by shifting the two-dimensional image left and right in a display region; a right-edge processing section that attaches a right-edge image, which is displayed within a prescribed range from a right edge of the display region, to a right side of the left-side image; a left-edge processing section that attaches a left-edge image, which is displayed within a prescribed range from a left edge of the display region, to a left side of the right-side image; and an output section that outputs the left-side image with the right-edge image attached thereto to a left eye of a user and outputs the right-side image with the left-edge image attached thereto to a right eye of the user.
US08791988B2 Image display device
An image display device includes a display panel, which includes a plurality of pixels and selectively implements a 2D image and a 3D image, and a patterned retarder for dividing light from the display panel, on which the 3D image is implemented, into first and second polarization components. The display panel includes first to fourth gate lines, which cross a data line and are disposed along a column direction in the order named, first and second pixels which are disposed between the first and second gate lines to be vertically adjacent to each other, third and fourth pixels which are disposed between the third and fourth gate lines to be vertically adjacent to each other, and a black matrix spatially for separating left and right images of the 3D image from each other.
US08791987B2 Portable electronic device with 3D image capture capability and image difference control method thereof
A portable electronic device with 3D image capture capability and an image difference control method thereof are disclosed. The portable electronic device comprises a first and a second image capture module, a subject distance estimator and an image difference control mechanism. The first and second image capture modules are operative to capture a first image and a second image, respectively, to form a 3D image. Before image capturing, the subject distance estimator estimates a subject distance indicating how far a subject to be captured is, and the image difference control mechanism adjusts a distance between the first and second image capture modules based on the subject distance by moving at least one of the first and second image capture modules. In this manner, the image difference between the first and second images is properly controlled to perfectly form the 3D image.
US08791978B2 Scalable video encoding in a multi-view camera system
The present invention employs scalable video coding (SVC) in a multi-view camera system, which is particularly suited for video conferencing. Multiple cameras are oriented to capture video content of different image areas and generate corresponding original video streams that provide video content of the image areas. An active one of the image areas may be identified at any time by analyzing the audio content originating from the different image areas and selecting the image area that is associated with the most dominant speech activity.
US08791975B2 Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus
An optical scanning device includes a polygon scanner that deflects and scans light beams, a body on which the polygon scanner directly mounted, and a heat dissipating unit that dissipates heat of the deflection scanning unit. The heat dissipating unit is located at a position on an outer surface of the body corresponding to the deflection scanning unit. The body is provided with a pair of wall portions on the outer surface. The wall portions face each other with the heat dissipating unit between them, and extend in a direction in which air blown by an air blowing unit flows to form an air-flow path.
US08791968B2 Source driver for driving at least one sub-pixel
A source driver for driving at least one sub-pixel is disclosed, in which the source driver includes a gamma voltage generator and a digital to analog converter. The gamma voltage generator generates a plurality of gamma voltages, in which the gamma voltage generator includes a first gamma resistor string and an operation circuit. The first gamma resistor string includes a plurality of resistors electrically connected serially for dividing a first gamma reference voltage and a second gamma reference voltage into the gamma voltages. The operation circuit optionally adds increments to the gamma voltages according to a timing control signal, wherein the increments are the same when the gamma voltages are added. The digital to analog converter selecting one of the gamma voltages generated by the operation circuit as a driving voltage based on received digital pixel data.
US08791965B2 Conversion circuit, display drive circuit, electro-optical device and electronic equipment
A display drive circuit that performs digital driving for displaying an image of each one frame based on luminance data of a plurality of subframes is disclosed. The display drive circuit includes a conversion section that converts the luminance data having a plurality of bits indicating a luminance level of each of the plurality of subframes into data indicating the luminance level for pixels in a number greater than the number of the plurality of subframes, and a storage section that stores the data converted by the conversion section.
US08791962B2 Information processing device, information processing method, and program for 3D object selection and interaction
There is provided an information processing device including a display section configured to display a first object in a virtual three-dimensional space having a depth direction of a display screen, an operation section configured to acquire an operation for moving the first object in at least the depth direction, and a controller configured to move the first object on the display screen in accordance with the acquired operation, to execute, when a region of the first object overlaps a first overlap determination region, a first process to one or both of the first and second objects, and to execute, when the region of the first object overlaps a second overlap determination region, a second process to one or both of the first and second objects. The first overlap determination region may be a region obtained by extending the second overlap determination region in at least the depth direction.
US08791960B2 Markerless augmented reality system and method using projective invariant
Disclosed herein are a markerless augmented reality system and method for extracting feature points within an image and providing augmented reality using a projective invariant of the feature points. The feature points are tracked in two images photographed while varying the position of an image unit, a set of feature points satisfying a plane projective invariant is obtained from the feature points, and augmented reality is provided based on the set of feature points. Accordingly, since the set of feature points satisfies the plane projective invariant even when the image unit is moved and functions as a marker, a separate marker is unnecessary. In addition, since augmented reality is provided based on the set of feature points, a total computation amount is decreased and augmented reality is more efficiently provided.
US08791956B2 Navigation device and map scroll processing method
A navigation device that obtains the current position based on information from a satellite, and guides a travel path from the current position to the destination on a map image includes: a display unit that displays the map image; a touch sensor unit that is arranged on the front surface of the display unit; an icon generation unit that generates a smooth scroll operation icon which is available for continuous performs smooth scroll processing for the map image and displays the smooth scroll operation icon on the map image; and a scroll control unit that executes the smooth scroll processing when the touch sensor unit detects that the smooth scroll operation icon is touched to be operated, and executes a predetermined scroll processing when the touch sensor unit detects that a region other than the smooth scroll operation icon is touched to be operated on the screen of the display unit.
US08791954B2 Systems and methods for combining images into a file using multiple color palettes
Image data systems and methods combine a plurality of images into a single multiple-palette image data file, or generate a selected image from the multiple-palette image data file. An exemplary embodiment receives first pixel information for a first pixel of a first image, the first pixel having a first color; receives second pixel information for a like-located second pixel of a second image, the second pixel having a second color; and specifies a color palette location value that identifies a first color palette array element in a first color palette of the first image and identifies a second like-located color palette array element in a second color palette of the second image. First color information stored in the first color palette array element defines the first pixel color. Second color information stored in the second image data color palette array element defines the second pixel color.
US08791953B2 Value adjustment methods, value adjustment signal processing apparatus, and image display systems using the same
A method of adjusting value includes calculating a value of saturation from an input image signal, and adjusting a value of value of the input image signal according to a calculated saturation value. In the method, the value of value of the input image signal is adjusted by using a value adjustment algorithm for determining a value adjustment rate that decreases the value according to the saturation value.
US08791948B2 Methods and systems to generate graphical representations of relationships between persons based on transactions
In one example embodiment, a system and method is shown as including identifying a context set data defining a context within which a person resides. Next, an operation is executed so as to retrieve the context set data that includes person data and relationship between persons data, the relationship between persons data including certain characteristics that define the person in the context set. An operation may be executed so as to perform a set operation on the person in the context set so as to generate a graph set. Further, an operation may be executed to render a graphical representation of the context set.
US08791944B2 Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal including a touchscreen configured to display content on a screen and a controller controlling operations related to the content. The touchscreen receives a touch input comprising a touch of at least one first part of the content according to a first touch scheme and receives a touch input comprising a touch of at least one second part of the content according to a second touch scheme. If the touch according to the second touch scheme is altered, the controller controls an operation of the content according to the altered touch of the second touch scheme.
US08791942B2 Computer method and apparatus for rotating 2D cartoons using 2.5D cartoon models
Disclosed herein are methods, apparatus, and computer program programs that use 2D drawings of a cartoon in different views to automatically construct rotated views of the subject cartoon. Embodiments involve a novel structure, the 2.5D cartoon model, which can generate plausible renderings of the cartoon in any view. Two or more input drawings can be leveraged to construct a 2.5D cartoon model that supports full 3D rotation. Unlike a 3D model, however, renderings produced by a 2.5D cartoon model retain the 2D nature and hand-drawn appearance of the input drawings, and support a wide range of 2D stylizations and shapes that would be impossible with a 3D model.
US08791940B2 Apparatus and method for compensating for black level
An apparatus and method for compensating for a black level in order to solve a screen flickering phenomenon and a problem of convergence speed of a black level value. The apparatus for compensating for a black level includes: a black pixel average value extraction unit averaging black pixel values of a current frame to determine a black pixel average value; a luminance value extraction unit extracting a luminance value from an analog gain and concentration time information of an image sensor; a black level extraction unit calculating a frame weight by using the luminance value and acquiring a black level value of a current frame by using the frame weight, the black pixel average value, and a black level value of a previous frame; and a black level compensation unit compensating for valid pixel values of the current frame by using the black level value of the current frame.
US08791937B2 Over-drivable output buffer, source driver circuit having the same, and methods therefor
Provided is an output buffer for a source driver circuit which receives an external buffer input signal and generates a buffer output signal having a predetermined target voltage, the output buffer including: an over-driving controller configured to generate a pair of first internal buffer input signals and a pair of second internal buffer input signals for an over-driving operation, based on a first over-driver enable signal and a second over-driver enable signal, the first and second over-driver signals being provided from an external source, and an output buffer unit configured to: perform the over-driving operation, based on the pair of first internal buffer input signals and the pair of second internal buffer input signals provided from the over-driving controller, and generate: a buffer output signal including a target voltage greater than the predetermined target voltage, or a buffer output signal including a target voltage less than the predetermined target voltage.
US08791935B2 DC-DC converter, organic electroluminescent display device including the same, and method of driving the organic electroluminescent display device
A direct current (DC)-DC converter for preventing ignition and destruction of an organic electroluminescent display device by not driving the current when a parameter of the organic electroluminescent display device is abnormal, an organic electroluminescent display device including the DC-DC converter, and a method of driving the organic electroluminescent display device.
US08791932B2 Display device and display control method
A display device includes: an LED control section (4) for carrying out control in which (i) an output luminance of an LED (10) whose measured luminance is deviated from a reference luminance or (ii) output luminances of peripheral LEDs (10) which are provided around the LED (10) is or are corrected, respectively, by using control information of the plurality of LEDs, which control information contains (a) information on measured luminances of the plurality of LEDs, the information being obtained by the plurality of photosensors (11) and (b) positional information of the plurality of LEDs, the positional information being obtained by the plurality of photosensors (11), and a liquid crystal display control section (3) for controlling, based on (i) video signals which have been subjected to the video signal process and are supplied from a video signal processing section (2) and (ii) the control information supplied from the LED control section (4), (a) levels of video signals to be supplied to pixels corresponding to the LED (10), whose output luminance is corrected or (b) levels of video signals to be supplied to pixels corresponding to the peripheral LEDs, whose output luminances are corrected, the reference luminance being a luminance which is originally expected to be outputted from each of the plurality of LEDs.
US08791931B2 Image display apparatus and image displaying method
An image display apparatus includes: a display panel including an image display area and a dummy pixel area different from the image display area; an optical sensor detecting light emission luminance of the dummy pixel area on the display panel; and a control unit dividing the image display area on the display panel into a plurality of division areas, allowing pixels within the dummy pixel area to perform light emission to the same degree as the light emission of one or a plurality of pixels within each division area, and correcting luminance or chromaticity of the pixels within each division area based on the light emission luminance of the dummy pixel area detected by the optical sensor.
US08791926B2 Projection touch system for detecting and positioning object according to intensity different of fluorescent light beams and method thereof
A projection touch system configured for detecting a position of a touch object and a projection touch method thereof are provided. The projection touch system includes an invisible light source, a projection panel and a light detector. The projection panel includes a transparent plate and a fluorescent film. An invisible light beam emitted by the invisible light source scans back and forth on the projection panel. A first fluorescent light beam and a second fluorescent light beam are emitted from the fluorescent film excited by the invisible light beam. When the touch object is touched to the projection panel, a portion of the invisible light beam is reflected to the fluorescent film, and the second fluorescent light beam is emitted. The light detector detects the second fluorescent light beam relative to the first fluorescent light beam by an intensity level to determine the position of touch object.
US08791925B2 Coordinate input apparatus, control method therefor and program
A coordinate input apparatus includes retroreflecting units at two opposite sides of a rectangular-shaped coordinate input effective region, and a plurality of sensor units provided at the two sides. Each of the sensor units includes a light receiving unit for receiving light that reaches the light receiving unit, a light projecting unit for projecting light toward a retroreflecting unit provided at one of the two sides, which opposes the light projecting unit, and a surface light emitting unit for emitting even diffused light from a band-shaped surface. Each of the sensor units simultaneously detects, by the light receiving unit, light that has been projected by the light projecting unit and reflected back by the retroreflecting unit at the side opposing the light projecting unit, and light that has been emitted by surface light emitting units of a plurality of sensor units at the side opposing the light projecting unit.
US08791924B2 Distance measuring device, 3D image-sensing device, and optical touch system
A distance-measuring device includes a light-emitting/sensing controlling circuit, a light-emitting component, a light-sensing group, a background-calculating circuit, a frequency-adjusting circuit, and a distance-calculating circuit. The light-emitting component emits a detecting light to a measured object. The light-emitting/sensing controlling circuit controls the light-sensing group receiving and accumulating the energy of a reflective light generated by the measured object reflecting the detecting light, so that the distance-calculating circuit can calculate a measured distance between the measured object and the distance-measuring device according the accumulated energy of the light-sensing group. In addition, the distance-measuring device calculates the energy accumulated by the light-sensing group sensing the background light per unit time, by means of the background-calculating circuit. In this way, the effect of the background light is reduced so that the distance-measuring device can more correctly calculate the measured distance.
US08791923B2 Touching device, laser source module, and laser source structure thereof
The disclosure describes a touch device including a touching area having a first edge and a second edge; two reflective lens arrays and two laser source modules which are all disposed at the first edge and the second edge respectively, wherein each laser source module includes a laser diode and a diffractive optical element assembled in front of the laser diode for separating a laser beam projected from the laser diode to a plurality of laser beams with equal magnitude, the laser beams are distributed in a parallel arrangement over the touching area by the reflective lens array; and two receiving devices disposed at the corresponding edges of the first edge and the second edge respectively. The receiving device includes a plurality of sensing units, wherein each sensing unit receives one of the laser beams respectively.
US08791921B2 Multi-touch input discrimination
Techniques for identifying and discriminating between different types of contacts to a multi-touch touch-screen device are described. Illustrative contact types include fingertips, thumbs, palms and cheeks. By way of example, thumb contacts may be distinguished from fingertip contacts using a patch eccentricity parameter. In addition, by non-linearly deemphasizing pixels in a touch-surface image, a reliable means of distinguishing between large objects (e.g., palms) from smaller objects (e.g., fingertips, thumbs and a stylus) is described.
US08791916B2 Display panel with touch detection function, method of driving the same, driving circuit, and electronic unit
There are provide a display panel with a touch detection function, in which display operation is less affected by touch detection operation, a method of driving the display panel with a touch detection function, a driving circuit, and an electronic unit having the display panel with a touch detection function. The display panel with a touch detection function includes: one or more display elements; one or more drive electrodes; one or more touch detection electrodes; and a drive section selectively applying a DC drive signal or an AC drive signal to the drive electrodes.
US08791909B2 Display panel
A display panel is provided. The display panel comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, a display control circuit and a force sensing circuit. The display control circuit is disposed on the first substrate between the first substrate and the second substrate for controlling the display panel to display an image through the second substrate. The force sensing circuit is disposed side by side with the display control circuit on the first substrate between the first substrate and second substrate, wherein the force sensing circuit comprises a plurality of force sensing elements for sensing at least one external force and correspondingly generate a plurality of force signals respectively to transform at least one touch signal corresponding to the at least one external force.
US08791908B2 Touch panel and electronic device including the same
A touch panel and an electronic device including the same are provided. The touch panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, an electro-rheological fluid, a sensor, and a controller. The second substrate is spaced apart from the first substrate by a gap and includes a touch surface. The electro-rheological fluid is filled in a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate. The sensor senses an input on the touch surface and determines an input location at which the input occurs, and the controller varies a viscosity of the electro-rheological fluid in a location corresponding to a peripheral region of the input location.
US08791903B2 Pointing device
A pointing device is provided. The pointing device is configured to output a movement instruction signal for moving a cursor on a display in an instructed direction and includes: a pointing stick; a cursor movement including a +X sensor, −X sensor, +Y sensor and −Y sensor configured to sense a cursor movement instruction signal for instructing the cursor to move in +X direction, −X direction, +Y direction and −Y direction, respectively, according to an operation to the pointing stick; and a stick Z direction operation detector configured to determine that an instruction signal according to an operation to the pointing stick is different from the cursor movement instruction signals when each of outputs from the +X sensor, −X sensor, +Y and −Y sensor is changed by a corresponding predetermined first threshold value or greater within a predetermined time period.
US08791902B2 Haptic device with controlled traction forces
A haptic device includes a substrate that is subjected to lateral motion such as lateral oscillation with one or more degrees of freedom together with modulation of a friction reducing oscillation in a manner that can create a shear force on the user's finger or on an object on the device.
US08791900B2 Computing device notes
Computing device note techniques are described. In implementations, an input is recognized as selecting at least one object displayed in a user interface by a display device of a computing device. Responsive to the recognition, an indication is displayed on the display device that is selectable. Responsive to selection of the indication, a portion is displayed by the computing device that is configured to accept one or more inputs as a note to be associated with the at least one object.
US08791899B1 Method and apparatus of position tracking and detection of user input information
A method and apparatus of detecting user initiated movement by an input element handled by a user is disclosed. The method may include performing a calibration procedure that is initiated by the user via a physical movement performed by the user. The method may also include positioning at least one sensor to dynamically adjust a size of an effective workspace range capable of detecting the user's movement of the input element.
US08791897B2 Method and system for writing data to MEMS display elements
Charge balanced display data writing methods use write and hold cycles of opposite polarity during selected frame update periods. The transitions between voltages of opposite polarity are sufficiently brief that the display elements do not change state. A release cycle may be provided to reduce the chance that a given display element will become stuck in an actuated state.
US08791896B2 Electrophoretic display apparatus
An electrophoretic display apparatus includes a first substrate including a plurality of pixels, a second substrate facing the first substrate, an electrophoretic material between the first and second substrates, and a first electrode on the first substrate or the second substrate. Each pixel includes a reflection part and a second electrode. The reflection part is on the first substrate and reflects light incident through the second substrate. The second electrode is on the first substrate and adjacent to the reflection part. The second electrode forms an electric field with the first electrode such that the electrophoretic material moves to the first electrode or the second electrode. An upper surface of the second electrode is positioned at a first height from the first substrate, and an upper surface of an uppermost layer of the reflection part is positioned at a second height higher than the first height.
US08791892B2 Liquid crystal display capable of rendering video data in accordance with a rendering structure of a double rate driving panel
A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel having a pixel array including a first group of liquid crystal cells connected to odd-numbered gate lines and a second group of liquid crystal cells connected to even-numbered gate lines and a data driving circuit including a latch array. Each liquid crystal cell of the second group shares a data line with one liquid crystal cell of the first group adjacent to the liquid crystal cell of the second group in an extension direction of the gate lines. The latch array delays only second group data to be applied to the liquid crystal cells of the second group among digital video data for one horizontal line by about one half horizontal period in response to a data rendering control signal.
US08791890B2 Presentation of highly saturated colors with high luminance
A method is applicable to a pixel of a graphical display that is formed by LEDs or LED strings, with the colors that can be displayed by the pixel (i.e., the color gamut) defined by an LED drive specification matrix A. The method displays a desired color at a chromaticity coordinates (xn, yn) and a luminous intensity Y by carrying out: (a) finding a maximum luminous intensity Ŷ and the associated LED drive vector {circumflex over (b)} for each of a collection of sample colors in the color gamut using a mathematical programming technique; and (b) calculating the LED drive vector for the desired color; and (c) displaying the color on the pixel using the calculated drive vector. In one implementation, the calculated LED drive vector is scaled using the expression b ^ ⁢ min ( Y Y ^ , 1 ) . (b) based on we sample colors. In addition, the method may create an interpolation function ƒ(x, y) for luminous intensity Ŷ and LED drive vector {circumflex over (b)} for colors outside of the sample colors. The interpolation function is used to evaluate ƒ(xn, yn) to obtain luminous intensity Ŷ and LED drive vector {circumflex over (b)} for the desired color. The interpolation function may be created off-line, and calculating the LED drive may be carried out in real time.
US08791883B2 Organic EL display device and control method thereof
An organic electroluminescent display device includes a display that includes pixels arranged in a matrix. Each pixel includes a driver, a capacitor between a gate and a source of the driver, a switch, and a luminescent element connected to the drain of the driver. Scan lines provide a scan signal for scanning the pixels. Data lines provide a signal voltage to the pixels. Power lines are electrically connected to the source and the drain of the driver. The driver includes a back gate electrode which is provided a predetermined bias voltage. A drive circuit provides the predetermined bias voltage to the back gate electrode so that the absolute value of a threshold voltage of the driver is greater than a gate-source voltage of the driver to place the driver in a non-conducting state.
US08791881B2 Display device and manufacturing method therefor
A display device includes: a substrate; a pair of partition walls above the substrate; a light-emitting portion above the substrate that includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light-emitting layer located between the first electrode and the second electrode, the second electrode and the light-emitting layer located between the pair of partition walls; and a pixel circuit for applying a voltage to the first electrode. Each of the pair of partition walls includes a conductive portion and an insulating portion that covers side surfaces of the conductive portion for insulating the first electrode and the light-emitting layer from the conductive portion. The second electrode covers an upper surface of the conductive portion of each of the pair of partition walls and is electrically connected to the pixel circuit via the conductive portion.
US08791878B2 Light emitting device, driving support system, and helmet
It is an object to provide a driving support system and a display device suitable for the driving support system. According to the driving support system, change in driver's mental and physical conditions can be caught instantaneously and a warning light emission display is given within the forward sight of the driver in order to call the driver's attention. A light emitting device of the driving support system can display a far side of the display. A display may be switched between a transmission mode and a non-transmission mode by adjusting a movable polarizer.
US08791875B2 Method and apparatus for avoiding pattern blockage due to scatter
A method and apparatus is provided for avoiding pattern blockage due to scatter from an object in which an artificial surface directs the energy from the antenna prior to arriving at a blocking structure such that either the wave fronts of the energy are linear when they arrive at the blocking structure or the phase of the energy incident on the object is adjusted such that the energy reflected from the object is in phase with energy directly from the antenna radiating elsewhere in the far field pattern, or both.
US08791866B2 Antenna device and wireless communication apparatus including the same
A non-feeding element is provided with a proximity-providing gap from a feeding element, and a resonant state is generated there by capacitive coupling. The non-feeding element resonates at a frequency different from a resonant frequency of the feeding element. The feeding element and the non-feeding element have alongside-ground-terminal extending portions spaced from an edge surface at one end of a ground surface formed on the circuit board and to extend in a direction along the edge surface at the one end of the ground surface. The feeding element and/or the non-feeding element is formed three-dimensionally with a plurality of bending portions so that at least parts of the alongside-ground-terminal extending portion of the feeding element and the ground-terminal extending portion of the non-feeding element have substantially the same amount of spacing from the ground surface.
US08791860B2 Concept for determining an estimated value of a location of a receiving element
Apparatus for determining an estimated value for a location of a receiving element within a reference system which may receive signals of a signal source movable to different measuring positions, it being possible to measure—on the basis of the signals received—localization data which indicate a relative location of the receiving element with respect to the movable signal source, the apparatus being configured to determine the estimated value on the basis of at least two different measuring positions and localization data corresponding thereto by means of an evolutionary algorithm. On the basis of the localization data measured, a fitness function of the evolutionary algorithm is formed, the localization data having an angle of arrival of the received signals on the receiving element, and/or a signal arrival time from which a distance from the signal source may be determined.
US08791857B2 System and method for indoor location tracking using pseudo GPS signal transmitter
To track the location of a terminal in an indoor space by using a pseudo GPS signal transmitter, a GPS signal sent from an artificial satellite is received, and a clock signal of the artificial satellite is extracted from the received GPS signal to perform synchronization with the artificial satellite. Once synchronization with the artificial satellite is performed, a pseudo GPS signal is generated, and the transmission time of the pseudo GPS signal is controlled. The GPS signal is sent to the terminal located in the indoor space by a plurality of transmitting antennas based on the controlled transmission time, thereby enabling the terminal located in the indoor space to track its location.
US08791854B2 Automotive radar transmitter architecture
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a radar transmitter comprised within a single integrated chip substrate, which is capable of continuous beam steering of a transmitted radar beam as well as an option to change the physical position of the origin of the transmit radar beam. The radar transmitter has a signal generator that generates an RF signal. The RF signal is provided to a plurality of independent transmission chains, which contain independently operated vector modulators configured to introduce an individual phase adjustment to the high frequency input signal to generate separate RF output signals. A control unit is configured to selectively activate a subset of (e.g., two or more) the independent transmission chains. By activating the subset of independent transmission chains to generate RF output signals with separate phases, a beam steering functionality is enabled. Furthermore, the subset defines a changeable position of the transmitted radar beam.
US08791852B2 Standoff range sense through obstruction radar system
A standoff range, sense-through-obstruction radar system is capable of detecting micro-Doppler, or life form signatures, and movements through obstructions at stand-off ranges and displaying the target information over a live video feed of the area under surveillance. The sense-through-obstruction radar system comprises an antenna assembly that includes a horn antenna and a reflector configured to reflect radio frequency (RF) energy to/from the horn antenna. An antenna pointing assembly supports the antenna assembly. The antenna pointing assembly is configured to move the antenna assembly to point the antenna assembly toward an obstruction. A sensor assembly is mounted to the antenna assembly so that the sensor assembly is aligned with the RF beam formed from the RF energy reflected from the reflector to the horn antenna. The sensor assembly is configured to detect the location of the obstruction and to provide information to assist pointing of the antenna assembly toward the obstruction.
US08791851B2 Hybrid millimeter wave imaging system
A hybrid mm-wave imaging system which increases the probability of detection and reduces false alarm rate. The system includes a large array of passive sensors (pixels) to provide an initial coarse picture of the environment and a small array of active sensors in the center of the large array, which is activated only when the initial passive scan detection is positive. The active array, without any mechanical scanning, illuminates the area to detect edges to provide clarity to the detected image, thereby increasing the probability of detection and reducing the false alarm rate.
US08791839B2 Ultrasonic passenger detection
A method and apparatus of recognizing the presence of a passenger in front of a door of a transit vehicle comprises directing an ultrasound transmitter/receiver at a volume of space adjacent the door, emitting an ultrasound pulse into the empty volume, recording and integrating intensity of the echoes and storing the integrated value as a standard value, repeatedly emitting an ultrasound pulse into the volume, and comparing the integrated values to the standard value.
US08791834B2 Fixed network for an automatic utility meter reading system
A fixed network for automatically reading a utility meter system has been developed. The network includes multiple meter interface units (MIUs) that each collect data from a designated utility meter. The collected data is transmitted to a primary data collector. The network includes multiple data collectors and each MIU identifies its own primary data collector based on signal quality between the collector and the MIU. The network includes a central host computer that is used to receive the collected data from the primary data collectors.
US08791831B2 System including an indicator responsive to an electret for a power bus
An indicator system for an alternating current power bus includes an electret operatively associated with the alternating current power bus. The electret includes an output having an alternating current voltage when the alternating current power bus is energized. A rectifier includes an input electrically interconnected with the output of the electret and an output having a direct current voltage responsive to the alternating current voltage of the output of the electret. An indicator includes an input electrically interconnected with the output of the rectifier and an indication output responsive to the direct current voltage of the output of the rectifier.
US08791830B2 Device for current measuring in power supply networks
The present invention relates to a device for current measuring in power supply networks comprising transformers for measuring current, a signal processing apparatus arranged on a printed circuit board and screw fastenings for mounting the device. The cable ducts of the transformers are orientated parallel to the plane of the printed circuit board, which has openings flush to the cable ducts, and the screw fastenings are fastening tabs with mounting holes, spaced so standards-compliant mounting is possible. In an alternate embodiment, the cable ducts are orientated perpendicularly to the plane of the printed circuit board, the screw fastenings are constructed as an angle rail with cable outlets and standards-compliant mounting holes, and the printed circuit board is internally fastened on one side of the angle rail. In another alternate embodiment the transformers are installed with the printed circuit board in a common housing with fastening tabs and standards-compliant mounting holes.
US08791827B2 Gas analyzer
A gas analyzer includes: a gas measuring portion which performs a measurement on a gas; a case which houses the gas measuring portion; a liquid separator which includes a reservoir for storing a liquid component separated from the gas; a holder portion which holds the liquid separator; and a rotation mechanism which mounts the holder portion to the case.
US08791825B2 Biological state determination device
It is possible to determine the biological state of the driver of a vehicle with high accuracy. In a biological state determination device, since a driver biological state which is the biological state of the driver is estimated on the basis of information representing the biological state of the driver, a weight is set for each driver biological state on the basis of information representing the level of possibility of erroneously estimating the driver biological state, and each driver biological state is weighted on the basis of the set weight, the weighted driver biological state becomes information in which the possibility of erroneous estimation is taken into consideration. The presence/absence of an abnormality in the biological state of the driver is determined on the basis of a plurality of weighted driver biological states, thereby improving determination accuracy of the biological state of the driver of the vehicle.
US08791824B2 Method for reading RFID tags using directional antennas
A method and system for reading RFID tags in a high-density environment using a directional scanning antenna system is provided. The directional scanning antenna system consists of transmit and receive antennas having highly directional antenna patterns which work together to read and locate the tags. In operation both types of antennas are stepped in a circular fashion with respect to each other wherein the transmit antenna's antenna pattern pauses during rotation while the receive antenna pattern sweeps across the radiating antenna's path produced by the transmit antenna such that the antenna patterns produced from each isolate and determine the location of the tags.
US08791823B2 Aircraft part control system
A method and apparatus for managing parts. Location information is displayed for a part on an aircraft on a mobile device. A determination is made as to whether the part is present in a location using a sensor system in the mobile device when the mobile device is in a zone including the location. A presence of the part in the location is indicated in response to the part being present in the location.
US08791811B2 System and method of changing vehicle color according to risk
Disclosed are a system of changing a vehicle color and a method of changing a vehicle color according to a risk of an accident. According to the present invention, a driver of a vehicle and a surrounding pedestrian and drivers of other vehicles can easily recognize a risk situation and take measurement according to the recognized risk situation, such that it is possible to safely drive the vehicle.
US08791802B2 Driver assistance system for reducing blind-spot-detection false alerts
A system for detecting objects in the blind spot of a host vehicle. When an object is detected in the blind spot of the host vehicle, the system analyzes other objects directly in front of or behind the detected object in the blind spot. If the other objects are moving, the system concludes that the object in the blind spot is also moving and, therefore, is a stagnating vehicle. If the other objects are not moving, the system concludes that the object in the blind spot is also a stationary object. The system generates a blind-spot-detection signal when it determines that a stagnating vehicle is located in the blind spot.
US08791801B2 Proximity detection device for a motor vehicle
This device (4) allows the detection of the presence of an object in a detection zone by measuring a variation in capacitance brought about by the presence of the object. It includes an element (6) for emitting an electric field, an element (8) for receiving an electric field, and elements for measuring the coupling capacitance between the emission element (6) and the reception element (8), the emission element (6) emitting an electrical signal received by the reception element (8) so that a coupling capacitance of a predetermined value is established between the emission element (6) and the reception element (8) when no object is present in the detection zone, a variation in the coupling capacitance indicating the displacement of an object in the detection zone and the establishment of a capacitance of a different value from the predetermined value indicating the presence of a static object.
US08791798B2 Haptic feedback device
There is provided a haptic feedback device, including: a vibrating member coupled to a fixed body; and a vibrating element formed on the vibrating member to vibrate the vibrating member, wherein the vibrating member has a plurality of fixed points coupled to the fixed body while allowing a length thereof, vibrated by the vibrating element, to be changed.
US08791794B2 Method and device for obtaining item information using RFID tags
Methods and devices for enabling a user to obtain item information relating to an item (10), the item having associated therewith an item identification means (12) and an RFID response means (14) arranged to provide a predetermined response on being subjected to a currently applicable trigger signal; the method comprising steps of: establishing from the item identification means (12) item identification information; using the item identification information to determine from an item information source (30) a currently applicable trigger signal for the RFID response means (14); subjecting the RFID response means (14) to the currently applicable trigger signal; receiving a predetermined response from the RFID response means (14); and using the predetermined response to obtain item information from the item information source (30); wherein the RFID response means (14) is arranged to generate a new currently applicable trigger signal and a new predetermined response associated therewith following subjecting of the RFID response means (14) to the currently applicable trigger signal.
US08791793B2 Systems and methods for identifying process molded parts
A system and method are provided for reading and identifying molded products based on detecting intentionally introduced defects in the molded products that were included to identify and authenticate the molded products, or to confirm compatibility of the molded products in devices in which the molded products are installed for use. Process conditions in the fabrication or formation of melt processed parts are modified to deliberately introduce surface, detectable defects into the melt processed parts. A Quality Review (QR) code that specifies a compilation of at least some of the actual defects that are present in the molded part is provided, potentially encrypted, for comparison purposes.
US08791792B2 Electronic imager using an impedance sensor grid array mounted on or about a switch and method of making
An novel impedance sensor for use together with a switch is provided having a plurality of substantially parallel drive lines configured to transmit a signal into a surface of a proximally located object, and also a plurality of substantially parallel pickup lines oriented substantially perpendicular to the drive lines and separated from the pickup lines by a dielectric to form intrinsic electrode pairs that are impedance sensitive at each of the drive and pickup crossover locations.
US08791791B2 Sea-based security arch for identifying shipping contraband
The invention discloses devices and methods for analyzing inbound and outbound ships for illegal or dangerous cargo or persons. An arch is generally placed several kilometers from shore, the arch including a plurality of distinct analytical and diagnostic equipment. A ship passing through the arch is analyzed by photographic, thermal and other means for presence of explosives, nuclear, chemical, or biological agents, terrorists, contraband, illegal passengers and/or other potential threats. Results from scanning are sent to appropriate security officials as are data of ships that attempt to circumvent the security arch.
US08791790B2 System and method for accessing a structure using a mobile device
A wireless device access system employs short-range wireless communication to require the proximity of a user device to a structure prior to communicating an unlock request. The access system authenticates the unlock request and the proximity of the user to the structure prior to transmitting an unlock command to the structure. Additionally, the wireless device may require the proximity of a user token prior to operation and/or the access system may include an override within the structure blocking any unlock command.
US08791789B2 Remote control signaling using audio watermarks
A system for using a watermark embedded in an audio signal to remotely control a device. Various devices such as toys, computers, and appliances, equipped with an appropriate detector, detect the hidden signals, which can trigger an action, or change a state of the device. The watermarks can be used with a “time gate” device, where detection of the watermark opens a time interval within which a user is allowed to perform an action, such as pressing a button, typing in an answer, turning a key in a lock, etc.
US08791787B2 User personalization with bezel-displayed identification
An identity of a person proximate to a display device is determined by an identity profile controller. The identity profile controller determines whether a configured viewing profile exists for the person. Upon determining that the configured viewing profile exists for the person, the identity profile controller instructs a bezel display controller to display a profile identifier associated with the configured viewing profile via a two-dimensional light-emitting diode (LED) array located within a bezel of the display device outside of the display area of the display. The identity profile controller automatically adjusts display device settings for the display device based upon the configured viewing profile. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
US08791786B2 Coil device
A coil device 10 comprises a first bobbin 40 having a first bobbin plate 42 provided with a first hollow cylinder 44 on which a primary coil 20 is wound at the outer periphery, and a second bobbin 50 mounted on the first bobbin 40 and having a second bobbin plate 52 provided with a second hollow cylinder 54 on which a secondary coil 30 is wound at the outer periphery. A winding center C1 of the primary coil 20 and a winding center C2 of the secondary coil 30 displace with a predetermined displacement (Lx) along a predetermined reference direction X.
US08791785B2 Method for manufacturing module with planar coil, and module with planar coil
A method for manufacturing a module including a planar coil, and a module including a planar coil, reduce manufacturing cost and also are able to handle a large current. The method for manufacturing the module including the planar coil includes the steps of providing a second resin layer including a magnetic filler on a first resin layer with a built-in chip-type electronic component; providing a planar coil on the second resin layer; and providing a third resin layer including a non-magnetic property so as to coat the planar coil.
US08791784B2 Vertically oriented semiconductor device and shielding structure thereof
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate that spans in an X-direction and a Y-direction that is orthogonal to the X-direction. The semiconductor device includes an interconnect structure formed over the substrate in a Z-direction that is orthogonal to both the X-direction and the Y-direction. The interconnect structure includes a plurality of metal lines interconnected together in the Z-direction by a plurality of vias. The interconnect structure contains a transformer device that includes a primary coil and a secondary coil. The primary coil and the secondary coil are each wound at least partially in the Z-direction.
US08791780B2 Hydraulic transmission valve
The invention relates to a hydraulic transmission valve with a magnetizable housing which is integrally configured in one piece with a pole core cone. The transmission valve according to the invention facilitates comfortably coupling in particular startup clutches, shifting clutches or synchronization clutches in a friction locking manner. Still using a transmission valve of this type is facilitated for fewer to no transmission oil changes. Furthermore a transmission valve of this type can also be used in countries with inferior transmission oil quality. The housing includes a connection. The connection defines an anchor stroke and a concentric arrangement between the pole core cone and a pole tube. Thus, the pole tube is fixated the magnetizable pole flange. An anchor that is exclusively supported in the pole tube is magnetically separated from the pole tube through a separation layer with a thickness of 0.01 mm to 0.06 mm.
US08791766B2 Resonating element, resonator, electronic device, electronic apparatus, moving vehicle, and method of manufacturing resonating element
A piezoelectric resonating element includes a piezoelectric substrate having a rectangular vibrating portion and a thick-walled portion, excitation electrodes and, and lead electrodes. The thick-walled portion includes a fourth thick-walled portion, a third thick-walled portion, a first thick-walled portion, and a second thick-walled portion. The third thick-walled portion includes a third slope portion and a third thick-walled body, and at least one slit is formed in the third thick-walled portion.
US08791762B2 Method and apparatus for managing arbitrary frequencies
Frequency synthesizers for use with oscillators that generate an arbitrary frequency are described, as well as related devices and methods. Divider information can be generated or otherwise accessed for use in configuring a phase lock loop device that is adapted for coupling with the oscillator, where the phase lock loop device can include a plurality of integer dividers without utilizing a fractional divider, where the divider information can include frequency deviations corresponding to groups of integer divider settings for the phase lock loop device, and where each deviation of the frequency deviations can be based on a frequency differential between a standard operating frequency and an output frequency for the phase lock loop utilizing one group of integer divider settings from the groups of integer divider settings.
US08791761B2 Electronic system, RF power amplifier and output power compensation method thereof
A radio frequency (RF) power amplifier is disclosed. The power amplifier includes an output stage circuit, an exponential type bias circuit and a voltage-current transformation circuit. The output stage circuit receives a first system voltage and outputs an output current. The exponential type bias circuit receives a bias current, wherein a relationship between the bias current and output current is exponential, and when the bias current is zero current, and the output current is zero current. The voltage-current transformation circuit transforms the first system voltage into a second current so that the bias current is in proportion to the first system voltage, and thus the relationship between the output current and the first system voltage is exponential. The bias current is equal to times of the sum of the first current and the second current.
US08791759B2 Bipolar stacked transistor architecture
An amplifier for an integrated circuit has a plurality of ratioed current mirrors connected to each other in a stacked configuration. Each ratio mirror has at least two resistors and at least two bipolar transistors connected to each other via said at least two resistors. Each amplifying transistor, contains a capacitor, and potentially and inductor, to internally match the transistors that make up the amplifying stack. DC, harmonic and s-parameter simulations are performed to provide an optimal impedance for each of the stacked transistors to maximize the RF power output of each stacked layer and the amplifier.
US08791755B2 Self-oscillating driver circuit
A self-oscillating driver circuit includes a driver stage, a feedforward path which is coupled to an input of the driver stage, and a feedback path which couples an output of the driver stage to an input of the feedforward path. The feedforward path includes a feedforward filter which is designed as an active filter. In order to prevent an oscillatory state of the driver circuit at an unwanted frequency, it is proposed that an internal state variable of the feedforward filter be monitored and that the feedforward filter be reset if the value of the monitored internal state variable is outside a predefined range.
US08791752B2 Two-stage class AB operational amplifier
The invention relates to a two stage class AB operational amplifier for driving a load, comprising at least an input stage comprising differential input terminals and an output terminal to provide a driving signal. In addition, the operational amplifier comprises an output stage comprising a first and second input terminals operatively associated to the input stage to be driven on the basis of said driving signal and a driving circuit operatively interposed between said input stage and the output stage. The operational amplifier is characterized in that the driving circuit comprises a first portion comprising at least one resistor operatively connected between a first reference potential via a first circuitry block comprising a PMOS transistor and a second reference potential via a second circuitry block comprising a NMOS transistor. The voltage drop on said at least a first resistor is fixed to a value depending on said first and second reference potentials and the gate-source voltages of said PMOS and NMOS transistors, respectively. The driving circuit further comprises a second portion comprising a first resistor and a second resistor having first terminals connected one another in a common terminal which is connected to the output terminal of the input stage. Said first resistor has a second terminal connected the first input terminal of the output stage and said second resistor has a second terminal connected to the second input terminal of the output stage. Said second terminals of the first and second resistors (R2′) are connected to the first reference potential via a third circuitry block and to the second reference potential (GND) via a fourth circuitry block, respectively. Said third (MW, M9) and fourth (M10, MX) circuitry blocks are arranged to be operatively connected to said first and second circuitry blocks, respectively, so that the voltage drop between the second terminals is substantially equal to the value of the voltage drop (VR1) across said at least one resistor.
US08791739B2 Flip-flop having shared feedback and method of operation
A method of operating a circuit includes receiving a first data signal at a first node. The first node is coupled to a second node to couple the first data signal to the second node. After coupling the first node to the second node, an inversion is enabled from the second node to a third node. An inversion from the third node to the fourth node is provided. After the enabling the inversion from the second node to the third node, the first node is decoupled from the second node. After the enabling the inversion from the second node to the third node, the second node is coupled to the third node. An inversion from the fourth node to the third node is enabled and the second node is decoupled from the fourth node.
US08791738B2 Start-up circuit
Aspects of the disclosure provide a circuit. The circuit includes a depletion mode transistor coupled to a power supply and a current path coupled with the depletion mode transistor in series to provide a current to charge a capacitor. The current path has a first resistance during a first stage, such as when the circuit initially receives power, and has a second resistance during a second stage when the capacitor is charged to have a predetermined voltage level.
US08791737B2 Phase-locked loop and method for clock delay adjustment
A phase-locked loop (PLL) for clock delay adjustment and a method thereof are disclosed. The method includes the following steps. A reference clock signal and a clock signal are generated. The reference clock signal is fed through an N-divider to generate an output clock signal having a frequency 1/N of the reference clock signal. In a phase frequency detector, a control signal is generated in accordance with a phase difference and a frequency difference between the output clock signal and a feedback signal generated by a voltage controlled oscillator coupled to the phase frequency detector. The control signal is then fed through a charge pump and a loop filter to generate a voltage control signal according to the control signal. Moreover, in an adjustable delay element, a blended delay signal is generated according to a clock signal and the voltage control signal.
US08791735B1 Receiving circuit and control method of receiving circuit
A receiving circuit includes: a sampling circuit to sample input data in synchronization with first clock to obtain boundary data, and sample the input data in synchronization with second clock to obtain center data; a decision feedback equalizer to perform equalization on the center data using an equalization coefficient, and output first output data; a first comparator circuit to perform binary decision on the boundary data and output second output data; a phase detection circuit to detect phase information of the input data using the first output data and the second output data; a phase difference computation circuit to calculate phase difference of the first output data using the equalization coefficient; a first phase adjustment circuit to adjust phase of the first clock using the phase information; and a second phase adjustment circuit to adjust phase of the second clock using the phase information and the phase difference.
US08791733B2 Non-linear-error correction in fractional-N digital PLL frequency synthesizer
The present disclosure relates to a frequency synthesizer. The frequency synthesizer includes a phase comparator having first and second input nodes. The first input node receives a reference signal having a reference frequency. A channel control block has an input that receives a channel word and an output coupled to the second input node of the phase comparator. A local oscillator (LO) output node provides an LO signal having an LO frequency based on the reference frequency and the channel word. A feedback back couples the LO output node to the second input node of the phase comparator through the channel control block. A non-linear error correction element is operably coupled on a coupling path extending between the phase comparator and the DCO.
US08791724B1 Post driver for high density integrated circuits
A post driver implemented using core device transistors to drive an output connection between the high and low voltage levels of an I/O voltage range. The post driver is made from a plurality of core devices operable within a core voltage range that is less than the I/O voltage range. The plurality of core devices is cascaded between upper and lower power connections set to the full I/O voltage range. The post driver has a voltage clamping element, such as a diode, having a predefined threshold voltage and connected to the core devices so as to maintain the voltage difference across the terminals thereof within the core voltage range.
US08791723B2 Three-dimensional high voltage gate driver integrated circuit
A three-dimensional (3D) gate driver integrated circuit includes a high-side integrated circuit stacked on a low-side integrated circuit where the high-side integrated circuit and the low-side integrated circuit are interconnected using through-silicon vias (TSV). As thus formed, the high-side integrated circuit and the low-side integrated circuit can be formed without termination regions and without buried layers. The 3D gate driver integrated circuit improves ease of high voltage integration and improves the ruggedness and reliability of the gate driver integrated circuit.
US08791721B2 Circuit with stacked structure and use thereof
A circuit has a stacked structure having at least one symmetric FET at a bottom of the stack. More particularly, the circuit has a stacked structure which includes an asymmetric FET and a symmetric FET. The symmetric FET is placed at the bottom of the stacked structure closer to ground than the asymmetric FET.
US08791716B2 Anomaly detector of permanent magnet synchronous electric motor
Under a condition that rotor rotation speeds ωes are equal, winding wire currents Id, Iq are equal, and winding wire inductances Ld, Lq are equal in first and second electric motors (1, 2), a magnet temperature anomaly detector (30) provided in a microcomputer (5) calculates a change ratio d(|Φml−Φmr|)/dt of a magnetic flux difference between the first and second electric motors (1, 2) based on the difference Vql*−Vqr* between a q-axis voltage command value Vql* corresponding to the first electric motor (1) and a q-axis voltage command value Vqr corresponding to the second electric motor (2), and then when the change ratio d(|Φml−Φmr|)/dt of the magnetic flux difference is more than a predetermined threshold Sh1, it is determined that a permanent magnet of at least any one of the electric motors (1, 2) has a temperature anomaly.
US08791715B2 Method for monitoring a controller of a three-phase electric motor and/or the electric motor
A method for monitoring a controller for controlling and/or monitoring a three-phase electric motor, in particular an asynchronous or synchronous motor, wherein two phase currents are measured and an error signal is generated if at least one of the two measured phase currents is essentially zero. An error signal is also generated if none of the two measured phase currents is essentially zero, but a sum formed of the two measured phase currents is essentially zero.
US08791709B2 On-chip measurement of capacitance for micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) actuator circuit
A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) actuator circuit and method. The circuit includes a current mirror, a voltage divider having an interior contact and coupled between the mirror output and a potential, an operational amplifier having an input coupled to the interior contact and a switch having input/output contacts separately coupled to the amplifier output and the mirror input and having a switch control. The amplifier output can be coupled to a digital control circuit which can be coupled to the switch control contact and to a digital to analog circuit (DAC) which can be coupled to the digital control circuit and to another amplifier input. An enable signal at the switch control couples the switch input/output contacts together. The capacitance of a MEMS capacitor coupled to the mirror output is determined by measurement of time for the amplifier output to switch from one level to another following a change in DAC output potential.
US08791708B2 Obscured feature detector with advanced trace properties
A surface-conforming obscured feature detector includes a plurality of sensor plates, each having a capacitance that varies based on the dielectric constant of the materials that compose the surrounding objects and the proximity of those objects. A sensing circuit is coupled to the sensor plates 32 to measure the capacitances of the sensor plates. A controller is coupled to the sensing circuit to analyze the capacitances measured by the sensing circuit. One or a plurality of indicators are coupled to the controller, and are selectively activated to identify the location of an obscured feature behind a surface.
US08791707B2 Concentric coplanar capacitive sensor system with quantitative model
A concentric coplanar capacitive sensor includes a charged central disc forming a first electrode, an outer annular ring coplanar with and outer to the charged central disc, the outer annular ring forming a second electrode, and a gap between the charged central disc and the outer annular ring. The first electrode and the second electrode may be attached to an insulative film. A method provides for determining transcapacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode and using the transcapacitance in a model that accounts for a dielectric test piece to determine inversely the properties of the dielectric test piece.
US08791704B2 Fault-type identification for electric power delivery systems
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for identifying a fault type in an electric power delivery system using an angle difference between a total zero-sequence current and a total negative-sequence current and a comparison of phase-to-phase currents against a threshold. The angle difference falls into one of a number of predetermined angle difference sectors. Each sector is associated with a phase-to-ground fault type and a phase-to-phase-to-ground fault type or two phase-to-phase-to-ground fault types. The phase-to-phase current(s) of the indicated phase-to-phase-to-ground fault type(s) associated with the sector are compared with a threshold to determine which of the fault types of the sector is the actual fault type. The threshold may be a multiple of a maximum phase-to-phase current.
US08791703B2 Electrostatic probes for mapping conductive web bagginess
A method for testing a conductive web includes moving a conductive web past at least one electrostatic probe, providing an alternating current or voltage which generates an alternating current to the at least one electrostatic probe, measuring a current or voltage in the at least one electrostatic probe induced by a capacitance between the conductive web and the at least one electrostatic probe, comparing the measured current or voltage to a reference value, and determining a level of bagginess of the conductive web based on the step of comparing.
US08791699B2 Simultaneous ASL/bold functional MRI
This disclosure is generally drawn to methods, systems, appliances and/or apparati related to obtaining magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images. More specifically, the disclosure relates to obtaining MRI images using arterial spin labeling (ASL) and blood-oxygen-level dependence functional magnetic resonance imaging (BOLD-fMRI) techniques. In some examples, a method of obtaining magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image(s) is provided. An example method may include providing arterial spin labeling (ASL) labeling, obtaining at least one ASL acquisition after ASL labeling, and obtaining at least one blood-oxygen-level dependence functional magnetic resonance imaging (BOLD-fMRI) acquisition after ASL labeling.
US08791693B2 Method and apparatus for defined magnetizing of permanently magnetizable elements and magnetoresistive sensor structures
An apparatus includes a sensor arrangement with a sensor chip. A magnetic field generator is configured to generate a secondary magnetic field opposing an external primary magnetic field at the sensor chip. The magnetic field generator protects the sensor arrangement against the external primary magnetic field.
US08791692B2 Magnetic position detecting device
A magnetic position detecting device includes a magnet; first to fourth magnetoelectric conversion elements formed on a virtual plane; and a flux guide made of a magnetic material. The flux guide includes first and second protrusions provided at a distance from each other in a direction parallel to the virtual plane. A specific portion recessed in a concave shape is provided in the flux guide in a mid-portion between the first and second protrusions. The first and fourth magnetoelectric conversion elements are provided approximately in the mid-portion between the first and second protrusions. The second magnetoelectric conversion element is provided between the first protrusion and the mid-portion.
US08791688B2 Method and apparatus for detecting the phase wiring of any arbitrary unknown phase voltage relative to a reference phase voltage
The technology relates to detecting the wiring phase of an unknown phase voltage relative to a reference phase voltage in an electric power distribution system having a polyphase power line. In order to reliably detect the wiring phase at the remote location relative to a reference wiring phase even if the remote location is at a larger distance from the reference location, at least one relay location is arranged between the reference location and the remote location and connected to the wiring phase of the polyphase power line. A first phase relation is detected between the reference wiring phase voltage at the reference location and the wiring phase voltage at the relay location. A second phase relation is detected between the wiring phase voltage at the relay location and the wiring phase voltage at the remote location. The wiring phase of the remote location relative to the wiring phase at the reference location is detected based on the first phase relation and the second phase relation. The technology is advantageous in that a direct communication channel between the remote location and the reference location for detecting the phase relation is not required.
US08791687B2 Transformer correction circuit and technique for reducing cross-talk current
An apparatus and technique that reduces induced cross-talk current between transformer windings. The apparatus includes a transformer having a first secondary winding that provides a first voltage relative to earth ground, a second secondary winding that provides a second voltage relative to floating ground, and a shield disposed between the first and second secondary windings. A correction circuit connected to the first secondary winding is configured to generate a correction voltage. The correction voltage drives a shield to induce a correction current into the second secondary winding to reduce cross-talk current induced between the first and second secondary windings.
US08791685B2 Bandgap reference voltage generator
Disclosed is a bandgap reference voltage generator insensitive to changes of process, voltage, and temperature. A bandgap reference voltage generator may detect current having characteristic of CTAT and current having characteristic of PTAT which flow in a current compensation part included in an amplification part, and provide body voltage to one of two input transistors included in the amplification part in response to ratio of the two currents when the ratio is different from the preconfigured reference value. Thus, characteristics according to changes of parameters of elements and change of offset of the amplification part due to changes of PVT may be enhanced, and a characteristic of power supply rejection ratio (PSRR) may be enhanced.
US08791677B2 Power factor correction circuit for correcting power factor
There is provided a power factor correction circuit capable of correcting a power factor of a power converting module through increasing an input current by switching a main switching element of a power converting module on the basis of a first reference wave having a slope based on a first signal and an error voltage, in particular, by limiting a switching frequency on the basis of a first reference wave having a slope based on a second signal lower than a first signal and an error voltage when the switching frequency of the main switching element increases because an input voltage of the power converting module is low.
US08791676B2 Reference adjusting power supply for processor and control method thereof
The present invention provides a power supply for processor and control method thereof. The power supply comprises a reference adjusting circuit and a voltage regulator. The reference adjusting circuit is configured to receive a VID code from a processor, and adjust a reference voltage based on the VID code. The voltage regulator is coupled to the reference adjusting circuit and converts an input voltage into an output voltage in accordance to the reference voltage. The reference adjusting circuit adjusts the reference voltage in a plurality of steps until the reference voltage reaches a target value corresponding to the VID code. The reference adjusting circuit adjusts the reference voltage by a preset value during each step, and proceeds to adjust the reference voltage by a next step only after the output voltage reaches a predetermined scope of the reference voltage.
US08791669B2 Method and circuitry to calculate the state of charge of a battery/cell
The present inventions, in one aspect, are directed to techniques and/or circuitry to determine the state of charge of a battery/cell using data which is representative of a partial relaxation time of the battery/cell. In another aspect the present inventions are directed to techniques and/or circuitry to determine the state of charge of a battery/cell using data which is representative of an overpotential or full relaxation time of the battery/cell. In yet another aspect the present inventions are directed to techniques and/or circuitry to adaptively charge a battery/cell using data which is representative of a state of charge of the battery/cell.
US08791666B2 Charging cable, vehicle, and vehicle charging system
A charging cable for use in charging a vehicle includes a power line, an input section, an oscillator, and a pulse-width adjusting device. The power line is used to carry power from an external power supply to the vehicle. The external power supply and the vehicle are connected to each other with the power line disposed therebetween. A set charging current value in charging the vehicle is input to the input section. The oscillator is configured to generate an oscillation signal having a pulse width within a range of a rated current of the external power supply. The rated current is capable of being supplied to the vehicle. The pulse-width adjusting device is configured to adjust the pulse width of the oscillation signal generated by the oscillator to correspond to the set charging current value input from the input section.
US08791663B2 Hobby servo motor linear actuator systems
Hobby servo motor linear actuator systems are provided. In certain circumstances, a linear actuator system includes a lead screw attachment mechanism and a lead nut. The lead screw attachment mechanism is configured to be rotatably connected to an output shaft of a hobby servo motor assembly. The lead nut is configured to move linearly along the lead screw attachment mechanism as it is rotated. The system is optionally either open-looped or closed-loop. The lead screw attachment mechanism has an outer surface that can include multiple different types of threads such as, but not limited to, gear teeth and screw threads. The hobby servo motor assembly may include one hobby servo motor or multiple hobby servo motors that work together.
US08791662B2 Power semiconductor module, electric-power conversion apparatus, and railway vehicle
A pair of elements that includes a Si-MOSFET and a Si-FWD connected in inverse parallel and operates as a positive side arm of an electric-power conversion apparatus and a pair of elements that operates as a negative side arm of the electric-power conversion apparatus are provided, where the first and second pairs of elements are accommodated in one power semiconductor module to compose a 2-in-1 module, and terminals are included which enables series connection of the pairs of elements.
US08791651B2 Illuminating device
To a constant-current power supply whose output current can be variably set, light emitting modules can be connected in parallel. A control unit recognizes connection information outputted from an information output unit provided in each of the light emitting modules and varies the output current of the constant-current power supply. Drive can be controlled in response to a state of the connected light emitting modules such as the connecting number of light emitting modules.
US08791642B2 Semiconductor light emitting devices having selectable and/or adjustable color points and related methods
Light emitting devices include a first string of LEDs that emit light having a color point that is within at least eight MacAdam ellipses of a first blue-shifted-yellow region on the 1931 CIE Chromaticity Diagram, a second string of LEDs that emit light having color point that is within at least eight MacAdam ellipses of a second blue-shifted-green region on the 1931 CIE Chromaticity Diagram, and a third light source that emits radiation having a dominant wavelength between 600 and 720 nm. A drive circuit supplies respective drive currents to the first string of LEDs, the second string of LEDs and the third light source, at least two of which are independently controllable.
US08791641B2 Solid-state lighting apparatus and methods using energy storage
Some embodiments provide a lighting apparatus including a plurality of lighting circuits coupled in series. Each lighting circuit includes a control circuit configured to selectively provide current to at least one LED and at least one charge storage device coupled to the at least one LED. The control circuit may be configured to cause the at least one charge storage device to be selectively charged from a current source and to be discharged via the at least one LED responsive to a varying input. For example, the control circuit may be configured to limit current through the at least one LED to thereby divert current to the at least one charge storage device.
US08791640B2 Solid state lamp using light emitting strips
In one embodiment, an LED lamp has a generally bulb shape. The LEDs are low power types and are encapsulated in thin, narrow, flexible strips. The LEDs are connected in series in the strips to drop a desired voltage. The strips are affixed to the outer surface of a bulb form to provide structure to the lamp. The strips are connected in parallel to a power supply, which may be housed in the lamp. Since many low power LEDs are used and are spread out over a large surface area, there is no need for a large metal heat sink. Further, the light emission is similar to that of an incandescent bulb. In other embodiment, there is no bulb form and the strips are bendable to have a variety of shapes. In another embodiment, a light sheet is bent to provide 360 degrees of light emission. Many other embodiments are described.
US08791630B2 Light emitting element, light emitting device, vehicular headlamp, illumination device, and method for producing the light emitting element
A light emitting section emits fluorescence upon receiving exciting light emitted from a laser element. The light emitting section includes a plurality of fluorescent material particles made from a single type of fluorescent material or several types of fluorescent materials, the plurality of fluorescent material particles being accumulated on a metal substrate to form a layer of the plurality of fluorescent material particles. Each of the plurality of fluorescent material particles has a surface coated with a coating layer. The coating layer forms an uneven shape of a surface of the light emitting section.
US08791627B2 Spark plug configured to reduce the occurance of flashover
A spark plug includes an insulator, and a metal shell disposed at an outer periphery of the insulator and including a shoulder. The insulator includes a trunk portion, and a leg formed at the tip end side of the trunk portion. The shoulder of the metal shell includes a first shoulder, and a second shoulder formed at the tip end side of the first shoulder. A distance Da between the tip end of the second shoulder and the leg and a distance Db between the tip end of the trunk portion and the second shoulder satisfy a relationship of Da/Db≧1.1. A distance T between the rear end of the first shoulder and the tip end of the second shoulder and a distance L between the rear end of the first shoulder and a tip end face of the metal shell satisfy a relationship of T/L≦0.5.
US08791626B2 Spark plug with ring member coupled to center electrode thereof
A spark plug includes an insulator having a first end, the insulator having a center axis and a center electrode coupled to the insulator and having a center electrode tip extending beyond the first end of the insulator. The spark plug further includes a ground electrode having an end spaced from an end of the center electrode, the ground electrode having a first portion extending substantially parallel to the center axis and a second portion extending at an angle from the first portion and relative to the center axis. A ground electrode tip is disposed on the second portion of the ground electrode, wherein the ground electrode tip is spaced from the center electrode tip. A ring member is operatively connected to the center electrode proximate the center electrode tip.
US08791624B2 Acoustic galvanic isolation device
An electroacoustic transducer including a first electrode formed on a substrate capable of transmitting ultrasounds, a membrane formed above the first electrode and separated therefrom by a cavity, a second electrode formed on the membrane, a first insulating layer on the second electrode, and a third electrode formed on the first insulating layer.
US08791620B2 Micromechanical actuator having multiple joints
A micromechanical actuator includes a shaft and at least a first driving mechanism. The shaft and the first driving mechanism are connected by a first joint.
US08791617B2 Arrangement to ensure an air gap in an electric machine
An arrangement to ensure an air gap in an electrical machine is provided. The electrical machine has a stator arrangement and a rotor arrangement, wherein an air gap is defined by a distance between parts of the rotor arrangement and parts of the stator arrangement. A cross section of the air gap changes along the certain length. The stator arrangement includes a stator support structure and a lamination stack, wherein the stator support structure has support elements for a two-sided support of the lamination stack, the support elements being ring-shaped and connected via a single main bearing to the rotor arrangement. Elements of the ring-shaped support element show different diameters in reference to the longitudinal axis. A first diameter of a first element of the ring-shaped support element is greater than a second diameter of a second element of the ring-shaped support-element.
US08791614B2 Device for treating disc-like article and method for operating same
A device for supporting and rotating a disc-like article includes: a first rotor including a support for supporting the disc-like article, wherein the first rotor is located within a process chamber, a second rotor connected to a drive mechanism for rotating the second rotor, wherein the second rotor is coupled to the first rotor by magnetic forces without touching the first rotor, and the second rotor is located outside the process chamber and a wall is arranged between the first rotor and the second rotor, and at least one magnetic couple, wherein the couple includes a first coupling part and a second coupling part, wherein the first coupling part includes a coupling magnet mounted to the first rotor and the second coupling part includes a high temperature superconducting material, wherein the magnetic couple(s) are arranged and/or formed so that no degree of freedom remains between the first and second rotor so that the first rotor moves together with the second rotor. A method for operating such device is disclosed.
US08791613B2 Advanced flywheel and method
A flywheel levitation apparatus and associated method are described for use in a flywheel driven power storage system having a rotor and which provides for an upward vertical movement of the rotor along an axis of rotation. The rotor includes a rotor face defining a cutaway section. A magnetic lifting force is applied to the rotor to at least in part serve in levitating the rotor. The magnetic lifting force exhibits a modified gap sensitivity that is smaller as compared to a conventional gap sensitivity that would be exhibited in an absence of the cutaway section.
US08791612B2 Electric motor having air purge function
An electric motor including a housing; an output shaft stuck out from an end face of the housing; an air purge device having an inner circumferential surface and a mounting surface, the inner circumferential surface surrounding an outer circumferential surface of the output shaft, the mounting surface is mounted on the end face of the housing, the air purge device being configured to supply air to a clearance between the inner circumferential surface and the outer circumferential surface of the output shaft; and a fastening part fastening the air purge device to the end face of the housing in a detachable manner. The housing and the air purge device respectively having fitting parts at which the housing and the air purge device are fitted to each other when mounting the air purge device to the end face of the housing.
US08791611B2 Device for the contact and attachment of an electric component in a motor vehicle
A device is provided for contact and attachment of an electrical component, such as in a motor vehicle. The contact and attachment are in a substantially flat region of a support element. The device comprises a plurality of clips. One side of the clips being configured to be at least partially inserted into at least one recess in the support element.
US08791609B2 Vibration damping for an electric device
The present invention relates to an electrical device including a stator and a rotor, wherein the electrical device is preferably a generator, a motor or similar, in particular a centrifuge motor, wherein the rotor, in particular a motor shaft is rotatably supported through at least one bearing relative to the stator, wherein at least one damping device is provided between the stator and the rotor, wherein the damping device includes at least one damping element. Thus, the device provides a high level of integrated vibration damping and internal damping of the device can be adapted to particular properties and applications.
US08791608B2 Primary for linear drive motor with solid steel stacks
A primary for a linear drive motor has a stage with stacks made from solid steel. Each stack has inner and outer teeth made that form a generally u-shaped cross-section for the stack. A magnet is disposed between the first and second stacks and a a coil wrapped between the first and second stacks. The stacks may be placed in a housing or may be formed as a housingless stage. The stacks and/or housing may be modified to selectively skew motor alignment to reduce motor cogging. The stacks may be contoured to follow various secondary forms. The stack inner and outer teeth lengths may be adjusted to help balance or optimize the magnetic circuit, to increase tooth surface area for increasing force, to allow more motor windings in the coil of the stack assembly, and to help locate the magnet and coil near the tooth surface.
US08791607B2 Linear drive
The present invention relates to an electric linear drive, particularly for a rotary-lifting motor. Such a linear drive includes a winding system including a plurality of wound coils which are arranged to be coaxial to each other and successive in axial direction, and a magnet system which is movable in axial direction relative to the winding system and includes a plurality of axially successive permanent magnets. The winding system is normally fed by a controlled converter. The coils of the winding system and the permanent magnets of the magnet system define an air gap thereinbetween. Furthermore, a sensor is provided for detecting the relative movement of winding system and magnet system and for detecting the relative position of the two systems, the sensor being used for scanning a timing ruler mounted on the outer circumference of the magnet system. The magnet system is radially arranged in the interior of the winding system, and the timing ruler circumferentially extends only over a portion of the circumference of the magnet system. According to the invention it is either provided that the coils of the winding system have a radial bulge for the timing ruler, or that the magnet system is eccentrically arranged relative to the winding system, or that the magnet system includes a radial bulge in the form of a flat portion for the timing ruler.
US08791604B2 Method and system for a connection system operable to sink and source supply power
Aspects of a method and system for a connection system operable to sink and source supply power are provided. In this regard, one or more circuits within a connector that resides in a networking enabled device may be operable to determine whether the networking enabled device is to operate as a powered device or as a power supplying device. Based on a result of the determination, the one or more circuits may be operable to couple power pins of the connector to either a first power rail of the networking enabled device or a second power rail of the networking enabled device. The determination of whether the networking enabled device is to operate as a powered device or as a power supplying device may be based on a voltage on a sense pin of the connector and/or based on mechanical characteristics of the connector.
US08791592B2 Air conditioner and method for controlling the same
An air conditioner which may controlled to adapt to changes in power rates, and an associated method, are provided. The method may include receiving electric power information, determining whether a current power rate included in the received information is higher than a preset reference value, and supplying electric power from a supplementary electric power source to at least one appliance in a network to which the air conditioner is connected if the current power rate is higher than the preset reference value.
US08791591B1 Zero-current switching multi-output power converter with improved cross-regulation
A zero-current switching multiple-output-regulator (“ZCS MOR”) converts power from an input source via a transformer to a main output and one or more auxiliary outputs. Each output is coupled to a respective winding of a transformer preferably by switches controlled as synchronous rectifiers. The synchronous rectifier for each auxiliary output preferably turns on at the start of current flow in its respective winding and off as its respective current returns to zero, independently of the other outputs. The synchronous rectifier for the main output may be held ON until the synchronous rectifiers for each of the auxiliary outputs stop conducting. In the event energy stored in the transformer is insufficient to supply one or more heavily loaded auxiliary outputs, the current in the winding for the main output is allowed to reverse thereby transferring energy from the main output capacitance to the heavily loaded auxiliary outputs. A feed back loop is preferably closed around the main output for regulation. The ZCS MOR may use Fly-back, Buck, and Buck-Boost topologies.
US08791590B2 Micro-hybrid system provided for supplying power to an electricity distribution network of an automobile
Described is a micro-hybrid system for an automobile including: 1) a rotating electrical machine (i.e., a starter/alternator); 2) at least one power converter connectable to an electricity distribution network of the automobile, this network including a power storage unit; and, 3) a control circuit capable of controlling the power converter to provide a power supply current to the electricity distribution network. The system additionally provides a device associated with the control circuit for controlling, during a change of state between the states of providing and not providing the power supply current to the electricity distribution network, an at least partially gradual variation in a charge voltage generated by the power converter so as to obtain a corresponding gradual variation in a network voltage of the electricity distribution network from a first network voltage value to a second network voltage value, a duration of the variation between the first and second network voltage values being predetermined so as to eliminate a negative effect or consequences (surges, dimming of lights, etc.) of a state change on the electronic environment of the micro-hybrid system.
US08791583B2 Apparatus for molding a semiconductor wafer and process therefor
Mold pieces (105 and 110) for molding a layer of mold compound on the interconnect side of a bumped semiconductor wafer (118) include a primary cavity (117) and secondary cavities (120) into which excess mold compound from the primary cavity (117) flows. The secondary cavities (120) include a plunger (130) that asserts a predetermined backpressure that is equal to a desired mold compound pressure on the mold compound during molding. As most of the excess mold compound in the primary cavity (117) is forced to flow into the secondary cavities (120), this advantageously leaves a relatively thin layer of mold compound on the semiconductor wafer (118), which can then be removed, for example by grinding in a relatively short time. Mold piece (105) further comprises a movable cavity bar (115) that can be moved away from mold piece (105) after molding and be cooled to detach the molded substrate that adheres to the cavity bar.
US08791582B2 Integrated circuit package with voltage distributor
An integrated circuit package includes a semiconductor die attached to a package support. The die has a plurality of peripheral bond pads along a periphery of the die and a first bond pad on an interior portion of the die wherein the first bond pad is a power supply bond pad. A conductive distributor is over the die and within a perimeter of the die and has a first opening. The plurality of bond pads are located between the perimeter of the die and a perimeter of the conductive distributor. The first bond pad is in the first opening. A first bond wire is connected between the first bond pad and the conductive distributor. A second bond wire is connected between a first peripheral bond pad of the plurality of peripheral bond pads and the conductive distributor.
US08791581B2 Three dimensional structure memory
A Three-Dimensional Structure (3DS) Memory allows for physical separation of the memory circuits and the control logic circuit onto different layers such that each layer may be separately optimized. One control logic circuit suffices for several memory circuits, reducing cost. Fabrication of 3DS memory involves thinning of the memory circuit to less than 50 microns in thickness and bonding the circuit to a circuit stack while still in wafer substrate form. Fine-grain high density inter-layer vertical bus connections are used. The 3DS memory manufacturing method enables several performance and physical size efficiencies, and is implemented with established semiconductor processing techniques.
US08791580B2 Integrated circuit packages having redistribution structures
A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip stack disposed between first and second leads near first and second sides of the package and including a plurality of semiconductor chips, and a redistribution structure disposed on the semiconductor chip stack. At least one semiconductor chip of the semiconductor chip stack includes a plurality of first chip pads disposed near or closer to a third side of the package. The redistribution structure includes a first redistribution pad disposed near or closer to the first side and electrically connected to the first lead, a second redistribution pad disposed near or closer to the second side and electrically connected to the second lead, and a third redistribution pad disposed near or closer to the third side and electrically connected to a first one of the first chip pads and the first redistribution pad.
US08791579B2 Adjusting sizes of connectors of package components
A device includes a plurality of connectors on a top surface of a package component. The plurality of connectors includes a first connector having a first lateral dimension, and a second connector having a second lateral dimension. The second lateral dimension is greater than the first lateral dimension. The first and the second lateral dimensions are measured in directions parallel to a major surface of the package component.
US08791578B2 Through-silicon via structure with patterned surface, patterned sidewall and local isolation
This invention discloses a through-silicon via (TSV) structure for providing an electrical path between a first-side surface and a second-side surface of a silicon chip, and a method for fabricating the structure. In one embodiment, the TSV structure comprises a via penetrated through the chip from the first-side surface to the second-side surface, providing a first end on the first-side surface and a second end on the second-side surface. A local isolation layer is deposited on the via's sidewall and on a portion of the first-side surface surrounding the first end. The TSV structure further comprises a plurality of substantially closely-packed microstructures arranged to form a substantially non-random pattern and fabricated on at least the portion of the first-side surface covered by the local isolation layer for promoting adhesion of the local isolation layer to the chip. A majority of the microstructures has a depth of at least 1 μm.
US08791575B2 Microelectronic elements having metallic pads overlying vias
A microelectronic unit, an interconnection substrate, and a method of fabricating a microelectronic unit are disclosed. A microelectronic unit can include a semiconductor element having a plurality of active semiconductor devices therein, the semiconductor element having a first opening extending from a rear surface partially through the semiconductor element towards a front surface and at least one second opening, and a dielectric region overlying a surface of the semiconductor element in the first opening. The microelectronic unit can include at least one conductive interconnect electrically connected to a respective conductive via and extending away therefrom within the aperture. In a particular embodiment, at least one conductive interconnect can extend within the first opening and at least one second opening, the conductive interconnect being electrically connected with a conductive pad having a top surface exposed at the front surface of the semiconductor element.
US08791573B1 Skewed partial column input/output floorplan
Techniques and mechanisms for providing embedded Input/Output (IO) blocks in a floor plan of a semiconductor device are provided, where the embedded IO blocks constitute partial columns (i.e., they do not extend from the bottom through to the top of the semiconductor device). In some embodiments, the partial column IO banks are skewed away from one another. In some embodiments, the partial column IO banks are located away from the center of the semiconductor device. Techniques and mechanisms for implementing symmetrical package routing using skewed partial column IO banks are also provided.
US08791572B2 Buried metal-semiconductor alloy layers and structures and methods for fabrication thereof
A method for forming a metal-semiconductor alloy layer uses particular thermal annealing conditions to provide a stress free metal-semiconductor alloy layer through interdiffusion of a buried semiconductor material layer and a metal-semiconductor alloy forming metal layer that contacts the buried semiconductor material layer within an aperture through a capping layer beneath which is buried the semiconductor material layer. A resulting semiconductor structure includes the metal-semiconductor alloy layer that further includes an interconnect portion beneath the capping layer and a contiguous via portion that penetrates at least partially through the capping layer. Such a metal-semiconductor alloy layer may be located interposed between a substrate and a semiconductor device having an active doped region.
US08791571B1 System and method for preventing etch arcing during semiconductor processing
A method for preventing arcing during processing of a back side of a semiconductor wafer is provided herein. The method comprising includes steps of depositing a dielectric layer over the back side and depositing an anti-arcing layer over the dielectric layer. The anti-arcing layer is a conductive layer, but it not suitable for conducting signals or power. The method further includes etching an opening through a plurality of material layers of the semiconductor wafer. The opening exposes a conductive layer located on a front side of the semiconductor wafer. Additionally, the method includes depositing a conductive layer in the opening to form a through-wafer interconnect. A semiconductor wafer fabricated according to the method is also disclosed.
US08791567B2 Semiconductor device
In this semiconductor device, the through-hole is formed in the substrate, and is located under the conductive pattern. The insulating layer is located at the bottom surface of the through-hole. The conductive pattern is located on one surface side of the substrate. The opening pattern is formed in the insulating layer which is located between the through-hole and the conductive pattern, where the distance r3 from the circumference of the opening pattern to the central axis of the through-hole is smaller than the distance r1 in the through-hole. By providing the opening pattern, the conductive pattern is exposed at the bottom surface of the through-hole. The bump is located on the back surface side of the substrate, and is formed integrally with the through-electrode.
US08791562B2 Stack package and semiconductor package including the same
A stack package usable in a three-dimensional (3D) system-in-package (SIP) includes a first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip, and a supporter. The first semiconductor chip includes a through silicon via (TSV), and the second semiconductor chip is stacked on the first semiconductor chip and is electrically connected to the first semiconductor chip through the TSV of the first semiconductor chip. The supporter is attached onto the first semiconductor chip so as to be spaced apart from an edge of the second semiconductor chip.
US08791558B2 Stacked semiconductor package
A stacked semiconductor chip includes a main substrate supporting a semiconductor chip module, wherein the semiconductor module comprises at least two sub semiconductor chip modules each having a sub substrate in which a first semiconductor chip is embedded and at least two second semiconductor chips are stacked on the sub substrate.
US08791555B2 Semiconductor device and lead frame
A semiconductor device including a semiconductor element, a die pad of a plane size smaller than that of the semiconductor element, a plurality of hanging leads extending from the die pad, and sealing resin for covering the semiconductor element, the die pad, and the hanging leads. The width of a first main surface of each hanging lead, integrated with the mounting surface of the die pad, is smaller than the width of a second main surface thereof, integrated with the opposite surface of the die pad.
US08791552B2 Semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor memory device includes a cell array layer including a first wire, a memory cell stacked on the first wire, and a second wire formed on the memory cell. The memory cell includes a variable resistance element and a current control element The current control element includes a first conductivity-type semiconductor into which a first impurity is doped, an i-type semiconductor in contact with the first conductivity-type semiconductor, a second conductivity-type semiconductor into which a second impurity is doped, and an impact ionization acceleration unit being formed between the i-type semiconductor and one of the first conductivity-type semiconductor and the second conductivity-type semiconductor.
US08791551B2 Well-through type diode element/component and manufacturing method for them
A well-through type diode element/component manufacturing method which has a pair (pairs) of first and said second electrodes of a diode element/component built on same plane by a process of metallization after a mode of well-through type to penetrate a PN junction depletion region/barrier region, and leads electrons of one of the electrodes to flow through the Depletion/Barrier region without hindrance; the present invention directly conduct the operations of insulation protecting, metallization and the process of elongate welding ball etc., it can independently complete a novel technique of Chip-Scale Package (CSP); it has the features of: grains being exactly the article produced, no need of connecting lines, low energy consumption, low cost and light, thin and small etc.
US08791549B2 Wafer backside interconnect structure connected to TSVs
An integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor substrate having a front surface and a back surface; a conductive via passing through the semiconductor substrate; and a metal feature on the back surface of the semiconductor substrate. The metal feature includes a metal pad overlying and contacting the conductive via, and a metal line over the conductive via. The metal line includes a dual damascene structure. The integrated circuit structure further includes a bump overlying the metal line.
US08791548B2 Optoelectronic semiconductor chip, optoelectronic component and a method for producing an optoelectronic component
A semiconductor chip is specified that has a contact layer that is not optimum for many common applications. For example, the contact layer is too thin to tolerate an operating current intended for the semiconductor chip without considerable degradation. Also specified is an optoelectronic component in which the semiconductor chip can be integrated so that the suboptimal quality of the contact layer is compensated for. In the component the semiconductor chip is applied to a carrier body so that the contact layer is arranged on a side of the semiconductor body that is remote from the carrier body. The semiconductor chip and the carrier body are at least partly covered with an electrically isolating layer, and an electrical conductor applied to the isolating layer extends laterally away from the semiconductor body and contacts at least a partial surface of the contact layer. In addition, an advantageous process for producing the component is specified.
US08791546B2 Bipolar transistors having emitter-base junctions of varying depths and/or doping concentrations
A bipolar transistor comprises at least first and second connected emitter-base (EB) junctions having, respectively, different first and second EB junction depths, and a buried layer (BL) collector having a greater third depth. The emitters and bases corresponding to the different EB junctions are provided during a chain implant. An isolation region overlies the second EB junction location thereby providing its shallower EB junction depth. The BL collector does not underlie the first EB junction and is laterally spaced therefrom by a variable amount to facilitate adjusting the transistor's properties. In other embodiments, the BL collector can underlie at least a portion of the second EB junction. Regions of opposite conductivity type over-lie and under-lie the BL collector, which is relatively lightly doped, thereby preserving the breakdown voltage. The transistor can be readily “tuned” by mask adjustments alone to meet various device requirements.
US08791544B2 Semiconductor device, mounted substrate to be used in semiconductor device, and manufacturing method of mounted substrate
[Problem to be Solved] A semiconductor element having fine pitch electrodes is mounted on a substrate at low cost without reducing the number of input-output terminals.[Solution] Electrodes 1 for electrical connection and first inductors 2, arranged between the electrodes 1 in a manner neighboring the electrodes 1, for electromagnetic coupling are arranged on one main surface of the semiconductor element 3. On a substrate 5, second inductors 4 for electromagnetically coupling with the first inductors 2 are arranged in positions corresponding to the first inductors 2. The semiconductor element 3 is mounted on the substrate 5 so that the first and second inductors 2 and 4 face each other. Only desired input/output signals among input/output signals of the semiconductor element 3 are inputted or outputted from the external electrodes 11 of the substrate 5 in a manner being transmitted contactlessly by electromagnetic coupling between the first and second inductors 2 and 4 without going through the electrodes 1.
US08791543B2 Composite reconstituted wafer structures
A reconstituted electronic device comprising at least one die and at least one passive component. A functional material is incorporated in the substrate of the device to modify the electrical behavior of the passive component. The passive component may be formed in redistribution layers of the device. Composite functional materials may be used in the substrate to forms part of or all of the passive component. A metal carrier may form part of the substrate and part of the at least one passive component.
US08791540B2 Thin semiconductor device having embedded die support and methods of making the same
Ultra-thin semiconductor devices, including piezo-resistive sensing elements can be formed a wafer stack that facilitates handling many thin device dice at a wafer level. Three embodiments are provided to form the thin dice in a wafer stack using three different fabrication techniques that include anodic bonding, adhesive bonding and fusion bonding. A trench is etched around each thin die to separate the thin die from others in the wafer stack. A tether layer, also known as a tether, is used to hold thin dice or dice in a wafer stack. Such as wafer stack holds many thin dice together at a wafer level for handling and enables easier die picking in packaging processes.
US08791539B2 Thin semiconductor device having embedded die support and methods of making the same
Ultra-thin semiconductor devices, including piezoresistive sensing elements can be formed in a wafer stack that facilitates handling many thin device dice at a wafer level. Three embodiments are provided to form the thin dice in a wafer stack using three different fabrication techniques that include anodic bonding, adhesive bonding and fusion bonding. A trench is etched around each thin die to separate the thin die from others in the wafer stack. A tether layer, also known as a tether, is used to hold thin dice or dice in a wafer stack. Such as wafer stack holds many thin dice together at a wafer level for handling and enables easier die picking in packaging processes.
US08791538B2 Photodiode array
A light receiving region includes a plurality of light detecting sections 10. The light detecting sections 10 has a second contact electrode 4A. The second contact electrode 4A is arranged at a position overlapping a first contact electrode 3A, so as to contact the first contact electrode. Further, a resistive layer 4B is continued to the second contact electrode 4A.
US08791536B2 Stacked sensor packaging structure and method
Disclosed herein is a stacked chip package including an image sensor including a recess formed on a surface thereof, and a digital signal processor chip that is positioned within the recess. Also disclosed herein is a method of fabricating a stacked chip package including the steps of forming a recess on a surface of an image sensor and positioning a digital signal processor in the recess of the image sensor.
US08791534B2 Magnetic memory device and magnetic memory
In a perpendicular magnetization domain wall motion MRAM in which the magnetizations of both ends of a magnetization free layer are pinned by magnetization pinned layers, the increase of a write current due to leakage magnetic field from the magnetization pinned layer is prevented. A first displacement is present between a first boundary line and a first vertical line, where a curve portion, which crosses a first magnetization free layer, of an outer circumferential line of a first magnetization pinned layer is the first boundary line, a segment which links a center of a magnetization free region and a center of a first magnetization pinned region is a first segment, and a segment, which is a vertical line of the first segment, and which comes in contact with the first boundary line is the first vertical line.
US08791528B2 Methods of manufacturing metal-silicide features
A method of manufacturing a microelectronic device including forming a dielectric layer surrounding a dummy feature located over a substrate, removing the dummy feature to form an opening in the dielectric layer, and forming a metal-silicide layer conforming to the opening. The metal-silicide layer may then be annealed.
US08791521B2 Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device includes an interelectrode insulating film formed between a charge storage layer and a control electrode layer. The interelectrode insulating film is formed in a first region above an upper surface of an element isolation insulating film, a second region along a sidewall of the charge storage layer, and a third region above an upper surface of the charge storage layer. The interelectrode insulating film includes a first stack including a first silicon nitride film or a high dielectric constant film interposed between a first and a second silicon oxide film or a second stack including a second high dielectric constant film and a third silicon oxide film, and a second silicon nitride film formed between the control electrode layer and the first or the second stack. The second silicon nitride film is relatively thinner in the third region than in the first region.
US08791509B2 Multiple gate transistor having homogenously silicided fin end portions
In a multiple gate transistor, the plurality of Fins of the drain or source of the transistor are electrically connected to each other by means of a common contact element, wherein enhanced uniformity of the corresponding contact regions may be accomplished by an enhanced silicidation process sequence. For this purpose, the Fins may be embedded into a dielectric material in which an appropriate contact opening may be formed to expose end faces of the Fins, which may then act as silicidation surface areas.
US08791508B2 High density gallium nitride devices using island topology
A Gallium Nitride (GaN) series of devices—transistors and diodes are disclosed—that have greatly superior current handling ability per unit area than previously described GaN devices. The improvement is due to improved layout topology. The devices also include a simpler and superior flip chip connection scheme and a means to reduce the thermal resistance. A simplified fabrication process is disclosed and the layout scheme which uses island electrodes rather than finger electrodes is shown to increase the active area density by two to five times that of conventional interdigitated structures. Ultra low on resistance transistors and very low loss diodes can be built using the island topology. Specifically, the present disclosure provides a means to enhance cost/effective performance of all lateral GaN structures.
US08791505B2 Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes: a second nitride semiconductor layer formed on a first nitride semiconductor layer, and having a larger band gap than the first nitride semiconductor layer; and an electrode filling a recess formed in the first and second nitride semiconductor layers. The first nitride semiconductor layer has a two-dimensional electron gas layer immediately below the second nitride semiconductor layer. The electrode and the second nitride semiconductor layer are in contact with each other at a first contact interface. The electrode and a portion of the first nitride semiconductor layer corresponding to the two-dimensional electron gas layer are in contact with each other at a second contact interface connected below the first contact interface. The first contact interface is formed such that a width of the recess increases upward. The second contact interface is more steeply inclined than the first contact interface.
US08791504B2 Substrate breakdown voltage improvement for group III-nitride on a silicon substrate
A circuit structure includes a substrate, a nucleation layer of undoped aluminum nitride, a graded buffer layer comprising aluminum, gallium, nitrogen, one of silicon and oxygen, and a p-type conductivity dopant, a ungraded buffer layer comprising gallium, nitrogen, one of silicon and oxygen, and a p-type conductivity dopant without aluminum, and a bulk layer of undoped gallium nitride over the ungraded buffer layer. The various dopants in the graded buffer layer and the ungraded buffer layer increases resistivity and results in layers having an intrinsically balanced conductivity.
US08791503B2 III-nitride semiconductor device with reduced electric field between gate and drain and process for its manufacture
A conductive field plate is formed between the drain electrode and gate of each cell of a III-Nitride semiconductor and is connected to the source electrode to reduce the electric field between the gate and the drain. The electrodes may be supported on N+ III-Nitride pad layers and the gate may be a Schottky gate or an insulated gate.
US08791502B2 Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
The present invention discloses a semiconductor device, comprising: a substrate, a channel layer epitaxially grown in the substrate, a gate stack structure on the channel layer, gate spacers on both sides of the gate stack structure, and source/drain areas on both sides of the channel layer in the substrate, characterized in that the carrier mobility of the channel layer is higher than that of the substrate. In accordance with the semiconductor device and the method of manufacturing the same in the present invention, forming the device channel region by filling the trench with epitaxial high-mobility materials in a gate last process can enhance the carrier mobility in the channel region, thereby the device response speed is substantially improved and the device performance is greatly enhanced. Furthermore, traditional materials for a substrate are still used for the source/drain areas of the device to facilitate usage of a gate last process, thereby enhancing the performance while reducing the cost at the same time.
US08791497B2 Mold for light-emitting device package
A light-emitting device package mold and a method of manufacturing a lens of a light-emitting device package. The light-emitting device package mold includes a convex unit, an inner circumference of which has a hemispherical shape; a flat panel unit that forms a flat panel by extending from an edge of the convex unit; a cylindrical unit extending in a vertical direction with respect to an upper surface of the flat panel unit; and an injection hole and a discharge hole that penetrate through the convex unit, wherein the discharge hole is formed in a horizontal direction with respect to the flat panel unit.
US08791494B2 Light emitting device and light emitting device package
Disclosed are a light emitting device and a light emitting device package. The light emitting device includes a light emitting structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer on the first conductive semiconductor layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer on the active layer, an adhesive layer contacting a top surface of the first conductive semiconductor layer, a first electrode contacting a top surface of the first conductive semiconductor and a top surface of the adhesive layer, and a second electrode contacting the second conductive semiconductor layer, wherein the adhesive layer contacting the first electrode is spaced apart from the second electrode.
US08791493B2 Light emitting diode package and method for manufacturing the same
An exemplary light-emitting diode (LED) package includes an electrically insulating substrate, an electrode structure embedded in the insulating substrate, and a plurality of LED chips electrically connecting with the electrodes of the electrode structure respectively. The electrode structure includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a third electrode located between the first and second electrodes. Top surfaces of the first, second and third electrodes are exposed out of a top surface of the insulating substrate to support the LED chips. Bottom surfaces of the first and second electrodes are exposed out of a bottom surface of the substrate to connect with welding pads of a printed circuit board. A bottom surface of the third electrode is received in the substrate.
US08791489B2 Opto-electronic module
An optical proximity sensor module includes a substrate, a light emitter mounted on a first surface of the substrate, the light emitter being operable to emit light at a first wavelength, and a light detector mounted on the first surface of the substrate, the light detector being operable to detect light at the first wavelength. The module includes an optics member disposed substantially parallel to the substrate, and a separation member disposed between the substrate and the optics member. The separation member may surround the light emitter and the light detector, and may include a wall portion that extends from the substrate to the optics member and that separates the light emitter and the light detector from one another. The separation member may be composed, for example, of a non-transparent polymer material containing a pigment, such as carbon black.
US08791486B2 Light emitting device package
A light emitting device package is provided. The light emitting device package may include a main body having a cavity including side surfaces and a bottom, and a first reflective cup and a second reflective cup provided in the bottom of the cavity of the main body and separated from each other. A first light emitting device may be provided in the first reflective cup, and a second light emitting device may be provided in the second reflective cup.
US08791485B2 LED encapsulation resin body, LED device, and method for manufacturing LED device
An LED encapsulation resin body disclosed in the present application includes: a phosphor; a heat resistance material arranged on, or in the vicinity of, a surface of the phosphor; and a silicone resin in which the phosphor with the heat resistance material arranged thereon is dispersed.
US08791480B2 Light emitting device and manufacturing method thereof
A light emitting device according to the embodiment includes a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer on the first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer on the active layer, a current spreading layer on the second conductive semiconductor layer, a bonding layer on the current spreading layer, and a light extracting structure on the bonding layer.
US08791479B2 Light emitting device and method for manufacturing the same
Provided are a light emitting device and a method for manufacturing the same. The light emitting device comprises a first conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer, a second conductive type semiconductor layer, and a light extraction layer. The active layer is formed on the first conductive type semiconductor layer. The second conductive type semiconductor layer is formed on the active layer. The light extraction layer is formed on the second conductive type semiconductor layer. The light extraction layer has a refractive index smaller than or equal to a refractive index of the second conductive type semiconductor layer.
US08791478B2 Organic light emitting display device
Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device. The organic light emitting display device includes a plurality of pixels that include a pixel circuit connected to a gate line, a data line, and a high-level power line, and an emission cell formed between an anode electrode connected to the pixel circuit and a cathode electrode layer receiving low-level power. The organic light emitting display device includes a display panel including a plurality of first pad parts, second pad parts, and cathode connection parts, a plurality of first flexible circuit films respectively connected to the first pad parts to supply the low-level power to a low-level power pad of each of the first pad parts, and a plurality of second flexible circuit films respectively connected to the second pad parts to supply the high-level power to a high-level power pad of each of the second pad parts.
US08791474B1 Light emitting diode display with redundancy scheme
A display panel and method of manufacture are described. In an embodiment, a display substrate includes a pixel area and a non-pixel area. An array of subpixels and corresponding array of bottom electrodes are in the pixel area. An array of micro LED devices are bonded to the array of bottom electrodes. One or more top electrode layers are formed in electrical contact with the array of micro LED devices. In one embodiment a redundant pair of micro LED devices are bonded to the array of bottom electrodes. In one embodiment, the array of micro LED devices are imaged to detect irregularities.
US08791463B2 Thin-film transistor substrate
Gate electrodes, a gate insulating layer, and an oxide semiconductor layer are simultaneously formed to form a multilayer structure, so that an SOG film serves as an etching stopper on channel regions in forming source electrodes and drain electrodes. In the SOG film, channel isolation holes are formed in positions each of which is located between adjacent two of TFTs connected to a common one of the gate lines, and corresponds to the common gate line. The oxide semiconductor layer of the adjacent TFTs is divided in each channel isolation hole. Terminal sections of the gate lines are exposed in the terminal section exposing holes formed in positions each corresponding to a gate line end portion. The pixel electrode is made of a film identical to a film forming one layer included in the drain electrode.
US08791460B2 Thin film transistor substrate including a fluorine layer in an active pattern
A thin film transistor substrate includes a base substrate, an active pattern, a gate insulation pattern and a gate electrode. The active pattern is disposed on the base substrate. The active pattern includes a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a channel disposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode. The gate insulation pattern and the gate electrode overlap with the channel. The gate insulation pattern is disposed between the channel and the gate electrode. The source electrode and the drain electrode each include a fluorine deposition layer.
US08791458B2 Semiconductor device
Disclosed is a semiconductor device which consumes low power and has high reliability and tolerance for electrostatic discharge. The semiconductor device includes, over a first substrate, a pixel portion and a driver circuit portion both of which have a thin film transistor having an oxide semiconductor layer. The semiconductor device further possesses a second substrate to which a first counter electrode layer and a second counter electrode layer are provided, and a liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first and second substrates. The first and second counter electrode layers are provided over the pixel portion and the driver circuit portion, respectively, and the second counter electrode layer has the same potential as the first counter electrode layer.
US08791457B2 Oxide semiconductor field effect transistor and method for manufacturing the same
A field effect transistor including a semiconductor layer including a composite oxide which contains In, Zn, and one or more elements X selected from the group consisting of Zr, Hf, Ge, Si, Ti, Mn, W, Mo, V, Cu, Ni, Co, Fe, Cr, Nb, Al, B, Sc, Y and lanthanoids in the following atomic ratios (1) to (3): In/(In+Zn)=0.2 to 0.8  (1) In/(In+X)=0.29 to 0.99  (2) Zn/(X+Zn)=0.29 to 0.99  (3).
US08791455B2 Flexible display apparatus
A flexible display apparatus includes a flexible substrate having a bending area, and a non-bending area adjacent the bending area, and having a display area for realizing a visible image, a plurality of wirings at the bending area, and a plurality of insulating patterns between the flexible substrate and the plurality of wirings, wherein respective ones of the plurality of insulating patterns are separated by separate areas.
US08791452B2 Method of preparing organic light-emitting device, substrate for transiting inorganic layer, and organic light-emitting device
A method of preparing an organic light-emitting device having excellent sealing characteristics against external environment and flexibility.
US08791451B2 Modified planarizing agents and devices
A composition comprising: at least one conjugated polymer, at least one second polymer comprising repeat units represented by: (I) optionally, —[CH2—CH(Ph-OH)]— and (II) —[CH2—CH(Ph-OR)]— wherein Ph is a phenyl ring and R comprises a fluorinated group, an alkyl group, an alkylsulfonic acid group, an alkylene oxide group, or a combination thereof is described. Other polymers can be used as second polymer including polymers comprising modified naphthol side groups. The composition can be used in hole injection and hole transport layers for organic electronic devices. Increased lifetime and better processability can be achieved. Versatility with useful OLED emitters can be achieved. Ink formulations can be adapted for ink jet printing. The conjugated polymer can be a polythiophene. Applications include OLEDs and OPVs.
US08791447B2 Arrays of nonvolatile memory cells and methods of forming arrays of nonvolatile memory cells
A nonvolatile memory cell includes first and second electrodes. Programmable material and a select device are received in series between and with the first and second electrodes. Current conductive material is in series between and with the programmable material and the select device. An array of vertically stacked tiers of such nonvolatile memory cells is disclosed. Methods of forming arrays of nonvolatile memory cells are disclosed.
US08791445B2 Interfacial oxide used as switching layer in a nonvolatile resistive memory element
A nonvolatile resistive memory element includes a host oxide formed from an interfacial oxide layer. The interfacial oxide layer is formed on the surface of a deposited electrode layer via in situ or post-deposition surface oxidation treatments.
US08791443B2 High density variable resistive memory and method of fabricating the same
A high density variable resistive random access memory device and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The device includes first word lines, each separated from each other by a width of first word line; bit lines, each separated from each other by a width of bit line; and second word lines, each located between two adjacent first word lines, wherein the widths of first word line and the bit line are substantially same, and the bit lines are located over the first and second word lines.
US08791439B2 Particulate compositions having plural responses to excitation radiation
A particulate composition comprises a plurality of particles wherein at least one of the particles comprises at least two different crystalline and/or glass phases, each phase comprising a host lattice and a dopant sensitive to electromagnetic radiation. The different phases simultaneously produce different responses on exposure to photons of the same energy, whereby the output from the particulate composition when exposed to said photons is the sum of the responses from the different phases.
US08791438B2 Ion beam sample preparation apparatus and methods
Disclosed are embodiments of an ion beam sample preparation apparatus and methods. The apparatus has disposed in a vacuum chamber at least one tilting ion beam irradiating means with intensity control, a rotation stage with rotation control, a sample holder, and an adjustable positioning stage that has two axes of positional adjustment that are operable to move the region of the sample being prepared by the ion beam relative to the ion beam. The apparatus may also include a vacuum-tight optical window for observing the sample and a shutter for protecting the optical window from debris while the sample is prepared in the ion beam.
US08791435B2 Multi-field charged particle cancer therapy method and apparatus
The invention relates generally to treatment of solid cancers. More particularly, the invention relates to a multi-field charged particle cancer therapy method and apparatus coordinated with negative ion beam creation, ion beam focusing, charged particle acceleration, patient rotation, and/or patient respiration. Preferably, the charged particle therapy is performed on a patient in a partially immobilized and repositionable position. Proton delivery is preferably timed to patient respiration via control of charged particle beam injection, acceleration, and/or targeting methods and apparatus.
US08791432B2 Charged particle beam writing apparatus and charged particle beam writing method
A beam writing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a selection unit configured to select a dose equation from a plurality of dose equations for calculating a dose of a beam, for each small region of a plurality of small regions made by virtually dividing a writing region of a target workpiece into mesh-like regions, a dose calculation unit configured to calculate a dose of a beam which is shot into a small region of the plurality of small regions, by using a selected dose equation, for the each small region, and a writing unit configured to write a desired pattern in the small region, by using a calculated dose, for the each small region.
US08791431B2 Drawing apparatus, and method of manufacturing article
The present invention provides a drawing apparatus for performing drawing on a substrate with a charged particle beam, the apparatus including a first member in which an aperture, through which the charged particle beam passes, is formed, a chamber including a first space and a second space which are partitioned by the first member, and a removing device including a first supply device configured to supply a first gas containing unsaturated hydrocarbon to the first space and a second supply device configured to supply a second gas containing ozone to the second space, and configured to remove contamination on the first member by active species generated by reaction of the first gas with the second gas.
US08791421B2 Boron-containing gas film fast-neutron detector
The present invention provides a boron-containing gas film fast-neutron detector. The fast-neutron detector comprises a package piece having a hollow cavity; a plastic scintillator array provided in the cavity and comprising a plurality of plastic scintillator units, a gap existing between adjacent plastic scintillator units; and a boron-containing gas filled into and gas-tightly sealed in the hollow cavity, the boron-containing gas forming a boron-containing gas film in the gap between the adjacent plastic scintillator units. The fast-neutron detector of the present invention completely does not require use of scarce and expensive 3He gas, nor needs a complicated boron film coating process, improves credibility of signal coincidence, and is adapted for measurement of environment background neutrons and extensively adapted for detection of radioactive substance at sites such as customs ports, harbors and the like.
US08791418B2 Increasing the spatial resolution of dosimetry sensors
A two-dimensional array of memory cells may be used to implement a spatial dosimeter. The two-dimensional array of cells may be implemented by an integrated circuit memory. Because of the relatively small size of the integrated circuit memory, the resolution of the resulting array may be less than 100 nanometers. The change in threshold voltage of each of the cells, as a result of radiation exposure, may be used to calculate the dose seen at each cell, allowing dose profiles in two dimensions with sub-micrometer resolution.
US08791417B2 Determining energy consumption in a structure
Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for measuring the supply of a consumable product/energy source, such as electrical power, to a facility over time and analyzing the measurements to determine the consumption or supply of the product by one or more loads and/or sources in the facility, and to determine induced and residual heat flow through the facility's envelope. Various aspects compare the measured supply of the consumable product to a database of consumption signatures, which characterize access to the consumable product by particular users. Operating conditions and facility characteristics, such as temperatures, load factors, insulation factors, etc., may be further considered in determining a particular user's access of the consumable product. To aid in the controlling of energy use, thermal resistance factors of the building are determined, which are based on the induced and residual heat flow through the facility.
US08791413B2 Charged particle beam device and sample observation method using a rotating detector
Provided is a charged particle beam device that outputs both an ion beam and an electron beam at a sample, has a common detector for both the ion beam and the electron beam in the charged particle beam device that processes and observes the sample, and is able to provide a detection unit to an appropriate position corresponding to the process details and observation technique of the sample. Provided are an electron beam optical column in which an electron beam for observing the observation surface of a sample is generated, an ion beam optical column in which an ion beam that processes the sample is generated, a detection device that detects a secondary signal generated from the sample or transmitted electrons, and a sample stage that is capable of mounting the detection device thereon; is rotatable in a horizontal plane that includes the optical axis of the electron beam and the optical axis of the ion beam about a cross point where both optical axes intersect; and is able to change the distance between the observation surface of the sample and the cross point.
US08791412B2 Optical system calibration verification
A sample processing apparatus (102) includes a reference carrier region (106) that supports a reference carrier (108), which includes one or more reference substances that emit radiation with unique and known spectral characteristics in response to being irradiated with radiation having a wavelength in a predetermined range of interest. The sample processing apparatus further includes a carrier receiving region (110) configured to alternatively receive a sample carrier (104) or the reference carrier for processing by the apparatus. The sample processing apparatus further includes an optical component (114, 116, 118) that emits radiation, having a wavelength in a predetermined range of interest, that irradiates the carrier in the carrier receiving region, and that detects the radiation emitted from the carrier. The apparatus moves the reference carrier from the reference carrier region to the carrier receiving region for processing by the apparatus.
US08791408B2 Methods and apparatuses for producing mass spectrum data
The present invention is concerned with methods and apparatuses for generating mass spectrum data using a mass spectrometer by subtracting noise mass spectrum data representative of noise in the mass spectrometer from signal mass spectrum data representative of the mass/charge ratio of ions in a sample material. This produces a modified signal mass spectrum data representative of the mass/charge ratio of ions in the sample material. The method includes acquiring and subtracting noise mass spectrum data representative of noise in the mass spectrometer or alternatively subtracting noise mass spectrum data from a previously acquired or pre-stored noise spectrum data. Embodiments demonstrate reduced noise and in particular reduced systematic noise compared with the originally acquired signal mass spectrum data.
US08791404B2 Light sensor having a transparent substrate, a contiguous IR suppression filter and through-substrate vias
Techniques are described to furnish an IR suppression filter that is formed on a glass substrate to a light sensor. In one or more implementations, a light sensor includes a substrate having a surface. One or more photodetectors are formed in the substrate and configured to detect light and provide a signal in response thereto. An IR suppression filter configured to block infrared light from reaching the surface is formed on a glass substrate. The light sensor also includes a plurality of color pass filters disposed over the surface. The color pass filters are configured to filter visible light to pass light in a limited spectrum of wavelengths to the one or more photodetectors. A buffer layer is disposed over the surface and configured to encapsulate the plurality of color pass filters and adhesion layer. The light sensor further includes through-silicon vias to provide electrical interconnections between different conductive layers.
US08791398B2 Hob having at least one cooking zone and method for operating a hob
An induction cooktop includes a cooking zone, and a circuit arrangement for operating the cooking zone. The circuit arrangement has a parallel circuit, in which two inductors are connected in parallel manner. An apparatus is configured to detect occupancy of at least one cooking sub-zone of the cooking zone by a food preparation vessel and includes a current measuring element which is connected in series to the parallel circuit.
US08791395B2 Nanotube heating device comprising carbon nanotube and manufacturing method thereof
An embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a heating device comprising a carbon nanotube, which comprises a carbon nanotube layer containing aligned carbon nanotube carpet, a first electrode and a second electrode having a predetermined distance between each other and electrically connected to the carbon nanotube layer respectively, wherein a current produced by applying a voltage to the first electrode passes laterally via the diameter direction of the aligned carbon nanotubes from the first electrode to the second electrode. The present disclosure also includes methods for manufacturing the aligned carbon nanotube carpet.
US08791394B2 Heating substrate equipped with conductive thin film and electrode, and manufacturing method of the same
The present invention is to provide a heating substrate equipped with a conductive thin film and electrodes. The heating substrate includes a transparent substrate, a plurality of electrodes formed on a first face of the substrate, and a conductive thin film formed on the first face of the substrate and including a plurality of regions electrically connected each other in parallel by the plurality of electrodes. Furthermore, a method of manufacturing a heating substrate equipped with a conductive thin film and electrodes according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes forming the conductive thin film on a substrate, forming main electrodes so as to extend on the substrate while being adjacent to edges of the conductive thin film, and forming branched electrodes that are extended from the conductive thin film across one side of the conductive thin film while coming in contact with the conductive thin film.
US08791390B2 Image heating apparatus
An image heating apparatus includes an endless belt; first, second, third and fourth resistors having resistances R1, R2, R3 and R4, arranged in this order from an upstream side in a feeding direction of the recording material, and R1=R2 and R3=R4. The connection state of the resistors is switchable between a first state in which the first and second resistors are connected in parallel, the third and fourth resistors are connected in parallel, and a set of the first and second resistors and a set of the third and fourth resistors are connected in parallel, and a second state in which the first resistor second resistors are connected in series, the third and fourth resistors are connected in series, and a set of the first and second resistors and a set of the third and fourth resistors are connected in parallel.
US08791382B2 Input device securing techniques
Input device adhesive techniques are described. A pressure sensitive key includes a sensor substrate having one or more conductors, a spacer layer, and a flexible contact layer. The spacer layer is disposed proximal to the sensor substrate and has at least one opening. The flexible contact layer is spaced apart from the sensor substrate by the spacer layer and configured to flex through the opening in response to an applied pressure to initiate an input. The flexible contact layer is secured to the spacer layer such that at first edge, the flexible contact layer is secured to the spacer layer at an approximate midpoint of the first edge and is not secured to the spacer along another portion of the first edge and at a second edge, the flexible contact layer is not secured to the spacer layer along an approximate midpoint of the second edge.
US08791381B1 Safety horn actuator for motorcycles and other handlebar operated vehicles
A safety hand grip for handlebar operated vehicles utilizes an elongate pressure switch in the form of an elongated strip embedded longitudinally within the wall of the resilient hand grip to actuate the horn. A raised area extending substantially the length of the grip and integral with the wall is situated directly over the switch and serves to locate the elongate switch and to concentrate the force applied by the fingers of the operator and transmit that force directly to the elongate switch. The grip can be rotated so the raised portion is positioned under the operator's fingers according to the gripping preference. Dual sided connectors attached to leads from the elongate switch and interposed between the connectors from the horn and battery and the connectors from the console button present on the vehicle enable the horn to be actuated by both the switch and the button.
US08791379B2 Switchgear
It is an object to provide a switchgear capable of alleviating burden to a manager. In order to solve the aforementioned problem, the switchgear according to the present invention includes a plurality of compatible switch units each provided in a housing and closing/interrupting/ground functions so that the plurality of switch units are connected to supply power to the load side.
US08791375B2 Electrically conductive bushing connection to structure for current path
An electrically conductive structural connection employs a pass through or fastener having a first diameter. A fastener hole, with a second diameter larger than the diameter of the pass through, extends through a thickness of a structure and receives the pass through. A bushing having a diameter and a thickness to fit between the first and second diameters extends though and past the thickness of said structure. When the feedthrough is compressively secured to the structure, the bushing expands radially between the first diameter and the second diameter to maintain at least one contact point between the fastener and the structure.
US08791372B2 Reducing impedance discontinuity in packages
A device and/or apparatus having plated through holes (PTHs) which are coated to reduce impedance discontinuity in electronic packages. PTH vias are imbedded in the core of a printed circuit board comprising a core layer, a plurality of buildup layers, a plurality of micro-vias, and a plurality of traces. Traces electrically interconnect each of the micro-vias to PTH vias, forming an electrically conductive path. PTHs are coated with a magnetic metal material, such as nickel, to increase the internal and external conductance of the PTHs, thereby providing decreased impedance discontinuity of the signals in electronic packages.
US08791370B2 Carrier tape for tab-package and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention relates to a carrier tape for TAB-package and a manufacturing method thereof, wherein a TAB tape including a wiring pattern and a metal plating layer formed on a base film comprises a transfer area including a row of sprocket holes arranged along the edges of the base film at predetermined intervals, and wherein the transfer area includes an exposure area from which the base film is exposed, such that the present invention has an advantageous effect in that no Cu layer or a metal layer exists at a portion of the sprocket holes from which friction is generated by a driving roller during assembly work between a drive IC and chips/drive IC and panel to dispense with generation of foreign objects such as Cu particles, thereby enhancing reliability of the product.
US08791368B2 Conductive structure body and method for manufacturing the same
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to a conductive structure body that comprises a darkening pattern layer having AlOxNy, and a method for manufacturing the same. The conductive structure body according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention may prevent reflection by a conductive pattern layer without affecting conductivity of the conductive pattern layer, and improve a concealing property of the conductive pattern layer by improving absorbance. Accordingly, a display panel having improved visibility may be developed by using the conductive structure body according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
US08791366B2 Non-drain differential signal transmission cable and ground connection structure thereof
A non-drain differential signal transmission cable includes a pair of signal conductors aligned in parallel, an insulation around the pair of signal conductors, a shield conductor around the insulation, and a ground connecting pin to electrically connect the shield conductor to a ground, the ground connecting pin including a wire. An end portion of the pair of signal conductors is exposed with the insulation and the shield conductor removed. The ground connecting pin includes a winding portion wound around the shield conductor to be electrically connected to the shield conductor, and a pin portion extending from the winding portion and having an elongate shape.
US08791365B2 Electric cable device for fixing electric cable wires, connecting contact and method of manufacturing an electric cable
The invention relates to an electric cable (10) with at least four, preferably exactly four, wires (A, B, C, D) arranged in a first and a second pair, wherein each of the pairs comprises a first (A, B) and a second wire (C, D) each, wherein the wires (A, C) belonging to the first pair are arranged parallel to each of her on a first plane at least in a first (11) and a third longitudinal section (13), and the wires (B, D) belonging to the second pair are arranged parallel to each other on a second plane and the two planes intersect in a line of intersection, wherein the line of intersection runs parallel to the wires (A, B, C, D) and the distances between one wire (A, B, C, D) each and the line of intersection are identical, wherein the angle of intersection (γ) between the planes is 90° in at least the first longitudinal section (11) and wherein the first wire (A) of the first pair is transposed with the first wire (B) of the second pair and the second wire (C) of the first pair is transposed with the second wire (D) of the second pair in a second longitudinal section (12), wherein the angle of intersection (α) between the planes is different from 90° at least in the third longitudinal section (13).
US08791364B2 Low-noise cable
A low noise communication cable is provided having a plurality of internal conductors covered by one or a plurality of cable shields, which are covered by a cable insulator. The cable includes a quarter wavelength sleeve choke outside the cable insulator connected to the cable shield by means of a conducting support. The sleeve choke reduces the noise current flowing on the external surface of the cable shield.
US08791363B2 Tapered transition ramp for cable protector
An exemplary ramp structure capable of being positioned over at least a portion of a cable protection system comprises first and second center portions, a first side ramp portion adjacent a side of each center portion, and a first tapered portion adjacent an end of the first side ramp portion. The first tapered portion may be tapered in at least two different directions that are substantially orthogonal to each other.
US08791362B2 Shutter door assembly for an electrical panel
An electrical panel including a housing configured to house one or more electrical components that are accessible from outside the housing. A shutter door assembly is coupled to the housing. The shutter door assembly comprises a compartment door and a barrier panel slidably coupled to the compartment door. The barrier panel is configured to be placed in a closed position that obstructs access to the one or more electrical components through the compartment door and an open position that provides access to the one or more electrical components through the compartment door.
US08791361B2 Arc-resistant switchgear enclosure with vent prop and latch
An arc-resistant switchgear enclosure has interior compartments with outlet vent openings that are selectively closed by vent flaps. The vent flaps are propped in an open position by props that extend from the vent flaps and contact supports. The props have a latch portion that latches the vent flap when the vent flap is in the closed position.
US08791360B2 Electrical connection of a sealed electrical machine and method for cooling an electrical connection of a sealed electrical machine
The electrical connection of a sealed electrical machine is provided and includes a casing containing lead conductors each connected to a bushing via an electrical connector. The casing has at least an inlet and an outlet for a cooling fluid. The electrical connector includes at least a permeable element defining a chamber such that during operation the cooling fluid, passing through the chamber and the permeable element, cools the permeable element. A method is also provided for cooling an electrical connection.
US08791354B2 Photoelectrochemical cell
A photoelectrochemical cell (1) includes an electrolyte container (3) containing an ionic liquid (2), and a partitioning membrane (4) dividing an interior of the electrolyte container (3) into two being a CO2 capturing chamber (7) and a CO2 releasing chamber (8), having side walls opposing each other, with the partitioning membrane (4) in between, either as a carbon electrode (5) and the other as a photoelectrode (6). A redox mediator (B) has different bonding forces to carbon dioxide, as it appears as an oxidant Box and a reductant Bred, of which that one which has a greater bonding force serves as an intermediary chemical species carrying carbon dioxide to one of the paired electrodes (5, 6). Over the CO2 releasing chamber (10), an upper wall portion (10) is formed, which has a CO2 take-out port (10A) formed therein, for making use of oxidation and reduction of the redox mediator to achieve separation and concentration of carbon dioxide, converting photo energy of sunlight into electric power.
US08791352B2 Electrostatic speaker unit for musical instrument
A speaker unit used for a musical instrument and configured to generate music sounds based on a performance operation in a main body of the musical instrument, including: an electrostatic speaker; and a stationary portion which is a portion fixed to the main body of the musical instrument or which is a member attachable to the main body of the musical instrument, wherein the electrostatic speaker is supported by the stationary portion such that at least one of a position and a posture of the electrostatic speaker with respect to the stationary portion is variable.
US08791350B2 Accompaniment data generating apparatus
An accompaniment data generating apparatus has a phrase waveform data storing portion for storing sets of phrase waveform data each indicative of a phrase of accompaniment tones preformed at a reference tempo and each corresponding to a different reference note. The accompaniment data generating apparatus obtains a reproduction tempo, obtains the first reference note, selects a set of phrase waveform data corresponding to the second reference note whose tone pitch is different from a tone pitch of the first reference note, and reads out the selected phrase waveform data set at a speed by which the tone pitch of the second reference note of the selected phrase waveform data set agrees with the tone pitch of the first reference note of a case where a set of phrase waveform data corresponding to the first reference note is reproduced at the reference note.
US08791349B2 Flash memory based stored sample electronic music synthesizer
A flash-memory based stored-sample electronic music synthesizer enables the electronic reproduction of a large number of independent voices while accommodating the exacting demands of voice continuity, minimal note-start latency, and voice synchronicity. Error correction code associated with each page of a sound sample is stored with the sound sample and is retrieved with the sound sample during playback to thereby increase the overall sample retrieval rate.
US08791344B1 Maize variety inbred PH13JD
A novel maize variety designated PH13JD and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH13JD with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH13JD 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 PH13JD or a locus conversion of PH13JD with another maize variety.
US08791338B2 Soybean cultivar BY0912810
The present invention is in the field of soybean variety BY0912810 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety BY0912810 and its progeny, and methods of making BY0912810.
US08791330B2 Expression regulatory elements
The present invention relates generally to an expression regulatory element operable in plants which includes oil palm, and in particular to an expression regulatory element operable selectively in the endosperm tissue of the plants. Said expression regulatory element comprises a sequence of nucleotides which specifically modulates the expression of a second nucleic acid molecule operably coupled to said expression regulatory element.
US08791329B2 Reducing levels of nicotinic alkaloids in plants
Two genes, A622 and NBB1, can be influenced to achieve a decrease of nicotinic alkaloid levels in plants. In particular, suppression of one or both of A622 and NBB1 may be used to decrease nicotine in tobacco plants.
US08791328B2 Polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
US08791326B2 AXMI-150 delta-endotoxin gene and methods for its use
Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions including a coding sequence for pesticidal polypeptides are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also include transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated pesticidal nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules having nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2, the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12, as well as variants and fragments thereof.
US08791324B2 Plant viral expression vectors and use of same for generating genotypic variations in plant genomes
A method of generating genotypic variation in a genome of a plant is disclosed. The method comprising introducing into the plant at least one viral expression vector encoding at least one chimeric nuclease which comprises a DNA binding domain, a nuclease and a localization signal to a DNA-containing organelle, wherein the DNA binding domain mediates specific targeting of the nuclease to the genome of the plant, thereby generating genotypic variation in the genome of the plant.
US08791320B2 Absorbent structures comprising coated super-absorbent polymer particles
This invention is directed to super-absorbent material, which comprises a super absorbent polymer core that is coated with an organic, polar coating agent, and whereby the particulate super-absorbent material has a contact angle and a corresponding cos CAm (as defined herein), whereby the cos CAm is more than 0.3, and whereby, when said coating agent is in the form of particles, said coating agent particles have a (weight) mean particle size of from 0.001 to 1 micron. The material is useful for absorbent structures and absorbent articles (comprising such structures). The coated super-absorbent material is typically present in said absorbent structure at least at a concentration of 50% by weight of the structure, preferably even 80% or even 90%. The invention also provides a process for making the absorbent material.
US08791319B2 Laminate absorbent core for use in absorbent articles
The invention relates to absorbent cores having high amounts of superabsorbent polymer material which are immobilized by adhesive. The absorbent cores have reduced peak force when subjected to the Laminate Compression Extension Test Method and also exhibit reduced delamination upon swelling of the superabsorbent polymer material.
US08791318B2 Comfortable diaper
An absorbent article, preferably a disposable absorbent article such as a diaper, is disclosed that provides an improved immobilization of absorbent polymer material when the article is fully or partially urine loaded. This absorbent core is useful for providing an absorbent article of increased wearing comfort. Specifically disclosed is an absorbent core useful for an absorbent article comprising a substrate layer and absorbent material, the absorbent material comprising an absorbent polymer material, the absorbent material optionally comprising absorbent fibrous material, the absorbent fibrous material not representing more than 20% of the weight of absorbent polymer material, wherein the absorbent material is immobilized when wet such that the absorbent core achieves a wet immobilization of more than 50%, preferably of more than 60%, 70%, 80% or 90% according to the Wet Immobilization Test described herein.
US08791317B2 Absorbent article and method of manufacturing absorbent article
An absorbent article that includes a water-disintegratable top sheet, a water-disintegratable back sheet, and a water-disintegratable absorber interposed between the top sheet and the back sheet. Adhesive coating regions of an adhesive are formed in the back sheet, and the coating regions of the adhesive are provided to continuously extend from one face of the back sheet to the other face of the back sheet.
US08791316B2 Wound packing
The present invention relates to a wound packing material that comprises a porous material and is suitable for use in negative pressure wound therapy. The wound packing material comprises frangible regions defining a plurality of portions, the frangible regions allowing the portions to be selectively removed. The invention further relates to methods of manufacturing the wound packing material, and to methods of its use.
US08791315B2 Systems and methods for using negative pressure wound therapy to manage open abdominal wounds
Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to the treatment of wounds using negative pressure. Some embodiments disclosed herein provide for a foam pad, which may be suitable for use in abdominal wound sites, and which may be sized in a dimensionally-independent manner. Additional embodiments provide for a wound contact layer, as well as a system for the treatment of abdominal wounds.
US08791311B2 Process for preparing 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene
The present invention provides a process for preparing 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene, including heating 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane in a gas phase in the absence of a catalyst to carry out a dehydrochlorination reaction. According to the process of the present invention, 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene (HCC-1230xa) can be efficiently produced by a simple and economically advantageous method that is suitable for industrial-scale production.
US08791309B2 Synthesis of 3,3,3-trifluoropropyne
In accordance with the present invention, processes of synthesizing 3,3,3-trifluoropropyne from 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene, and/or 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane are provided.
US08791306B2 Oxidation of alkylaromatic compounds
In a process for oxidizing an alkylaromatic compound to the corresponding hydroperoxide, a feed comprising an alkylaromatic compound is contacted with an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst comprising a cyclic imide. The contacting is conducted at a temperature of about 90° C. to about 150° C., with the cyclic imide being present in an amount between about 0.05 wt % and about 5 wt % of the alkylaromatic compound in the feed and the catalyst being substantially free of alkali metal compounds. The contacting oxidizes at least part of the alkylaromatic compound in said feed to the corresponding hydroperoxide.
US08791305B2 Ligands and catalyst systems for hydroformylation processes
The present invention relates to ligands and catalyst systems for the hydroformylation of short and long chain olefins, preferably for the hydroformylation of ally alcohol producing 4-hydroxybutyraldehyde. The ligands disclosed herein are all-trans phosphinomethyl-cyclobutane ligands, such as, for example, all-trans-1,2,3,4-tetra[bis-(3,5-xylyl)phosphinomethyl]-cyclobutane. The catalyst systems comprise these all-trans phosphinomethyl-cyclobutane ligands in combination with an organometallic rhodium complex such as, e.g., (acctylacetonato)-dicarbonyl-rhodium (I). The ligands and catalyst systems of the present invention may be employed in the hydroformylation of olefins, in particular in the hydroformylation of allylalcohol, and provide improved selectivity and high reaction yields. wherein R1 is alkyl, preferably methyl, ethyl or propyl, R2 is H or an alkoxy group, R3 and R4, independently of one another, CH2OR1, CH2O-aralkyl, CH2OH,CH2—[P(3,5-R1,R1-4-R2-phenyl)2] or CH2O—(CH2—CH2—O)m—H (with m being an integer between 1 and 1.000).
US08791302B2 Process for preparing an N,N-dialky-ethanolamine having high color stability
A process for preparing an N,N-dialkylethanolamine of the formula I having high color stability where R1 and R2 are each independently a C1- to C8-alkyl group, by reacting ethylene oxide (EO) with a corresponding dialkylamine (R1R2NH) in the presence of water, wherein the reaction is effected continuously in a reactor, the reaction temperature is in the range from 90 to 180° C. and the residence time (RT) in the reactor is in the range from 1 to 7 min, the reactor output is treated thermally at a temperature in the range from 80 to 160° C. over a period in the range from 20 to 1000 min, and then the N,N-dialkylethanolamine is removed by distillation.
US08791299B2 Compounds for the inhibition of herpes viruses
3D protein modeling and virtual screening of commercially-available compounds were performed to identify new inhibitors of the herpesvirus DNA polymerase, a key enzyme in the viral replication cycle. Two compounds (Nos 2 and 9) were particularly active against HSV-1 and HSV-2 strains and one compound (No 3) inhibited specifically cytomegalovirus (CMV) strains (overall hit rate of 25%). Some of the tested compounds inhibited wild-type viruses and strains resistant to current antiviral agents. New chemical entity derivatives of compound 2 with binding potential to the DNA polymerase retained an excellent activity against HSV-1, HSV-2 and VZV like the parental compound, as well against strains resistant to current antiviral agents. These non-nucleosidic herpesvirus DNA polymerase inhibitors with in vitro activity against drug-resistant clinical isolates warrant further pre-clinical studies.
US08791298B2 Use of metal hydrazide complex compounds as oxidation catalysts
The present invention relates to the use of selected metal complex compounds and ligands as oxidation catalysts as well as to a process for removing stains and soil on textiles and hard surfaces. The metal complex compounds have hydrazide ligands, preferably with electron withdrawing groups in the phenyl ring adjacent to the acyl group. Further aspects of the invention are formulations comprising such metal complex compounds, novel metal complex compounds and novel ligands.
US08791297B2 Process for preparing formic acid by reaction of carbon dioxide with hydrogen
A process for preparing formic acid by reaction of carbon dioxide (1) with hydrogen (2) in a hydrogenation reactor (I) in the presence of a catalyst comprising an element of group 8, 9 or 10 of the Periodic Table, a tertiary amine comprising at least 12 carbon atoms per molecule and a polar solvent comprising one or more monoalcohols selected from among methanol, ethanol, propanols and butanols and also water, to form formic acid/amine adducts as intermediates which are subsequently thermally dissociated, with work-up of the output (3) from the hydrogenation reactor (I) in a plurality of process steps, where a tertiary amine-comprising stream (13) from the work-up is used as selective solvent for the catalyst, is proposed.
US08791293B2 Fluorine-containing sulfonate, fluorine-containing sulfonate resin, resist composition and pattern formation method
According to the present invention, there is provided a fluorine-containing sulfonate resin having a repeating unit of the following general formula (3). In order to prevent deficiency such as roughness after pattern formation or failure in pattern formation, the fluorine-containing sulfonate resin incorporates therein a photoacid generating function and serves as a resist resin in which “a moiety capable of changing its developer solubility by the action of an acid” and “a moiety having a photoacid generating function” are arranged with regularity.
US08791290B2 Acetal compound, polymer, resist composition, and patterning process
The invention provides an acetal compound containing an adamantane ring having an alcoholic hydroxyl group which is protected with an acetal group having a carbonyl moiety of branched structure. A photoresist film comprising a polymer comprising recurring units derived from the acetal compound and an acid generator is characterized by a high dissolution contrast when it is subjected to exposure and organic solvent development to form an image via positive/negative reversal.
US08791287B2 Process for the synthesis of tapentadol and intermediates thereof
The object of the present invention is a new process for the synthesis of tapentadol, both as free base and in hydrochloride form, which comprises the step of alkylation of the ketone (VII) to yield the compound (VIII), as reported in Diagram 1, with high stereoselectivity due to the presence of the benzyl group as substituent of the amino group. It was surprisingly found that this substitution shifts the keto-enol equilibrium towards the desired enantiomer and amplifies the capacity of the stereocenter present in the compound (VII) to orient the nucleophilic addition of the organometallic compound at the carbonyl towards the desired stereoisomer. This substitution thus allows obtaining a considerable increase of the yields in this step, and consequently allows significantly increasing the overall yield of the entire tapentadol synthesis process.A further object of the present invention is constituted by the tapentadol free base in solid form, obtainable by means of the process of the invention.Still another object of the invention is represented by the crystalline forms I and II of the tapentadol free base.A further object of the present invention is the mixture of the crystalline forms I and II of the tapentadol free base.
US08791282B2 Ionic liquids for agricultural residue removal
A method of reducing the proportion of agricultural residues (ARs), such as pesticides and herbicides, present in an essential oil, comprising the treatment of the oil with an ionic liquid that has at most limited solubility in the oil, the ionic liquid having an anion and a cation chosen from the following table: cationanion dialkylimidazoliumalkylsulfate trialkylimidazolium dicyanamide dialkylpyridiniumalkylsulfonate dialkylpyrrolidiniumalkylphosphate thiocyanate fluoroacetate fluoroalkyl sulfonate tetrafluoroborate halide The method is particularly effect with citrus oils, especially orange oil, and it can remove most ARs, without removing essential components of the oil.
US08791280B2 Process for preparation of catalyst carrier and its use in catalyst preparation
This invention relates to catalyst carriers to be used as supports for metal and metal oxide catalyst components of use in a variety of chemical reactions. More specifically, the invention provides a process of formulating an alpha alumina carrier that is suitable as a support for silver and the use of such catalyst in chemical reactions, especially the epoxidation of ethylene to ethylene oxide. The composition comprises at least one hydrated precursor of alpha alumina; an optional alpha alumina; and a binder. The composition is substantially free of seeding particles.
US08791278B2 Oxidation process to produce a crude and/or purified carboxylic acid product
Disclosed is an oxidation process to produce a crude carboxylic acid product carboxylic acid product. The process comprises oxidizing a feed stream comprising at least one oxidizable compound to generate a crude carboxylic acid slurry comprising furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and compositions thereof. Also disclosed is a process to produce a dry purified carboxylic acid product by utilizing various purification methods on the crude carboxylic acid.
US08791277B2 Oxidation process to produce a crude and/or purified carboxylic acid product
Disclosed is an oxidation process to produce a crude carboxylic acid product carboxylic acid product. The process comprises oxidizing a feed stream comprising at least one oxidizable compound to generate a crude carboxylic acid slurry comprising furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and compositions thereof. Also disclosed is a process to produce a dry purified carboxylic acid product by utilizing various purification methods on the crude carboxylic acid.
US08791267B2 Biaryl PDE4 inhibitors for treating inflammatory, cardiovascular and CNS disorders
The present invention relates to a genus of biaryl compounds containing at least one further ring. The compounds are PDE4 inhibitors useful for the treatment and prevention of stroke, myocardial infarct and cardiovascular inflammatory diseases and disorders. The compounds have general formula I: A particular embodiment is
US08791254B2 Cyclic hydrofluoroether compounds and processes for their preparation and use
A hydrofluoroether compound comprises at least one five- or six-membered, perfluorinated heterocyclic ring, each ring comprising four or five ring carbon atoms and one or two catenated heteroatoms selected from divalent ether oxygen atoms and trivalent nitrogen atoms, at least one of the catenated heteroatoms being a divalent ether oxygen atom, and each of the ring carbon atoms adjacent to the divalent ether oxygen atom bearing a fluorochemical group that comprises a tetrafluoroethylidene moiety (—(CF3)CF—) that is directly bonded to the ring carbon atom, the fluorochemical group optionally comprising at least one catenated heteroatom selected from divalent ether oxygen atoms and trivalent nitrogen atoms.
US08791248B2 Nuclear reprogramming factor comprising miRNA and a protein factor
A method of preparing induced pluripotent stem cells, comprising a nuclear reprogramming step with a nuclear reprogramming factor in the presence of miRNA, wherein said miRNA has a property of providing a higher nuclear reprogramming efficiency in the presence of said miRNA than in the absence thereof.
US08791240B2 Auto-developing and regularly-weighted protein molecular weight marker kit and method for preparing the same
The present invention provides an auto-developing and regularly-weighted protein molecular weight marker kit, comprising: (a) a plurality of recombinant proteins having formula (I), (B)m-A-(C)n  (I), wherein A is a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1, B and C are independently any mutually identical or different polypeptides with the value of molecular weight being a multiple of 5, and m and n is independently 0 or any integer larger than 0; and (b) one or more solvents for stabilizing the recombinant proteins. The present invention also provides a method for preparing the auto-developing and regularly-weighted protein molecular weight marker kit.
US08791237B2 Compositions and methods for treatment of non-hodgkins lymphoma
The present invention provides recombinant peptides comprising a B cell receptor (BCR) or a fragment thereof, nucleotide molecules encoding same, and vaccines and vectors comprising same; and methods of treating, inducing an immune response against, inducing a regression of, and suppressing a formation of a lymphoma, comprising administering same. The present invention also provides methods of inducing a humoral immune response in an animal against an antigen, comprising administering to the animal a fusion peptide comprising an LLO protein or fragment thereof fused to the antigen.
US08791236B2 Method of acylating a peptide or protein
A method for selectively acylating an amino group in a peptide or protein which has two or more reactive nucleophilic functional groups is described.
US08791231B2 Compositions containing, methods involving, and uses of non-natural amino acids and polypeptides
Disclosed herein are compounds useful in the preparation of non-natural amino acids and polypeptides that include at least one non-natural amino acid, and methods for making such non-natural amino acids and polypeptides. The non-natural amino acids, by themselves or as a part of a polypeptide, can include a wide range of possible functionalities, but typical have at least one oxime, carbonyl, dicarbonyl, and/or hydroxylamine group. Also disclosed herein are compounds useful in the preparation of non-natural amino acid polypeptides that are further modified post-translationally, methods for effecting such modifications, and methods for purifying such resultant polypeptides. Typically, the modified non-natural amino acid polypeptides include at least one oxime, carbonyl, dicarbonyl, and/or hydroxylamine group. Further disclosed are methods for using such non-natural amino acid polypeptides and modified non-natural amino acid polypeptides, including therapeutic, diagnostic, and other biotechnology uses.
US08791226B2 Preparation of low molecular weight polyornithine in high yield
The present invention generally relates to the large-scale (e.g., greater than 1 kg scale) preparation of low molecular weight polylysine or polyornithine in high yield by preparing a polylysine or polyornithine having a weight average molecular weight from about 12,500 Daltons to about 22,000 Daltons and hydrolyzing it to produce a polylysine or polyornithine having a weight average molecular weight from about 5,500 Daltons to about 12,000 Daltons.
US08791223B2 Curable compositions and methods of catalyzing chemical reactions
Methods of catalyzing chemical reactions are provided. A tri-substituted phosphine having at least one substituent that is an alkyl group is added as a catalyst to reaction mixtures. Reaction mixtures contain uretdiones, anhydrides, or isocyanate functional materials including isocyanurates, in various combinations with hydroxyl, thiol, and/or amine functional materials. Curable compositions comprising these catalysts and reaction mixtures are also provided.
US08791220B2 Porous inorganic/organic homogenous copolymeric hybrid materials for chromatographic separation and process for the preparation thereof
The present invention relates to porous inorganic/organic homogenous copolymeric hybrid material materials, including particulates and monoliths, methods for their manufacture, and uses thereof, e.g., as chromatographic separations materials.
US08791216B2 Activated inorganic metal oxides
A catalyst system for heterogeneous catalysis of organic compound conversion reactions is disclosed. The system includes a reaction product of (i) a BF3/alcohol catalyst complex and (ii) an activated metal oxide support for the catalyst complex. The reaction product includes an amount of the catalyst complex effective for catalyzing the conversion reaction.
US08791214B2 Active ester resin, method for producing the same, thermosetting resin composition, cured product of the thermosetting resin composition, semiconductor encapsulating material, pre-preg, circuit board, and build-up film
A low dielectric constant, a low dielectric loss tangent, and heat resistance are achieved. An active ester resin that has a resin structure produced by reacting a polyfunctional phenolic compound (a1) with a monofunctional aromatic carboxylic acid or its chloride (a2) and an aromatic dicarboxylic acid or its chloride (a3). The polyfunctional phenolic compound (a1) is represented by structural formula (1) below: (where Ar represents a benzene ring, a naphthalene ring, a benzene ring nuclear-substituted by an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a naphthalene ring nuclear-substituted by an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, X represents a methylene group, a divalent cyclic aliphatic hydrocarbon group, a phenylene dimethylene group, or a biphenylene-dimethylene group, and n represents the number of repeating units and the average thereof is in a range of 0.5 to 10).
US08791213B2 Curable silicone resin composition
The invention provides a curable silicone resin composition comprising: (A) an organopolysiloxane containing an aromatic group having two or more alkenyl groups, and having a viscosity at 25° C. of 10 to 1,000,000 mPa·s, (B) an organopolysiloxane having a resin structure, comprising 10 to 80 mol % of a SiO4/2 unit, 1 to 80 mol % of a (R1)2SiO2/2 unit, and 1 to 60 mol % of a (R2)3SiO1/2 unit, and containing a SiOH group in a range of 0.1 to 5.0 mol %, (C) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having two or more SiH group, and among whole substituents bonded to the silicon atom, 20 to 80 mol % is a phenyl group, and a SiO4/2 unit is less than 5 mol %, and (D) a platinum group metal catalyst, and the component (B) is contained in an amount of 20 to 80% by mass based on a sum of the component (A) and the component (B).
US08791209B2 Modified natural rubber particle, production method thereof, and modified natural rubber latex
A modified natural rubber particle having carbon-carbon double bands assigned to multifunctional vinyl monomers graft-copolymerized onto the surface of the modified natural rubber particle, which is prepared by graft-copolymerization of multifunctional vinyl monomers having two or more carbon-carbon double bonds onto natural rubber particles or deproteinized natural rubber particles. One of the methods for producing a modified natural rubber particle includes the steps of: forming inclusion complex of the multifunctional vinyl monomers having two or more carbon-carbon double bonds with a guest-protecting agent to protect at least one of the double bonds of the multifunctional vinyl monomers; graft-copolymerizing the resulting inclusion complex onto natural rubber particles or deproteinized natural rubber particles; and deprotecting the protected double bonds by removing the guest-protecting agent from the obtained graft-copolymer.
US08791207B2 Adhesive composition
The present application is directed to a non-aqueous composition. The composition comprises a blend of an acidic copolymer derived from a first group of monomers comprising at least one acidic monomer, and a basic copolymer derived from a second group of monomers comprising at least one basic monomer. The basic copolymer may comprise an amide functionality. In some embodiments, the composition comprises an acidic (meth)acrylic copolymer having a Tg less than 0° C., which is derived from a first group of monomers comprising at least one acidic monomer, and a basic (meth)acrylic copolymer having a Tg less than 0° C., which is derived from a second group of monomers comprising at least one basic monomer. Additionally, the composition may comprise a minimum of 0.10 moles of acid/base pairs per kilogram of composition.
US08791201B2 Dibenzylamine hydrophobe
The present invention relates to a compound characterized by the following formula: wherein each R1 is independently methyl or ethyl; and n 1 to 10. The compound is useful in preparing hydrophobically modified alkylene oxide urethane polymers, which are useful as rheology modifiers for coatings formulations.
US08791198B2 Curable aqueous composition
A curable aqueous composition that includes a first polymer that includes carboxyl groups, and a second component that includes a second water insoluble polymer and a stabilizer. The second component includes functional groups that react with the carboxyl groups of the first polymer during cure, is free from carboxylic acid groups, or a combination thereof. The composition, when dry, exhibits a first Tg of at least 10° C. and a second Tg of at least 50° C.
US08791195B2 Compositions useful for non-cellulose fiber sizing, coating or binding compositions, and composites incorporating same
Disclosed is a toughened film forming agent for use in a fiber sizing, a finish coating or a binder composition, where the toughened film forming agent includes a film forming polymer and a toughening agent both dispersed in water. The toughening agent may be core shell polymers, rubber, thermoplastic materials, nanomaterials, nanofibers, including any combination or subset thereof. The film forming polymer may be epoxy resins, polyurethane resins, epoxy-polyurethane resins, polyester resins, epoxy-polyester resins, polyvinylacetate resins, polypropylene resins, including any combination or subset thereof.
US08791189B2 Moldable polyester compositions, processes of manufacture, and articles thereof
A thermoplastic composition comprises, based on the total weight of the composition: 51-90 wt % polyester, 10-49 wt % ABS impact modifier; 0-20 wt % of multifunctional epoxy compound; 0-40 wt % filler; 0-2 wt % fibrillated fluoropolymer; and more than 0 to 5 wt % of a stabilizer composition. An article blow molded or injection molded from the composition has a multi-axial impact total energy from 30-100 Joules at −30° C. and a ductility of more than 90%; a permeability of more than 0 and less than or equal to 1.5 g/m2-day to ASTM D 471-98 Fuel C, measured after exposure to ASTM D 471-98 Fuel C vapor for 20 weeks at 40° C.; an MVR of 1-20 cc/10 min., measured at 265° C.; a flexural modulus of greater than 1300 MPa; and retains at least 75% of its initial tensile elongation at break, after exposure to Fuel E85 for 28 days at 70° C.
US08791185B2 2-ethylhexyl methyl terephthalate as plasticizer in adhesives and sealants
The invention provides an adhesive or sealant comprising (A) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of polyurethanes, polyureas, polyacrylates, polysulphides, silylated polyurethanes, silylated polyureas, silylated polyethers, silylated polysulphides and silyl-terminated acrylates, and (B) at least 0.32% by weight of 2-ethylhexyl methyl terephthalate, based on the overall adhesive or sealant. A process is disclosed for preparing the adhesive or sealant, and also disclosed is the use thereof for producing material bonds between parts to be joined.
US08791184B2 Two-component polyurethane adhesives with thixotropic effect
A two-component polyurethane adhesive is provided, which comprises a component A comprising at least one polyol with a molecular weight of more than 500 g/mol, a component B comprising at least one polyisocyanate with a molecular weight of less than 1000 g/mol, and additional additives. The component A contains 0.1 to 10 wt. % sterically hindered amines having primary amino groups.
US08791183B2 Method for defoaming a vinyl chloride resin slurry
Disclosed is a method for defoaming a vinyl chloride resin slurry. The agent of the present invention may prevent generation of Fish eyes and deteriorate in production efficiency caused by slurry foams without inhibiting inherent transparency of vinyl chloride resins, in the process of preparing the vinyl chloride resins by polymerizing a monomer mixture containing vinyl chloride as a main component in a polymerization reactor.
US08791181B2 Reinforced poly(phenylene ether)-polysiloxane block copolymer composition, and article comprising same
A reinforced poly(phenylene ether)-polysiloxane block copolymer composition includes specific amounts of a poly(phenylene ether)-polysiloxane block copolymer reaction product, a flame retardant, and a reinforcing filler. The composition exhibits a desirable balance of flame retardancy, heat resistance, and stiffness relative to a corresponding poly(phenylene ether) composition, and it is useful to fabricate articles including fuser holders for electrophotographic copiers.
US08791175B2 Liquid coagulant and tire puncture sealing material set
Disclosed is a liquid coagulant which can be injected into the inside of a tire without removing the tire from a rim and which can prevent the scattering of a residue of a tire puncture sealing material when the tire is removed from the rim. The liquid coagulant can coagulate an emulsion that contains a natural rubber latex. The liquid coagulant comprises a urethane resin and/or an acrylic resin which has a pH value of 2.0 to 4.0 and contains a cationic functional group.
US08791174B2 Ink composition and method of preparing same
An ink composition includes a particulate pigment, a hydrocarbon vehicle, an organic polyamine and an organic polyacid. A ratio by weight percent of the organic polyamine to the organic polyacid in the hydrocarbon vehicle is sufficient to render a conductivity of the ink composition to equal to or less than 15 nanosiemens per centimeter. The ink composition is prepared by combining the particulate pigment with a composition that includes the hydrocarbon vehicle, the organic polyamine and the organic polyacid. The combination is subjected to conditions under which the particulate pigment becomes dispersed in the composition.
US08791171B2 Biodegradable coatings for implantable medical devices
Biodegradable coatings for implantable medical devices are disclosed.
US08791169B2 Fluorene-based resin polymer and photo-sensitive resin composition comprising the same
The present invention relates to a fluorene-based resin polymer, and a photosensitive resin composition including the same, and the fluorene-based resin polymer according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention has a high molecular weight, a low acid value, and excellent developing property, adhesive property and stability.
US08791168B2 Viscoelastic foams having high air flow
A viscoelastic polyurethane foam is the reaction product of at least one natural oil derived polyol and at least one aromatic compound having an average of more than one isocyanate group. A viscoelastic polyurethane foam has an air flow of at least about 0.5 l/s, wherein the foam is formed in the substantial absence of copolymer polyol and has not (yet) been mechanically reticulated and is preferably prepared using at least one natural oil derived polyol, more preferably in an amount of at least about 20 weight percent of the polyols used. A process of preparing a viscoelastic foam, comprises steps of (A) forming a reaction mixture including at least one polyol, at least one polyisocyanate, water, at least one catalyst wherein a the polyol comprises at least one natural oil derived polyol; and (B) subjecting the reaction mixture to conditions sufficient to result in the reaction mixture to expand and cure to form a viscoelastic polyurethane foam. In another embodiment, a process comprises steps of (a) forming a natural oil derived polyol composition comprising at least one natural oil derived polyol and water; (b) admixing at least one gelling catalyst and at least one blowing catalyst with the natural oil derived polyol composition to form a catalyst polyol admixture; (c) supplying an isocyanate in an amount corresponding to an isocyanate index for a pMDI of at least about 65 and at most about 95 or, when the isocyanate is a TDI or MDI or combination thereof, at least about 80 and at most about 105; and (c) admixing the isocyanate with the catalyst polyol admixture.
US08791164B2 Device and method for increasing the effectiveness processes of catalytic chemical processes
The present invention relates to a monolithic solid catalyst for carrying out a heterogeneous catalytic chemical reaction in a reaction fluid which flows through the catalyst and comprises at least one educt, wherein the catalyst has at least one passage opening for the reaction fluid to flow through the catalyst.In order to obtain a larger and targeted yield and selectivity of the sought reaction products with a smaller design of the reactors, smaller energy feed and smaller reaction pressures and/or lower reaction temperatures, it is proposed according to the invention that, to increase the effectiveness of the chemical reaction, the catalyst has at least one mechanical oscillator by which, while carrying out the chemical reaction, the catalyst can be subjected to a mechanical frequency in the range of from 20 kHz to 2 GHz.
US08791163B2 Melatonin ligands having antidepressant activity as well as sleep inducing properties
Novel melatonin ligands of Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein: n is 1 or 2; m is 0, 1 or 2; p is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8; v is 2 or 3; A is aryl or heteroaryl; Z is O, S or NR8; Y is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, aryl, heteroaryl, C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, —OCF3, CF3, C1-C8 alkyl, C1-C8 alkyloxy, C1-C8 alkylthio, halogen and —Z—(CH2)p-A; R1 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, CF3, hydroxy-substituted C1-C4 alkyl, hydroxy-substituted C3-C8 cycloalkyl, and NHR5, wherein R5 is C1-C3 alkyl or C3-C6 cycloalkyl; R2 is selected from the group consisting of: hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkyloxy, OCF3, CF3, hydroxyl, and halogen; R3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkyloxy, OCF3, CF3, hydroxyl, and halogen; R and R3 may be connected together to form an —O—(CH2)v bridge representing with the carbon atoms to which they are attached a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring system; R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkyloxy, OCF3, CF3, hydroxyl, and halogen; R6 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1-C6 alkyl; R7 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkyloxy, OCF3, CF3, hydroxyl, and halogen; and R8 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1-C4 alkyl.
US08791158B2 Methods of treating meibomian gland dysfunction
The present invention includes methods for treating Meibomian gland dysfunctions. The invention also includes methods for improving tear lipid composition, for treating abnormal Meibomian gland secretion and for normalizing Meibomian gland secretions.
US08791155B2 Chroman derivatives
The invention relates to novel chroman derivatives, stereoisomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of Formula I wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification. They are useful in the treatment of disorders mediated by lipoxygenase, such as immune diseases, respiratory diseases and cardiovascular diseases, as well as in the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders and/or mitochondria) disorders. They are also useful in the manufacture of pharmaceutical formulations for the treatment of such conditions.
US08791154B2 High concentration olopatadine ophthalmic composition
The present invention is an ophthalmic composition containing a relatively high concentration of olopatadine. The composition is typically an ophthalmic aqueous solution containing relatively high concentrations of olopatadine solubilized within the solution. The composition is preferably capable of providing enhanced relief from symptoms of ocular allergic conjunctivitis, particularly late phase symptoms of ocular allergic conjunctivitis.
US08791152B2 Stable pharmaceutical composition containing docetaxel and a method of manufacturing the same
The present invention relates to a stable pharmaceutical composition for injection containing docetaxel and a method of preparing the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for injection containing docetaxel having better storage stability than conventional medications, which is prepared by dissolving docetaxel, a water-insoluble compound, in distilled water after mixing it with cyclodextrin (CD) and a water-soluble polymer such as hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC), polyethylene glycol (PEG) or polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and lyophilizing the mixture, and a method of preparing the same.
US08791150B2 Pharmaceutical composition for peroral administration of diindolylmethane
Block copolymer pharmaceutical compositions containing 3,3′-diindolylmethane (DIM). The pharmaceutical composition for peroral administration comprises 3,3′-diindolylmethane as an active component and a target additive, the target additive being a block copolymer of oxyethylene and oxypropylene, in which the content of the hydrophobic oxypropylene block is less than 50 mass % and the molecular mass of the hydrophilic oxyethylene block is equal to 2,250 Da or more, at a ratio of the active component to the selected block copolymer varying between 1:2 and 1:10. The composition improves absorption of the active compound by the bloodstream upon peroral delivery.
US08791149B2 Methods of treating traumatic brain injury using pro-neurogenic compounds
This invention relates generally to stimulating neurogenesis (e.g., post-natal neurogenesis, e.g., post-natal hippocampal neurogenesis) and protecting from neuron cell death.
US08791147B2 Calcium receptor modulating agents
The present invention relates generally to novel calcimimetic compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them. The invention also relates to methods of treating of diseases or disorders related to the function of the calcium sensing receptor using the compounds represented in Formula (I). Where Cy1 is pyridinonyl, pyridinyl, quinolinyl or 9-ethyl-9H-beta-carbolinyl, each of which optionally substituted and where Cy2 is phenyl naphthyl.
US08791143B2 Anthranilic diamide derivatives having cyclic side-chains
The present invention relates to novel anthranilic diamide derivatives of the general formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, A, Q and n have the meanings given in the description, to their use as insecticides and acaricides for controlling animal pests, also in combination with other agents for activity boosting, and a plurality of processes for their preparation.
US08791140B2 Crystalline forms of 6-[2-(methylcarbamoyl)phenylsulfanyl]-3-E-[2-(pyridin-2-yl)ethenyondazole suitable for the treatment of abnormal cell growth in mammals
The present invention relates to crystalline polymorphic and amorphous form of 6-[2-(methylcarbamoyl)phenyl sulfanyl]-3-E-[2-(pyridin-2-yl)ethenyl]indazole and to methods for their preparation. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one polymorphic form and to the therapeutic or prophylactic use of such polymorphic forms and compositions.
US08791139B2 Anthranilic diamide derivatives
The present invention relates to novel anthranilic acid derivatives of the general formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, A, Q and n have the meanings given in the description, to their use as insecticides and acaricides for controlling animal pests, also in combination with other agents for activity boosting, and a plurality of processes for their preparation.
US08791138B2 Compositions and methods for alleviating depression or improving cognition
This application describes compositions of receptor inhibitors, including antipsychotic agents, for example haloperidol, and methods of use for alleviating clinical depression, improving cognition and/or treating other syndromes, conditions or diseases for which anti-depressant agents are prescribed. Furthermore, this application describes compositions and methods to induce supersensitivity in dopamine D2 and other receptors involved in depression and/or cognition as a means of alleviating clinical depression or improving cognition.
US08791135B2 Nonpeptide HIV-1 protease inhibitors
Novel compounds and compositions for treating patients in need of relief from HIV, AIDS, and AIDS-related diseases are described. Methods for treating HIV, AIDS, and AIDS-related diseases using the compounds described herein are also described.
US08791133B2 Pyridylvinylpyrazoloquinolines as PAR1 inhibitors
The disclosure relates to compounds of formula I: wherein the groups R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and X are as defined in the disclosure, having antithrombotic activity, which in particular inhibits the protease-activated receptor 1 (PAR1). The disclosure further relates to methods for producing the same and to the use thereof as a pharmaceutical product.
US08791130B2 Aminopyrimidine derivatives as LRRK2 modulators
Compounds of the formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein m, n. X, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of making the compounds and using the compounds for treatment of diseases associated with LRRK2 receptor, such as Parkinson's disease.
US08791127B2 Mucosal bioadhesive slow release carrier for delivering active principles
A mucosal bioadhesive slow release carrier comprising an active principle and devoid of starch, lactose, which can release the active principal for a duration of longer than 20 hours. This bioadhesive carrier contains a diluent, an alkali metal alkylsulfate, a binding agent, at least one bioadhesive polymer and at least one sustained release polymer, as well as a method for its preparation.
US08791125B2 Dihydropyrazolopyrimidinone derivatives
The invention relates to compounds of a general formula (I): wherein Ar1 is an optionally-substituted aryl or heteroaromatic group; R1 is an optionally-substituted lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl or cyclo-lower alkyl group, or is an aryl, aralkyl or heteroaromatic group optionally having a substituent; R2 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkenyl group or a lower alkynyl group, or is an aryl, aralkyl or heteroaromatic group optionally having a substituent; R3 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R4 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a lower alkyl group or a group of —N(R1k)R1m; T and U are a nitrogen atom or a methine group, etc. The compounds of the invention have excellent Weel kinase-inhibitory effect and are therefore useful in the field of medicines, especially treatment of various cancers.
US08791119B2 3,4-dihydropyrrolo[1,2-A]pyrazine-2,8(1H)-dicarboxamide derivatives, preparation thereof and therapeutic use thereof for diseases involving casein kinase 1 epsilon and/or casein kinase 1 delta
Compounds corresponding to the general formula (I) wherein R2 represents a group C1-10-alkyl, C3-10-cycloalkyl, C3-7-cycloalkyl-C1-6-alkyl, C1-6-alkyl-C3-7-cycloalkyl, C3-7-cycloalkyl-C3-7-cycloalkyl, C1-6-alkylthio-C-1-10-alkyl, C1-6-alkoxy-C1-10-alkyl, hydroxy-C1-10-alkyl, hydroxy-C1-6-alkyl-C3-7-cycloalkyl-C1-6-alkyl, hydroxy-C3-10-cycloalkyl, C1-10-fluoroalkyl or C3-10-fluorocycloalkyl; an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; a group C1-10-alkyl substituted with an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; X6 represents a group chosen from hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine and bromine atoms or a group C1-6-alkyl, C3-7-cycloalkyl, C3-7-cycloalkyl-C1-6-alkyl, C1-6-fluoroalkyl or cyano; and R7 represents an aryl group such as phenyl or naphthyl, optionally substituted with one or more substituents, in the form of the base or of an acid-addition salt, and the therapeutic use thereof.
US08791115B2 Combination of triazine derivatives and insulin sensitisers
The present invention relates to combinations of triazine derivatives and of insulin sensitizers.
US08791111B2 Piperidine and piperazine derivatives
Compounds of the formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, D, G, Q and W have the meanings indicated in Claim (1), can and be employed for the treatment of tumors.
US08791108B2 Inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus replication
The disclosure generally relates to compounds of formula I, including compositions and methods for treating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The disclosure provides novel inhibitors of HIV, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and methods for using these compounds in the treatment of HIV infection.
US08791106B2 Fused ring pyridine compound
[Problem] To provide a compound useful as a novel agent which is excellent in preventing and/or treating cannabinoid receptor type 2-related diseases, based on agonist action on a cannabinoid receptor type 2[Means for Solution] The present inventors conducted thorough investigation regarding compounds having agonist action on a cannabinoid receptor type 2. They confirmed that the fused ring pyridine compound of the present invention has excellent agonist action on the cannabinoid receptor type 2, thereby completing the present invention. The fused ring pyridine compound of the present invention has agonist action on the cannabinoid receptor type 2, and can be used as an agent for preventing and/or treating cannabinoid receptor type 2-related diseases, for example, inflammatory diseases and pain.
US08791102B2 Acetanilide sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor antagonists
This disclosure relates to sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) receptor antagonists, compositions comprising the S1P receptor antagonists and methods for using and processes for making the S1P receptor antagonists. In particular, this disclosure relates to sphingosine-1-phosphate 1 (S1P1) receptor antagonists, compositions comprising the S1P1 receptor antagonist and methods for using the S1P1 receptor antagonist, such as in the treatment of cancer, and processes for making the S1P1 receptor antagonists.
US08791100B2 Aryl benzylamine compounds
The present invention relates to substituted aryl-benzylamine compounds, to processes for their production, to their use as pharmaceuticals and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
US08791097B2 Anti-tumor activity of CCI-779 in papillary renal cell cancer
This invention provides the method or use of CCI-779 in the treatment of papillary renal cell carcinoma.
US08791093B2 Pharmaceutical delivery systems for treatment of substance abuse and other addictions
Disclosed are injectable pharmaceutical compositions that contain a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-addictive agent, an anti-inflammatory agent, and a pharmaceutically acceptable liquid carrier, methods of making the compositions, and uses thereof for treating addictions including substance abuse (or addiction to an abused substance) and addictive or compulsive behavior, by administering the composition to a subject in need thereof.
US08791090B2 Prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for anemia comprising tetrahydroquinoline compound as active ingredient
Disclosed is a compound which has a low molecular weight and has an activity of enhancing the production of EPO and/or an activity of enhancing the production of hemoglobin. Specifically disclosed is and EPO production enhancer and/or a hemoglobin production enhancer comprising a 1-acyl-4-(substituted oxy, substituted amino, or substituted thio)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline derivative, more specifically a tetrahydroquinoline compound represented by general formula (1) [wherein R1, R2, R2′, R3 and R3′ independently represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, or the like; R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and R10 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, or the like; A represents N—R11, a sulfur atom, or an oxygen atom; R11 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, or the like; B represents a C6-14 aryl group, or a 5- to 10-membered heterocyclic group; and n represents an integer of 0 or 1], a salt of the tetrahydroquinoline compound, or a solvate of the tetrahydroquinoline compound or the salt.
US08791087B2 Treatment of ‘C terminus of HSP70-interacting protein’ (CHIP)related diseases by inhibition of natural antisense transcript to CHIP
The present invention relates to antisense oligonucleotides that modulate the expression of and/or function of ‘C terminus of HSP70-Interacting Protein’ (CHIP), in particular, by targeting natural antisense polynucleotides of ‘C terminus of HSP70-Interacting Protein’ (CHIP). The invention also relates to the identification of these antisense oligonucleotides and their use in treating diseases and disorders associated with the expression of CHIP.
US08791083B2 Chimeric oligomeric compounds comprising alternating regions of northern and southern conformational geometry
The present invention relates to novel chimeric oligomeric compounds having a plurality of alternating regions having either RNA like having northern or 3′-endo conformational geometry (3′-endo regions) or DNA like having southern or C2′-endo/O4′-endo conformational geometry. The oligomeric compounds of the present invention have shown reduction in mRNA levels in multiple in vitro and in vivo assay systems and are useful, for example, for investigative and therapeutic purposes.
US08791082B2 Double-stranded and single-stranded RNA molecules with 5′ triphosphates and their use for inducing interferon
Double-stranded and single-stranded RNA molecules, and their use in methods for inducing interferon are provided. The interferon induction provides anti-viral and other medically useful effects, such as anti-cancer effects. Also provided are methods for reducing or inhibiting interferon induction exhibited by such molecules, particularly siRNA and shRNA molecules produced in vitro.
US08791081B2 MGMT inhibitor combination for the treatment of neoplastic disorders
A method of treating a neoplastic disease in a subject includes administering to neoplastic cells of the subject an MGMT inhibitor and at least one of an antimitotic agent or a DNA damaging agent.
US08791080B2 Methods for treating gastrointestinal diseases
Described herein are macrolide and ketolide antibiotics and pharmaceutical compositions, methods, and uses thereof for treating gastrointestinal diseases.
US08791077B2 Method for treating hyperuricemia employing an SGLT2 inhibitor and composition containing same
Methods are provided for treating hyperuricemia, employing an SGLT2 inhibitor alone, or in combination with a supply of carbohydrate, and/or in combination with an inhibitor of uric acid synthesis. Additionally, pharmaceutical compositions comprising an SGLT2 inhibitor with a supply of carbohydrate or an inhibitor of uric acid synthesis or a supply of carbohydrate and an inhibitor of uric acid synthesis are provided in the instant invention and are provided for use in the inventive methods.
US08791075B2 Methods and compositions for inhibition of BCL6 repression
The invention is directed to a compound that binds to a BCL6 lateral groove and prevents binding of a corepressor to the lateral groove. The present invention is further directed to methods for blocking corepressor binding to a BCL6 lateral groove, methods for inhibiting BCL6 repression in a mammalian cell, and methods for treating a mammal with cancer, wherein the cancer requires BCL6 repression. The present invention is further directed to polypeptides comprising a portion of the corepressor binding site for BCL6 and related polynucleotides and vectors.
US08791072B2 Modulating neuromuscular junction density changes in botulinum-toxin treated tissue
A method may include administering botulinum toxin to a tissue of a patient and administering a neuropeptide of the CRF family to the tissue of the patient. In some examples, the botulinum toxin is periodically administered to the tissue of the patient and/or the neuropeptide of the CRF family is periodically administered to the tissue of the patient. The periods with which the botulinum toxin and the neuropeptide of the CRF family are administered may be the same or may be different. In some examples, the botulinum toxin and the neuropeptide of the CRF family are administered to the tissue at substantially the same time, while in other embodiments, the botulinum toxin and the neuropeptide of the CRF family are administered to the tissue at different times.
US08791070B2 Glycopegylated factor IX
Conjugates between Factor IX and PEG moieties. are disclosed in the present application. The conjugates are linked via a glycosyl linking group interposed between and covalently attached to the peptide and the modifying group. Conjugates are formed from glycosylated peptides by the action of a glycosyltransferase. The glycosyltransferase ligates a modified sugar moiety onto a glycosyl residue on the peptide. Also provided are methods for preparing the conjugates, methods for treating various disease conditions with the conjugates, and pharmaceutical formulations including the conjugates.
US08791066B2 Branched PEG remodeling and glycosylation of glucagon-like peptide-1 [GLP-1]
The present invention provides polypeptides that include an O-linked glycoconjugate in which a species such as a water-soluble polymer, a therapeutic agent of a biomolecule is covalently linked through an intact O-linked glycosyl residue to the polypeptide. The polypeptides of the invention include wild-type peptides and mutant peptides that include an O-linked glycosylation site that is not present in the wild-type peptide. Also provided are methods of making the peptides of the invention and methods, pharmaceutical compositions containing the peptides and methods of treating, ameliorating or preventing diseased in mammals by administering an amount of a peptide of the invention sufficient to achieve the desired response.
US08791063B2 Shortened tetranectin-apolipoprotein A-I fusion protein, a lipid particle containing it, and uses thereof
Herein is reported a shortened tetranectin-apolipoprotein A-I fusion protein and a lipid particle comprising the shortened tetranectin-apolipoprotein A-I fusion protein as well as uses thereof.
US08791060B2 Composition and use of phyto-percolate for treatment of disease
This invention relates generally to a method of preparation of a phyto-percolate that is derived from fresh water mixture including algae. The phyto-percolate is believed to contain an enzyme having proteolytic activity. The invention further relates to the use of the phyto-percolate in a variety of disease state.
US08791058B2 Composition for household care containing a cationic nanogel
The present invention relates to compositions for household care which include a cationic nanogel, particularly for treating and/or modifying hard or textile surfaces. The composition particularly enables a hydrophilization of hard surfaces, particularly useful in cleaning or rinsing operations.
US08791054B2 Methods of converting an inactive biocide into an active biocide using a chemical reaction
A method of converting an inactive biocide into an active biocide comprises: contacting the inactive biocide with an activating agent, wherein the activating agent is capable of chemically reacting with the inactive biocide; and causing or allowing a chemical reaction to take place between the inactive biocide and the activating agent, wherein the chemical reaction produces the active biocide. The methods can also include deactivating the active biocide via a chemical reaction between the active biocide and a deactivating agent.
US08791048B2 Herbicidal compositions comprising 4-amino-3-chloro-5-fluoro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl) pyridine-2-carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof and clomazone
Provided herein are synergistic herbicidal compositions containing (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) clomazone. The compositions and methods provided herein control undesirable vegetation, e.g., in direct-seeded, water-seeded and transplanted rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn/maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crops, vegetables, industrial vegetation management (IVM) and rights of way (ROW).
US08791046B2 Crystalline modification of fipronil
The present invention relates to a crystalline modification of fipronil, to a process for the preparation of the same, to pesticidal and parasiticidal mixtures and compositions comprising said crystalline modification and to their use for combating pests and parasites.
US08791037B1 Robust, high temperature-ceramic membranes for gas separation
A method of making ceramic membranes, and the ceramic membranes so formed, comprising combining a ceramic precursor with an organic or inorganic comonomer, forming the combination as a thin film on a substrate, photopolymerizing the thin film, and pyrolyzing the photopolymerized thin film.
US08791036B2 Glass plate for substrate, method for producing same, and method for producing TFT panel
The present invention relates to a glass plate for a substrate contains, as a glass matrix composition, in mol % on the oxide basis, SiO2: 67 to 72, Al2O3: 1 to 7, B2O3: 0 to 4, MgO: 11 to 15, CaO: 0 to 3, SrO: 0 to 3, BaO: 0 to 4, ZrO2: 0 to 4, Na2O: 8 to 15, and K2O: 0 to 7, with SiO2+Al2O3: 71 to 77, MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO: 11 to 17, Na2O+K2O: 8 to 17, and satisfying K2O/(Na2O+K2O)≦0.13×(SiO2+Al2O3+0.5B2O3+0.3BaO)−9.4, in which the glass plate has a β-OH value (mm−1) of 0.05 to 0.5, and a heat shrinkage ratio (C) of 16 ppm or less.
US08791027B2 Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A problem of a resist mask collapse due to a plasma process is solved. In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including steps of a plasma process to a sample having a mask made of an organic material, the plasma process includes a first step of a plasma process under a gas containing any of fluorine, oxygen, or nitrogen, or containing all of them, and a second step of the plasma process under a gas containing a rare gas without containing any of fluorine, oxygen, and nitrogen, and the first step and the second step are repeated.
US08791025B2 Method of producing microstructure of nitride semiconductor and photonic crystal prepared according to the method
The method of producing a GaN-based microstructure includes a step of preparing a semiconductor structure provided with a trench formed in a main surface of the nitride semiconductor and a heat-treating mask covering a main surface of the nitride semiconductor excluding the trench, a first heat-treatment step of heat-treating the semiconductor structure under an atmosphere containing nitrogen element to form a crystallographic face of the nitride semiconductor on at least a part of a sidewall of the trench, a step of removing the heat-treating mask after the first heat-treatment step and a second heat-treatment step of heat-treating the semiconductor structure under an atmosphere containing nitrogen element to close an upper portion of the trench on the sidewall of which the crystallographic face is formed with a nitride semiconductor.
US08791021B2 Silicon germanium mask for deep silicon etching
Polycrystalline silicon germanium (SiGe) can offer excellent etch selectivity to silicon during cryogenic deep reactive ion etching in an SF6/O2 plasma. Etch selectivity of over 800:1 (Si:SiGe) may be achieved at etch temperatures from −80 degrees Celsius to −140 degrees Celsius. High aspect ratio structures with high resolution may be patterned into Si substrates using SiGe as a hard mask layer for construction of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices and semiconductor devices.
US08791020B2 Silicon-containing film, resin composition, and pattern formation method
A pattern-forming method includes forming a silicon-containing film on a substrate, the silicon-containing film having a mass ratio of silicon atoms to carbon atoms of 2 to 12. A shape transfer target layer is formed on the silicon-containing film. A fine pattern is transferred to the shape transfer target layer using a stamper that has a fine pattern to form a resist pattern. The silicon-containing film and the substrate are dry-etched using the resist pattern as a mask to form a pattern on the substrate in nanoimprint lithography. According to another aspect of the invention, a silicon-containing film includes silicon atoms and carbon atoms. A mass ratio of silicon atoms to carbon atoms is 2 to 12. The silicon-containing film is used for a pattern-forming method employed in nanoimprint lithography.
US08791018B2 Method of depositing copper using physical vapor deposition
The present method of forming an electronic structure includes providing a tantalum base layer and depositing a layer of copper on the tantalum layer, the deposition being undertaken by physical vapor deposition with the temperature of the base layer at 50° C. or less, with the deposition taking place at a power level of 300 W or less.
US08791017B2 Methods of forming conductive structures using a spacer erosion technique
Disclosed herein are various methods of forming conductive structures, such as conductive lines and via, on an integrated circuit device using a spacer erosion technique. In one example, the method includes forming a patterned hard mask layer above a layer of insulating material, the patterned hard mask having a hard mask opening, forming an erodible spacer in the hard mask opening to thereby define a spacer opening and performing at least one etching process through the spacer opening on the layer of insulating material to define a trench therein for a conductive structure, wherein the erodible spacer is substantially eroded away during the at least one etching process.
US08791012B2 Methods and apparatus for manufacturing semiconductor devices
In accordance with the teachings of the present disclosure, methods and apparatus are provided for a semiconductor device having thin anti-reflective layer(s) operable to absorb radiation that may otherwise reflect off surfaces disposed inwardly from the anti-reflective layer(s). In a method embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a support structure outwardly from a substrate. The support structure has a first thickness and a first outer sidewall surface that is not parallel with the substrate. The first outer sidewall surface has a first minimum refractive index. The method further includes forming an anti-reflective layer outwardly from the first outer sidewall surface. The anti-reflective layer has: a second outer sidewall surface that is not parallel with the substrate, a second refractive index that is greater than the first minimum refractive index, and a second thickness that is less than the first thickness.
US08791009B2 Method of forming a through-silicon via utilizing a metal contact pad in a back-end-of-line wiring level to fill the through-silicon via
A method for fabricating through-silicon vias (TSVs) for semiconductor devices is provided. Specifically, the method involves utilizing copper contact pads in a back-end-of-line wiring level, wherein the copper contact pads act as cathodes for performing an electroplating technique to fill TSVs with plated-conductive material (e.g., copper) from an electroplating solution. Moreover, the method provides a way to fill high aspect ratio TSVs with minimal additional semiconductor fabrication process steps, which can increase the silicon area that is available for forming additional electronic components on integrated circuits.
US08791008B2 Semiconductor device and method of forming micro-vias partially through insulating material over bump interconnect conductive layer for stress relief
A semiconductor device has a semiconductor die and first insulating layer formed over the semiconductor die. A plurality of first micro-vias can be formed in the first insulating layer. A conductive layer is formed in the first micro-openings and over the first insulating layer. A second insulating layer is formed over the first insulating layer and conductive layer. A portion of the second insulating layer is removed to expose the conductive layer and form a plurality of second micro-openings in the second insulating layer over the conductive layer. The second micro-openings can be micro-vias, micro-via ring, or micro-via slots. Removing the portion of the second insulating layer leaves an island of the second insulating layer over the conductive layer. A bump is formed over the conductive layer. A third insulating layer is formed in the second micro-openings over the bump. The second micro-openings provide stress relief.
US08791004B2 Interface-free metal gate stack
A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a program for fabricating a gate stack for a transistor is disclosed. The program includes instructions configured to perform a method. The method includes forming a high dielectric constant layer on a semiconductor layer. A metal layer is formed on the high dielectric constant layer. A silicon containing layer is formed over the metal layer. An oxidized layer incidentally forms during the silicon containing layer formation and resides on the metal layer beneath the silicon containing layer. The silicon containing layer is removed. The oxidized layer residing on the metal layer is removed after removing the silicon containing layer.
US08791002B2 Semiconductor device and fabrication method for the same
A fabrication method for a semiconductor device includes the step of forming a gate insulating film on the side of a trench, the bottom thereof, and the periphery thereof. The step of forming a gate insulating film includes a step of forming a first insulating film on the side of the trench and a step of forming a second insulating film on the bottom and periphery of the trench using a high-density plasma chemical vapor deposition method. The thickness of the portions of the gate insulating film formed on the bottom and periphery of the trench is made larger than that of the portion of the gate insulating film formed on the side of the trench.
US08791001B2 N2 based plasma treatment and ash for HK metal gate protection
The present disclosure provides a method for making a semiconductor device. The method includes forming a first material layer on substrate; forming a patterned photoresist layer on the first material layer; applying an etching process to the first material layer using the patterned photoresist layer as a mask; and applying a nitrogen-containing plasma to the substrate to remove the patterned photoresist layer.
US08790997B2 Laser machining method and chip
While reliably cutting an object to be processed, the strength of the resulting chips is improved. An object to be processed 1 is irradiated with laser light L, so as to form modified regions 17, 27, 37, 47 extending along lines to cut 5 and aligning in the thickness direction in the object 1. Here, modified regions 17 are formed such that modified region formed parts 17a and modified region unformed parts 17b alternate along the lines, and modified regions 47 are formed such that modified region formed parts 47a and modified region unformed parts 47b alternate along the lines. This can inhibit formed modified regions 7 from lowering the strengths on the rear face 21 side and front face 3 side of chips obtained by cutting. On the other hand, modified regions 27, 37 located between the modified regions 17, 47 are formed continuously from one end side of the lines 5 to the other end side thereof, whereby the cuttability of the object 1 can be secured reliably.
US08790996B2 Method of processing a device substrate
Methods of processing a device substrate are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of processing a device substrate can include bonding a first surface of a device substrate to a carrier with a polymeric material. The device substrate may have a plurality of first openings extending from the first surface towards a second surface of the device substrate opposite from the first surface. Then, material can be removed at the second surface of the device substrate, wherein at least some of the first openings communicate with the second surface at least one of before or after performing the removal of the material. Then, at least a portion of the polymeric material disposed between the first surface and the carrier substrate can be exposed to a substance through at least some first openings to debond the device substrate from the carrier substrate.
US08790994B2 Wireless chip and manufacturing method thereof
It is an object of the present invention to reduce the cost of a wireless chip, further, to reduce the cost of a wireless chip by enabling the mass production of a wireless chip, and furthermore, to provide a downsized and lightweight wireless chip. A wireless chip in which a thin film integrated circuit peeled from a glass substrate or a quartz substrate is formed between a first base material and a second base material is provided according to the invention. As compared with a wireless chip formed from a silicon substrate, the wireless chip according to the invention realizes downsizing, thinness, and lightweight. The thin film integrated circuit included in the wireless chip according to the invention at least has an n-type thin film transistor having an LDD (Lightly Doped Drain) structure, a p-type thin film transistor having a single drain structure, and a conductive layer functioning as an antenna.
US08790991B2 Method and structure for shallow trench isolation to mitigate active shorts
A shallow trench isolation region is provided in which void formation is substantially or totally eliminated therefrom. The shallow trench isolation mitigates active shorts between two active regions of a semiconductor substrate. The shallow trench isolation region includes a bilayer liner which is present on sidewalls and a bottom wall of a trench that is formed in a semiconductor substrate. The bilayer liner of the present disclosure includes, from bottom to top, a shallow trench isolation liner, e.g., a semiconductor oxide and/or nitride, and a high k liner, e.g., a dielectric material having a dielectric constant that is greater than silicon oxide.
US08790990B2 Silica-based film forming material for formation of air gaps, and method for forming air gaps
Provided is a silica-based film forming material for formation of air gaps, the material being capable of forming air gaps without employing a CVD method. A silica-based film forming material for formation of air gaps including (a) a certain siloxane polymer, (b) an alkanolamine, and (c) an organic solvent is used when a silica-based film is formed with a spin coating method. According to this silica-based film forming material for formation of air gaps, air gaps with a great degree of opening can be formed even when coated with a spin coating method, without filling the recessed parts.
US08790988B2 Semiconductor devices having passive element in recessed portion of device isolation pattern and methods of fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a device isolation pattern and a passive circuit element. The device isolation pattern is located on the substrate, delimits an active region of the substrate, and includes a recessed portion having a bottom surface located below a plane coincident with a surface of the active region. The passive circuit element is situated in the recess so as to be disposed on the bottom surface of the recessed portion of the device isolation pattern.
US08790987B2 Methods of forming electrical components and memory cells
Some embodiments include methods of forming electrical components. First and second exposed surface configurations are formed over a first structure, and material is then formed across the surface configurations. The material is sub-divided amongst two or more domains, with a first of the domains being induced by the first surface configuration, and with a second of the domains being induced by the second surface configuration. A second structure is then formed over the material. The first domains of the material are incorporated into electrical components. The second domains may be replaced with dielectric material to provide isolation between adjacent electrical components, or may be utilized as intervening regions between adjacent electrical components.
US08790985B2 High voltage resistance coupling structure
The disclosed invention provides a structure and method for providing a high lateral voltage resistance between the electrical networks, sharing a lateral plane, of conductive elements (e.g., having different high voltage potentials) comprising a coupler. In one embodiment, an integrated coupler providing a high lateral voltage resistance comprises a primary conductive element and a secondary conductive element. An isolating material is laterally configured between the electrical network of the primary conductive element and an electrical network of the secondary conductive element. The isolating material may comprise a low-k dielectric layer and prevents any lateral barrier layers (e.g., etch stop layers, diffusion barrier layers, etc.) from extending between the first conductive element and the electrical network of the second conductive element. The structure therefore provides a galvanically isolated integrated coupler which avoids electrical shorting between circuits (e.g., at barrier layers) resulting in an improved high voltage resistance.
US08790975B2 Semiconductor device comprising a capacitor formed in the metallization system based on dummy metal features
When forming capacitive structures in a metallization system, such as in a dynamic RAM area, placeholder metal regions may be formed together with “regular” metal features, thereby achieving a very efficient overall process flow. At a certain manufacturing stage, the metal of the placeholder metal region may be removed on the basis of a wet chemical etch recipe followed by the deposition of the electrode materials and the dielectric materials for the capacitive structure without unduly affecting other portions of the metallization system. In this manner, very high capacitance values may be realized on the basis of a very efficient overall manufacturing flow.
US08790973B2 Workfunction metal stacks for a final metal gate
Transistor devices are formed with a pMOS and an nMOS workfunction stack of substantially equal thickness after gate patterning. Embodiments include forming n-type and p-type areas in a substrate, forming a pMOS workfunction metal stack layer on both areas, forming a hardmask layer on the pMOS workfunction metal stack layer on the n-type area, removing the pMOS workfunction metal stack layer from the p-type area, forming an nMOS workfunction metal stack layer on the p-type area and on the hardmask layer, and removing the nMOS workfunction metal stack layer from the hardmask layer.
US08790971B1 Method of fabricating a super junction transistor
A method of fabricating a super junction transistor is provided. A drain substrate is provided. An epitaxial layer is formed on the drain substrate. A plurality of trenches is formed in the epitaxial layer. A buffer layer is formed and is in direct contact with the interior surface of the trenches. A dopant source layer is filled into the trenches. An etching process is performed to form a plurality of recessed structures above the respective trenches. A gate oxide layer is formed on the surface of each recessed trench and the dopants inside the dopant source layer are diffused into the epitaxial layer through the buffer layer to thereby form at least a body diffusion layer of the first conductivity type. A gate conductor is filled into the recessed structures to form a plurality of gate structure units. A doped source region having the first conductivity type is formed.
US08790969B2 Effecting selectivity of silicon or silicon-germanium deposition on a silicon or silicon-germanium substrate by doping
A method for selective deposition of Si or SiGe on a Si or SiGe surface exploits differences in physico-chemical surface behavior according to a difference in doping of first and second surface regions. By providing at least one first surface region with a Boron doping of a suitable concentration range and exposing the substrate surface to a cleaning and passivating ambient atmosphere in a prebake step at a temperature lower or equal than 800° C., a subsequent deposition step of Si or SiGe will not lead to a layer deposition in the first surface region. This effect is used for selective deposition of Si or SiGe in the second surface region, which is not doped with Boron in the suitable concentration range, or doped with another dopant, or not doped. Several devices are, thus, provided. The method thus saves a usual photolithography sequence required for selective deposition of Si or SiGe in the second surface region according to the prior art.
US08790965B2 High voltage cascoded III-nitride rectifier package
Some exemplary embodiments of high voltage cascoded III-nitride semiconductor package utilizing clips on a package support surface have been disclosed. One exemplary embodiment comprises a III-nitride transistor attached to a package support surface and having an anode of a diode stacked over a source of the III-nitride transistor, a first conductive clip coupled to a gate of the III-nitride transistor and the anode of the diode, and a second conductive clip coupled to a drain of the III-nitride transistor. The conductive clips are connected to the package support surface and expose respective flat portions that are surface mountable. In this manner, reduced package footprint, improved surge current capability, and higher performance may be achieved compared to conventional wire bonded packages. Furthermore, since a low cost printed circuit board (PCB) may be utilized for the package support surface, expensive leadless fabrication processes may be avoided for cost effective manufacturing.
US08790964B2 Power transistor with heat dissipation and method therefor
A device comprising a substrate, an integrated circuit (IC) die attached to the substrate on one side, a plurality of contact pads on an active side of the IC die, a plurality of thermally and electrically conductive legs, each of the legs attached to a respective one of the contact pads, and an encapsulating material formed around the substrate, the IC die, and a portion of the legs. A contact end of each of the legs is exposed, and one of the contact ends conducts a signal from a transistor in the IC die.
US08790961B2 Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A bottom-gate transistor with a short channel length and a method for manufacturing the transistor are provided. A bottom-gate transistor with a short channel length in which portions of a source electrode and a drain electrode which are proximate to a channel formation region are thinner than other portions thereof was devised. In addition, the portions of the source electrode and the drain electrode which are proximate to the channel formation region are formed in a later step than the other portions thereof, whereby a bottom-gate transistor with a short channel length can be manufactured.
US08790959B2 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.
US08790958B2 Quantum dot organic light emitting device and method of fabricating the same
A quantum dot organic light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. A first electrode layer is formed on a substrate. A block copolymer film which can cause phase separation on the first electrode layer is formed. The block copolymer film is phase-separated into a plurality of first domains, each having a nano size column shape, and a second domain which surrounds the first domains. A quantum dot template film of the second domain, which comprises a plurality of nano size through holes, is formed by selectively removing the first domains. Quantum dot structures, each of which comprises an organic light emitting layer in the through hole of the quantum dot template film, is formed.
US08790957B2 Method of fabricating a back-contact solar cell and device thereof
Methods of fabricating back-contact solar cells and devices thereof are described. A method of fabricating a back-contact solar cell includes forming an N-type dopant source layer and a P-type dopant source layer above a material layer disposed above a substrate. The N-type dopant source layer is spaced apart from the P-type dopant source layer. The N-type dopant source layer and the P-type dopant source layer are heated. Subsequently, a trench is formed in the material layer, between the N-type and P-type dopant source layers.
US08790956B2 Structure and method of fabricating a CZTS photovoltaic device by electrodeposition
Techniques for using electrodeposition to form absorber layers in diodes (e.g., solar cells) are provided. In one aspect, a method for fabricating a diode is provided. The method includes the following steps. A substrate is provided. A backside electrode is formed on the substrate. One or more layers are electrodeposited on the backside electrode, wherein at least one of the layers comprises copper, at least one of the layers comprises zinc and at least one of the layers comprises tin. The layers are annealed in an environment containing a sulfur source to form a p-type CZTS absorber layer on the backside electrode. An n-type semiconductor layer is formed on the CZTS absorber layer. A transparent conductive layer is formed on the n-type semiconductor layer. A diode is also provided.
US08790955B2 Methods of providing liquid material to selected regions of semiconductor material with textured surfaces
Semiconductor photovoltaic cells have surfaces that are textured for processing and photovoltaic reasons. The absorbing regions may have parallel grooves that reduce loss of solar energy that would otherwise be lost by reflection. One form of texturing has parallel grooves and ridges. The cell also includes regions of metallization for collecting the generated electrical carriers and conducting them away, which may be channels. The topography is considered during production, using a process that takes advantage of the topography to govern what locations upon will receive a specific processing, and which locations will not receive such a processing. Liquids are treated directly into zones of the cell. They migrate throughout a zone and act upon the locations contacted. They do not migrate to other zones, due to impediments to fluid flow that are features of the surface texture, such as edges, walls and ridges. Blocking liquid may also be deposited and migrate within a zone, to block or mask a subsequent activity, such as etching.
US08790953B2 Method for texturing silicon surface to create black silicon for photovoltaic applications
The surface of silicon is textured to create black silicon on a nano-micro scale by electrochemical reduction of a silica layer on silicon in molten salts. The silica layer can be a coating, or a layer caused by the oxidation of the silicon.
US08790951B2 Laminating assembly
A carrier assembly is provided for solar cell laminates that include an encapsulating layer and that are conveyed through a lamination plant having a conveying surface. The assembly includes a housing of heat conductive material defining an inner volume, the housing having an upper plate for receiving the laminates and a lower plate defining a plurality of apertures, the inner volume including at least one connecting element interconnecting the first and second plates. An air supply system provides a continuous outward air flow through the apertures when the lower plate is received on the conveying surface, wherein the airflow yields an elevated pressure on the lower plate for providing lift to the housing, allowing substantially friction-free movement of the housing relative to the conveying surface. A thermal transfer system provides thermal energy to the upper plate for melting and curing the encapsulating layer.
US08790949B2 Solid state imaging device, method of producing solid state imaging device, and electronic apparatus
A solid state imaging device includes: a substrate; a photoelectric conversion unit that is formed on the substrate to generate and accumulate signal charges according to light quantity of incident light; a vertical transmission gate electrode that is formed to be embedded in a groove portion formed in a depth direction from one side face of the substrate according to a depth of the photoelectric conversion unit; and an overflow path that is formed on a bottom portion of the transmission gate to overflow the signal charges accumulated in the photoelectric conversion unit.
US08790947B2 Three-dimensional solar cell having increased efficiency
A nano-scale tower structure array having increased surface area on each tower for gathering incident light is provided for use in three-dimensional solar cells. Embodiments enhance surface roughness of each tower structure to increase the surface area available for light gathering. Enhanced roughness can be provided by manipulating passivation layer etching parameters used during a formation process of the nano-scale tower structures, in order to affect surface roughness of a photoresist layer used for the etch. Manipulable etching parameters can include power, gas pressure, and etching compound chemistry.
US08790946B2 Methods of bonding caps for MEMS devices
A method includes bonding a first bond layer to a second bond layer through eutectic bonding. The step of bonding includes heating the first bond layer and the second bond layer to a temperature higher than a eutectic temperature of the first bond layer and the second bond layer, and performing a pumping cycle. The pumping cycle includes applying a first force to press the first bond layer and the second bond layer against each other. After the step of applying the first force, a second force lower than the first force is applied to press the first bond layer and the second bond layer against each other. After the step of applying the second force, a third force higher than the second force is applied to press the first bond layer and the second bond layer against each other.
US08790944B2 Manufacturing method of semiconductor element
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor element comprises the steps of (a) preparing a growth substrate, (b) forming a semiconductor layer on the growth substrate, (c) dividing the semiconductor layer into a plurality of elements while leaving at least a part of the semiconductor layer between each element to form a sacrificial layer around each element, (d) forming a metal layer on the semiconductor layer, (e) bonding a supporting substrate to the semiconductor layer via the metal layer, and (f) removing the growth substrate from the semiconductor layer by irradiating a laser whose area of irradiation covers each element within an outline of the sacrificial layer of each element.
US08790942B2 Method for manufacturing display device
One object is to provide a method for manufacturing a display device in which shift of the threshold voltage of a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer can be suppressed even when ultraviolet light irradiation is performed in the process for manufacturing the display device. In the method for manufacturing a display device, ultraviolet light irradiation is performed at least once, a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer is used for a switching element, and heat treatment for repairing damage to the oxide semiconductor layer caused by the ultraviolet light irradiation is performed after all the steps of ultraviolet light irradiation are completed.
US08790939B2 Method for producing a plurality of radiation-emitting components and radiation-emitting component
A method for producing a plurality of radiation-emitting components includes A) providing a carrier layer having a plurality of mounting regions separated from one another by separating regions; B) applying an interlayer to the separating regions; C) applying a respective radiation-emitting device to each of the plurality of mounting regions; D) applying a continuous potting layer to the radiation-emitting device and the separating regions; E) severing the potting layer and partially severing the interlayer in the separating regions of the carrier layer in a first separating step; and F) partially severing the interlayer and severing the carrier layer in a second separating step, wherein the interlayer is completely severed by the first and the second separating step.
US08790937B2 Zinc oxide-containing transparent conductive electrode
A transparent conductive electrode stack containing a work function adjusted zinc oxide is provided. Specifically, the transparent conductive electrode stack includes a layer of zinc oxide and a layer of a work function modifying material. The presence of the work function modifying material in the transparent conductive electrode stack shifts the work function of the layer of zinc oxide to a higher value for better hole injection into the OLED device as compared to a transparent conductive electrode that includes only a layer of zinc oxide and no work function modifying material.
US08790936B2 Method for manufacturing optical deflector for forming dicing street with double etching
A wafer-level optical deflector assembly is formed on a front surface side of a wafer. Then, the front surface side of the wafer is etched by using elements of the wafer-level optical deflector assembly, to form a front-side dicing street. Then, a transparent substrate with an inside cavity is adhered to the front surface side of the wafer. Then, a second etching mask is formed on a back surface side of the wafer. Then, the back surface side of the wafer is etched to create a back-side dicing street. Then, an adhesive sheet with a ring-shaped rim is adhered to the back surface side of the wafer. Then, the transparent substrate is removed. Finally, the ring-shaped rim is expanded to widen the front-side dicing street and the back-side dicing street to pick up optical deflectors one by one from the wafer.
US08790935B1 Method of manufacturing a magnetoresistive-based device with via integration
A method is provided for forming a first via with an electrically conductive material, for example, copper, that is formed over and coupled to a conductive landing pad of an MRAM array. A sputter step is performed to lower the surface of the first via below that of a surrounding dielectric material. This recess is repeated in subsequent processing steps, providing alignment marks for the formation of a magnetic tunnel junction. The magnetic tunnel junction may be offset from the first via, and a second via being formed above the magnetic tunnel junction and to a conductive layer.
US08790931B2 Method of collecting particles from a sample fluid by arranging the particles to settle and collect in a collecting portion of a collecting region
A method is provided for collecting a concentration of particles from a sample fluid containing the particles. The method includes the steps of providing a microfluidic device. The microfluidic device includes an input channel, an output channel and a collection region. The input channel has an input end and an output end. The output channel has an input end and an output end. The collection region interconnects the output end of the input channel and the input end of the output channel. The sample fluid flows through the input channel and the output channel at a first velocity and through the collection region at a second velocity less than the first velocity such that the particles collect in therein.
US08790930B2 Intelligent pigments and plastics
A chemical indicator having a particulate inorganic substrate, and at least one reactive dye or ink coated on and/or impregnated within the particulate inorganic substrate. Coating and/or impregnating at least one reactive dye or ink on or within a particulate inorganic substrate improves the storage stability and/or thermal stability of the at least one reactive dye or ink, which typically includes relatively unstable compounds. This allows the present indicators to be incorporated into thermoplastic polymer materials and processed conventionally while maintaining the efficacy and stability of the new indicators. The indicators provide simple, reliable, and cost effective detection means for detecting analytes such as ammonia, carbon dioxide, and oxygen, and may find use in applications such as food packaging and medical applications.
US08790928B2 Utilisation of constructs comprising recombination sequence motifs for enhancing gene expression in moss
A method of amplifying gene expression in a moss plant cell or moss tissue, DNA constructs therefor, moss plant cells and uses thereof for the production of protein.
US08790926B2 Tissue engineering supports and methods therefor
The present disclosure relates to supports and scaffolds for cell and tissue engineering. The supports disclosed herein are composed of a thermally responsive material, containing pillars, that is coated with an acrylic polymer, thereby imparting an amphipathic matrix foundation. When exposed to a change in temperature, the coated support reacts by facilitating or repelling hydromolecular interactions. Further disclosed herein are methods for making hydrogels that can support tissue growth.
US08790923B2 Viable cells from frozen umbilical cord tissue
Viable progenitor cells are extracted from frozen umbilical cord tissue. In embodiments, the umbilical cord tissue is a blood vessel bearing perivascular Wharton's jelly, and the extracted progenitor cells are HUCPVCs.
US08790917B2 Device for biochemical processing and analysis of a sample
A device for biochemical processing and analysis of a measured sample volume of a sample is described. The device is characterized in that it consists of a sealed vessel (1) and that it comprises at least one thin pierceable membrane (2) through which a capillary tube (3) containing said measured sample volume of a sample can pass into said sealed vessel (1). Said sealed vessel (1) further contains at least one biochemically reactive substance (4) and a liquid (6). A method, wherein the device according to the invention is used for analysis, is also described.
US08790910B2 Live vaccine strain
A strain of Francisella species wherein a gene which encodes for part of the glutamate metabolic pathway has been inactivated, and which is able to produce a protective immune response in an animal, for use as live prophylactic or therapeutic vaccine against infection by said Francisella species. Particularly effective strains include those where the capB gene is deleted. Other embodiments of the invention describe strains which compromise a further genetic mutation wherein a gene which encodes for another component of the cell is also inactivated. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising said strains, together with methods which utilize such strains are also described and claimed.
US08790908B2 Use of a carbonaceous substitute for the production of yeast
The present invention relates to novel strains of Saccharomyces that can be produced on a carbonaceous substrate which makes it possible to completely and/or partially replace the use of sugar, and to the use thereof for the production of yeast, in particular on the industrial scale. The invention also relates to a method for producing yeast of the Saccharomyces genus on a carbonaceous substrate which makes it possible to completely or partially replace the use of sugar.
US08790906B2 Lysophospholipid acyltransferase
The present invention provides novel lysophospholipid acyltransferases. The object of the present invention is attained by the nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 1 and 6 and the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 2 and 7 of the present invention.
US08790905B2 Fructosyl peptide oxidase
The present invention encompasses: [1] a DNA encoding the protein of any one of (i) a protein comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO:1; (ii) a protein comprising a sequence with one to ten amino acid deletions, substitutions, or additions in the sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, and having fructosyl peptide oxidase activity; (iii) a protein comprising a sequence having 99% or higher homology to the sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, and having fructosyl peptide oxidase activity; and (iv) a protein having fructosyl peptide oxidase activity, which is encoded by an expression plasmid harbored by the strain deposited under Accession No. FERM BP-11026; [2] a DNA comprising the of SEQ ID NO: 2; and [3] a DNA that hybridizes under stringent conditions with a DNA comprising a sequence complementary to SEQ ID NO: 2, where the DNA encodes a protein having fructosyl peptide oxidase activity.
US08790902B2 Microorganisms having enhanced tolerance to inhibitors and stress
The present invention provides genetically modified strains of microorganisms that display enhanced tolerance to stress and/or inhibitors such as sodium acetate and vanillin. The enhanced tolerance can be achieved by increasing the expression of a protein of the Sm-like superfamily such as a bacterial Hfq protein and a fungal Sm or Lsm protein. Further, the present invention provides methods of producing alcohol from biomass materials by using the genetically modified microorganisms of the present invention.
US08790901B2 Microorganisms and methods for producing unsaturated fatty acids
Methods of producing an unsaturated free fatty acid comprising at least 18 carbon atoms are provided. In some embodiments, the methods comprise culturing an engineered microorganism in a culture medium, wherein the engineered microorganism comprises at least one recombinant enzyme selected from acyl-lipid desaturase delta-9 (EC:1.14.19.1), acyl-lipid desaturase delta-12 (EC:1.14.19.6), acyl-lipid desaturase delta-15 (EC:1.14.19.-), and thioesterase (EC:3.1.2.14). Engineered microorganisms comprising at least one of those recombinant enzymes are also provided. The methods and organisms can be used to produce at least one free fatty acid selected from oleic acid, linoleic acid and α-linolenic acid.
US08790900B2 Microorganisms having enhanced sucrose mutase activity
The invention relates to the biotechnological production of isomaltulose and isomaltulose-containing compositions and improved means, therefore particularly microbial cells.
US08790898B2 Synthetic peptides corresponding to overlapping neutralizing determinants in the CBD1 epitope induce broadly neutralizing antibodies
The present invention relates to chimeric peptides having a caveolin-1 binding domain of an HIV-1 gp41 (CBD1) peptide or a variant of said CBD1, fused to a T helper epitope. In one aspect, the T epitope is from a peptide selected from the group consisting of a tetanus toxin, an HIV-1 Gag p24 and an HIV-1 Env-gp120. Compositions containing these chimeric peptides and pharmaceutical and immunogenic compositions as well as vaccines comprising these chimeric peptides also are part of the present invention. Methods to induce neutralizing antibodies against HIV-1 activity and uses of the chimeric peptides to treat or to prevent HIV-1 infection are also disclosed.
US08790897B2 Treatment of mucus hypersecretion
The present invention relates to treatment of mucus hypersecretion, to compositions therefore and manufacture of those compositions. The present invention relates particularly, though not exclusively, to the treatment of chronic bronchitis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma and other clinical conditions involving COPD.
US08790894B2 Mutant cellobiohydrolase
The invention relates to Mutant cellobiohydrolase, being a mutant of SEQ ID NO:1, having a substitution at position N247(I,F,H,W) of SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the mutant cellobiohydrolase has at least 50% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1, and wherein the mutant cellobiohydrolase has CBHI activity.
US08790893B2 Measuring degree of polymerisation for meningococcal capsular saccharides that contain sialic acid
The degree of polymerisation (DP) is an important parameter for analysis of saccharide antigens, particularly in glycoconjugates. The invention provides methods that can be used to measure DP for capsular saccharides, particularly for meningococcal saccharides e.g. from serogroups W135 and Y. A preferred method is based on reduction of terminal sialic acid residues on saccharides, with DP then being calculated by comparing the molar ratio of total sialic acid to reduced sialic acid.
US08790891B2 Microfluidic cell motility assay
Certain isolated motile cells spontaneously migrate unidirectionally through a mechanically confined space, such as a microcapillary channel, in the absence of an external gradient (e.g., a chemical gradient). Assays and methods for detecting motile cells, and identifying chemical agents that inhibit cell migration, can include detecting the movement of motile cancer cells through a microcapillary channel.
US08790889B2 Neuronal stimulation
A method of activating a latent neural precursor cell population, comprising: (1) providing a neural cell population derived from the hippocampus; (2) introducing the neural cell population to a neurosphere-forming culture medium; and (3) activating the latent precursor cell population by treatment with a β3 adrenergic receptor agonist.
US08790885B2 Coagulogen raw material, process for producing the same, and method and apparatus for measuring physiologically active substance of biological origin using the same
Disclosed is a technique for obtaining a coagulogen raw material which can irreversibly inactivate the activity of a coagulase while retaining the function of coagulogen in an LAL reagent, a LAL reagent contaminated by an organism-derived biologically active substance or the like, and which can be used in a reagent. An LAL reagent is heated at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined period of time to deactivate only the activity of an enzyme contained in the LAL reagent irreversibly, wherein such an activity inherent in coagulogen that coagulogen can be hydrolyzed with the activated coagulase and converted to coagulin to induce gelatinization or an agglutination reaction is retained.
US08790883B2 Methods of identifying NF-κB inhibitors
The present invention relates to polypeptides that inhibit the NF-κB signaling pathway and polynucleotides encoding the same. The present invention further provides methods for the modulation of and/or treatment of inflammatory responses, oncogenesis, viral infection; the regulation of cell proliferation and apoptosis; and regulation of B or T lymphocytes in antigenic stimulation, by administering the polypeptides of the present invention to a subject in need thereof. Finally, the present invention provides a method of identifying polypeptides that modulate oligomerization of NEMO.
US08790882B2 Measuring circulating therapeutic antibody, antigen and antigen/antibody complexes using elisa assays
The present invention relates to the field of immunology and hyperproliferative diseases. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of detecting and monitoring therapeutic antibody:antigen complex, soluble antigen and soluble therapeutic antibody, wherein a patient has undergone at least one course of immunotherapy. Yet further, levels of therapeutic antibody:antigen complexes, soluble antigens or soluble therapeutic antibodies may be measured and used to stage or monitor a hyperproliferative disease.
US08790881B2 Method for measuring IgG-mediated complement activation
A method for measuring immunoglobulin G-mediated complement activation, includes the following steps: a) preparing a sample A of immunoglobulin G and a sample B including natural serum, the natural serum optionally being diluted in a dilution buffer; b) mixing sample A with sample B at a ratio (amount of IgG in A in grams):(volume of natural serum in B in liters) of between and 75, at a temperature of between 2° C. and 6° C., and subsequently incubating the resulting reaction mixture at a temperature of between 35° C. and 40° C. for a period of between 30 minutes and 2 hours; c) cooling the reaction mixture obtained at the end of step b) to a temperature of between 0° C. and 4° C. in the presence of EDTA; and d) measuring the amount of C5a fragment in the cooled reaction mixture obtained in c).
US08790880B2 Cysteine protease Cwp84 (CD2787) as a diagnostic marker for Clostridium difficile
Accurate and fast detection of the presence of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) disease is crucial for the proper treatment of patients with C. difficile infection. Present tests detecting the presence of C. difficile disease are fast and cost effective, but are not very sensitive. Using an ELISA including Cell Wall Protein 84 (Cwp84) increases the sensitivity of the ELISA. Cwp84 may be used alone or in combination with other markers to support a diagnosis of C. difficile-associated disease.
US08790878B2 Diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for determining a treatment course of action. In particular, the present invention relates to compositions and methods for the prediction of a subject's response to cancer therapies and administration of appropriate treatments.
US08790877B2 Using DNA aptamers and quantum dots for the detection of proteins or other targets
The solutions provided here use DNA aptamers and quantum dots for the detection of bacteria, viruses, proteins or other targets. An example of a method described here comprises: providing a complex of DNA complementary strands, one strand being an aptamer, having one strand covalently linked to a quantum dot, and having the other strand linked to a quencher; and contacting the complex of DNA complementary strands with a microorganism or components thereof, under conditions that permit binding of the aptamer with the microorganism or components thereof.
US08790871B2 Detecting diastolic heart failure by protease and protease inhibitor plasma profiling
Disclosed herein are methods of detecting and predicting diastolic heart failure and predicting congestive heart failure comprise protease and protease inhibitor profiling.
US08790866B2 Patterning process and resist composition
A negative pattern is formed by coating a resist composition comprising a methylol-substituted urea, amide or urethane compound, a polymer comprising recurring units having an acid labile group-substituted hydroxyl group, and an acid generator onto a substrate, prebaking, exposing to high-energy radiation, and developing in an organic solvent developer such that the unexposed region of resist film is dissolved away and the exposed region of resist film is not dissolved. In image formation via positive/negative reversal by organic solvent development, the resist film is characterized by a high dissolution contrast between the unexposed and exposed regions.
US08790863B2 Electron beam processing with condensed ice
In a method for imaging a solid state substrate, a vapor is condensed to an amorphous solid water condensate layer on a surface of a solid state substrate. Then an image of at least a portion of the substrate surface is produced by scanning an electron beam along the substrate surface through the water condensate layer. The water condensate layer integrity is maintained during electron beam scanning to prevent electron-beam contamination from reaching the substrate during electron beam scanning. Then one or more regions of the layer can be locally removed by directing an electron beam at the regions. A material layer can be deposited on top of the water condensate layer and any substrate surface exposed at the one or more regions, and the water condensate layer and regions of the material layer on top of the layer can be removed, leaving a patterned material layer on the substrate.
US08790860B2 Actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, and resist film, pattern forming method, method for preparing electronic device, and electronic device, each using the same
An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition capable of forming a hole pattern which has an ultrafine pore diameter (for example, 60 nm or less) and has an excellent cross-sectional shape with excellent local pattern dimensional uniformity; and a resist film, a pattern forming method, a method for preparing an electronic device, and an electronic device, each using the same, are provided.The actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes (P) a resin containing 30 mol % or more of a repeating unit (a) represented by the following general formula (I) based on all the repeating units; (B) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation of actinic rays or radiation; and (G) a compound having at least one of a fluorine atom and a silicon atom, and further having basicity or being capable of increasing the basicity by an action of an acid:
US08790858B2 Electrostatic charge image developing carrier, electrostatic charge image developer, developer cartridge, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus, image forming method
An electrostatic charge image developing carrier has magnetic particles and a coating resin layer that coats surfaces of the magnetic particles and contains a hindered amine compound.
US08790857B2 Toner and process for production thereof
Disclosed is a toner obtained by coating surfaces of core particles including at least a binder resin having a carboxyl group and a coloring agent with successive coatings of a water-soluble crosslinking agent capable of crosslinking with a carboxyl group and a water-soluble polymer having a carboxyl group, which have been successively applied on the core particles and crosslinked with each other. The thus-formed toner is provided with a good harmony of favorable fixability represented by a low lowest fixable temperature and favorable storage stability represented by little aggregation after standing at 50° C. for 8 hours.
US08790856B2 Low dielectric additives for toner
The present disclosure describes toner compositions containing an additive package including one or more additives that exhibit low dielectric loss, which toners exhibit improved tribo charging, 2nd transfer efficiency and IQ without affecting color.