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US08896750B2 Photographing device and control method of rotational angle position of polarized light filter
A photographing device includes a photographing optical system having an image sensor, a polarizing filter which rotates about an optical axis of the photographing optical system and is positioned in an optical path thereof, a rotation driver which preliminarily rotates the polarizing filter at a predetermined cycle pattern, a detector which detects an object luminance signal of object-emanating light transmitting through the polarizing filter and captured by the image sensor when the polarizing filter preliminarily rotates the polarizing filter at the predetermined cycle pattern, a signal generator which generates a rotation control signal by eliminating any frequency component of a cycle pattern that is different from the predetermined cycle pattern from the object luminance signal, and a controller which controls a rotational angle position of the polarizing filter based on the rotation control signal generated by the signal generator.
US08896745B2 Image pickup apparatus and camera module
An image pickup apparatus includes an optical sensor including a light receiving unit, a sealing material configured to protect the optical sensor on a side of the light receiving unit, an intermediate layer formed at least between the light receiving unit and a first surface of the sealing material, the first surface being an opposed surface to the light receiving unit, and a control film configured to cause a cutoff wavelength to shift to a short wave side in accordance with an incident angle of light that is incident thereon obliquely, in which the control film includes a first control film formed on the first surface of the sealing material, the first surface being the opposed surface to the light receiving unit, and a second control film formed on a second surface of the sealing material, the second surface being opposite to the first surface.
US08896743B2 Enclosure for image capture systems with focusing capabilities
Embodiments of the invention describe an enclosure for an image capture system that includes an image capture unit and a solid state die to provide focusing capabilities for a lens unit of the image capture unit. The enclosure may electrically couple the solid state die to the image capture unit and/or other system circuitry. The enclosure may further serve as EMI shielding for the image capture system.
US08896742B2 Image pickup apparatus, and control method and program thereof
An image pickup apparatus is arranged to perform live view to display enlarged image by deciding a Tv value, an Av value, and an ISO value based on a program diagram for deciding an exposure amount from brightness of an object, when a change instruction of an AF adjustment value used for a live view is provided, while when an operation to start the live view is provided and the change instruction of the AF adjustment value used for the live view is not provided, the apparatus performs live view by deciding the Tv value, Av value, and ISO value based on the program diagram if a photographing mode is not a manual mode, but performs the live view by using the Tv value, Av value, and ISO value set by the user, if the photographing mode is the manual mode.
US08896741B2 Photographing device, photographing method, and portable terminal apparatus
A photographing device to photograph an object includes a displaying unit to display an image acquired from the object, an image recording unit to record the image, an enlarged image generating unit to extract a portion or whole of the image displayed on the displaying unit to generate an enlarged image from the image, and a display control unit to display the enlarged image instead of the image on the displaying unit or in an overlapped manner with the image before capturing the image into the image recording unit.
US08896740B2 Projection device, projection method, and program
An information processing apparatus including a main body, a member including a projection device, the member moveably attached to the main body, a detector that detects an orientation of the moveable member with respect to the main body, and a processor that controls the projection device based on an output of the detector.
US08896737B2 Imaging apparatus with element that selectively transfers charge accumulated in first semiconductor region of accumulating element to floating diffusion region and method
A solid-state imaging apparatus has a plurality of pixels, wherein each of the pixels includes: a photoelectric conversion element for converting incident light to an electric charge; an accumulating element accumulating the electric charge converted by the photoelectric conversion element; a first transfer element for transferring the electric charge converted by the photoelectric conversion element to the accumulating element; a second transfer element for transferring the electric charge accumulated in the accumulating element to a floating diffusion region; and an amplifying element for amplifying the electric charge in the floating diffusion region, wherein the first transfer element transfers the electric charge converted by the photoelectric conversion element to the accumulating element a plurality of times and causes the accumulating element to cumulatively accumulate the electric charge transferred the plurality of times.
US08896736B2 Solid-state imaging device, imaging apparatus and signal reading method having photoelectric conversion elements that are targets from which signals are read in the same group
A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel unit in which pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element and a signal accumulation circuit are arranged in a matrix shape and a plurality of pixels in a range of two or more rows form the same group, and a control unit that performs control to associate a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements that are targets from which signals are read in the same group with a plurality of signal accumulation circuits in the same group of an array having a number of rows smaller than a number of rows in an array of the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, transfer signals generated by the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements to the signal accumulation circuits associated with the respective photoelectric conversion elements, and output the signals accumulated in the signal accumulation circuits for each row.
US08896732B2 Pixel for processing signals having visible band and IR band, manufacturing method thereof, and pixel array and image sensor including the same
Disclosed are a pixel, a pixel array, a method for manufacturing the pixel array, and an image sensor including the pixel array. The pixel includes a first color filter layer to transmit a visible light and an IR, and a second color filter layer to transmit a light, in which the visible light is blocked, at one side of the first color filter layer.
US08896724B2 Camera system to facilitate a cascade of imaging effects
This invention provides for a camera system having a plurality of hand held camera devices connected together in series. Each camera device includes an image input configured to receive image data from a camera device preceding in the series of devices, and an instruction reader configured to read instructions from a card inserted into the camera device, said card having encoded thereon various instructions for the manipulation of the image data. Each camera device also includes a processor unit arranged in communication with the input and the instruction reader, the processor unit configured to perform image manipulation on the image data according to the instructions read from the card. Also included is an image output configured to transmit manipulated image data from the processor to a camera device following in the series of devices, the camera system operatively facilitating a cascade of imaging effects.
US08896721B2 Environment and/or target segmentation
A depth image of a scene may be observed or captured by a capture device. The depth image may include a human target and an environment. One or more pixels of the depth image may be analyzed to determine whether the pixels in the depth image are associated with the environment of the depth image. The one or more pixels associated with the environment may then be discarded to isolate the human target and the depth image with the isolated human target may be processed.
US08896715B2 Generic platform video image stabilization
Video image stabilization provides better performance on a generic platform for computing devices by evaluating available multimedia digital signal processing components, and selecting the available components to utilize according to a hierarchy structure for video stabilization performance for processing parts of the video stabilization. The video stabilization has improved motion vector estimation that employs refinement motion vector searching according to a pyramid block structure relationship starting from a downsampled resolution version of the video frames. The video stabilization also improves global motion transform estimation by performing a random sample consensus approach for processing the local motion vectors, and selection criteria for motion vector reliability. The video stabilization achieves the removal of hand shakiness smoothly by real-time one-pass or off-line two-pass temporal smoothing with error detection and correction.
US08896707B2 Video qualification device, system, and method
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing video qualification, which might include implementing video quality measurements at a subscriber premises and qualification of the subscriber premises for particular levels of video data transmission. In some cases, one or more customer premises equipment might comprise video quality chips that might perform measurements of the telecommunications links, and might send the results to a server associated with the service provider. The server might determine available video services, based on the results of the measurements, and might send the subscriber notifications indicating that the subscribers qualify for particular video services. In some cases, implementing video qualification might include the server determining that video service levels provided to a customer premises has been decreased or otherwise negatively affected. The server might order diagnosis and repairs of the affected equipment, and might send a notification to the subscriber indicating that repairs are underway.
US08896704B2 Testing method and testing apparatus for television system
A testing apparatus, coupled to a mobile storage device, includes a control module and an intermediate module. The intermediate module, coupled to a television system and the mobile storage device, is for switching a subordinate status of the mobile storage device. The control module controls the intermediate module to write target data into the mobile storage device, and to allow the mobile storage device to output the target data to the television system.
US08896696B2 Method apparatus system and computer program product for automated collection and correlation for tactical information
A method, and corresponding system, apparatus, and computer program product for automated collection and correlation for tactical information includes identifying an entity in imagery based on a field of view of the imagery using a processor, creating a relationship between the imagery and the entity, and storing the relationship in a database.
US08896694B2 Portable digital video camera configured for remote image acquisition control and viewing
A wearable digital video camera (10) is equipped with wireless connection protocol and global navigation and location positioning system technology to provide remote image acquisition control and viewing. The Bluetooth® packet-based open wireless technology standard protocol (400) is preferred for use in providing control signals or streaming data to the digital video camera and for accessing image content stored on or streaming from the digital video camera. The GPS technology (402) is preferred for use in tracking of the location of the digital video camera as it records image information. A rotating mount (300) with a locking member (330) on the camera housing (22) allows adjustment of the pointing angle of the wearable digital video camera when it is attached to a mounting surface.
US08896686B2 Determining a geometric parameter from a single image
Systems, devices, features, and methods for determining a geometric parameter from an image are disclosed. For example, one method for determining the geometric parameter is used to develop a navigation database. The method comprises determining calibration values corresponding to a camera mounted on a vehicle or a pedestrian. A plurality of images of geographic features are captured by the camera. A single image from the plurality of images is identified or selected. A geometric parameter of a region in the single image is determined based on the determined calibration values. For example, the geometric parameter is a real-world distance, such as a real-world length or width.
US08896683B2 Device for forming a high-resolution image, imaging system, and method for deriving a high-spatial-resolution image
A device for forming a high-resolution image of an object is provided. The device comprises: an electronic camera for capturing an intermediate image of the object, an illumination system for forming a spatial modulation pattern on the object; and a spatial demodulator for performing a spatial demodulation, which is at least partially matched to the spatial modulation pattern. A method for deriving a high-spatial-resolution image from a set of images captured from a structure of an object is derived, wherein the illumination of the object is spatially-modulated, wherein the illumination of the object has a spatial modulation pattern, which is substantially periodic, wherein one of at least one prevailing orientation of the periodic illumination is arranged substantially perpendicularly to at least one prevailing orientation of the structure of the object.
US08896682B2 System and method for automated detection of age related macular degeneration and other retinal abnormalities
A system and method for automated detection of age related macular degeneration and other retinal abnormalities which may have a retinal scanner capable of obtaining retinal data from a subject. The retinal scanner may be coupled to a central processing unit (CPU) which may have memory storing CPU-executable instructions which may detect retinal abnormalities. When the CPU receives retinal data from the retinal scanner, the system may perform CPU-executable instructions for detecting retinal abnormalities. The system may analyze the retinal data to determine one or more healthy areas and, based on the analyzed healthy area, the system may detect abnormalities in the retinal data.
US08896679B2 Registering a region of interest of a body part to a landmark subsurface feature of the body part
Described embodiments include a system, method, and computer program product. A described system includes a receiver circuit configured to receive a medical image that includes a region of interest of a mammalian body part, and a reference image that includes a landmark subsurface feature of the mammalian body part, the landmark subsurface feature having a spatial relationship to the region of interest. The system includes a registration circuit configured to register the region of interest and the landmark subsurface feature of the mammalian body part. The system includes a computer-readable, recordable-type media configured to maintain informational data corresponding to the registration of the region of interest and the landmark subsurface feature of the mammalian body part.
US08896678B2 Coregistering images of a region of interest during several conditions using a landmark subsurface feature
Described embodiments include a system, method, and computer program product. A described system includes an image coregistration circuit that coregisters a first depiction of a region of interest of a mammalian body part during a first condition by a reference medical image and a second depiction of the region of interest of the mammalian body part during a second condition by a target medical image. The coregistration is at least partially based on the first spatial relationship and on the second spatial relationship. The described system includes a computer-readable media configured to maintain informational data corresponding to the coregistration of the first depiction of the region of interest and the second depiction of the region of interest.
US08896674B2 Video signal processing apparatus and video signal processing method
An image-luminance transformation section receives a video signal on a frame basis, and transforms the video signal into a luminance signal in each frame. A crosstalk ratio setting section sets a crosstalk ratio. An amount-of-correction calculation section calculates a correction luminance signal, for correcting a video signal of a frame n, using a luminance signal of a frame n−1, a luminance signal of the frame n, and the crosstalk ratio. A luminance-image transformation section transforms the correction luminance signal into a correction video signal. A correction section adds the correction video signal to the video signal of the frame n to generate a video signal of the frame n in which the amounts of crosstalk have been corrected.
US08896667B2 Stereoscopic imaging systems with convergence control for reducing conflicts between accomodation and convergence
An electronic device may have a stereoscopic camera module with left and right image sensors separated by a stereo base line. The camera module may have an adjustable convergence such that the position at which objects are captured by the left and right image sensors with zero horizontal disparity can be moved closer to and farther from the electronic device. The convergence of the camera module may be adjusted such that a region of interest or an object (i.e., subject) is captured with minimal horizontal disparity. With arrangements of this type, conflicts between accommodation (e.g., the location of a display) and convergence (e.g., the perceived location of the region of interest or subject either behind, on the plane of, or in front of a display) may be reduced.
US08896662B2 Method of creating a virtual window
The systems and methods described herein include, among other things, a technique for calibrating the outputs of multiple sensors, such as CCD devices, that have overlapping fields of view and mapping the pixels of those outputs to the pixels of a display screen by means of a lookup table so that a user can see a selected field of view within the larger fields of view that are seen by the sensors.
US08896661B2 System and method for online inspection of turbines including aspheric lens
Optical camera systems for nondestructive internal inspection of online, operating power generation turbines, including gas turbine combustor and turbine sections that are at high operating temperatures in the range of over 600° C. (1112° F.) and which include combustion gas contaminants. The inspection system includes one or more aspheric lenses capable of withstanding continuous operating temperatures above 600° C. The aspheric lenses, alone or in combination with spherical lenses, establish a wider field of view, and require fewer lenses in combination than lens mounts incorporating only spherical lenses. A cooling system incorporated in the inspection system facilitates continuous operation and inhibits lens external surface fouling from combustion gasses.
US08896660B2 Method and apparatus for computing error-bounded position and orientation of panoramic cameras in real-world environments
Techniques for computing error-bounded position and orientation (pose) of a panoramic camera in real-world environments. Such environments may include large interior spaces (e.g., buildings) A space may include multiple rooms. For example, a technique for capturing images associated with an environment includes the following steps/operations. First, respective placements of fiducials in the environment are determined so as to satisfy at least one constraint. Images are captured, with an image capture device (e.g., camera), associated with the environment with the fiducials placed therein. A pose estimation of the image capture device is then determined based on projections of the fiducials in the captured images. The pose estimation may be optimized so as to obtain an optimal pose per image. Also, the fiducial placements may be optimized so as to obtain optimal fiducial placements. Then at least one constraint may include a constraint associated with the number of visible fiducials, a constraint associated with a distance from a viewpoint to a fiducial, and/or a constraint associated with an angle subtended by pairs of fiducials.
US08896654B2 Methods and apparatus for providing chat data and video content between multiple viewers
Various embodiments of apparatus and/or methods are described for providing communication between multiple content viewers. First video data is captured of a first user located locally with respect to a presentation device and transmitted to a base station located remotely with respect to the presentation device. The base station transmits a composite signal that includes video content provided by a content source communicatively coupled the base station and further includes second video chat data captured of a second user located remotely with respect to the presentation device. The composite signal is responsively presented by the presentation device to the first user.
US08896653B2 Video-assisted self-service transaction device
While performing or initiating a transaction with a self-service video transaction device, a user may interact with a video agent and a terminal associated therewith. Video and/or audio functionalities may be enabled or disabled based on a length of a wait time to connect to a video agent. If the wait time exceeds a predetermined threshold, video and/or audio functionalities may be disabled, and the self-service device may generate a display indicating that video and/or audio functionalities are unavailable. If the wait time does not exceed the predetermined threshold, video and/or audio functionalities may be enabled, and the self-service device may generate a display indicating that video and/or audio functionalities are available.
US08896648B2 Laser driving unit and image forming apparatus
A laser driving unit drives a semiconductor laser apparatus including a plurality of light sources, includes a light detecting part to detect light emissions from the light sources, a driving current generator to generate a driving current based on an input signal, an auxiliary driving current generator to generate an auxiliary driving current in an initial time period of an ON-time of the driving current, and an auxiliary current set part to set an auxiliary amount of the auxiliary driving current to be added to the driving current, for each of the light sources, based on a difference between the light emissions detected by the light detecting part and a target light emission of the light sources.
US08896646B2 Printer and paper feeding method for printer device
A printer includes a printing unit having a platen roller, a power unit including a stepping motor and a gear train, a cutting unit provided at a further downstream of a forward direction than the platen roller to cut a paper at a predetermined position, the forward direction in which the paper printed by the printing unit is fed by the forward rotation of the platen roller, and a control unit to control the driving of the stepping motor and the operation of the cutting unit. The control circuit controls the platen roller to rotate forward and place a certain portion of the paper at a predetermined position of the cutting unit on standby for a predetermined time, then controls the cutting unit to cut the paper, and after the cutting, controls the platen roller to rotate forward by a minimal number of steps necessary to remove backlash.
US08896645B2 Image erasing apparatus for erasing image on sheet while carrying sheet
An image erasing apparatus includes: a first carrying section carrying a recording medium; a second carrying section carrying the recording medium; a branching section branching a carrying path into the first carrying section and the second carrying section; a first erasing section erasing an image of the recording medium in the first carrying section; a second erasing section erasing the image of the recording medium in the second carrying section; a third carrying section carrying the recording medium passing through the first erasing section to the second carrying section; and a control section selecting the carrying path of the recording medium depending on an image erasing mode.
US08896637B2 Self-light emitting device panel, image display device and passive driving method of self-light emitting devices
A self-light emitting device panel includes: a pixel array in which pixel trios each including a set of three light emitting devices which emit light of three primary colors respectively are arranged in matrix in a row direction and a column direction; a plurality of column lines extending in the column direction of the pixel array, arranged in a cyclic manner in different proportions according to corresponding colors in the row direction, which are connected to one ends of plural light emitting devices emitting light of corresponding colors in the column of the pixel trios arranged in the same column; and a plurality of row-scanning lines extending in the row direction of the pixel array, arranged so as to be separated between at least two colors, which are connected to the other ends of the light emitting devices emitting light of corresponding colors.
US08896630B1 Keeping map labels consistent across multiple zoom levels
A computer server prepares application-specific map data responsive to a request from a client device. The application-specific map data includes map feature data and label data which itself includes information that specifies one or more zoom levels for which the label information is appropriate to display. When generating the label data, a type table that designates label style information by feature type and by zoom level may be used at the server. The map feature data may also include a relative rank for each feature that is passed to its corresponding label. The display order allows the map client, when generating the map, to select the most appropriate labels to display when the display of all possible labels would cause clutter or otherwise violate label display rules.
US08896629B2 Method for representing virtual information in a real environment
The invention relates to a method for ergonomically representing virtual information in a real environment, comprising the following steps: providing at least one view of a real environment and of a system setup for blending in virtual information for superimposing with the real environment in at least part of the view, the system setup comprising at least one display device, ascertaining a position and orientation of at least one part of the system setup relative to at least one component of the real environment, subdividing at least part of the view of the real environment into a plurality of regions comprising a first region and a second region, with objects of the real environment within the first region being placed closer to the system setup than objects of the real environment within the second region, and blending in at least one item of virtual information on the display device in at least part of the view of the real environment, considering the position and orientation of said at least one part of the system setup, wherein the virtual information is shown differently in the first region than in the second region with respect to the type of blending in in the view of the real environment.
US08896625B2 Method and system for fusing images
A method and a system for fusing images in an image processing field are described. The method includes: capturing at least two frames of images having different intensity under different exposure time in the same scene; fusing the images having different intensity values according to an intensity mapping relation between every two frames of images in the images having different intensity values, and obtaining a fused image is, in which the intensity mapping relation represents a corresponding relation between an intensity value of a pixel location in a bright image and that at the corresponding location in a dark image. Through the method and the system for fusing the images according to the present invention, the dynamic range of the image is enhanced, and the fusing process has a desired result and is easy to implement.
US08896623B2 Mobile device and method of controlling mobile device
According to one embodiment, a method of controlling a mobile device includes detecting, by the mobile device, one or more objects associated with a displayed first page and located on a page other than the displayed first page; receiving, by the mobile device, a selection of at least one object of the one or more detected objects; and displaying, by the mobile device, the at least one selected object on the first page.
US08896619B2 Apparatus, method and computer-readable storage medium for compensating for image-quality discrepancies
An apparatus is provided that includes a processor and memory storing executable instructions that in response to execution by the processor cause the apparatus to at least perform a number of operations. The apparatus is caused to receive a digital image including pixels each of which has a pixel value that has been calibrated according to a first calibration function for calibrating an image for display by a first monitor. The apparatus is caused to transform the pixel value of each of at least some of the pixels to a corresponding transformed pixel value calibrated according to a second calibration function for calibrating an image for display by a second monitor. The apparatus is also caused to cause output of the digital image including the plurality of pixels each of at least some of which has a transformed pixel value, the respective digital image being displayable by the second monitor.
US08896618B2 Liquid crystal display device and method of driving the same
A liquid crystal display device and a method of driving the same are provided for one or more embodiments. The liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of display blocks and displaying an image in response to image signals; a plurality of light-emitting blocks emitting light to the liquid crystal panel and corresponding to the plurality of display blocks; a first look-up table including a normalized value obtained by normalizing an initial duty ratio corresponding to the brightness of the image to a maximum duty ratio corresponding to the maximum brightness of the image; and a timing controller receiving the normalized value corresponding to each of the light-emitting blocks from the first look-up table and using the normalized value to provide an optical data signal corresponding to each of the light-emitting blocks.
US08896616B2 Texture replacement in video sequences and images
Systems and methods for reducing bit rates by replacing original texture in a video sequence with synthesized texture. Reducing the bit rate of the video sequence begins by identifying and removing selected texture from frames in a video sequence. The removed texture is analyzed to generate texture parameters. New texture is synthesized using the texture parameters in combination with a set of constraints. Then, the newly synthesized texture is mapped back into the frames of the video sequence from which the original texture was removed. The resulting frames are then encoded. The bit rate of the video sequence with the synthesized texture is less than the bit rate of the video sequence with the original texture. Also, the ability of a decoder to decode the new video sequence is not compromised because no assumptions are made about the texture synthesis capabilities of the decoder.
US08896615B2 Image processing device, projector, and image processing method
An image processing device includes: a horizontal resolution converting unit that converts a horizontal resolution of input image data to output horizontal resolution-converted image data; a line memory for the left eye and a line memory for the right eye that store the horizontal resolution-converted image data; a line memory specifying unit that specifies the line memory to store the horizontal resolution-converted image data; a line memory reading unit that reads the horizontal resolution-converted image data from either of the line memory for the left eye and the line memory for the right eye; and a vertical resolution converting unit that converts a vertical resolution of the horizontal resolution-converted image data read by the line memory reading unit to generate output image data.
US08896610B2 Error recovery operations for a hardware accelerator
In at least some embodiments, an apparatus includes a hardware accelerator subsystem with a pipeline. The hardware accelerator subsystem is configured to perform error recovery operations in response to a bit stream error. The error recovery operations comprise a pipe-down process to completely decode a data block that is already in the pipeline, an overwrite process to overwrite commands in the hardware accelerator subsystem with null operations (NOPs) once the pipe-down process is complete, and a pipe-up process to restart decoding operations of the pipeline at a next synchronization point.
US08896608B2 Method for providing an animation from a prerecorded series of still pictures
The invention relates to a method for providing an animation from prerecorded still pictures where the relative positions of the pictures are known. The method is based on prerecorded still pictures and location data, associated with each still picture, that indicates the projection of the subsequent still picture into the current still picture. The method comprises the repeated steps of providing a current still picture, providing the location data associated with the still picture, generating an animation based on the current still picture and the location data, and presenting the animation on a display. The invention provides the experience of driving a virtual car through the photographed roads, either by an auto pilot or manually. The user may change speed, drive, pan, shift lane, turn in crossings or take u-turns anywhere. Also, the invention provides a means to experience real time, interactive video-like animation from widely separated still pictures, as an alternative to video-streaming over a communication line. This service is called Virtual Car Travels.
US08896607B1 Inverse kinematics for rigged deformable characters
A method for a computer system includes receiving a surface deformation for an object from a computer system user, wherein an object model comprises animation variables used to determine the surface of the object model, determining at least one pre-defined object pose from pre-defined object poses in response to the surface deformation, wherein the predefined object poses includes a first predefined object pose and comprises animation variable values, wherein the animation variable values are determined from physical motion capture data of surface positions of a physical representation of the object posed in a first pose, posing the object model in a pose in response to at least the animation variable values, and displaying the object model in the pose on a display to the computer system user.
US08896606B2 Touch screen and display method
A touch screen to smooth a moving trajectory of a touch unit input as a curved line and to display the moving trajectory, and a display method of the touch screen are provided. The display method of the touch screen may include sampling coordinates at touch points when a touch unit moves on a touch screen, determining whether a moving trajectory of the touch unit is a curved line according to inclination between the coordinates, and fitting the sampled coordinates to a curve and displaying the fitted curve on the touch screen upon determining that the moving trajectory of the touch unit is the curved line.
US08896603B2 Methods and apparatus to bind properties in a process control system
Example methods and apparatus to bind properties in a process control system are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves associating a binding type with a property of a configuration element. A plurality of values for the property are then retrieved based on the plurality of values being associated with the binding type. At least some of the plurality of values are presented to a user. The example method also involves receiving a user-selected value from the at least some of the plurality of property values and generating a binding reference to bind the user-selected value to the configuration element.
US08896599B2 Image processing apparatus and method
An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus may include a first calculator to generate a first shadow map with respect to a static object included in a three-dimensional (3D) model, at a first viewpoint within the 3D model, a second calculator to generate a second shadow map with respect to a dynamic object included in the 3D model, at the first viewpoint, and a third calculator to generate a third shadow map with respect to the 3D model at the first viewpoint by synthesizing the first shadow map and the second shadow map. The image processing apparatus may decrease an amount of calculation necessary when performing three-dimensional (3D) rendering for a plurality of frames.
US08896598B2 System and associated methodology for three-dimensional rendering of data containing clipping shapes
A system and method for rendering a three-dimensional object as clipped based on one or more clipping shapes. A three-dimensional space is partitioned based on the clipping shapes to determine a clipped volume domain having an envelope of faces. The envelope is projected onto a screen plane according to a first viewpoint. The three-dimensional modeled object is rendered as a clipped three-dimensional modeled object based on a determination, according to each pixel on the screen plane with respect to the first viewpoint, of which faces of the envelope are projected onto each pixel. Rendering can then be repeated any time the viewpoint is changed without requiring further data preparation.
US08896595B2 System, apparatus, and method of modifying 2.5D GIS data for a 2D GIS system
Modifying 2.5D GIS data for a 2D GIS system involves displaying 3D graphic indicia on a display device, the graphic indicia being displayed in a geospatial manner as a function of 2.5D GIS data in a GIS database associated with a 2D GIS system, and further involves modifying the 2.5D GIS data in the GIS database using the 3D graphic indicia displayed on the display device, including mapping user selections relating to the 3D graphic indicia to 2D geo-location coordinates and modifying the 2.5D GIS data based on the 2D geo-location coordinates.
US08896594B2 Depth sensing with depth-adaptive illumination
An adaptive depth sensing system (ADSS) illuminates a scene with a pattern that is constructed based on an analysis of at least one prior-generated depth map. In one implementation, the pattern is a composite pattern that includes two or more component patterns associated with different depth regions in the depth map. The composite pattern may also include different illumination intensities associated with the different depth regions. By using this composite pattern, the ADSS can illuminate different objects in a scene with different component patterns and different illumination intensities, where those objects are located at different depths in the scene. This process, in turn, can reduce the occurrence of defocus blur, underexposure, and overexposure in the image information.
US08896590B2 Display controller, display device, and control method for controlling display system and display device
In one embodiment of the present invention, a display controller includes a stable pixel writing period in one horizontal period in a display device, the stable pixel writing period being a period during which a voltage outputted from a gate driver is at a high level. The display controller also includes a first stable pixel writing period determination circuit which determines, by using a reference signal independent from the frame rate in the display device, the stable pixel writing period during which the voltage is at the high level. Thus, the display controller can be provided in which, regardless of whether and how the frame rate is changed, the stable pixel writing period can be of a target length.
US08896587B2 Surface-emitting display device
This invention provides a surface-emitting display device comprising a plurality of power supply lines 21 connected to a plurality of pixel circuits, respectively, and a power supply bus 22 having a power supply terminal 23 and connected to end portions of the plurality of power supply lines 21 at a prescribed interval, the power supply bus 22 having one or more slits 71, 72 extending along the length direction thereof from the power supply terminal 23 toward the end portions.
US08896586B2 Gate driving method for controlling display apparatus and gate driver using the same
A gate driver for controlling a display apparatus is provided. The gate driver includes a logic circuit, a plurality of buffers, and a charge sharing module. The logic circuit generates a plurality of switch signals. The buffers are coupled to the logic circuit. Each of the buffers determines to provide a first voltage or a second voltage according to one of the switch signals to generate a gate driving signal. The charge sharing module is coupled to the output ends of the buffers and allows the output ends of the buffers to share charges according to a plurality of sharing signals during a forward edge and a backward edge of a square wave of each of the gate driving signals. Furthermore, a gate driving method for controlling a display apparatus is also provided.
US08896584B2 Scan method for displaying image
A scan method for displaying image, wherein a display panel has N gate lines to display an image, and N≧4. The image is displayed by dot inversion or line inversion. The method includes displaying a first image frame by a first scan sequence. The first frame has multiple first scan-line groups in relative darkness and multiple second scan-line groups in relative brightness, which are alternately displayed. Just after the second frame, a second scan sequence displays a second frame. The second frame has multiple first scan-line groups in relative darkness and multiple second scan-line groups in relative brightness, which are alternately displayed. The first and second scan-line groups of the first frame are complementary to the first and second scan-line groups of the second frame. The first scan-line groups of the first frame and second frame are relatively dark due to the pixels therein with insufficient charge.
US08896583B2 Common electrode driving method, common electrode driving circuit and liquid crystal display
A common electrode driving method, comprises: generating a first common electrode signal to be applied to a storage electrode line of each row of pixels on an array substrate, and a second common electrode signal to be applied to a common electrode forming a liquid crystal capacitance with pixel electrodes of each row of pixels on the array substrate, the first common electrode signal being opposite to a gate signal for gate electrodes applied to the corresponding row of pixels in terms of transition timing; and inputting the first common electrode signal to each row of pixels, and inputting the second common electrode signal to the common electrode.
US08896582B2 Method for driving liquid crystal display device
The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate provided with a terminal portion, a switching transistor, a driver circuit portion, and a pixel circuit portion including a pixel transistor and a plurality of pixels, a second substrate provided with a common electrode electrically connected to the terminal portion through the switching transistor, and liquid crystal between a pixel electrode and the common electrode. In a period during which a still image is switched to a moving image, the following steps are sequentially performed: a first step of supplying the common potential to the common electrode; a second step of supplying a power supply voltage to the driver circuit portion; a third step of supplying a clock signal to the driver circuit portion; and a fourth step of supplying a start pulse signal to the driver circuit portion.
US08896581B2 Display apparatus and control method thereof
A display apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus is coupled to a video signal supply source through at least one connector. The display apparatus includes: a main storage unit which stores extended display identification data (EDID) therein corresponding to the at least one connector; a temporary storage unit which loads the EDID thereto from the main storage unit; and a controller which loads the EDID stored in the main storage unit to the temporary storage unit if power is supplied, and controls to transmit the EDID corresponding to an EDID requesting signal, among the EDID loaded to the temporary storage unit, through the at least one connector if the EDID requesting signal is received through the at least one connector.
US08896580B2 Instrument-activated sub-surface computer buttons and system and method incorporating same
The present technique provides a system and method for providing instrument-activated buttons having a sub-surface mechanism for triggering a desired function upon interaction with an above-surface electronic/digital user device, such as a digitizing pointing device. The instrument-activated buttons may be disposed in a display device, a tablet computing device, or any other suitable electronic device. A user navigates a housing surface of the electronic device until a signal identifies the sub-surface button, which may then be activated by performing an instrument-based activation event. The activation event may be a button click, a tip movement, or any other suitable trigger on the electronic/digital user device. A wireless communication is then transmitted between the sub-surface mechanism and the electronic/digital user device to initiate the function associated with the instrument-activated button.
US08896579B2 Methods and apparatus for deformation of virtual brush marks via texture projection
A graphics application for simulating natural media drawing and painting may model a tablet stylus as if it were a virtual projector, and as if a 2D brush tip image were projected on a virtual canvas. The application may compute a texture projection based on the values of configurable parameters of the application and/or 6DOF data collected from the tablet stylus and/or the tablet. This texture projection (i.e., the mark resulting from deformation of the 2D brush tip image due to the stylus pose) may be used as a 2D stamp to create a mark on the virtual canvas in response to contact between the stylus and tablet. This may create a more natural mapping between tablet stylus poses and the resulting marks for artists accustomed to the behavior of pencils, felt tip pens, airbrushes, or another natural media, compared to those employed in previous digital painting applications.
US08896577B2 Optical touch screen apparatuses and methods of driving the optical touch screen apparatuses
An optical touch screen apparatus in which an oxide semiconductor transistor is used as a light sensing device, and a method of driving the optical touch screen apparatus. The optical touch screen apparatus includes an array including a plurality of light sensing pixels for sensing incident light, a gate driver for providing each of the light sensing pixels with a gate voltage and a reset signal and a signal output unit for receiving a light sensing signal from each of the plurality of light sensing pixels to output a data signal. The gate driver includes a plurality of gate lines that provide a gate voltage to each of the light sensing pixels and at least one reset line that provides a reset signal to each of the light sensing pixels and is electrically connected to the plurality of light sensing pixels.
US08896575B2 Pressure-sensitive touch screen
A pressure-sensitive touch screen including a housing, at least one light receiver rigidly mounted in the housing, a display flexibly mounted in the housing substantially above the at least one receiver, which depresses in response to pressure of a touch, and a calculating unit connected to the at least one light receiver for receiving outputs indicating amounts of received light by the at least one receiver, and for determining that the display is being depressed based on an increase in an output of the at least one receiver.
US08896568B2 Touch sensing method and apparatus using the same
A touch sensing method adapted for a touch panel is provided. The touch sensing method includes following steps. An average value of touch values generated by a touch object on the touch panel is calculated during a first frame period. An amplitude value of the touch values generated by the touch object on the touch panel is calculated based on the average value during a second frame period. Whether the touch object is a target to be sensed is determined based on the amplitude value. Furthermore, a touch sensing apparatus is also provided.
US08896567B2 Pixel circuit and display apparatus including the same
A pixel circuit includes a first transistor that supplies a data signal to a first node in response to a scan signal. The pixel circuit may also include a capacitor that is connected between the first node and a ground voltage and a detecting unit that is connected in parallel with the capacitor. More so, the detecting unit may change a voltage of the first node by being activated in response to a mode signal. Also, the detecting unit may have resistance that varies according to an external stimulus. The pixel circuit may also include a second transistor that is complementarily activated with respect to the detecting unit in response to the mode signal, and that provides a voltage of the first node.
US08896561B1 Method for making precise gestures with touch devices
A method for operating a data processing system to implement a gesture on a touch enabled display is disclosed. The method causes the data processing system to determine a position of a contact object on the touch-enabled display as a function of time. The data processing system provides an offset indicating a distance through which a point shown on the display is to be moved in response to the determined position. The offset has a first value in a normal mode and a second value in a precise gesture mode. The value in the precise gesture mode is less than the value in the normal mode. The data processing system automatically changes from the normal mode to the precise gesture mode in response to changes in the determined position as a function of time. Exemplary changes utilize changes in direction or the speed of motion of the contact object.
US08896558B2 Portable computer with adjustable touch screen display
A portable computer includes a base, a display module, at least one support element and at least one sliding assembly. The base includes a first area and a second area. The display module includes a connect end and a display face. Each support element comprises a first end pivoted on a portion of the display module other than the display face and a second end pivoted on the rear end of the base. Each sliding assembly includes a rod element disposed at least in the second area and a sleeve sliding element connected with the connect end and moved along the rod element.
US08896542B2 Portable terminal device and display control method
A portable terminal device has enclosures with a movable portion, a display section that displays visible information showing an operation target area, and a touch sensor that detects a position on a display screen of the display section touched by a user's finger, or the like. A shape detection section detects a change in the shape of the enclosure; an input operation management section manages a position detected by the touch sensor and an operation target area of each of pieces of visible information displayed on the display section in an associated manner; and a display control section automatically makes a change to at least display positions of the respective pieces of visible information about the operation target displayed on the display section in accordance with a change in shape of the enclosure detected by the shape detection section.
US08896541B2 Split keyboard for a tablet computer
A dual keyboard system is presented for use with a tablet computer. Each keyboard is attached to a suction cup via a hinge. The suction cups attach to the display face of the tablet computer. The keyboards can be rotated about the hinge to allow viewing of the full display of the tablet computer without detaching the keyboards. In one embodiment, the hinge is separable, allowing removal of the keyboards completely while leaving the suction cups attached to the tablet computer. In another embodiment, a master keyboard receives keystrokes directly from a slave keyboard as well as from keys located on the master keyboard. The tablet computer communicates only with the master keyboard via a radio frequency link. The slave keyboard communicates with the master keyboard via a radio frequency or infrared link.
US08896538B2 Information processing device and program
A mobile phone manages display area 12 as twelve partial areas obtained by dividing the display area into a matrix of four rows and three columns, which is identical to an arrangement of keys of a numeric keypad; if plural windows are displayed in a partial area arranged in the same position as a pressed key, assigns a key to each of the windows displayed in the partial area, the key being for selecting the window, and notifies the keys; and if one of the notified keys is pressed, selects a window to which the pressed key has been assigned.
US08896535B2 Image processing apparatus and method, and program therefor
An image processing apparatus includes an extracting unit for extracting a feature point from a captured image; a recognizing unit for recognizing a position of the feature point; a display unit for displaying, based on the position of the feature point, a feature-point pointer indicating the feature point and a mirrored image of the captured image in a translucent manner; and an issuing unit for issuing, based on the position of the feature point, a command corresponding to the position of the feature point or a motion of the feature point.
US08896533B2 Display directional sensing
An electronic device includes a display with an image display area configured to change orientation based on a change of position of the device. Upon detection of the position change, a camera may capture an image adjacent the device. The orientation of the image display area may be moved relative to a reference feature captured in the image.
US08896530B2 Display device and method for remotely controlling display device
A display device and a method for remotely controlling the display device are disclosed. A controller executes a first application and a second application. A display displays a main window, which displays an execution screen of the executed first application, and a first sub window which displays an execution screen of the executed second application, on a screen. A receiver receives a focus switching signal from a first remote controller and a coupling signal containing an identifier from a second remote controller. The controller switches a focused window based on the received focus switching signal and implements coupling between the focused window and the second remote controller in response to the received coupling signal.
US08896529B2 Apparatus, methods, and computer program products providing context-dependent gesture recognition
At least some exemplary embodiments of the invention enable the use of context-dependent gestures, for example, in order to assist in the automation of one or more tasks. In one exemplary embodiment, an apparatus senses a predefined gesture and, in conjunction with context information (e.g., location information), performs a predefined action in response to the gesture. As non-limiting examples, the gesture may involve movement of the apparatus (e.g., shaking, tapping) or movement relative to the apparatus (e.g., using a touch screen). In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, a method includes: obtaining context information for an apparatus, wherein the context information includes a predefined context; and in response to sensing a predefined movement associated with the predefined context, performing, by the apparatus, a predefined action, wherein the predefined movement includes a movement of or in relation to the apparatus.
US08896526B1 Smartwatch and control method thereof
A smartwatch and a control method thereof are disclosed. According to an embodiment, the smartwatch includes a tilt sensor unit configured to sense a tilt of the smartwatch; a display unit configured to display an image; and a processor configured to control the tilt sensor unit and the display unit, wherein, when a front of the display unit is directed in a predetermined direction, the processor is further configured to acquire, using the tilt sensor unit, a first rotation angle in a first direction when the smartwatch rotates in the first direction based on a rotation axis of the smartwatch and perform a first command corresponding to the first direction when the first rotation angle exceeds a first threshold angle.
US08896522B2 User-centric three-dimensional interactive control environment
A computer-implemented method and system for controlling various electronic devices by recognition of gestures made by a user within a particular space defined in front of the user are provided. An example method may comprise generating a depth map of a physical scene, determining that a head of the user is directed towards a predetermined direction, establishing a virtual sensing zone defined between the user and a predetermined location, identifying a particular gesture made by the user within the virtual sensing zone, and selectively providing to the electronic device a control command associated with the particular gesture. The particular gesture may be performed by one or more characteristic forms provided by the user within the virtual sensing zone being in an active state. The characteristic forms are forms reliably distinguishable from casual forms by means of computer vision and having certain attributes, which can reliably reflect user intent.
US08896521B2 Metal-insulator-metal capacitors on glass substrates
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for metal-insulator-metal capacitors on glass substrates. In one aspect, an apparatus may include a glass substrate, with the glass substrate defining at least one via in the glass substrate. A first electrode layer may be disposed over surfaces of the glass substrate, including surfaces of the at least one via. A dielectric layer may be disposed on the first electrode layer. A second electrode layer may be disposed on the dielectric layer, with the dielectric layer electrically isolating the first electrode layer from the second electrode layer.
US08896520B2 Electrophoretic display apparatus and electronics device
An electrophoretic display apparatus includes a first substrate and a second substrate; an electrophoretic layer that is allocated between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a first electrode and a second electrode that are each formed in an island shape, for each pixel, at the electrophoretic layer side of the first substrate, and are mutually independently driven. The first and second electrodes form a comb-teeth shaped electrode in a plan view, which include a plurality of branch portions and a trunk portion combining the plurality of branch portions, and each of first ones of the branch portions, which are located at respective edge portions of a pixel area, has a width smaller than a width of each of second ones of the branch portions, which are branch portions other than the first branch portions.
US08896515B2 Backlight apparatus and liquid crystal display apparatus having the same
A backlight apparatus includes a first backlight part and a second backlight part. The first backlight part includes a plurality of first lamps. The second backlight part includes a plurality of second lamps. At least one first lamp of the first lamps is disposed between two second lamps of the second lamps.
US08896510B2 Display device and driving method therefor
A display device includes an image signal modifier for modifying input image signals based on the difference between the input image signal for a pixel in a first row and the input image signal for the pixel in the adjacent row. The gate-on voltages includes a pre-charging voltage and a main charging voltage, the main charging voltage for the first row overlaps the pre-charging voltage for the second row and the pre-charging voltage for the first grow overlaps the main charging voltage for the second row for a predetermined time. The first data voltage is applied to the pixels of the first and second rows after application of the main charging gate-on voltage for the first row and the pre-charging gate-on voltage for the row, and the second data voltage is applied to the pixel of the second row after application of the main charging gate-on voltage for the second row.
US08896508B2 Electro-optical device, driving method therefor, and electronic apparatus
An electro-optical device includes a temperature detecting unit that detects temperature, wherein the electro-optical device sets a number of sub-frames of plural sub-frames included in one frame according to the temperature detected by the temperature detecting unit and sets a luminance level of pixels in each of the plural sub-frames to at least a first level or a second level to perform gradation display.
US08896506B2 Semiconductor device and driving method thereof
Brightness irregularities that develop in a light emitting device due to is persion among pixels in the threshold values of TFTs used for supplying electric current to light emitting devices become obstacles to improved image quality of the light emitting device. As an image signal input to a pixel from a source signal line, a desired electric potential is applied to a gate electrode of a TFT for supplying electric current to an EL device, through a TFT having its gate and drain connected to each other. A voltage equal to the TFT threshold value is produced between the source and the drain of the TFT 105. An electric potential in which the image signal is offset by the amount of the threshold value is therefore applied to the gate electrode of the TFT. Further, TFTs are disposed in close proximity to each other within the pixel, so that dispersions in the TFT characteristics do not easily develop. A desired drain current can thus be supplied to the EL device even if there is dispersion in the threshold values of the TFTs among pixels, because this is offset by the threshold value of the TFT.
US08896501B2 Security element for the identification of a security document using liquid crystal display driven with piezoelectric energy source and method for producing it
The invention relates to a security element for the identification of a security document, in particular a banknote, a valuable paper or a paper document, comprising at least one electrically controllable display element and at least one piezoelectric energy source which controls the at least one display element. The security element is formed by a flexible multilayered film body comprising the at least one electrically controllable display element containing a display layer having liquid crystals that can be oriented in an electric field, and comprising the at least one piezoelectric energy source which controls the at least one display element and has at least one layer composed of piezoelectric material, wherein the security element has a thickness of at most 70 μm in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the film body.
US08896490B2 Three-axis antenna and core assembly used therein
A core assembly comprising first and second core members each having a rectangular body around which an X-axis coil and a Y-axis coil are wound, and flanges integrally and diagonally extending from the body; and a bobbin having an annular portion and projections diagonally extending therefrom; the projections of the bobbin being provided with terminal members connected to coil ends of the X-axis coil, the Y-axis coil and the Z-axis; the annular portion of the bobbin acting as a space for disposing the first core member from one side, and providing a space receiving at least partially the body of the second core member from the other side, such that the body of the first core member is at least partially adjacent to the body of the second core member; and a space for winding the Z-axis coil being provided between the projections of the bobbin and the flanges of the second core member.
US08896488B2 Multi-element antenna structure with wrapped substrate
Antennas are provided for electronic devices such as portable computers. Multiple resonating elements may be formed on a flexible antenna resonating element substrate. The flexible antenna resonating element substrate may have a first antenna resonating element at one end and a second antenna resonating element at an opposing end. The flexible antenna resonating substrate may be wrapped around a dielectric carrier and mounted within an electronic device under an inactive display region and above a dielectric housing window. Conductive structures such as conductive housing structures may form antenna ground. The resonating elements and antenna ground may form first and second antennas. A parasitic antenna resonating element may form part of the first antenna.
US08896486B2 Multiband antenna
A multiband antenna comprises a feeder member, a radiation conductor, a short-circuit member, a grounding plane and a feeder cable. The feeder member has a first coupling side. Two end of the short-circuit member are respectively connected with the radiation conductor and the grounding plane. The short-circuit member has a second coupling side parallel to and conformable to the first coupling side with a gap existing therebetween. The feeder cable has a central wire and an outer wire respectively connected with the feeder member and the grounding plane. The feeder member transmits a high-frequency fed-in signal to the short-circuit member in a capacitive coupling way. The multiband antenna of the present invention has a simplified antenna structure, a miniaturized size and wide frequency bands.
US08896483B2 Method of automatic target angle tracking by monopulse radar under conditions of interference distorting location characteristic
Method of automatic target angle tracking by sum-and-difference monopulse radar covers radiolocation sphere and specifically monopulse direction finding systems. It can be used in order to increase guidance accuracy, for example, for anti aircraft missiles and of unmanned aerial vehicles to radar targets such as: radio beacons; aerial vehicles reflecting the radio signal that illuminates them; aerial vehicles and ground-based devices radiating radio signals and jamming signals. The aim of the method consists in the assurance of reliability and stability and in the enhancement of guidance accuracy of automatic target angle tracking due to elimination of automatic tracking losses and great errors arising during the influence of the signals of orthogonal polarization or polarization close to it.The proposed method provides full protection from polarization jamming for all types of monopulse radars.
US08896480B1 System for and method of displaying an image derived from weather radar data
An apparatus is for use with an aircraft radar system having a radar antenna. The apparatus comprises processing electronics configured to provide image data associated with an image associated with radar return data from the radar system. The radar return data is updated at a first frequency. The processing electronics are configured to update the image data at a second frequency greater than the first frequency.
US08896479B2 GPS signal reception apparatus and method
A Global Positioning System (GPS) signal reception apparatus including a GPS antenna unit, a GPS signal selection unit, and a jamming signal detection unit is provided. The GPS antenna unit includes a first-type antenna and a plurality of second-type antennas which have directivities different from each other. The GPS signal selection unit selects any one of the first-type antenna and the plurality of second-type antennas as a selected antenna. The jamming signal detection unit detects a jamming signal present in a GPS signal by analyzing the GPS signal which is received via the selected antenna.
US08896476B2 Data-driven noise reduction technique for analog to digital converters
A successive operation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit includes a bit reliability circuit that detects a delay time of the voltage comparator and, if the detected delay time is greater than a delay threshold time τMV, outputs a bit reliability decision signal; a digital noise reduction circuit that is selectively activated if the bit reliability decision signal indicates the detected delay time is greater than the delay threshold time τMV and produces a noise-reduced decision output that supersedes the decision output of the voltage comparator. In a preferred embodiment, the digital noise reduction circuit uses a multiple voting logic to produce a majority vote value as the noise-reduced decision output.
US08896467B2 Method for positioning and vehicle communication unit
Methods and an appropriately setup communication unit for positioning in vehicle-to-surroundings communication are described, wherein the method involves a first sensor (S1) of a first communication subscriber using a transmission and reception unit to emit a challenge pulse, to which a transmission and reception unit of a second sensor (S2) of a second communication subscriber responds with a response pulse. The response pulse is received and evaluated by the first sensor (S1) and positioning is performed. In order to achieve reliable cooperative sensor communication, the transmission and reception units of the first and second sensors (S1, S2) use a frequency band (SCH2) which is reserved for vehicle-oriented safety applications.
US08896465B2 Method and device for providing advanced indications to a vehicle's driver
A method is described for providing an advanced indication to a driver that a road segment which will require his attention is located along his route. The method comprising: a) detecting the vehicle's current location and identifying a road segment that the driver is about to reach; b) for the identified road segment, retrieving values of driving performance parameters associated therewith; c) evaluating whether any of the retrieved values exceeds a pre-defined threshold, and based on that evaluation, determining whether the identified road segment is a low service level segment and thus would require the driver's attention; and d) providing the driver with an advanced indication indicating the road segment which has been determined as being a segment of a low service level for the driver.
US08896462B2 Methods for low power communication in an implantable medical device
The present invention is directed to an implantable medical device and a method for power management for power efficient use of RF telemetry during, for example, conditions where long periods of continuous monitoring of the device and the patient is desired such as during MRI procedures. A protocol module adapted to, at receipt of a low power protocol indication, activate and use a low power protocol for communication between the device and external units. The protocol module is capable of switching between different communication protocols including a low power communication protocol and a default RF communication protocol depending on, for example, whether continuous long-term monitoring of the patient is performed. During the low power communication protocol, the protocol module is adapted to select parts of stored electrophysical and/or hemodynamical signal waveforms for telemetric transmission and to create communication packages having a predetermined length using the selected parts of the electrophysiological and/or hemodynamical signal waveform. Further, a transmitter is instructed to transmit the communication packages at predetermined transmission intervals and the telemetry module is instructed to power down the transmitter or set the transmitter in a lowest possible activation state during intermediate periods between the transmission intervals.
US08896461B2 Distributed meter data management
In a distributed meter data management (MDM) system of a smart grid, a network computing device, such as a network router deployed in the field, may receive data from one or more utility meters, sensors, control devices, or other utility data collection devices that are communicatively coupled to the network computing device. The network computing device may process the data received from the utility data collection devices to generate processed data usable by a consumer. The network computing device may also send data to and/or receive data from a centralized control system, MDM system, and/or smart grid analytic applications at a utility central office. The network computing device may then provide the processed data directly to the consumer, with or without first sending the data to a centralized MDM system of the utility.
US08896459B2 Motion activated sound producing bottle top
An apparatus includes an interior component, movably attached to an exterior component. Rotation of the exterior component causes an actuation piece to activate a circuit provided to either the interior or exterior component. Activation of the circuit causes sound to be played from a speaker provided to either the interior or exterior component. Also included is a hollow portion provided to the interior component, of sufficient diameter to fit a bottle top therein. Also, the apparatus includes a grip, provided on the hollow portion and operable to fixedly engage the bottle top at least when the exterior component is rotated. Rotation of the exterior component relative to the interior component causes engagement of the interior component by the exterior component, such that the interior component is caused to rotate in concert with the exterior component, further causing rotation of the bottle top which the grip fixedly engages.
US08896454B2 Exit monitor
To examine a contamination state of a worker having worked in a radiation controlled zone, a first unit detects contamination of a front or back surface of the worker and outputs a first signal indicating a contamination state of the surface. A second unit detects contamination of an arm's inner side surface of the worker and outputs a second signal indicating a contamination state of the arm's side surface. A third unit detects contamination of a trunk's side surface of the worker and outputs a third signal indicating a contamination state of the trunk's side surface. A processing unit detects the presence of contamination of the front or back surface and the armpit's both sides based on the outputted first signal, on the second signal output when the second unit moves up together with the third unit, and on the third signal output when the third unit moves up.
US08896452B2 Bettle sensing device and method of use
An imaging pest detection device, adaptable to mounting on known pest traps, utilizing a camera module and LED light providing daily gathering of images of the catch-can interior, thereby providing a remote real-time awareness of trap contents with reduced labor and increased accuracy and immediacy of trap condition.
US08896449B2 Method and apparatus for tracking objects and people
An object locating, identifying, tracking, and surveillance system, denoted the Assets Locating, Tracking, and Surveillance System (ALTSS), is provided for managing physical objects and evidence in environments such as police departments, law offices, and the Courts. ALTSS employs radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, computer programming and database applications, networking technologies, and hardware elements. ALTSS may locate and track physical evidence, merchandise, information carriers like files, folders or individual pieces of paper, and people, under certain conditions, in near-real time. It may be configured as part of a local area network, a wide area network, or the Internet. ALTSS may employ exemplary components such as RFID transponders, scanners, strategically located antennas and computers to facilitate tracking of objects and people as needed. Any number of users having access privileges and connected to the network may access ALTSS directly or remotely via the Internet to locate and track evidence or objects.
US08896445B2 Alert analyzing apparatus, method and program
An alert analyzing apparatus includes: a storage unit that stores a first value and a preset second value in association with time-of-day information, the first value fluctuating as time elapses; an alert output unit that outputs an alert and time-of-day information in a case in which the first value diverges from the second value in a certain time of day; a comment accepting unit that accepts an input of a comment on the alert thus output, and stores the comment in association with the time-of-day information; and a classification unit that classifies a plurality of time zones into any one of predetermined segments, and stores the comment associated with the time zone thus classified, in association with each of the segments, based on a fluctuation phase of the first value.
US08896437B2 Asset-specific equipment health monitoring (EHM) for industrial equipment using standardized asset models
A system includes at least one sensor and an equipment health monitoring (EHM) unit. The at least one sensor is configured to measure one or more characteristics of an asset, where the asset includes a piece of equipment. The EHM unit includes at least one sensor interface configured to receive at least one input signal associated with the asset from the sensor(s). The EHM unit also includes at least one processing unit operable to be pre-configured to identify a specified fault in the asset using the input signals and an asset-specific model that includes a combination of standard subsystem models. The EHM unit further includes at least one output interface configured to provide an indicator identifying the fault. The standard subsystem models could include standardized fault models configured to identify faults for standard assets.
US08896436B1 Security alarm systems and methods
A method for providing notification of an alarm event to a plurality of individuals and communication therebetween having steps that include: receiving an alarm event signal from an alarm system indicating an alarm event; determining a customer associated with the alarm event; determine a plurality of individuals that are to be contacted based upon the customer that has been determined as being associated with the alarm event; selecting a transmission vector having a corresponding transmission identifier; correspondingly associating the selected transmission identifier with the alarm event; sending an alarm event notification to each of the plurality of individuals utilizing the selected transmission vector; and receiving a response to the notification and automatically associating the same; directing each of the plurality of individuals into a virtual chat room corresponding to the alarm event; and facilitating communication between the individuals within the virtual chat room.
US08896430B2 Systems and methods for utilizing telematics data to improve fleet management operations
According to various embodiments, a fleet management system is provided for capturing, storing, and analyzing telematics data to improve fleet management operations. The fleet management system may be used, for example, by a shipping entity (e.g., a common carrier) to capture telematics data from a plurality of vehicle sensors located on various delivery vehicles and to analyze the captured telematics data. In particular, various embodiments of the fleet management system are configured to analyze engine idle data in relation to other telematics data in order to identify inefficiencies, safety hazards, and theft hazards in a driver's delivery process. The fleet management system may also be configured to assess various aspects of vehicle performance, such as vehicle travel delays and vehicle speeds. These analytical capabilities allow the fleet management system to assist fleet managing entities, or other entities, in analyzing driver performance, reducing fuel and maintenance costs, and improving route planning.
US08896429B2 Tactile man-machine interface with data communication interface
The invention relates to a tactile man-machine interface comprising an interfacing surface comprising a means for transforming impacts on the interfacing surface into input electrical signals and a data interfacing means, configured for data communication with at least a first and a second device In this configuration, it becomes possible to provide data communication between the first and second devices without having to bring the two devices in contact. Furthermore, the invention relates to a separating element comprising such a tactile man-machine interface and system, such as vending machines, automatic teller machines etc, comprising such a separating element.
US08896422B2 Methods, systems, and products for tracking objects
Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for tracking an object. An identification signal is received that identifies an identification tag associated with the object to be tracked. The identification signal is stored in memory of a cellular phone. When an incoming call is received at the cellular phone, then the information associated with the identification signal is uploaded to a network database. When an outgoing call is placed from the cellular phone, then the information associated with the identification signal may also be uploaded to the network database.
US08896421B2 Wide-area dynamic RFID system using UWB
A wide area radio frequency identification (RFID) system includes: a first RFID cell and a second RFID cell. The first RFID cell and the second RFID cell each include a reader and tags. The readers access the tags using ultra-wide band signaling. The RFID cells each include: a communications interface operable to communicate with a network operations center, and a communications gateway which supports direct communications between RFID cells. The method includes accessing the second RFID cell from the first RFID cell, and the accessing is performed using the communications gateway that can cover a range of at least five hundred meters.
US08896419B2 Method for inspecting a product as an original product of a product producer
Against the background of continually growing problems of product piracy, in particular due to the further expansion and liberalization of international trade, there is great demand for automated and reliable inspection of the authenticity of products. Thus, methods and systems are provided for inspecting a product as an original product of a product producer by authenticating at least one RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag allocated to the product using an asymmetrical challenge response protocol.
US08896415B2 Programmable radio
A programmable radio communication system comprises a transmitter (1) and a receiver (2). The transmitter comprises radio transmitting means (5) and processing means (3). The processing means is configured to: execute transmitter firmware (6); execute a transmitter software application (4); and operate an interface between the transmitter firmware (6) and the transmitter software application (4), wherein the interface supports one or more operators, each operator acting on one or more elements, wherein the transmitter firmware (6) comprises instructions for: receiving across the interface from the transmitter software application (4), an operator and an element, associated with a virtual pipe; encoding the operator and the element; and using the radio transmitting means (5) to transmit the encoded operator and element by radio, and wherein the receiver (2) comprises radio receiving means (10) and processing means (8), the processing means being configured to: execute receiver firmware (11); execute a receiver software application (9); and operate an interface between the receiver firmware (11) and the receiver software application (9), wherein the receiver firmware (11) comprises instructions for: using the radio receiving means (10) to receive the encoded operator and element; decoding the operator and element; and sending the operator and the element across the interface to the receiver software application (9), thereby creating the virtual pipe between the transmitter software application (4) and the receiver software application (9).
US08896412B2 System and method for interactive appliance control
A controlling device interacts dynamically with a plurality of appliances using state information known to a master appliance. The master appliance conveys to the controlling device the state information and the controlling device uses the state information to dynamically configure itself to command functional operations of one or more of the plurality of appliances. The master appliance also causes a graphical representation of the current configuration of the controlling device to be displayed on a display device that is associated with the master appliance.
US08896410B2 Chip thermistor and method of manufacturing same
A chip thermistor has a thermistor portion including a ceramic material containing respective metal oxides of Mn, Ni, and Co as major ingredients; a pair of composite portions including a composite material of Ag—Pd, and respective metal oxides of Mn, Ni, and Co and arranged on both sides of the thermistor portion so as to sandwich in the thermistor portion between the composite portions; and external electrodes connected to the pair of composite portions, respectively. In this manner, the pair of composite portions are used as bulk electrodes and, for this reason, the resistance of the chip thermistor can be adjusted mainly with consideration to the resistance in the thermistor portion without need for much consideration to the distance between the external electrodes and other factors.
US08896407B2 Inductor
An inductor comprises a magnetic core and a coil. The magnetic core has a wound portion around which the coil is wound, and a peripheral portion. The magnetic core is formed from two or more preliminarily-formed-bodies which are pressure-molded in a state where the coil winds one or more preliminarily-formed-bodies which form the wound portion. The preliminarily-formed-bodies include at least one preliminarily-formed-body which forms the peripheral portion while not form the wound portion. Each of the preliminarily-formed-bodies is made of a mixture of flat magnetic powders and an organic binder so as to have a plate-like shape. The flat magnetic powders are oriented so as to be parallel to the preliminarily-formed-body.
US08896406B2 Laminated coil
A laminated coil includes a plurality of circular conductive plates in the form of a flat plate, each of the circular conductive plates being laminated via an insulating material in an axis direction. The plurality of circular conductive plates each include a plurality of concentric circular arc parts having different inner diameter and outer diameter from each other, and a connection part interconnecting the plurality of circular arc parts. The plurality of circular conductive plates are arranged such that the connection parts thereof face each other and the circular arc parts thereof are juxtaposed to each other in a radial direction.
US08896405B2 Coil-type electronic component
A coil-type electronic component having a coil inside or on the surface of a base material, characterized in that the base material of the coil-type electronic component is constituted by a group of soft magnetic alloy grains whose main ingredients are iron, silicate and chromium, and that an oxide layer is formed on the surface of each soft magnetic alloy grain, where the oxide layer is produced as a result of oxidization of the grain and has more chromium than the alloy grain, and this oxide layer has a two-layer structure constituted by an inner layer whose main ingredient is chromium oxide and an outer layer whose main ingredient is iron-chromium oxide, and the outer layers of soft magnetic alloy grains are inter-bonded.
US08896404B2 Coil component and method of manufacturing the same
There are provided a coil component and a method of manufacturing the same. The coil component includes a core; at least one bobbin coupled to the core and having a coil wound therearound; and a base having the core seated therein and including an external connection terminal, wherein one side of the core is seated in the bobbin and the other side thereof is exposed to the outside of the base.
US08896402B2 Apparatus for supporting a hinged armature
An apparatus is disclosed, which includes a hinged armature and a yoke. In at least one embodiment, the hinged armature is supported in a cutout in the yoke and can pivot between at least two positions, the cutout in the yoke having an edge, on which the hinged armature is supported.
US08896395B2 Accoustic resonator having multiple lateral features
A thin film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) includes a first electrode stacked on a substrate over a cavity, a piezoelectric layer stacked on the first electrode, and a second electrode stacked on the piezoelectric layer. Multiple lateral features are formed on a surface of the second electrode, the lateral features including multiple stepped structures.
US08896394B2 Electronic component
An electronic component includes a laminate including a plurality of insulator layers and a mounting surface. The mounting surface is defined by the outer edges of the plurality of insulator layers that are continuously joined together. An LC parallel resonator is embedded in the laminate, and includes a coil and a capacitor. An unbalanced signal is inputted to the LC parallel resonator. A coil is embedded in the laminate. The coil is electromagnetically coupled to the coil, and outputs balanced signals. Outer electrodes are provided on the mounting surface, and are grounded. A ground conductor layer of the capacitor is connected to an outer electrode by extending to the mounting surface.
US08896392B2 Transmission system
A transmission system transmits a signal from a transmission terminal to a reception terminal via a pair of transmission lines. The transmission terminal side of the transmission lines is connected to a first resistor having a predetermined resistance value depending on the characteristic impedance of the transmission lines.
US08896389B2 Oscillation circuit having negative resistance element and oscillator using the oscillation circuit
The present disclosure relates to an oscillation circuit including a differential negative resistance element, a resonance circuit connected to the differential negative resistance element, and a stabilization circuit connected in parallel with the negative resistance element to suppress parasitic oscillation. The stabilization circuit includes a variable shunt resistor and an adjusting device for adjusting the shunt resistor.
US08896388B2 Temperature-compensated crystal oscillator
A temperature-compensated crystal oscillator includes a crystal resonator; and an oscillator circuit for performing temperature compensation. The oscillator circuit has a temperature sensor unit that measures an ambient temperature of the crystal resonator, a temperature compensation unit that outputs a first voltage for temperature compensation based on the measured temperature, a high-temperature load capacitance adjustment unit that outputs a second voltage for temperature compensation based on the temperature measured in a high temperature area exceeding a particular temperature range, an oscillator unit having first and second variable capacitance elements used for temperature compensation within a particular temperature range, third and fourth variable capacitance elements used for temperature compensation in the high temperature area, and an oscillation integrated circuit (IC) connected to the crystal resonator to perform an oscillation operation, and a buffer that amplifies the output from the oscillator unit.
US08896387B1 High efficiency harmonic voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)
In one embodiment, a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) is provided. The VCO includes a tank circuit. Also, the VCO includes a first pair of transistors. The drains of the first pair of transistors are coupled to the tank circuit and the gates of the first pair of transistors are cross-coupled with the drains of the first pair of transistors. The first pair of transistors each have a first threshold voltage. The VCO further includes a second pair of transistors. The drains of the second pair of transistors are respectively coupled to the sources of the first pair of transistors and the gates of the second pair of transistors are respectively coupled to the gates of the first pair of transistors, The second pair of transistors each have a second threshold voltage higher than the first threshold voltage.
US08896386B2 Calibration device for oscillator and method thereof
A calibration device arranged for calibrating an oscillating frequency of an oscillator includes: a phase locking device arranged to track a first reference clock generated by the oscillator until a feedback clock is phase-aligned with the first reference clock, and then arranged to track a second reference clock generated by the oscillator until a phase difference between the second reference clock and the feedback clock is a static phase difference, wherein the feedback clock is generated by dividing an output oscillating signal of the phase locking device by a divisor; an adjusting circuit arranged to adjust the divisor into an updated divisor to reduce the static phase difference between the second reference clock and the feedback clock; and a calibrating circuit arranged to calibrate the oscillating frequency of the oscillator according to the updated divisor, wherein the second reference clock is generated by varying a control signal of the oscillator.
US08896384B2 Phase locked loop including a frequency change module
A phase locked loop (PLL) includes a detector, a charge pump, a loop filter, a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), a divider, and a frequency change module. The detector provides a phase difference based on a reference signal and a feedback signal. The charge pump provides a charge based on the phase difference. The loop filter provides a voltage based on the charge. The VCO provides an output signal based on the voltage received from the loop filter. The divider divides a frequency of the output signal by a value to provide the feedback signal. The frequency change module processes an input signal having a first frequency to provide a processed signal having a second frequency that is different from the first frequency. The frequency change module selects the input signal or the processed signal to provide as the reference signal to the detector. Changing the frequency of the reference signal can change a frequency of a spur.
US08896379B2 Error amplifier having cascode current source using body biasing
Provided is an error amplifier. The error amplifier includes: an amplifying unit receiving first and second input signals and amplifying a voltage difference between the received first and second input signals; a first voltage generating unit generating first and second driving voltages for driving the amplifying unit; a second voltage generating unit generating first and second body voltages to implement a body biasing method; a cascode current source including first to fourth PMOS transistors to provide a bias current to the amplifying unit and the first voltage generating unit; and an output unit outputting a signal of the voltage difference amplified by the amplifying unit, wherein the first and third PMOS transistors receive the first body voltage through a body terminal and the second and fourth PMOS transistors receive the second body voltage through a body terminal.
US08896378B2 Differential amplifier circuit with ultralow power consumption provided with adaptive bias current generator circuit
A differential amplifier circuit includes a differential operational amplifier that includes a differential pair circuit and operates based on a constant bias current supplied from a bias current source circuit, and the differential amplifier circuit includes a bias current generator circuit. A current monitor circuit detects two currents flowing through the differential pair circuit in correspondence with differential input voltages inputted to the differential pair circuit, and detects a minimum current of the two currents for a difference voltage of the differential input voltages as a monitored current. A current comparator circuit compares the monitored current with the constant bias current. A current amplifier circuit amplifies a voltage corresponding to the comparison result, and controls currents flowing through the differential pair circuit based on an amplified voltage, and the bias current generator circuit performs negative feedback adaptive control such that the bias current increases as the monitored current decreases.
US08896374B2 Energy source sharing
Exemplary embodiments are directed to devices and methods for sharing an energy storage element within an electronic device. A device may include a plurality of transmit paths. The device may further include a voltage supply including an energy storage element coupled to each transmit path of the plurality of transmit paths.
US08896372B2 Amplification apparatus
A first amplification section and a second amplification section included in an amplification apparatus amplify two constant amplitude signals generated by vector decomposition. An impedance inverting circuit inverts the impedance of the signal amplified by the second amplification section. A combining circuit corrects the phases of the signal amplified by the first amplification section and the signal whose impedance is inverted by the impedance inverting circuit, and combines and outputs these signals. The combining circuit includes a line which is (λ/4)+γ in length and which is an asymmetrical circuit element and a line which is (λ/4)−δ in length and which is an asymmetrical circuit element.
US08896370B2 System and method for controlling bypass of a voltage regulator
A voltage regulator bypass circuit to control bypass of a voltage regulator of an integrated circuit device, the voltage regulator bypass circuit including a first voltage detector, a second voltage detector, and circuit. The first voltage detector to detect that a core circuitry voltage level is above a first threshold and to assert a first detect signal at an output in response to the detection. The second voltage detector to detect that an unregulated supply voltage is above a second threshold and to assert a second detect signal at an output in response to the detection. The circuit having a first input coupled to the output of the first voltage detector and a second input coupled to the output of the second voltage detector, the circuit to bypass the voltage regulator in response the output of the latch being cleared.
US08896363B2 Analog switching circuit, associated control circuit and method
The present invention discloses an analog switching circuit having a first terminal receiving an input signal, a second terminal providing an output signal and a control terminal receiving a switching control signal. The analog switching circuit has a first logic circuit providing a first control signal and a second control signal based on the switching control signal; an NMOS and a PMOS coupled between the first terminal and the second terminal, and controlled by the first control signal and the second control signal respectively; a first control circuit controls the backgate voltage of the NMOS based on the input signal and the switching control signal; and a second control circuit controls the backgate voltage of the PMOS based on the input signal and the switching control signal.
US08896360B2 Level-up shifter circuit for high speed and low power applications
A level-up shifter circuit is suitable for high speed and low power applications. The circuit dissipates almost no static power, or leakage current, compared to conventional designs and can preserve the signal's duty cycle even at high data rates. This circuit can be used with a wide range of power supplies while maintaining operational integrity.
US08896358B2 Phase interpolator having adaptively biased phase mixer
A phase interpolator includes an adaptively biased phase mixer, phase control circuitry and an adaptive bias generator. The adaptively biased phase mixer has mixing transistor circuitry configured to provide an output phase signal in response to a plurality of phase control signals, a bias current, and a number of phase input signals offset in phase from one another. The adaptively biased phase mixer further has adjustable bias transistor circuitry configured to adjust the bias current provided to the mixing transistor circuitry in response to an adaptive bias signal.
US08896355B1 Clock multiplier with dynamically tuned lock range
A variable-frequency input clock signal and a reference clock signal are compared during a frequency-compare interval to generate a value that indicates a ratio of their frequencies. The frequency-ratio value is then applied to configure a wide-range frequency-locking oscillator for operation with a narrowed input frequency range. Because the narrowed input frequency range is targeted to the input clock frequency, the wide-range oscillator is able to rapidly lock to a frequency multiple of the input clock frequency. Because the frequency-compare interval is also brief, an extremely fast-locking, clock-multiplying operation may be effected over a relatively wide range of input clock frequencies.
US08896354B1 Driving device
A driving device is disclosed, which relates to a technology for reducing consumption of a leakage current unnecessary for a driver circuit. The driving device includes: a pre-driver configured to output a drive control signal upon receiving a power-supply voltage in response to an input signal, and change a voltage level of the drive control signal in response to a control signal so as to selectively provide the changed voltage level; an output driver configured to receive the power-supply voltage in response to the drive control signal, and output the received power-supply voltage to an output terminal; and a bulk-voltage controller configured to selectively control bulk-voltage levels of the pre-driver and the output driver in response to the control signal.
US08896352B2 Drivers having T-coil structures
A driver includes a first driver stage having at least one input node and at least one first output node. The first driver stage includes a T-coil structure that is disposed adjacent to the at least one first output node. The T-coil structure includes a first set of inductors each being operable to provide a first inductance. A second set of inductors are electrically coupled with the first set of inductors in a parallel fashion. The second set of inductors each are operable to provide a second inductance. A second driver stage is electrically coupled with the first driver stage.
US08896349B2 Low voltage detector
A low voltage detector (100) includes a power supply voltage monitor circuit (110) that produces a voltage VSP related to a first a power supply voltage, and a voltage generator (105), which includes a plurality of self-cascode MOSFET (SCM) structures (101-103) in a cascade configuration, that generates a reference voltage Vxm. A voltage comparator (140) outputs an output signal in response to a differential between Vxm and VSP, wherein Vxm and VSP have proportional to absolute temperature behavior (PTAT) over temperature with respect to a second power supply voltage. The output signal changes state when the first power supply voltage equals a trip point of the comparator. Each SCM structure is sized to provide a rate of change with temperature of the PTAT behavior of Vxm that matches a rate of change with temperature of the PTAT behavior of VSP.
US08896347B2 Synchronous input signal capture system
A synchronous digital signal capture system includes a first flip-flop and a synchronization module. The first flip-flop receives a logic control signal and a first clock signal having a first frequency. The first flip-flop is configured to output a synchronized data signal based on the logic control, and generate a synchronous reset signal that is a logic inverse of the synchronized data signal generated at the data output. The synchronization module receives a primary data signal and is configured to generate the logic control signal based on the primary input signal, a second clock signal, and the synchronous reset signal such that the first flip-flop generates the synchronized signal.
US08896337B2 Apparatus and method for measurement of radiation intensity for testing reliability of solar cell, and method for testing reliability of solar cell
An apparatus and method for measurement of radiation intensity for testing reliability of a solar cell, and a method for testing the reliability of the solar cell. The apparatus includes a first solar cell receiving a predetermined intensity of radiation or more to generate electricity, a second solar cell receiving a predetermined intensity of radiation or more to generate electricity; a temperature sensor sensing a temperature of the second solar cell; a cooler cooling the first solar cell; and a controller measuring the intensity of radiation applied to the first solar cell, and controlling the cooler to prevent the temperature of the first solar cell from increasing above a predetermined temperature depending on the temperature of the second solar cell sensed by the temperature sensor.
US08896335B2 Thermal controller for electronic devices
An apparatus controls a temperature of a device by circulating a fluid through a heat sink in thermal contact with the device. The apparatus includes an adjustable cold input, which inputs a cold portion of the fluid having a first temperature, and an adjustable hot input, which inputs a hot portion of the fluid having a second temperature higher than the first temperature. The apparatus further includes a chamber, connected to the cold input and hot input, in which the cold and hot portions of the fluid mix in a combined fluid portion that impinges on the heat sink. The combined fluid portion has a combined temperature that directly affects a temperature of the heat sink. The cold input and hot input are adjusted to dynamically control the combined temperature, enabling the heat sink temperature to compensate for changes in the device temperature, substantially maintaining a set point temperature of the device.
US08896329B2 Irregularity detection in a structure of an aircraft
A device, a system and a method for detecting an irregularity in a structure of an aircraft are proposed. The device includes a resonant circuit with a resonance frequency and a probe for tuning the resonance frequency of the resonant circuit. The resonant circuit and the probe are operatively connected in such a way that the probe changes the resonance frequency of the resonant circuit if the structure changes due to a formation of an irregularity.
US08896325B2 Capacitance sensing circuit and method of capacitance sensing
A capacitance sensing circuit comprises a capacitive device having a capacitance, the device initially being at a first voltage level. The capacitance sensing circuit is capable of applying one or more pull-up currents to the device during one or more corresponding pull-up periods of time, for changing the first voltage level into one or more corresponding pull-up voltage levels; applying a measurement current to the device; and measuring a measurement period of time, during which one of the pull-up voltage levels changes into a second voltage level. A method of sensing a capacitance of a capacitive device comprises applying a first voltage to the device; applying one or more pull-up currents during corresponding pull-up times, for changing the first voltage into corresponding pull-up voltages; applying a measurement current; and measuring a time, during which one pull-up voltage changes into a second voltage.
US08896323B2 Radiation-tolerant overcurrent detection
Systems and methods for radiation-tolerant overcurrent detection are disclosed. In some embodiments, an integrated circuit may include a plurality of overcurrent detectors, each of the plurality of overcurrent detectors configured to detect a candidate overcurrent event. The integrated circuit may also include a voting circuit coupled to the overcurrent detectors, the voting circuit configured to indicate an overcurrent in response to receiving a selected number of candidate overcurrent events from the overcurrent detectors. At least one of the overcurrent detectors may be subject to detecting the candidate overcurrent in error, at least in part, due to exposure to ionizing radiation.
US08896321B2 Abnormality detection system
The abnormality detection system is provided for detecting an abnormality of an object. The abnormality detection system includes a high-frequency power source, a primary coil, a secondary coil and a controller. The high-frequency power source supplies power. The primary coil receives the power supplied from the high-frequency power source. The secondary coil is mounted to the object in noncontact with the primary coil for receiving power supplied from the primary coil. The controller is operable to detect the power received by the secondary coil and also to determine whether or not an abnormality is present in the object based on the detected power.
US08896320B2 Measuring device and a method for measuring a chip-to-chip-carrier connection
A measuring device is provided: the measuring device including: a power supply configured to provide electric power to a chip via at least one of a chip connection and a chip-carrier connection; a chip arrangement receiving portion configured to receive a chip arrangement, the chip arrangement including a chip and a chip-carrier connected to the chip via one or more chip-to-chip-carrier connections; a detection portion including a plate; a detection circuit coupled to the plate and configured to detect an electrical signal from the plate; wherein the plate is configured such that it covers at least part of at least one of the chip, the chip-carrier, and the chip-to-chip-carrier connection; and wherein the plate is further configured such that at least part of the at least one of the chip, the chip-carrier, and the chip-to-chip-carrier connection is uncovered by the plate.
US08896319B2 Light emitting device control circuit and short detection circuit thereof
A light emitting device control circuit controls a light emitting array which includes a plurality of light emitting device strings. Each light emitting device string includes a first terminal which is connected to a common node, a second terminal, and a plurality of light emitting devices connected in series. The light emitting device control circuit includes: a short detection circuit, coupled to the second terminals to receive second terminal signals from the second terminals, generating comparison signals according to whether the second terminal signals are higher than a reference signal, and generating a short detection signal according to whether a number of the comparison signals is between a first setting value and a second setting value.
US08896318B2 Electrical interconnect status monitoring system
Disclosed are advances in the arts with novel methods and apparatus for detecting faulty connections in an electrical system. Exemplary preferred embodiments include basic, ASIC, AC, DC, and RF monitoring techniques and systems for monitoring signals at one or more device loads and analyzing the monitored signals for determining fault conditions at the device loads and/or at the main transmission lines. The invention preferably provides the capability to test and monitor electrical interconnections without fully activating the host system.
US08896317B2 Lighting unit with compensation for output frequency, and method for determining output frequency
A method of determining the dominant output wavelength of an LED, includes determining an electrical characteristic of the LED which is dependent on the voltage-capacitance characteristics, and analyzing the characteristic to determine the dominant output wavelength.
US08896316B2 Device having capacitive loads and abnormality detecting method thereof
In a device having capacitive loads in which a plurality of capacitive loads are connected in parallel, power is supplied from an AC power source to a load group comprising the plurality of capacitive loads, the load group is divided into a plurality of small load groups, and a current detecting sensor for detecting a current which flows in at least one small load group at a side which is closer to the load side than a branch point at which the load group is divided into the plurality of small load groups and a current abnormality detecting part for determining an abnormality of a load by a current detecting signal which is detected by the current detecting sensor are equipped.
US08896315B1 Battery cell balancing system and method
A battery cell balancing system is operable to utilize a relatively small number of transformers interconnected with a battery having a plurality of battery cells to selectively charge the battery cells. Windings of the transformers are simultaneously driven with a plurality of waveforms whereupon selected battery cells or groups of cells are selected and charged. A transformer drive circuit is operable to selectively vary the waveforms to thereby vary a weighted voltage associated with each of the battery cells.
US08896313B2 Electromagnetic receiver assembly for marine electromagnetic surveying
Disclosed is an electromagnetic receiver assembly for marine electromagnetic surveying, the electromagnetic receiver assembly comprising an elongated housing and receiver electrodes mounted at separate points along the elongated housing. An embodiment may include an electromagnetic receive assembly that includes an elongated housing, wherein the elongated housing defines an interior chamber. The electromagnetic receiver assembly may further include receiver electrodes configured to be in contact with water when in operation, wherein the receiver electrodes are mounted at separate points along the elongated housing. The electromagnetic receiver assembly may further include sensor electronics disposed in the interior chamber and electrically coupled to the receiver electrodes. The electromagnetic receiver assembly may be configured for deployment on or near a bottom of a body of water.
US08896312B2 Compact cryogenic NMR sensor with integrated active cooling device
An NMR measuring system with an NMR probehead has at least one cooling device (5a, b) generating a vibration spectrum of individual selective frequencies. The cooling device is mechanically connected to a vibration absorber (9a, 9b) having an oscillating mass element (27), whose resonance frequency is adjusted to the vibration frequency of the cooling device and/or to one of its harmonics. The cooling device has a cooling head which is thermally connected to an NMR resonator of the probehead via a flexible mechanical element. A vacuum housing of the probehead is designed in two parts which are mechanically connected via at least one damping element (30a-d). The lower part and the upper part of the vacuum housing are additionally mechanically flexibly connected to each other in a vacuum-tight fashion via a corrugated bellows (8a, 8b). The system minimizes sidebands in NMR spectra.
US08896310B2 Cage in an MRD with a fastening/attenuating system
Methods of fastening a cage with a fastening system in an MRD. One method includes: assembling: a plurality of pole pieces; a plurality of side magnets, the side magnets substantially enclosing the pole pieces and thereby defining a magnetic envelope and enclosed volume therein; a plurality of side walls, the side walls substantially enclosing the side magnets; a plurality of face walls and a plurality of fastening rods; and passing a plurality of fastening rods through at least one of the side magnets and at least one of the pole pieces and fastening them in an effective measure, such that the rods physically interconnects at least one pair of side walls.
US08896309B2 Spine coil unit
In order to increase the speed at which a user of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system may electrically or optically connect and physically attach a spine coil unit to the MRI system, the spine coil unit includes a connector extending away from a side of a spine coil housing. The spine coil unit is positioned on a patient table of the MRI system and moved along the patient table of the MRI system adjacent to or in physical contact with a corresponding MRI system-side connector. A lever rotatably attached to the spine coil housing may be rotated into a corresponding recess in the MRI system to physically attach and electrically or optically connect the connector of the spine coil housing and/or to positionally fix the spine coil housing relative to the MRI system-side connector.
US08896304B2 Magnetic sensor
A magnetic sensor includes first and second MR elements, and an electrode electrically connecting the first and second MR elements to each other. The electrode includes a first portion having a first surface, a second portion having a second surface, and a coupling portion coupling the first and second portions to each other. The first surface is in contact with an end face of the first MR element. The second surface is in contact with an end face of the second MR element. Each of the first and second surfaces has a three-hold or higher rotationally symmetric shape. The diameter of a first inscribed circle inscribed in the outer edge of the first surface and the diameter of the second inscribed circle inscribed in the outer edge of the second surface are greater than the width of the coupling portion.
US08896302B1 Method for measuring magnetic induction intensity of magnetic field using short cavity fiber laser
A method for measuring magnetic induction intensity of a magnetic field using a short cavity fiber laser, includes the steps of: a) arranging the short cavity fiber laser, where the short cavity laser has sequentially coupled laser diode pumping source, a wavelength division multiplexer, a fiber Bragg grating, an active optical fiber and a loop mirror; b) fixing the short cavity fiber laser on a magnetostrictive material; c) disposing the short cavity fiber laser and the magnetostrictive material in the magnetic field to be measured, and matching the stretching direction of the magnetostrictive material with the direction of the magnetic field to be measured; d) measuring the drift amount of longitudinal mode output by the short cavity fiber laser; and e) calculating the magnetic induction intensity of the magnetic field to be measured.
US08896300B2 2D coil and a method of obtaining EC response of 3D coils using the 2D coil configuration
The invention herein disclosed provides a 2D coil and a method of using the 2D wound EC sensor for reproducing the Eddy Current Testing (ECT) response of a prior art 3D orthogonal sensor. The 3D orthogonal sensor is conventionally wound onto a 3D core, with at least some of the surfaces being un-parallel to the surface be inspected. Using the herein disclosed 2D configuration allows the use of printed circuit board technologies for the manufacturing of these EC sensors. The herein disclosed method and the associated 2D EC sensors are particularly useful for reproducing the EC effect of conventional orthogonal probe arrays.
US08896299B2 Position detector device capable of reducing the effect of external magnetic fields on precision in detection
Provided is a position detector device capable of suppressing the effect of external magnetic fields on precision in detection. A position detector device (1) comprises: a subject to be detected (4a), which rotates along with the rotation of a handle grip (3) that is disposed on a handlebar (2); a detector unit (5) that detects the subject to be detected (4a); and a case (7) which houses the subject to be detected (4a) and the detector (5). The subject to be detected (4a) is treated as a magnetic cylindrical body, the detector unit (5) is treated as a magnetic detector unit (5) that detects changes in magnetism. A support member (6) rotatably supports the subject to be detected (4a), and further comprises a housing member (65) that houses the detector unit (5) on the interior circumference side of the subject to be detected (4a).
US08896294B2 Magnetic position detector
Magnetic members are arranged along a straight line and can be placed face-to-face with spin-valve magnetoresistive elements. The magnetic pole faces of the magnetic members which can be face-to-face with the spin-valve magnetoresistive elements have different magnetic polarities from the magnetic pole faces of neighboring magnetic members. The magnetic members are arranged at a uniform pitch. Each magnetic member is spaced from neighboring magnetic members. X/P is from 40% to 60%, where X is length of each magnetic member along an arrangement direction of the magnetic members, and P is pitch of the magnetic members along the arrangement direction.
US08896293B2 Method and apparatus for measurement and control of magnetic particle concentration in a magnetorheological fluid
A system for sensing and controlling concentration of magnetic particles in magnetorheological fluid comprising a wire coil and an AC voltage generator that, when energized, creates a magnetic flux field including a fringing field. When the fringing field extends through the magnetorheological fluid, the impedance in the circuit is proportional to the concentration of magnetic particles. A reference wire coil identical to the sensing wire coil is connected therewith. A demodulator is connected to each of the coils sends an impedance difference signal to a feedback controller connected to controllable dispensing apparatus for adding a calculated amount of replenishing fluid to the magnetorheological fluid. The system may be incorporated into an integrated fluid management module having apparatus for receiving and replenishing spent magnetorheological fluid and a sensor system in accordance with the present invention for use in a magnetorheological finishing system having a carrier wheel.
US08896292B2 System and method for gain adjustment in transimpedance amplifier configurations for analyte measurement
A system and method for analyte measurement is provided. The system includes: a transimpedance amplifier including: at least one operational amplifier including a first input coupling to a reference voltage, a second input coupling to a sensor for sensing the analyte, and an output; and at least one passive circuit element having a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal of the at least one passive circuit element coupling to the second input of the at least one operational amplifier, and a circuit for adjusting a gain of the transimpedance amplifier for the measurement of the analyte. The method includes: monitoring a level of the output of the at least one operational amplifier for the measurement of the analyte; and adjusting a gain of the transimpedance amplifier during the measurement of the analyte.
US08896291B2 Power line takeoff clamp assembly
In a power line takeoff clamp assembly and method of use thereof an electrical power distribution line is clamped to a body of the clamp assembly. A power takeoff supported by the body clamped to the power line generates direct current from alternating current flowing in the power line. One or more sensors supported by the body clamped to the power line sense one or more values related to an electrical current flowing in a power line. A wireless transceiver supported by the body clamped to the power line communicates data regarding the one or more sensed values. Each sensor and the wireless transceiver utilize direct current generated by the power takeoff for the operation thereof.
US08896290B2 Hall effect current sensor for medium-voltage applications
A current sensor for measuring medium-voltage currents. The current sensor includes an input terminal configured to receive a current, an output terminal configured to transmit the current, a closed core made from a magnetic material and comprising a gap, at least one conductor operably connected to the input terminal and the output terminal and passing through the closed core, the at least one conductor sized to carry the current, and a molded case of solid dielectric material configured to encapsulate the closed core and the at least one conductor, wherein the gap and the terminals are not encapsulated by the molded case. The molded case is dimensioned such that internal and external spacings defined by the molded case are suitable for continuous operation with a medium voltage current as applied to the terminals and the at least one conductor while the core is at ground potential.
US08896288B2 TRIAC dimmer detection
Methods, circuits, and systems for determining the presence of a chopped input signal are disclosed. A digital signal generator can produce multiple digital signals when an alternating current (AC) signal input reaches multiple threshold voltages. The times at which the threshold voltages are reached can be determined by looking at the times at which the digital signals go high and low. The differences between the times at which the digital signals go high and low are used to determine if the AC signal input is a leading or trailing edge chopped signal. The AC input signal is a leading edge chopped signal when the difference between the times at which the digital signals go high is less than a predetermined time threshold, and is a trailing edge chopped signal when the difference between the times at which the digital signals go low is less than a predetermined time threshold.
US08896282B2 Converter controller
There is disclosed a converter controller which can simply and early detect an abnormality of an auxiliary circuit constituting a soft switching converter. On turning off a first switching element, a controller detects a voltage between both the ends of a snubber capacitor and a voltage between both the ends of the first switching element, to obtain a difference voltage. The controller compares the obtained difference voltage with a voltage threshold value stored in a memory (not shown) to judge whether or not the difference voltage is larger than the voltage threshold value. When the difference voltage is smaller than the voltage threshold value, the controller judges that an auxiliary circuit is normal, to end processing, whereas when the difference voltage is not less than the voltage threshold value, the controller judges that a failure (an open failure) occurs in the auxiliary circuit, to shift to a fail safe operation, thereby ending the processing.
US08896280B2 Switching regulator with increased light load efficiency
A switching regulator includes a multiphase converter which includes a plurality of main phases configured to covert a power supply voltage to a lower voltage for application to an electronic device at different load conditions. The switching regulator also includes an auxiliary phase configured to operate in a pulse frequency modulation mode during a light load condition so that power is supplied to the electronic device by at least the auxiliary phase during the light load condition.
US08896279B2 Multi-phase non-inverting buck boost voltage converter
A multi-phase non-inverting buck boost voltage converter has a plurality of buck boost voltage regulators. Each regulator is associated with a separate phase for generating a regulated output voltage responsive to an input voltage. A plurality of current sensors are each associated with one of the plurality of buck boost voltage regulators for monitoring an input current to the associated buck boost voltage regulator and generating a current sense signal for the associated phase. A plurality of buck boost mode control circuitries are each associated with one of the buck boost regulator for controlling an associated buck boost voltage regulator using peak current mode control in a buck mode of operation and valley current mode control in boost mode of operation responsive to a common error voltage and the associated current sense signal. The plurality of buck boost mode control circuitries provides current balancing between the phases. A voltage error circuit generates the error voltage responsive to the regulated output voltage.
US08896265B2 Charge transfer devices for plug-in electric vehicles
A charge transfer device for a plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) includes a charging cable system that supplies electric power to the PEV. The charging cable system having a first end connected to a first electrical connector that connects to the PEV for a charging operation and a second, opposite end connected to a second electrical connector for connecting to a power outlet. A meter unit is located between the first and second ends of the charging cable system. The meter unit determines electrical power information for use during the charging operation. A communications unit is located between the first and second ends of the charging cable system. The communications unit communicates the electrical power information to a remote server.
US08896263B2 Critical mode control discontinuous mode boost-buck charger
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a charging system that provides a consistent specified charge power to a battery. Aspects of the disclosure also involve a bi-directional inverter charger system using boost and buck topologies substantially similar to buck and boost topologies for the charging system.
US08896260B2 Power supply unit for press machine
A power supply unit for a press machine having a converter (converter circuit) connected to a commercial AC power supply, and an inverter (inverter circuit) connected to a press motor, includes an electrical energy bank, an inrush prevention circuit, an inrush prevention instruction signal generation section, and a contactor switch section, wherein contactors of the inrush prevention circuit are switched from on ON state to an OFF state and inrush prevention resistors of the inrush prevention circuit are connected to AC phase current paths on condition that the inrush prevention instruction signal generation section has generated and output an inrush prevention instruction signal (Sres) during press operation.
US08896259B2 Determination of the position of the rotor of an electric machine
A frequency converter and a method for determining the position of the rotor of an electric machine are provided. The frequency converter includes a load bridge and a control of the load bridge, for supplying electricity between the load bridge and an electric machine connected to the load bridge. The frequency converter includes a determination for at least one electrical parameter of the electric machine, and includes a determination for the position of the rotor of the electric machine. The load bridge is fitted to supply a first alternating electricity excitation signal, which is formed in relation to the electrical angle of the electric machine, to the electric machine. The frequency converter is further fitted to determine the first alternating electricity response signal corresponding to the first alternating electricity excitation signal, and the position of the rotor is determined on the basis of the first alternating electricity response signal.
US08896258B2 Method and device for starting an electric motor
A method for starting an electric motor having a rotor, comprising the following steps:—driving the rotor with a first torque in a first rotational direction, wherein a maximum value of the first torque is not higher than a maximum countertorque acting counter to the rotation of the rotor, so that the rotor comes to a standstill in a first stationary position;—driving the rotor starting from the first stationary position in a second rotational direction that is counter to the first rotational direction until the rotor comes to a standstill in a predefined second stationary position; and—starting from the rotor in the first rotational direction starting from the second stationary position.
US08896257B2 Motor control device and out-of-step detecting method of stepping motor
There is provided a motor control device configured to control an energization state of a coil of each phase for driving a stepping motor having multiple phase coils. The motor control device includes a measuring unit configured to measure a back electromotive voltage induced at a coil of a phase for which energization is stopped, among the multiple phase coils, an acquiring unit configured to acquire temperature information on temperature of the stepping motor or on temperature corresponding to the temperature of the stepping motor, and a detecting unit configured to detect whether the stepping motor is out of step or not based on a result obtained by the measuring unit and the temperature information acquired by the acquiring unit.
US08896254B2 Robot and method of controlling the same
A robot which is able to complete all or a part of desired operations and take a safety countermeasure in order to prevent an unexpected result from being obtained, even when a power source of a motor-based robot is unintentionally and suddenly cut off. A method of controlling a robot, which includes a main power source, a subsidiary power source and a motor to receive power from at least one of the main power source and the subsidiary power source, includes driving the motor using power supplied from the subsidiary power source if power supplied from the main power source is cut off, selecting at least one of a plurality of safety control modes to stably control the robot in consideration of a current state of the robot, and controlling the robot to operate in the selected safety control mode.
US08896249B2 Method of position sensorless control of an electrical machine
A position sensorless control methodology for an electrical machine is provided. In particular, one aspect provides a method for position sensorless operation of an electrical machine using direct position error computation from stator flux observation results and stator current measurement.
US08896248B2 Methods and systems for controlling a motor
A control system for a motor includes an inverter coupled to the motor. The control system further includes a microcontroller coupled to the inverter. The microcontroller includes a processor programmed to measure an input voltage and acquire a back EMF voltage of the motor. The processor is also programmed to control the inverter to regulate the motor voltage based on the input voltage and the back EMF voltage to facilitate controlling the motor.
US08896247B2 Current sensor reconfiguration method of a vehicle having a motor
Disclosed is a method for setting a current sensor of a vehicle having a drive motor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include confirming a first condition that a vehicle stops its movement, confirming a second condition that a required torque of a drive motor of a vehicle is 0, stopping a current that is supplied to the drive motor if the first condition and the second condition are satisfied, and compensating offset of the current sensor of a drive motor control unit controlling the drive motor. The offset may be compensated if the first condition and the second condition are satisfied for a predetermined time. Accordingly, an offset of the current sensor is compensated in a predetermined driving condition that the vehicle stops moving and therefore the creep surge and the motor torque ripple that can be generated in the vehicle are prevented.
US08896244B2 Motor control system for limiting regenerative current
A motor control system is provided, including a motor and a control module. The motor operates at a rotational velocity, and creates a regenerative current. The motor has a target field weakening current that is configured for limiting the regenerative current to a threshold value. The control module is in communication with the motor. The control module receives a motor torque command. The control module includes control logic for identifying the target field weakening current based upon the motor torque command and the rotational velocity of the motor.
US08896240B2 Multifunctional electric tool
A multifunctional electric tool has a housing, a motor arranged in the housing, a transmission device driven by the motor, a speed controlling device. At least two output shafts which have different dimensions are to be used with the tool wherein the output shaft is used to control the activation of the speed controlling device. The rotational speed of the electric tool may thus be automatically adjusted to match with the rotational speed of the accessory installed on the output shaft.
US08896239B2 Charged particle beam injection method and apparatus used in conjunction with a charged particle cancer therapy system
The invention comprises a charged particle beam injection method and apparatus used in conjunction with multi-axis charged particle radiation therapy of cancerous tumors. The negative ion beam source includes a negative ion beam source, vacuum system, an ion beam focusing lens, and/or a tandem accelerator. The negative ion beam source uses electric field lines for focusing a negative ion beam. The negative ion source plasma chamber includes a magnetic material, which provides a magnetic field barrier between a high temperature plasma chamber and a low temperature plasma region. The injection system vacuum system and a synchrotron vacuum system are separated by a conversion foil, where negative ions are converted to positive ions. The foil is sealed to the edges of the vacuum tube providing for a higher partial pressure in the injection system vacuum chamber and a lower pressure in the synchrotron vacuum system.
US08896238B2 Device and method for fast beam current modulation in a particle accelerator
The present invention relates to a circular particle accelerator capable of modulating the particle beam current exiting the circular particle accelerator. The circular particle accelerator includes: an ion source for generating the particle beam; Dee electrode and counter-Dee electrode separated from each other by gaps for accelerating the particle beam, the counter-Dee electrode being grounded; a generator capable of applying an alternating high voltage to the Dee electrode, so as it is possible to have an electric field between the gaps; means for measuring the current intensity of the particle beam exiting the circular particle accelerator. It also comprises a regulator capable of modulating the Dee electrodes voltage amplitude (VD) by comparing a given set point (I0) of the current intensity of the particle beam and the measured value of the current intensity (I′M) of the particle beam.
US08896236B2 Organic light emitting diode display
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is provided. The OLED display includes: a substrate; an organic light emitting element including a first electrode on the substrate, an organic emission layer on the first electrode, and a second electrode on the organic emission layer; and an encapsulation member encapsulating the organic light emitting element and including a first conductive layer on the organic light emitting element and electrically connected to the second electrode, an insulation layer on the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer on the insulation layer and configured to electrically connect to the first electrode.
US08896233B2 System and method for controlling solar cell lighting apparatus
The control system according to the present disclosure integratedly manages a plurality of solar cell lighting apparatuses, each solar cell lighting apparatus including a light emitting source to emit light by a discharge power of a secondary battery and a control unit to adjust a magnitude of the discharge power, and includes a main control unit to collect charge capacity information of each of the secondary batteries included in the plurality of solar cell lighting apparatuses from the control unit of each of the plurality of solar cell lighting apparatuses, determine at least one solar cell lighting apparatus needed to control a light intensity based on the charge capacity collected from the secondary batteries, and output a light intensity control signal to the control unit of the determined solar cell lighting apparatus, to achieve charge capacity balancing of the secondary batteries.
US08896229B2 Lighting apparatus and methods using switched energy storage
A lighting apparatus includes a string of serially-connected light-emitting devices including at least a first segment and a second segment and a control circuit configured to control a relationship of light outputs of the first segment and the second segment by diverting current from a node of the string to at least one energy storage device and subsequently transferring energy from the at least one energy storage device to at least the first segment. The control circuit may be configured to divert the current responsive to a control input, such as a temperature and/or a dimming level. The at least one energy storage device may include at least one inductor. In some embodiments, the control circuit may control at least one color characteristic of light produced by the string.
US08896226B2 Constant-power power supply apparatus and method of supplying constant-power power
A power supply apparatus for applying a method of supplying a loading with an electric power within a predetermined range of a default power, which includes a driving unit, a voltage sensing unit, and a feedback control unit. The driving unit receives power from a power source, and supplies the loading with a working voltage and a working current; the voltage sensing unit detects the working voltage; the feedback control unit keeps a plurality of reference voltages, wherein each two neighboring reference voltages are defined to have a voltage section therebetween. The feedback control unit sends a current signal to the driving unit according to the working voltage and a slope parameter of the voltage section which the working voltage falls in, and the driving unit supplies the working current according to the current signal to maintain the electric power in the predetermined range of the default power.
US08896217B2 Light socket for series LED lighting
Electrical and mechanical connection for a series connected LED lamp to an appropriate electrical circuit. The circuit contains additional series connected light producing elements. To enable continuous operation of all the other light producing elements in the series circuit, the socket contains a device to bypass the series current to the remaining circuit elements in the case of a defective lamp or connection. Operation of the bypass device is controlled within the socket with operational parameters controlled either from within the socket or in conjunction with an external element in the lamp. The operation of the bypass circuit is latching, once operating the bypass will continue to operate until reset preventing unwanted flicker in the case of intermittent connections. The method of resetting the bypass circuit may be either manual or automatic. The socket bypass may contain a time delay to allow internal bypass circuits included within the lamp to operate before the socket bypass activates.
US08896216B2 Illumination system
An illumination system includes multiple light emitting devices arranged in an area so as to be spaced apart from each other. Each light emitting device includes multiple light emitting diode arrays each of which has one light emitting diode or a plurality of light emitting diodes connected in series. The numbers of the light emitting diodes included in each light emitting diode arrays differs from each other. A controller is configured to establish one or more groups each including one or more light emitting devices and adjust an illumination state of each light emitting device by controlling the driving state of the one or more light emitting diode arrays included in each light emitting device. The controller may select the number of light emitting devices included in each group based on an external condition.
US08896214B2 LED driving system for driving multi-string LEDs and the method thereof
A LED driving system comprising: an input port to receive an input signal; a switch node to provide a switching signal; an energy storage component coupled between the input port and the switch node; a main switch coupled between the switch node and ground; n output lines coupled in parallel, and each output line having a first and second terminals, and wherein the first terminal is coupled to the switch node, and the second terminal is coupled the reference ground, and wherein each output line having an output switch, a diode and a LED string coupled in series between the first and second terminals, and wherein each output line having a capacitor coupled in parallel with the LED string; and a controller providing a control signal to the main switch and providing corresponding n control signals to the corresponding n output switches in the corresponding n output lines.
US08896213B1 Adaptive lamp warm up control for dimming ballast based on lamp impedance sensing
A ballast is designed to adaptively warm-up one or more lamps driven by the ballast when the lamps are dimmed to a selected dimming level and lamp impedance instability results. The ballast can therefore maintain a stable light output in low ambient temperature conditions that normally cause lamp impedance instability and visible flickering of the lamp. The ballast uses lamp impedance sensing circuit to sense lamp instability and adaptively warms up the lamp whenever the ballast detects lamp instability by increasing the current provided to the lamp (i.e., current through the lamp) for a predetermined period of time.
US08896212B2 Thermal control circuit for an active cooling module for a light-emitting diode fixture
A thermal control circuit comprises a positive temperature coefficient thermistor array, a negative temperature coefficient thermistor array, and a resistor array. The positive temperature coefficient thermistor array and the resistor array are electrically connected in parallel to a first terminal of the thermal control circuitry. The negative temperature coefficient thermistor array is electrically connected to a second terminal of the thermal control circuit. The positive temperature coefficient thermistor array, a negative temperature coefficient thermistor array, and the resistor array are all connected by a negative bus to a third terminal of the thermal control circuit.
US08896211B2 Physical means and methods for inducing regenerative effects on living tissues and fluids
The present invention discloses a system for the administration of a plasma modified field (PMF) to a subject comprising: (a) a non thermal plasma (NTP) emitting source for emitting a plasma beam; (b) a plasma modified field coupling mechanism (PMFCM) comprising a plasma beam dish having at least one opening for the passage of said plasma beam; said plasma beam dish having a first surface and a second opposite surface; and (c) a controller for controlling said PMFCM. In a main aspect of the invention, said first surface of said plasma beam dish is mounted with: (i) at least one coupling element selected from the group consisting of: (1) at least one ferroelectric element for providing said field; (2) at least one ferromagnetic element for providing said field; (3) at least one piezoelectric element for providing said field; and (4) at least one piezomagnetic element for providing said field; and (ii) at least one reflecting element. In a further main aspect, the PMFCM and said controller are configured to adjust any of said at least one coupling and reflecting element in a predetermined manner thereby providing said PMF for inducing a therapeutic or regenerative or beneficial effect on said subject. The present invention further discloses methods and use of the aforementioned system.
US08896209B2 Programmed start circuit for ballast
A programmed start ballast circuit is presented having a mode control circuit to selectively switch an inverter output load to control operation for cathode preheating, step dimming and/or anti-arcing operation.
US08896206B1 Three-dimensional lamp tube
A three-dimensional (3D) lamp tube includes a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal formed at both ends of the 3D lamp tube respectively, and a plurality of straight tube sections disposed between the first and second electrode terminals, and a bent section is disposed between two straight tube sections, and the first electrode terminal is extended upwardly from one of the straight tube sections and through the plurality of bent sections, and bent along an external periphery of the first electrode terminal to produce an arc 3D structure, and finally extended downwardly from another straight tube section to the second electrode terminal, so that the space and volume occupied by the 3D lamp tube can be concentrated to improve the drawback of the conventional lamp tube that can only be applied to a large planar lamp socket and to replace the conventional light bulb.
US08896204B2 High-pressure discharge lamp with a starting aid
A high-pressure discharge lamp with a starting aid, may include a discharge vessel, wherein the discharge vessel has two ends with seals, in which electrodes are fastened, wherein the starting aid is fitted on the outside of the discharge vessel, wherein the starting aid has a local field amplifier having a configuration with at least one tip or edge or structure with a small radius of curvature, and wherein the starting aid produces a corona discharge which emits UV radiation into the discharge vessel.
US08896203B2 Display apparatus including a plurality of organic electroluminescent devices
Provided is a display apparatus and a method of manufacture. The display apparatus includes a first substrate with a plurality of organic electroluminescence devices, a second substrate with a color filter, the second substrate facing the first substrate, and an adhesive layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate so as to cover the plurality of organic electroluminescence devices, the adhesive layer being made of a material selected from the group consisting of a phenol resin, a melanin resin, an unsaturated polyester resin, an epoxy resin, a silicon resin and a polyurethane resin.
US08896199B2 Light-emitting device having fluorescent substance particles and spacer particles, and method for manufacturing the same
There is provided a method for producing a light emitting device having a small light emitting area and showing high light extraction efficiency. An uncured resin 13′ is dropped on either one or both of a light emitting element 11 and a tabular member 14 in such an amount that the resin is maintained on them by surface tension, the light emitting element 11 and the tabular member 14 are piled up with the uncured resin 13′ maintained between them and on a side of the light emitting element by surface tension of the uncured resin 13′ to form an uncured resin layer 13′ having an inclined side 130, and then the resin layer 13 is cured. The tabular member is constituted with a material having an alkali metal oxide content of 0.2% by weight or lower.
US08896198B2 LED light bulb with translucent spherical diffuser and remote phosphor thereupon
An LED lamp is disclosed comprising a remote phosphor patch on or near the interior surface of a translucent sphere. The phosphor is illuminated by an adjacent light box containing blue LEDs, located within the lamp below the transmissive phosphor patch or alternatively above a reflective phosphor patch. The reflective patch can be either fully or partially populated with phosphor. Below the light box is an electronics bay, and below that is an Edison screw-in base.
US08896197B2 Lighting device and method of making
A lighting device comprising first and second groups of non-white light sources emitting light outside a first area on a 1976 CIE Chromaticity Diagram bounded by a curves 0.01 u′v′ above and below the blackbody locus and within a second area enclosed by saturated light curves from 430 to 465 nm and from 560 to 580 nm and segments from 465 to 560 nm and from 580 to 430 nm and a supplemental light emitter in the range of 600 to 640 nm. Also, a lighting device, comprising a first string of non-white phosphor converted light sources with excitation sources having dominant wavelengths that differ by at least 5 nm, a second string of non-white light sources, and a third string of supplemental light emitters in the range of 600 to 640 nm.
US08896192B2 Spark plug and method of manufacturing the same
A spark plug and manufacturing method. The spark plug (1) includes a metallic shell (3) extending along an axis CL1, a ceramic insulator (2), a center electrode (5), and a ground electrode (27) having a base end portion joined to a front end face (26) of the metallic shell (3). The method includes assembling the metallic shell (3) and a center electrode assembly (41); and joining the ground electrode (27) to the front end face (26). The distance between a reference plane SP perpendicular to the axis CL1 and the front end face (26) as measured along the axis CL1 varies in the circumferential direction. In the joining step, the position of the distal end portion of the ground electrode (27) relative to the front end portion of the center electrode assembly (41) along the axis CL1 is adjusted by changing the region of the front end face (26) to which the ground electrode (27) is joined.
US08896190B2 Electric apparatus with stator core
An electric apparatus with high performance and high rigidity is provided. Annular positioning stepped portions are formed at respective outer peripheral corner portions of both end portions of a stator core to extend entirely circumferentially of the stator core. An annular positioning projecting portion is formed at a first end bracket to be entirely fitted with one of the annular positioning stepped portions of the stator core. An annular positioning projecting portion is formed at a second end bracket to be entirely fitted with the other annular positioning stepped portion of the stator core.
US08896187B2 Piezoelectric film and method for manufacturing the same, piezoelectric film element and method for manufacturing the same, and piezoelectric film device
There is provided a piezoelectric film having an alkali niobate-based perovskite structure expressed by a general formula (NaxKyLiz)NbO3(0≦x≦1, 0≦y≦1, 0≦z≦0.2, x+y+z=1), wherein the alkali niobate has a crystal structure of a pseudo-cubic crystal, a tetragonal crystal, an orthorhombic crystal, a monoclinic crystal, a rhombohedral crystal, or has a crystal structure of coexistence of them, and when total of K—O bonding and K-Metal bonding is set as 100% in a binding state around K-atom of the alkali niobate, a K—O bonding ratio is 46.5% or more and a K-Metal bonding ratio is 53.5% or less, wherein the Metal indicates a metal atom included in the piezoelectric film.
US08896185B2 Piezoelectric device
A piezoelectric device (100) comprises: a piezoelectric vibrating piece (101); a frame body (105) separated from piezoelectric vibrating piece by through-hole (108); a piezoelectric frame (10) having a supporting portion (104), a first surface (Me) and a second surface (Mi); a package lid (11) having a first connecting surface (M1) a package base (12), including a mounting surface (M4) for forming a pair of external electrodes (125) and a top surface having a second connecting surface (M2); a first sealing material (LG1) formed between the first connecting surface and the first surface; and a second sealing material (LG2) formed between the second connecting surface and the second surface. The first sealing material or the second sealing material extends to a side surface (M3) of the through-hole.
US08896178B2 Synchronous electric motor drive system having slit windings
A synchronous motor drive system improves the design flexibility regarding torque characteristics as compared with conventionally available design flexibility. A synchronous motor has a rotor and a stator. Each of at least two adjacent stator teeth has a slit formed at the tip thereof. Each of a plurality of stator teeth has a main coil wound therearound in concentrated winding. Between each two adjacent teeth having a slit, a sub-coil is wound around in a manner of being accommodated in the respective slits. The drive device separately controls electric current supplied to the main coils and electric current supplied to the sub-coil.
US08896176B2 Rotor of a motor
Provided is a rotor core of a motor, the rotor core, the rotor core including: a thin disk-shaped rotor core member; a shaft hole penetratively formed in a center of the rotor core member; a shaft press-fitted into the shaft hole; a plurality of magnet insertion holes penetratively formed at a position near to a periphery of the rotor core member for inserted coupling by a magnet; a plurality of teeth protrusively formed at an inner circumferential surface of the shaft hole, and a skived portion protrusively formed at a position corresponding to the plurality of teeth of the shaft, wherein the rotor core members are stacked each at a predetermined height, and the shaft is press-fitted into the shaft hole.
US08896175B2 Rotor of an electric machine with embedded permanent magnets and electric machine
A rotor for an electric machine excited by magnetic poles formed by one or more embedded permanent magnets includes a magnetic body and the one or more embedded permanent magnets associated with the magnetic body defining first magnetic poles and second magnetic poles of alternating magnetic polarity along a rotor direction. For at least one of the one or more embedded permanent magnets a rotor segment is arranged between the one or more embedded permanent magnets and a first surface of the magnetic body. At least one retainer element connects the rotor segment to a portion of the magnetic body.
US08896167B2 Electric machine rotor cooling method
An electric motor coupled to a driven device of a vehicle. The electric motor includes a rotor and a shaft coupled to the rotor. The rotor has at least one radially oriented cavity and at least one fluid channel. The fluid channel extends in a generally axial direction. The fluid channel is fluidly connected to the at least one radially oriented cavity. The shaft has a fluid passageway therein. The at least one radially oriented cavity has a fluid connection to the fluid passageway of the shaft. The at least one radially oriented cavity leads to a radial exit from the rotor for a flow of fluid therefrom.
US08896165B2 Generator, in particular for a wind turbine
A generator is provided. The generator has a stator with teeth and slots for windings, a rotor rotatable around the stator, a plurality of permanent magnets, and a cooling pipe arranged beneath the slots. Further, a wind turbine with such a generator is provided.
US08896164B2 Permanent-magnet stepping motor
A stepping motor uses a low-cost ferrite magnet instead of an expensive rare-earth magnet. The stepping motor has characteristics equivalent or superior to those of a conventional stepping motor. The stepping motor is provided with a rotor 300, a stator yoke 200, and bearings 501 and 502 which rotatably hold the rotor 300 with respect to the stator yoke 200. The rotor 300 has a columnar shape and has plural magnetic poles arranged in the circumferential direction of the outer circumferential surface. The stator yoke 200 has an outer cylindrical portion and an inner circumferential portion which surrounds the rotor 300 and which has plural first pole teeth and plural second pole teeth. The outer diameter “d” of the rotor 300 and the outer diameter “D” of the stator yoke 200 are set so that the ratio of “d/D” is greater than 0.6.
US08896163B2 Electric micromotor
A miniature electric motor (1) with an outer diameter (DA) that is smaller than or equal to 6 mm, has a hollow cylindrical stator (2) with stator coils (8) and a magnetic rotor (4) rotatably arranged around a rotational axis (16) in the stator (2) by means of a rotor shaft (10). The stator coils (8) can be energized in order to generate a magnetic rotational field in dependence upon the rotational position of the magnetic rotor (4). A sensor chip (20) having at least one magnetic field sensor (22) is arranged in such a manner in an area axially adjacent to a front face of the magnetic rotor (4) located within a plane that is vertical to the rotational axis (16) that the magnetic field sensor (22) is impinged in such a way by the magnetic field that the rotational position of the rotor can be evaluated.
US08896159B2 Low leakage IO circuit and associated apparatus
A low-leakage IO circuit is provided. The IO circuit includes an impedance path between a pad and a power supply. The impedance path bypasses a signal path of the pad and includes a switch circuit. According to a relationship between voltages of the power supply and the pad of the IO circuit, the switch circuit selectively conducts the impedance path. When the power supply provides power normally, the switch circuit conducts the impedance path to provide a pull-up resistor between the pad and the power supply. When the power supply provides no power and its voltage is lower than a voltage of the pad, the switch circuit disconnects the conducting path to effectively reduce power leakage.
US08896155B2 Electric power supply system
In an electric power supply system, a plurality of batteries (405, 406) are connected in series by a switch group (402 to 404, 407 to 409), and a higher voltage and a lower voltage are output through a terminal and a VOL terminal, respectively, and are respectively converted in the voltage thereof by two step-down DC-DC inverters (105, 106). During a discharge operation upon a serial connection, remaining content of the batteries is measured in a period other than the period of discharge from the batteries (105, 106), and the connection mode of the serial connection is controlled based on the remaining content, to control the discharge of the respective batteries up to the discharge capacity.
US08896151B2 Electric power system
An electric power system includes: an uninterruptible power supply including an AC switch provided between a commercial power supply and an output part, a secondary battery, and an inverter provided between the AC switch and secondary battery; an important load connected to the output part; a distributed power supply connected to the output part; total load power consumption detection section detecting the power consumption of all loads including the important load; charge/discharge power detection section detecting charge/discharge power of the secondary battery; output power detection section detecting the output power of the distributed power supply; important load power consumption detection section detecting the power consumption of the important load; and a controller that inputs thereto detection values from the total load power consumption detection section, charge/discharge detection section, output power detection section, and important load power consumption detection section and outputs a control command value for controlling the secondary battery.
US08896148B2 Use of auxiliary currents for voltage regulation
One embodiment relates to an apparatus that includes at least one circuit block and a voltage source configured to supply a first voltage to the at least one circuit block. The apparatus also includes a power delivery unit configured to be selectively activated based on a whether a quantity of power is to be delivered from the power delivery unit to the circuit block. A control unit is configured to, upon a change in power consumption of the at least one circuit block, activate the auxiliary power delivery unit to deliver the quantity of power to the circuit block. The auxiliary power delivery unit can quickly supply large currents since it does not necessarily rely on slow control loops using voltage sensing. Rather, the auxiliary power delivery unit often delivers pre-calculated current profiles to respond to the timing characteristic of the change of power consumption and of the voltage regulator.
US08896142B2 Wind turbine control method
The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling a wind turbine of the type including a rotor, a generator, a frequency converter, a control unit and means for connecting to a wind farm grid, using means for receiving a local voltage reference value (VREF) and a regulator (1) which calculates the reactive power to be generated (QT) as a function of the voltage error (ΔV), such that it can be operated over the entire voltage range. The system also includes: at least one saturator element (2, 6, 7) in which the reactive power to be generated is limited, whereby the limits (Q—MAX, Q—MIN, QC—MAX, QC—MIN, QS—MAX, QS—MIN) are calculated dynamically as a function of the voltage, this block outputting a reference reactive power of the wind turbine (Q—REF, QC—REF, Qs—REF); and an element (3) for calculating the actual limit of the active power (PMAX) as a function of the pre-limited reactive power (Q—REF, Qs—REF) and the apparent power available at that moment.
US08896135B2 Encapsulation film, package structure utilizing the same, and method for forming the package structure
Disclosed is an encapsulation film. An inorganic oxide film is formed on an organic sealing layer by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) to form the encapsulation film, wherein the organic sealing layer is a polymer containing hydrophilic groups. The organic sealing layer and the inorganic oxide layer have covalent bondings therebetween. The encapsulation film can solve the moisture absorption problem of conventional organic sealing layers, thereby being suitable for use as a package of optoelectronic devices.
US08896131B2 Cascode scheme for improved device switching behavior
A switching device includes a low voltage normally-off transistor and a control circuit built into a common die. The device includes source, gate and drain electrodes for the transistor and one or more auxiliary electrodes. The drain electrode is on one surface of a die on which the transistor is formed, while each of the remaining electrodes is located on an opposite surface. The one or more auxiliary electrodes provide electrical contact to the control circuit, which is electrically connected to one or more of the other electrodes.
US08896130B2 Multi-chip stack structure and method for fabricating the same
A multi-chip stack structure and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The method for fabricating a multi-chip stack structure includes disposing a first chip group comprising a plurality of first chips on a chip carrier by using a step-like manner, disposing a second chip on the first chip on top of the first chip group, electrically connecting the first chip group and the second chip to the chip carrier through bonding wires, using film over wire (FOW) to stack a third chip on the first and the second chips with an insulative film provided therebetween, wherein the insulative film covers part of the ends of the bonding wires of the first chip on the top of the first group and at least part of the second chip, and electrically connecting the third chip to the chip carrier through bonding wires, thereby preventing directly disposing on a first chip a second chip having a planar size far smaller than that of the first chip as in the prior art that increases height of the entire structure and increases the wiring bonding difficulty.
US08896127B2 Via structure and via etching process of forming the same
An integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor substrate and a hard mask layer formed on the semiconductor substrate. The integrated circuit structure further includes at least a conductive layer formed in the hard mask layer and a via extending from the hard mask layer to at least a portion of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the via has a round corner and a tapered sidewall.
US08896121B2 Chip assembly system
An assembly of semiconductor wafers/chips wherein the adjacent surfaces of the two wafers/chips comprise an insulating layer having opposite copper pads inserted therein. The insulating layer is made of a material selected from the group including silicon nitride and silicon carbon nitride.
US08896118B2 Electronic assembly with copper pillar attach substrate
An electronic assembly includes a copper pillar attach substrate that has a dielectric layer and a solder resist layer overlying the dielectric layer. The solder resist layer has a plurality of solder resist openings. A plurality of parallel traces are formed on the dielectric layer. Each trace has a first end portion, a second end portion and an intermediate portion. The first and second end portions of each trace are covered by the solder resist layer and the intermediate portions are positioned in the solder resist openings. Each of the intermediate portions has at least one conductive coating layer on it and has a height measured from the dielectric layer to the top of the topmost conductive coating layer that is at least as great as the solder resist layer thickness.
US08896116B2 Microelectronic package and method of manufacturing same
A microelectronic package includes a substrate (110), a die (120) embedded within the substrate, the die having a front side (121) and a back side (122) and a through-silicon-via (123) therein, build-up layers (130) built up over the front side of the die, and a power plane (140) in physical contact with the back side of the die. In another embodiment, the microelectronic package comprises a substrate (210), a first die (220) and a second die (260) embedded in the substrate and having a front side (221, 261) and a back side (222, 262) and a through-silicon-via (223, 263) therein, build-up layers (230) over the front sides of the first and second dies, and an electrically conductive structure (240) in physical contact with the back sides of the first and second dies.
US08896115B2 Semiconductor device and method of forming shielding layer around back surface and sides of semiconductor wafer containing IPD structure
A semiconductor wafer has an insulating layer over a first surface of the substrate. An IPD structure is formed over the insulating layer. The IPD structure includes a MIM capacitor and inductor. A conductive via is formed through a portion of the IPD structure and partially through the substrate. The conductive via can be formed in first and second portions. The first portion is formed partially through the substrate and second portion is formed through a portion of the IPD structure. A first via is formed through a second surface of the substrate to the conductive via. A shielding layer is formed over the second surface of the substrate wafer. The shielding layer extends into the first via to the conductive via. The shielding layer is electrically connected through the conductive via to an external ground point. The semiconductor wafer is singulated through the conductive via.
US08896114B2 Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, a die pad having a chip mount surface for mounting the semiconductor chip, and an electrode terminal for connecting with the semiconductor chip through first and second wirings. The electrode terminal has a first surface including a connection point with the first wiring and a second surface including a connection point with the second wiring. The connection point with the first wiring is located at a first height from a reference plane extending from the chip mount surface. The connection point with the second wiring is located at a second height different from the first height from the reference plane.
US08896113B2 Base plate and semiconductor device
According to one embodiment, the base plate includes first and a second faces that are opposed to each other; the second face has a contoured rear surface, and the first area is set in the center of the plate. There is a second area with via holes in the peripheral areas of the center part. Also, the thickness of the second area is less than the thickness of the first area.
US08896109B2 Semiconductor device and method of forming different height conductive pillars to electrically interconnect stacked laterally offset semiconductor die
A semiconductor device has a first semiconductor die mounted over a carrier. Wettable contact pads can be formed over the carrier. A second semiconductor die is mounted over the first semiconductor die. The second die is laterally offset with respect to the first die. An electrical interconnect is formed between an overlapping portion of the first die and second die. A plurality of first conductive pillars is disposed over the first die. A plurality of second conductive pillars is disposed over the second die. An encapsulant is deposited over the first and second die and first and second conductive pillars. A first interconnect structure is formed over the encapsulant, first conductive pillars, and second die. The carrier is removed. A second interconnect structure is formed over the encapsulant, second conductive pillars, and first die. A third conductive pillar is formed between the first and second build-up interconnect structures.
US08896102B2 Die edge sealing structures and related fabrication methods
Die structures for electronic devices and related fabrication methods are provided. An exemplary die structure includes a diced portion of a semiconductor substrate that includes a device region having one or more semiconductor devices fabricated thereon and an edge sealing structure within the semiconductor substrate that circumscribes the device region. In one or more embodiments, the edge sealing structure includes a conductive material that contacts a handle layer of semiconductor material, a crackstop structure is formed overlying the sealing structure, wherein the crackstop structure and the edge sealing structure provide an electrical connection between the handle layer and an active layer of semiconductor material that overlies a buried layer of dielectric material on the handle layer.
US08896095B2 Semiconductor device with circuits connected to each other in contactless manner
In a semiconductor device, a first semiconductor chip includes a first circuit and a first inductor, and a second semiconductor chip includes a second circuit and chip-side connecting terminals. An interconnect substrate is placed over the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip. The interconnect substrate includes a second inductor and substrate-side connecting terminals. The second inductor is located above the first inductor. The chip-side connecting terminals and the two substrate-side connecting terminals are connected through first solder balls.
US08896092B2 Anti-fuse element
An anti-fuse element that includes a capacitance unit having an insulation layer and at least a pair of electrode layers formed on upper and lower surfaces of the insulation layer. The capacitance unit has a protection function against electrostatic discharge. Because the capacitance unit has a protection function against electrostatic discharge, an anti-fuse element can be provided which is less likely to cause insulation breakdown due to electrostatic discharge at the time of, for example, mounting a component.
US08896088B2 Reliable electrical fuse with localized programming
An electrical fuse has an anode contact on a surface of a semiconductor substrate. The electrical fuse has a cathode contact on the surface of the semiconductor substrate spaced from the anode contact. The electrical fuse has a link within the substrate electrically interconnecting the anode contact and the cathode contact. The link comprises a semiconductor layer and a silicide layer. The silicide layer extends beyond the anode contact. An opposite end of the silicide layer extends beyond the cathode contact. A silicon germanium region is embedded in the semiconductor layer under the silicide layer, between the anode contact and the cathode contact.
US08896080B2 Sealing material for solar cell, protective sheet for solar cell, and process for production of solar cell module
The present invention provides a sealing material for a solar cell that seals a solar cell element of a solar cell in a short time in the production of a solar cell module, thereby enabling efficient production of solar cell modules. The sealing material for a solar cell of the present invention has a feature of containing 100 parts by weight of a modified butene-based resin that is produced by graft-modifying a butene-ethylene copolymer having a butene content of 1 to 25% by weight with maleic anhydride and has a total content of the maleic anhydride of 0.1 to 3% by weight, and 0.1 to 15 parts by weight of a silane compound having an epoxy group.
US08896077B2 Optoelectronic semiconductor device and method of fabrication
An optoelectronic device comprising an optically active layer that includes a plurality of domes is presented. The plurality of domes is arrayed in two dimensions having a periodicity in each dimension that is less than or comparable with the shortest wavelength in a spectral range of interest. By virtue of the plurality of domes, the optoelectronic device achieves high performance. A solar cell having high energy-conversion efficiency, improved absorption over the spectral range of interest, and an improved acceptance angle is presented as an exemplary device.
US08896075B2 Semiconductor radiation detector with thin film platinum alloyed electrode
A compound semiconductor radiation detector includes a body of compound semiconducting material having an electrode on at least one surface thereof. The electrode includes a layer of a compound of a first element and a second element. The first element is platinum and the second element includes at least one of the following: chromium, cobalt, gallium, germanium, indium, molybdenum, nickel, palladium, ruthenium, silicon, silver, tantalum, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, zirconium, manganese, iron, magnesium, copper, tin, or gold. The layer can further include sublayers, each of which is made from a different one of the second elements and platinum as the first element.
US08896074B2 MEMS vibration isolation system and method
A microelectromechanical vibration isolation system includes a microelectromechanical structure having a plurality of fin apertures etched therethrough, and a plurality of fins each disposed within a respective one of the plurality of fin apertures and spaced apart from the microelectromechanical structure so as to define a fluid gap therebetween. The fluid gap is configured to provide squeeze film damping of vibrations imparted upon the microelectromechanical structure in at least two dimensions. The system further includes a frame surrounding the microelectromechanical structure, and a plurality of springs each coupled to the microelectromechanical structure and to the frame. The plurality of springs is configured to support the micromechanical structure in relation to the frame.
US08896073B2 Integrated circuit and manufacturing method
Disclosed is an integrated circuit comprising a substrate including at least one light sensor; an interconnect structure over the substrate; at least one passivation layer over the interconnect structure, said passivation layer including a first area over the at least one light sensor; and a gas sensor such as a moisture sensor at least partially on a further area of the at least one passivation layer, wherein the gas sensor comprises a gas sensitive layer in between a first electrode and a second electrode, the gas sensitive layer further comprising a portion over the first area. A method of manufacturing such an IC is also disclosed.
US08896069B2 Semiconductor devices having tensile and/or compressive stress and methods of manufacturing
Semiconductor devices are provided which have a tensile and/or compressive strain applied thereto and methods of manufacturing. The structure includes a gate stack comprising an oxide layer, a polysilicon layer and sidewalls with adjacent spacers. The structure further includes an epitaxially grown straining material directly on the polysilicon layer and between portions of the sidewalls. The epitaxially grown straining material, in a relaxed state, strains the polysilicon layer.
US08896066B2 Tin doped III-V material contacts
Techniques are disclosed for forming transistor devices having reduced parasitic contact resistance relative to conventional devices. The techniques can be implemented, for example, using a metal contact such as one or more metals/alloys on silicon or silicon germanium (SiGe) source/drain regions. In accordance with one example embodiment, an intermediate tin doped III-V material layer is provided between the source/drain and contact metal to significantly reduce contact resistance. Partial or complete oxidation of the tin doped layer can be used to further improve contact resistance. In some example cases, the tin doped III-V material layer has a semiconducting phase near the substrate and an oxide phase near the metal contact. Numerous transistor configurations and suitable fabrication processes will be apparent in light of this disclosure, including both planar and non-planar transistor structures (e.g., FinFETs, nanowire transistors, etc), as well as strained and unstained channel structures.
US08896065B2 Top gate thin film transistor with independent field control for off-current suppression
A bottom-contacted top gate (TG) thin film transistor (TFT) with independent field control for off-current suppression is provided, along with an associated fabrication method. The method provides a substrate, and forms source and drain regions overlying the substrate, each having a channel interface top surface. A channel is interposed between the source and drain, with source and drain contact regions immediately overlying the source/drain (S/D) interface top surfaces, respectively. A first dielectric layer is formed overlying the source, drain, and channel. A first gate is formed overlying the first dielectric, having a drain sidewall located between the contact regions. A second dielectric layer is formed overlying the first gate and first dielectric. A second gate overlies the second dielectric, located over the drain contact region.
US08896064B2 Electrostatic discharge protection circuit
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection structure comprises a high voltage P type implanted region disposed underneath an N+ region. The high voltage P type implanted region and the N+ region form a reverse diode or a Zener diode depending on different doping densities. The ESD protection structure further comprises a plurality of P+ and N+ regions. The high voltage P type implanted region and the P+ and N+ regions form a semiconductor device having a breakdown characteristic. In one embodiment, the semiconductor device may be a bipolar PNP transistor. The bipolar PNP transistor and a Zener diode in series connection form an ESD protection circuit. In another embodiment, the semiconductor device may be a Silicon-Controlled Rectifier (SCR), which is series-connected with a reverse diode. Both embodiments provide a reliable ESD protection.
US08896063B2 FinFET devices containing merged epitaxial Fin-containing contact regions
A plurality of semiconductor fins are formed which extend from a semiconductor material portion that is present atop an insulator layer of a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate. A gate structure and adjacent gate spacers are formed that straddle each semiconductor fin. Portions of each semiconductor fin are left exposed. The exposed portions of the semiconductor fins are then merged by forming an epitaxial semiconductor material from an exposed semiconductor material portion that is not covered by the gate structure and gate spacers.
US08896057B1 Semiconductor structure and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor structure comprises a substrate having a first conductive type; a deep well having a second conductive type formed in the substrate and extending down from a surface of the substrate; a first well and a second well respectively having the first and second conductive types formed in the deep well, and extending down from the surface of the substrate; a gate electrode formed on the substrate and disposed between the first and second wells; an isolation extending down from the surface of the substrate and disposed between the gate electrode and the second well; a conductive plug including a first portion and a second portion electrically connected to each other, and the first portion electrically connected to the gate electrode, and the second portion comprising at least two fingers penetrating into the isolation, and the fingers spaced apart and electrically connected to each other.
US08896053B2 Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
Technique of improving a manufacturing yield of a semiconductor device including a non-volatile memory cell in a split-gate structure is provided. A select gate electrode of a CG shunt portion is formed so that a second height d2 from the main surface of the semiconductor substrate of the select gate electrode of the CG shunt portion positioned in the feeding region is lower than a first height d1 of the select gate electrode from the main surface of the semiconductor substrate in a memory cell forming region.
US08896050B2 Electronic device including a tunnel structure
An electronic device can include a tunnel structure that includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and tunnel dielectric layer disposed between the electrodes. In a particular embodiment, the tunnel structure may or may not include an intermediate doped region that is at the primary surface, abuts a lightly doped region, and has a second conductivity type opposite from and a dopant concentration greater than the lightly doped region. In another embodiment, the electrodes have opposite conductivity types. In a further embodiment, an electrode can be formed from a portion of a substrate or well region, and the other electrode can be formed over such portion of the substrate or well region.
US08896049B2 Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device of the present invention includes the steps of forming a stacked body in which a semiconductor film, a gate insulating film, and a first conductive film are sequentially stacked over a substrate; selectively removing the stacked body to form a plurality of island-shaped stacked bodies; forming an insulating film to cover the plurality of island-shaped stacked bodies; removing a part of the insulating film to expose a surface of the first conductive film, such that a surface of the first conductive film almost coextensive with a height of the insulating film; forming a second conductive film over the first conductive film and a left part of the insulating film; forming a resist over the second conductive film; selectively removing the first conductive film and the second conductive film using the resist as a mask.
US08896047B2 Termination arrangement for vertical MOSFET
Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide a termination arrangement for a transistor structure. The periphery of a transistor structure may include a recessed area having features arranged to improve performance of the transistor at or near breakdown.
US08896046B2 Semiconductor device
Provided is a semiconductor device with a novel structure in which stored data can be retained even when power is not supplied, and which does not have a limitation on the number of writing. The semiconductor device includes both a memory circuit including a transistor including an oxide semiconductor (in a broader sense, a transistor whose off-state current is sufficiently small), and a peripheral circuit such as a driver circuit including a transistor including a material other than an oxide semiconductor (that is, a transistor capable of operating at sufficiently high speed). Further, the peripheral circuit is provided in a lower portion and the memory circuit is provided in an upper portion, so that the area and size of the semiconductor device can be decreased.
US08896042B2 Semiconductor device comprising oxide semiconductor
An object is to provide a semiconductor device with a novel structure. The semiconductor device includes a first wiring; a second wiring; a third wiring; a fourth wiring; a first transistor having a first gate electrode, a first source electrode, and a first drain electrode; and a second transistor having a second gate electrode, a second source electrode, and a second drain electrode. The first transistor is provided in a substrate including a semiconductor material. The second transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer.
US08896037B2 Solid-state imaging device and method for manufacturing the same
A solid-state imaging device including: a semiconductor layer; a charge accumulation region configured to be formed inside the semiconductor layer and serve as part of a photodiode; and a reflective surface configured to be disposed inside or under the charge accumulation region and be so formed as to reflect light that has passed through the charge accumulation region and direct the light toward a center part of the charge accumulation region.
US08896033B2 Electrochemical transistor
The object of the invention is to provide a three-terminal switch (electrochemical transistor) capable of achieving sharp on-off operation.A source electrode and a drain electrode are juxtaposed with an insulator interposed between them, and on the assembly there is an ion diffusion member such as Ta2O5 located. On the opposite surface of the ion diffusion member, there is a gate electrode located that is capable of supplying metal ions such as copper ions. By application of voltage to the gate electrode, the metal ions going out of the gate electrode are reversibly precipitated as metal on both source and drain electrodes as well as on the insulator near them, thereby controlling conduction and non-conduction between the source electrode and the drain electrode.
US08896032B2 Self-aligned biosensors with enhanced sensitivity
Non-planar semiconductor FET based sensors are provided that have an enhanced sensing area to volume ratio which results in faster response times than existing planar FET based sensors. The FET based sensors of the present disclosure include a V-shaped gate dielectric portion located in a V-shaped opening formed in a semiconductor substrate. In some embodiments, the FET based sensors of the present disclosure also include a self-aligned source region and a self-aligned drain region located in the semiconductor substrate and on opposing sides of the V-shaped opening. In other embodiments, the FET based sensors include a self-aligned source region and a self-aligned drain region located in the semiconductor substrate and on opposing sides of a gate dielectric material portion that is present on an uppermost surface of the semiconductor substrate.
US08896029B2 Solid state image pickup device and camera
A solid state image pickup device which can prevent color mixture by using a layout of a capacitor region provided separately from a floating diffusion region and a camera using such a device are provided. A photodiode region is a rectangular region including a photodiode. A capacitor region includes a carrier holding unit and is arranged on one side of the rectangle of the photodiode region as a region having a side longer than the one side. In a MOS unit region, an output unit region including an output unit having a side longer than the other side which crosses the one side of the rectangle of the photodiode region is arranged on the other side. A gate region and the FD region are arranged between the photodiode region and the capacitor region.
US08896022B2 Method of manufacturing compound semiconductor device
A compound semiconductor device has a buffer layer formed on a conductive SiC substrate, an AlxGa1-xN layer formed on the buffer layer in which an impurity for reducing carrier concentration from an unintentionally doped donor impurity is added and in which the Al composition x is 0
US08896020B2 Method and apparatus for producing large, single-crystals of aluminum nitride
Bulk single crystals of AlN having a diameter greater than about 25 mm and dislocation densities of about 10,000 cm−2 or less and high-quality AlN substrates having surfaces of any desired crystallographic orientation fabricated from these bulk crystals.
US08896018B2 Vacuum tray and method of manufacturing light emitting device using the same
There is provided a vacuum tray including a pocket part; a seating part being stepped downwardly from a bottom surface of the pocket part and having a light emitting device seated therein; and a cavity part being stepped downwardly from edges of the seating part and having an electrode terminal of the light emitting device accommodated therein. The pocket part may include a plurality of pocket parts having a matrix structure, such that the plurality of pocket parts are arranged in columns and rows.
US08896016B2 LED lighting module and method of making the same
An LED lighting module includes a substrate and an LED chip mounted on the substrate. The substrate includes a base made of metal and an insulating layer. The base includes a principal surface and a raised portion above the principal surface. The insulating layer covers the principal surface of the base and exposes at least a part of the raised portion. The LED chip is supported on the raised portion.
US08896015B2 LED package and method of making the same
LED packages and their fabrication techniques are disclosed to provide LED package with improved thermal dissipation based on one or more thermally conductive channels or studs. In one implementation, a LED package includes a plastic body structured to have a hole that penetrates through the plastic body; a metal contact formed on the plastic body at one side of the hole to cover the hole; a LED mounted to the metal contact at a location that spatially overlaps with the hole; and a stud formed in the hole in contact with the metal contact at a first end of the stud and extending to an opening of the hole at a second end of the stud, the stud being formed of a thermally conductive material to transfer heat from the LED through the metal contact and the stud to dissipate the heat at the opening of the hole via the second end of the stud.
US08896010B2 Wafer-level flip chip device packages and related methods
In accordance with certain embodiments, semiconductor dies are at least partially coated with a polymer and a conductive adhesive prior being bonded to a substrate having electrical traces thereon.
US08896008B2 Light emitting diodes having group III nitride surface features defined by a mask and crystal planes
An LED includes a mesa having a Group III Nitride mesa face and a mesa sidewall, on an underlying LED structure. The mesa face includes Group III Nitride surface features having tops that are defined by mask features, having bottoms, and having sides that extend along crystal planes of the Group III Nitride. The mask features may include a two-dimensional array of dots that are spaced apart from one another. Related fabrication methods are also disclosed.
US08896006B2 Red-emitting SR2S15N8 luminescent material and light source having a luminescent material of such kind as well as a method for producing the luminescent material
A red-emitting luminescent material that belongs to the class of nitridosilicates and is doped with at least one activator D, in particular Eu, wherein the material is a modified D-doped alkaline earth nitridosilicate M2Si5N8, where M=one or more elements belonging to the group Sr, Ca, Ba, with the nitridosilicate having been stabilized by an oxidic or oxinitridic—in particular alkaline earth—phase.
US08896005B2 Lighting devices that comprise one or more solid state light emitters
A lighting device, comprising a solid state light emitter and a removable encapsulant element. A lighting device element, comprising a solid state light emitter and an encapsulant holding element configured to releasably hold a removable encapsulant element. A lighting device component, comprising a removable encapsulant element. A method, comprising removing a first removable encapsulant element from a lighting device that comprises at least a first solid state light emitter and inserting a second removable encapsulant element into the lighting device. An encapsulant element comprising a substantially transparent first material and a luminescent material within the first material.
US08896003B2 Separate optical device for directing light from an LED
Embodiments of the present invention provide separate optical devices operable to couple to a separate LED, the separate optical device comprising an entrance surface to receive light from a separate LED when the separate optical device is coupled to the separate LED, an exit surface opposite from and a distance from the entrance surface and a set of sidewalls. The exit surface can have at least a minimum area necessary to conserve brightness for a desired half-angle of light projected from the separate optical device. Furthermore, each sidewall is positioned and shaped so that rays having a straight transmission path from the entrance surface to that sidewall reflect to the exit surface with an angle of incidence at the exit surface at less than or equal to a critical angle at the exit surface.
US08896002B2 Method for producing semiconductor laser, semiconductor laser, optical pickup, and optical disk drive
A method for producing a semiconductor laser having an edge window structure includes the steps of forming masks of insulating films on a nitride-based III-V compound semiconductor substrate including first regions and second regions periodically arranged in parallel therebetween; and growing a nitride-based III-V compound semiconductor layer in a region not covered by the masks. The first region between each two adjacent second regions has two or more positions, symmetrical with respect to a center line thereof, where laser stripes are to be formed. The masks are formed on one or both sides of each of the positions where the laser stripes are to be formed at least near a position where edge window structures are to be formed such that the masks are symmetrical with respect to the center line. The nitride-based III-V compound semiconductor layer includes an active layer containing at least indium and gallium.
US08896001B2 Nitride semiconductor light emitting device
A nitride semiconductor light-emitting device includes a nitride semiconductor light-emitting chip including an active layer for outputting polarized light, the active layer having a non-polar plane or a semi-polar plane as a growth plane; and a light-transmissive cover for transmitting light from the active layer. The light-transmissive cover includes a first light-transmissive member located in an area, among areas to the side of the nitride semiconductor light-emitting chip, and in a direction perpendicular to a polarization direction of the polarized light, and a second light-transmissive member located in an area above the nitride semiconductor light-emitting chip. The first light-transmissive member has a higher diffuse transmittance than the second light-transmissive member.
US08895996B2 Light-emitting device and lighting device
A light-emitting device and a lighting device each including a light-emitting element which can recover from a short circuit between a pair of electrodes by itself without adversely affecting the characteristics of the element is provided. An oxide layer is provided so as to be in contact with an electrode of the light-emitting element, whereby, due to heat generated when a short circuit is caused between a pair of electrodes, oxygen in the oxide layer and an electrode material in a short-circuited part are reacted with each other and the electrode material in the short-circuited part can be an insulator. Further, by providing an oxide layer in contact with an electron-injection layer containing an alkaline earth metal, an oxide of the alkaline earth metal can be formed, whereby moisture that enters the insulator formed by an insulation phenomenon in the short-circuited part can be adsorbed and removed.
US08895985B2 Array substrate for liquid crystal display and method for manufacturing the same
An array substrate for a liquid crystal display includes a substrate and first and second subpixels which are positioned on the substrate and are defined by a crossing structure of one gate line, a first data line, a second data line, a first common line, and a second common line. The first subpixel includes a first semiconductor layer, a first source electrode, a first drain electrode, and a first pixel electrode connected to the first drain electrode. The second subpixel includes a second semiconductor layer, a second source electrode, a second drain electrode, and a second pixel electrode connected to the second drain electrode. The first and second subpixels share the one gate line with each other, and the first drain electrode and the second drain electrode are exposed through one contact hole.
US08895984B2 Capacitor
The present invention relates to a capacitor having a configuration in which capacitors are coupled in series to each other. The capacitor formed on a substrate according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a polysilicon layer doped with an impurity; a first insulation layer formed on the polysilicon layer; a first metal layer formed on the first insulation layer and including first and second areas; a second insulation layer formed on the first metal layer; and a second metal layer formed on the second insulation layer and coupled to the second area of the first metal layer. The second metal layer is overlapped with at least a part of the first area of the first metal layer.
US08895983B2 Light emitting device, driving method of light emitting device and electronic device
By controlling the luminance of light emitting element not by means of a voltage to be impressed to the TFT but by means of controlling a current that flows to the TFT in a signal line drive circuit, the current that flows to the light emitting element is held to a desired value without depending on the characteristics of the TFT. Further, a voltage of inverted bias is impressed to the light emitting element every predetermined period. Since a multiplier effect is given by the two configurations described above, it is possible to prevent the luminance from deteriorating due to a deterioration of the organic luminescent layer, and further, it is possible to maintain the current that flows to the light emitting element to a desired value without depending on the characteristics of the TFT.
US08895980B2 Tunneling current amplification transistor
The present invention discloses a tunneling current amplification transistor, which relates to an area of field effect transistor logic devices in CMOS ultra large scale semiconductor integrated circuits (ULSI). The tunneling current amplification transistor includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate dielectric layer, an emitter, a drain, a floating tunneling base and a control gate, wherein the drain, the floating tunneling base and the control gate forms a conventional TFET structure, and a doping type of the emitter is opposite to that of the floating tunneling base. A position of the emitter is at the other side of the floating tunneling base with respect to the drain. A type of the semiconductor between the emitter and the floating tunneling base is the same as that of the floating tunneling base. As compared with the conventional TFET, the tunneling current amplification transistor of the present invention can increase the on-current of the device effectively and increase the driving capability of the device.
US08895979B2 Vertical thin-film transistor structure of display panel and method of fabricating the same
A vertical thin-film transistor structure includes a substrate, a source electrode, an insulation layer, a drain electrode, two first channel layers, a gate insulation layer and a gate electrode, which are stacked upward in that order on the substrate. The first channel layers are respectively disposed at two opposite ends of the drain electrode, and extend from the upper surface of the drain electrode to the upper surface of the source electrode respectively. Each of the first channel layers contacts the source electrode and the drain electrode. The gate insulation layer is disposed on the source electrode, the first channel layers and the drain electrode. The gate electrode is disposed on the gate insulation layer and covers the first channel layers. Therefore, the volume of the conventional thin-film transistor structure shrinks, and the ratio of the volume of the conventional thin-film transistor structure to that of a pixel structure decreases.
US08895978B2 Semiconductor device
An ohmic contact between an electrode and a semiconductor layer is more stably formed and an electrical contact resistance between them is further reduced.A semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor layer 103 composed of an oxide semiconductor material containing indium, an ohmic electrode 107 provided on the semiconductor layer 103 and having an ohmic contact with the semiconductor layer 103, and an intermediate layer 106 provided between the semiconductor layer 103 and the ohmic electrode 107, wherein the intermediate layer 106 includes a first region 106a whose indium atomic concentration is greater than that of an interior of the semiconductor layer 103 and a second region 106b whose indium atomic concentration is less than that of the first region.
US08895973B2 Organic light emitting diode display that includes layer for reducing oxidation of common electrode
An organic light emitting diode display according to an exemplary embodiment includes a substrate, a pixel electrode on the substrate, an organic emission layer on the pixel electrode, a common electrode on the organic emission layer, a cover layer on the common electrode, an oxidation reducing layer on the cover layer, and a thin film encapsulation layer covering the oxidation reducing layer, the oxidation reducing layer being configured to reduce oxidation of the common electrode, the oxidation reducing layer being separated from the common electrode. The oxidation reducing layer may include at least one of a dummy common electrode, an ultraviolet ray (UV) blocking layer, and a buffer layer.
US08895968B2 Organic light emitting display device and manufacturing method thereof
An organic light emitting display device wherein organic and inorganic films are alternately stacked, and the inorganic film is patterned to form an outgassing route, through which gas is released from the organic film, and a manufacturing method thereof is herein.
US08895961B2 Polymer light emitting element, method for manufacturing the same and polymer light emitting display device
A polymer light emitting element having a large light releasing surface, a high light emitting efficiency and a long life, a polymer light emitting display device and planar light source, as well as a method for manufacturing the polymer light emitting element are provided. The polymer light emitting element is characterized by comprising a first electrode, a second electrode and a light emitting layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and containing a polymer compound, wherein the second electrode is composed of three layers, a first layer, a second layer and a third layer arranged in this order viewed from the light emitting layer, and at least one of materials contained in the second layer has a reducing action on at least one of materials contained in the first layer, and the visible light transmittance of the third layer is 40% or more.
US08895960B2 Electrode covering material, electrode structure and semiconductor device
A semiconductor device is provided and includes a field effect transistor having a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, a channel forming region composed of an organic semiconductor material layer and a source/drain electrode made of a metal. A portion of the source/drain electrode in contact with the organic semiconductor material layer comprising the channel forming region is covered with an electrode coating material. Because the electrode coating material is composed of organic molecules having a functional group which can be bound to a metal ion and a functional group that binds to the source/drain electrode composed of the metal, low contact resistance and high mobility can be achieved.
US08895959B2 Superlattice structure and method for making the same
A superlattice layer including a plurality of periods, each of which is formed from a plurality of sub-layers is provided. Each sub-layer comprises a different composition than the adjacent sub-layer(s) and comprises a polarization that is opposite a polarization of the adjacent sub-layer(s). In this manner, the polarizations of the respective adjacent sub-layers compensate for one another. Furthermore, the superlattice layer can be configured to be at least partially transparent to radiation, such as ultraviolet radiation.
US08895957B2 Light emitting device and method of manufacturing the same
The present invention relates to a light emitting device. The light emitting device comprises a substrate, an N-type semiconductor layer formed on the substrate, and a P-type semiconductor layer formed on the N-type semiconductor layer, wherein a side surface including the N-type or P-type semiconductor layer has a slope of 20 to 80° from a horizontal plane. Further, a light emitting device comprises a substrate formed with a plurality of light emitting cells each including an N-type semiconductor layer and a P-type semiconductor layer formed on the N-type semiconductor layer, wherein the N-type semiconductor layer of one light emitting cell and the P-type semiconductor layer of another adjacent light emitting cell are connected to each other, and a side surface including at least the P-type semiconductor layer of the light emitting cell has a slope of 20 to 80° from a horizontal plane.
US08895956B2 Semiconductor light emitting device
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes an n-type first semiconductor layer, a p-type second semiconductor layer and a light emitting layer. The light emitting layer is provided between the first and second semiconductor layers, and includes a plurality of barrier layers including a nitride semiconductor and a well layer provided between the barrier layers and including a nitride semiconductor containing In. The barrier layers and the well layer are stacked in a first direction from the second semiconductor layer toward the first semiconductor layer. The well layer has a p-side interface part and an n-side interface part. Each of the p-side and the n-side interface part include an interface with one of the barrier layers. A variation in a concentration of In in a surface perpendicular to the first direction of the p-side interface part is not more than that of the n-side interface part.
US08895955B2 Display apparatus using oxide diode
Provided may be a display apparatus that uses oxide diodes having a nano rod structure, for example, nano-rod diodes formed of a ZnO group material. The display apparatus may include a substrate, a thin film transistor layer on the substrate, and a light emitting layer on the thin film transistor layer, wherein the light emitting layer may include a plug metal layer on the thin film transistor layer, a plurality of nano-rod diodes vertically formed on the plug metal layer, and a transparent electrode on the nano-rod diodes.
US08895953B1 Programmable memory elements, devices and methods having physically localized structure
A programmable memory element can include an insulating layer formed over a bottom structure; an opening formed in the insulating layer; a sidewall structure formed next to side surfaces of the opening; a tapered structure formed within the opening adjacent to the sidewall structure; and a solid electrolyte forming at least a portion of a structure selected from: the bottom structure, the sidewall structure, and the tapered structure.
US08895950B2 Methods for passivating a carbonic nanolayer
Methods for passivating a carbonic nanolayer (that is, material layers comprised of low dimensional carbon structures with delocalized electrons such as carbon nanotubes and nanoscopic graphene flecks) to prevent or otherwise limit the encroachment of another material layer are disclosed. In some embodiments, a sacrificial material is implanted within a porous carbonic nanolayer to fill in the voids within the porous carbonic nanolayer while one or more other material layers are applied over or alongside the carbonic nanolayer. Once the other material layers are in place, the sacrificial material is removed. In other embodiments, a non-sacrificial filler material (selected and deposited in such a way as to not impair the switching function of the carbonic nanolayer) is used to form a barrier layer within a carbonic nanolayer. In other embodiments, carbon structures are combined with and nanoscopic particles to limit the porosity of a carbonic nanolayer.
US08895948B2 Memory device
According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a resistance change film. The resistance change film is connected between the first electrode and the second electrode. An ion metal is introduced in a matrix material in the resistance change film. A concentration of the ion metal in a first region on the first electrode side of the resistance change film is higher than a concentration of the ion metal in a second region on the second electrode side of the resistance change film A layer made of only the ion metal is not provided in the memory device.
US08895944B2 Scan head and scan arm using the same
A scan head assembled to a scan arm for an ion implanter and a scan arm using the same are provided, wherein the scan head is capable of micro tilting a work piece and comprises a case, a shaft assembly, an electrostatic chuck, a first driving mechanism and a micro-tilt mechanism. The shaft assembly passes through a first side of the case and has a twist axis. The electrostatic chuck is fastened on a first end of the shaft assembly outside the case for holding the work piece. The first driving mechanism is disposed within the case and capable of driving the shaft assembly and the ESC to rotate about the twist axis. The micro-tilt mechanism is disposed within the case and capable of driving the shaft assembly and the ESC to tilt relative to the case.
US08895941B2 Laminated glass sheet depth profile determination
Depth-sensitive fluorescent spectroscopy can be executed by directing UV radiation through a face of a laminated glass sheet to induce distinct fluorescence in respective target layers of the laminated glass sheet. The respective target layers define glass compositions and relative indices of refraction that permit formation of an externally-viewable fluorescent intensity profile across the target layers of the laminated glass sheet. In an alternative embodiment, non-UV laser radiation is directed from a non-UV laser radiation source through a face of the laminated glass sheet to define a series of multi-photon focal points in the laminated glass sheet and induce fluorescence in respective ones of the plurality of target layers of the laminated glass sheet at a UV excitation frequency that exceeds the frequency of the radiation source.
US08895940B2 Switch sanitizing device
The invention relates to a family of devices to be used for sanitizing switches. The device is placed around the periphery of the switch and contains a means for exposing the switch touch surfaces to UV light source local to the switch in order to maximize the exposure of the switch to the UV light source. Because the light is localized and directed toward the switch contact surfaces, the device may be used continuously while humans or animals are present without detrimental exposure to the UV light, ensuring a sanitary switch contact surface so as to reduce or prevent infection or disease resulting from transference of contamination from one person to another via contact transference with said switch surface.
US08895933B2 Data acquired system and CT apparatus using the same
A data acquired system is provided. The data acquired system includes a main structure with a cavity formed therein, the cavity having a bottom for mounting a circuit board with electrical components thereto, a fan assembly disposed on the main structure, and an airflow guide disposed within the cavity and configured to guide airflow from the fan assembly for heat dissipation of the electrical components, the airflow guide positioned at a distance above the electrical components to form a gap between the airflow guide and the electrical components, wherein a sidewall of the cavity is provided with an air vent corresponding to the gap such that the airflow passes through the gap and is discharged from the air vent.
US08895931B2 Monitoring instrument
The invention comprises an apparatus comprising a water-proof housing assembly comprising a housing (20) and a display panel (10, 32), and incorporating an enclosure (30) containing electrical apparatus, wherein said display panel is formed from a clear material (16) encapsulating a visual display (12) and/or a light-source (34) and said apparatus is capable of operating in water at a pressure of at least 300 bar without ingress of water into the enclosure. The apparatus may be used as an instrument or a lighting unit in sub-sea environments. The invention comprises further a light-source attachment for a powered apparatus comprising a light source embedded within a block of clear material (16) and means for mounting said block on the powered apparatus such that a connector connects the light source to a power source within the powered apparatus.
US08895929B2 Analysis of substrates having agents deposited thereon
Improved analytical, diagnostic, monitoring, and other methods (and their associated devices) for evaluating the extent of deposition of an agent onto a substrate are described. Exemplary methods may be used in the in the monitoring of the dental health of patients or in the fast, efficient screening and/or characterization of formulations in terms of their use for depositing oral actives onto tooth surfaces. The methods involve the direct or in situ analysis of substrates, onto which agents are deposited, using Near-IR spectroscopy and/or UV spectroscopy.
US08895926B2 Motion detector camera
A motion detector camera includes a housing, viewing electronics mounted within the housing, an IR emitter exposed on a surface of the housing, a motion detector exposed on a surface of the housing, and a controller operatively coupled to the viewing electronics, the IR emitter, and the motion detector, wherein the controller is adapted to send an activation signal to the IR emitter and to the viewing electronics when the controller receives a triggering signal from the motion detector.
US08895923B2 System and method for non-contact microscopy for three-dimensional pre-characterization of a sample for fast and non-destructive on sample navigation during nanoprobing
A system for performing sample probing. The system including an topography microscope configured to receive three-dimensional coordinates for a sample based on at least three fiducial marks; receive the sample mounted in a holder; and navigate to at least a location on the sample based on the at least three fiducial marks and the three-dimensional coordinates.
US08895921B2 Inspection apparatus and replaceable door for a vacuum chamber of such an inspection apparatus and a method for operating an inspection apparatus
An inspection apparatus is provided comprising in combination at least an optical microscope (2, 3, 4) and an ion- or electron microscope (7, 8) equipped with a source (7) for emitting a primary beam (9) of radiation to a sample (10) in a sample holder. The apparatus may comprise a detector (8) for detection of secondary radiation (11) backscattered from the sample and induced by the primary beam. The optical microscope is equipped with an light collecting device (2) to receive in use luminescence light (12) emitted by the sample and to focus it on a photon-detector (4).
US08895919B2 Ion generating apparatus and judgment method for presence or absence of ions
A measuring part 67 measures the potential of a collecting electrode 66 having collected positive and negative ions respectively generated by ion generating parts 61 of ion generators 6a and 6b and ion generating parts 62 of ion generators 6c and 6d. In the judgment of the presence or absence of ions, the ion generators 6a and 6b and the ion generators 6c and 6d are alternately turned ON/OFF. In ion judgment 1, ON/OFF is performed 6 times with a period of 10 seconds. In ion judgment 2, ON/OFF is performed 10 times with a period of 1 second. Then, when the difference (the amount of change) between the maximum value and the minimum value of the output voltage of the measuring part 67 is greater than a given threshold value, the presence of ions is concluded respectively.
US08895918B2 Ion generation using modified wetted porous materials
The invention generally relates to ion generation using modified wetted porous materials. In certain aspects, the invention generally relates to systems and methods for ion generation using a wetted porous substrate that substantially prevents diffusion of sample into the substrate. In other aspects, the invention generally relate to ion generation using a wetted porous material and a drying agent. In other aspects, the invention generally relates to ion generation using a modified wetted porous substrate in which at least a portion of the porous substrate includes a material that modifies an interaction between a sample and the substrate.
US08895916B2 Apparatus and method for sampling of confined spaces
In various embodiments of the invention, a cargo container can be monitored at appropriate time intervals to determine that no controlled substances have been shipped with the cargo in the container. The monitoring utilizes reactive species produced from an atmospheric analyzer to ionize analyte molecules present in the container which are then analyzed by an appropriate spectroscopy system. In an embodiment of the invention, a sorbent surface can be used to absorb, adsorb or condense analyte molecules within the container whereafter the sorbent surface can be interrogated with the reactive species to generate analyte species characteristic of the contents of the container.
US08895915B2 Ion detection arrangement
A mass spectrometer is disclosed having a mass analyzer with a mass-to-charge dispersive element for separating ions according to their mass-to-charge ratios along a dispersive plane and an ion deflector to deflect ions leaving the mass analyzer in the dispersive plane. A shielding arrangement, located between the dispersive element and the ion deflector is arranged to define the portion of the beam to be deflected by the ion deflector. The deflected beam is steered onto a beam defining aperture, located at the focal plane of the mass analyzer is detected by at least one ion detector, located downstream from the beam defining aperture.
US08895914B2 Ruggedized neutron shields
A shield for a well logging instrument includes an outer layer including a reinforcing fiber disposed in a matrix and an inner layer including a thermal neutron absorbing material disposed in a matrix. The thermal neutron absorbing material is selected to emit capture gamma rays having energy outside a selected energy range.
US08895913B2 Traveling wave based THz signal generation system and method thereof
TeraHertz signal generation system based on traveling-wave oscillators providing extraction of orders of magnitude higher oscillation frequencies resulting in frequency multipliers and THz transceivers that can generate, transmit and sense THz frequency signals for sensing/imaging.
US08895910B2 Optical element and a light detection device and an object sensing system
An optical element for condensing light is provided, wherein the optical element has a first cylindrical face and a second cylindrical face at one side and a third cylindrical face at an other side and a plane including an axis of the first cylindrical face and an axis of the third cylindrical face intersects with a plane including an axis of the second cylindrical face and the axis of the third cylindrical face. A light detection device for detecting light is provided, wherein the light detection device includes the optical element as described above and an element for detecting light condensed by the optical element.
US08895907B2 Cooking apparatus using microwaves
A cooking apparatus which uses microwaves is provided such that the inside of the cooking apparatus may be formed more compactly than a conventional cooking apparatus. That is, the number of parts and the assembling process may be reduced by providing a convector (e.g., provided at a side of the cooking chamber) which circulates the inner air of the cooking chamber, and a microwave supplier provided at the convector to supply the microwaves into the cooking chamber through the convector.
US08895906B2 Electric induction heat treatment of an end of tubular material
A magnetic flux concentrator is used to control the end heating of a tubular material in an electric induction heat treatment process. The magnetic flux concentrator may consist of fixed elements, or a combination of fixed and moveable elements to accommodate end heating of tubular materials having different dimensions or material properties.
US08895905B2 Portable heating apparatus for heating interior piping systems
Devices, apparatus, systems and methods of using a portable heater that does not use a separate compressor or blower or vacuum. The heater can be attached to a piping system to dry interior walls and/or heat coatings in the piping system. The heater can be attached to a manifold having alternative inlet end and two outlet ends. The manifold ends can have quick connect fittings with similar fittings to be easily mateably attached by rotating fittings with one another. A quick connect/disconnect air pressure regulator with quick connect fitting can be attached to the manifold ends. A quick connect/disconnect plug with similar quick connect fitting can close the manifold ends.
US08895902B2 Oven for heating food
An oven for heating food is disclosed. The oven has at least one heating compartment with a left side wall, a right side wall, a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, and an open front, without a door, in open communication with a surrounding environment outside the oven. Gas flow openings are provided in the left and right side walls. The oven includes a blower for blowing gas through the gas flow openings into the heating compartment, and a heater for heating gas blowing into the heating compartment through the openings. In certain embodiments, the gas flow openings are configured such that substantially all of the gas blowing into the heating compartment is directed generally away from the open front of the compartment.
US08895901B2 Pipeline for carrying a molten salt
The invention relates to a pipeline for carrying a molten salt, with a pipe wall that is stable with respect to the temperatures occurring. A heating conductor (21) is provided inside the pipeline (5) for heating, the heating conductor (21) preferably not lying against the inner wall of the pipeline (5).
US08895900B2 Nano particle generator
The nano particle generator includes a body, a heating unit to heat a material received in the body such that the material is evaporated, a channel extending through the body such that a fluid to condense the evaporated material flows along the channel, and an insulating member to prevent heat generated from the heating unit from being transmitted to the body. The heating unit heats the material while the heating unit is in direct contact with the material, and the heating unit is in point or line contact with the insulating member. The heating unit has a plurality of locating parts formed therein such that the material is located in the locating parts. Different materials are located in the locating parts, and the locating parts are heated to temperatures at which the respective materials are evaporated in the same time.
US08895895B2 System and method for protecting a welding-type system from strain
A system and method for an integrated structural welding system is designed to protect the components of the system against accidental damage and undue stresses. Specifically, portable structure and a strain protection system are provided. The strain protection system is supported by a portable structure and engages one or both of a welding-type cable and a power cable to transfer forces applied to the welding-type cable or power cable when adjusting a position of the portable structure to the support structure.
US08895894B2 Electric spot welding gun
An electric spot welding gun (10) includes: a servo motor (40); a push rod (50) that advances and retracts in response to rotation of a rotor (43) of the servo motor; a drive-side electrode tip (71) that is mounted to a drive-side arm (70) fixed to a leading end of the push rod; and an encoder (60) that detects the rotation angle of the rotor of the servo motor, the position of the electrode tip being offset relative to the push rod, in which the rotor and the encoder are disposed in parallel to each other in an offset plane on which the electrode tip is offset relative to the push rod, at an attitude in which a trailing end (44) of the rotor on a side opposite to a push rod side thereof and an input end (64) of the encoder are facing in the same direction.
US08895891B2 Methods of cutting tubular devices
Vascular treatment and methods include a plurality of self-expanding bulbs and a hypotube including interspersed patterns of longitudinally spaced rows of kerfs. Joints between woven structures and hypotubes include solder. Woven structures include patterns of radiopaque filaments measurable under x-ray. Structures are heat treated to include at least shapes at different temperatures. A catheter includes a hypotube including interspersed patterns of longitudinally spaced rows of kerfs. Heat treating systems include a detachable flange. Laser cutting systems include a fluid flow system.
US08895890B2 Laser scribing installation for the superficial treatment of magnetic sheets with spots of elliptic section
A laser scribing installation for the treatment of grain oriented magnetic sheets, as strip in longitudinal movement, comprising a laser generator for a laser beam, a cylindrical telescopic optical group with varying focal distance for the formation of a laser beam with elliptic section having varying ellipticity as function of the focal distances and a rotating mirror scanner for scanning the laser beam according to a pre-defined angle. The scribing installation further comprises a parabolic reflector extended transversally to the strip for receiving the scanned laser beam and focusing the beam on the strip, as a greatly lengthened elliptic spot, along a treatment path, and wherein the telescopic group is adjustable for modifying the length of one of the axes in the elliptic section of the laser beam incident on the strip.
US08895889B2 Methods and apparatus for rapidly responsive heat control in plasma processing devices
Methods and apparatus for regulating the temperature of a component in a plasma-enhanced process chamber are provided herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for processing a substrate includes a process chamber and an RF source to provide RF energy to form a plasma in the process chamber. A component is disposed in the process chamber so as to be heated by the plasma when formed. A heater is configured to heat the component and a heat exchanger is configured to remove heat from the component. A chiller is coupled to the heat exchanger via a first flow conduit having an on/off flow control valve disposed therein and a bypass loop to bypass the flow control valve, wherein the bypass loop has a flow ratio valve disposed therein.
US08895881B2 Power window switch
A power window switch has a case, a substrate disposed in the case, a window operation knob disposed on the case, a window lock button disposed on a front side of the window operation knob on the case, a window operation switch mechanism disposed in the case and activated in accordance with an operation of the window operation knob, a window lock switch mechanism disposed in the case and activated in accordance with an operation of the window lock button, and a connector having a terminal with a first terminal end protruding from the case and a second terminal end connected to the substrate. The window lock switch mechanism includes two conductive plate springs, and a pressing unit for pressing the plate springs.
US08895877B2 Electrical connector bushing
A new bushing for strain reducing electrical fittings is disclosed. The bushing increases the pull-out performance of the fitting by including a textured area where the bushing comes into contact with the cable. The textured area may be created by affixing solid particles to the bushing so that the friction between the bushing and cable is increased.
US08895875B2 Braided shield member, manufacturing method of braided shield member, and wire harness
Provided are a braided shield member, a manufacturing method of a braided shield member and a wire harness which make it possible to demonstrate shielding performance sufficiently. The braided shield member constituting the wire harness includes a tubular body part and a tubular terminal part. The braided shield member is formed so that the terminal part is formed in a two-folded structure of an outside terminal part and an inside terminal part. Further, the braided shield member is formed so that metal wires are in a loose state inside stitches of the outside terminal part.
US08895874B1 Indium-less transparent metalized layers
Thin indium-less “optically porous” layers adapted to replace traditional ITO layers are provided herein. A thin metalized film adapted to carry an electrical charge can include a dense pattern of small openings to allow the transmission of light to or from an underlying semiconductor material. The pattern of openings can create a regular or irregular grid pattern of low aspect ratio fine-line metal conductors. Creation of this optically porous metalized film can include the printing of a catalytic precursor material, such as palladium in solution in a pattern on a substrate, drying or curing the catalytic precursor, and the deposition of a thin layer of metal, such as copper on the dried precursor to form the final conductive and optically porous film.
US08895867B2 Arrangement comprising a carrier and a layer
The invention relates inter alia to an arrangement comprising a carrier (10), a layer and a material (20) enclosed between the carrier and the layer.According to the invention, it is provided that the layer is formed by a single two-dimensionally crosslinked layer (40) or by a plurality of two-dimensionally crosslinked layers which are indirectly or directly connected to one another.
US08895863B2 Multilayer printed circuit board
A multilayer printed circuit board includes an insulating substrate, circuit layers arranged in the insulating substrate, an electronic component, an electrode disposed on the circuit layer exposed from a surface of the insulating substrate and including a soldered portion at which a terminal of the electronic component is soldered, an internal layer conductor disposed on the circuit layer located inside the insulating substrate and defining through holes in a radial manner centering on the soldered portion, a heat releasing conductor disposed on the circuit layer next to the circuit layer on which the internal layer conductor is disposed, and connection vias inserted in the through holes and coupling the electrode and the heat releasing conductor so as to enable a heat transfer between the electrode and the heat releasing conductor. The internal layer conductor and the heat releasing conductor overlap a whole area of the soldered portion.
US08895859B2 Temporary cable cover
A cover may include a plurality of first fastening mechanisms disposed adjacent to one another along a first edge and a plurality of second fastening mechanisms disposed adjacent to one another along a second edge. Each second fastening mechanism may correspond to one of the first fastening mechanisms to connect to the corresponding first fastening mechanism when the cover is bent about the axis.
US08895855B2 Signal transfer apparatus
A cable having a first input connector, a second input connector, a third input connector, and a single output connector is provided. The single output connector includes a single pin-shaped output terminal comprising a base and a tip which is disposed opposite to the base and is insertable into a terminal of a television apparatus. A luminance signal is received via the first input connector of the cable; a first color difference signal is received via the second input connector of the cable; and a second color difference signal is received via the third input connector of the cable. The luminance signal is output via a first region of the pin-shaped output terminal; the first color difference signal is output via a second region of the pin-shaped output terminal; and the second color difference signal is output via a third region of the pin-shaped output terminal.
US08895850B2 Phthalocyanine nanorod and photoelectric conversion device
The present invention provides a phthalocyanine nanorod; an ink composition containing the phthalocyanine nanorod; a transistor containing the phthalocyanine nanorod; a material for a photoelectric conversion device, the material containing the phthalocyanine nanorod; and a photoelectric conversion device containing the phthalocyanine nanorod between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. Since an ink composition containing a nanorod according to the present invention can be formed into a film by a wet process such as a coating method or a printing method, an electronic device that is less likely to fail and is lightweight and inexpensive can be produced on a flexible plastic substrate.
US08895849B2 Photoelectric conversion element, manufacturing method thereof, optical sensor, and solar cell
A photoelectric conversion element is provided which includes a semiconductor electrode (108) containing a semiconductor layer (103) and a dye, a counter electrode (109), and an electrolyte layer (104) disposed between the semiconductor electrode (108) and the counter electrode (109) and in which the dye contains a compound expressed by General Formula 1. (where A in General Formula 1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group and may contain one or more atoms of oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, silicon, phosphorus, boron, or halogen and the aromatic group may be obtained by condensing a plurality of aromatic groups).
US08895847B2 Photovoltaic device with increased light trapping
Methods and apparatus are provided for converting electromagnetic radiation, such as solar energy, into electric energy with increased efficiency when compared to conventional solar cells. A photovoltaic (PV) device may incorporate front side and/or back side light trapping techniques in an effort to absorb as many of the photons incident on the front side of the PV device as possible in the absorber layer. The light trapping techniques may include a front side antireflective coating, multiple window layers, roughening or texturing on the front and/or the back sides, a back side diffuser for scattering the light, and/or a back side reflector for redirecting the light into the interior of the PV device. With such light trapping techniques, more light may be absorbed by the absorber layer for a given amount of incident light, thereby increasing the efficiency of the PV device.
US08895843B2 Thick-film pastes containing lead-tellurium-boron-oxides, and their use in the manufacture of semiconductor devices
The present invention provides a thick-film paste for printing the front side of a solar cell device having one or more insulating layers. The thick-film paste comprises an electrically conductive metal and a lead-tellurium-boron-oxide dispersed in an organic medium.
US08895835B2 Foldable, portable, lightweight photovoltaic module
A foldable, portable, lightweight photovoltaic module has a carrier layer divided into equal sections separated by hinge spaces, a substrate layer on the carrier layer, and a photovoltaic cell layer on the substrate layer, wherein the hinge spaces each have a free space between opposing edges of the adjacent sections to enable them to be folded in accordion-like fashion for storage. The carrier layer may be made of rip-stop fabric and preferably supports 6 sections each with 6 PV cells of crystalline silicon of up to about 22% conversion efficiency. The module has a power output of about 122 watts at 24 volts, and weighs about 7.4 pounds (3.36 kg), with a power-to-size ratio of 14 watts/sft or more, and a power-to-weight ratio of 16.5 watts/pound or more. An improved method of lamination applies heat and pressure on upper and lower sides of the laminate layers through upper and lower chambers with respective pressure bladders and heaters that are independently controllable.
US08895832B2 Thermoelectric element and thermoelectric module
The present invention aims at providing a thermoelectric device which can be prevented from being destroyed by thermal stresses, and a thermoelectric module using a plurality of such thermoelectric devices. The thermoelectric device in accordance with the present invention comprises an element for transforming energy between thermal energy and electric energy and a pair of electrodes connected to both end parts of the element, while the element is provided with a stress alleviating part for alleviating a stress caused by a temperature difference between the both end parts. Therefore, when generating electricity by using the thermoelectric device, the stress alleviating part can alleviate the stress caused by the temperature difference between both end parts of the element and restrain the element from being destroyed by the thermal stress.
US08895822B2 Action for upright piano
Disclosed is an action for an upright piano capable of expressing rich tone variation and improving the continuous press performance of the same key. In the action (1) for an upright piano, there are formed a guide member (67) fixed to a center rail (14) and continuing in the horizontal direction; and a member to be guided (73) sliding along the guide member (67). A hammer under rail (19) on which a hammer shank (45) abuts is affixed to a hammer rail (18), and butt flanges (41) are affixed to the member to be guided (73). The member to be guided (73) is connected to a pedal (77) via an upthrust bar (81) and a balance (79) such that the member to be guided (73) is slid to the right or left with the force of working the pedal (77) by the player.
US08895821B2 Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH786873
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH786873. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH786873, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH786873 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH786873.
US08895817B2 Method for breeding tomatoes having reduced water content and product of the method
A method for breeding tomato plants that produce tomatoes with reduced fruit water content including the steps of crossing at least one Lycopersicon esculentum plant with a Lycopersicon spp. to produce hybrid seed, collecting the first generation of hybrid seeds, growing plants from the first generation of hybrid seeds, pollinating the plants of the most recent hybrid generation, collecting the seeds produced by the most recent hybrid generation, growing plants from the seeds of the most recent hybrid generation, allowing plants to remain on the vine past the point of normal ripening, and screening for reduced fruit water content as indicated by extended preservation of the ripe fruit and wrinkling of the fruit skin.
US08895812B2 Disease resistant cucumber plants
The present invention relates to a plant that is resistant to cucumber closterovirus and resistant to cucumber powdery mildew, wherein said plant is a plant of the species Cucumis sativus, said plant comprising, on a single chromosome, at least one chromosomal region that confers closterovirus resistance and at least one chromosomal region that confers powdery mildew resistance, wherein said at least one region that confers closterovirus resistance is linked to at least one marker selected from the group consisting of markers E16/M50-244, E16/M50-188, and E11/M48-251, and wherein said at least one region that confers powdery mildew resistance is linked to at least one marker selected from the group consisting of: the single nucleotide polymorphism marker 39T→G in SEQ ID NO:1, the single nucleotide polymorphism marker 29G→A in SEQ ID NO:2, the single nucleotide polymorphism marker 193C→T in SEQ ID NO:3, the insertion mutation 5′-AATTT-3′ at position 221 in SEQ ID NO:4, and markers E16/M50-F-194, E11/M48-F-251, E23/M38-M001, E23/M40-M003, E24/M46-M002, E24/M46-M003, E12/M91-M003, E26/M43-M003, E14/M59-F-134 and E14/M59-F-200.
US08895811B2 Broccoli hybrid RX 05991199
The invention provides seed and plants of broccoli hybrid RX 05991199 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of broccoli hybrid RX 05991199 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a broccoli plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another broccoli plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants.
US08895810B1 Canola variety VR 9560 CL
A novel canola variety designated VR 9560 CL and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred canola varieties. Methods for producing a canola plant that comprises crossing canola variety VR 9560 CL with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into VR 9560 CL through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This discovery relates to the canola variety VR 9560 CL, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of canola variety VR 9560 CL. This discovery further relates to methods for producing canola varieties derived from canola variety VR 9560 CL.
US08895808B2 Methods and vectors for producing transgenic plants
Methods of, and compositions for, assembling one or more transcription units in a genome without a linked selectable marker or other unwanted transcription unit are provided. Also provided methods of, and compositions for, assembling one or more transcription units in a genome with a reduced frequency of vector backbone.
US08895806B2 Fucosyl transferase gene
A DNA molecule is provided which comprises a sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 1 having an open reading frame from base pair 211 to base pair 1740 or having at least 50% homology to the above-indicated sequence, or hybridizing with the above-indicated sequence under stringent conditions, or comprising a sequence which has degenerated to the above-indicated DNA sequence because of the genetic code, the sequence coding for a plant protein having fucosyltransferase activity or being complementary thereto.
US08895804B2 Plants with increased activity of a starch phosphorylating enzyme
The present invention relates to plant cells and plants, which are genetically modified, whereby the genetic modification leads to an increase in the activity of a starch-phosphorylating OK1 protein in comparison to the corresponding wild type plant cells or wild type plants that have not been genetically modified. In addition, the present invention concerns means and methods for the manufacture of such plant cells and plants. These types of plant cells and plants synthesize a modified starch. Therefore, the present invention also concerns the starches synthesized from the plant cells and plants according to the invention, methods for manufacturing these starches, and the manufacture of starch derivatives of these modified starches, as well as flours containing starches according to the invention.Furthermore, the present invention also relates to nucleic acids, coding starch-phosphorylating OK1 proteins, vectors, host cells, plant cells, and plants containing such nucleic acid molecules. In addition, the present invention relates to OK1 proteins that have starch-phosphorylating activity.
US08895802B2 Genetically modified mice that produce hybrid antibodies
A method for engineering and utilizing large DNA vectors to target, via homologous recombination, and modify, in any desirable fashion, endogenous genes and chromosomal loci in eukaryotic cells. These large DNA targeting vectors for eukaryotic cells, termed LTVECs, are derived from fragments of cloned genomic DNA larger than those typically used by other approaches intended to perform homologous targeting in eukaryotic cells. Also provided is a rapid and convenient method of detecting eukaryotic cells in which the LTVEC has correctly targeted and modified the desired endogenous gene(s) or chromosomal locus (loci) as well as the use of these cells to generate organisms bearing the genetic modification.
US08895801B2 Methods of producing hybrid antibodies
A method for engineering and utilizing large DNA vectors to target, via homologous recombination, and modify, in any desirable fashion, endogenous genes and chromosomal loci in eukaryotic cells. These large DNA targeting vectors for eukaryotic cells, termed LTVECs, are derived from fragments of cloned genomic DNA larger than those typically used by other approaches intended to perform homologous targeting in eukaryotic cells. Also provided is a rapid and convenient method of detecting eukaryotic cells in which the LTVEC has correctly targeted and modified the desired endogenous gene(s) or chromosomal locus (loci) as well as the use of these cells to generate organisms bearing the genetic modification.
US08895800B2 Fluid absorbent articles
The present invention relates to fluid-absorbent articles, comprising an upper liquid-pervious layer, a lower liquid-impervious layer and a fluid-absorbent core, wherein the fluid-absorbent core comprises a fibrous material and 10 to 95% by weight of spherical fluid-absorbent polymer particles having a moisture content of at least 8% by weight.
US08895797B2 Process for dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons in a multi-stage fluidized bed reactor
A reactor design and process for the dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons is presented. The reactor design includes a multibed catalytic reactor, where each of the reactor beds are fluidized. The catalyst in the reactor cascades through the reactor beds, with fresh catalyst input into the first reactor bed, and the spent catalyst withdrawn from the last reactor bed. The hydrocarbon feedstream is input to the reactor beds in a parallel formation, thereby decreasing the thermal residence time of the hydrocarbons when compared with a single bed fluidized reactor, or a series reactor scheme.
US08895795B2 Acid washed silica supported catalysts and their use in olefin metathesis
Acid washing of silica supports, used for supported tungsten catalysts, improves the activity of the resulting catalyst (i.e., its conversion level at a given temperature) for the metathesis of olefins, without compromising its selectivity to the desired conversion product(s). Exemplary catalysts and processes include those for the production of valuable light olefins such as propylene from a hydrocarbon feedstock comprising ethylene and butylene.
US08895792B2 Process for the preparation of an olefinic product comprising ethylene and/or propylene
An oxygenate to olefins (OTO) process, comprising the steps of: (i) purifying an oxygenate feedstream comprising one or more ionic contaminants by contacting the feedstream with a membrane, resulting in the formation of a retentate and a permeate separated by the membrane, which permeate is a purified oxygenate stream which contains a lower ionic contaminant concentration than the original oxygenate feedstream; (ii) introducing the purified oxygenate stream into an oxygenate to olefins reaction zone; and (iii) contacting the purified oxygenate stream with a molecular sieve catalyst in the oxygenate to olefins reaction zone to form a product stream comprising olefins.
US08895790B2 Conversion of plastics to olefin and aromatic products
A catalyst composition useful for producing olefins and aromatic compounds from a feedstock is formed from a fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) catalyst and a ZSM-5 zeolite catalyst, wherein the amount of ZSM-5 zeolite catalyst makes up from 10 wt. % or more by total weight of the FCC catalyst and the ZSM-5 zeolite catalyst. The catalyst composition may be used in a method of producing olefins and aromatic compounds from a feedstock by introducing a hydrocarbon feedstock and the catalyst composition within a reactor, at least a portion of the reactor being at a reactor temperature of 550° C. or higher. The feedstock and catalyst composition are introduced into the reactor at a catalyst-to-feed (C/F) ratio of from 6 or greater.
US08895789B2 Fuel composition for use in gasoline engines
A fuel composition for use in gasoline engines which has excellent acceleration characteristics at high speeds and excellent fuel consumption. The fuel composition of this invention for use in gasoline engines satisfies the conditions: (1) the research octane number is not less than 99; (2) the density is in the range of from 0.750 to 0.770 g/cm3; (3) the distillation temperature at 50 vol % distilled is in the range of from 95 to 102° C., the distillation temperature at 90 vol % distilled is in the range of from 160 to 180 ° C., and the distillation end point is in the range of from 180 to 220 ° C.; and (4) the content of aromatic hydrocarbons with 9 or more carbon atoms is in the range of from 15 to 25% by volume, and the indane content is in the range of from 0.5 to 3.0% by volume.
US08895788B2 Process for the manufacture of hydrofluoroolefins
The invention relates to a process for manufacturing 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropene (1234yf, CF3—CF═CH2) from 1,1,3,3-tetrachlororopropene (1230za, CCl2═CH—CHCl2) and/or 1,1,1,3,3-pentachloropropane (240fa, CCl3CH2CHCl2). The process comprises a step of isomerization of 1,1,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (1230za) to 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene (1230xa) followed by conversion of the 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene (1230xa) to 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropene (1234yf) via a hydrofluorination process.
US08895787B2 Compositions comprising a dehalogenase substrate and a radionuclide and methods of use
A mutant hydrolase optionally fused to a protein of interest is provided. The mutant hydrolase is capable of forming a bond with a substrate for the corresponding nonmutant (wild-type) hydrolase which is more stable than the bond formed between the wild-type hydrolase and the substrate. Substrates for hydrolases comprising one or more functional groups are also provided, as well as methods of using the mutant hydrolase and the substrates of the invention. Also provided is a fusion protein capable of forming a stable bond with a substrate and cells which express the fusion protein.
US08895785B2 Processes for separating one or more amine byproducts from one or more desired amines
The present invention relates to separating one or more amine byproducts from one or more desired amines. More particularly, the invention involves forming a byproduct component with one or more amine byproducts and a first adjuvant component. The byproduct component has an enhanced separation characteristic relative to separating the amine byproducts from the desired amines in the absence of an adjuvant. Preferably, the byproduct component is separated in the presence of a second adjuvant component that preferably has a boiling point less than the boiling point of the first adjuvant component.
US08895783B2 Monitoring of the stoichiometric ratio in the reaction of nitroaromatics with hydrogen
The present invention relates to a continuous process for preparing at least one aromatic amine by hydrogenation of at least one nitroaromatic by means of hydrogen, where a liquid phase comprising at least the aromatic amine and a gas phase comprising at least hydrogen are present, in the presence of a catalyst suspended in the liquid phase at a temperature of from 50 to 250° C. and a pressure of from 5 to 50 bar, wherein the pressure in the reactor is kept essentially constant by continuous adaptation of the amount of hydrogen fed to the reactor, the total amount of hydrogen fed to the reactor is monitored and the introduction of the at least one nitroaromatic is interrupted if the hydrogen uptake in the reactor is not at least 50 mol % of the amount of hydrogen required for stoichiometric reaction of the at least one nitroaromatic to form the at least one aromatic amine.
US08895781B2 Transition metal-catalyzed C—H amination using unactivated amines
One aspect of the invention relates to a method of animation or amidation, comprising the step of combining a substrate, comprising a reactive C—H bond, and an amine or amide, comprising a reactive N—H bond, in the presence of an oxidizing agent and a metal-containing catalyst, thereby forming a product with a covalent bond between the carbon of the reactive C—H bond and the nitrogen of the reactive N—H bond.
US08895779B2 Processes for producing monoammonium adipate and conversion of monoammonium adipate to adipic acid
A process for making MAA from a clarified DAA-containing fermentation broth includes (a) distilling the broth to form an overhead that includes water and ammonia, and a liquid bottoms that includes MAA, at least some DAA, and at least about 20 wt. % water; (b) cooling the bottoms to a temperature sufficient to cause the bottoms to separate into a DAA-containing liquid portion in contact with a MAA-containing solid portion that is substantially free of DAA; (c) separating the solid portion from the liquid portion; and (d) recovering the solid portion.
US08895778B2 Depolymerization of polylactic acid
The invention provides energy efficient depolymerization of polyesters such as post-consumer polylactic acid. Ultrasonic induced implosions can be used to facilitate the depolymerization. The expanding market of polylactic acid-based plastic products, such as water bottles and packaging materials, has raised concerns of contaminating the recycling stream, which is largely filled with petroleum-based plastics. Thus the development of an energy efficient and economically viable PLA recycling process is urgently needed. Post consumer PLA was exposed to methanol as the suspension media in the presence of organic or ionic salts of alkali metals such a potassium carbonate and sodium hydroxide as depolymerization catalysts to provide high quality lactic acid monomers in high yield.
US08895776B2 Modulators of the prostacyclin (PGI2) receptor useful for the treatment of disorders related thereto
The present invention relates to amide derivatives of Formula (XIIIa) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that modulate the activity of the PGI2 receptor. Compounds of the present invention and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are directed to methods useful in the treatment of: pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH); idiopathic PAH; familial PAH; PAH associated with a collagen vascular disease, a congenital heart disease, portal hypertension, HIV infection, ingestion of a drug or toxin, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, splenectomy, pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) or pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis (PCH); PAH with significant venous or capillary involvement; platelet aggregation; coronary artery disease; myocardial infarction; transient ischemic attack; angina; stroke; ischemia-reperfusion injury; restenosis; atrial fibrillation; blood clot formation in an angioplasty or coronary bypass surgery individual or in an individual suffering from atrial fibrillation; atherosclerosis; atherothrombosis; asthma or a symptom thereof; a diabetic-related disorder such as diabetic peripheral neuropathy, diabetic nephropathy or diabetic retinopathy; glaucoma or other disease of the eye with abnormal intraocular pressure; hypertension; inflammation; psoriasis; psoriatic arthritis; rheumatoid arthritis; Crohn's disease; transplant rejection; multiple sclerosis; systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); ulcerative colitis; ischemia-reperfusion injury; restenosis; atherosclerosis; acne; type 1 diabetes; type 2 diabetes; sepsis; and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD).
US08895771B2 Methods of making organic compounds by metathesis and hydrocyanation
The invention is directed to methods of making organic compounds by metathesis and hydrocyanation. The method of the invention may be used, for example, to make industrial important organic compounds such as diacids, diesters, acid-amines, acid-alcohols, acid-nitriles, ester-amines, ester-alcohols, and ester-nitriles.
US08895769B2 Silicon-containing carboxylic acid derivative
A compound represented by the formula (I) [R1 to R3 represent an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, and the like; n represents 0 or 1; R4 represents an amino group or —(CX2)m—COOH (m represents 0 to 3, and X represents hydrogen atom); R5 represents —(CY2)p—COOR6 (p represents an 0 to 3, Y represents hydrogen atom, and R6 represents hydrogen atom or an alkyl group)], or a salt thereof.
US08895767B2 Obtaining fatty acids from insect larvae
Extract of oil rich in saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids containing oil extracted from insect larvae comprising saturated, MUFA and PUFA fatty acids and procedure for obtaining oil extract.
US08895766B2 Blown and stripped plant-based oils
A method for producing a high viscosity, low volatiles blown stripped plant-based oil is provided. The method may include the steps of: (i) obtaining a plant-based oil; (ii) heating the oil to at least 90C; (iii) passing air through the heated oil to produce a blown oil having a viscosity of at least 200 cSt at 40C; (iv) stripping the blown oil from step (iii) to reduce an acid value of the blown oil to from 5 mg KOH/g to about 9 mg KOH/g; (v) adding a polyol to the stripped oil from (iv); and (vi) stripping the oil from step (v) to reduce the acid value of the oil to less than 5.0 mg KOH/g or less.
US08895765B2 Method and apparatus for preparing alkyl ester fatty acid using fatty acid
A method for preparing fatty acid alkyl ester for bio-diesel fuel is disclosed wherein fatty acid, specifically fatty acid distillate reacts with alcohol. The method does not require the glycerin purification process, and has the superior conversion ratio of fatty acid. The method for preparing fatty acid alkyl ester for bio-diesel fuel comprises the step of carrying out a counter current type esterification reaction of fatty acid and alcohol in each tray of a counter current column reactor at a temperature of 200 to 350° C. and a pressure of 1 to 35 bar. Here the raw material of the fatty acid is fed to an upper part of the counter current column reactor and the alcohol is fed to a lower part of the counter current column reactor. The counter current column reactor has a number of trays which are installed horizontally to have a number of vertical compartments. Each of the number of trays has an opening part at one end thereof to communicate one compartment with an adjoining compartment. The opening parts of two adjoining trays are alternately installed with each other.
US08895764B2 ZnO nanoparticle catalysts for use in biodiesel production and method of making
A method of forming a biodiesel product and a heterogeneous catalyst system used to form said product that has a high tolerance for the presence of water and free fatty acids (FFA) in the oil feedstock is disclosed. This catalyst system may simultaneously catalyze both the esterification of FAA and the transesterification of triglycerides present in the oil feedstock. The catalyst system is comprised of a mixture of zinc oxide and a second metal oxide. The zinc oxide includes a mixture of amorphous zinc oxide and zinc oxide nanocrystals, the zinc nanocrystals having a mean grain size between about 20 and 80 nanometers with at least one of the nanocrystals including a mesopore having a diameter of about 5 to 15 nanometers. Preferably, the second metal oxide is a lanthanum oxide, the lanthanum oxide being selected as one from the group of La2CO5, LaOOH, and combinations or mixtures thereof.
US08895753B2 S1P receptor modulating agent
An object of the present invention is to provide a compound having a modulating activity at an S1P receptor which is useful for preventing and treating autoimmune diseases, allergic diseases, and the like. According to the present invention, a compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is provided.
US08895752B2 Alkylsulfonyl-substituted thiazolide compounds
A new class of alkylsulfonyl-substituted thiazolide compounds is described. These compounds show strong activity against hepatitis virus.
US08895751B2 Process of manufacturing benzobisthiazole building blocks for conjugated polymers
A process comprising the step of synthesizing 2,6-dibromo-4,8-dihexylbenzo[1,2-d:4,5-d′]bis(thiazole) from 2,5-dihyxylbenzene-1,4-diamine.
US08895744B2 Alfa-carboline inhibitors of NPM-ALK, RET, and Bcr-Abl
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the description, to their pharmaceutical compositions and use thereof for the treatment of cancer expressing oncogenic ALK protein, particularly anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMT) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
US08895743B2 Methysergide derivatives
Provided herein are novel methysergide derivatives and compositions thereof. In other embodiments, provided herein are methods of treatment, prevention, or amelioration of a variety of medical disorders or symptoms thereof, such as, migraine and Parkinson's disease using the compounds and compositions disclosed herein. In still other embodiments, provided herein, such as, for example, are methods for antagonizing the 5-HT2B receptor without agonizing the 5-HT2B receptor using the compounds and compositions disclosed herein. In still other embodiments, provided herein such as, for example, are methods of agonizing the 5-HT1A receptor using the compounds and compositions disclosed herein.
US08895742B2 Metal-mediated reversible self-assembly of carbon nanotubes
There is provided a method and nanocomposite for the reversible assembly of nanotubes, such as oxidized single wall carbon nanotubes, based on metal coordination. The method produces a thermally stable, neutral nanocomposite possessing enhanced mechanical, electrical, physical and chemical properties for example. Disassembly can be provided by treatment with a competing ligand compound.
US08895738B2 Mesoionic pyrido [1, 2-A] pyrimidine pesticides
Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, wherein R1 is phenyl or pyridinyl, each optionally substituted with Q and up to 3 substituents independently selected from R2; each R2 is independently halogen, cyano, SF5, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 haloalkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, C1-C4 haloalkoxy, C1-C4 alkylthio or C1-C4 haloalkylthio; and Q is phenyl or pyridinyl, each optionally substituted with up to 5 substituents independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 haloalkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy and C1-C4 haloalkoxy. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention. Further disclosed are methods for increasing vigor of a crop plant comprising contacting the crop plant, the seed from which the crop plant is grown or the locus of the crop plant with a biologically effective amount of a compound or composition of the invention.
US08895734B2 Peptide nucleic acid derivatives with good cell penetration and strong affinity for nucleic acid
The present invention provides a novel class of peptide nucleic acid derivatives, which show good cell penetration and strong binding affinity for nucleic acid.
US08895729B2 Process for making thienopyrimidine compounds
Process methods for making the dual mTOR/PI3K inhibitor GDC-0980, named as (S)-1-(4-((2-(2-aminopyrimidin-5-yl)-7-methyl-4-morpholinothieno[3,2-d]pyrimidin-6-yl)methyl)piperazin-1-yl)-2-hydroxypropan-1-one, having the structure: and stereoisomers, geometric isomers, tautomers, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
US08895726B2 Compounds derived from indole and pharmaceutical compositions containing them
The present invention relates to a compound derived from indole corresponding to the following formula II: wherein X represents N, CR8 or N+R8, wherein R8 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl or alkyl or methoxy group optionally substituted with a phenyl group; R2, R3 and R4 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom or an optionally substituted alkyl, amine, alkene, ester, sulfonamide, ether or benzyl group; R5 represents a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted, saturated or unsaturated alkyl group, amine, benzyl group; R6 represents an optionally substituted C1-C3 alkyl group; R7 represents a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted C1-C3 alkyl group and R7 is absent when the ring A is in the b position, and A represents a ring; R9 and R10 represent together a carbon bond or independently represent an R11 OR11, SR11 group; wherein R11 represents a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted, saturated or unsaturated, C1-C3 alkyl group, which may contain one or more sulfur, oxygen or nitrogen atoms; pharmaceutically acceptable salts of said compounds, their isomers and/or a mixture thereof; pharmaceutical composition comprising such a compound; the use of such a compound for preparing a drug intended to treat a genetic disease resulting from at least one mutation causing the occurrence of an early termination codon.
US08895723B2 Methods of preparing substituted nucleotide analogs
Disclosed herein are methods of preparing a phosphorothioate nucleotide analog, which are useful in treating diseases and/or conditions such as viral infections.
US08895722B2 Splice-region antisense composition and method
Antisense compositions targeted against an mRNA sequence coding for a selected protein, at a region having its 5′ end from 1 to about 25 base pairs downstream of a normal splice acceptor junction in the preprocessed mRNA, are disclosed. The antisense compound is RNase-inactive, and is preferably a phosphorodiamidate-linked morpholino oligonucleotide. Such targeting is effective to inhibit natural mRNA splice processing, produce splice variant mRNAs, and inhibit normal expression of the protein.
US08895716B2 Viral promoter, truncations thereof, and methods of use
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a promoter. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequence disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises stably incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to the promoter of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence.
US08895712B2 Artificial base pair capable of forming specific base pair
The present invention provides a double-stranded nucleic acid in which at least one nucleic acid strand includes an unnatural base that forms a self-complementary base pair or an unnatural base that forms a base pair with any natural base with substantially the same thermal stability. The present invention also provides a method of hybridizing a first nucleic acid strand with a second nucleic acid strand, wherein the first nucleic acid strand includes an unnatural base that forms a self-complementary base pair or an unnatural base that forms a base pair with any natural base with substantially the same thermal stability, and a method of applying the nucleic acid to SNP detection, a DNA chip, DNA/RNA computing, or an in vitro translation system. The present invention provides a method of introducing an unnatural base into a nucleic acid strand and thereby controlling the thermodynamic stability in hybridization of the nucleic acid strand.
US08895709B2 Isolation and purification of antibodies using protein A affinity chromatography
Disclosed herein are methods for the isolation and purification of antibodies wherein the use of an affinity chromatographic step results in an antibody composition sufficiently pure for pharmaceutical uses. The methods described herein comprise pH viral reduction/inactivation, ultrafiltration/diafiltration, affinity chromatography, preferably Protein A affinity, ion exchange chromatography, and hydrophobic chromatography. Further, the present invention is directed toward pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more antibodies of the present invention.
US08895706B2 Chromatography matrices including novel Staphylococcus aureus protein A based ligands
The present invention relates to chromatography matrices including ligands based on one or more domains of immunoglobulin-binding proteins such as, Staphylooccus aureus Protein A (SpA), as well as methods of using the same.
US08895702B2 Development of masked therapeutic antibodies to limit off-target effects; application to anti-EGFR antibodies
In one embodiment, a masked monoclonal antibody (mAb) is provided, the mAb, encoded by a nucleic acid sequence or an amino acid sequence molecule comprising a signal sequence, a masking epitope sequence, a linker sequence that is cleavable by a protease specific to a target tissue; and an antibody or a functional fragment thereof. In another embodiment, a cross-masked mAb heterodimer complex is provided, comprising a first masked mAb, comprising a first signal sequence, a first masking epitope sequence, a first linker that is cleavable by a protease specific to a target tissue, and a first antibody or fragment thereof; and a second masked mAb, comprising a second signal sequence, a second masking epitope sequence, a second linker that is cleavable by a protease specific to a target tissue, and a second antibody or fragment thereof.
US08895700B2 Monkey homolog of human interferon omega
Cytokine IFNω nucleic acids from the Cynomolgus monkey are useful for expression of IFNω proteins that are functional homologs of human IFNω. The nucleic acids and proteins produced therefrom are useful in screening and safety testing of IFNω, the generation and testing of IFNω modulators and related activities.
US08895696B1 Methods for forming peptides and peptide conjugates and peptides and peptide conjugates compositions formed thereby
Methods for building peptide chains containing sulfonyl modified amines at the N-terminus, or, within amino acid side chains, of a growing peptide in a solid-phase peptide synthesis are described. Further, compositions having a sulfonyl modified amine attached to the N-terminus, or within an amino acid side chain, of a polypeptide containing three or more amino acid residues are described.
US08895693B2 Electron-donating polymers and organic solar cells including the same
An electron-donating polymer including a repeating unit A with a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 1 and at least one of repeating units represented by Chemical Formulae 2-4.
US08895690B2 Copolymerized polyamide resin, method for producing same, resin composition, and molded article formed from the copolymerized polyamide resin or the resin composition
A copolyamide resin for molding including a diamine component which includes two or more diamines and a dicarboxylic acid component. The diamine component includes 70 mol % or more of a xylylenediamine which includes 20 mol % or more of p-xylylenediamine and the dicarboxylic acid component includes 70 mol % or more of a straight-chain aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 6 to 18 carbon atoms. The copolyamide resin contains particles having a major diameter of 50 μm or more in an amount of 1000 particles/g or less, the particles being made of a polyamide having a melting point higher than that of the copolyamide resin by 20° C. or more when measured by a differential scanning calorimetry. The copolyamide resin has very uniform and stable properties and is excellent in any of mechanical properties, heat resistance, chemical and physical properties, and molding properties. An efficient production method of the copolyamide resin, its resin composition, and its molded article are also described.
US08895684B2 Modified polymer compositions
The invention provides a first composition comprising at least the following: i) a modified polymer comprising at least one branched modified polymer macromolecule (b1) and at least one linear modified polymer macromolecule (a1), and wherein the at least one branched modified polymer macromolecule and the at least one linear modified polymer macromolecule each, independently, comprises at least one amine group selected from the group consisting of formulas (1A-1F), each as described above Formula 1A, Formula 1B, Formula 1C, Formula 1D, Formula 1E, Formula 1F, and combinations thereof; and wherein the at least one branched modified polymer macromolecule further comprises one of the structures (ib1-ib4) as described above, and the at least one linear modified polymer macromolecule further comprises one of the structures (iib1-iib2) as described above.
US08895681B2 Processes for preparing low molecular weight hexafluoropropylene-olefin cotelomers
Amorphous hydrofluoroolefin telomers are prepared by a free-radical polymerization process conducted at high temperature and pressure in the presence of non-monomeric chain transfer agent.
US08895680B2 Redox curing-type nonaqueous curable composition
The present invention relates to redox-curing type nonaqueous curable compositions having: at least one liquid radical polymeric monomer (a); an organic peroxide (b); and a powdered water-soluble reducing compound (c), where the powdered water-soluble reducing compound (c) is dispersed in the liquid radical polymeric monomer (a).
US08895676B2 Resin composition and display device using the same
The resin composition of the present invention is a resin composition characterized by including (a) a polyimide, a polybenzoxazole, a polyimide precursor or a polybenzoxazole precursor, (b) 1,5-dihydroxynaphthalene, 1,6-dihydroxynaphthalene, 1,7-dihydroxynaphthalene, or 2,3-dihydroxynaphthalene, and (c) a thermal cross-linking agent having a specific structure. By the use of the resin composition of the present invention, it is possible to reduce the transmittance in the visible region of a cured film while maintaining the transmittance of a resin film before curing.
US08895675B2 Block copolymer
A block copolymer comprising two or more of blocks of the following formula (1), wherein at least two of a plurality of m's present in the copolymer represent a number of 5 or more, Ar's in adjacent two blocks in the copolymer are mutually different, and the copolymer has two Ar's when composed of 2 blocks of the formula (1), has two or more Ar's when composed of 3 blocks of the formula (1) and has four or more Ar's when composed of 4 or more blocks of the formula (1): (in the formula (1), Ar represents a conjugative divalent group and represents the same divalent group in an identical block, and m represents a number of 1 or more showing the number average polymerization degree of Ar present in one block).
US08895673B2 Macromonomers for preparation of degradable polymers and model networks
The present invention relates to methods for preparing degradable model networks from any monomer functionality with any degradation methodology. It is based on the use of Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization and CLICK chemistry to form the desired product.
US08895672B2 Production of vinylidene-terminated and sulfide-terminated telechelic polyolefins via quenching with disulfides
Provided herein are methods for preparing vinylidene-terminated polyolefins. Further provided herein are sulfide-terminated polyolefins.
US08895671B2 Carbon nanotube containing rubber compositions
The present invention provides a vulcanizable composition containing a specific hydrogenated nitrile rubber, at least one cross-linking agent and carbon nanotubes, a process for preparing such composition and the use thereof for preparing vulcanizates. Said vulcanizates exhibit excellent heat performance, oil resistance and mechanical strength.
US08895667B2 Methods of making reversible crosslinked polymers and related methods
Methods are provided for making reversible crosslinked polymers. Exemplary methods comprise reacting first and second thermoplastic polymers having non-hindered olefins in the presence of a metathesis catalyst under conditions sufficient to form a crosslinked polymer. In certain embodiments, the methods comprise providing a crosslink promoting additive to improve the strength of the crosslinked polymer. In some embodiments, the methods comprise decrosslinking a crosslinked polymer through a metathesis or an ozonolysis reaction.
US08895665B2 Modified conjugated diene polymer and synthesis method thereof
Provided is a synthesis method of a modified conjugated diene polymer. Conjugated diene monomers are reacted in a reaction system. A modifier is added into the reaction system while the reaction proceeds to a predetermined extent. The modifier has a structure represented by formula (1): wherein R1-R11 each independently represent a C1-C5 alkyl group; 1≦m≦300; 0≦a≦65; 0≦b≦65; 0≦c≦40; 0
US08895663B2 Polycarbonate resin composition and molded article thereof
The present invention relates to a polycarbonate resin composition, comprising: a polycarbonate resin containing a structural unit derived from a dihydroxy compound having a moiety represented by the following formula (1) [provided that a case where the moiety represented by formula (1) is a moiety constituting —CH2—O—H is excluded]; and an elastomer composed of a core•shell structure, wherein a core layer of the elastomer is at least one member selected from the group consisting of an alkyl (meth)acrylate and a (meth)acrylic acid, and a polycarbonate resin molded article obtained by molding the polycarbonate resin composition: CH2—O  (1).
US08895662B2 Curable composition and method for manufacturing the same
A curable composition comprises the following: (A) a branched polymer having an average unit formula (I′): [(R″)2SiO2/2]a″[(CH2═CH)(R″)2SiO1/2]b″[R″SiO3/2]c″[O1/2Si(R″)2(CH2CH2)(R″)2SiO1/2]e″; (B) a branched organopolysiloxane having at least one silicon-bonded alkenyl group and having a siloxane unit of formula R4SiO3/2; (C) an organopolysiloxane having an average unit formula (II) being capped with H: (R52SiO2/2)f(R63SiO1/2)g(R7SiO3/2)h(SiO4/2)i(CH2CH2)j; and (D) a catalyst, wherein R″, R4 to R7, a″ to c″, e″ and f to j are as defined in the specification.
US08895661B2 Plastic lens
A plastic lens having excellent weather resistance, formed by polymerization of a composition containing a polyisocyanate compound having an aromatic ring and a polythiol compound is provided. The plastic lens is formed by polymerization of a composition that contains 100 parts by mass in total of (A) a polyisocyanate compound containing a polyisocyanate compound having an aromatic ring and (B) a polythiol compound, from 0.5 to 5.0 parts by mass of (C) a benzophenone compound having a hydroxyl group on at least the ortho position, and from 0.5 to 5.0 parts by mass of (D) a phenol compound.
US08895658B2 Grafted pigment dispersing polymeric additive and paint employing the same with improved hiding
The present invention relates to a grafted pigment dispersing polymeric additive for opacifying pigments, prepared by polymerizing monomers in the presence of a polymeric pigment dispersant. The polymeric pigment dispersant has low molecular weight, high acid number and is dissolvable in alkali solution. When incorporated into paint compositions, hiding is improved with less opacifying pigments.
US08895657B2 Vinyl chloride resin aggregate particles, process for producing same, and glove obtained using same
The present invention provides: vinyl chloride-based resin aggregate particles that can be produced through a heat treatment while inhibiting scale formation within a vessel for the heat treatment and that provide a plastisol with non-infiltrating property and a satisfactory sagging property; a process for producing the particles; and a glove obtained using the particles. The vinyl chloride-based resin aggregated particles are obtained by flocculating a vinyl chloride-based resin through a two-stage heat treatment consisting of a primary heat treatment and a secondary heat treatment.
US08895653B2 Acrylic adhesive composition, and pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet employing the same
There is provided an acrylic adhesive composition which comprises: (A) a vinyl polymer comprising a homopolymer or a copolymer of an alkyl (meth)acrylate having a C4 to C14 alkyl group; (B) an organophilic layered double hydroxide organically treated with an organic anion; and (C) a crosslinking agent. Therefore the obtained adhesive composition has sufficient adhesiveness to an object, excellent heat resistance and excellent adhesive properties particularly at higher temperatures, and is substantially free from variations in adhesiveness.
US08895650B2 Phthalate-free isocyanurate formulations
The present invention relates to novel low-monomer low-viscosity high-activity formulations composed of isocyanurate containing isocyanate groups, exclusively based on 2,4-diisocyanatotoluene and phthalate-free plasticizers, to the use thereof as adhesion promoters with improved adhesion for coating compositions based on plasticized polyvinyl chloride, and to coatings and coated substrates.
US08895646B2 Pigment dispersion and method for producing resin-treated pigment in the pigment dispersion
Disclosed are a resin-treated pigment characterized in that the resin-treated pigment comprises a pigment and a polymer of an unsaturated bond-containing monomer, a weight ratio of the pigment to the polymer (pigment:polymer) is from 50 to 95 to from 5 to 50, and the polymer is a block copolymer comprising from 5 to 70 mass % of an addition-polymerizable monomer having a UV-absorbing group; a production process of the resin-treated pigment; and a pigment dispersion using the resin-treated pigment.
US08895645B2 Polymer-modified asphalt compositions
A modified-asphalt composition prepared by introducing a diene end-capped block copolymer with a molten asphalt composition, where the block copolymer is defined by the formula α-(D-V-d)x where each D is independently a polydiene block, each V is independently a vinyl aromatic block, each d is a polydiene end cap, α is a coupling moiety, and x is an integer from 2 to 10.
US08895642B2 Buoyancy control material for subsea main pipelines and high-density buoyancy control material for subsea main pipelines
The buoyancy control material for subsea main pipelines and high-density buoyancy control material for subsea main pipelines are suggested predominantly for use while manufacturing pipes for subsea pipeline installations. Creation of a buoyancy control material with a density greater than 2800 kg/m3 and the required mobility is an engineering problem solved by this invention. The buoyancy control material for subsea main pipelines contains cement, filler, plasticizing agent and water.
US08895638B2 Ultraviolet ray curable ink jet composition and printed object
An ultraviolet ray curable ink jet composition of the present invention is characterized by being adapted to be ejected using an ink jet method and containing: a polymerizable compound; metal particles subjected to a surface treatment; and a substance A having a partial structure represented by the following formula (1), where R1 is a hydrogen atom, an oxygen radical, a hydrocarbon group or an alkoxy group, and each of R2, R3, R4 and R5 is independently a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group.
US08895632B2 Anthracene derivative, compound obtained therefrom, composition, cured product, and process for producing same
An object of the invention is to provide an anthracene derivative having characteristics peculiar to anthracene such as e.g., high carbon density, high melting point, high refractive index and fluorescent properties for ultraviolet rays, etc., and reaction diversity that results from the bisphenol structure, and a process for producing the same. Disclosed is an anthracene derivative represented by the following general formula (1): in the formula (1), X and Y each independently represent a hydroxyaryl group. The aforementioned X and Y are preferably a hydroxyphenyl group. In addition, the anthracene derivative can be produced by a process including allowing at least one compound selected from phenols and anthracene-9-carboaldehyde to react in the presence of an oxygen-containing inert organic solvent and an acid catalyst.
US08895630B2 Non-ionic associative thickeners containing alkyl cyclohexylols, formulations containing them and their uses
New associative thickeners of the HEUR type (Hydrophobically modified Ethylene oxide URethane) whose hydrophobic monomer is based on alkyl cyclohexylols. These are new polyurethanes that allow a broad thickening of a medium shear gradient aqueous formulation while limiting the increase in the low shear gradient viscosity. The invention also concerns the compositions containing them and their uses in different formulations such as aqueous paints.
US08895628B2 Compositions comprising a retinoid and an NFkB-inhibitor and their methods of use
A composition including a retinoid, an NFκB-inhibitor, and a cosmetically-acceptable topical carrier is provided. Methods of treating the skin are also provided.
US08895627B2 Method to elicit tomato resistance to fungal disease
The present invention provides an essential oil containing cineole for eliciting tomato resistance to disease by fungal infection. The present invention also provides a method to elicit tomato resistance to disease by fungal infection.
US08895625B2 Protective effect of thymoquinone in sepsis
The present invention refers to thymoquinone, a main constituent of the volatile oil of Nigella sativa, and its protective effect against sepsis syndrome morbidity, mortality and associated organ dysfunctions. In particular, the present invention refers to thymoquinone for use in the prevention and/or treatment of sepsis syndrome. The present invention further refers to a pharmaceutical composition and a kit.
US08895616B1 Composition and method for treating neurological disease
Disclosed are compositions comprising amantadine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and one or more excipients, wherein at least one of the excipients modifies release of amantadine. Methods of administering the same are also provided.
US08895612B2 Methods and compositions for administration of iron
The present invention generally relates to treatment of iron-related conditions with iron carbohydrate complexes. One aspect of the invention is a method of treatment of iron-related conditions with a single unit dosage of at least about 0.6 grams of elemental iron via an iron carbohydrate complex. The method generally employs iron carbohydrate complexes with nearly neutral pH, physiological osmolarity, and stable and non-immunogenic carbohydrate components so as to rapidly administer high single unit doses of iron intravenously to patients in need thereof.
US08895609B2 Methods for treating attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
The invention is directed to a method of treating attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a subject, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a carbamoyl compound, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US08895607B2 Inhibitors of the amino acid transporters ASCT1 and ASCT2
The present invention relates to a compound of Formula (I) or (II) or a salt thereof, wherein R is described herein. The compounds are novel hydroxy-proline analog inhibitors of the ASCT1 and ASCT2 neutral amino acid transporters.
US08895606B2 Proline sulfonamide derivatives as orexin receptor antagonists
The present invention relates to (S)-proline sulfonamide compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 are as described in the description, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for use in the prevention or treatment of diseases or disorders related to the orexin system. The present invention also relates to the use of (S)-proline sulfonamide compounds of formula (II) as pharmaceuticals, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula (II), and especially their use in the prevention or treatment of diseases or disorders related to the orexin system.
US08895603B2 Crystalline forms of a dipeptidyl peptidase-IV inhibitor
Novel crystalline forms of (2R,3S,5R)-2-(2,5-Difluorophenyl)-5-[2-(methylsulfonyl)-2,6-dihydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrazol-5(4H)-yl]tetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-amine are potent inhibitors of dipeptidyl peptidase-IV and are useful for the treatment of non-insulin dependent (Type 2) diabetes mellitus. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these novel forms, processes to prepare these forms and their pharmaceutical compositions as well as uses thereof for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes.
US08895602B1 6-pyrazolylamido-3-substituted azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane compounds as calcium channel inhibitors
The present invention relates to a 6-pyrazolylamido-3-substituted azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane derivatives useful as calcium channel blockers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and medical use of the calcium channel inhibiting effect of the compounds for treatment of diseases.
US08895601B2 Pyrazolyl quinoxaline kinase inhibitors
The invention relates to new quinoxaline derivative compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, to processes for the preparation of said compounds and to the use of said compounds in the treatment of diseases, e.g. cancer.
US08895599B2 Lipoprotein lipase-activating compositions comprising benzene derivates
The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions containing benzene compound(s) represented by General Formula (1) below and, particularly, LPL-activating compositions for use in hyperlipidemia therapeutic and preventive agents, anti-obesity agents, and the like: wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the specification.
US08895592B2 Compounds as cannabinoid receptor ligands
Disclosed herein are cannabinoid receptor ligands of formula (I) wherein L1, A1, R1g, z, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined in the specification. Compositions comprising such compounds and methods for treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions are also presented.
US08895591B2 Tricyclic compound and pharmaceutical use thereof
The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula which is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of diseases related to the action of melatonin, or a salt thereof and the like.
US08895589B2 Pyridinyl amides as P2X3 and P2X2/3 inhibitors
Compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein, R1 is optionally substituted phenyl or optionally substituted pyridinyl, and R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 and R9 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using the compounds for treating diseases associated with P2X3 and/or a P2X2/3 receptor antagonists and methods of making the compounds.
US08895587B2 Insecticidal compounds based on arylthioacetamide derivatives
The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, G1, n, A1, A2, A3, A4, Y1, Y2, and Y3 are as defined in the claims. The invention also relates to processes and intermediates for preparing these compounds, to insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal and molluscicidal compositions comprising these compounds and to methods of using these compounds to control insect, acarine, nematode and mollusc pests.
US08895585B2 Nicotinamide derivative or salt thereof
An object of the present invention is to provide to a compound and a pharmaceutical composition, which have excellent Syk-inhibitory activity. The present invention provides a nicotinamide derivative represented by the following formula (I) (wherein R1 represents a halogen atom; R2 represents a C1-12 alkyl group, a C2-12 alkenyl group, a C2-12 alkynyl group, a C3-8 cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an ar-C1-6 alkyl group or a heterocyclic group, each optionally having at least one substituent; R3 represents an aryl group or a heterocyclic group each optionally having at least one substituent; and R4 and R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom; and R2 and R4 may form a cyclic amino group optionally having at least one substituent together with the nitrogen atom to which they bind) or a salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition for use in the treatment of a Syk-related disease which comprises the nicotinamide derivative or a salt thereof.
US08895571B2 Isoindolinone and pyrrolopyridinone derivatives as Akt inhibitors
The present invention provides isoindolinone and pyrrolopyridinone derivatives, as well as their compositions and methods of use, that inhibit the activity of the serine/threonine kinase, Akt, and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to the activity of Akt including, for example, cancer and other diseases.
US08895570B2 Purine derivatives
The invention provides the compound of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compound and the use of the compound in therapy.
US08895568B2 Compositions comprising substituted pteridines as agrochemicals
The present disclosure relates to 1- or 2-(4-(aryloxy)-phenyl)ethylamino-oxy- or sulfanyl) pteridines and 1- or 2-(4 Jheteroaryloxy)-phenyl)ethylamino-, oxy- or sulfanyl)pteridines and their use as agrochemicals and animal health products. The disclosure provides compounds of Formula (I-A) and Formula (I-B).
US08895565B2 Heterocyclic compound and use of the same
Provided is a compound represented by general formula (6) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. (In the formula, R1 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl group; R2 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl group; R3 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, or a C1-6 haloalkyl group.)
US08895564B2 Biguanide derivative compound
Provided is a novel compound which simultaneously inhibits both NMDA receptors and ASIC1a, which are associated with neurodegenerative disease and so on, and thus is useful for the prevention and treatment of various nervous system diseases. A biguanide derivative represented by the following general formula (1), a salt thereof, or a hydrate of the derivative or the salt: wherein, X1 represents a halogen atom, R1 represents an alkyl group, an optionally substituted aryl group, or an optionally substituted aralkyl group.
US08895563B2 Human protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibitors and methods of use
The present disclosure relates to compounds effective as human protein tyrosine phosphatase beta (HPTP-β) inhibitors thereby regulating angiogenesis. The present disclosure further relates to compositions comprising said human protein tyrosine phosphatase beta (HPTP-β) inhibitors, and to methods for regulating angiogenesis.
US08895557B2 Pharmaceutical formulations of ecteinascidin compounds
Ecteinascidin formulations, methods of preparing the same, articles of manufacture and kits with such formulations, and methods of treating proliferative diseases with the same formulations are provided.
US08895555B2 Methods of treating intestinal diseases and inflammatory conditions related to HIV-AIDS
Provided herein are methods of treating intestinal diseases or inflammatory conditions, including HIV-AIDS, in which oxidative stress is a triggering or exacerbating factor by administering GVT to a patient suffering from the condition such that the condition is treated.
US08895549B2 Aminoalcohol substituted 2,3-dihydroimidazo[1,2-c]quinazoline derivatives useful for treating hyper-proliferative disorders and diseases associated with angiogenesis
This invention relates to novel 2,3-dihydroimidazo[1,2-c]quinazoline compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and the use of those compounds or compositions for phosphotidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) inhibition and treating diseases associated with phosphotidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) activity, in particular treating hyper-proliferative and/or angiogenesis disorders, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.
US08895547B2 Substituted phenyl-oxathiazine derivatives, method for producing them, drugs containing said compounds and the use thereof
The invention relates to the compounds of formula (I) and to the physiologically acceptable salts thereof. Said compounds are suitable e.g. for the treatment of hyperglycemia.
US08895545B2 Acrylamide derivatives as Fab I inhibitors
In part, the present invention is directed to antibacterial compounds.
US08895541B2 Methods for inhibiting the development of huntington's disease
This invention relates to Huntington's disease and more specifically to methods for inhibiting the development of or treating Huntington's disease by administering estrogen, testosterone, precursors thereof or combinations thereof.
US08895540B2 Local intraosseous administration of bone forming agents and anti-resorptive agents, and devices therefor
This invention relates to local administration of a bone-forming agent and at least one anti-resorptive agent to treat osteoporosis and related disorders.
US08895539B2 Pregnancy hormone combination for treatment of autoimmune diseases
The present invention relates to pregnancy hormone combinations and methods of treatment for autoimmune diseases having at least two hormonal components, a pregnancy hormone (such as estriol), and a gestagen (such as levonorgestrel or norethindrone) thereby providing for the continuous, uninterrupted administration of pregnancy hormones for the treatment for autoimmune disorders, such as multiple sclerosis.
US08895535B2 Pyrrolidinones as MetAP-2 inhibitors
Compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2, R3 and R4 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are inhibitors of methionine aminopeptidase and can be employed for the treatment of tumors.
US08895531B2 2′-fluoronucleoside phosphonates as antiviral agents
The present invention includes compounds and compositions of ®-2′-fluoronucleoside phosphonates, as well as methods to treat HIV, HBV, HCV or abnormal cellular proliferation comprising administering said compounds or compositions.
US08895528B2 Treatment of atonal homolog 1 (ATOH1) related diseases by inhibition of natural antisense transcript to ATOH1
The present invention relates to antisense oligonucleotides that modulate the expression of and/or function of Atonal homolog 1 (ATOH1), in particular, by targeting natural antisense polynucleotides of Atonal homolog 1 (ATOH1). The invention also relates to the identification of these antisense oligonucleotides and their use in treating diseases and disorders associated with the expression of ATOH1.
US08895525B2 Preventing hyaluronan-mediated tumorigenetic mechanisms using intronic RNAs
Patterns of microRNA (miRNA) expression are correlated to the degrees of tumor cell differentiation in human prostate cancer. MiRNAs can complementarily bind to either oncogenes or tumor suppressor genes, resulting in targeted gene silencing and thus changes of cellular tumorigenecity. Using miRNA microarray analysis, 8 down-regulated and 3 up-regulated known miRNAs in androgen-independent human prostate cancer cell lines, such as LNCaP C4-2B and PC3, compared to those androgen-dependent cell lines, such as LNCaP and PC3-AR9 were consistently detected. Fluorescent in-situ hybridization assays in human prostate cancer tissue arrays containing sixty patients at different stages also showed the same miRNA expression patterns in hormone-refractory prostate carcinomas (HRPC) compared to androgen-sensitive non-cancerous prostate epithelium. In-vitro tumorigenecity assays using one of the identified miRNAs, mir-146a, were performed to provide validation of its function in prostate cancer. Gain-of-function transfection of mir-146a markedly suppressed its targeted ROCK1 gene expression in androgen-independent PC3 cells, consequently resulting in reduced cancer cell proliferation, invasion and metastasis to human bone marrow endothelial cell monolayers. Since ROCK1 is the key kinase for activating hyaluronan-mediated HRPC transformation in vivo and in PC3 cells, mir-146a should function as a tumor-suppressor gene in modulating the ROCK1-associated tumorigenecity.
US08895523B2 Use of antisense oligonucleotides against CPLA2 in the treatment of cancer
Inhibitors of cPLA2α expression are used in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for the inhibition of cancer cell proliferation and for the treatment of cancer; the inhibitors are selected from cPLA2α-specific ribozymes, RNA sequences usable for RNA-interference of the cPLA2α gene, and antisense oligonucleotides directed against cPLA2α.
US08895522B2 Composition and method for the prevention, treatment and/or alleviation of an inflammatory disease
A method for enhancing the clinical responsiveness to an anti-inflammatory therapy in a patient afflicted with an inflammatory condition, comprising administering an oligonucleotide having the sequence 5′-Xm-CG-Yn-3′ in an effective amount to said patient, and wherein X is A, T, C or G; Y is A, T, C or G; m=1-40; n=1-40 and wherein at least one CG dinucleotide is unmethylated. The invention also encompasses the use of such an oligonucleotide for the manufacture of a medicament for enhancing steroid efficacy in the treatment of a patient afflicted with an inflammatory condition.
US08895521B2 Methods and compositions for the treatment of uveitis
Pharmaceutical compositions are disclosed that are of use for the treatment of uveitis. These compositions include a suppressive oligonucleotide. These compositions including an immunosuppressive oligonucleotide can be used for the treatment of uveitis, including anterior, posterior, and diffuse uveitis.
US08895520B2 Method for treating a human patent suffering from Myeloid Neoplasias using 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide
A method of treatment of a human patient suffering from myeloid neoplasias, includes administrating a therapeutically effective amount of 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide (acadesine), acadesine precursors or acadesine derivatives.
US08895517B2 Pesticidal composition and its use
A composition comprising a carboxamide compound represented by following formula (I), wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R2 represents a methyl group, a difluoromethyl group or a trifluoromethyl group, and abamectin is provided by the present invention, and this composition has an excellent pesticidal effect.
US08895512B2 Composition for improving brain function and method for improving brain function
The present invention provides a composition which may be ingested orally in a small dose for the purpose of improving brain function, and a method for improving brain function. The present invention is a composition for improving brain function, comprising, as an active ingredient, Phe-Pro.
US08895511B2 Use of sarcoplasmic CA2+-ATPase type 2 protein for diagnosing and treating learning or mental disorders
The present invention embraces methods for the diagnosis and treatment of learning or mental disorders, as well as the identification of agents useful in the treatment of such disorders based upon the identified involvement of Sarcoplasmic Ca2+-ATPase type 2 Protein in synaptic plasticity and neurotransmitter release in 22q11 deletion/DiGeorge Syndrome.
US08895506B2 Protein stabilization formulations
The present invention is directed to stabilizing Bone Morphogenetic Protein in various lyophilized formulations and compositions. The present invention comprises formulations primarily including trehalose as an excipient for lyophilized compositions and their subsequent storage and reconstitution, and can also optionally include other excipients, including buffers and surfactants.
US08895505B2 Method of treatment of type 2 diabetes
Provided is a method of treating type 2 diabetes in a subject, comprising administering a polypeptide comprising thymosin, or an active fragment or variant thereof, preferably comprising or consisting of the peptide LKKTETQ (SEQ ID NO: 1).
US08895504B2 Amylin derivatives
Amylin derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing such derivatives, as well as methods of treating diabetes and hyperglycaemia are disclosed.
US08895501B2 Eye-drop vaccine containing copolymer 1 for therapeutic immunization
The invention provides an eye-drop vaccine for therapeutic immunization of a mammal comprising Copolymer 1, a Copolymer 1-related peptide, or a Copolymer 1-related polypeptide, for treating neuronal degeneration caused by an injury or disease, disorder or condition in the central nervous system (CNS) or peripheral nervous system (PNS), for preventing or inhibiting neuronal secondary degeneration which may otherwise follow primary injury in the CNS, for promoting nerve regeneration in the CNS or in the PNS after an injury, disease, disorder or condition or for protecting CNS and PNS cells from glutamate toxicity.
US08895499B2 β-hairpin peptidomimetics
β-Hairpin peptidomimetics of the general formula Cyclo(-Xaa1-Xaa2-Xaa3-Xaa4-Xaa5-Xaa6-Xaa7-Xaa8-Xaa9-Xaa10-Xaa11-Xaa12-Xaa13-Xaa14-), enantiomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, with Xaa1-Xaa14 being amino acid residues of certain types which are defined in the description and the claims, have anti-infective activity, e.g. to selectively inhibit the growth of or to kill microorganisms such as Bacillus subtilis and/or Shigella boydii. They can be used as medicaments to treat or prevent infections or as disinfectants for foodstuffs, cosmetics, medicaments or other nutrient-containing materials. These peptidomimetics can be manufactured by a process which is based on a mixed solid- and solution phase synthetic strategy.
US08895492B2 Dilutable concentrated cleaning composition comprising a divalent metal salt
This application relates to a dilutable aqueous liquid cleaning composition, typically a dishwashing liquid, which comprises a plurality of surfactants, the surfactants including surfactant active components comprising from greater than 30% to up to 55% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, wherein the composition has a viscosity of 100 to 500 mPas as measured at 25° C., and the composition is dilutable with water to form a non-gelling diluted composition having up to six times the volume of the undiluted composition and a viscosity within the range of 100 to 1600 mPas as measured at 25° C. at any dilution up to the six times dilution.
US08895491B2 Concentrated cleaning compositions and their use
The present disclosure relates to a concentrated acidic floor cleaner and methods of using it to clean floors. The concentrated acidic floor cleaner can be diluted to form a use solution that is effective at removing polymerized grease, including animal and vegetable fats and non-trans fats, and other soils from floors. The use solution is especially useful for cleaning floors in commercial kitchens of full service and quick service restaurants and is effective on a variety of floors, including quarry tile.
US08895488B2 Sliding structural members
A sliding structural member is provided which achieves a good low frictional property. A DLC film 2 containing hydrogen is provided on one member 11 between members sliding against each other, and the one member and a counterpart member 12 are combined in such a way that the DLC film 2 provided on the one member 11 slides against the counterpart member via a lubricant 3 to which organic molybdenum compound and compound containing zinc and sulfur are added as an additive. A root mean square roughness of a surface of the DLC film 2 is set in a range from 5 nm or more to 25 nm or less, and hydrogen content of the DLC film 2 is set in a range from 4.5 at % (atomic %) or more to 30 at % or less.
US08895487B2 Cement composition containing an additive of a pozzolan and a strength retrogression inhibitor
A cement composition comprises: cement; water; and an additive, wherein the additive is a pozzolan and a strength-retrogression inhibitor, and wherein a mixture consisting essentially of: the additive; water; and a source of calcium develops a compressive strength of at least 500 psi at a time of 24 hours, a temperature of 190° F., and a pressure of 3,000 psi. A method of cementing in a subterranean formation comprises: introducing the cement composition into the subterranean formation and allowing the cement composition to set. The compressive strength of the test cement composition consisting essentially of: the cement; the water; and the additive at a final time of 72 hours has a percent change greater than −5% from the compressive strength of the test cement composition at an initial time of 24 hours when tested at a temperature of 300° F. and a pressure of 3,000 psi.
US08895486B2 Methods and compositions comprising cement kiln dust having an altered particle size
Methods and compositions are disclosed that comprise cement kiln dust having a mean particle size that has been altered. An embodiment discloses a method of preparing cement kiln dust comprising: providing cement kiln dust having an original particle size; and altering the mean particle size of the cement kiln dust from the original size by grinding, separating, or a combination thereof. Another embodiment discloses a well treatment fluid comprising: cement kiln dust having a mean particle size that has been altered from its original size by grinding, separating, or a combination thereof; and water.
US08895484B2 Use of biphenyl, terphenyl, and fluorene sulphonic acid based tracers for monitoring streams of fluids
Biphenylmono- and polysulphonic acids and salts thereof, fluorenemono- and polysulphonic acids and salts thereof as well as p-terphenylmono- and polysulphonic acids and salts thereof may be used successfully as tracers for surveying, monitoring and/or measuring movements of aqueous fluids in aqueous and/or non-aqueous media. Said substances are especially suited for surveying or monitoring movements of fluids in oil wells or reservoirs as well as for fluid movements in hydrothermal reservoirs.
US08895483B2 Disproportionate permeability reduction using a viscoelastic surfactant
The invention discloses a method of for changing the water permeability of a subterranean formation of a well, the method comprising: providing a fluid comprising a liquid carrier and a viscoelastic surfactant; introducing the fluid into the well; and contacting the fluid and the subterranean formation wherein the action of the liquid carrier and the viscoelastic surfactant is able to change the water permeability of the subterranean formation. The fluid may further comprise methanol, or a salt which can be embodied within the carrier fluid. Advantageously, no further RPM polymer is used. In a first aspect the method is used for reducing the amount of water produced, in as second aspect for improving the oil recovery.
US08895478B2 Degradable polymer compositions and uses thereof
The invention relates to novel polymers derived from: (A) at least one N-vinyl amide-based unit and/or at least one acrylamide-based unit, and (B) at least one unit comprising: (i) at least one hydroxyl group, and/or (ii) at least one functional group convertible to a hydroxyl group wherein at least one group is converted to hydroxyl functionality in the final polymer product, wherein the polymer comprises at least one ester group. The polymers and compositions are used in oilfield applications, such as an inhibitor of gas hydrates and/or a kinetic inhibitor of gas hydrates. The polymer can assume alternating, block, and/or random configurations of the repeating units, with at least one ester group.
US08895476B2 Thermal insulating fluids
Aqueous and substantially anhydrous fluids having particularly low thermal conductivities and variable densities are disclosed. The fluids include: one or more organic and/or inorganic salts and at least one aprotic polar organic solvent, a mixture of aprotic and protic polar organic solvents, and/or a polar organic solvent having both protic and aprotic polar functional group linkages. The fluids optionally include one or more viscosifying agents and are free of cross-linking agents. Methods for formulating and using the fluids are also disclosed.
US08895475B2 Focused libraries of genetic packages
Focused libraries of vectors or genetic packages that display, display and express, or comprise a member of a diverse family of antibody peptides, polypeptides or proteins and collectively display, display and express, or comprise at least a portion of the focused diversity of the family. The libraries have length and sequence diversities that mimic that found in native human antibodies.
US08895474B2 Herbicidally active cyclopentanediones and derivatives thereof, and their use in controlling weeds
Compounds of Formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as herbicides.
US08895473B2 Aqueous composition for raising antioxidant enzyme activities and enhancing cell membrane-stability in plants exposed to low temperature
Present invention provides an aqueous composition made from selected biochemical substances that will help with the low temperature tolerance of plants and thus to avoid “chilling injury” and to promote better recovery from such injury, when the solution is applied to crop plants prior to the arrival of cold snap or period of low temperature.
US08895469B2 Alumina support, a process for preparing the support, a silver catalyst prepared from the support, and use thereof
An alumina support comprises alpha-alumina as the main crystal phase of its backbone, and having a specific surface area of no higher than 3.0 m2/g, a pore volume ranging from 0.3 ml/g to 0.8 ml/g, an alkaline earth metal content ranging from 0.05% to 2.0% by weight of the support, wherein the support has such properties that treating the support with an aqueous oxalic acid solution having a concentration ranging from 0.4% to 2.0% by weight and having twice the weight of the support for 30 minutes can produce a leach liquor having an aluminum content of no higher than 60 μg/mL, a sodium content of no higher than 20 μg/mL, and a silicon content of no higher than 40 μg/mL. Processes for preparing the alumina support, silver catalysts comprising the alumina support, and methods of preparing ethylene oxide by ethylene oxidation using the silver catalyst are also disclosed herein.
US08895457B2 Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and substrate processing apparatus
To provide a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: forming a thin film different from a silicon oxide film on a substrate by supplying a processing gas into a processing vessel in which the substrate is housed; removing a deposit including the thin film adhered to an inside of the processing vessel by supplying a fluorine-containing gas into the processing vessel after executing forming the thin film prescribed number of times; and forming a silicon oxide film having a prescribed film thickness on the inside of the processing vessel by alternately supplying a silicon-containing gas, and an oxygen-containing gas and a hydrogen-containing gas into the heated processing vessel in which a pressure is set to be less than an atmospheric pressure after removing the deposit.
US08895455B2 Method for manufacturing semiconductor device and substrate processing apparatus
To form an insulating film with extremely low concentration of impurities such as carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, chlorine, etc in a film. There are provided the steps of forming a specific element-containing layer on a substrate by supplying source gas containing a specific element into a processing container in which the substrate is accommodated; changing the specific element-containing layer into a nitride layer, by activating and supplying gas containing nitrogen into the processing container; and changing the nitride layer into an oxide layer or an oxynitride layer, by activating and supplying gas containing oxygen into the processing container; with this cycle set as one cycle and performed for at least one or more times.
US08895454B2 Etching method of multilayer film
In an etching method of a multilayer film including a first oxide film and a second oxide film, a high frequency power in etching an organic film is set to be higher than those in etching a first and second oxide films, and high frequency bias powers in the etching of the first and second oxide films are set to be higher than that in the etching of the organic film. In the etching of the first and second oxide films and the organic film, a magnetic field is generated such that horizontal magnetic field components in a radial direction with respect to a central axis line of a target object have an intensity distribution having a peak value at a position far from the central axis line, and a position of the peak value in the etching of the organic film is closer to the central axis line.
US08895450B2 Low resistivity tungsten PVD with enhanced ionization and RF power coupling
Embodiments described herein provide a semiconductor device and methods and apparatuses of forming the same. The semiconductor device includes a substrate having a source and drain region and a gate electrode stack on the substrate between the source and drain regions. In one embodiment, the method includes positioning a substrate within a processing chamber, wherein the substrate includes a source and drain region, a gate dielectric layer between the source and drain regions, and a conductive film layer on the gate dielectric layer. The method also includes depositing a refractory metal nitride film layer on the conductive film layer, depositing a silicon-containing film layer on the refractory metal nitride film layer, and depositing a tungsten film layer on the silicon-containing film layer.
US08895447B2 Semiconductor hole structure
A first dielectric layer is formed over a substrate. A second dielectric layer is formed over the first dielectric layer. A first opening is formed in the second dielectric layer. A second opening is formed in the first dielectric layer.
US08895442B2 Cobalt titanium oxide dielectric films
Electronic apparatus and methods of forming the electronic apparatus include cobalt titanium oxide on a substrate for use in a variety of electronic systems. The cobalt titanium oxide may be structured as one or more monolayers. The cobalt titanium oxide may be formed by a monolayer by monolayer sequencing process such as atomic layer deposition.
US08895441B2 Methods and materials for anchoring gapfill metals
One aspect of the present invention includes a method of fabricating an electronic device. According to one embodiment, the method comprises providing a substrate having dielectric oxide surface areas adjacent to electrically conductive surface areas, chemically bonding an anchor compound with the dielectric oxide surface areas so as to form an anchor layer, initiating the growth of a metal using the electrically conductive surface areas and growing the metal so that the anchor layer also bonds with the metal. The anchor compound has at least one functional group capable of forming a chemical bond with the oxide surface and has at least one functional group capable of forming a chemical bond with the metal. Another aspect of the present invention is an electronic device. A third aspect of the present invention is a solution comprising the anchor compound.
US08895438B2 Method for forming a multi-level surface on a substrate with areas of different wettability and a semiconductor device having the same
The invention relates to a method 10 for forming a multi-level surface on a substrate 2, wherein said surface comprises areas of different wettability, the method comprising the step (A, B) of applying a multi-level stamp to the substrate for forming the multi-level surface, said multi-level stamp having different structural regions 1a arranged along the multi-level surface for locally altering wettability properties of at least a portion of a level of the multi-level surface 2a, 2b. The invention further relates to a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device.
US08895436B2 Implementing enhanced power supply distribution and decoupling utilizing TSV exclusion zone
Methods and structures implement enhanced power supply distribution and decoupling utilizing Through-Silicon-Via (TSV) exclusion zone areas for contacting one or more metal wiring layers on a semiconductor chip. A first wiring level in the TSV exclusion zone area includes a first wiring shape having a first hole of a first diameter. A dielectric includes second hole of a second diameter larger than the first diameter is provided above the first wiring level concentric with the first hole. A via hole extends through the first and second holes and an etch is performed to expose a top surface portion of the first wiring shape. A thin oxide is grown over the entire bore of the hole; an anisotropic etch is provided to remove horizontal portions of the thin oxide, exposing wiring shapes. The via hole is filled with a selected material to make TSV electrical connection to the exposed wiring shape.
US08895435B2 Polysilicon layer and method of forming the same
The method of forming a polysilicon layer is provided. A first polysilicon layer with a first grain size is formed on a substrate. A second polysilicon layer with a second grain size is formed on the first polysilicon layer. The first grain size is smaller than the second grain size. The first polysilicon layer with a smaller grain size can serve as a base for the following deposition, so that the second polysilicon layer formed thereon has a flatter topography, and thus, the surface roughness is reduced and the Rs uniformity within a wafer is improved.
US08895434B2 Replacement metal gate structure for CMOS device
A method of fabricating a replacement metal gate structure for a CMOS device including forming a dummy gate structure on an nFET portion and a pFET portion of the CMOS device; depositing an interlayer dielectric between the dummy gate structures; removing the dummy gate structures from the nFET and pFET portions, resulting in a recess on the nFET portion and a recess on the pFET portion; conformally depositing a gate dielectric into the recesses on the nFET and pFET portions; depositing sequential layers of a first titanium nitride, tantalum nitride and a second titanium nitride into the recesses on the nFET and pFET portions; removing the second layer of titanium nitride from the nFET portion only; depositing a third layer of titanium nitride into the recesses on the nFET and pFET portions; and filling the remainder of the cavity on the nFET and pFET portions with a metal.
US08895432B2 Method of fabricating a self-aligned buried bit line for a vertical channel DRAM
A method of fabricating a self-aligned buried bit line in a structure which makes up a portion of a vertical channel DRAM. The materials and processes used enable self-alignment of elements of the buried bit line during the fabrication process. In addition, the materials and processes used enable for formation of individual DRAM cells which have a buried bit line width which is 16 nm or less.
US08895427B2 Substrate having a transparent electrode and method for producing the same
A zinc oxide transparent electroconductive oxide has been difficult to use as a substrate having a transparent electrode because the oxide, when configured as a thin film, because of increased resistivity due to air and/or moisture exposure. Though doping can inhibit increase of resistance to some extent, there has been difficulty in selecting a type and an amount of a doping substance and because doping causes high initial resistance. A substrate having a transparent electrode with stable resistivity against various environments is produced by a magnetron sputtering method using a target composed of a zinc oxide transparent electroconductive oxide containing 0.50 to 2.75% silicon dioxide by weight relative to the oxide.
US08895423B2 Method for making semiconductor diodes with low reverse bias currents
A diode is described with a III-N material structure, an electrically conductive channel in the III-N material structure, two terminals, wherein a first terminal is an anode adjacent to the III-N material structure and a second terminal is a cathode in ohmic contact with the electrically conductive channel, and a dielectric layer over at least a portion of the anode. The anode comprises a first metal layer adjacent to the III-N material structure, a second metal layer, and an intermediary electrically conductive structure between the first metal layer and the second metal layer. The intermediary electrically conductive structure reduces a shift in an on-voltage or reduces a shift in reverse bias current of the diode resulting from the inclusion of the dielectric layer. The diode can be a high voltage device and can have low reverse bias currents.
US08895416B2 Semiconductor device PN junction fabrication using optical processing of amorphous semiconductor material
Systems and methods for semiconductor device PN junction fabrication are provided. In one embodiment, a method for fabricating an electrical device having a P-N junction comprises: depositing a layer of amorphous semiconductor material onto a crystalline semiconductor base, wherein the crystalline semiconductor base comprises a crystalline phase of a same semiconductor as the amorphous layer; and growing the layer of amorphous semiconductor material into a layer of crystalline semiconductor material that is epitaxially matched to the lattice structure of the crystalline semiconductor base by applying an optical energy that penetrates at least the amorphous semiconductor material.
US08895415B1 Tensile stressed doped amorphous silicon
The method and apparatus disclosed herein relate to preparing a stack structure for an electronic device on a semiconductor substrate. A particularly beneficial application of the method is in reduction of internal stress in a stack containing multiple layers of silicon. Typically, though not necessarily, the internal stress is a compressive stress, which often manifests as wafer bow. In some embodiments, the method reduces the internal stress of a work piece by depositing phosphorus doped silicon layers having low internal compressive stress or even tensile stress. The method and apparatus disclosed herein can be used to reduce compressive bow in stacks containing silicon.
US08895413B2 Monolithic integration of photonics and electronics in CMOS processes
Methods and systems for monolithic integration of photonics and electronics in CMOS processes are disclosed and may include fabricating photonic and electronic devices on two CMOS wafers with different silicon layer thicknesses for the photonic and electronic devices bonded to at least a portion of each of the wafers together, where a first of the CMOS wafers includes the photonic devices and a second of the CMOS wafers includes the electronic devices. The electrical devices may be coupled to optical devices utilizing through-silicon vias. The different thicknesses may be fabricated utilizing a selective area growth process. Cladding layers may be fabricated utilizing oxygen implants and/or utilizing CMOS trench oxide on the CMOS wafers. Silicon may be deposited on the CMOS trench oxide utilizing epitaxial lateral overgrowth. Cladding layers may be fabricated utilizing selective backside etching. Reflective surfaces may be fabricated by depositing metal on the selectively etched regions.
US08895410B2 Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and semiconductor manufacturing apparatus
A cause of deteriorating the hydrogen termination on the surface of a wafer is found to be water adsorbed on the surface. By exposing the wafer to an inert gas atmosphere containing an H2 gas so as to suppress the oxidation reaction due to the water, it is possible to improve the hydrogen termination on the wafer surface.
US08895405B2 Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a silicon nitride film having an opening portion on a semiconductor substrate, forming a silicon oxide film on the silicon nitride film and on a side face of the opening portion, performing an etching treatment to the silicon oxide film so that a sidewall is formed on the side face of the opening portion, forming a trench on the semiconductor substrate with use of the sidewall and the silicon nitride film as a mask, and forming an insulating layer in the trench. The step of forming the silicon oxide film includes oxidizing the silicon nitride film with a plasma oxidation method or a radical oxidation method.
US08895401B2 Method of forming a memory device incorporating a resistance variable chalcogenide element
A method of forming a memory device, such as a PCRAM, including selecting a chalcogenide glass backbone material for a resistance variable memory function and devices formed using such a method.
US08895398B2 Method for manufacturing double-gate structures
A method is provided for manufacturing a double-gate structure. The method includes providing a substrate and forming a first gate region on a surface of the substrate using a first gate layer. The method also includes forming a second gate layer on the surface of the substrate, wherein the second gate layer covers the first gate region, forming an etch-stop layer on the second gate layer, and forming a silicide layer on the etch-stop layer. The method also includes forming a second gate region, different from the first gate region, containing the second gate layer and the silicide layer without the etch-stop layer. Further, the etch-stop layer is arranged between the second gate layer and the silicide layer to facilitate even etching of the second gate layer around the first gate region.
US08895396B1 Epitaxial Process of forming stress inducing epitaxial layers in source and drain regions of PMOS and NMOS structures
An epitaxial process includes the following steps. A first gate and a second gate are formed on a substrate. Two first spacers are formed on the substrate beside the first gate and the second gate respectively. Two first epitaxial layers having first profiles are formed in the substrate beside the two first spacers respectively. A second spacer material is formed to cover the first gate and the second gate. The second spacer material covering the second gate is etched to form a second spacer on the substrate beside the second gate and expose the first epitaxial layer beside the second spacer while reserving the second spacer material covering the first gate. The exposed first epitaxial layer in the substrate beside the second spacer is replaced by a second epitaxial layer having a second profile different from the first profile.
US08895395B1 Reduced resistance SiGe FinFET devices and method of forming same
A method for forming a fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) device, comprises forming a plurality of silicon fins on a substrate, depositing silicon germanium (SiGe) on the plurality of fins, forming a gate region by forming a dummy gate stack on a predetermined area of the fins including the SiGe, removing the SiGe from an area of the fins not covered by the dummy gate stack, forming a merged region in the area of the fins not covered by the dummy gate stack to form a source drain region, removing the dummy gate stack to expose the remaining SiGe in the gate region, mixing the SiGe with the silicon fins in the gate region to form SiGe fins, and depositing a gate dielectric and gate metal on the SiGe fins.
US08895394B2 Trench FET with source recess etch
A high voltage vertical field effect transistor device (101) is fabricated in a substrate (102, 104) using angled implantations (116, 120) into trench sidewalls formed above recessed gate poly layers (114) to form self-aligned N+ regions (123) adjacent to the trenches and along an upper region of an elevated substrate. With a trench fill insulator layer (124) formed over the recessed gate poly layers (114), self-aligned P+ body contact regions (128) are implanted into the elevated substrate without counter-doping the self-aligned N+ regions (123), and a subsequent recess etch removes the elevated substrate, leaving self-aligned N+ source regions (135-142) and P+ body contact regions (130-134).
US08895388B2 Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and a non-volatile semiconductor storage device including the formation of an insulating layer using a plasma treatment
An object is to provide a technique for manufacturing an insulating layer with favorable withstand voltage. Another object is to provide a technique for manufacturing a semiconductor device having an insulating layer with favorable withstand voltage. By subjecting a semiconductor layer or semiconductor substrate mainly containing silicon to a high density plasma treatment, an insulating layer is formed on a surface of the semiconductor layer or a top surface of the semiconductor substrate. At this time, the high density plasma treatment is performed by switching a supply gas in the middle of the treatment from a gas containing a rare gas, oxygen, and hydrogen, to a gas containing a rare gas and oxygen.
US08895387B2 Method of manufacturing nonvolatile semiconductor memory device
According to one embodiment, a method includes forming first and second gate patterns each including a structure stacked in order of a first insulating layer, a floating gate layer, a charge trap layer, a second insulating layer and a dummy layer on a semiconductor layer, implanting impurities in the semiconductor layer by an ion implantation using the first and second gate patterns as a mask, forming a third insulating layer on the semiconductor layer, the third insulating layer covering side surfaces of the first and second gate patterns, and forming first and second concave portions, the first concave portion formed by removing the dummy layer of the first gate pattern, the second concave portion formed by removing the dummy layer, the second insulating layer, the charge trap layer and the floating gate layer of the second gate pattern.
US08895383B2 Multiple-gate semiconductor device and method
A system and method for manufacturing multiple-gate semiconductor devices is disclosed. An embodiment comprises multiple fins, wherein intra-fin isolation regions extend into the substrate less than inter-fin isolation regions. Regions of the multiple fins not covered by the gate stack are removed and source/drain regions are formed from the substrate so as to avoid the formation of voids between the fins in the source/drain region.
US08895379B2 Integrated circuit having raised source drains devices with reduced silicide contact resistance and methods to fabricate same
A structure has at least one field effect transistor having a gate stack disposed between raised source drain structures that are adjacent to the gate stack. The gate stack and raised source drain structures are disposed on a surface of a semiconductor material. The structure further includes a layer of field dielectric overlying the gate stack and raised source drain structures and first contact metal and second contact metal extending through the layer of field dielectric. The first contact metal terminates in a first trench formed through a top surface of a first raised source drain structure, and the second contact metal terminates in a second trench formed through a top surface of a second raised source drain structure. Each trench has silicide formed on sidewalls and a bottom surface of at least a portion of the trench. Methods to fabricate the structure are also disclosed.
US08895373B2 Method for manufacturing flexible semiconductor device having gate electrode disposed within an opening of a resin film
There is provided a flexible semiconductor device. The flexible semiconductor device of the present invention comprising a support layer, a semiconductor structure portion formed on the support layer, and a resin film formed on the semiconductor structure portion. The resin film comprises an opening formed by a laser irradiation therein, and also an electroconductive member which is in contact with the surface of the semiconductor structure portion is disposed within the opening of the resin film.
US08895371B2 Transistor employing vertically stacked self-aligned carbon nanotubes
A fin structure including a vertical alternating stack of a first isoelectric point material layer having a first isoelectric point and a second isoelectric material layer having a second isoelectric point less than the first isoelectric point is formed. The first and second isoelectric point material layers become oppositely charged in a solution with a pH between the first and second isoelectric points. Negative electrical charges are imparted onto carbon nanotubes by an anionic surfactant to the solution. The electrostatic attraction causes the carbon nanotubes to be selectively attached to the surfaces of the first isoelectric point material layer. Carbon nanotubes are attached to the first isoelectric point material layer in self-alignment along horizontal lengthwise directions of the fin structure. A transistor can be formed, which employs a plurality of vertically aligned horizontal carbon nanotubes as the channel.
US08895366B2 Fabrication method of semiconductor package
A semiconductor package and a fabrication method thereof are disclosed. The fabrication method includes the steps of providing a semiconductor chip having an active surface and a non-active surface opposing to the active surface, roughening a peripheral portion of the non-active surface so as to divide the non-active surface into the peripheral portion formed with a roughened structure and a non-roughened central portion, mounting the semiconductor chip on a chip carrier via a plurality of solder bumps formed on the active surface, forming an encapsulant on the chip carrier to encapsulate the semiconductor chip. The roughened structure formed on the peripheral portion of the non-active surface of the semiconductor chip can reinforce the bonding between the semiconductor chip and the encapsulant, and the non-roughened central portion of the non-active surface of the semiconductor chip can maintain the structural strength of the semiconductor chip.
US08895354B2 Method of forming organic semiconductor device that includes forming electrode contact layer by treating electrode surfaces with substance containing substituted arene
Method for producing a semiconductor device such as an organic thin film transistor, and a device produced by the method, the method including the steps of forming conducting electrodes over a substrate, treating a surface of the electrodes with an arene substituted with an electron-withdrawing group to form an electrode contact layer over the electrodes, and forming an organic semiconductor layer over the substrate and electrodes, in which the substrate and electrodes are baked before the organic semiconductor layer is formed so as to reduce contaminants on the electrode contact layer and thereby promote improved crystal nucleation on a surface of the electrode.
US08895353B2 Cationic conjugated polyelectrolyte electron injection layers altered with counter anions having oxidative properties
Counter anions having oxidative properties alter the performance of solution processed multilayer polymer light emitting diodes (PLEDs) that use cationic conjugated polyelectrolytes (CPEs) as electron injection layers (EILs). In some versions, PLEDs with poly(2-methoxy-5-(2′-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene vinylene) (MEH-PPV) emissive layers and cationic CPE EILs are altered with halide counter anions to exhibit a systematic increase in device performance. Exemplary oxidative counter anions are halide counter anions with F−>Cl−>Br−>I− in terms of device performance.
US08895351B2 Method and apparatus of forming a conductive layer
The present invention generally includes an apparatus and process of forming a conductive layer on a surface of a host substrate, which can be directly used to form a portion of an electronic device. More specifically, one or more of the embodiments disclosed herein include a process of forming a conductive layer on a surface of a substrate using an electrospinning type deposition process. Embodiments of the conductive layer forming process described herein can be used to reduce the number of processing steps required to form the conductive layer, improve the electrical properties of the formed conductive layer and reduce the conductive layer formation process complexity over current state-of-the-art conductive layer formation techniques. Typical electronic device formation processes that can benefit from one or more of the embodiments described herein include, but are not limited to processes used to form solar cells, electronic visual display devices and touchscreen type technologies.
US08895350B2 Methods for forming nanostructures and photovoltaic cells implementing same
A method for forming a nanostructure according to one embodiment includes creating a hole in an insulating layer positioned over an electrically conductive layer; and forming a nanocable in the hole such that the nanocable extends through the hole in the insulating layer and protrudes therefrom, the nanocable being in communication with the electrically conductive layer. Additional systems and methods are also presented.
US08895343B2 High density capacitor integrated into focal plane array processing flow
Methods and structures of photodetectors are described. The structure may include a readout integrated circuit substrate having an internally integrated capacitor. The structure may additionally include an external capacitor overlying the readout integrated circuit substrate. The external capacitor may be coupled with the internally integrated capacitor of the readout integrated circuit substrate, and configured to operate in parallel with the internally integrated capacitor of the readout integrated circuit substrate. The structure may also include a detector overlying the external capacitor.
US08895342B2 Heterojunction subcells in inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells
Inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells having a heterojunction middle subcell and a graded interlayer, and methods of making same, are disclosed herein. The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a solar cell using an MOCVD process, wherein the graded interlayer is composed of (InxGa1-x)yAl1-yAs, and is formed in the MOCVD reactor so that it is compositionally graded to lattice match the middle second subcell on one side and the lower third subcell on the other side, with the values for x and y computed and the composition of the graded interlayer determined so that as the layer is grown in the MOCVD reactor, the band gap of the graded interlayer remains constant at 1.5 eV throughout the thickness of the graded interlayer.
US08895340B1 Biosensor and system and process for forming
A process for forming a carbon nanotube field effect transistor (CNTFET) device includes site-specific nanoparticle deposition on a CNTFET that has one or more carbon nanotubes, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a sacrificial electrode on a substrate with an interposed dielectric layer. The process includes control of PMMA removal and electrodeposition in order to select nanoparticle size and deposition location down to singular nanoparticle deposition. The CNTFET device resulting in ultra-sensitivity for various bio-sensing applications, including detection of glucose at hypoglycemic levels.
US08895333B2 Method for manufacturing semiconductor device with pixel electrode over gate electrode of thin film transistor
The number of photomasks is reduced in a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device which operates in a fringe field switching mode, whereby a manufacturing process is simplified and manufacturing cost is reduced. A first transparent conductive film and a first metal film are sequentially stacked over a light-transmitting insulating substrate; the first transparent conductive film and the first metal film are shaped using a multi-tone mask which is a first photomask; an insulating film, a first semiconductor film, a second semiconductor film, and a second metal film are sequentially stacked; the second metal film and the second semiconductor film are shaped using a multi-tone mask which is a second photomask; a protective film is formed; the protective film is shaped using a third photomask; a second transparent conductive film is formed; and the second transparent conductive film is shaped using a fourth photomask.
US08895327B1 Tipless transistors, short-tip transistors, and methods and circuits therefor
An integrated circuit can include a plurality of first transistors formed in a substrate and having gate lengths of less than one micron; and at least one tipless transistor formed in the substrate and having a source-drain path coupled between a circuit node and a first power supply voltage; wherein at least one tipless transistor has source and drain vertical doping profiles without extension regions that extend in a lateral direction under a gate electrode. In addition or alternatively, an integrated circuit can include minimum feature size transistors having gate lengths of less than one micron; a signal driving circuit comprising a first transistor of a first conductivity type having a source-drain path coupled between a first power supply node and an output node, and a second transistor of a second conductivity type having a source-drain path coupled between a second power supply node and the output node, and a gate coupled to a gate of the first transistor, wherein at least one of the first or second transistor is a tipless transistor having source and drain vertical doping profiles without extension regions that extend in a lateral direction under a gate electrode.
US08895326B2 Method of attaching wafer to sheet
A wafer attaching method of attaching a wafer having a warp to a sheet includes a wafer warp detecting step of detecting a surface shape of the wafer, a wafer positioning step of applying a photocuring liquid resin to the sheet and positioning the wafer so that a predetermined surface of the wafer corresponding to attaching conditions preset in a resin bonding apparatus is opposed to the sheet and the liquid resin according to the preset attaching conditions and the surface shape detected above, and a wafer attaching step of pressing the wafer against the liquid resin to thereby spread the liquid resin over the entire area where the wafer and the sheet are superimposed, next removing the pressure applied to the wafer, and next applying light to the liquid resin to cure the liquid resin, thereby attaching the predetermined surface of the wafer to the sheet.
US08895323B2 Method of forming a magnetoresistive random-access memory device
A method for forming MRAM (magnetoresistive random access memory) devices is provided. A bottom electrode assembly is formed. A magnetic junction assembly is formed, comprising, depositing a magnetic junction assembly layer over the bottom electrode assembly, forming a patterned mask over the magnetic junction assembly layer, etching the magnetic junction assembly layer to form the magnetic junction assembly with gaps, gap filling the magnetic junction assembly, and planarizing the magnetic junction assembly. A top electrode assembly is formed.
US08895322B2 Method for making semiconductor device having ferroelectric capacitor therein
A ferroelectric capacitor provided with a ferroelectric film (10a) is formed above a semiconductor substrate, and thereafter a wiring (17) directly connected to electrodes (9a, 11a) of a ferroelectric capacitor is formed. Then, a silicon oxide film (18) covering the wiring (17) is formed. As the silicon oxide film (18), a film which has processability higher than that of an aluminum oxide film is formed. Besides, a degree of damage that occurs in the ferroelectric capacitor when the insulating film is formed is equal to or less than that when an aluminum oxide film is formed.
US08895318B2 Ammonia compound concentration measuring device and ammonia compound concentration measuring method
An ammonia compound concentration measuring device includes: a pipe unit through which the circulating gas flows; a converter which is disposed in the pipe unit and converts an ammonia compound into ammonia; a measurement device which measures a first measurement value as a concentration of ammonia contained in a first circulating gas flowing inside a pipe line passing through the converter in the circulating gas flowing inside the pipe unit and a second measurement value as a concentration of ammonia contained in a second circulating gas flowing inside a pipe line not passing through the converter in the circulating gas flowing inside the pipe unit; and a controller which controls operations of the pipe unit and the measurement device and calculates the concentration of the ammonia compound of the measurement subject contained in the circulating gas from a difference between the first measurement value and the second measurement value.
US08895317B2 Reagent for measuring active nitrogen
A compound represented by the general formula (I) [R1 and R2 are amino groups that substitute at adjacent positions on the benzene ring; R3 and R4 are halogen atoms; R5 and R6 represent hydrogen atom, an acyl group or an acyloxy(C1-6 alkyl) group; R7 and R8 represent —(CH2)p—N(R9)(R10) (p is 1 to 4, and R9 and R10 represent —(CH2)n—COOH (n is 1 to 4))], which is useful for measuring a reactive nitrogen species existing in cells such as nitrogen monoxide or peroxynitrite at high sensitivity over a long period of time.
US08895313B2 Ligands for aggregated tau molecules
Provided are certain benzothiazole, imidazothiazole, imidazopyrimidine and imidazopyridine compounds, including, for example: formula (I) and pharmaceutically and physiologically acceptable salts, hydrates, and solvates thereof. Such compounds can be used as diagnostic ligands or labels of tau protein and PHF.
US08895310B2 L-rhamnose-inducible expression systems
The present invention relates to methods for expressing nucleic acid sequences in prokaryotic host cells, where at least one DNA construct which is capable of episomal replication in a host cell and which comprises a nucleic acid sequence to be expressed under the transcriptional control of an L-rhamnose-inducible promoter, where the promoter is heterologous with regard to the nucleic acid sequence, is introduced into the host cell and the expression of he nucleic acid sequence is induced by addition of L-rhamnose, wherein the prokaryotic host cell is at least deficient with regard to an L-rhamnose isomerase.
US08895308B1 Engineering and optimization of improved systems, methods and enzyme compositions for sequence manipulation
The invention provides for engineering and optimization of systems, methods, and compositions for manipulation of sequences and/or activities of target sequences. Provided are compositions and methods related to components of a CRISPR complex particularly comprising a Cas ortholog enzyme.
US08895305B2 Water deficit-inducible promoters
Water deficit-inducible promoter sequences were identified that may be used to produce transgenic plants that are more tolerant to water deficit and related hyperosmotic stresses than control plants, and yet are wild-type or nearly wild type in appearance. Any of these water deficit-inducible promoters may be incorporated into an expression vector that comprises a polynucleotide regulated by one such promoter and which encodes a polypeptide that, when ectopically expressed, improves water deficit tolerance in plants that are similar to control plants in their morphology and development.
US08895304B2 Hemostatic device
A hemostatic device, method of making, and method of using for internal and external applications to wounds in the body of a patient to induce hemostasis at an anatomical site.