| 21st week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 56 |
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| 20160148717 | SEMICONDUCTIVE RESIN COMPOSITION AND POWER TRANSMISSION CABLE USING SAME - A semiconductive resin composition is composed of a base polymer including an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer with a vinyl acetate content of not lower than 60 percent by weight, two or more of fatty acid zinc, oleic acid bisamide and trimellitic acid ester, a peroxide-based crosslinking agent having a one hour half-life temperature of not lower than 130 degrees C., and a carbon having a DBP (dibutyl phthalate) adsorption capacity of not larger than 150 mg/g. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148718 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOLECULAR-LIKE HIERARCHICAL SELF_ASSEMBLY OF MONOLAYERS OF MIXTURES OF PARTICLES - This invention relates to a technique that uses an externally applied electric field to self-assemble monolayers of mixtures of particles into molecular-like hierarchical arrangements on fluid-liquid interfaces. The arrangements consist of composite particles which are arranged in a pattern. The structure of a composite particle depends on factors such as the relative sizes of the particles and their polarizabilities, and the electric field intensity. If the particles sizes differ by a factor of two or more, the composite particle has a larger particle at its core and several smaller particles form a ring around it. The number of particles in the ring and the spacing between the composite particles depend on their polarizabilities and the electric field intensity. Approximately same sized particles form chains in which positively and negatively polarized particles alternate, and when their polarizabilities are comparable they form tightly packed crystals. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148719 | LOW DIELECTRIC MATERIALS - The invention provides a low dielectric material. The low dielectric material comprises: (i) 5-50 parts by weight of polyphenylene ether (PPE) resin having a Mw of 1000˜7000, a Mn of 1000-4000 and Mw/Mn=1.0-1.8; and (ii) 10-90 parts by weight of liquid crystal polymer with allyl group having a Mw of 1000˜5000, a Mn of 1000-4000 and Mw/Mn=1.0-1.8, wherein the dielectric material has Dk of 3.4-4.0 and Df of 0.0025-0.0050. The dielectric material is suitably used in prepregs and insulation layers of a circuit board, because it has high Tg, low thermal expansion coefficient, low moisture absorption and excellent dielectric properties such as Dk and Df | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148720 | CONDUCTIVE CABLE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND WIRING STRUCTURE FOR THE SAME - A conductive cable includes a single-core electric cable and a stranded electric cable. The single-core electric cable is constituted by a single conductor covered with a coating. The stranded electric cable is constituted by a plurality of stranded wires that are covered with a coating. The stranded electric cable is electrically connected to at least one of two end portions in a length direction of the single-core electric cable. The coating is stripped and the conductor is exposed at the at least one end portion of the single-core electric cable, the exposed conductor being crushed to one side in a thickness direction into a flat plate shape to form a crushed portion, and the wires of the stranded electric cable being connected to the crushed portion. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148721 | SHEATH MEMBER - A sheath member has a cylindrical and flexible main body to accommodate an electric wire and a deformation restricting portion molded on an outer peripheral side of the main body and extending over a predetermined shape maintaining range such that the main body is maintained in a desired routing shape. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148722 | SHIELDED CONDUCTIVE PATH - Infiltration of water into a shield pipe is prevented. A shielded conductive path includes a tubular braided wire, a shield pipe connected to the braided wire, an electric wire bundle inserted into the braided wire and the shield pipe, a heat-shrinkable tube that is disposed so as to cover the braided wire and is thermally shrunk to bring the braided wire into intimate contact with an outer circumference of the electric wire bundle, a filler ( | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148723 | TRIAXIAL MINERAL INSULATED CABLE IN FLAME SENSING APPLICATIONS - A cable assembly for a flame sensor apparatus includes an inner conductor electrically connected to a photodiode that generates a current. The inner conductor transmits the current from the photodiode. A first insulating layer circumferentially surrounds the inner conductor. The first insulating layer includes a mineral insulation material. An inner sheath circumferentially surrounds the first insulating layer. The inner sheath includes an electrically conductive material. A second insulating layer circumferentially surrounds the inner sheath. The second insulating layer includes a mineral insulation material. An outer sheath circumferentially surrounds the second insulating layer. The outer sheath includes an electrically conductive material. The cable assembly is for use in temperatures up to about 300 degrees Celsius or greater. A method of attaching a cable assembly for a flame sensor apparatus is provided. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148724 | POWER TRANSMISSION CABLE USING NON-HALOGEN FLAME-RETARDANT RESIN COMPOSITION - A power transmission cable includes a conductor, an inner semiconductive layer around the conductor, an electrically insulating layer around the inner semiconductive layer, an outer semiconductive layer around the electrically insulating layer, a shielding layer around the outer semiconductive layer, a binder tape layer around the shielding layer, and a sheath layer around the binder tape layer. The power transmission cable comprises an outer diameter of not smaller than 30 mm and not greater than 60 mm The sheath layer comprises a thickness of not smaller than 2 mm and not greater than 4 mm, and is made of a non-halogen flame-retardant resin composition including a total of not lower than 100 parts and not higher than 180 parts of metal hydrate and silica per 100 parts of a base polymer, by mass, including an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer with a vinyl acetate content of not lower than 50 wt %. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148725 | CABLE WITH POLYMER COMPOSITE CORE - Conductive cores for use in cables, where the conductive core comprises a filled-polymeric-composite material concentrically surrounded by a conductive layer. The filled-polymeric-composite material comprises a polymeric continuous phase having dispersed therein a filler material. Such conductive cores can be employed in various cable designs and further include one or more outer layers, such as dielectric insulation layers, conductive shield layers, and jackets. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148726 | PRINTING OF MICRO WIRES - A printing device for printing of micro wires includes a first reservoir configured to hold an insulator, and a second reservoir configured to hold a low-melting-temperature metal. The printing device further includes a print head configured to deposit the insulator and the low-melting-temperature metal in contact with each other over at least a portion of a substrate. The printing device further includes a processing circuit configured to receive data specifying a structure to be printed and control the operation of the print head based on the data. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148727 | ELECTRIC BUSHINGS HAVING INSULATION MEDUIUM RETENTION SEALS - Systems and methods for providing electrical bushings for maintaining a seal during severe incidents are provided. The bushings provide for relatively large gap formations and seal spacings by using one or more self-modulating seals. In certain configurations, the bushings provide for relatively large gap formations and seal spacings by using a wider or narrow top portion adjacent to a relatively narrower middle portion. The systems and methods can be also applied to other apparatus when deemed proper. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148728 | Multi-terminal Surge Arrester - A multi-terminal surge arrester which includes an active part extending along a longitudinal direction of the surge arrester, a first electrode resting against a first end of the active part, and a second electrode resting against a second end of the active part, which second end opposes the first end in the longitudinal direction of the surge arrester. The surge arrester further includes an insulating fixing device mechanically connecting and fixing the first electrode and the second electrode, and an insulating housing arranged around the active part. The active part includes at least two metal-oxide based varistor elements and a further electrode arranged between the at least two varistor elements, which further electrode provides an externally accessible electrical connection. Therein, the surge arrester is adapted for being insulated by surrounding air. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148729 | Magnet Apparatus - A magnet apparatus which comprises a first vacuum chamber, a second vacuum chamber, a first magnet disposed within the first vacuum chamber such that the first magnet can be thermally isolated from the exterior of the first vacuum chamber, and a load connector extending from the first vacuum chamber into the second vacuum chamber so that a load on the first magnet can be transferred to the second vacuum chamber, wherein the load connector is in thermal contact with the first magnet and can be thermally isolated from the exterior of the first vacuum chamber and the exterior of the second vacuum chamber. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148730 | MAGNETIC LATCHING IN A CURVE - Techniques related to magnetic latching are described herein. The techniques may include a first magnet formed in a curve, and a second magnet formed in the curve. A pole of the first magnet and a pole of the second magnet are directed inward toward a center line of the curve. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148731 | MAGNET ARRANGEMENT FOR POSITION SENSOR DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING POSITION SENSOR DEVICE - A magnet arrangement having at least one magnetic element providing a modulated magnetization in a first direction and an essentially constant magnetization in a second direction different from the first direction. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148732 | APPARATUS AND METHODS RELATED TO FERRITE BASED CIRCULATORS - Apparatus and methods related to ferrite based circulators are disclosed. A ferrite disk used in a circulator can be configured to reduce intermodulation distortion when routing radio-frequency signals having closely spaced frequencies. Such a reduction in intermodulation distortion can be achieved by adjusting magnetization at the edge portion of the ferrite disk. By way of an example, a ferrite disk with a reduced saturation magnetization (4PiMs) edge portion can reduce intermodulation distortion. Example configurations with such a reduced 4PiMs edge portions are disclosed. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148733 | TEMPORARY ALIGNMENT OF COMPONENTS USING SPATIALLY MODULATED MAGNETIC FIELDS - Fixtureless self-alignment and orientation of components during an assembly process, and self-aligning/self-orienting components for assembly. Self-alignment and self-orientation are provided by integrating complementary spatially-modulated magnetic arrays into components requiring alignment and/or orientation during an assembly process. In addition to providing self-alignment/self-orientation, the spatially-modulated magnetic arrays also provide selective component placement and/or assembly order. Final assembly can involve permanent mechanical or adhesive fasteners. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148734 | MAGNETIC MATERIAL, USE THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The invention relates to a magnetic material which contains at least one transition metal (TM), at least one rare earth metal (RE), and titanium. The content of the transition metal equals 74 to 94 at %, the content of the rare earth metal equals 2 to 20 at %, and the content of titanium equals 7 to 9 at %, in each case based on the total mass of the magnetic material, and the transition metal comprises cobalt. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148735 | ANNULAR SINTERED MAGNET WITH RADIAL MAGNETIZATION AND REINFORCED MECHANICAL STRENGTH - A sintered annular magnet with a radial orientation of a remanent magnetic field, including: a principal annular part made from a ferromagnetic material, that has a first degree of magnetic anisotropy in the radial direction; and an annular reinforcing part fixed to the principal part of the magnet, the reinforcing part being made from same ferromagnetic material as the ferromagnetic material forming the principal part, and that has a second degree of magnetic anisotropy in the radial direction, the first degree being higher than the second degree. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148736 | ACTUATOR DEVICE - An actuator device for bidirectional adjustment of an adjusting body constructed for interaction with an adjustment partner and preferably realised as a tappet ( | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148737 | NOISE REDUCTION TYPE SOLENOID VALVE - A noise reduction type solenoid valve may include: a plunger moved in a linear direction; a bobbin installed so as to surround the plunger; a partition part protruding to the outside of the bobbin, and forming a plurality of divided spaces along a longitudinal direction of the bobbin; and a coil part wound in each of the divided spaces with the partition part interposed therebetween. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148738 | SOLENOID - A solenoid includes: a coil wound around a bobbin; a case section accommodating the coil; a tubular yoke arranged on an inner circumferential portion of the coil; and a plunger arranged on an inner circumferential portion of the yoke, and moving from a start position along an axial direction of the yoke by magnetic attraction force generated in the yoke, wherein a diameter increasing portion whose diameter is increased from the start position toward a lower part in the axial direction is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the yoke, and the diameter increasing portion overlaps at least a part of a moving region of a lower-part side end portion of the plunger, and wherein an inner circumferential surface of the yoke guides the movement of the plunger and the yoke includes a contact member that regulates the movement of the plunger on the inner circumferential surface. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148739 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SWITCH FOR ENGINE STARTER - An electromagnetic switch includes a first and a second solenoid arranged in alignment in an axial direction of a housing and brings a pinion into mesh with a ring gear of an engine and close main contacts in a power supply circuit for an electric motor which cranks the engine. A retainer is provided which extends from a first bobbin of the first solenoid at least to a location of an air gap formed in a magnetic circuit of the second solenoid. The retainer holds a portion of a lead wire extending from a bobbin of the first solenoid at least in a range between the bobbin and the air gap, thereby minimizing inclination or deflection of the lead wire when the first and second solenoids are fabricated within the housing, thus facilitating the ease with which the first and second solenoids are mounted in place in the housing. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148740 | STACK-TYPE INDUCTOR ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A stack-type inductor element includes a stack including a magnetic element layer, a coil conductor pattern provided in the stack and the magnetic element layer defines a magnetic element core, a plurality of first pad electrodes provided on one main surface of the stack, and a plurality of second pad electrodes provided on the other main surface of the stack so as to be symmetric to the plurality of first pad electrodes. One end and the other end of the coil conductor pattern are electrically connected to two of the plurality of first pad electrodes, respectively, and the plurality of second pad electrodes are all electrically open. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148741 | SURFACE-MOUNT INDUCTOR AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A surface-mount inductor including a coil formed by winding a rectangular wire, and a mounting body for accommodating the coil, the coil having first rolls of the wire wound in a two-roll arrangement, second rolls being wound at positions shifted away from the first rolls along the winding axis, and lead ends brought out from the outermost turn of the second rolls; the mounting body containing a protruded portion for inserting into the winding axis of the coil, and a pair of bottomed magnetic cores having slits respectively, the protruded portion being inserted into the winding axis of the coil so that the mounting body is embedded in the coil with sealant to incorporate the magnetic cores with the coil and to expose the core mounting face of the magnetic cores therefrom, as well as a method for manufacturing the same. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148742 | BURST PROTECTOR FOR HIGH-VOLTAGE DEVICE - The invention relates to a bursting device ( | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148743 | Ethernet Magnetics Package Wire Terminations - In one implementation, an apparatus is configured to aid in the manufacturing or assembling of electronic surface mount packages. The apparatus includes a common mode choke base configured to support a common mode choke. The apparatus includes terminal contacts coupled to the common mode choke base. The terminal contacts are aligned with wires connected to the common mode choke. The apparatus includes a support member including a wire supporting portion aligned with the wires connected to the common mode choke and a central portion configured to support the common mode choke base. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148744 | Electrical Power Component Containing An Insulating Fluid And A Condenser Core - An electrical power component, such as a bushing. The power component includes a housing, a condenser core arranged in the housing and including an electrical insulation, a space formed between the condenser core and the housing, an expansion vessel positioned adjacent and in open communication with the space between the condenser core and the housing, and an electrically insulating fluid, such as oil, contained in the space between the condenser core and the. The power component further includes one or more filler elements having a higher density and lower thermal expansion coefficient than the fluid, and the one or more filler elements are movably arranged in the expansion vessel. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148745 | OUTPUT NOISE REDUCING DEVICE - One end of a bus bar for leading an output voltage output from a switching power supply to the outside is a connection terminal connected to an output end associated with the switching power supply, while the other end is an output terminal VO. A ferrite core has a through-hole through which the bus bar is disposed. Electromagnetic coupling from the switching power supply is suppressed between the output terminal VO of the bus bar and at least a part of the ferrite core on the output terminal VO side along the bus bar. In this way, electromagnetic coupling of a part of a choke coil including the ferrite core with the bus bar penetrating therethrough on the output terminal VO side and the switching power supply is suppressed, whereby propagation of noise to the output terminal VO is suppressed. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148746 | INTEGRATED REACTORS WITH HIGH FREQUENCY OPTIMIZED HYBRID CORE CONSTRUCTIONS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE THEREOF - In some embodiments, an exemplary inventive device of the instant invention is a reactor which includes at least the following: a core, including: at least one leg, including: a first lamination, where the first lamination is made from a high permeability material, where the high permeability material has a magnetic permeability that is at least 1000 times greater than the permeability of air; a second lamination, where second lamination is made from the high permeability material; a bracket, where the bracket is configured to secure the first lamination and the second lamination in a spatial arrangement to have a space between each other; and a plurality of blocks made from a low permeability material, where the low permeability material has the magnetic permeability that is less than 100 times the permeability of air. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148747 | Transformer - There is provided a transformer including an E shaped and two I shaped magnetic cores and a first, second and third windings, wherein: one I shaped magnetic core is located between one side and a middle legs of the E shaped magnetic core, another is located between another side and the middle legs; there is an air gap on each of the two I shaped magnetic cores or two side or bottom legs of the E shaped magnetic core, the first winding is wound on a part of the magnetic cores where the air gap exists; the second and third windings are wound on the middle leg; and the first winding is connected in parallel with the second winding to constitute a primary winding; the third winding is a secondary winding. With the transformer provided by the disclosure, transformer winding loss can be reduced, and transformer efficiency can be improved. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148748 | MAGNETIC COMPONENT WITH BALANCED FLUX DISTRIBUTION - An embodiment of an inductor assembly includes at least a first inductive loop with a first wire formed into a plurality of conductive windings around a first magnetic core section. The first magnetic core section includes at least a radially inner magnetic core portion with a first inner effective radius, R | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148749 | TAP CONFIGURATIONS FOR A TRANSFORMER - A transformer is provided with a tap configuration that permits only valid tap connections to be made. The transformer has a tap board to align the tap connections in the desired configuration depending on the number of tap positions available for the application. The taps are brought from the coil assembly through to openings on the tap board to allow manual connections between respective taps. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148750 | COIL COMPONENT - A coil component capable of easily securing insulation between external connection terminals and a core at the time of being manufactured at a small size. To this end, the coil component includes: a bobbin including a winding part having a coil wound therein and a terminal coupling part having at least one external connection terminal coupled thereto, the at least one external connection terminal having a lead wire of the coil connected thereto; and a core coupled to the bobbin and electromagnetically coupled to the coil, wherein the bobbin includes at least one spacing block protruding between the external connection terminal and the core and extending a creepage distance between the external connection terminal and the core. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148751 | MAGNETIC COMPONENT AND POWER TRANSFER DEVICE - A magnetic component includes a first winding and a second winding which is insulated from the first winding and magnetically couples with the first winding. The first winding forms a first coil unit by being wound. The second winding forms a second coil unit by being wound about the same axis as the first winding. The second winding forming the second coil unit is disposed in areas X and Z. The magnetic component has the first coil unit and the second coil unit at positions that satisfy Equations 1 and 3. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148752 | NFC ANTENNA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH THE SAME - A near field communication (NFC) antenna includes a first loop for receiving an electrical signal from the outside and a plurality of closed loops disposed in an inner area of the first loop. The plurality of closed loops do not overlap each other. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148753 | AIR CORE COIL FITTING APPARATUS - In order to provide an air core coil fitting apparatus that can automatically fit an air core coil onto a core, an air core coil fitting apparatus includes a holding member, a coil fitting rod, a rod driving member, a pushing member, and a sending member. The holding member holds a core main body that is formed in a ring shape, has a gap extending through the core main body from an inner circumferential face to an outer circumferential face thereof, and allows an air core coil wound in advance to be fitted onto the core main body from one end thereof. On the coil fitting rod, the air core coil that is to be fitted onto the core main body held by the holding member is fitted. The rod driving member brings a front end of the coil fitting rod close to or into contact with the one end of the core main body held by the holding member. The pushing member pushes the air core coil fitted on the coil fitting rod, toward the one end of the core main body. The sending member is disposed at a circumferential edge of the core main body held by the holding member, and pulls the air core coil pushed by the pushing member and fitted onto the core main body, toward another end of the core main body. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148754 | METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A TRANSFORMER - A method of assembling a transformer/reactor is disclosed comprising the steps of: receiving a first coil having a first coil end conductor; receiving a second coil having a second coil end conductor; mounting the first coil and second coil on respective limbs of a magnetic core; arranging the first coil such that the first conductor projects outwardly from the first coil from a point between the first and second coils; arranging the second coil such that the second conductor projects outwardly from the second coil from a point between the first and second coils; and connecting the conductors to form an interconnection between the coils. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148755 | Capacitor with Coined Lead Frame - A solid electrolytic capacitor including a capacitor element having a front surface, a rear surface, an upper surface, a lower surface, a sintered anode body; an anode lead; an anode termination; and a cathode termination is described. The anode termination has a planar portion and an upstanding portion, where the planar portion of the anode termination has a first section and a second section, where the first section has a first thickness and the second section has a second thickness. Further, the second thickness is less than the first thickness, and the first section is disposed between the upstanding portion and the second section. In addition, the second section is disposed beneath the lower surface of the capacitor element. Moreover, the anode lead and capacitor element are generally parallel with the planar portion. Such an arrangement can result in a capacitor exhibiting improved mechanical and electrical stability. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148756 | ELECTROLYSIS SOLUTION FOR ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR, AND ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - Provided is an electrolysis solution for an electrolytic capacitor, having high spark voltage and excellent electric conductivity and heat resistance to spark voltage, and an electrolytic capacitor using the electrolysis solution. An electrolysis solution for an electrolytic capacitor including at least a silicone-based surfactant, colloidal silica, an electrolyte salt, and an organic solvent, and an electrolytic capacitor using the electrolysis solution. Containing the silicone-based surfactant makes it possible to prevent charge balance of the colloidal silica from being lost. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148757 | Wet Electrolytic Capacitor for an Implantable Medical Device - A wet electrolytic capacitor containing a cathode, fluidic working electrolyte, and planar anode formed from an anodically oxidized sintered porous pellet is provided. The pellet may be formed from a pressed valve metal powder, which in turn, is formed by reacting an oxide of a valve metal compound (e.g., tantalum pentoxide) with a reducing agent that contains a metal having an oxidation state of 2 or more (e.g., magnesium). Through the use of such a powder, the present inventors have discovered that higher capacitance levels can be achieved than previously thought possible for the high voltage capacitors employed in implantable medical devices. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148758 | DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL - Disclosed is a dye-sensitized solar cell which includes a working electrode and a counter electrode facing each other with an electrolyte layer therebetween, the working electrode having a dye-supporting metal oxide electrode composed of a metal oxide layer having a dye supported thereon. The dye contains a cyanine dye, and the electrolyte of the electrolyte layer contains a cobalt-based electrolyte. It is preferred to use at least one cyanine dye represented by general formula (1) as the cyanine dye. An | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148759 | POROUS INTERCONNECTED CORRUGATED CARBON-BASED NETWORK (ICCN) COMPOSITE - A porous interconnected corrugated carbon-based network (ICCN) composite and methods for making the same are disclosed. The porous ICCN composite is made up of a plurality of carbon layers that are interconnected and expanded apart from one another to form a plurality of pores. Metallic nanoparticles are disposed within the plurality of pores. In one embodiment, a light exposure only based method for producing the porous ICCN composite is disclosed. In another embodiment a light exposure plus an electrodeposition method for producing the porous ICCN composite is disclosed. In yet another exemplary embodiment, a capacitor having a first electrode and a second electrode separated from the first electrode by a dielectric wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is formed from the porous ICCN composite is disclosed. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148760 | CLUTCH MECHANISM FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE AND GAS INSULATED CIRCUIT BREAKER THEREOF - A clutch mechanism for an energy storage device is disclosed. In an embodiment, the clutch mechanism includes a loading gear, a driving gear, a one-way bearing, a sleeve, and a gear shaft comprising a gear portion and a clutch portion. The gear shaft includes multiple spheres, and a push rod and an elastic element which are located in a cavity of the gear shaft. The push rod includes a groove and can slide in the axial direction of the gear shaft. A pressure block is fixed to the driving gear, the pressure block being able to push the push rod to slide in the axial direction of the gear shaft, so as to unlock or lock the sleeve and the gear shaft. A gas insulated circuit breaker employing such a clutch mechanism is also disclosed. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148761 | TERMINAL SHIELD WITH INTEGRATED CURRENT TRANSFORMER - A terminal shield for a circuit breaker, formed of an electrically insulating material, protects an operator from inadvertently touching the load terminal that would otherwise be exposed on the bottom side of the circuit breaker: In accordance with an example embodiment of the invention, the terminal shield is integrated with a toroidally shaped current transformer sensor, to enable measuring the current in a load wire that has been inserted through an aperture in the terminal shield. Preferably there is an access hole in the front portion of the terminal shield, which allows the operator to insert a tool through the front face of the circuit breaker, to tighten the load terminal onto the load wire. The terminal shield with the integrated current transformer sensor enables standardization of load current sensing capability for circuit breakers and further enables ease of installation without clutter in the confined regions of the load center. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148762 | GAS INSULATED SWITCHING DEVICE AND CAMERA SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL CHECK OF SWITCHING POSITION IN THE SWITCHING DEVICE - A gas insulated switching device with a gastight housing, with switching elements mounted in the housing, having an optical window on which an external camera can be positioned outside the housing on a support element in such, that the contacts and/or the contact positions of one or more switches can be displayed by this camera on a display screen, and with a switchable light source, which illuminates the area the camera is focused on to display the contact positions of one or more switches, as well as a camera system having the switching device. For easier and more cost effective use of a camera system, considering that direct optical control of specific switch positions are often not desired, the camera may be portable and/or positionable only temporarily, and the support element and the camera itself are provided with complementary elements for temporarily positioning the portable camera to the support. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148763 | KEY STRUCTURE WITH REDUCED RESONANT NOISE - A key structure with reduced resonant noise includes a base plate formed with a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion, a conductive film layer, an elastic conducting element, a linking rod, and a keycap on the linking rod. The linking rod has a main portion, a first arm extended from one end of the main portion and pivotally connected to the first supporting portion, and a second arm extended from the other end of the main portion and pivotally connected to the second supporting portion. The key cap has a bottom surface pivotally connected to the main portion of the linking rod. The base plate has openings under the linking rod and adjacent to the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion. The openings can reduce resonant effect of clapping sound in the keycap, when the keycap is pressed. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148764 | Switching Device for a Radio Pushbutton, Radio Pushbutton, and Method for Producing a Switching Signal of a Switching Device - The current embodiments provide a switch device for a wireless pushbutton, wherein the switch device comprising an energy conversion mechanism, a signal output mechanism, an actuation device, and a plurality of encoding contacts. The actuation device may be configured to establish contact with at least one of the plurality of encoding contacts when a first quantity of an actuation force is applied for generating an encoded signal. The actuation device may be configured to activate the energy conversion mechanism to generate energy when a second quantity of an actuation force greater than the first quantity is applied to the activation device. The signal output mechanism may be configured to transmit a wireless output signal using the encoded signal when the energy conversion mechanism is activated. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148765 | OPERATOR CONTROL DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE - An operator control device for an electrical appliance has a cover, a rotary actuator as an actuating element and a mount for the rotary actuator. The rotary actuator is arranged under the cover and has a driver disk with contacts, and a component carrier with opposing contacts. The contacts bear against the opposing contacts or conductor tracks as a function of a rotational position. The mount has a mounting frame with an axle which is rotatably mounted thereon for the rotary actuator, which axle penetrates the driver disk, the component carrier and the cover. The axle has an outer contour and the driver disk has an inner contour which corresponds thereto and is rotationally fixed with respect to the outer contour, wherein the driver disk and the axle are arranged so as to be rotationally fixed with respect to one another but axially movable. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148766 | MOLDED-CASE CIRCUIT BREAKER - A molded-case circuit breaker includes a handle, a contact system and an actuating device. In an embodiment, the handle is movable between an “ON” position and an “OFF” position, the contact system includes at least one stationary contact and a movable contact and the actuating device is operatively connected to the handle and the contact system such that, when the handle is actuated, it is possible to open and close the contact system. Furthermore, in the event of a fault state, the handle can be brought into a “TRIP” position arranged between the “ON” position and the “OFF” position by the actuating device. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148767 | FAIL-SAFE SYSTEM FOR PROCESS MACHINE - An apparatus is for a process machine having a process-status switch and a process-control element. The apparatus includes a sensor input signal conditioning circuit, a logic circuit and a power output circuit. The sensor input signal conditioning circuit is configured to provide a logic-converted status signal representing a process-status signal associated with the process-status switch of the process machine. The logic circuit is configured to provide a latched output signal converted from the logic-converted status signal provided by the sensor input signal conditioning circuit. The latched output signal has any one of a first latched state and a second latched state. The power output circuit is configured to execute any one of maintaining and disconnecting a voltage being applied to the process-control element depending on the state of the latched output signal. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148768 | CONTROL CIRCUIT OF DIODE CONTACT PROTECTION COMBINATION SWITCH AND RELAY CONTROL METHOD - A diode contact protection combination switch and a specific implementation method. The combination switch comprises a primary contact protection circuit formed by a primary switch contact of a primary relay, diodes parallel connected at two ends of the primary switch contact, and a contact of a secondary relay. A current capacity of the secondary relay is 1/10 to 1/1000 of a current capacity of a contact of the primary relay. A drive current of the primary relay changes according to a certain rule, so as to shorten travel time of the relay. The implementation method is a control method of shortening travel time of a relay, in which a current flowing through a relay is controlled by a PWM wave output by a single chip microcomputer of a relay control circuit. The diode contact protection combination switch is an on/off switch in the case of current zero crossing, which can easily implement over-current and over-voltage protection and remote manipulation functions. By means of the relay control method, travel time when a relay is closed/opened can be greatly shortened on the premise that the service life of the relay is ensured. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148769 | SELF-HOLDING MAGNET WITH A PARTICULARLY LOW ELECTRIC TRIGGER VOLTAGE - A self-holding magnet has a spring (accumulator spring) and a first armature. The self-holding magnet is capable of holding the first magnet armature against the spring force in a lift position which is determined by a stop. The stop determines a remaining air gap of a working air gap. The magnetic circuit of the self-holding magnet has a magnetic shunt with particularly low reluctance of the same order of magnitude as a series reluctance of the remaining working air gap(s). The working air gap(s) and the shunt are magnetically connected in parallel with the flow generated by a permanent magnet but in series with the flow generated by the trigger coil. The self-holding magnet additionally has at least one positive feedback device such as a compressible resilient stop or a shunt. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148770 | ELECTROMECHANICAL SWITCHING DEVICE WITH ELECTRODES HAVING 2D LAYERED MATERIALS WITH DISTINCT FUNCTIONAL AREAS - An electromechanical switching device includes a first electrode, comprising layers of a first 2D layered material, which layers exhibit a first surface; a second electrode, comprising layers of a second 2D layered material, which layers exhibit a second surface opposite the first surface; and an actuation mechanism; wherein each of the first and second 2D layered materials has an anisotropic electrical conductivity, which is lower transversely to its layers than in-plane with the layers; the first electrode includes two distinct areas alongside the first surface, which areas differ in at least one structural, electrical and/or magnetic property; and at least one of the first and second electrodes is actuatable by the actuation mechanism, such that actuation thereof for modification of an electrical conductance transverse to each of the first surface and the second surface to enable current modulation between the first electrode and the second electrode. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148771 | THERMAL-MECHANICAL FLEXIBLE OVERLOAD SENSOR - An overload relay is provided for electrical equipment, such as a motor. The overload relay includes a set of electrical contacts, a trip mechanism and a single-arm, a set of monolithic compliant mechanism actuators. The trip mechanism has a normal position and a tripped position. The normal position allows electrical connection between the electrical contacts, and the tripped position interrupts electrical connection between the electrical contacts in response to detection of a high current condition. The single-arm actuator is formed of an electrically conductive material, and includes a compliant hinge and a single bar connected to the hinge. The single bar is electrically coupled to the line contact or the load contact. Under the high current condition, one of first and second ends of the single bar deflects relative to the compliant hinge to cause the trip mechanism to move into the tripped position. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148772 | SWITCH WITH OVERLOAD RELEASE ABILITY - A switch includes first and second conductive prongs that have upper portions located within a switch casing and lower portions exposed therefrom, a button mounted pivotally on the casing having a connection rod and a stop rod extending into the casing; and an alloy plate disposed within the casing having one end connected securely to the upper portion of the second prong and a free end operably connected to the connection rod. The free end is provided with an upper electrical contact in alignment with a lower electrical contact of the first conductive prong. A support unit biases the alloy plate from below such that the upper and lower electrical contacts touch relative to each other meanwhile the lowest end of the stop rod is spaced apart from the alloy plate. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148773 | FERROELECTRIC EMITTER FOR ELECTRON BEAM EMISSION AND RADIATION GENERATION - Disclosed are methods and devices suitable for generating electron beams and pulses of radiation. Specifically, in some disclosed embodiments, multiple emitting electrodes of a ferroelectric emitter are sequentially activated, generating a relatively long electron beam pulse that is substantially a series of substantially consecutive short electron beam pulses generated by the sequentially-activated individual emitting electrodes. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148774 | FIELD-EMISSION DEVICE WITH IMPROVED BEAMS-CONVERGENCE - The present disclosure may provide a field emission device with an enhanced beam convergence. For this, the device may include a gate structure disposed between a cathode electrode and an anode electrode, wherein the gate structure includes a gate electrode and an atomic layer sheet disposed on the gate electrode, the gate electrode facing an emitter and having at least one aperture formed therein. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148775 | ANODE LAYER SLIT ION SOURCE - A linear anode layer ion source is provided that includes a top pole having a linear ion emitting slit. An anode under the top pole has a slit aligned with the top pole ion emitting slit. At least one magnet creates a magnetic field that passes through the anode slit. Wherein the width of the anode slit is 3 mm or less. A process of generating an accelerated ion beam is also provided that includes flowing a gas into proximity to said anode. By energizing a power supply electron flow is induced to the anode and the gas is ionized. Accelerating the ions from the anode through the linear ion emitting slit generates an accelerated ion beam by a process superior to that using a racetrack-shaped slit. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148776 | FIELD EMISSION DEVICE - Provided herein is a field emission device. The field emission device includes a cathode which is connected to a negative power supply and emits electrons, an anode which is connected to a positive power supply and includes a target material receiving the electrons emitted from the cathode, and a ground electrode which is formed to face the anode and has an opening through which the electrons emitted from the cathode pass. The ground electrode is grounded so that when an arc discharge occurs due to high voltage operation of the anode, electric charge produced by the arc discharge is emitted to a ground. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148777 | ENCAPSULATED STRUCTURE FOR X-RAY GENERATOR WITH COLD CATHODE AND METHOD OF VACUUMING THE SAME - An encapsulated structure of an X ray generator with a cold cathode and method of vacuuming the same are disclosed. The X ray generator has a glass ball-tube having a base, a tungsten filament, a cold cathode, a focus cap, and an anode target inside, associated with a first electrode pin, a second electrode pin, a single-used pin, and anode pin extended out. The tungsten filament located at the periphery of the base has a first wire end connected with the second electrode pin and a second wire end connected with the single-used pin. While vacuuming the glass ball-tube before melting an end to seal, a voltage is exerting on the single use pin to heat the tungsten, and a high voltage is exerting on the anode target to accelerate the hot electrons emitting from the filament to bombard the inside wall of the glass ball-tube and the anode target so as to shorten the vacuuming time and increase the vacuum level. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148778 | MICRO X-RAY TUBE - The present disclosure may provide a micro X-ray tube with a filter tube to filter X-rays and at the same time to serve as an insulator. For this, the X-ray tube may include a filter tube between a second electrode and a gate electrode, hence separating from each other. The second electrode may have a target and the gate electrode may accelerate an electron-beam to collide with the target. The filter tube includes an alumina (Al | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148779 | Specimen Preparation Device - A specimen preparation device prepares a cross section of a specimen by applying an ion beam, the specimen preparation device including: an ion beam generator that generates the ion beam; a specimen holder that holds the specimen; a shield plate that shields part of the specimen from the ion beam; and a tilted plate that is placed to intersect a path of the ion beam on a downstream side of the specimen, and has an incidence surface that is tilted relative to a direction in which the ion beam is incident. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148780 | QUANTITATIVE SECONDARY ELECTRON DETECTION - Quantitative Secondary Electron Detection (QSED) using the array of solid state devices (SSD) based electron-counters enable critical dimension metrology measurements in materials such as semiconductors, nanomaterials, and biological samples (FIG. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148781 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD USING THE SAME - A charged particle beam apparatus makes it possible to acquire information in the cross-sectional direction (depth direction) of a sample having an internal structure in a nondestructive manner with reduced damage. Further, the apparatus makes it possible to analyze the depth and/or dimensions in the depth direction of the internal structure. The charged particle beam apparatus includes: a means for providing a time base for control signals; a means for applying a charged particle beam to a sample in synchronization with the time base and controlling an irradiation position; a means for analyzing the emission characteristics of an emission electron from the sample from a detection signal of the emission electron; and a means for analyzing the electrical characteristics or cross-sectional morphological characteristics of the sample based on the emission characteristics. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148782 | Scanning Electron Microscope - This scanning electron microscope is provided with: a deceleration means that decelerates an electron beam ( | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148783 | METHOD OF SPECIMEN PROCESSING IN AN APPARATUS WITH TWO OR MORE PARTICLE BEAMS AND APPARATUS FOR THIS PROCESSING - A method and apparatus for processing a specimen with two or more particle beams, wherein the specimen has a milled side that is processed by a first particle beam and observed by a second particle beam. The specimen is milled during a first milling operation by the first particle beam with the specimen in a first position. Thereafter, the specimen tilts in a second position around an axis of tilt of the specimen. Thereafter, the specimen is milled during a second milling operation. Milling can be performed during continuous tilting of the specimen around the axis of tilt. The axis of tilt of the specimen intersects the milled side. In all the aforementioned positions of the specimen, the second particle beam impinges on the milled side, which enables monitoring of the milling in real time. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148784 | DYNAMIC PATTERN GENERATOR AND METHOD OF TOGGLING MIRROR CELLS OF THE DYNAMIC PATTERN GENERATOR - The present disclosure provides a method for operating a dynamic pattern generator (DPG) having a mirror array. The method comprises receiving a clock signal, determining a time delay based on the period of the clock signal, determining a first clock signal for toggling a first group of mirror cells in the mirror array, determining a second clock signal, lagging behind the first clock signal by the time delay, for toggling a second group of mirror cells in the mirror array, toggling the first group of mirror cells in the mirror array in response to the first clock signal, and toggling the second group of the mirror cells in the mirror array in response to the second clock signal. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148785 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS, AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD - A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a correction term calculation processing circuitry to calculate a correction term which corrects an error of a proximity effect density of a figure pattern to be written, compared against the figure pattern at design stage, a proximity effect correction dose coefficient calculation processing circuitry to calculate a proximity effect correction dose coefficient for correcting a proximity effect, by using the correction term, a dose calculation processing circuitry to calculate a dose of a charged particle beam by using the proximity effect correction dose coefficient, and a writing mechanism to write the figure pattern on a target object by using the charged particle beam whose dose is the dose calculated. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148786 | PULSED PLASMA CHAMBER IN DUAL CHAMBER CONFIGURATION - Embodiments for processing a substrate in a pulsed plasma chamber are provided. A processing apparatus with two chambers, separated by a plate fluidly connecting the chambers, includes a continuous wave (CW) controller, a pulse controller, and a system controller. The CW controller sets the voltage and the frequency for a first radio frequency (RF) power source coupled to a top electrode. The pulse controller is operable to set voltage, frequency, ON-period duration, and OFF-period duration for a pulsed RF signal generated by a second RF power source coupled to the bottom electrode. The system controller is operable to set parameters to regulate the flow of species between the chambers to assist in the negative-ion etching, to neutralize excessive positive charge on the wafer surface during afterglow in the OFF period, and to assist in the re-striking of the bottom plasma during the ON period. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148787 | PLASMA ETCHING APPARATUS - A plasma etching apparatus is for etching a substrate and includes at least one chamber, a substrate support positioned within the at least one chamber, and a plasma production device for producing a plasma for use in etching the substrate. The plasma production device comprises an electrically conductive coil which is positioned within the at least one chamber, and the coil is formed from a metallic material which can be sputtered onto an interior surface of the at least one chamber. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148788 | GAS RING FOR PLASMA SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A gas ring for a plasma system includes a gas ring body having a surface and an insulating protective layer covering the surface. Methods of manufacturing the gas ring are also provided. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148789 | PRE-CLEANING CHAMBER AND A SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTAINING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides a pre-cleaning chamber. The pre-cleaning chamber includes a cavity, a top cover of the cavity, and an ion filtering unit with venting holes. The ion filtering unit is configured to divide the cavity into an upper sub-cavity and a lower sub-cavity and to filter out ions from plasma when the plasma is moving through the filtering unit from the upper sub-cavity to the lower sub-cavity. The pre-cleaning chamber further includes a carry unit located in the lower sub-cavity for supporting a wafer. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148790 | Tungsten Sintered Sputtering Target - Provided is a tungsten sintered sputtering target, wherein the phosphorus content is 1 wtppm or less and the remainder is other unavoidable impurities and tungsten. The inclusion of phosphorus heavily affects the abnormal grain growth of tungsten and the deterioration in the target strength. In particular, if phosphorus is contained in an amount exceeding 1 ppm, crystal grains subject to abnormal grain growth will exist in the tungsten target. Thus, the object is to prevent the abnormal grain growth of tungsten and improve the product yield of the target by strongly recognizing the phosphorus contained in the tungsten as a harmful impurity and controlling the inclusion thereof to be as low as possible. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148791 | Intensity Correction for TOF Data Acquisition - Systems and methods are provided for correcting uniform detector saturation of a mass analyzer using a calibration curve. In one method, a measured spectrum is received from a mass analyzer that includes a detector and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) detector subsystem and that analyzes a beam of ions produced by an ion source that ionizes molecules of a sample using a processor. A total ion value of the measured spectrum is calculated by summing intensities of ions in the measured spectrum using the processor. A correction factor is determined by comparing the total ion value to a stored calibration curve that provides correction factors as a function of total ion values using the processor. Intensities of the measured spectrum are multiplied by the determined correction factor producing a corrected measured spectrum using the processor. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148792 | Mass Spectrometer With Bypass of a Fragmentation Device - A method for analyzing a mixture of components includes forming precursor ions from the components, alternately causing the precursor ions to pass to and to by-pass a fragmentation device, to form product ions from the precursor ions that pass to the device and to form substantially fewer product ions from precursor ions that by-pass the device, and obtaining mass spectra from product ions received from the device and from precursor ions that by-passed the device. An apparatus for analyzing a sample includes an ion source for forming precursor ions from the components of the sample, a fragmentation device for forming product ions from the precursor ions, a by-pass device disposed upstream of the fragmentation device for switchable by-pass of the fragmentation device, and a mass analyzer. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148793 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING MASS SPECTRUM OF IONS GENERATED AT CONSTANT TEMPERATURE BY MEASURING TOTAL ION COUNT, AND USE OF MATRIX FOR QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS USING MALDI MASS SPECTROMETRY - A method for obtaining a mass spectrum of reproducible ions generated at a constant temperature by measuring a total ion count, and the use of a matrix for quantitative analysis using MALDI mass spectrometry are disclosed. More particularly, a method for measuring a mass spectrum of ions generated at a constant temperature may include selecting only mass spectra having the same total ion count, among multiple mass spectra obtained from ions formed by applying energy to a specimen having a sample mixed therein. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148794 | MINIATURE SENSOR STRUCTURES FOR ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETERS - For ion mobility spectrometry applications, a desired shape of a sensor structure may be created by forming a desired shape from a ceramic material, such as aluminum nitride. In various embodiments, the sensor structure may be formed using discrete individual ceramic sheets and/or from a preformed ceramic tube. Via holes are formed into the sensor structure to provide for efficient circuitry configurations of the IMS drift tube and/or providing electrical connections between the interior and exterior of the drift tube. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148795 | TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETERS WITH CASSINI REFLECTOR - The invention relates to embodiments of high-resolution time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometers with special reflectors. The invention provides reflectors with ideal energy and solid angle focusing, based on Cassini ion traps, and proposes that a section of the flight path of the TOF mass spectrometers takes the form of a Cassini reflector. It is particularly favorable to make the ions fly through this Cassini reflector in a TOF mass spectrometer at relatively low energies, with kinetic energies of below one or two kiloelectronvolts. This results in a long, mass-dispersive passage time in addition to the time of flight of the other flight paths, without increasing the energy spread, angular spread or temporal distribution width of ions of the same mass. It is also possible to place several Cassini reflectors in series in order to extend the mass-dispersive time of flight. Several TOF mass spectrometers for axial as well as orthogonal ion injection with Cassini reflectors are presented. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148796 | CONSTRAINING ARCUATE DIVERGENCE IN AN ION MIRROR MASS ANALYSER - A charged particle analyzer apparatus comprising two opposing ion mirrors each mirror comprising inner and outer field-defining electrode systems elongated along an axis z, the outer system surrounding the inner, whereby when the electrode systems are electrically biased the mirrors create an electrical field comprising opposing electrical fields along z; and at least one arcuate focusing lens for constraining the arcuate divergence of a beam of charged particles within the analyzer whilst the beam orbits around the axis z, the analyzer further comprising a disc having two faces at least partly spanning the space between the inner and outer field defining electrode systems and lying in a plane perpendicular to the axis z, the disc having resistive coating upon both faces. A mass spectrometer system comprising a plurality of the charged particle analyzers arranged as a parallel array. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148797 | DISCHARGE LAMP - A discharge lamp includes a cathode in a luminous tube, and an emitter, other than thorium, is added to the cathode. The emitter is prevented from being excessively vaporized from the cathode and depleted soon. Smooth lighting is enabled even at start-up. A main body part ( | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148798 | Lamp and headlighting arrangement for obtaining a color appearance in an automotive headlight | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148799 | METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having silicon nitride with a tensile stress, the method comprising: c1) introducing and pre-stabilizing NH | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148800 | SELECTIVE INHIBITION IN ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION OF SILICON-CONTAINING FILMS - Methods of selectively inhibiting deposition of silicon-containing films deposited by atomic layer deposition are provided. Selective inhibition involves exposure of an adsorbed layer of a silicon-containing precursor to a hydrogen-containing inhibitor, and in some instances, prior to exposure of the adsorbed layer to a second reactant. Exposure to a hydrogen-containing inhibitor may be performed with a plasma, and methods are suitable for selective inhibition in thermal or plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition of silicon-containing films. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148801 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A substrate processing apparatus, that performs oxidization on a surface of a substrate in a vacuum atmosphere formed in a vacuum chamber, includes an atmosphere gas supply part configured to supply an atmosphere gas into the vacuum chamber to form a processing atmosphere containing ozone and hydrogen donor, wherein a concentration of the ozone is above a threshold concentration to trigger chain reaction of decomposition. The substrate processing apparatus further includes an energy supply part configured to supply an energy to the processing atmosphere to oxidize a surface of a substrate with reactive species generated by forcibly decomposing the ozone and hydroxyl radical generated by reaction of the hydrogen donor. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148802 | Liquid Chemical for Forming Protecting Film - Disclosed is a liquid chemical for forming a water-repellent protecting film at least on a surface of a recessed portion of an uneven pattern at the time of cleaning a wafer having a finely uneven pattern at its surface and containing silicon at at least a part of the uneven pattern. This liquid chemical contains a silicon compound A represented by the general formula: R | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148803 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WAFER AND THIN FILM SURFACE TEMPERATURE - A vapor deposition system and its wafer and thin-film temperature control method are disclosed. A susceptor carries a plurality of wafer holders with each bearing a wafer. The susceptor makes revolution around a center axle and each wafer holder rotates around its own axis. A carrier gas approaches a first surface of the wafer and is heated to form a thin film to be deposited on the first surface. An isothermal plate is placed at a second surface of the wafer and the second surface is opposite to the first surface. One or more remote temperature-measuring elements measure a temperature of a rear surface of the isothermal plate and the rear surface is opposite to the wafer, and a wafer-side temperature is calculated by the measured rear surface temperature of the isothermal plate. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148804 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A THIN FILM TRANSISTOR - A method for producing a thin film transistor includes forming a transistor prototype on a substrate, with the transistor prototype including a face having a to-be-treated portion. The to-be-treated portion of the transistor prototype is exposed in an environment full of a supercritical fluid. The supercritical fluid conducts a surface treatment on the to-be-treated portion of the transistor prototype to form a thin film transistor. The method can solve the problem of too many defects of the thin film transistor resulting from a low-temperature process. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148805 | CYCLIC ALUMINUM OXYNITRIDE DEPOSITION - A process for depositing aluminum oxynitride (AlON) is disclosed. The process comprises subjecting a substrate to temporally separated exposures to an aluminum precursor and a nitrogen precursor to form an aluminum and nitrogen-containing compound on the substrate. The aluminum and nitrogen-containing compound is subsequently exposed to an oxygen precursor to form AlON. The temporally separated exposures to an aluminum precursor and a nitrogen precursor, and the subsequent exposure to an oxygen precursor together constitute an AlON deposition cycle. A plurality of AlON deposition cycles may be performed to deposit an AlON film of a desired thickness. The deposition may be performed in a batch process chamber, which may accommodate batches of 25 or more substrates. The deposition may be performed without exposure to plasma. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148806 | METHOD OF DEPOSITING AMMONIA FREE AND CHLORINE FREE CONFORMAL SILICON NITRIDE FILM - Provided herein are methods of depositing conformal silicon nitride films using atomic layer deposition by exposure to a halogen-free, N—H-bond-free, and carbon-free silicon-containing precursor such as disilane, purging of the precursor, exposure to a nitrogen plasma, and purging of the plasma at low temperatures. A high frequency plasma is used, such as a plasma having a frequency of at least 13.56 MHz or at least 27 MHz. Methods yield substantially pure conformal silicon nitride films suitable for deposition in semiconductor devices, such as in trenches or features, or for memory encapsulation. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148807 | POLYCRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIAL - A method for producing a network of nanostructures from at least one semiconductor material, including a step of forming nanostructures on the surface of a substrate, at least a part of the nanostructures having areas of contact between each other, comprising, in sequence and after the step of forming: a step of deoxidising the surface of the nanostructures and a step of reinforcing the bond between the nanostructures at the contact areas. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148808 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is provided. A plurality of target patterns is formed on a substrate. The plurality of target patterns is extended in parallel to each other along a first direction. A first mask pattern extending in the first direction and including a plurality of first openings is formed. A second mask pattern extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and including a plurality of second openings is formed. Each second opening overlaps each first opening to form an overlapped opening region. A region of the plurality of target patterns is etched through the overlapped opening region using the first mask pattern and the second mask pattern as a etch mask. The region of the plurality of target patterns is overlapped with the overlapped opening region. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148809 | FORMATION OF ISOLATION SURROUNDING WELL IMPLANTATION - Embodiments of present invention provide a method of making well isolations. The method includes forming a hard-mask layer on top of said substrate; forming a first resist-mask on top of a first portion of the hard-mask layer and applying the first resist-mask in forming a first type of wells in a first region of the substrate; forming a second resist-mask on top of a second portion of the hard-mask layer and applying the second resist-mask in forming a second type of wells in a second region of the substrate; applying the first and second resist-masks in transforming the hard-mask layer into a hard-mask, the hard-mask having openings aligned to areas overlapped by the first and second regions of the substrate; etching at least the areas of the substrate in creating deep trenches that separate the first and second types of wells; and filling the deep trenches with insulating materials. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148810 | High-efficiency line-forming optical systems and methods for defect annealing and dopant activation - High-efficiency line-forming optical systems and methods for defect annealing and dopant activation are disclosed. The system includes a CO | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148811 | Method of Manufacturing Semiconductor Device and Substrate Processing Apparatus - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes (a) providing a substrate and (b) forming a film including a first element, a second element and a third element in a same group as the second element on the substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including: (b-1) supplying a halogen-based source gas including the first element to the substrate; (b-2) supplying a first reactive gas including the second element and reactive with the halogen-based source gas; and (b-3) supplying a second reactive gas including the third element without mixing the second reactive gas with the first reactive gas, wherein the second reactive gas is reactive with the halogen-based source gas and unreactive with the first reactive gas. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148812 | METHOD OF IMPROVING LINE ROUGHNESS IN SUBSTRATE PROCESSING - Provided is a method for processing a semiconductor substrate to reduce line roughness, the method comprising: positioning a substrate in a film-forming system, the film-forming system comprising a chuck having a clamping mechanism configured to hold the substrate in a processing chamber and flex the substrate by displacing a center of the substrate relative to a peripheral edge of the substrate so as to create a concave surface during processing; coating the substrate with a layer of material; performing a post apply bake process; flexing the substrate to create the concave surface either during the post apply bake or following the post apply bake process, wherein the concave surface has a degree of concavity measured at the center of the substrate that exceeds a base number of microns; and unflexing the substrate and inducing tensile stress in the layer of material on the substrate. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148813 | GAS INJECTION METHOD FOR UNIFORMLY PROCESSING A SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE IN A SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A method of uniformly processing an upper surface of a semiconductor substrate in a plasma processing apparatus including a showerhead including gas outlets in discrete sectors of a process exposed surface thereof comprises processing the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate by flowing gas through a first discrete sector of the showerhead while preventing gas from flowing through an adjacent discrete sector of the showerhead, and processing the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate by flowing gas through a second discrete sector of the showerhead while preventing gas from flowing through an adjacent discrete sector of the showerhead. The flow of gas through the first discrete sector and the second discrete sector of the showerhead is time averaged such that the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate is uniformly processed. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148814 | LIQUID TITANIUM OXIDE COMPOSITIONS, METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME, AND METHODS FOR ETCHING MATERIAL LAYERS OF OR OVERLYING SUBSTRATES USING THE SAME - Liquid titanium oxide compositions, methods for forming such compositions, and methods for etching material layers using such compositions are provided. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a liquid titanium oxide composition contains a solvent system, an organotitanate, and a high boiling point solvent having a boiling point in the range of about 140° C. to about 400° C. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148815 | Method for Patterning a Plurality of Features For Fin-Like Field-Effect Transistor (FINFET) Devices - A method for patterning fins for FinFET devices are disclosed. The method includes forming elongated protrusions on a semiconductor substrate and forming a mask covering a first portion of the elongated protrusions. The method further includes forming a spacer surrounding the mask. The mask and the spacer together cover a second portion of the elongated protrusions. The method further includes removing a portion of the elongated protrusions not covered by the mask and the spacer. In an embodiment, an outer boundary of the spacer and the mask corresponds to an outer boundary of a non-rectangular pattern. | 2016-05-26 |
| 20160148816 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate; forming a first material layer on the substrate; forming a stop layer on the first material layer; forming a second material layer on the stop layer; and performing a planarizing process to remove the second material layer, the stop layer, and part of the first material layer for forming a gate layer. | 2016-05-26 |
