44th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 15 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130284891 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image sensor controls the gain of a pixel signal on a pixel-by-pixel basis and extends a dynamic range while maintaining a S/N ratio at a favorable level. A column unit in an image sensor is independently detects a level of each pixel signal and independently sets a gain for level of the signal. A photoelectric converting region unit has pixels arranged two-dimensionally with a vertical signal line for each pixel column to output each pixel signal. The column unit is on an output side of the vertical signal line. The column unit for each pixel column has a pixel signal level detecting circuit, a programmable gain control, a sample and hold (S/H) circuit. Gain correction is performed according to a result of a detected level of the pixel signal. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284892 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A vertical shift register section includes M logic circuits for outputting row selection control signals respectively to M row selection wiring lines and shift register circuits disposed for every two row selection wiring lines. The M logic circuits, when a binning control signal Vbin | 2013-10-31 |
20130284893 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE DRIVING METHOD - A controlling section, by bringing readout switches of pixels of a certain row out of the M rows into a connected state, causes charges generated in the row to be input to integration circuits, causes first holding circuits to hold voltage values output from the integration circuits, and then brings transfer switches into a connected state to transfer the voltage values to the second holding circuits, and thereafter performs in parallel an operation for causing the voltage values to be sequentially output from the second holding circuits and an operation for, by bringing readout switches of pixels of another row into a connected state, causing charges generated in the row to be input to the integration circuits. Accordingly, a solid-state imaging device and a driving method thereof capable of suppressing variations in output characteristics, while solving the problem due to a delay effect are realized. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284894 | Devices Having One or More Integrated Computational Elements and Methods for Determining a Characteristic of a Sample by Computationally Combining Signals Produced Therewith - Optical computing devices containing one or more integrated computational elements may be used to produce two or more detector output signals that are computationally combinable to determine a characteristic of a sample. The devices may comprise a first integrated computational element and a second integrated computational element, each integrated computational element having an optical function associated therewith, and the optical function of the second integrated computational element being at least partially offset in wavelength space relative to that of the first integrated computational element; an optional electromagnetic radiation source; at least one detector configured to receive electromagnetic radiation that has optically interacted with each integrated computational element and produce a first signal and a second signal associated therewith; and a signal processing unit operable for computationally combining the first signal and the second signal to determine a characteristic of a sample. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284895 | Methods and Devices for Optically Determining A Characteristic of a Substance - Optical computing devices are disclosed. One exemplary optical computing device includes an electromagnetic radiation source configured to optically interact with a sample and at least two integrated computational elements. The at least two integrated computational elements are configured to produce optically interacted light and further configured to be associated with a characteristic of the sample. The optical computing device further includes a first detector arranged to receive the optically interacted light from the at least two integrated computational elements and thereby generate a first signal corresponding to the characteristic of the sample. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284896 | Methods and Devices for Optically Determining A Characteristic of a Substance - Optical computing devices are disclosed. One exemplary optical computing device includes an electromagnetic radiation source configured to optically interact with a sample and at least two integrated computational elements. The at least two integrated computational elements may be configured to produce optically interacted light, and at least one of the at least two integrated computational elements may be configured to be disassociated with a characteristic of the sample. The optical computing device further includes a first detector arranged to receive the optically interacted light from the at least two integrated computational elements and thereby generate a first signal corresponding to the characteristic of the sample. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284897 | Methods and Devices for Optically Determining A Characteristic of a Substance - Optical computing devices are disclosed. One exemplary optical computing device includes an electromagnetic radiation source configured to optically interact with a sample and at least two integrated computational elements. The at least two integrated computational elements are configured to produce optically interacted light and further configured to be associated with a characteristic of the sample. The optical computing device further includes a first detector arranged to receive the optically interacted light from the at least two integrated computational elements and thereby generate a first signal corresponding to the characteristic of the sample. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284898 | Methods and Devices for Optically Determining A Characteristic of a Substance - Optical computing devices are disclosed. One exemplary optical computing device includes an electromagnetic radiation source configured to optically interact with a sample and at least two integrated computational elements. The at least two integrated computational elements may be configured to produce optically interacted light, and at least one of the at least two integrated computational elements may be configured to be disassociated with a characteristic of the sample. The optical computing device further includes a first detector arranged to receive the optically interacted light from the at least two integrated computational elements and thereby generate a first signal corresponding to the characteristic of the sample. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284899 | Methods and Devices for Optically Determining A Characteristic of a Substance - Optical computing devices are disclosed. One exemplary optical computing device includes an electromagnetic radiation source configured to optically interact with a sample and first and second integrated computational elements arranged in primary and reference channels, respectively. The first and second integrated computational elements produce first and second modified electromagnetic radiations, and a detector is arranged to receive the first and second modified electromagnetic radiations and generate an output signal corresponding to the characteristic of the sample. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284900 | Methods and Devices for Optically Determining A Characteristic of a Substance - Optical computing devices are disclosed. One exemplary optical computing device includes an electromagnetic radiation source configured to optically interact with a sample and first and second integrated computational elements arranged in primary and reference channels, respectively. The first and second integrated computational elements produce first and second modified electromagnetic radiations, and a detector is arranged to receive the first and second modified electromagnetic radiations and generate an output signal corresponding to the characteristic of the sample. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284901 | Methods and Devices for Optically Determining A Characteristic of a Substance - Optical computing devices are disclosed. One exemplary optical computing device includes an electromagnetic radiation source configured to optically interact with a sample and first and second integrated computational elements arranged in primary and reference channels, respectively, the first and second computational elements are configured to be either positively or negatively correlated to the characteristic of the sample. The first and second integrated computational elements produce first and second modified electromagnetic radiations, and a detector is arranged to receive the first and second modified electromagnetic radiations and generate an output signal corresponding to the characteristic of the sample. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284902 | ANTI-BLOOMING CIRCUIT FOR INTEGRATING PHOTODIODE PRE-AMPLIFIERS - An input clamping circuit of a photo detector preamplifier is activated when an input transistor is turned off by an input overload, and the drain voltage of the input transistor is pulled toward ground by a current source. Even with extreme overloads, the operating conditions (Vgs and Id) of the input transistor remain within normal range. During normal operation, the clamping circuit is biased completely off, and has essentially no effect on circuit performance. Since the input FET itself, rather than a separate device, detects the onset of an overload, significantly improved clamping performance is realized without adding additional circuit complexity. The input transistor can be a FET. The preamplifier can be a cascode preamplifier. The clamping circuit can include a clamping FET or other clamping transistor gated by the input transistor drain. In embodiments, the clamping circuit increases current requirements of the preamplifier by no more than 25%. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284903 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A FEEDBACK TRANSIMPEDANCE AMPLIFIER WITH SUB-40KHZ LOW-FREQUENCY CUTOFF - A system for a feedback transimpedance amplifier with sub-40 khz low-frequency cutoff is disclosed and may include amplifying electrical signals received via coupling capacitors utilizing a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) having feedback paths comprising source followers and feedback resistors. Gate terminals of the source followers mey be coupled to output terminals of the TIA. The feedback paths may be coupled prior to the coupling capacitors at inputs of the TIA. Voltages may be level shifted prior to the coupling capacitors to ensure stable bias conditions for the TIA. The TIA may be integrated in a CMOS photonics chip and the source followers may comprise CMOS transistors. The TIA may receive current-mode logic or voltage signals. The electrical signals may be received from a photodetector, which may comprise a silicon germanium photodiode differentially coupled to the TIA. Optical signals for the photodetector in the CMOS photonics chip may be received via optical fibers. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284904 | Methods and Devices for Optically Determining A Characteristic of a Substance - Optical computing devices are disclosed. One exemplary optical computing device includes an electromagnetic radiation source configured to optically interact with a sample and first and second integrated computational elements arranged in primary and reference channels, respectively, the first and second computational elements are configured to be either positively or negatively correlated to the characteristic of the sample. The first and second integrated computational elements produce first and second modified electromagnetic radiations, and a detector is arranged to receive the first and second modified electromagnetic radiations and generate an output signal corresponding to the characteristic of the sample. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284905 | Radio Frequency Identification Sensor Assembly - An RFID sensor comprises an RFID chip, an antenna, and sensing material. The RFID chip is in electrical communication with the antenna and comprises an optical sensor. The sensing material overlies an upper surface of the RFID chip and is configured as a variable light filter that filters light differently depending upon certain properties or conditions of the environment surrounding the RFID sensor. A light source is configured to selectively illuminate the sensing material to facilitate detection of certain properties or conditions of the environment surrounding the RFID sensor. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284906 | OPTO-ELECTRONIC MODULES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND APPLIANCES AND DEVICES COMPRISING THE SAME - Manufacturing opto-electronic modules ( | 2013-10-31 |
20130284907 | EMISSIVE ARYL-HETEROARYL COMPOUNDS - Disclosed herein are compounds represented by Formula 1, wherein R | 2013-10-31 |
20130284908 | OPTO-ELECTRONIC MODULE AND DEVICES COMPRISING THE SAME - An opto-electronic module includes a detecting channel comprising a detecting member for detecting light and an emission channel comprising an emission member for emitting light generally detectable by said detecting member. Therein, a radiation distribution characteristic for an emission of light from said emission channel is non rotationally symmetric; and/or a sensitivity distribution characteristic for a detection in said detecting channel of light incident on said detection channel is non rotationally symmetric; and/or a central or main emission direction for an emission of light from said emission channel and a central or main detection direction for a detection of light incident on said detection channel are aligned not parallel to each other; and/or at least a first one of the channels comprises one or more passive optical components. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284909 | Rotation Angle Detecting Apparatus - A rotation angle detecting apparatus comprises a shaft portion space formed in a rotation shaft, a bearing holder space, a first condenser lens, a second condenser lens to face the first condenser lens, a detection pattern provided at a focal position of one of the first condenser lens and the second condenser lens, an image sensor provided at a focal position of the other of the first condenser lens and the second condenser lens, and an arithmetic unit for calculating an angle displacement of the rotation shaft. The arithmetic unit carries out a total circumferential scanning, extracts a frequency component, carries out a scanning of a reference designation pattern, and calculates the angle displacement of the rotation shaft based on a phase difference of the frequency component and the number of frequencies corresponding to a change in a position of the reference designation pattern. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284910 | Process For Analyzing Gas Emitted During Drilling Of A Borehole - A process analyses gases emitted during drilling of a borehole using oil based mud. The process comprises (a) using mass spectrometry, analysing the gas recovered during drilling through a hydrocarbon-poor zone at spaced apart locations to provide a mass spectrum for the gas emitted at each of the locations; (b) using mass spectrometry, analysing the gas recovered during drilling through a hydrocarbon-rich zone at one location to provide a mass spectrum for the gas emitted at the location; (c) using spectra from the measurements in (a) to extrapolate and predict a peak in a mass spectrum caused by compounds in the mud at a time when the drilling is proceeding through the hydrocarbon-rich zone; and (d) comparing the spectrum obtained in (b) with the predicted spectrum obtained in (c) to further predict at least one of the quantity and identity of the formation gases emitted from the hydrocarbon-rich zone. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284911 | Ion Mobility Spectrometer Including Spaced Electrodes For Filtering - An ion mobility spectrometer has an inlet for an analyte substance opening into an ionization region that produces ions of the substance. Parallel grid electrodes extend laterally across the ion flow path and apply an electric field to the ions that is switchable between a relatively low magnitude alternating field that varies in magnitude over multiple periods and an asymmetric alternating field of sufficiently high magnitude to cause differential mobility effects. A collector collects the passed ions, and an indication of the nature of the analyte substance is produced from the collected ions passed during both the low and high field intervals. Also disclosed is the application of a substantially alternating field between the electrodes, which field varies between a low value and a higher value over a time exceeding that of the alternating period. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284912 | QUANTIFICATION OF IMPURITIES FOR RELEASE TESTING OF PEPTIDE PRODUCTS - The present invention relates to a method for the quantitative determination of an impurity present in a peptide product, wherein the impurity cannot be separated from other impurities or the main product. The method particularly involves the use of high resolution mass spectrometry (MS) detection with or without high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The method can be used for the investigation of the quality of peptides and proteins, particularly of pharmaceutical peptides and proteins. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284913 | Process for Monitoring Industrial Fluids and Treatment of Same - Industrial fluids can be monitored by employing differential ion mobility spectrometer to sample the industrial fluids. This process may also include controlling an industrial device or an industrial process using the results of the output from the field asymmetric ion mobility spectrometer. The process may also include employing a device to condition the sample prior to introducing the sample into field asymmetric ion mobility spectrometer. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284914 | FAST-SWITCHING DUAL-POLARITY ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY - Systems and methods disclosed provide for methods of managing polarity switching in an ion mobility spectrometer, and provide for management of the repelling grid voltage, the gating grid voltage, and the fixed grid voltage during polarity switching. Systems and methods also provide for the management of the effect of dielectric relaxation in an insulator proximal to the collector, and provide for a preamplifier coupled to the collector including a switch, and a method of managing the collector output including the switch. Systems and methods consistent with the current disclosure further provide for a method of normalizing ion mobility data by determining fitting coefficients associated with a plurality of measurement data sets, and subtracting the curves determined by the fitting coefficients from the data acquired by the ion mobility spectrometer. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284915 | MASS SPECTROMETRY METHOD, MASS SPECTROMETER, AND MASS SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM - A mass spectrometry method of the present invention is a method for conducting mass spectrometry in such a manner that an ion that is produced from a sample is introduced into a mass spectrometer by using DART or DESI, wherein the mass spectrometer has an ion introduction part for introducing the ion thereinto and the ion introduction part is heated at a predetermined timing. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284916 | ION TRANSFER DEVICE - There is provided a transfer device ( | 2013-10-31 |
20130284917 | MULTIMODE CELLS AND METHODS OF USING THEM - A mass spectrometer system is provided that is configurable for operation in both a Kinetic Energy Discrimination (KED) and Dynamic Reaction Cell (DRC). A pressurized or collision cell included in the mass spectrometer encloses a quadrupole and is coupled to a source of both inert and reactive gas. To operate in the KED mode, the collision cell can be filled with a quantity of the inert gas and an energy barrier formed between the collision cell and a downstream mass analyzer. Interferer ions collided with the inert gas can lose on average more energy relative to analyte ions of the same mass to charge ratio and can thus be trapped by the energy barrier in greater proportions. To operate instead in the DRC mode, the collision cell can be filled with a quantity of gas that is reactive with the interferer ions only. Mass filtering of the product ions can then transmit proportionally more of the analyte ions to the downstream mass analyzer. A mode controller coordinates the two modes of operation. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284918 | ION GUIDE AND MASS SPECTROMETER - A curved ion guide ( | 2013-10-31 |
20130284919 | CHROMATOGRAPH MASS SPECTROMETER - When an SIM measurement for ions originating from a target component separated by a chromatograph is performed, the measurement is performed while the mass-resolving power is switched among a plurality of levels of resolving power, with the mass-to-charge ratio fixed at a target value (S | 2013-10-31 |
20130284920 | System, Method and Applications Involving Identification of Biological Circuits Such as Neurological Characteristics - Various aspects are directed to systems and methods for assessing neural activity of a neural region having multiple subfields. In certain embodiments, a method includes evoking a cellular electrical response in at least one subfield due to neural activity in the neural region, capturing image data of the electrical response at a level sufficiently detailed in space and time to differentiate between polarization-based events of two respective portions of the subfield, and then assessing neural activity by correlating space and time information, from the captured data, for the two respective portions of the sub-field. Other more specific aspects of the invention involve different preparation and neural stimulation approaches which can vary depending on the application. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284921 | Method for Detecting Information of an Electric Potential on a Sample and Charged Particle Beam Apparatus - An object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for measuring a potential on a surface of a sample using a charged particle beam while restraining a change in the potential on the sample induced by the charged particle beam application, or detecting a compensation value for a change in a condition for the apparatus caused by the sample being electrically charged. In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method and apparatus for applying a voltage to a sample so that a charged particle beam does not reach the sample (hereinafter, this may be referred to as “mirror state”) in a state in which the charged particle beam is applied toward the sample, and detecting information relating to a potential on the sample using signals obtained by that voltage application. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284922 | Charged-Particle Beam Apparatus Having Micro Scale Management Function - There is implemented a scanning electron microscope or a charged-particle beam apparatus. The scanning electron microscope or the charged-particle beam apparatus is provided with a function capable of managing utilization states of a micro scale with ease. The utilization states include a radiation position and the number of utilizations. A map corresponding to the layout of cells on the micro cells is created. The apparatus user selects a cell on the micro scale as a cell to be actually used from cells displayed on the map. On the actual display, the number of utilizations is not displayed simply as numerical data. Instead, cells are displayed on the map in different colors each indicating a utilization state. In addition, the utilization states of the micro scale are classified properly into categories and each of the colors is assigned to one of the categories. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284923 | SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE - With a scanning electron microscope (SEM) adopting a commonly available exhaust system such as a turbo-molecular pump, an ion pump, or a rotary pump, and so forth, there is realized an apparatus capable of safely executing observation, or adsorption of a target substance that is high in rarity. Further, there is realized a safe SEM low in the risk of an electrical discharge by providing the apparatus with a probe, a means for replacing an atmosphere in a specimen chamber, with a predetermined gas, and a means for forming an image by detection of an ion current, and detection of an absorption current. Further, there is provided a means for controlling the polarity of a voltage applied to the probe. Still further, there is provided a control means for controlling a value of the voltage applied to the probe according to a degree of vacuum. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284924 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS - There is provided an apparatus which can accurately carry out focusing of an optical microscope mounted on a charged particle beam apparatus while restraining an increase in an apparatus cost and a reduction in a throughput. An approximate polynomial is formed based on a focus map of the optical microscope which is previously measured, and a control amount which adds a difference between a piece of wafer height information at that occasion and a piece of wafer height information in actual observation to the approximate polynomial is inputted as a focus control value of the optical microscope. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284925 | ELECTRON BEAM DEVICE - An electron beam device includes a first electron biprism between an acceleration tube and irradiation lens systems, and an electron biprism in the image forming lens system. The first electron biprism splits the electron beam into first and second electron beams, radiated to differently positioned first and second regions on objective plane of an objective lens system having a specimen perpendicular to an optical axis. The first and second electron beams are superposed on the observation plane by the electron biprism of the image forming lens system. The superposed region of those electron beams is observed or recorded. Optical action of the irradiation lens system controls each current density of the first and second electron beams on the objective plane of the objective lens system having the specimen, and distance on electron optics between the first electron biprism and the objective plane of the objective lens system having the specimen. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284926 | DOSE RATE MEASURING APPARATUS - A radiation detector outputs an analog pulse for incident radiation, and a signal processing portion is furnished with a wave height measuring function of converting the analog pulse inputted therein to a digital form and then measuring a peak wave height of the analog pulse and a wave height spectrum measuring function of measuring a wave height spectrum on the basis of measured wave height data, computes a dose rate and mean energy on the basis of measured wave height spectral data, and outputs computation results. The signal processing portion computes the dose rate and the mean energy on the basis of the wave height spectral data in a same wave height range on a same time axis. It thus becomes possible to provide accurate information based on which to determine whether a rise in dose rate is contributed by natural radon and thoron or contributed by a reactor facility. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284927 | INFRARED DETECTOR HAVING AT LEAST ONE SWITCH POSITIONED THEREIN FOR MODULATION AND/OR BYPASS - In at least one embodiment, a sensing apparatus is provided. The sensing apparatus comprises a substrate, a thermopile, and a readout circuit. The thermopile includes an absorber positioned above the substrate for receiving thermal energy and for generating an electrical output indicative of the thermal energy. The readout circuit is positioned below the absorber and includes at least one first switch positioned therein for being electrically coupled to the thermopile to provide a bypass in the event the thermopile is damaged. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284928 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY DETECTING GAS COMPONENTS OR CONCENTRATIONS OF GAS COMPONENTS IN GAS TO BE ANALYZED AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH DEVICE - A photonic crystal, which is a periodically arranged structure made of free-standing columns, has a base material of at least one metal or a metal alloy. Intermediate spaces between the columns allow passage of a gas to be analyzed. The photonic crystal has predefined imperfections, by which at least one resonator is formed, the resonant frequency of which is in a frequency range which is absorbed by a gas component to be detected. A heating unit heats at least some of the columns and at least one detector element extracts the energy present in the resonator in the heated state under the action of the gas to be analyzed. The device may have extremely small dimensions and very low energy consumption. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284929 | TERAHERTZ-WAVE ELEMENT, TERAHERTZ-WAVE DETECTING DEVICE, TERAHERTZ TIME-DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEM, AND TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - A terahertz-wave element includes a waveguide ( | 2013-10-31 |
20130284930 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - According to the present invention, a measurement device includes an electromagnetic wave detector, a phase measurement unit and a deriving unit. The electromagnetic wave detector detects an electromagnetic wave having a frequency equal to or more than 0.02 THz and equal to or less than 12 THz having traveled inside an object to be measured, which is an aggregation of particles. The phase measurement unit measures a change in phase of the electromagnetic wave generated by the travel inside the object to be measured based on a detection result by the electromagnetic wave detector. The deriving unit derives hardness or porosity of the object to be measured based on a measurement result by the phase measurement unit. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284931 | INFRARED SENSOR DEVICE - An infrared sensor device includes a plurality of infrared sensors that is provided in a plurality of divided areas in which an infrared-receiving area is radially divided in one plane; a detector that detects presence or absence of movement of an object in the infrared-receiving area for each of the divided areas based on an output of the infrared sensor; and a determiner that determines whether the object is in a detection area in a predetermined distance range from the infrared sensor, based on an arrangement pattern of the divided areas in which the movement of the object is detected, in an alignment of the divided areas in the infrared-receiving areas. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284932 | FLAT LENS WITH MULTIPLE FOCAL LENGTHS AND A PASSIVE INFRARED SENSOR DEVICE WITH THE SAME - A flat lens with multiple focal lengths has a lens segment. The lens segment is flat and has multiple convex lenses. The convex lenses are mounted on one of the surfaces of the lens segment, and have multiple focal lengths. With the different focal lengths of the convex lenses, multiple distances of detection of a sensor behind the lens segment can be extended to different lengths, and further increase the range of detection. Besides, with different distances of detection, the accuracy of detection would be enhanced effectively, and the erroneous estimate on a volume of the object would reduce effectively. Furthermore, because a shape of the lens segment is flat, the lens as described is more innovative and aesthetically appealing, and is relatively easier to match the building's design or decoration. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284933 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The device includes: a scintillator | 2013-10-31 |
20130284934 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE CONVERSION PANEL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS - A radiological image conversion panel | 2013-10-31 |
20130284935 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The X-ray image detection apparatus | 2013-10-31 |
20130284936 | POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRPAHY DETECTOR FOR DUAL-MODALITY IMAGING - A Positron Emission Tomography (PET) detector assembly includes a cold plate having a first side and an opposite second side, the cold plate being fabricated from a thermally conductive and electrically non-conductive material, a plurality of PET detector units coupled to the first side of the cold plate, and a readout electronics section coupled to the second side of the cold plate. A radio frequency (RF) body coil assembly and a dual-modality imaging system are also described herein. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284937 | RADIATION DETECTING ELEMENT AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING DEVICE - The present invention provides a radiation detecting element and a radiographic imaging device that may reliably detect radiation even when a region where radiation is irradiated is set narrowly. Namely, in the radiation detecting element and the radiographic imaging device of the present invention, plural pixels including radiographic imaging pixels and plural radiation detection pixels are disposed in a matrix in a detection region that detects radiation. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284938 | DETECTOR APPARATUS HAVING A HYBRID PIXEL-WAVEFORM READOUT SYSTEM - A gamma ray detector apparatus comprises a solid state detector that includes a plurality of anode pixels and at least one cathode. The solid state detector is configured for receiving gamma rays during an interaction and inducing a signal in an anode pixel and in a cathode. An anode pixel readout circuit is coupled to the plurality of anode pixels and is configured to read out and process the induced signal in the anode pixel and provide triggering and addressing information. A waveform sampling circuit is coupled to the at least one cathode and configured to read out and process the induced signal in the cathode and determine energy of the interaction, timing of the interaction, and depth of interaction. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284939 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NON-INVASIVE IMAGING OF A TARGET REGION - Embodiments of systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for imaging are presented. Preliminary image data corresponding to a first FOV of a subject at a first resolution is acquired using an imaging system including one or more radiation sources and at least one hybrid detector, specifically using at least one section of the hybrid detector having the first resolution. The target ROI is identified using the preliminary image data. Further, the subject is positioned to align the target ROI along a designated axis. Additionally, parameters associated with the sources, the hybrid detector and/or an imaging system gantry are configured for acquiring target image data at a second resolution greater than the first resolution using at least one section of the hybrid detector having the second resolution. Further, one or more images corresponding to at least the target ROI are reconstructed using the target and/or the preliminary image data. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284940 | DETECTION DEVICE FOR DETECTING PHOTONS EMITTED BY A RADIATION SOURCE - The invention relates to a detection device ( | 2013-10-31 |
20130284941 | RADIATION DETECTION SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A radiation detection signal processing method and a radiation detection signal processing system using the method are provided, which combine trigger signals and time mark information. The method includes: providing a radiation detection signal processing system having a plurality of front-end detectors, where each front-end detector detects a radiation event to generate a corresponding energy signal; generating a corresponding trigger signal according to the corresponding energy signal; generating a first signal and a second signal according to all trigger signals; and obtaining time differences among the trigger signals according to the first signal and the second signal, converting the time differences into a set of time marks, merging all of the trigger signals and the set of time marks into a hybrid time signal, and transmitting the hybrid time signal to a hybrid event coincidence detection circuit. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284942 | SCANNING ANALYZER FOR SINGLE MOLECULE DETECTION AND METHODS OF USE - The invention encompasses analyzers and analyzer systems that include a single molecule analyzer, methods of using the analyzer and analyzer systems to analyze samples, either for single molecules or for molecular complexes. The single molecule uses electromagnetic radiation that is translated through the sample to detect the presence or absence of a single molecule. The single molecule analyzer provided herein is useful for diagnostics because the analyzer detects single molecules with zero carryover between samples. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284943 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - The present invention provides a light engine having four LED light sources in combination with one or more laser light sources. A combination of collimators, bandpass filters, dichroic mirrors, and other elements is operative to direct light from the light sources onto a main optical axis from where it may be focused into a light guide for transport to a instrument or device. Particular embodiments of the invention provide for computer control, intensity control, color control, and light source modulation. The light engine provides light suitable for applications in microscopy, endoscopy, and/or bioanalytical instrumentation. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284944 | INSULATOR AND USE THEREOF - An object of the present invention is to provide an insulator which can suppress quenching between fluorescent dyes and enhance fluorescence intensity. The present invention provides, in order to achieve this object, an insulator which contains a ring entity of nonplanar structure and suppresses reduction in fluorescence intensity of one or two or more fluorescent labels adjacent to the insulator. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284945 | METHOD AND APPARATUS THAT UTILISES FLUORESCENCE TO DETERMINE PLANT OR BOTANICAL ORIGIN CHARACTERISTICS OF HONEY - Methods and apparatus are described for the measurement of honey plant origin characteristics via fluorescence. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284946 | DEVICE FOR IRRADIATING SUBSTRATE MATERIAL IN THE FORM OF A SHEET OR WEB AND USES THEREOF - A device for irradiating substrate material (S) in the form of a sheet or web in a sheet-fed or web-fed processing system, especially in a sheet-fed or web-fed processing or printing press. The device comprises at least one flexible light-emitting sheet ( | 2013-10-31 |
20130284947 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING PATTERNS USING CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM LITHOGRAPHY WITH MULTIPLE EXPOSURE PASSES - A method and system for optical proximity correction or fracturing or mask data preparation or mask process correction or proximity effect correction for charged particle beam lithography are disclosed in which a set of shaped beam shots is determined which, when used in a shaped beam charged particle beam writer, will form a pattern on the surface, where the set of shots includes shots for a plurality of exposure passes, and where the determination of the shots includes increasing the dose margin of the pattern by adding a shot in a single exposure pass. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284948 | INSULATING-LAYER-CONTAINING CERAMIC MEMBER, METAL-MEMBER-CONTAINING CERAMIC MEMBER, CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM EMITTER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING INSULATING-LAYER-CONTAINING CERAMIC MEMBER - A ceramic member containing an insulating member is disclosed. The ceramic member comprises a ceramic body and an insulating layer on the ceramic body. The ceramic body contains aluminum oxide crystals and aluminum titanate crystals. The insulating layer contains silicon oxide as a main component. The ceramic body includes a first region that includes a first surface portion covered by the insulating layer, and a second region outside the first region, and having a surface resistivity of 1×10 | 2013-10-31 |
20130284949 | EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT - An EUV (Extreme Ultra Violet) light source device ionizes a target material in an ionizer, and supplies the ionized target material to a point of generating a plasma. This reduces the generation of debris. The ionizer simultaneously irradiates laser beams of plural wavelengths corresponding to the excited level of tin on a target material to ionize the target material. The ionized target material is extracted from the ionizer with a high voltage applied from an ion beam extractor, and accelerated and supplied to a plasma generation chamber. When driver laser beam is irradiated on the ionized target material, a plasma is generated, thereby emitting EUV radiation. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284950 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION DEVICE - According to the present invention, an electromagnetic wave emission device includes a nonlinear crystal having an optical waveguide; and a prism including an electromagnetic wave input surface and an electromagnetic wave transmission surface. The electromagnetic wave transmission surface includes a rotation surface which is a trajectory of a tilted line segment rotated about a central axis of the electromagnetic wave input surface, the tilted line segment being tilted with respect to the central axis. The tilted line segment and the central axis are on the same plane. The central axis is in parallel to an extending direction of the optical waveguide. The central axis passes through a projection of the optical waveguide into the electromagnetic wave input surface. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284951 | MULTI-LEAF COLLIMATOR WITH LEAF DRIVE - A multi-leaf collimator includes leaf drives and two sets of displaceable leaves arranged side by side and facing each other to impress a high-energy beam with the shape of an irregularly formed treatment object. Each of the leaves assumes a position oriented along the shape of the treatment object by means of a leaf drive and each are equipped with a gear rod-like drive engagement in the direction of the displacement. A leaf-side pivotable gear segment is located, together with a motor-side gear segment, on a segment disk that engages with the gear rod-like drive engagement. A pinion drivable by a motor engages with the motor-side gear segment. The segment discs are arranged side by side for each set of leaves as a package on one axis. The motor-side gear segments of two segment disks located next to each other are staggered so that they will not abut each other. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284952 | Panoramic Device for Detection of Laser Pulses - A panoramic device for detection of laser pulses is provided, sensitive to at least two wavelengths and including a plurality of optical channels and a set of linear sensor arrays, each linear sensor array including a photosensitive area. Each optical channel includes at least two linear sensor arrays, the respective photosensitive areas of said at least two linear sensor arrays being non-contiguous, so that said at least two linear sensor arrays of each optical channel observe non-contiguous angular fields. Moreover, the optical channels are optically juxtaposed to obtain a continuous angular field of surveillance. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284953 | VALVE APPARATUS AND IMPROVED RAM - A valve comprises a valve body defining a throughbore having a throughbore axis, a first ram ( | 2013-10-31 |
20130284954 | HIGH TEMPERATURE SERVO VALVE ACTUATOR - A high temperature servo valve to control a valve actuator for a valve body in a valve passage includes a plurality of high temperature wires to deliver a voltage; an actuator block of piezo ceramic material connected to the plurality of high temperature wires to move when it receives the voltage; a pressure supply line connecting the servo valve to the valve passage to supply air to the servo valve; a pressure vent line to vent pressure from the servo valve; and a pressure servo line connecting to the valve actuator to control the pressure in the valve actuator. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284955 | Valve Cartridge for an Adjustable Valve, and Associated Solenoid Valve - A valve cartridge has a capsule and a valve insert, which is connected to the capsule by way of a first end and has a valve body with a main valve seat at the other end. A plunger is movably guided within the valve cartridge, it being possible for the plunger to move against the force of a return spring and the plunger having a closing element with a sealing element that interacts with the main valve seat of the valve body in a sealing manner to provide a sealing function. A corresponding solenoid valve has a valve cartridge of this kind. A magnetic damping assembly has a permanent magnet and an electrical conductor which is arranged in the magnetic field of the permanent magnet and is coupled to the moving plunger and can be moved substantially perpendicular to the magnetic field. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284956 | MICROFLUIDIC VALVE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present disclosure provides a mini-scale microfluidic valve including a valve housing disposed at a fluid dispensing orifice of a mini-scale microfluidic system dispensing nozzle. The valve housing comprises a base member having a base member orifice that aligns with the fluid dispensing orifice to provide a fluid dispensing pathway through which a system-fluid is dispensed from the system dispensing nozzle to an external ambient environment. The housing additionally comprises an open valve channel exposed to the external ambient environment and intersecting the fluid dispensing pathway. The valve further includes a liquid-film movably disposed within the open valve channel such that the liquid-film is exposed to the external ambient environment. The liquid-film comprises a substantially non-volatile, immiscible liquid, and a valve control subsystem structured and operable to control movement of the liquid-film within the open valve channel to selectively cover and uncover the base member orifice. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284957 | OUTLET VALVE FOR USE WITH A PRESSURIZED FLUID CONTAINER - An outlet valve ( | 2013-10-31 |
20130284958 | PRESSURE AUGMENTATION VALVE - The pressure augmentation valve includes a substantially tubular element having a lumen, a ring located along an interior surface of the tubular element and a dam element located in the lumen, wherein the dam element includes at least one cutout area. The valve further includes a movable plug located in the lumen between the ring and the dam element, wherein at least a portion of the plug includes a diameter greater than an interior diameter of the ring, and a spring positioned between the plug and the dam element, such that the spring exerts a force against the plug in a direction of the ring. The plug exerts a force against fluid entering the tubular element via the ring, thereby increasing pressure of the fluid upon exiting the dam element. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284959 | HIGH-PRESSURE CONTROL VALVE FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY - A high-pressure switching valve includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a plurality of ports where each port is connected at one end to a port connection and having at another end a predetermined port opening cross section at a stator end face of the stator. The rotor includes a rotor end face and at least one or a plurality of grooves. The rotor can be configured to have a rotary position with respect to the stator where two predetermined port opening cross sections connect to one of the grooves in a pressure-tight manner. The rotor and the stator can be pressed together in a sealing manner at the rotor end face and the stator end face in regions away from the port opening cross sections and the at least one or a plurality of grooves. The rotor and the stator each include a hard material. The rotor can be configured to wobble or tilt with respect to a rotational axis of the rotor. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284960 | SOLENOID VALVE - A solenoid valve includes a valve sleeve comprising a valve seat, a valve closure element which acts on the valve seat, and a housing. Arranged in the housing is a coil, an armature, a core, and a multiple-part return-path arrangement, which form an electromagnetic circuit. The core is arranged on a side of the housing opposite to the valve sleeve and is wound onto a coil former. The coil former comprises a first portion with an internal diameter and a receiving bushing for the valve sleeve arranged on a side opposite to the core. A movable armature acts on the valve closure element. The armature is mounted in the coil former via a bearing and comprises parts including a first part directed toward the core having a diameter. The diameter of the first part is larger than the internal diameter of the first portion of the coil former. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284961 | SOLENOID VALVE - A solenoid valve includes a housing within which is arranged a coil wound onto a coil former, an armature, a core, and a multiple-part return path arrangement, which together form an electromagnetic circuit. The armature is configured to be movable and to act at least indirectly on a valve closure element mounted in the coil former via a bearing. The multiple-part return-path arrangement comprises at least one return-path cover section, a return-path side section and a return-path inner section. The return-path inner section is arranged in the coil former | 2013-10-31 |
20130284962 | TECHNIQUES FOR JOINING LINED PIPELINES - A connector for lined pipelines includes a tube having opposed male interface elements extending inwardly from respective ends of the tube. One or more circumferential permeable chokes project radially from each male interface element. The chokes minimise flow of oxidising fluid from the bore into the micro-annulus between the liner and the pipe while maximising flow of fluid from the micro-annulus into the bore in the event of catastrophic pressure drop in the bore. To maintain gaps between the tube ends and the pipe liners for fluid flow, shoulder formations defined by radially-projecting bands extend circumferentially around the tube. The connector may be used in a joint arrangement where each liner includes a body section, an end section of lesser thickness and greater bore than the body section that terminates short of an end of the pipe, an inner step disposed between the body section and the end section, and an outer step disposed between the end section and the pipe. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284963 | Butterfly Valve and Stem Sealing Assembly - A butterfly valve capable of preventing leakage under demanding environmental and operating conditions. The valve includes two stem seal assemblies. The stem seal assemblies include a first pusher, a first energizer, a second pusher, a second energizer, and a force transmitting member. The force transmitting member is configured to transfer an axial load to the second pusher, which causes the first and second energizer to expand radially to create a secondary and tertiary seals between the stem seal assembly and valve stem. In addition, the force transmitting member is configured to transfer an axial load to the first pusher which creates a primary seal. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284964 | STRUCTURE OF VALVE STEM AND FRAME LINING - A structure of valve stem and frame lining includes a frame lining, a valve body, and a stem. At least two ribs are formed on one face of the frame lining, and the other opposite face of the frame lining is engaged with a base portion of the valve body by molding. The stem is disposed in an air channel of the valve body to control availability of air through the air channel. More particularly, when being disposed on a wheel frame, the frame lining has a width which enables the frame lining to overlap an outer cover engaged with the wheel frame to provide good sealing performance. Besides, the ribs help the frame lining be positioned on the wheel frame. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284965 | UNIDIRECTIONAL CERAMIC CONTROL VALVE STRUCTURE - A unidirectional ceramic control valve includes a valve shell, a shaft, a ring unit, an upper ceramic piece, a lower ceramic piece, a valve base and at least one anti-leak ring. Lower section of the valve shell has two hook holes, and two notches are formed therebelow. A receiving trough is formed at an inner portion of lower section of the shaft to provide a space for the ring unit and the upper ceramic piece. The ring unit is a ring-shaped body with low friction coefficient, and when the ring unit is disposed between the shaft and upper ceramic piece, it prevents the shaft from directly contacting the upper ceramic piece to generate wear. The upper ceramic piece has two symmetric water holes, while the lower ceramic piece has two symmetric circulating holes. A first protruding unit and a second protruding unit are correspondingly formed at the valve base. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284966 | ABA TRIBLOCK COPOLYMER, THICKENER, AND AQUEOUS COMPOSITION - To provide an ABA triblock copolymer containing: an A-block having, in a constitutional unit thereof, a monomer represented by the following general formula (1) or a monomer represented by the following general formula (2); and a B-block having, in a constitutional unit thereof, a hydrophilic monomer having a radical polymerizable unsaturated bond, | 2013-10-31 |
20130284967 | THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL HAVING REDUCED THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY, AND THERMOELECTRIC DEVICE AND MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME - A thermoelectric material including: a thermoelectric matrix including grains with a composition of Formula 1: | 2013-10-31 |
20130284968 | POROUS MAGNETIC SORBENT - The invention relates to the field of producing polymer sorbents having magnetic properties, and can be used for removing petroleum products from a water surface. A magnetic porous sorbent for removing thin petroleum films from a water surface is proposed, said sorbent being produced on the basis of industrial synthetic butadiene rubber SBR, as a result of the modification thereof by an oxidative chlorophosphorylation reaction with subsequent immobilization of magnetite FeO nanoparticles; and a method for producing a magnetic material is proposed, said method comprising the formation of FeO nanoparticles by an ion deposition method directly within a porous polymer matrix. The sorbent has a good sorption capacity in relation to thin petroleum films. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284969 | R-FE-B SINTERED MAGNET WITH ENHANCED MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Disclosed are an R—Fe—B sintered magnet and a method for producing the same. More specifically, provided is an R—Fe—B (R=Nd, Dy, Pr, Tb, Ho, La, Ce, Sm, Gd, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu or Th) sintered magnet having a structure in which R | 2013-10-31 |
20130284970 | HEAT TRANSFER MEDIUM FOR SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEMS - A heat transfer medium for solar thermal systems, a solar salt, contains nitrate salts. By admixing Ba and/or Sr are added to Li—Na—K—NO | 2013-10-31 |
20130284971 | NOVEL VAPOR SPACE ANTICORROSIVE COMPOSITION - The present invention refers to a vapor space anticorrosive composition comprising corrosion inhibitors, surfactants and possibly thickeners, wherein one surfactant is selected from alkylamine ethoxylates, and being useful as an engine run-in composition and as a coolant. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284972 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided is a cathode active material which is lithium transition metal oxide having an α-NaFeO | 2013-10-31 |
20130284973 | Method Of Forming Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Compounds - A mixture of at least two polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) compounds is formed in the presence of rhenium on cerium(IV) oxide. The POSS compounds are formed utilizing a method that includes the step of combining (a) a trihalosilane, (b) hydrogen gas, and (c) the rhenium on cerium(IV) oxide, in a reactor at a temperature of from 250° C. to 600° C. to form the mixture. The trihalosilane has the formula RSiX | 2013-10-31 |
20130284974 | SODIUM SILICATE SOLUTIONS - Sodium silicate solutions of modulus 3.0 to 3.8 are provided. In some embodiments, the solution is made by a process that uses two specific principal reaction stages. A sodium silicate solution having a low SiO | 2013-10-31 |
20130284975 | METHOD FOR PREPARING SILICATE PHOSPHOR AND THE SILICATE PHOSPHOR - The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a silicate phosphor and the silicate phosphor. The method includes (1) a hydrothermal treatment step of obtaining a layered silicate substituted with a rare-earth metal by hydrothermally treating an aqueous solution as a reaction solution, the solution containing rare-earth metal ions, NaOH and silica, and (2) a calcinating step of forming a crystalline silicate by calcinating the layered silicate substituted with the rare-earth metal. According to the method for preparing the silicate phosphor, the silicate phosphors, which can be used as phosphors for LEDs in the aspects of high covalent character, high luminescent intensity and stability at high temperature, may be prepared by a simplified, economic process. Also, the silicate phosphors may selectively emit red, green or blue light by virtue of the substitution of a silicon position with rare-earth metals of various types. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284976 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CRYSTALLINE MATERIAL - A method for producing a crystalline material comprising a step of firing a raw material mixture containing M | 2013-10-31 |
20130284977 | METAL COMPLEXES - The present invention relates to bisimidazolium salts, to novel mono- and biscarbenes derived therefrom, and to metal complexes which contain corresponding mono- and biscarbenes as ligands, to a process for the preparation of the bisimidazolium salts according to the invention, the mono- and biscarbenes according to the invention and to the metal complexes according to the invention, and to the use of the bisimidazolium salts according to the invention, the mono- and biscarbenes according to the invention and to the use of the metal complexes according to the invention. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284978 | Polyheterosiloxane Composition Including Lanthanide Metal - A polyheterosiloxane composition includes (A) a first metal (M1), (B) a second metal (M2), and (C) siloxy units having the formula (R | 2013-10-31 |
20130284979 | Synthesis of Highly Fluorescent GSH-CDTE Nanoparticles (Quantum Dots) - The invention relates to a method for the synthesis of glutathione-capped cadmium-telluride (GSH-CdTe) quantum dots in an aqueous medium, including the steps of: a) preparing a precursor solution of cadmium in a citrate buffer; b) adding glutathione (GSH) to the preceding mixture via strong agitation; c) adding a telluride (potassium or sodium telluride) oxyanion as a telluride donor to the preceding mixture; d) allowing the preceding mixture to react; and e) stopping the reaction by incubation at low temperature. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284980 | Catalyst Comprising Active Particles Physically Pinned to the Support - Catalyst comprising: a) a catalytic ceramic support comprising an arrangement of crystallites of the same size, same isodiametric morphology and same chemical composition or substantially of the same size, same isodiametric morphology and same chemical composition in which each crystallite is in point contact or virtually point contact with crystallites that surround it, and b) at least one active phase comprising metallic particles mechanically anchored into said catalytic support so that the coalescence and the mobility of each particle are limited to a volume corresponding to that of a crystallite of said catalytic ceramic support. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284981 | Filtering Structure Coated with Catalyst for Reforming Synthesis Gas and Filtering Method Using the Same - Embodiments of the invention provide filtering structures and methods. At least filtering structure includes a filtering medium for removing impurities from a gas produced by gasifying coal or biomass, and a catalyst for converting methane and carbon dioxide into synthesis gas by a dry reforming reaction and a steam reforming reaction. The filtering medium, according to various embodiments, is coated with the catalyst. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284982 | CONDUCTIVE COATING COMPOSITIONS - The present invention provides a conductive coating composition, which contains: a conductive organic polymer, a non-conductive organic compound, a solvent and optionally a curing agent; where the content of the conductive organic polymer is about 10% to about 50%, based on the total weight of the solids content in the composition. The present invention also provides a conductive film, which is formed by drying the conductive coating composition. The conductive film has a surface resistivity lower than 1000 Ω/sq and a total light transmittance greater than 80%. The conductive coating composition of the present invention can be used as an electromagnetic interference shielding material or an electrode material, and can be applied to various electronic products. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284983 | WIRE ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING SYSTEM, WIRE ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING METHOD, AND WORKPIECE - The present invention provides a mechanism capable of decreasing wires which are not appropriately supplied with power and performing the electrical discharge machining high in uniformity between multiple wires. A wire electrical discharge machining system configured to slice a workpiece at an interval of wires arranged side by side at equally spaced intervals causes the wire to travel in the same direction and includes a power feed contact configured to collectively supply a machining power supply to a plurality of the traveling wires, in which two adjacent power feed contacts respectively come into contact with the plurality of the wires supplied with the machining power supply and arranged without being aligned in the direction vertical to the direction in which the wire travels. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284984 | SEMICONDUCTOR BLEND - The invention provides an ink comprising a blend of a polymer material and a small molecule semiconductor material dissolved or dispersed in a solvent, said blend comprising at least 70% by weight of said polymer material and wherein the ink concentration is at least 0.4% w/v. The polymer material is preferably TFB [9,9′-dioctylfluorene-co-N-(4-butylphenyl)-diphenylamine] | 2013-10-31 |
20130284985 | POLYMER COMPOUND AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE USING SAME - A polymer compound having a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (1): | 2013-10-31 |
20130284986 | CARBON NANOTUBE SEPARATION BY REVERSIBLE GELATION - Embodiments described herein generally relate to the separation of carbon nanotubes by reversible gelation. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284987 | THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL WITH IMPROVED IN FIGURE OF MERIT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME - A nanocomposite including: a thermoelectric material nanoplatelet; and a metal nanoparticle disposed on the thermoelectric material nanoplatelet. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284988 | Method for lithium predoping, method for producing electrodes, and electric energy storage device using these methods - A predoping technique considered as highly practicable is an electrochemical method in which predoping is performed by assembling a battery such that an active material (electrode) and lithium are brought into direct contact with each other or short-circuited therebetween via an electric circuit, and by filling an electrolytic solution in the battery. However, in this case, much time is required, and there are problems such as the handling and the thickness accuracy of an extremely thin lithium metal foil that is not greater than 30 μm thick. By mixing a lithium-dopable material and lithium metal together in the presence of a solvent, such problems can be solved. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284989 | Method for preparing and use of Sb2Te3 nanocrystals in thermoelectric materials - Disclosed are a thermoelectric material and a method of forming a thermoelectric material having an optimal stoichiometry, the method including obtaining a first precursor material, wherein the first precursor material is an antimony precursor, and obtaining a second precursor material, wherein the second precursor is chosen from the group consisting of a tellurium precursor and a selenium precursor. The method further includes combining the precursor materials, heating the combination of precursor materials, and isolating a plurality of semiconductor nanocrystals from the heated precursor materials. | 2013-10-31 |
20130284990 | REACTIVE FLUOROPOLYMER AND LASER-ENGRAVEABLE COMPOSITIONS AND PREPARATORY METHODS - A composition comprises a fluoropolymer such as an elastomeric fluoropolymer and at least 1 weight % of a fluoro-functionalized near-infrared radiation absorber. This composition can be formed into laser-engraveable layers for various elements that can be laser-engraved to provide relief images. The resulting laser-engraved elements can take various forms including flexographic printing members, and can be used to apply various inks to receiver materials in an imagewise fashion. | 2013-10-31 |