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20090317931 | METHOD OF FABRICATING AN ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICE INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE ACTIVE ELEMENT - The invention relates to a method of fabricating an electromechanical device including an active element, wherein the method comprises the following steps: | 12-24-2009 |
20090321887 | METHOD OF FABRICATING AN ELECTROMECHANICAL STRUCTURE INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE MECHANICAL REINFORCING PILLAR - The invention relates to a method of fabricating an electromechanical structure presenting a first substrate ( | 12-31-2009 |
20090325335 | HETEROGENEOUS SUBSTRATE INCLUDING A SACRIFICIAL LAYER, AND A METHOD OF FABRICATING IT - The invention relates to a method of making a component from a heterogeneous substrate comprising first and second portions in at least one monocrystalline material, and a sacrificial layer constituted by at least one stack of at least one layer of monocrystalline Si situated between two layers of monocrystalline SiGe, the stack being disposed between said first and second portions of monocrystalline material, wherein the method consists in etching said stack by making:
| 12-31-2009 |
20100029031 | METHOD OF FABRICATING A MEMS/NEMS ELECTROMECHANICAL COMPONENT - The invention relates to a method of fabricating and electromechanical device on at least one substrate, the device including at least one active element and wherein the method comprises:
| 02-04-2010 |
20100154543 | Microsystem, More Particularly a Microgyrometer, With at Least Two Mechanically Coupled Oscillating Masses - The microsystem achieved in a flat substrate and comprises two oscillating masses connected to the substrate by suspension springs. The oscillating masses are coupled by a rigid coupling bar so as to produce an anti-phase movement of said oscillating masses when excitation of the latter is performed in a predefined excitation direction. The coupling bar is connected to intermediate zones of the corresponding suspension springs arranged on opposite sides of the oscillating masses. The intermediate zones are arranged between a first end of the suspension springs fixed to the corresponding oscillating mass, and a second end of the suspension springs fixed to the substrate by a corresponding anchoring point. | 06-24-2010 |
20100190301 | CAVITY CLOSURE PROCESS FOR AT LEAST ONE MICROELECTRONIC DEVICE - A process for closure of at least one cavity intended to encapsulate or be part of a microelectronic device, comprising the following steps:
| 07-29-2010 |
20110129757 | FUEL CELL WITH MEMBRANE/ELECTRODE STACK PERPENDICULAR TO THE SUPPORT SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING - A fuel cell includes at least one stack the main elements whereof are perpendicular to a support substrate. This stack is provided with an electrolytic membrane situated between a first and second electrode. The first and second electrodes each include a catalytic layer in contact with the electrolytic membrane. Each electrode includes an electrically conductive porous diffusion layer, and each stack is inserted between electrically conductive first and second support partitions perpendicular to the support substrate and constituting current collectors of the stack. The support partitions are electrically insulated from one another. | 06-02-2011 |
20110220470 | Electromechanical Actuator with Interdigitated Electrodes - A micromachined electromechanical (MEMS) actuator including, for example, an electrostatically actuated electrical switch, is provided, including a first set of conducting plates forming part of the movable element of the switch, interdigitated with a set of conducting plates forming part of the substrate. The plates are, in principle, vertical relative to the surface of the substrate; they are in partial heightwise overlap and a control voltage applied between the two sets of plates exerts a vertical force acting so as to move the movable element closer to the substrate. The conducting plates of the movable element are connected to one another by conducting end crosspieces connecting the ends of these plates so as to surround, laterally, the stationary conducting plates. The distance separating one stationary plate end from the mobile crosspiece is the same at both ends so that the forces exerted in the elongation direction of the plates cancel out. This distance is preferably the same for all the plates. | 09-15-2011 |
20120279299 | GYROMETER WITH REDUCED PARASITIC CAPACITANCES - Gyrometer comprising a substrate and an inertial mass suspended above the substrate, the inertial mass comprising an excitation part and a detection part, means of moving the excitation part in at least one direction contained in the plane of said inertial mass, and capacitive detection means detecting movement of said detection part outside the plane of said mass, said capacitive detection means comprising at least one suspended electrode, located above the detection part located facing the substrate so as to form a variable capacitor with said detection part, said electrode being held above said detection part by at least one pillar passing through the inertial mass. | 11-08-2012 |
20130105308 | MINIATURE REFERENCE ELECTRODE | 05-02-2013 |
20130273683 | Method of Fabricating An Electromechanical Structure Including at Least One Mechanical Reinforcing Pillar - The invention provides a method of fabricating an electromechanical structure presenting a first substrate including a layer of monocrystalline material covered in a sacrificial layer that presents a free surface, the structure presenting a mechanical reinforcing pillar in the sacrificial layer, the method including etching a well region in the sacrificial layer to define a mechanical pillar; depositing a first functionalization layer of the first material to at least partially fill the well region and cover the free surface of the sacrificial layer around the well region; depositing a second material different from the first material for terminating the filling of the well region to thereby cover the first functionalization layer around the well region, planarizing the filler layer, the pillar being formed by the superposition of the first material and second material in the well region; and releasing the electromechanical structure by removing at least partially the sacrificial layer. | 10-17-2013 |
20140342557 | METHOD FOR ETCHING A COMPLEX PATTERN - A method for etching a desired complex pattern in a first face of a substrate, including: simultaneous etching of at least a first and a second sub-pattern through the first face of the substrate, the etched sub-patterns being separated by at least one separating wall, a width of the first sub-pattern being greater than a width of the second sub-pattern at the first face, and a depth of the first sub-pattern being greater than a depth of the second sub-pattern in a direction perpendicular to the said first face; and removing or eliminating the separating wall to expose the desired complex pattern. | 11-20-2014 |
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20150177281 | MULTISENSORY DETECTOR - The invention relates to a measuring circuit for a multisensory detector characterized in that it comprises:
| 06-25-2015 |
20150268115 | MICROELECTROMECHANICAL AND/OR NANOELECTROMECHANICAL DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE MEASUREMENT SENSOR - MEMS and/or NEMS differential pressure measurement sensor comprising at least one first membrane and at least one second membrane, each suspended from a substrate, the first membrane having a face subjected to a reference pressure and a second face subjected to a first pressure to be detected, the second membrane having a first face subjected to the reference pressure and a second face subjected to a second pressure to be detected, a rigid beam of longitudinal axis articulated with respect to the substrate by a pivot link around an axis, said beam being solidly connected by a first zone to the first membrane and by a second zone to the second membrane such that the pivot link is situated between the first zone and the second zone of the beam, a sensor of measuring the movement of the beam around the axis, said sensor being arranged at least in part on the substrate. | 09-24-2015 |
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20090207015 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFINING AN EVENT BASED ON A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AN OBJECT LOCATION AND A USER-DEFINED ZONE - An improved system and method for defining an event based upon an object location and a user-defined zone and managing the conveyance of object location event information among computing devices where object location events are defined in terms of a condition based upon a relationship between user-defined zone information and object location information. One or more location information sources are associated with an object to provide the object location information. One or more user-defined zones are defined on a map and one or more object location events are defined. The occurrence of an object location event produces object location event information that is conveyed to users based on user identification codes. Accessibility to object location information, zone information, and object location event information is based upon an object location information access code, a zone information access code, and an object location event information access code, respectively. | 08-20-2009 |
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20140317693 | System and Method for Conveying Event Information Based on Varying Levels of Administrative Privilege under Multiple Levels of Access Controls - An improved system and method for defining an event based upon an object location and a user-defined zone and managing the conveyance of object location event information among computing devices where object location events are defined in terms of a condition based upon a relationship between user-defined zone information and object location information. One or more location information sources are associated with an object to provide the object location information. One or more user-defined zones are defined on a map and one or more object location events are defined. The occurrence of an object location event produces object location event information that is conveyed to users based on user identification codes. Accessibility to object location information, zone information, and object location event information is based upon an object location information access code, a zone information access code, and an object location event information access code, respectively. | 10-23-2014 |
20150156608 | Location Tracking System With Interfaces For Setting Group Zones, Events And Alerts Based On Multiple Levels Of Administrative Privileges - An improved system and method for defining an event based upon an object location and a user-defined zone and managing the conveyance of object location event information among computing devices where object location events are defined in terms of a condition based upon a relationship between user-defined zone information and object location information. One or more location information sources are associated with an object to provide the object location information. One or more user-defined zones are defined on a map and one or more object location events are defined. The occurrence of an object location event produces object location event information that is conveyed to users based on user identification codes. Accessibility to object location information, zone information, and object location event information is based upon an object location information access code, a zone information access code, and an object location event information access code, respectively. | 06-04-2015 |
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20110142324 | METHOD OF RECONSTITUTING CELLULAR SPECTRA USEFUL FOR DETECTING CELLULAR DISORDERS - Embodiments of the present disclosure provides improved methods for determining the presence of abnormalities in exfoliated cells. In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides methods for reconstructing cellular spectrum of a cell sample by creating a spectral map of the cellular sample, generating a binary mask of the spectral map, removing edge artifacts from each cell, and co-adding spectral data of each pixel corresponding to the cell to reconstruct the spectrum of each cell. | 06-16-2011 |
20110248166 | TUNABLE LASER-BASED INFRARED IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - Methods, devices, and systems for imaging tissue and other samples or samples using infrared (IR) transmissions from coherent transmission sources, such as a wide range, tunable, quantum cascade laser (QCL) designed for the rapid collection of infrared microscopic data for medical diagnostics across a wide range of discrete spectral increments. The infrared transmissions are transmitted through, reflected from, and/or transreflected through a sample, and then magnified and/or focused prior to being detected by a detector. After detection, the sample related image data is used to assess the sample. Such methods, devices, and systems may be used to detect abnormalities in tissue, for example, before such abnormalities can be diagnosed using art cytopathological methods. The methods, devices and systems may also optionally include a visible light detection subsystem and/or a motion control subsystem to assist in control and processing of imaging. | 10-13-2011 |
20120082362 | Method for analyzing biological specimens by spectral imaging - A method for analyzing biological specimens by spectral imaging to provide a medical diagnosis includes obtaining spectral and visual images of biological specimens and registering the images to detect cell abnormalities, pre-cancerous cells, and cancerous cells. This method eliminates the bias and unreliability of diagnoses that is inherent in standard histopathological and other spectral methods. In addition, a method for correcting confounding spectral contributions that are frequently observed in microscopically acquired infrared spectra of cells and tissue includes performing a phase correction on the spectral data. This phase correction method may be used to correct various types of absorption spectra that are contaminated by reflective components. | 04-05-2012 |
20140205172 | METHOD OF RECONSTITUTING CELLULAR SPECTRA USEFUL FOR DETECTING CELLULAR DISORDERS - Embodiments of the present disclosure provides improved methods for determining the presence of abnormalities in exfoliated cells. In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides methods for reconstructing cellular spectrum of a cell sample by creating a spectral map of the cellular sample, generating a binary mask of the spectral map, removing edge artifacts from each cell, and co-adding spectral data of each pixel corresponding to the cell to reconstruct the spectrum of each cell. | 07-24-2014 |
20150019155 | PHASE CORRECTION TO COMPENSATE FOR REFLECTIVE DISTORTIONS OF OPTICAL SPECTRA - Disclosed herein is a process and system to correct reflective distortions of an optical spectrum. In addition, a spectroscopy system that compensates for reflective distortions is disclosed. | 01-15-2015 |
20150090883 | TUNABLE LASER-BASED INFRARED IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - Methods, devices, and systems for imaging tissue and other samples or samples using infrared (IR) transmissions from coherent transmission sources, such as a wide range, tunable, quantum cascade laser (QCL) designed for the rapid collection of infrared microscopic data for medical diagnostics across a wide range of discrete spectral increments. The infrared transmissions are transmitted through, reflected from, and/or transreflected through a sample, and then magnified and/or focused prior to being detected by a detector. After detection, the sample related image data is used to assess the sample. Such methods, devices, and systems may be used to detect abnormalities in tissue, for example, before such abnormalities can be diagnosed using art cytopathological methods. The methods, devices and systems may also optionally include a visible light detection subsystem and/or a motion control subsystem to assist in control and processing of imaging. | 04-02-2015 |
20150142333 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS BY SPECTRAL IMAGING - A method for analyzing biological specimens by spectral imaging to provide a medical diagnosis includes obtaining spectral and visual images of biological specimens and registering the images to detect cell abnormalities, pre-cancerous cells, and cancerous cells. This method eliminates the bias and unreliability of diagnoses that is inherent in standard histopathological and other spectral methods. In addition, a method for correcting confounding spectral contributions that are frequently observed in microscopically acquired infrared spectra of cells and tissue includes performing a phase correction on the spectral data. This phase correction method may be used to correct various types of absorption spectra that are contaminated by reflective components. | 05-21-2015 |
20150213601 | Method of Reconstituting Cellular Spectra Useful for Detecting Cellular Disorders - Embodiments of the present disclosure provides improved methods for determining the presence of abnormalities in exfoliated cells. In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides methods for reconstructing cellular spectrum of a cell sample by creating a spectral map of the cellular sample, generating a binary mask of the spectral map, removing edge artifacts from each cell, and co-adding spectral data of each pixel corresponding to the cell to reconstruct the spectrum of each cell. | 07-30-2015 |