14th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 44 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220108738 | MAGNETIC MEMORY DEVICE AND MAGNETIC MEMORY APPARATUS - A magnetic memory device is provided. The magnetic memory device includes a spin orbit torque (SOT) source configured to generate SOT, and a magnetic fine wire of which one end contacts a main surface of the SOT source. A direction of SOT generated by the SOT source is perpendicular to a direction in which the magnetic fine wire extends, and a magnetic domain in the magnetic fine wire is parallel to the direction in which the magnetic fine wire extends. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108739 | SIGNAL PRESERVE IN MRAM DURING READING - Apparatuses and techniques are described for reading MRAM memory cells. In a cross-point memory array, each conductive line, such as a bit line or word line, is connected to a transistor pair comprising a pMOSFET in parallel with an nMOSFET. When selecting a memory cell to be read, a voltage of a first conductive line may be pulled up using the pMOSFET while a voltage of a second conductive line is pulled down, e.g., to 0 V, using the nMOSFET. This minimizes a capacitance while the selector is turned on. Further, when reading the selected memory cell, the parallel nMOSFET of the first conductive line may be turned on while the pMOSFET remains on. The nMOSFET adds a resistance which offsets a decreased resistance of the pMOSFET to allow accurate sensing of the voltage across the memory cell. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108740 | SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION IN MRAM DURING READING - Apparatuses and techniques are described for reading MRAM memory cells. In a cross-point memory array, each conductive line, such as a bit line or word line, is connected to a transistor pair comprising a pMOSFET in parallel with an nMOSFET. When selecting a memory cell to be read, a voltage of a first conductive line may be pulled up using the pMOSFET while a voltage of a second conductive line is pulled down, e.g., to 0 V, using the nMOSFET. This minimizes a capacitance while the selector is turned on. Further, when reading the selected memory cell, the parallel nMOSFET of the first conductive line may turned on while the pMOSFET is turned off. The nMOSFET provides a higher resistance in place of the decreased resistance of the pMOSFET to amplify a signal at a sense circuit to allow accurate sensing of the voltage across the memory cell. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108741 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICES - A semiconductor memory device according to the present inventive concept includes: a semiconductor substrate; a common source semiconductor layer doped with impurities of a first conductivity type on the semiconductor substrate; a plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of word line structures alternately stacked on the common source semiconductor layer; and a memory cell dielectric layer penetrating the plurality of insulating layers and the plurality of word line structures and covering an internal wall of a channel hole extending in a vertical direction, and a memory cell structure filling the channel hole. The memory cell structure includes a channel layer, which has the memory cell dielectric layer thereon and fills at least a portion of the channel hole, and a drain layer covering an upper surface of the channel layer, doped with impurities of a second conductivity type, and filling some of an upper portion of the channel hole. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108742 | DIFFERENTIAL CHARGE SHARING FOR COMPUTE-IN-MEMORY (CIM) CELL - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a circuit for in-memory computation. The circuit generally includes a memory cell having a bit-line and a complementary bit-line, a first capacitive element coupled to the bit-line, a second capacitive element coupled to the complementary bit-line, a processing circuit, a first switch coupled between a first input of the processing circuit and the bit-line, and a second switch coupled between a second input of the processing circuit and the complementary bit-line | 2022-04-07 |
20220108743 | PER BANK REFRESH HAZARD AVOIDANCE FOR LARGE SCALE MEMORY - An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a memory controller having a network interface and a channel interface. The channel interface is to send read, write and refresh commands into a region of a memory. The network interface is to receive memory access requests from a network, wherein the memory requests target the region of the memory. The memory requests are sent into the network by one or more host interfaces. The memory controller has bank refresh logic circuitry. The memory controller has signaling logic circuitry to send a back pressure signal to the one or more host interfaces. The back pressure signal identifies a bank of the region of the memory that is about to be refreshed by the bank refresh logic circuitry. The back pressure signal is to inform the one or more host interfaces that any memory requests that target the bank will not be serviced by the region of memory before the bank begins to be refreshed. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108744 | BITLINE PRECHARGE SYSTEM FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A bitline precharge system is provided for a semiconductor memory device. The bitline precharge system comprises a voltage comparator circuit to output a reference voltage signal based on an input wordline voltage supply level (VDDWL), and a periphery power supply voltage (VDDP) level. A voltage control circuit is electrically coupled to a periphery power supply and the voltage comparator circuit to output a precharge voltage (VDDM) level based on the reference voltage signal and the periphery power supply voltage (VDDP) level. A bitline precharge circuit is electrically coupled to the voltage control circuit and a plurality of bitlines of the memory device to precharge the plurality of bitlines based on the precharge voltage (VDDM) level in response to a precharge enable signal during one of a read operation to read data from the memory device and a write operation to write data from the memory device. Further, the at least one bitline is discharged from the precharge voltage (VDDM) level during at least one of the read operation or the write operation. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108745 | QLC Programming Method With Staging Of Fine Data - The present disclosure generally relates to improved foggy-fine programming. The data can be written to SLC memory. Then, the data can be decoded and then both foggy and finely written to MLC. After the decoding, the data can be stored in DRAM located in a front end or in a SRAM located in a flash manager prior to being written to MLC. After storing in either the DRAM or SRAM, the data is then decoded and written to MLC. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108746 | INCREASE OF A SENSE CURRENT IN MEMORY - The present disclosure includes apparatuses, methods, and systems for increase of a sense current in memory. An embodiment includes a memory having a plurality of memory cells, and circuitry configured to count a number of program operations performed on the memory cells of the memory during operation of the memory, and increase a magnitude of a current used to sense a data state of the memory cells of the memory upon the count of the number of program operations reaching a threshold count. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108747 | MEMORY CONTROLLER FOR CONTROLLING RESISTIVE MEMORY DEVICE AND MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - According to an embodiment, a memory system comprises a resistive memory device configured to perform a read operation and a write operation based on a command and an address, wherein the resistive memory device includes a plurality of banks each including a plurality of memory cells; and a memory controller configured to schedule a request from a host to generate the command and the address, wherein, when a time interval is less than a first time, the memory controller is configured to stop generation of the command and re-schedule the command corresponding to the request, the time interval spanning from a time of generation of a prior write command for a same memory cell to a time of generation of the command generated according to the request. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108748 | TERNARY CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY AND MEMORY CELL THEREOF - A ternary content addressable memory and a memory cell thereof are provided. The ternary content addressable memory cell includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor has a gate to receive a selection signal. A first end of the first transistor is coupled to a match line. A second end of the first transistor is coupled to a source line. The second transistor has a gate to receive an inverted selection signal. A first end of the second transistor is coupled to the match line. A second end of the second transistor is coupled to the source line. The first and second transistors have charge storage structures. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108749 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - According to an exemplary embodiment of the inventive concept, there is provided a nonvolatile memory device comprising: a memory cell region including a first metal pad, a peripheral circuit region including a second metal pad and vertically connected to the memory cell region by the first metal pad and the second metal pad, a memory cell array, in the memory cell region, comprising a plurality of memory cells, a plurality of word lines and a bit line connected to the memory cells, wherein each memory cell is connected to one of the word lines, a voltage generator, in the peripheral circuit region, supplying a plurality of supply voltages to the memory cell array, a control logic circuit, in the peripheral circuit region, programming a selected one of the memory cells connected to a selected one of the word lines into a first program state by controlling the voltage generator, and a verify circuit, in the peripheral circuit region, controlling a verify operation on the memory cell array by controlling the voltage generator, wherein the verify circuit controls a word line voltage applied to at least one unselected word line not to be programmed among the plurality of word lines in the verify operation and a bit line voltage applied to the bit line connected differently from a voltage level of a voltage applied in a read operation of the nonvolatile memory device. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108750 | MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE MEMORY DEVICE - The present technology includes a memory device and a method of operating the memory device. The memory device includes a memory block including memory cells, a peripheral circuit configured to perform a plurality of program loops to cause a threshold voltage of selected memory cells included in a selected page among the memory cells to attain a target voltage, and a control logic circuit configured to control the peripheral circuit to perform the program loops by selectively applying a normal program or a double program to the program loops. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108751 | STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - Provided herein may be a storage device and a method of operating the same. The storage device may include a memory device including a plurality of memory cells and a memory controller. The memory controller may be configured to control the memory device to generate dummy data based on write data, when a size of the write data is less than a preset size, and to store program data including the write data and the dummy data in selected memory cells among the plurality of memory cells. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108752 | PERFORMING THRESHOLD VOLTAGE OFFSET BIN SELECTION BY PACKAGE FOR MEMORY DEVICES - An example memory sub-system includes a memory device and a processing device, operatively coupled to the memory device. The processing device is configured to program a first block in a first die of the memory device and a second block in a second die of the memory device, wherein the first die and the second die are assigned to a die group; and associate the die group with a threshold voltage offset bin. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108753 | TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING MEMORY CELL READ OFFSETS - Methods, systems, and devices for techniques for determining memory cell read offsets are described to support determining voltage offsets and corresponding read voltage levels for one or more memory cell levels using a relationship between read voltage levels and voltage offsets. A memory device may estimate first voltage offsets using a first procedure and may perform a read operation using the first voltage offsets. If a first voltage offset results in a read error for a corresponding memory cell level, the memory device may determine an updated voltage offset using the relationship. The relationship may predict a voltage offset for a given read voltage level, such that the memory device may use the relationship to predict an updated voltage offset for a memory cell level. The memory device may use the updated voltage offset(s) to perform a second read operation for the one or more memory cells. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108754 | MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY AND A CONTROLLER - According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a semiconductor memory and a controller. The semiconductor memory includes first blocks including a memory cell capable of storing data of one bit, a second block including a memory cell capable of storing data of two or more bits. The semiconductor memory stores first data in a first latch circuit, and second data in a second latch circuit, and writes the first data into one of the first blocks in page units, and the second data into one of the first blocks in page units. The semiconductor memory writes data of at least two pages into the second block, using the first data stored in the first latch circuit and the second data stored in the second latch circuit. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108755 | REDUCED-VOLTAGE OPERATION OF A MEMORY DEVICE - Methods, systems, and devices for reduced-voltage operation of a memory device are described. A memory device may operate in different operational modes based on a value of a supply voltage fir the memory device. For example, when the value of the supply voltage exceeds both a first threshold voltage and a second threshold voltage, the memory device may be operated in a normal operation mode. When the value of the supply voltage is between the first threshold voltage and the second threshold voltage, the memory device may be operated in a low voltage operation mode, which may be a reduced performance mode relative to the normal operation mode. When the value of the supply voltage is below the second threshold voltage, the memory device may be deactivated. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108756 | INTRA-CODE WORD WEAR LEVELING TECHNIQUES - Methods, systems, and devices for spare substitution in a memory system are described. Aspects include a memory device identifying a rotation index that indicates a first assignment of logical channel to physical channels for code words stored in a memory medium. The memory device may use a pointer to indicate one or more code word addresses that are to be rotated and update a value of the pointer associated with a range for the rotation index based on a condition being satisfied. The memory device may rotate a first code word according to a first assignment of the rotation index, where the rotating may occur at an address of the memory medium corresponding to the updated value of the pointer. Additionally, the memory device may execute access operations on the memory medium that include multiplexing multiple logical channels to multiple physical channels based on the rotation index and the pointer. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108757 | MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - The present technology relates to an electronic device. A memory device that reduces noise generated during a sensing operation includes a plurality of pages, each including a plurality of memory cells, a peripheral circuit configured to sense a selected page among the plurality of pages, the selected page including a selected memory cell and a sensing node controller configured to control, based on a result of a first sensing operation among a plurality of sensing operations that are performed to sense a logical page among a plurality of logical pages in the selected page, a sensing node in a page buffer coupled to the selected memory cell through a bit line during a second sensing operation. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108758 | BIN PLACEMENT ACCORDING TO PROGRAM-ERASE CYCLES - A system includes a memory device having a plurality of dice and A processing device to perform operations, including determining a representative number of program-erase cycles performed across the plurality of dice. The operations further include tracking the representative number of program-erase cycles over time. The operations further include, in response to the representative number of program-erase cycles satisfying a first threshold criterion, adding an additional threshold voltage offset bin to a plurality of threshold voltage offset bins for the memory device, wherein each of the plurality of threshold voltage offset bins comprises a corresponding window of time after program of data to the memory device. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108759 | MULTI-LEVEL ULTRA-LOW POWER INFERENCE ENGINE ACCELERATOR - Non-volatile memory structures for performing compute-in-memory inferencing for neural networks are presented. A memory array is formed according to a crosspoint architecture with a memory cell at each crosspoint junction. The multi-levels memory cells (MLCs) are formed of multiple of ultra-thin dielectric layers separated by metallic layers, where programming of the memory cell is done by selectively breaking down one or more of the dielectric layers by selecting the write voltage level. In an alternate set of embodiments, the memory cells are formed as anti-fuses. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108760 | PACKETIZED POWER-ON-SELF-TEST CONTROLLER FOR BUILT-IN SELF-TEST - Techniques for testing an integrated circuit (IC) are disclosed. A controller in the IC retrieves first testing data from a first memory in the IC. The controller transmits the first testing data to a first built-in self-test (BIST) core. The controller receives a response from the first BIST core, relating to a test at the first BIST core using the first testing data. The controller determines a status of the test relating to the IC based on the response. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108761 | ON-DIE TESTING FOR A MEMORY DEVICE - Methods, systems, and devices for on-die testing for a memory device are described. In some examples, a memory die may include processing circuitry configured to perform evaluations of the memory die based on commands or instructions received from an external device. The processing circuitry may be configured to detect failures of the memory die and transmit related indications to the external device based on the on-die detection. In some examples, the processing circuitry may be configured to communicate failure information at a finer granularity than information associated with expected or nominal behavior. Additionally or alternatively, the processing circuitry may be configured to perform operations according to an internally-generated clock signal that operates at a faster rate or speed than a clock signal from the external device. In some examples, the processing circuitry may include an analog-to-digital conversion capability for digital communication of analog characteristics internal to the memory die. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108762 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING AN ERROR IN DATA TRANSMISSION OF A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A data processing system includes a controller configured to receive a first encoded data item and a write request from a host, the first encoded data item being encoded based on a hamming code. The controller is further configured to store the first encoded data item in a write buffer, decode the first encoded data item stored in the write buffer based on the hamming code to detect and correct a first error in the first encoded data item to obtain a first error-corrected data item, encode the first error-corrected data item based on an error correction code to generate a second encoded data item, and transmit the second encoded data item to program the second encoded data item in a non-volatile memory device. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108763 | Determine Bit Error Count based on Signal and Noise Characteristics Centered at an Optimized Read Voltage - A memory device to estimate a bit error count of data retrievable from a group of memory cells. For example, the memory device has a group of memory cells programmed to store a predetermined number of bits per memory cells to be read at a plurality of first voltages. The memory device determines a plurality of calibrated read voltages corresponding to the plurality of first voltages respectively, based on first signal and noise characteristics of the group of memory cells. The first signal and noise characteristics are used to compute second signal and noise characteristics of the group of memory cells for the calibrated read voltages. The second signal and noise characteristics are used in an empirical formula to compute an estimate of the bit error count of data retrievable from the group of memory cells using the calibrated read voltages. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108764 | ADDRESS GENERATION FOR ADAPTIVE DOUBLE DEVICE DATA CORRECTION SPARING - Adaptive Double Device Data Correction sparing uses memory addresses in increasing order. The last sparing address is stored as a memory address. Each system address for a processor memory transaction is converted to a memory address. The memory address is compared with the last sparing address to determine the Error Code Correction format for the processor memory transaction. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108765 | SAMPLING UNIQUE MOLECULAR STRUCTURES FROM AUTOENCODERS - A system, method, and computer program product for computational molecular design are disclosed. The method includes receiving an input molecule, encoding the input molecule as a vector in latent space, identifying a target region in the latent pace, sampling latent vectors from the target region, and generating two or more discrete representations of molecules for each of the sampled latent vectors by decoding the sampled latent vectors via sequential decision-making, which includes selecting most likely symbols at each step. Further, the method includes outputting, for each sampled latent vector, a unique molecule selected from the discrete representations of molecules. The system includes at least one processing component, at least one memory component, an encoder, a sampling module, and a decoder, which are configured to carry out the method. The computer program product includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions to cause a device to perform the method. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108766 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING DRUG BINDING USING SYNTHETIC DATA - A method for predicting drug-target binding using synthetically-augmented data involves generating a multitude of ghost ligands for a multitude of proteins in a protein structure database, generating a multitude of drug-target interaction (DTI) features for proteins and ligands in a DTI database, using the multitude of ghost ligands, generating a machine learning model using the multitude of DTI features, and predicting a likelihood of interaction for a combination of a query protein and a query ligand using the machine learning model. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108767 | COPY NUMBER VARIANT CALLER - Direct targeted sequencing (DTS) methods and a hidden Markov model (HMV) can be used to call the copy number of a segment of interest within a region of interest. Described herein are methods for calling a copy number variant or a copy number variant abnormality using an HMM, and methods for determining a copy number based on a copy number likelihood model, in a test sequencing library that has be sequenced using DTS methods. Also described herein are methods for determining a copy number of a segment, including accounting for spurious capture probes that may arise from the DTS methods. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108768 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VARIANT CALLING - A locus tester or locust database has stored therein DNA or RNA sequence information for one or more loci of interest. The sequence information may include a list of k-mers in a given DNA or RNA sequence, an identification of whether each k-mer in the list of k-mers appears in a reference sequence or in a variation of the reference sequence, and a count of how many times each k-mer in the list of k-mers has been identified in sequence information for the locus of interest in question. Sequence data for the locus in question received from a data source may be broken into fragments, with each fragment containing one or more k-mers. These k-mers may be quickly compared to the list of k-mers in the locust database to determine whether the sequence data corresponds to the reference sequence or to a variation of the reference sequence. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108769 | METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING THE LIMITATIONS OF DETECTING VARIANTS IN NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING WORKFLOWS - A genomic data analyzer may process the next generation sequencing data of a patient sample to identify whether a variant is present (positive variant calling), absent at a high confidence (negative variant calling), or equivocal (possible false negative calling) as falling under a calculated limit of detection (LOD). This LOD estimate corresponds the lowest variant allele fraction (VAF) detectable at the required sensitivity (true positive rate). The presently disclosed genomic data analyzer may improve any legacy variant caller by automatically calculating the limitations of variant calling detection for a user-defined sensitivity and minimal VAF of interest for any variant genomic position and/or mutation, depending on analytical factors of the NGS assay and workflow such as the sample type, the DNA sample amount and the NGS assay library conversion rate (LCR), and/or its molecular barcoding capability, as well as its NGS assay error profile. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108770 | METHOD OF ALIGNING STRINGS OF CHARACTERS REPRESENTING GENOMIC DATA AND RELATED HARDWARE DEVICE - A method of aligning a first string (read) of characters representing genomic data to a second string (contig) of characters representing genomic data, using at least a Finite State Machine having a storage memory, is disclosed. Substantially, data representing at least a first string of characters representing genomic data (read) and at least a second string of characters representing genomic data (contig) are loaded into a storage memory and a first block of characters of the read and a second block of characters of the contig are selected, wherein the two blocks have the same number of characters and are identified respectively by a first index and by a second index pointing to start positions of the two blocks. Then the two blocks of characters are compared and the two indexes are updated at each cycle of the Finite State Machine until all blocks of characters of the read have been compared. It is also disclosed a hardware device, preferably a FPGA, configured for executing the disclosed method. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108771 | Classifier Generation Methods and Predictive Test for Ovarian Cancer Patient Prognosis Under Platinum Chemotherapy - A method of generating a classifier includes a step of classifying each member of a development set of samples with a class label in a binary classification scheme with a first classifier; and generating a second classifier using a classifier development process with an input classifier development set being the members of the development set assigned one of the two class labels in the binary classification scheme by the first classifier. The second classifier stratifies the members of the set with an early label into two further sub-groups. We also describe identifying a plurality of different clinical sub-groups within the development set based on the clinical data and for each of the different clinical sub-groups, conducting a classifier generation process for each of the clinical sub-groups thereby generating clinical subgroup classifiers. We further describe an example of a hierarchical arrangement of such classifiers and their use in predicting, in advance of treatment, ovarian cancer patient outcomes on platinum-based chemotherapy. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108772 | FUNCTIONAL PROTEIN CLASSIFICATION FOR PANDEMIC RESEARCH - A protein searcher includes a pre-trained CNN, a feature extractor, a database and a KNN searcher. The pre-trained CNN, trained on a previously classified amino acid database, receives an unidentified amino acid sequence. The feature extractor extracts a feature vector of the unidentified amino acid sequence as a query feature vector. The database stores feature vectors of trained amino acid sequences and of at least one untrained amino acid sequence and stores associated classes of the trained amino acid sequences and associated tags of the at least one untrained amino acid sequence. The KNN searcher finds K feature vectors of the database which are close to the query feature vector and outputs the associated class or tag of each of the K feature vectors. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108773 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENOME ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION - COVID-19 has become a global pandemic after its inception in late 2019. SARS-CoV-2 genomes are sequenced and shared on public repositories at a fast pace. To keep up with these updates, datasets need to be refreshed and re-cleaned frequently. It may be difficult to analyze SARS-CoV-2 genomes for scientists with limited bioinformatics or programming knowledge. In the present disclosure, system and method embodiments for genome analysis and visualization are developed to address these challenges. A webserver may be used to enable simple and rapid analysis of genomes. Given a new sequence, the system may automatically predict gene boundaries and identify genetic variants, which are presented in an interactive genome visualizer and are downloadable for analysis. A command-line interface may be available for high throughput processing. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108774 | METHODS FOR FLOW CYTOMETRY PANEL DESIGN BASED ON MODELING AND MINIMIZING SPILLOVER SPREADING, AND SYSTEMS FOR PRACTICING THE SAME - Aspects of the present disclosure include methods for identifying a set of fluorophore-biomolecule reagent pairs for characterizing a sample by flow cytometry. Methods according to certain embodiments include calculating a spectral spillover spreading parameter for a plurality of fluorophores, pairing each fluorophore with a biomolecule that is specific for a biomarker of a cell in the sample to generate a plurality of fluorophore-biomolecule reagent pairs, generating an adjusted spillover spreading matrix for the fluorophore-biomolecule reagent pairs based on the spectral spillover spreading parameter of each fluorophore and a biomarker classification parameter and identifying an optimal set of fluorophore-biomolecule reagent pairs based on the calculated spillover spreading values from the adjusted spillover spreading matrix. Systems and non-transitory computer readable storage medium for practicing the subject methods are also provided. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108775 | TECHNIQUES FOR UPDATING A HEALTH-RELATED RECORD OF A USER OF AN INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE - A method for updating electronic records of a user including: creating a policy based on historic states of a user and feedback data captured by an input/output (I/O) device in response to projection of a plurality of health-related questions, wherein the policy includes a plurality of rules for determining customized questions for the user and a plurality of rules for determining plans for projecting customized questions to the user; determining at least one customized question for the user based on the policy and a health-related data of the user; determining a plan for projecting the at least one customized question to the user based on the policy and a current state of the user; projecting the at least one customized question via the I/O device; and updating an electronic record based on a response by the user to the at least one customized question captured via the I/O device. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108776 | HEALTH TRACKING SYSTEM WITH MEAL GOALS - Apparatus and methods for deriving a dietary plan. In one embodiment, the method comprises enabling a user to enter a long-term dietary goal at a health tracking device; accessing user profile information relating to the user; generating at least one value representative of a short-term dietary goal for the user based at least in part on the long-term dietary goal and the user profile information; dividing the at least one value of the short-term dietary goal among a plurality of dietary portions; and enabling the user to adjust the relative amount of the at least one value apportioned to each of the plurality of dietary portions. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108777 | BIOMARKERS FOR DETECTING COLORECTAL CANCER OR ADENOMA AND METHODS THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a group of diagnostic biomarkers usable for diagnosis of colorectal cancer or colorectal adenoma. A method for detecting colorectal cancer or colorectal adenoma using the group of diagnostic biomarkers is also provided. For example, the method provided by the present disclosure is a non-invasive approach that may utilize serum samples for detecting colorectal cancer. Moreover, the method for detecting colorectal cancer may detect colorectal cancer of different stages (e.g., pre-cancer stage, early stage, middle stage, late stage). | 2022-04-07 |
20220108778 | Algorithmic Framework For Customizing Therapeutic or Cosmetic Formulations - A framework for developing a customized therapeutic or cosmetic formulation, and application thereof, that is a specific to an individual, and to the skin condition individual suffers from, for treatment thereof. This framework incorporates input data that together represents clinical data, genomic data, and ingredient data, and applies this information to a neural network to improve simulations of treatments by associating variables extracted from relevant data points relative to the patient and skin condition, and integrating comparisons with both in vivo measurements and conditions experienced by and treated for in similar patients over time. This application of artificial intelligence may be utilized in any medical setting, is not limited to treating dermatological or skin-related ailments. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108779 | REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A rehabilitation assistance system, a rehabilitation assistance method, and a program capable of appropriately assisting rehabilitation are provided. A rehabilitation assistance system according to an embodiment includes: a storage unit configured to store, for each rehabilitation patient, evaluation indices of evaluation items regarding the evaluation items for evaluating a level of achievement of rehabilitation training; a processing unit configured to divide a plurality of rehabilitation patients into groups in accordance with the evaluation indices; and a display unit configured to update a display that shows a state of progress of a target patient in accordance with progress information of rehabilitation training and show the display. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108780 | TRAINING SUPPORT SYSTEM, TRAINING SUPPORT METHOD, AND TRAINING SUPPORT PROGRAM - A training support system including an information acquisition unit configured to acquire trainee information including a symptom of a trainee, a database configured to store a plurality of combinations of training experienced person information including a symptom of a training experienced person, a training performance, and a recovery status, a selection unit configured to select the training experienced person with the symptom similar to the symptom of the trainee acquired by the information acquisition unit from among a plurality of the training experienced persons, and an output unit configured to extract, from the database, at least any of the training performance and the recovery status of the training experienced person selected by the selection unit and then output at least any of the training performance and the recovery status. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108781 | COMPUTERIZED ROUTE BUILDING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for creating a customized route to travel including a mobile device having a human interface for inputting user-determined criteria, memory on which processor executable instructions are stored, a processor in communication with the human interface and the memory, and a mobile display for displaying the customized route to travel. A system server is configured for analyzing user-determined criteria and for generating the customized route to travel, the system server in communication with the mobile device. The customized route to travel is created based on user-determined criteria, which is transmitted to the mobile device. A display of the customized route to travel is generated on the mobile display of the mobile device, the display including a visual map of the customized route to travel and real-time information regarding the exercise plan including guidance and user feedback. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108782 | DEVICE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR INTENSITY MEASUREMENT - Embodiments provide physiological measurement systems, devices and methods for cardiovascular intensity measurement. In an aspect, a wearable device receives a time series of heart rate data for a user. The time series of heart rate data can be weighted and summed according to a weighting scheme. The weighted and summed time series of heart rate data can be used to generate an intensity score indicating the cardiovascular intensities experienced by the user during a desired period of time. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108783 | SURGICAL HUB HAVING VARIABLE INTERCONNECTIVITY CAPABILITIES - A surgical hub may obtain a hub connectivity mode based on a hub connectivity control parameter. For example, the hub connectivity mode may be selected from multiple connectivity modes that may be preconfigured, dynamically updated, semi-dynamically updated, periodically updated, or preset. The hub connectivity modes may control inter-device connectivity within a network associated with a hospital, and/or communication with an external network associated with a different hospital. The surgical hub may determine whether to provide instructional information to at least one smart surgical instrument based on the hub connectivity mode. On a condition that the hub connectivity mode does not support provisioning instructional information to surgical devices, provisioning instructional information to surgical devices may be disabled. On a condition that the hub connectivity mode supports provisioning instructional information to surgical devices, the surgical hub may determine to obtain and provide instructional information to surgical devices. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108784 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN MENTAL HEALTH THERAPY - The present invention relates to a system ( | 2022-04-07 |
20220108785 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a medical image processing method, which comprises following steps of: receiving a three-dimensional model image file and at least one medical record data by a medical image processing device; creating a three-dimensional medical file based on the three-dimensional model image file and the at least one medical record data, wherein the three-dimensional medical file conforms to a digital imaging and communications in medicine standard; transmitting the three-dimensional medical file to a medical picture archiving and communication system; retrieving the three-dimensional medical file from the medical picture archiving and communication system by a three-dimensional medical image browsing device which is a non-workstation computer device loaded with a viewer software; and displaying the three-dimensional medical file. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108786 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA VISUALIZATION - Methods and systems are provided for viewing multi-modal data in three dimensions. In one example, a method for visualizing and manipulating multi-modal features of a plurality of data objects includes accessing a plurality of datasets associated with a subject of interest, where data in the plurality of datasets changes in real-time; displaying a hub object representing the subject of interest; dynamically displaying a plurality of axis objects associated with the subject of interest, each comprising a representation of a summary metric of a respective dataset of the plurality of datasets and each displayed proximate the hub object, including adjusting a length and/or intensity of one or more of the plurality of axis objects as the data change; and in response to selection of a first axis object, displaying a first track object including a plurality of representations of data points within a first dataset of the plurality of datasets. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108787 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDICAL IMAGE DATA AND TREATMENT DATA - The present invention provides an apparatus for managing medical image data and treatment data, including a database for storing medical image data of a patient imaged by a plurality of imaging devices and treatment data generated based on the medical image data, a data processing unit for generating thumbnails of the medical image data and the treatment data, and classifying and generating a plurality of mounts for storing the thumbnails for each imaging device, and a display unit for displaying the plurality of mounts and the thumbnails stored in the plurality of mounts. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108788 | RECONFIGURATION OF DISPLAY SHARING - A surgical hub for configuration data to be displayed on a display may be provided. A surgical task that uses a medical instrument during a medical procedure may be determined. A first data based on the surgical task may be determined. A command from a user that may indicate a preference for a second data may be determined. A display data that may include the first data and the second data may be determined. The display data may provide priority to the second data over the first data. A message may be sent that may instruct the display to display data. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108789 | CLOUD ANALYTICS PACKAGES - Examples here describe a surgical system that may include a cloud computing system, a surgical hub, and a surgical instrument. The cloud computing system may be configured to aggregate data from multiple surgical devices. The surgical hub may determine whether communication is available with the cloud computing system, may receive the aggregate data from the multiple surgical devices via the receiver, may update one or more surgical hub control algorithms based on the aggregated data received, and may continue to communicate with the cloud computing system to receive additional updates, wherein the additional updates relate to updated aggregate data determined by the cloud computing system. The surgical instrument may determine whether communication is available with the cloud computing system and with the surgical hub and may receive the aggregate data relating to the multiple surgical devices from the cloud computing system or the surgical hub via the receiver. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108790 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COORDINATING PHYSICIAN MATCHING - A system and method for coordinating physician matching for a user. The system including an interface configured to receive preference data related to the user. The system further includes a physician recommendation module being applied to the preference data and corresponding physician data. The physician recommendation module can track the preference data received by the interface, compare the preference data to the corresponding physician data, and recommend a list of physicians to the user when the physician data is above a threshold value. A display coupled to the recommendation module and configured to display the list of physicians to the user. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108791 | SYSTEM FOR PATIENT REGISTRATION, CHECK-IN, AND SERVICE - A system is provided for registration, check-in, and service tracking of patients. In an example arrangement, the system includes a front end system and a back end system. The front end system including one or more web servers that are configured to provide one or more web portals. The back end system is communicatively connected to the front end system. The back end system includes a data server and a processing server. The processing server configured to store patient data for scheduled appointments in the data server in a standardized format. The processing server is configured to provide access to the patient data to the one or more web portals. The one or more web portals are configured to communicate with the processing server to provide access permit the patient and staff remote access to the patient data to facilitate pre-registration, check-in, and service tracking of patients. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108792 | HOSPITAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDER MONITORING AND VERIFYNG DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR PATIENT CARE CONDITION - A hybrid ID system for a medical practitioner and patient care includes a hybrid electronic ID/key having a transmitter device having circuitry for storing ID data and transmitting a signal containing the ID data, and a key having a predetermined shape on a surface of the hybrid electronic ID/key. A radio frequency receptor device having circuitry, storing location information, that detects the signal containing ID data, a matching detection section configured to match the predetermined shape of the key, and a movement tracking portion that tracks movement of the predetermined shape as the key is rotated. A computer system including a patient database is configured to receive the ID data in conjunction with the location information from the radio frequency receptor device when the predetermined shape is completely rotated to a final position, and store the ID data, location information, together with patient data associated with the location. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108793 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LABORATORY-BASED AUTHORIZATION OF GENETIC TESTING - System and methods for providing laboratory-based authorization of genetic testing are disclosed. An order for genetic testing is received from an electronic health record (“EHR”) system at a laboratory information system (“LIS”). A prior authorization request is automatically generated at the LIS from data parsed from the order and retrieved from the EHR and sent to a prior authorization provider. If a patient responsibility amount returned to the LIS is below a threshold, testing proceeds. If the patient responsibility amount is above the threshold, an electronic call center request is generated and the patient is contacted to obtain payment. If a billing consent is not obtained, the specimen for the order is destroyed. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108794 | METHOD FOR UPDATING A VENTILATOR - A method for updating the firmware and software of a ventilator, wherein the firmware and the software of the ventilator are divided into individual modules and separate updates are provided for each module in the form of module updates and these module updates are transferred to the ventilator from at least one remote station spatially separated from the ventilator via at least one interface of the ventilator and the module updates are performed on the ventilator. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108795 | MEDICAL COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL TRANSLATOR - A medical communication protocol translator can be configured to facilitate communication between medical devices that are programmed to communicate with different protocol formats. The medical communication protocol translator can receive an input message formatted according to a first protocol format from a first medical device and to output an output message formatted according to a second protocol format supported by a second medical device using a set of translation rules. For example, a medical communication protocol translator can receive an input message from a hospital information system formatted according to a first HL7 protocol format and output an output message formatted according to a second HL7 protocol format based on a comparison with the set of translation rules. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108796 | Systems Enabling Doctors to Access Medical Device Data - An example method is performed by a defibrillator and includes obtaining event data regarding treatment provided to a patient. The method also includes obtaining a key that facilitates validating a request from a computing device to access the event data, associating the key with the event data, and transmitting the key and the event data to a server. Another example method is performed by a mobile device and includes obtaining an encoded version of an identifier of a medical device that is provided on the medical device. The medical device is configured to obtain event data regarding treatment provided to a patient. The method also includes obtaining a selection of a recipient for the event data, and causing a summary of the event data to be transmitted to the recipient. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108797 | METHODS FOR MANAGING AND IMPROVING A PERSON'S SLEEP EMPLOYING NETWORKED GROUPS AND SHARED DATA - Systems and methods for managing sleep for a group of users. The sleep of each user of the group of users are monitored to thereby obtain monitoring data; and the monitoring data are analyzed to identify at least one common sleep pattern shared by two or more users. Based on the common sleep pattern, recommendations or notifications can be sent to selected members group of users. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108798 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR SAFELY MANAGING INTERACTIONS AMONG INDIVIDUALS - A system, method, and computer program are provided for: receiving first information regarding a virus infection status of a first person; receiving second information regarding a virus infection status of a second person; based on the first information and the second information, conditionally scheduling a meeting between the first person and the second person. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108799 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A SEVERITY VECTOR - A system for presenting a severity vector includes a computing device configured to obtain a user status from a remote device, identify a user affliction as a function of a user status, generate an effect enumeration as a function of the affliction, wherein generating includes receiving an affliction training set correlating at least a first element of an affliction state and at least a first affliction result and generating an effect enumeration as a function of the affliction training set using an affliction machine-learning process, wherein the affliction machine-learning process is trained using the affliction training set, calculate a severity vector, and transmit the severity score on the remote device. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108800 | TECHNIQUE FOR DETERMINING A STATE OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IN A PATIENT - A technique for determining a state of MS (Multiple Sclerosis) in a MS patient, for example Relapsing-Remitting MS (RRMS) or Secondary Progressive MS (SPMS) or an in-transition from RRMS to SPMS state, is presented. In the technique, patient data and age of the patient, and optionally EDSS score and/or T25FW score, is inputted by a user to a processor. The patient data queries comprise items grouped into a first group relating to relapse and recovery, a second group relating to symptoms experienced and a third group relating to impacts experienced by the patient in a predetermined period. Each item has an assigned predetermined weight and comprises a plurality of corresponding predetermined responses. Each response has an assigned predetermined score. Predetermined weights are also assigned for age query and to the EDSS query and/or the T25FW query. The processor, based on the first, second and third group scores and the age score, and the optionally included EDSS score and/or T25FW score generates a total score based on which the state of MS e.g. RRMS or SPMS or in-transition from RRMS to SPMS is determined. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108801 | DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM - A diagnosis and treatment support system according to an embodiment has a storage apparatus and processing circuitry. The storage apparatus stores a trained model that infers information related to a state of a patient from an examination value for a predetermined examination item. On the basis of correlations between examination values for plural examination items included in diagnosis and treatment information on plural patients, the processing circuitry calculates a conversion function that enables statistical derivation of a value from an examination value or values for one or plural examination items, and generates, on the basis of an inference obtained by inputting an examination value for an examination item included in diagnosis and treatment information on a target patient into the trained model, support information for supporting diagnosis and treatment of the target patient. Furthermore, the processing circuitry derives, on the basis of the conversion function, an examination value for a lacking examination item from an examination value for an examination item included in the diagnosis and treatment information on the target patient and causes the trained model to infer information related to a state of the target patient, in a case where examination items included in the diagnosis and treatment information on the target patient do not satisfy a requirement for the predetermined examination item. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108802 | TECHNIQUES FOR SELECTING AND PRESENTING A CUSTOMIZED HEALTH RELATED FEATURE FOR A USER OF AN INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE - A method for identifying and presenting a customized health-related feature for a user of a digital assistant. The method includes: determining, based on an input dataset, a current state of a user and a desirability score; generating a first group of a plurality of health-related features based on the current state, wherein the plurality of health-related features within the first group shares at least a common characteristic among the plurality of health-related features; extracting an experience level value for each of the plurality of health-related features within the first group; identifying a customized health-related feature; and presenting the customized health-related feature by the digital assistant. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108803 | METHOD FOR COVID-19 DETECTION TO SPREAD PREVENTION AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE USING MACHINE LEARNING - The present disclosure generally relates to a method for COVID-19 detection for spread prevention and medical assistance using machine learning comprises pre-processing a CT image set for removing noise using HU values; performing a region-based segmentation using a three-dimensional convolutional neural network model; classifying each segmented region by employing a classification model; and comparing classified segmented region with a dataset for detecting COVID-19 using a machine learning approach thereby generating an alert about the COVID-19 positive person. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108804 | MEDICAL SUPPORT SYSTEM, INFORMATION TERMINAL APPARATUS AND PATIENT IMAGE DATA ACQUISITION METHOD - A medical support system for supporting medical service by sharing patient information includes: a file server including a patient information database, the file server being connected to a network; and an information terminal apparatus configured to communicate with the file server via the network and transmit inputted order information to the file server, and the file server creates corresponding shooting condition information based on the order information transmitted from the information terminal apparatus and transmits the shooting condition information and the order information to the information terminal apparatus. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108805 | HEALTH MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT METHOD - A health management apparatus for non-invasively managing a user's health is provided. The health management apparatus may include a spectrometer configured to obtain a spectrum from an object; a display; and a processor configured to predict a blood glucose variation based on the spectrum; calculate a glycemic variability index based on the blood glucose variation; generate a trend graph showing a change in the glycemic variability index; and control the display to display the trend graph via a user interface. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108806 | GLOBAL INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) CONNECTIVITY FABRIC - The systems and methods relate to an internet of things (IoT) system that includes a global IoT connectivity fabric to facilitate communications between a plurality of applications that provide services to one or more IoT devices. The global IoT connectivity fabric may include a plurality of global IoT connectivity fabric nodes that establish communication channels between the applications and the IoT devices. The global IoT connectivity fabric may implement a channel architecture where the IoT devices declare one or more channels for sending and/or receiving communications. The applications may subscribe to the one or more channels declared by the IoT devices and may communicate with the IoT devices through the one or more channels. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108807 | APPLICATION OF COMPRESSED MAGNETIC FIELDS TO THE IGNITION AND THERMONUCLEAR BURN OF INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION TARGETS - Application of axial seed magnetic fields in the range 20-100 T that compress to greater than 10,000 T (100 MG) under typical NIF implosion conditions may significantly relax the conditions required for ignition and propagating burn in NIF ignition targets that are degraded by hydrodynamic instabilities. Such magnetic fields can: (a) permit the recovery of ignition, or at least significant alpha particle heating, in submarginal NIF targets that would otherwise fail because of adverse hydrodynamic instability growth, (b) permit the attainment of ignition in conventional cryogenic layered solid-DT targets redesigned to operate under reduced drive conditions, (c) permit the attainment of volumetric ignition in simpler, room-temperature single-shell DT gas capsules, and (d) ameliorate adverse hohlraum plasma conditions during laser drive and capsule compression. In general, an applied magnetic field should always improve the ignition condition for any NIF ignition target design. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108808 | CONTROL RODS FOR LIGHT WATER REACTORS - A control rod for a nuclear fuel assembly is described herein that includes a neutron absorbing material having a melting point greater than 1500° C. that does not form a eutectic with a melting point less than 1500° C., and may further include a cladding material having a melting point greater than 1500° C. The cladding material is selected from the group consisting of silicon carbide, zirconium, a zirconium alloy, tungsten, and molybdenum. The absorbing material is selected from the group consisting of Gd | 2022-04-07 |
20220108809 | IN-CORE INSTRUMENTATION - An in-core instrumentation system for a reactor module includes a plurality of in-core instruments connected to a containment vessel and a reactor pressure vessel at least partially located within the containment vessel. A reactor core is housed within a lower head that is removably attached to the reactor pressure vessel, and lower ends of the in-core instruments are located within the reactor core. The in-core instruments are configured such that the lower ends are concurrently removed from the reactor core as a result of removing the lower head from the reactor pressure vessel. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108810 | APARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISMANTLING FOR HEAVY WATER REACTOR FACILITIES - An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for dismantling for heavy water reactor facilities, including: a cutting device configured to divide a calandria of the heavy water reactor facilities into a main shell and a sub-shell; and a transfer device configured to draw the main shell cut by the cutting device to the outside, wherein the transfer device includes a fixing unit configured to fix the calandria; and a transfer unit configured to transfer the fixing unit. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108811 | PACKAGE FOR TRANSPORTING AND/OR STORING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, COMPRISING A RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION DEVICE REDUCING RISKS OF RADIOLOGICAL LEAKS - A package for transporting and/or storing radioactive materials, comprises a cavity for housing radioactive materials, as well as a radiological protection device comprising radiological protection elements arranged in an annular space, at least two successive radiological protection elements along a given direction of the annular space, from a longitudinal direction and a circumferential direction, and a locking member designed to limit and/or prevent the distancing of the two radiological protection elements relative to one another in a given direction. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108812 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ACTININIUM-225 FROM RADIUM-226 - Method for the manufacture of Radium-225-containing material from Radium-226-containing materials by subjecting a starting material containing Radium-226 to neutron irradiation from a nuclear reactor to convert | 2022-04-07 |
20220108813 | NOVEL METHOD TO SEPARATE ISOTOPES CREATED BY PHOTONUCLEAR REACTIONS - The widespread utilization and growing demand for radiopharmaceuticals are attributable to the development and availability of a range of radiopharmaceuticals. The present disclosure describes methods of making 3-dimensional nano-porous, micro-porous, meso-porous, or macro-porous materials. The present disclosure also describes methods of irradiating and separating isotopes using the 3-dimensional nano-porous, micro-porous, meso-porous, or macro-porous materials. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108814 | Surface Flashover and Material Texturing for Multiplying and Collecting Electrons for Nuclear Thermal Avalanche Cells and Nuclear Battery Devices - A modified Nuclear Thermionic Avalanche Cell (NTAC) to reduce back-scatter losses of avalanche electrons emitted by a NTAC. The present invention provides a novel topological surface configuration for electron collector layers in NTAC devices. Sawtooth configurations of the surface configurations of electron collector layers allow for the recapture of back-scattered electrons, increasing the efficiency of NTAC devices as well as reducing thermal loading and increasing NTAC efficiency. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108815 | TWISTED WIRE AND CABLE INCLUDING THE SAME - A twisted pair cable is a twisted pair cable obtained by twisting two electric wires each of which includes a conductor portion and an insulator covering an outer periphery of the conductor portion. The insulator is made of a resin composition containing polypropylene, an antioxidant, and a copper inhibitor. The insulator has an external appearance abnormality development time exceeding 3,000 hours during a test of compatibility with PVC in contact with PVC at 100° C. The insulator has a relative dielectric constant of 2.0 to 2.5 and a dielectric dissipation factor of 1.0×10 | 2022-04-07 |
20220108816 | ARMORED CABLE WITH REDUCED BEND RESISTANCE - Disclosed herein are armored cables having a reduced bend resistance. Armored cables disclosed herein can comprise flexible insulated conductors and demonstrate improved flexibility despite their adjacent and secured arrangement within the armor sheathing and continuous contact along the longitudinal surfaces of the insulated conductors. Methods of installing armored cables are also disclosed herein. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108817 | Cable Harness Assembly With A Shielded Twisted Pair Cable - A cable harness assembly includes a cable having a pair of wires and a connector assembly including an inner ferrule formed of a conductive material. Each of the wires has a conductor and a insulation disposed around the conductor. The pair of wires have a twisted region and an untwisted region. The inner ferrule has a cable passageway extending through the inner ferrule and a separator disposed within the cable passageway. The untwisted region is disposed in the inner ferrule and the separator is disposed between the wires in the untwisted region. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108818 | SOFT MAGNETIC POWDER AND INDUCTOR - A soft magnetic powder includes soft magnetic particles each having a nucleus that contains a soft magnetic metal and an insulating film on the surface of the nucleus. The insulating film contains Si and a hydrocarbon group having a C8 or longer linear-chain moiety, and the ratio by weight of Si to C in the insulating film is 7.6 or more and 42.8 or less (i.e., from 7.6 to 42.8). | 2022-04-07 |
20220108819 | FERRITE SINTERED BODY AND WIRE-WOUND COIL COMPONENT - A ferrite sintered body contains from 48.2% by mole to 49.7% by mole Fe in terms of Fe | 2022-04-07 |
20220108820 | FERRITE SINTERED BODY AND WIRE-WOUND COIL COMPONENT - A ferrite sintered body contains from 45.0% by mole to 49.7% by mole Fe in terms of from Fe | 2022-04-07 |
20220108821 | FERRITE SINTERED BODY AND WIRE-WOUND COIL COMPONENT - A ferrite sintered body contains from 48.2% by mole to 49.7% by mole Fe in terms of Fe | 2022-04-07 |
20220108822 | COIL COMPONENT - A coil component is capable of reducing specific resistance of a coil and reliably mitigating stress. A coil component includes a base body and a coil disposed in the base body. The base body includes a plurality of magnetic layers laminated in a first direction. The coil includes a plurality of coil wires laminated in the first direction. The coil wires extend along a plane orthogonal to the first direction. Each of the coil wires includes a first coil conductor layer and a second coil conductor layer laminated in the first direction. Specific resistance of the first coil conductor layer is smaller than specific resistance of the second coil conductor layer. Also, in a section orthogonal to an extending direction of each of the coil wires, the second coil conductor layer is adjacent to one side of the first coil conductor layer in the first direction, and a cavity portion is disposed in at least a part between the first coil conductor layer and one of the magnetic layers adjacent to another side of the first coil conductor layer in the first direction. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108823 | INDUCTOR - An inductor includes a first magnetic core column ( | 2022-04-07 |
20220108824 | INDUCTOR - An inductor includes a body containing soft magnetic powder and resin, a coil embedded in the body, outer electrodes on the body, and a protective film on the surface of the body. The protective film has a thickness of 10 μm or more and contains silica particles and resin. In the protective film, the silica particles have an average diameter of 15 nm to 75 nm, and the percentage by weight of the silica particles to the resin is between 150% and 250%. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108825 | Coil Device and Power Conversion Device - A coil device includes: a core having a first surface and a second surface located opposite to the first surface; a coil member including a first portion and a second portion that are spaced apart from each other in a first direction along the first surface; and a support portion in contact with the first surface and the second surface to support the core. The core includes a middle leg sandwiched between the first portion and the second portion in the first direction. The core is provided with a first slit as a first recessed portion recessed relative to the first surface and reaching the middle leg. The support portion includes a first protruding portion disposed inside the first slit and in contact with the middle leg. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108826 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electronic device and a method for manufacturing an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes an inductor. The inductor includes a plurality of line portions and a plurality of plate portions connected to the plurality of line portions. The line portions and the plate portions form a coil concentric to a horizontal axis. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108827 | COIL COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SAME - A coil component that can mitigate stress generated between a coil wire and a magnetic layer and make a position of a coil stable, and a manufacturing method of the coil component. The coil component includes a base body and a coil disposed in the base body, the base body includes a plurality of magnetic layers laminated in a first direction, the coil includes a plurality of coil wires laminated in the first direction, the base body further includes a crack generating layer that overlaps at least a part of the coil wires when viewed in the first direction, and a crack is present inside the crack generating layer. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108828 | COIL COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A coil component includes: a body including a magnetic material and a coil of which both ends are externally exposed; intermetallic compounds disposed on the exposed both ends of the coil; and external electrodes disposed on the body to cover the intermetallic compounds. The external electrodes include: conductive resin layers disposed on outer surfaces of the body to contact the exposed both ends of the coil and including base resins, a plurality of metal particles disposed in the base resins, and conductive connecting parts surrounding the plurality of metal particles and contacting the intermetallic compounds. The coil component further includes electrode layers disposed on the conductive resin layers and contacting the conductive connecting parts. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108829 | WIRE FOR USE IN TRANSFORMER WINDING AND TRANSFORMER - Disclosed are a conducting wire for transformer windings and a transformer. The conducting wire includes a first insulating layer in which two wire cores are arranged, wherein each wire core is sequentially wrapped with a second insulating layer and a metal shielding layer. Coils of a primary winding and a secondary winding of the transformer are formed by winding the conducting wire in a double-wire parallel winding manner. A power supply using the transformer has good symmetry, and the DC resistance and AC impedance of the primary winding and the secondary winding are symmetrical, and the parameters of the primary winding and the secondary winding are same, therefore, it is beneficial to suppressing the common mode interference, and the magnetic saturation can be prevented to a certain extent, so it is also beneficial to the electromagnetic compatibility of the transformer. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108830 | REACTOR - A reactor includes a core and first and second coils wound around the core about first and second center axes extended in a first direction, respectively. The core includes first and second core legs disposed inside the first and second coils, respectively. The first and second coils are arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first coil includes a first wound-wire part wound around the first core leg and two first terminal parts extended from both end portions of the first wound-wire part, respectively. The second coil includes a second wound-wire part wound around the second core leg and two second terminal parts extended from both end portions of the second wiring wire part, respectively. The second coil has the same shape and the same dimension as the first coil. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108831 | SURFACE MOUNT INDUCTOR - A surface mount inductor including: a core comprising a winding core and a pair of flanges connected to both sides of the winding core; a pair of electrodes formed on at least a part of the outer peripheral surfaces of the pair of flanges; and a wire wound around the winding core in which a pair of wire ends are fixed to the pair of electrodes. In the surface mount inductor, the wire includes a first part wound in contact with an adjacent turn and a second part wound away from an adjacent turn and is connected to the wire end, and a gap between the first part and the second part, as viewed from a mounting surface side where the wire end is fixed to the electrode, is 0.5 to 3 times a pitch of the first part. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108832 | COIL COMPONENT - A coil component includes a core having a winding core portion, a first flange portion disposed on a first end portion of the winding core portion, and a second flange portion disposed on a second end portion of the winding core portion; a wire winding on the winding core portion of the core; and a plate member disposed so as to bridge the first flange portion and the second flange portion. The coil component further includes an adhesive portion disposed between the first flange portion and the plate member and adhering the first flange portion to the plate member, and an adhesive portion disposed between the second flange portion and the plate member and adhering the second flange portion to the plate member. The adhesive portion contains a resin and magnetic powder. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108833 | DUAL SHIELDING STRUCTURE OF COILS DISPOSED IN WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A wearable electronic device may include: a display, a housing forming at least part of an exterior of the wearable electronic device, a printed circuit board disposed beneath the display, a plurality of electronic components disposed on the printed circuit board, a rear cover forming at least a part of a rear surface of the wearable electronic device, a conductive coil disposed within a specified proximity of the rear cover, a first electromagnetic shield disposed between the conductive coil and the plurality of the electronic components, and configured to shield a first area covering the conductive coil, and a second electromagnetic shield disposed between the first electromagnetic shield and the plurality of the electronic components, and configured to shield at least an area outside of the first area. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108834 | SURFACE MOUNT INDUCTOR - A surface mount inductor including: a core comprising a winding core and a pair of flanges connected to both sides of the winding core; a pair of electrodes formed on at least a part of the outer peripheral surfaces of the pair of flanges; and a wire wound around the winding core in which a pair of wire ends are fixed to the pair of electrodes. In the surface mount inductor, the wire includes a first part wound in contact with an adjacent turn and a second part wound away from an adjacent turn and is connected to the wire end. The second part is distant from a lower edge of a mounting surface side, where the wire end is fixed to the electrode, at an edge of the winding core. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108835 | MULTILAYER COIL COMPONENT - A multilayer coil component includes: an element body containing a plurality of metal magnetic particles; a coil disposed in the element body; and an external electrode disposed on a surface of the element body and electrically connected to the coil. At least a part of a void part between the metal magnetic particles in the element body is filled with a first resin, the external electrode has a resin electrode containing a second resin and a conductor powder dispersed in the second resin, and the second resin connected from the resin electrode extends into the element body. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108836 | MULTILAYER COIL COMPONENT - In a multilayer coil component, a part filled with a resin and a void part not filled with the resin exist between a plurality of metal magnetic particles in an element body, one main surface of the element body is a mounting surface with respect to an external electronic component, and the edge of an external electrode is positioned on the mounting surface. In the element body, a high void region where the porosity caused by the void part is higher than the porosity of the other part in the element body extends from the edge of the external electrode on the mounting surface toward an end surface of the element body. | 2022-04-07 |
20220108837 | FILM CAPACITOR AND EXTERIOR CASE FOR FILM CAPACITOR - A film capacitor | 2022-04-07 |