27th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 11 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100171023 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTER - To provide a photoelectric converter capable of reducing the height of the device. The photoelectric converter includes: a light emitting element or a light receiving element; an IC circuit for transmitting/receiving an electric signal to/from the light emitting element or the light receiving element; a mount substrate adapted to be mounted on one surface from the side on which the light emitting element emits light, or the side on which the light receiving element receives light; an electric connector adapted to be provided on the one surface or the other surface of the mount substrate, and to be attached and detached to and from an external connector; and a waveguide adapted to be provided on the mount substrate along the one surface or the other surface of the mount substrate, and to be optically coupled to the light emitting element or the light receiving element. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171024 | OPTICAL FILTER - An optical filter | 2010-07-08 |
20100171025 | WAVELENGTH-SENSITIVE DETECTOR WITH ELONGATE NANOSTRUCTURES - A wavelength-sensitive detector is provided that is based on elongate nanostructures, e.g. nanowires. The elongate nanostructures are parallel with respect to a common substrate and they are grouped in at least first and second units of a plurality of parallel elongate nanostructures. The elongate nanostructures are positioned in between a first and second electrode, the first and second electrodes lying respectively in a first and second plane substantially perpendicular to the plane of substrate, whereby all elongate nanostructures in a same photoconductor unit are contacted by the same two electrodes. Circuitry is added to read out electrical signals from the photoconductor units. The electronic density of states of the elongate nanostructures in each unit is different, because the material, of which the elongate nanostructures are made, is different or because the diameter of the elongate nanostructures is different. Each unit of elongate nanostructures therefore gives a different response to incident photons such that wavelength-specific information can be derived with the device. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171026 | ON/OFF SWITCH - An ON/OFF switch of a non-contact type provided with a lever switch excellent in operability, which can be inclined in any direction in a whole circumferential direction is provided. One end of a cylindrical member having flexibility and being stretchable so as to be freely restored to a normal state is fixed to a base member, and a rod member having flexibility is inserted into the cylindrical member and is supported by a guide maintaining a state of an axial line of the rod member to the cylindrical member regardless of the state of the cylindrical member. Further, one end of the rod member is fixed to an end portion of the cylindrical member which is not fixed to the base member while the other end thereof is protruded from the cylindrical member, and a surrounding portion surrounding the end portion of the rod member which is protruded from the cylindrical member in a non-contact manner is provided in the base member. A converting unit converting movement of the end portion of the rod member protruded from the cylindrical member relative to the surrounding portion to electrical signal binary to output two values of the binary is provided in the surrounding portion. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171027 | Sensing device using proximity sensor and mobile terminal having the same - A mobile terminal includes a sensing device that uses a proximity sensor. The sensing device includes: a proximity sensor sensing approach of an external object; and a lens unit installed on top of the proximity sensor. The lens unit includes: a lens body having a first through-opening through which light emitted from a light emitting unit of the proximity sensor passes and a second through-opening through which light, reflected from the external object and entering into a light receiving unit of the proximity sensor, passes; and a reflective film formed in the lens body to surround edges of the first through-opening and the second through-opening. The lens body and the reflective film are integrated with each other by double injection molding. The lens body and the reflecting film are manufactured in a single body by double injection molding. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171028 | Reflective Optical Encoder Package and Method - Disclosed are various embodiments of a reflective optical encoder package having a light emitter and a light detector disposed on an integrated circuit having an optically transparent glass layer disposed thereover. The package can be manufactured without resort to wirebonding techniques and instead can be made using wafer level packaging methods and materials. The package can also be made of lower profile or smaller footprint than many conventional optical encoder packages, and may be employed to sense or detect rotary or linear motion. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171029 | Reflective Multi-Turn Encoders with Different Light Sensing Systems - Disclosed herein are a number of different embodiments of reflective multi-turn optical encoders with different light sensing systems. Three different basic configurations of reflective multi-turn optical encoder light sensing systems are disclosed herein: (a) optical encoders employing multiple arrays of light detectors; (b) optical encoders employing multiple arrays of stacked die light sensors, and (c) optical encoders employing variable tone density light sensing systems. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171030 | ENCODER APPARATUS - An encoder apparatus comprises a first scale member with a scale region on which a scale is arranged; a detector that detects light from the scale region; and a retaining member with a retaining surface that is arranged so as to face a surface of the first scale member including the scale region via a predetermined gap, and that retains a liquid at least between the retaining surface and the first scale member. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171031 | CALIBRATION OF LITHOGRAPHIC PROCESS MODELS - A method is provided for calibrating a model of a lithographic process that includes defining a parameter space of lithographic model parameters that are expected in an integrated circuit layout. The parameter space is defined according to bin values of a lithographic model parameter that span the range from a predetermined minimum and maximum value of the model parameter. The bin values may be incremented uniformly between the maximum and minimum parameter values, or may be distributed according to a weighting. The lithographic model is calibrated to an initial calibration test pattern. The resulting simulated calibration pattern is evaluated to determine whether the model parameter space is adequately populated. If the parameter space is over or under populated, the calibration pattern is modified until the calibration pattern test values adequately populate the parameter space, so that the final calibrated lithographic process model will more reliably predict images over the full range of image parameters. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171032 | SELF CALIBRATION APPROACH FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY - Methods for analyzing mass spectral data, include acquiring profile mode mass spectral data containing at least on ion of interest whose elemental composition is determined; obtaining a correct peak shape function based on the actually measured peak shape of at least one of the isotypes of the same ion of interest; generating at least one possible elemental composition for the ion of interest; calculating a theoretical isotope cluster by applying correct peak shape function to the theoretical isotope distribution; comparing quantiatively the corresponding parts of the theoretical isotope cluster to that from acquired profile mode mass spectral data to obtain at least one of elemental composition determination, classification, or quantitation for the ion. A computer for and a computer readable medium having computer readable code thereon for performing the methods. A mass spectrometer having an associated computer for performing the methods. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171033 | ION SOURCE VESSEL AND METHODS - An ion source and method for providing ionized particles to a molecular/atomic analyser, such as a mass spectrometer, are disclosed. The ion source includes a vessel defining a channel; a gas inlet extending from the gas source into the channel, for introducing a gas flow into the channel; a sample inlet extending into the channel for introducing sample within the channel; and an ionizer to ionize the sample in the channel. The vessel is sufficiently sealed to allow the channel to be pressurized, at a pressure in excess of 100 Torr. At least one gas source maintains the pressure of the channel at a pressure in excess of 100 Torr and the pressure exterior to the channel at a pressure in excess of 0.1 Torr and provides a gas flow that sweeps across the ionizer to guide and entrain ions from the ionizer to the outlet. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171034 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ANALYTICAL SAMPLE AND METHOD OF ANALYZING AN ANALYTICAL SAMPLE - A method of manufacturing an analytical sample by a secondary ion mass spectrometry method is provided, which comprises a step of forming a separation layer over a substrate, a step of forming one of a thin film and a thin-film stack body to be analyzed over the separation layer, a step of forming an opening portion in one of the thin film and the thin-film stack body, a step of attaching a supporting body to one of a surface of the thin film and a surface of a top layer of the thin-film stack body, and a step of separating one of the thin film and the thin-film stack body from the substrate. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171035 | MASS SPECTROMETER - A radio-frequency ion guide ( | 2010-07-08 |
20100171036 | OPC MODEL CALIBRATION PROCESS - A method of calibrating a model of a lithographic process includes a plurality of test features each having different widths that vary from a resolvable feature width that is known to be resolvable by the lithographic process, to a width that is known not to be resolvable by the lithographic process. The test features and patterns are specifically designed to include features that approach or exceed the resolution of the lithographic process, and range from known resolvable patterns to patterns that are expected to fail to be resolved. The printed test patterns are inspected for printability and the extremum intensity values associated with neighboring printable and non-printable test patterns are used to determine a constant threshold value to be used in a resist process model. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171037 | COMPACT SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE - A compact electron microscope uses a removable sample holder having walls that form a part of the vacuum region in which the sample resides. By using the removable sample holder to contain the vacuum, the volume of air requiring evacuation before imaging is greatly reduced and the microscope can be evacuated rapidly. In a preferred embodiment, a sliding vacuum seal allows the sample holder to be positioned under the electron column, and the sample holder is first passed under a vacuum buffer to remove air in the sample holder. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171038 | SENSOR UNIT FOR AN X-RAY DETECTOR AND ASSOCIATED PRODUCTION METHOD - A production method for a sensor unit is specified, the unit including both a scintillator and a support plate on which a stack of collimator sheets is attached. In at least one embodiment, the production method permits particularly precise positioning of the collimator sheets in respect of the scintillator. In the process, individual scintillator strips are initially produced from a plurality of scintillator pixels adjoining one another along one dimension. Respectively one photodiode strip, made of a plurality of photodiodes in turn adjoining one another along one dimension, is attached to each of the individual scintillator strips along a longitudinal side in order to form a sensor strip. In at least one embodiment, respectively one photodiode is associated with respectively one scintillator pixel for readout purposes. The sensor strips are subsequently individually assembled on an outer side of the support plate facing away from the collimator sheets in order to form the scintillator. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171039 | DETECTOR ASSEMBLY - A detector made of a detector assembly including a detector housing comprising a reflective interior surface relative to a wavelength of fluoresced electromagnetic radiation, and a scintillator contained within the detector housing. The detector further including a photomultiplier tube (PMT) coupled to the detector housing, wherein a portion of the PMT is contained within the detector housing. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171040 | OPTICAL RADIATION SENSOR SYSTEM - An optical radiation sensor system having: a housing having a distal portion for receiving radiation from the radiation source and a proximal portion; a sensor element in communication with the proximal portion, the sensor element configured to detect and respond to incident radiation received from the radiation source; and motive structure configured to move the housing with respect to the sensor element between at least a first position and a second position. A radiation pathway is defined between the radiation source and the sensor element when the housing is in at least one of the first position and the second position. Movement of the housing with respect to the sensor element causes a modification of intensity of radiation impinging on the sensor element. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171041 | TOMOGRAPH, TOMOGRAPHY, TOMOGRAPHY PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WHERE THE PROGRAM IS RECORDED - The invention provides a tomograph, and a tomography method, that is capable of providing reconstructed images of high resolution without truncation for large subjects such as a human body. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171042 | TECHNIQUES FOR INDEPENDENTLY CONTROLLING DEFLECTION, DECELERATION AND FOCUS OF AN ION BEAM - Techniques for independently controlling deflection, deceleration, and focus of an ion beam are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as an apparatus for independently controlling deflection, deceleration, and focus of an ion beam. The apparatus may comprise an electrode configuration comprising a set of upper electrodes disposed above an ion beam and a set of lower electrodes disposed below the ion beam. The set of upper electrodes and the set of lower electrodes may be positioned symmetrically about a central ray trajectory of the ion beam. A difference in potentials between the set of upper electrodes and the set of lower electrodes may also be varied along the central ray trajectory to reflect an energy of the ion beam at each point along the central ray trajectory for independently controlling deflection, deceleration, and focus of an ion beam. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171043 | SINGLE ELEMENT SENSOR WITH MULTIPLE OUTPUTS - An analyte sensor is described. The sensor employs a single sensor element which provides a plurality of phase outputs in response to excitation by a modulated excitation source. The plurality of phase outputs may be analysed to provide information on the presence of one or more analytes. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171044 | Vapor Compression Refridgeration Chuck for Ion Implanters - Aspects of the present invention relate to ion implantation systems that make use of a vapor compression cooling system. In one embodiment, a thermal controller in the vapor compression system sends refrigeration fluid though a compressor and a condenser according to an ideal vapor compression cycle to help limit or prevent undesired heating of a workpiece during implantation, or to actively cool the workpiece. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171045 | PARTICLE THERAPY INSTALLATION - A particle therapy system that includes at least one irradiation chamber, in which an object is irradiated with a treatment beam, an antechamber, which is screened off from radiation occurring in the irradiation chamber and from which access is made to the irradiation chamber, and an access area, which leads to the irradiation chamber and connects the irradiation chamber to the antechamber, is provided. A support for a patient moves along a path of travel from the antechamber, through the access area, to the irradiation chamber. A radiation protection door is arranged in the access area, and the access area is configured geometrically in such a way that the path of travel in the access area is substantially rectilinear. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171046 | LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND PROJECTION METHOD - The inventions relates to a lithography system in which an electronic image pattern is delivered to a exposure tool for projecting an image to a target surface, said exposure tool comprising a control unit for controlling exposure projections, said control unit at least partly being included in the projection space of the said exposure tool, and being provided with control data by means of light signals, said light signals being coupled in to said control unit by using a free space optical interconnect comprising modulated light beams that are emitted to a light sensitive part of said control unit, wherein the modulated light beams are coupled in to said light sensitive part using a holed mirror for on axis incidence of said light beams on said light sensitive part, the hole or, alternatively, holes of said mirror being provided for passage of said exposure projections. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171047 | PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATION APPARATUS AND PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATION METHOD - To ensure irradiation accuracy and safety, even when an irradiation device employing a different irradiation method is used, disclosed is herein a charged particle beam irradiation apparatus that irradiates an irradiation target with charged particle beams includes: | 2010-07-08 |
20100171048 | ION IMPLANTING APPARATUS - In an ion implanting apparatus | 2010-07-08 |
20100171049 | Extreme ultraviolet light source apparatus - An EUV light source apparatus can reliably detect and accurately judge deterioration of an optical element in a laser beam focusing optics disposed within an EUV light generation chamber. This EUV light source apparatus includes: the EUV light generation chamber; a target material supply unit; an EUV light collector mirror; a driver laser; a window; a parabolic mirror which focuses collimated laser beam by reflection and is disposed within the EUV light generation chamber; an energy detector detecting energy of the laser beam diffused without being applied to a target material after being focused by the laser beam focusing optics when the EUV light is not generated; and a processing unit for judging the deterioration of the window and the parabolic mirror according to the laser beam energy detected by the energy detector. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171050 | METHOD FOR REGENERATING A SURFACE OF AN OPTICAL ELEMENT IN AN XUV RADIATION SOURCE, AND XUV RADIATION SOURCE - Method for regenerating a surface of an optical element in a radiation source for electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength in the extreme ultraviolet wavelength range, H (EUV, XUV) in particular with a wavelength in the wavelength range between 10 nm and 15 nm, this radiation source comprising at least a chamber for arranging therein a plasma generating XUV or EUV radiation and the optical element, in particular a collector for bundling XUV or EUV radiation generated by the plasma and causing it to exit the chamber, according to which method a first Si, C or metal compound is arranged in the chamber which reacts in an equilibrium reaction with the material of the surface of the collector to form respectively a second Si, C or metal compound bonded to this surface, and XUV or EUV radiation source adapted for such a method. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171051 | Devices and methods for protection against exposure to electromagnetic radiation - The present invention provides devices and methods that protect against exposure to remote sources of electromagnetic radiation (EMR). As such, the devices provide protection against a plurality of electrical equipment used in ordinary households and employment settings. The device includes a housing, a solenoid operably connected to a driver and a polymer. The solenoid generates incident radiation which results in the polymer emitting electromagnetic oscillations at frequencies that counter adverse effects associated with the subject's exposure to the electromagnetic radiation. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171052 | Device for Reading Out Especially Flexible Imaging Plates - The invention relates to a device for reading out at least one especially flexible imaging plate. The readout device comprises a reader for reading out information stored on the imaging plate, and a transport device having at least one drive means for transporting the imaging plate relative to the reader along a guide means on the transport path. The shape of the transport path is adapted to the shape of a readout area of the reader. At least one substantially solid support for the imaging plate is provided. The shape and dimension of the support are adapted to the shape of the transport path. When the imaging plate is transported together with the support, the imaging plate does not come into contact with the drive means. The invention also relates to the support for the imaging plate. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171053 | TAP ADAPTORS - A tap adapter comprises a tap head, a tap body and a plunger. The plunger is mounted within the body so as to be movable from a closed position to both a first open position and a second open position. Resilient means are arranged to return the plunger from either open position to said closed position. The adapter is arranged such that the return to the closed position from said first and second open positions takes different lengths of time. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171054 | MICROMECHANICAL SLOW ACTING VALVE SYSTEM - The present invention provides an integrated microvalve system ( | 2010-07-08 |
20100171055 | Liquid-Chromatography Apparatus Having Diffusion-Bonded Titanium Components - An HPLC apparatus includes a heat exchanger formed from diffusion-bonded first and second titanium substrates. At least two conduits for counterflow are defined between the first and second substrates. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171056 | Gate Valve Rotary Actuator - A valve actuator comprising a screw member coupled to a valve stem and a sleeve such that rotation of the sleeve causes translation of the valve stem. The sleeve has a first end that is rotatably coupled to a housing that is fixably coupled to a valve body and a second end that projects out of the housing. The valve stem is partially disposed within the sleeve and extends into the valve body. A transmission is coupled to the housing and engaged with the sleeve. A motor is coupled to the transmission so that operation of the motor causes rotation of the sleeve. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171057 | SHUT-OFF VALVE ASSEMBLY - A shut-off valve assembly ( | 2010-07-08 |
20100171058 | Mechanically Operated Hydraulic Valve Actuator - A wellhead assembly includes a valve with a valve actuator. The valve actuator linearly moves a valve stem and valve member assembly to selectively open and close the valve. The valve actuator moves the valve stem by reciprocatingly moving a piston that is attached to the valve stem. The piston is moved by applying pressurized hydraulic fluid to a piston surface. Piston direction is controlled by a selector valve that selectively diverts a hydraulic flow to either side of the piston. The actuator further includes a piston assembly for pressurizing a hydraulic flow, where the piston assembly reciprocates in response to engagement by a profiled rotating cam member. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171059 | VALVE - Disclosed is a valve comprising a body, which has a fluid inlet port and a fluid outlet port, a flow path formed therein communicated with the fluid inlet port and the fluid outlet port, and a valve seat formed in the flow path; and a valve body, which is attached to or detached from the valve seat by pivotal or vertical motion, thereby closing or opening the flow path; wherein at least the body is made of a polyphenylene ether-based resin composition containing a polyphenylene ether-based resin and a polystyrene-based resin as essential components. Another feature is that the polyphenylene ether-based resin composition has a tensile strength of 20 MPa or more and a tensile elastic modulus of 1,000 MPa or more under an atmosphere at 95° C. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171060 | TWO-PART BACK CAP FOR A PLUG VALVE AND PLUG VALVES INCORPORATING SAME - A two-part back cap for a plug valve includes a back cap seal body and a back cap retainer nut. The back cap retainer nut secures the back cap seal body within the plug valve and securely supports the back cap seal body. A gap between an outer periphery of the back cap retainer nut and the back cap seal body permits the back cap seal body to flex and expand with a plug valve body of the plug valve. This ensures that the back cap seals are not stressed and a longer service life results. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171061 | VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS - The invention provides a highly reliable plasma processing apparatus having stable sealing performance. The vacuum processing apparatus comprises a vacuum vessel having its inside decompressed; an opening disposed in a wall of the vacuum vessel for communicating the inside with the outside thereof and through which a sample to be processed is taken in and out; a valve body | 2010-07-08 |
20100171062 | COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE AND USES THEREOF - A method for suppressing an electric arc or corona discharge includes providing a device capable of storing, transmitting, or generating an electrical current or field; and enveloping at least a portion of said device with a dielectric gas consisting essentially of: sulfur hexafluoride; a second component selected from the group consisting of nitrous oxide; carbon dioxide; trifluoromethane (R32); trifluoroiodomethane; octafluoropropane (R218); 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoroethane (R125); propane (R290); 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf); 1,2,3,3-tetrafluoro-2-propene (HFO-1234yc); 1,1,3,3-tetrafluoro-2-propene (HFO-1234zc); 1,1,1,3-tetrafluoro-2-propene (HFO-1234ze); 1,1,2,3-tetrafluoro-2-propene (HFO-1234ye); 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropene (HFO-1225ye); 1,1,2,3,3-pentafluoropropene (HFO-1225yc); 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropene (HFO-1225zc); (Z)1,1,1,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234zeZ); (Z)1,1,2,3-tetrafluoro-2-propene (HFO-1234yeZ); (E)1,1,1,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234zeE); (E)1,1,2,3-tetrafluoro-2-propene (HFO-1234yeE); (Z)1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropene (HFO-1225yeZ); (E)1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropene (HFO-1225yeE) and combinations of two or more of these; and optionally, an additive selected from the group consisting of stabilizers, metal passivators, corrosion inhibitors, and lubricants. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171063 | PREPARATION OF PEROVSKITE NANOCRYSTALS VIA REVERSE MICELLES - The present invention is directed to perovskite nanostructures of Formula ABO | 2010-07-08 |
20100171064 | NANOPARTICLES, CONDUCTIVE INK AND CIRCUIT LINE FORMING DEVICE - A nanoparticle for conductive ink including a ferromagnetic core and a conductive layer surrounding the ferromagnetic core. The ferromagnetic core is 5 to 40 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the nanoparticles. The conductive ink provides electrical reliability by allowing a uniform distribution of nanoparticles in ejected ink and prevents the coffee stain phenomenon and migration. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171065 | MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL MATERIALS, METHOD FOR MAKING, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A magnetorheological material comprises a magnetic particle and a ceramic material, wherein the magnetorheological material is in a dried form and further wherein a portion of the ceramic material is in the form of a nanocrystalline coating over the entire exterior surface of the magnetic particle and another portion of the ceramic material is in the form of a free nanocrystal. A magnetorheological material comprises a magnetic particle having a ceramic material coating over an external surface thereof as a result of a coating process, and a free nanocrystal of the ceramic material in the form of a residual by-product of the coating process. A sol-gel process for making a magnetorheological product comprises providing a sol of a desired ceramic coating material; combining a desired quantity of carbonyl iron (CI) particles with the sol to coat the CI particles with the ceramic coating material; creating a resulting quantity of nanocrystalline ceramic material-coated CI particles and a quantity of free nanocrystals of the ceramic material; and, drying the resulting quantity of coated CI particles and free nanocrystals to a moisture content equal to or less than 2 wt %. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171066 | MAGNETIC IRON OXIDE PARTICLE, MAGNETIC MATERIAL, AND RADIO WAVE ABSORBER - Disclosed is a magnetic material having high Hc and High Curie point, which is capable of controlling such magnetic characteristics without requiring rare or expensive raw materials. Specifically disclosed is a magnetic material composed of particles of a magnetic iron oxide which is represented by the following general formula: ε-A | 2010-07-08 |
20100171067 | TEMPERATURE-REGULATING FIBER AND A METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A temperature-regulating fiber may include a spun phase change polymeric material that may include a plurality of phase change polymer blocks. The fiber may have a fixity ratio of at least 80% and a recovery ratio of at least 74%. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171068 | ONE-STEP METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF NANOFLUIDS - A one step method and system for producing nanofluids by a nanoparticle-source evaporation and deposition of the evaporant into a base fluid. The base fluid such oil or ethylene glycol is placed in a rotating cylindrical drum having an adjustable heater-boat-evaporator and heat exchanger-cooler apparatus. As the drum rotates, a thin liquid layer is formed on the inside surface of the drum. An insulated heater-boat-evaporator having an evaporant material (nanoparticle-source) placed within its boat evaporator is adjustably positioned near a portion of the rotating thin liquid layer, the evaporant material being heated thereby evaporating a portion of the evaporant material and forming nanoparticles, the nanoparticles absorbed by the liquid film to form nanofluid. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171069 | DISPERSION COMPRISING CERIUM OXIDE, SILICON DIOXIDE AND AMINO ACID - A dispersion comprising particles of cerium oxide and sheet silicate and one or more aminocarboxylic acids and/or salts thereof, where the zeta potential of sheet silicate particles is negative and that of the cerium oxide particles is positive or equal to zero, and the zeta potential of the dispersion is negative overall, the mean diameter of the•cerium oxide particles is not more than 200 nm•sheet silicate particles is less than 100 nm, the content, based in each case on the total amount of the dispersion, of•cerium oxide particles is from 0.1 to 5% by weight•sheet silicate particles is from 0.01 to 10% by weight and•aminocarboxylic acid or salt thereof is from 0.01 to 5% by weight and the pH of the dispersion is from 7.5 to 10.5. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171070 | PROCESS AND POLYMER FOR PREVENTING Ba/Sr SCALE WITH A DETECTABLE PHOSPHORUS FUNCTIONALITY - The present invention relates to a process for preparing a phosphorus-containing polymer, comprising the steps of
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20100171071 | LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATE HAVING OXYGEN VACANCY AND DOPED IN THE POSITION OF FE AND METHOD OF QUICK SOLID PHASE SINTERING FOR THE SAME - The present invention relates to a lithium ion cathode material lithium iron phosphate having oxygen vacancy and doped in the position of Fe and a preparation method of quick micro-wave sintering for the same. The molecular formula of the product in present invention is expressed as LiFe | 2010-07-08 |
20100171072 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GRANULAR METALLIC IRON - A method for manufacturing granular metallic iron includes charging a raw-material mixture into a thermal reduction furnace, subjecting the raw-material mixture to thermal reduction to form metallic iron and slag as a by-product, causing metallic iron to coalesce into granules while separating metallic iron from slag, and cooling and solidifying metallic iron. The raw-material mixture contains at least Fe, Ca, Mg, Si, and an alkali metal as constituent elements in such a manner that the slag contains CaO, MgO, SiO | 2010-07-08 |
20100171073 | Absorbent Mixture and Product - An absorbent mixture consisting of an absorbent such as sodium or potassium polyacrylate, a fluent wax and a channeling agent. A product consisting of a porous member containing a mixture including an absorbent such as sodium or potassium polyacrylate, a fluent wax and a channeling agent. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171074 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MIXTURE - A liquid crystal mixture includes 30 to 90 parts by weight of a first composition including at least one compound having the following formula (A) | 2010-07-08 |
20100171075 | Scintillator having a MgAl2O4 host lattice - A scintillator having a host lattice of MgAl | 2010-07-08 |
20100171076 | NEAR-INFRARED LIGHT-EMITTING PHOSPHOR NANOPARTICLES, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE LABELING AGENT EMPLOYING THE SAME - Disclosed are near-infrared light-emitting phosphor nanoparticles with an extremely small particle size, which emit light with a high intensity of emission and which are suitable for a biological substance labeling agent, a method for manufacturing the same, and a biological substance labeling agent employing the same. The near-infrared light-emitting phosphor nanoparticles of the invention are near-infrared light-emitting phosphor nanoparticles with an average particle size of from 2 to 50 nm, which when excited by a near-infrared light with a wavelength in the range of from 700 to 900 nm, emit a near-infrared light with a wavelength in the range of from 700 to 2000 nm, the nanoparticles being characterized in that at least a part of the composition is represented by a specific formula. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171077 | MONODISPERSE CORE/SHELL AND OTHER COMPLEX STRUCTURED NANOCRYSTALS AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE SAME - The present invention provides new compositions containing nearly monodisperse colloidal core/shell semiconductor nanocrystals with high photoluminescence quantum yields (PL QY), as well as other complex structured semiconductor nanocrystals. This invention also provides new synthetic methods for preparing these nanocrystals, and new devices comprising these compositions. In addition to core/shell semiconductor nanocrystals, this patent application also provides complex semiconductor nanostructures, quantum shells, quantum wells, doped nanocrystals, and other multiple-shelled semiconductor nanocrystals. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171078 | ELECTRON-TRANSPORTING MATERIALS AND PROCESSES FOR MAKING THE SAME - Compounds of formula I may be used in optoelectronic devices | 2010-07-08 |
20100171079 | HYDROGEN ODORIZATION - A composition comprising: hydrogen; and an oxygenate odorant; wherein the oxygenate odorant has a vapor pressure of about 0.002 psi. or greater at 25° C. and having a smell detectable at less than 1 ppm by a human nose; wherein the oxygenate odorant includes one or more carbonyl groups; and wherein the oxygenate odorant consists only of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. The oxygenate odorants may be cyclic or acyclic. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171080 | TETRAMINE COMPOUND AND ORGANIC EL DEVICE - The present invention provides a tetramine compound represented by the following general formula (1): | 2010-07-08 |
20100171081 | ULTRACAPACITORS COMPRISED OF MINERAL MICROTUBULES - Disclosed is an energy storage device having electrodes containing mineral microtubules. The electrodes may be formed, for example, from a paste containing microtubules, a conductive polymer containing mineral microtubules, or an aerogel containing the mineral microtubules. The mineral microtubules may be filled with carbon, a pseudocapacitance material, or a magnetoresistive material. The mineral microtubules may also be coated with a photoconductive material. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171082 | HIGH QUALITY DOPED ZnO THIN FILMS - A transparent conducting oxide (TCO) film comprising: a TCO layer, and dopants selected from the elements consisting of Vanadium, Molybdenum, Tantalum, Niobium, Antimony, Titanium, Zirconium, and Hafnium, wherein the elements are n-type dopants; and
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20100171083 | TIE ROD AND BALL JOINT SEPARATOR - An automotive tool for separating ball joint connections, tie rods from steering arms, and other similar procedures has a wedge shaped head, with a pair of projecting prongs, and a handle. The head and handle are integral or removably secured together by a threaded connection so that different sized heads may be used either with a handle designed to be struck by a hand held hammer or an air hammer. Each prong of the wedge shaped head includes a longitudinally extending array of multiple, reverse taper steps or flats that facilitate engagement of the tool with the parts being separated. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171084 | ASSEMBLY FOR SETTING, REMOVING AND MAINTAINING DOORS - The present invention relates to an assembly having in combination an apparatus and a smooth and rigid plane on which the apparatus moves. The assembly allows, when activated by the foot of the user acting as a drive and directive force, the door to be raised and movements from bottom to top, front to back, right to left and vice versa to be executed, while the hands of the user no longer carry the load and are free to intervene. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171085 | Guardrail Post Base - The guardrail post base is designed to bolt to the plywood floor of a building under construction. The post base is provided with a tube adapted to receive conventional guardrail posts. All parts of the post base are fabricated from steel having a minimum yield stress of 36 KSI. The post base includes a plate for attaching a kick board thereto. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171086 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MEMORY WITH SINGLE CRYSTAL SILICON ON SILICIDE DRIVER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A memory device includes a diode driver and a data storage element, such as an element comprising phase change memory material, and in which the diode driver comprises a silicide element on a silicon substrate with a single crystal silicon node on the silicide element. The silicide element separates the single crystal silicon node from the underlying silicon substrate, preventing the flow of carriers from the single crystal silicon node into the substrate, and is capable of acting as a conductive element for interconnecting devices on the device. The single crystal silicon node acts as one terminal of a diode, and a second semiconductor node is formed on top of it, acting as the other terminal of the diode. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171087 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - In a semiconductor device including a phase change memory element whose memory layer is formed of a phase change material of M (additive element)-Ge (germanium)-Sb (antimony)-Te (tellurium), both of high heat resistance and stable data retention property are achieved. The memory layer has a fine structure with a different composition ratio therein, and an average composition of M | 2010-07-08 |
20100171088 | RESISTANCE VARIABLE MEMORY DEVICE WITH SPUTTERED METAL-CHALCOGENIDE REGION AND METHOD OF FABRICATION - A chalcogenide-based programmable conductor memory device and method of forming the device, wherein a chalcogenide glass region is provided with a plurality of alternating tin chalcogenide and metal layers proximate thereto. The method of forming the device comprises sputtering the alternating tin chalcogenide and metal layers. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171089 | DIELECTRIC LAYERS AND MEMORY CELLS INCLUDING METAL-DOPED ALUMINA - A method of forming (and an apparatus for forming) a metal-doped aluminum oxide layer on a substrate, particularly a semiconductor substrate or substrate assembly, using a vapor deposition process. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171090 | Semiconductor phase-change memory device - A semiconductor phase-change memory device comprises a data line disposed on a semiconductor substrate and a data storage structure disposed under the data line and having a concave portion extending in a direction along the data line. A data contact structure is configured to contact the data storage structure, and having a lower portion filling the concave portion of the data storage structure and an upper portion surrounding at least a lower portion of the data line. Each of sidewalls of the data storage structure is disposed at substantially the same plane as a corresponding one of sidewalls of the upper portion of the data contact structure. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171091 | Memory array for increased bit density and method of forming the same - A memory array having a plurality of resistance variable memory units and method for forming the same are provided. Each memory unit includes a first electrode, a resistance variable material over the first electrode, and a first second-electrode over the resistance variable material. The first second-electrode is associated with the first electrode to define a first memory element. Each memory unit further includes a second second-electrode over the resistance variable material. The second-second electrode is associated with the first electrode to define a second memory element. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171092 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPTIC INTERBAND TRANSITION OF CARBON NANOTUBES, THE CARBON NANOTUBES RESULTING THEREFROM AND DEVICES THAT COMPRISE THE CARBON NANOTUBES - A new single optical interband transition occurs at the corresponding p-doping state of the carbon nanotubes in the VIS-NIR region when the degree of p-doping of carbon nanotubes is increased beyond a certain degree. P-doped carbon nanotubes to exhibit the new single optical interband transition in the VIS-NIR region may be used for devices so as to improve sensitivity and selectivity of the devices. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171093 | Controlled Growth of a Nanostructure on a Substrate, and Electron Emission Devices Based on the Same - The present invention provides for an array of nanostructures grown on a conducting substrate. The array of nanostructures as provided herein is suitable for manufacturing electronic devices such as an electron beam writer, and a field emission device. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171094 | LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS - A light-emitting semiconductor apparatus includes a light-emitting structure, a reflective structure, and a carrier. The light-emitting structure includes a first type semiconductor layer, a second type semiconductor layer, and a light-emitting layer positioned between the first type semiconductor layer and the second type semiconductor layer. The reflective structure has a first transparent conductive layer, a first patterned reflective layer, a second transparent conductive layer, and a second patterned reflective layer. The first patterned reflective layer is disposed between the first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer, and has an opening for physically connecting the first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer. The second transparent conductive layer is disposed between the first patterned reflective layer and the second patterned reflective layer. The second patterned reflective layer is positioned on an area corresponding to the opening. The light-emitting structure and the carrier are respectively on two sides of the reflective structure. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171095 | Super Sensitive UV Detector Using Polymer Functionalized Nanobelts - An ultraviolet light sensor includes an elongated metal oxide nanostructure, a layer of an ultraviolet light-absorbing polymer, a current source and a current detector. The elongated metal oxide nanostructure has a first end and an opposite second end. The layer of an ultraviolet light-absorbing polymer is disposed about at least a portion of the metal oxide nanostructure. The current source is configured to provide electrons to the first end of the metal oxide nanostructure. The current detector is configured to detect an amount of current flowing through the metal oxide nanostructure. The amount of current flowing through the metal oxide nanostructure corresponds to an amount of ultraviolet light impinging on the metal oxide nanostructure. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171096 | Segmented Nanowires Displaying Locally Controllable Properties - Vapor-liquid-solid growth of nanowires is tailored to achieve complex one-dimensional material geometries using phase diagrams determined for nanoscale materials. Segmented one-dimensional nanowires having constant composition display locally variable electronic band structures that are determined by the diameter of the nanowires. The unique electrical and optical properties of the segmented nanowires are exploited to form electronic and optoelectronic devices. Using gold-germanium as a model system, in situ transmission electron microscopy establishes, for nanometer-sized Au—Ge alloy drops at the tips of Ge nanowires (NWs), the parts of the phase diagram that determine their temperature-dependent equilibrium composition. The nanoscale phase diagram is then used to determine the exchange of material between the NW and the drop. The phase diagram for the nanoscale drop deviates significantly from that of the bulk alloy. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171097 | DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a detection device includes the steps of providing bonding bumps on at least one of a light-receiving element array and a read-out circuit multiplexer, fixing a bump height adjusting member for adjusting the heights of the bumps to the light-receiving element array and/or the read-out circuit multiplexer on which the bumps are provided, and pressing a flat plate on the tops of the bumps and deforming the bumps until the flat plate comes in contact with the end of the bump height adjusting member. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171098 | PRESSURE DETECTION APPARATUS, JOSEPHSON DEVICE, AND SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICE THAT INCLUDE SUPERCONDUCTOR THIN FILM THAT UNDERGOES TRANSITION FROM SUPERCONDUCTOR TO INSULATOR BY PRESSURE - A pressure detection apparatus ( | 2010-07-08 |
20100171099 | Carbon Nanotube Transistor Structure - A carbon nanotube transistor structure includes a number of carbon nanotubes extending vertically in a substrate material. A drain electrode of the transistor is connected to the carbon nanotubes at a first depth position, and a source electrode for the transistor structure connected to the carbon nanotubes at a second depth position. A gate electrode extends vertically along a side of the nanotubes, between the first and second depth positions. There may be multiple vertical side gate electrodes and multiple carbon nanotubes between these side gate electrodes. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171100 | POLYMERIC MATERIAL AND POLYMERIC LUMINESCENT ELEMENT - A luminescent or charge-transporting polymer which has in the backbone optionally substituted fluorenediyl groups as repeating units and further has a functional side chain comprising at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of a hole-injection/transporting group containing one or more heteroatoms other than nitrogen or two or more nitrogen atoms, an electron-injection/transporting group containing one or more heteroatoms other than nitrogen or two or more nitrogen atoms, and a luminescent group comprising a fused aromatic hydrocarbon or heterocycle, characterized in that the functional group is directly bonded to the saturated carbon atom of any of the fluorenediyl groups or is bonded to any of the fluorenediyl groups through —R | 2010-07-08 |
20100171101 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, LIGHTING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An objective in the present invention is to provide an organic EL element exhibiting high emission efficiency and long lifetime, together with a lighting device and a display device thereof. In the present invention, disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element comprising a support substrate provided thereon an anode and a cathode, the organic electroluminescent element comprising an organic layer containing a reactive organic compound between the anode and the cathode, wherein the reactive organic compound contained in the organic layer has nonuniform concentration at any point in time between termination of a process of preparing the organic electroluminescent element and a start of electricity application to the organic electroluminescent element. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171102 | FLUORINE-CONTAINING POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND, FLUORINE-CONTAINING POLYMER, ORGANIC THIN FILM AND ORGANIC THIN FILM DEVICE - A fluorine-containing polycyclic aromatic compound represented by the following formula (I) is provided. According to present invention, a novel compound capable of being utilized as an organic n-type semiconductor having an excellent electron transport property is provided, | 2010-07-08 |
20100171103 | Ferro-Electric Device And Modulatable Injection Barrier - Described is a modulatable injection barrier and a semiconductor element comprising same. More particularly, the invention relates to a two-terminal, non-volatile programmable resistor. Such a resistor can be applied in non-volatile memory devices, and as an active switch e.g. in displays. The device comprises, in between electrode layers, a storage layer comprising a blend of a ferro-electric material and a semiconductor material. Preferably both materials in the blend are polymers. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171104 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE AND DISPLAY USING THE DEVICE - An organic EL device comprising an anode, a cathode, and an organic layer composed of at least two layers including a hole transporting layer and a light emitting layer, wherein at least one of the anode and the cathode is transparent or semitransparent, the organic layer, is disposed in contact with the anode between the anode and the cathode, at least a portion of the surface of the anode, the portion being in contact with the organic layer, is treated with a specific organic compound, and/or, a layer that constitutes the organic layer and that is in contact with the anode contains the organic compound; a sheet light source, a segment display and a dot matrix display having the above-described organic EL device, or a liquid crystal display having a backlight composed of the above-described organic EL device. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171105 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate, a thin film transistor on the substrate and including a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, a planarization layer on the thin film transistor and having a contact hole exposing a portion of one of the drain electrode or the source electrode, a pixel electrode on the planarization layer and coupled to the one of the drain electrode or the source electrode through the contact hole, a colored pixel defining layer on the planarization layer and including an opening exposing at least a portion of the pixel electrode, and a colored layer on the pixel electrode and the pixel defining layer and having a chromatic color different from a chromatic color of the pixel defining layer. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171106 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - An organic light emitting diode display including: a substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes formed on the substrate; a pixel defining layer formed on the substrate, having openings exposing the pixel electrodes; a plurality of spacers disposed on the pixel defining layer; organic emission layers formed on the pixel electrodes; a common electrode formed on the organic emission layers; and a capping layer formed on the common electrode, to cover the organic emission layers. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171107 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - An organic light emitting diode display including: a substrate; pixel electrodes formed on the substrate; a pixel defining layer having openings exposing the plurality of pixel electrodes, formed on the substrate; spacers formed on the pixel defining layer; organic emission layers formed on the pixel electrodes; a common electrode formed on the organic emission layers; and color filters formed on the common electrode, in the openings of the pixel defining layer. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171108 | USE OF N,N'-BIS(1,1-DIHYDROPERFLUORO-C3-C5-ALKYL)-PERYLENE-3,4:9,10- TETRACARBOXYLIC DIIMIDES - The present invention relates to the use of N,N′-bis(1,1-dihydroperfluoro-C | 2010-07-08 |
20100171109 | ORGANIC EL DEVICE - An organic EL device includes: an anode for injecting holes; a phosphorescent-emitting layer; a fluorescent-emitting layer; and a cathode for injecting electrons. The phosphorescent-emitting layer contains a phosphorescent host and a phosphorescent dopant for phosphorescent emission. The fluorescent-emitting layer contains a fluorescent host and a fluorescent dopant for fluorescent emission. The phosphorescent host has a substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic fused aromatic skeleton and has a triplet energy gap of 2.0 eV to 3.0 eV. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171110 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, which may include (a) forming a coating film on a substrate by applying a coating liquid including a polymer conductive material dissolved in an insulating solvent on the substrate after the step (a); (b) heat-treating the coating film; and (c) forming, before or after the steps (a) and (b), a gate electrode on the substrate. Herein, a surface layer portion is an insulating layer, and an inner layer portion is an organic semiconductor layer, and the surface layer portion and the inner layer portion are formed separate from each other to allow the surface layer portion and the inner layer portion to be used as a gate insulating film and a channel of a field-effect transistor, respectively. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171111 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - An organic electroluminescent device is provided and includes: a pair of electrodes; and a light emitting layer between the electrodes. The organic electroluminescent device has a layer containing a compound represented by formula (I). | 2010-07-08 |
20100171112 | Light-Emitting Element, Light-Emitting Device and an Electronic Device - The present invention provides a light-emitting element including an electron-transporting layer and a hole-transporting layer between a first electrode and a second electrode; and a first layer and a second layer between the electron-transporting layer and the hole-transporting layer, wherein the first layer includes a first organic compound and an organic compound having a hole-transporting property, the second layer includes a second organic compound and an organic compound having an electron-transporting property, the first layer is formed in contact with the first electrode side of the second layer, the first organic compound and the second organic compound are the same compound, and a voltage is applied to the first electrode and the second electrode, so that both of the first organic compound and the second organic compound emit light. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171113 | LIGHT-EMITTING MATERIAL COMPRISING ORTHOMETALATED IRIDIUM COMPLEX, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, HIGH EFFICIENCY RED LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND NOVEL IRIDIUM COMPLEX - An organic light-emitting device comprising a light-emitting layer or a plurality of thin organic compound layers containing a light emitting layer interposed between a pair of electrodes, wherein at least one layer comprises at least one light emitting material containing a compound having a partial structure represented by following formula (21) or a tautomer thereof: | 2010-07-08 |
20100171114 | METHOD OF FORMING A CROSSED WIRE MOLECULAR DEVICE INCLUDING A SELF-ASSEMBLED MOLECULAR LAYER - A method of forming a crossed wire molecule device comprising a plurality of bottom electrodes, a plurality of top electrodes crossing the bottom electrodes at a non-zero angle, and a self-assembled molecular film chemically bonded to a surface of each of the bottom electrodes is provided. The self-assembled molecular film includes one or more defect sites and a plurality of active device molecules, each of the plurality of active device molecules including a molecular switching moiety having a self-assembling connecting group at one end of the moiety and a linking group at an opposed end of the moiety. The polymeric material chemically bonds to at least some of the linking groups of the plurality of active device molecules, causing the formation of the self-assembled molecular layer covering the plurality of active device molecules and the defect site(s). A molecular switching device is also provided. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171115 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME - There is provided an organic electroluminescence display includes a lower electrode formed on a substrate, a device separation film formed on the lower electrode, an organic compound layer formed on the device separation film and including a light emission layer, and an upper electrode formed on the organic compound layer, wherein the device separation film is a polyimide film having an imidation ratio in a range of 65% or more to less than 90%. The display is expected to have longer operating life. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171116 | ORGANIC METAL COMPLEXS DERIVATIVE AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an organometallic complex derivative containing both 8-hydroxy-2-methylquinolato ligand and another ligand containing either Deutrium or Fluorine. The compound can be used for an organic material layer of an organic electronic device or an organic light emitting device. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171117 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRIC DEVICE - It is an object of the present invention to simplify steps needed to process a wiring in forming a multilayer wiring. In addition, when a droplet discharging technique or a nanoimprint technique is used to form a wiring in a contact hole having a comparatively long diameter, the wiring in accordance with the shape of the contact hole is formed, and the wiring portion of the contact hole is likely to have a depression compared with other portions. A penetrating opening is formed by irradiating a light-transmitting insulating film with laser light having high intensity and a pulse high in repetition frequency. A plurality of openings having a minute contact area is provided instead of forming one penetrating opening having a large contact area to have an even thickness of a wiring by reducing a partial depression and also to ensure contact resistance. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171118 | Junction Field-Effect Transistor Having Insulator-Isolated Source/Drain Regions and Fabrication Method Therefor - Junction field-effect transistors (JFETs) having insulator-isolated source/drain regions and fabrication methods therefor are disclosed here. In SOI JFETs and bulk silicon JFETs having junction isolated source and drain regions from the body region, the junction leakage current is one of the leakage components of the off-state leakage current and consequently limits the on-off switching performance. In particular, for short-channel devices (for example, sub-100 nm and/or sub-65 nm devices), the leakage currents are especially pronounced. The techniques herein introduced include JFET with an insulating spacer such that the source and drain regions are insulator isolated from the body region. In one embodiment, the source and drain regions of the transistor are insulator isolated by silicon dioxide thus reducing the source-drain to body junction leakage current and improved on-off performance. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171119 | STACKED PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - To provide a stacked photoelectric conversion device capable of inhibiting extreme decrease of the output in the morning and evening. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171120 | DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY - In the case of forming switching elements and light sensor elements over the same substrate, an increase in the film thickness of active layers in an attempt to enhance the sensitivity of the light sensor elements would adversely affect the characteristics of the switching elements (TFTs). In a configuration of a display in which a channel layer | 2010-07-08 |
20100171121 | THIN FILM ARRAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A thin film array panel is provided, which includes: a plurality of signal lines including contact parts for contact with an external device; a plurality of thin film transistors connected to the signal lines; an insulating layer formed on the signal lines and the thin film transistors; and a plurality of pixel electrodes formed on the insulating layer and connected to the thin film transistors, wherein the insulating layer includes a contact portion disposed on the contact parts of the signal lines and having a thickness smaller than other portions and the contact portion of the insulating layer includes an inclined portion having an inclination angle smaller than about 45 degrees. | 2010-07-08 |
20100171122 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The photoelectric conversion device includes: a photoelectric conversion element in which a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a second electrode are stacked in this order; and a thin film transistor (TFT) connected to the first electrode of the photoelectric conversion element via a contact hole, wherein the photoelectric conversion layer including a first photoelectric conversion layer disposed at a location which does not overlap with the contact hole and a second photoelectric conversion layer disposed at a location which overlaps with the contact hole, the first photoelectric conversion layer and the second photoelectric conversion layer are separated from each other by a separation groove, and the second electrode is selectively formed on the first photoelectric conversion layer, and the photoelectric conversion element is formed by the first electrode, the first photoelectric conversion layer, and the second electrode. | 2010-07-08 |