28th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 12 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130175412 | STAND FOR HOLDING AT LEAST ONE MEDICAL DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR A MICROSCOPE | 2013-07-11 |
20130175413 | Support for Camera Phones - A support for a camera phone provides a simple way of securely cradling a wide range of camera phone sizes, irrespective of whether the phone is provided with a case. The support also provides a handle assembly for stably supporting the cradled phone by hand, or with an integrated tripod mechanism. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175414 | COLLAPSIBLE AND PORTABLE COMPOSITING APPARATUS - A compositing apparatus arranged to provide a compositing surface to be used in digital filming, recoding or photographing a subject against the compositing surface, that is easy to setup and is collapsible such that the compositing apparatus can be easily assembled by a single individual. The compositing apparatus comprises a base structure including a first and second support portion, a first and second base extension, and a hinge, wherein the first and second support portions are coupled to the respective base extension and the hinge. At least one rod is removably coupled to the base structure and received by a screen, wherein the screen is adapted to exert a force on the at least one rod causing the at least one rod to exert a force onto said hinge in order to lock the first and second support portions. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175415 | Hair Appliance Valet - The Hair Appliance Valet is a mobile six sided container that operates, organizes, holds and stores hair dryers, curling irons, straightening irons and other gadgets used to style hair. There are several sphere shaped cylinders the largest of which specifically operates the hair dryer. The specific cylinder for the hair dryer includes a pressure switch or electronic eye sensor that eliminates the electrical current to the hair dryer when the hair dryer is placed in the cylinder, thereby shutting the hair dryer off automatically. When the hair dryer is picked back up it automatically resumes function. The balance of cylinders holds the hair curling irons, straightening irons and gadgets with corresponding electrical outlets. Below the electrical outlets are multiple apparatuses designed to wrap and hold the appliance cords in place. There is one main retractable power supply cord for the entire unit. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175416 | CONNECTOR MOUNTING APPARATUS - A connector mounting apparatus includes a mounting bracket and a securing bracket. The mounting bracket receives a connector. The mounting bracket includes two recess portions. The securing bracket includes a front wall and two side walls extending from the front wall. The front wall defines a through hole corresponding to the connector. Each side wall includes a side wall body, a resilient tab extending inward from the side wall body, and a securing tab extending inward from the side wall body. The two securing tabs grasp the two recess portions. The two resilient tabs resist resiliently the connector. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175417 | CLAMP | 2013-07-11 |
20130175418 | MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR LABEL DISPENSING UNIT - A mounting system for supporting equipment above a surface, such as, for example, a label dispensing unit, is provided. The system includes bracket having a first segment cantilevering from a housing and a second segment extending perpendicularly from the first segment and spaced apart from the housing. The housing and first and second segments form a channel to receive a support structure therein. The support structure is sized to fit within the channel to support the equipment above a surface when the bracket is disposed over the support structure. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175419 | INTERNAL LOCKING MECHANISM FOR A HOLD OPEN ROD - A hold open rod may include: an inner member; an outer member configured to have the inner member slide in and out of the outer member; a locking mechanism including a portion attached to the outer member and a portion attached to the inner member; a locking plug configured to move axially along an axis of the inner, outer members; a locking dog configured to move radially between a locking position and an unlocking position and a release cable operatively connected to the locking plug and configured to move the locking plug to the unlocking position. A method of actuating a lock mechanism on a hold open rod may also be provided. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175420 | POSITIONING SYSTEM - A utility platform ( | 2013-07-11 |
20130175421 | Support for Portable Electronic Device - A support is disclosed that attaches to and is carried by the device that it supports. The support incorporates a u-shaped supporting member that generally extends across the length of the device, and is attached to the device using independent sidepieces that conform to the shape of the device, creating a press-fit. The sidepieces are hingedly attached to the supporting member using constant-torque positional hinges that allow for a customizable viewing angle when the device is being supported. In addition, the support is configured so that the device can be supported in two different orientations, commonly referred to as portrait and landscape, and the support is designed to support objects that are pushed and touched. Finally, the support has a minimal impact on the device's outer surfaces, so that additional attachments designed for the device may be used in conjunction with the support. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175422 | BASE FOR SUPPORT OF A REMOVABLE POST - A base for supporting a removable sign post on a surface utilizes a clamp, housed within a tubular housing, to grip and engage the post in a gripping position. The clamp has a clamp element that is flexibly displaceable to grip the post or alternatively has more than one discrete clamp element, each of which is actuable relative to the housing. Actuators, such as setscrews or bolts, are advanced through the housing into engagement with a corresponding clamp element to cause the clamp to grip the post. The actuators are retractable from the housing to cause the clamp to release from the post in a released position to enable removal of the post or insertion of the post into the base. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175423 | ARTICULATING PANEL - An articulated panel that provides both a cover and a support structure for an object, such as a slate computing device, is disclosed. The articulated panel may be converted from a flat position to a folding position that may serve as a support structure. The support structure may be fluidly adjusted into many different standing positions; both portrait and landscape. When the articulated panel is in the folded position, the supported object is sturdy in all provided positions. Two pyramid-based structures and an internal joint at a junction therebetween make this possible. An inversion pulled into one of these pyramid structures by a tether provides both automatic folding as well as additional stability in the support structure. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175424 | RUBBER MOUNT - A rubber mount includes a cylindrical rubber member ( | 2013-07-11 |
20130175425 | ROTOR RETRIEVAL TOOL - A tool is presented that assists in the assembly, disassembly, maintenance and retrieval of elements of a hydrodynamic array, such as a drive train. The tool can function like a clamp in facilitating the removal of a turbine assembly from a nested machinery chamber or caisson module with the use of an overhead gantry crane. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175426 | MULTI-MODE HOLDER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A stand for an electronic device such as a mobile phone retains the electronic device by the device being slid between a front surface and at least four retention points. Some versions have four retention points in essentially a square pattern thus allowing the device to be slid into a retaining position in two distinct orthogonal directions. This provides for both a portrait and a landscape support configuration. Some embodiments have a leg that also acts as a hook or a clip. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175427 | Bracket assembly and forming system for structural components - A system is disclosed for retaining a concrete to form a foundation of a structure. The system includes side walls that receives and retain the concrete and a bracket assembly that retains the side walls. The side walls include a first side wall and a second side wall, at least one of the first and second side walls is comprised of a component having an interior cavity. The bracket assembly includes reinforcement posts and a separator bar. The separator bar has a plurality of apertures disposed along its length. The apertures include a first set and a second set. The first set and the second set of apertures are sized to retain the reinforcement posts at locations corresponding to nominal widths of the component and building materials that comprise the components to form a cross section of the foundation approximating one of a rectangle, a trapezoid or combinations thereof. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175428 | Optical Touch Panel Device for Construction Machine - An optical touch panel device for a construction machine capable of preventing the occurrence of a detection defect of a tactile contact point caused by external light falling upon a light-receiving element is provided with a planar panel with which tactile contact is made by an operator, light-emitting elements which emit light rays along the surface of the panel, and light-receiving elements which are provided to be paired with the light-emitting elements respectively so as to receive the light rays. The light-emitting elements are arranged so that the three light rays can intersect at each of a plurality of predetermined points upon a plane which is parallel to the panel, so that simultaneous interruption of at least two of the intersecting three light rays can be detected as tactile contact at a point of the surface of the panel facing the predetermined point. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175429 | IMAGE SENSOR, IMAGE SENSING METHOD, AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE IMAGE SENSOR - An image sensor that includes a pixel array including pixels that sample a plurality of modulation signals having different phases from the reflected light and that output pixel output signals corresponding to the plurality of modulation signals, the output pixel output signals being used to generate first images, an integral time adjusting unit that detects a change in an integral time applied to generate the first images such that the integral time adjusting unit compares intensities of the first images to a reference intensity and determines an adjusted integral time when the change in the integral time is detected, and when the change in the integral time is detected, the pixel array generates second images that are subsequent to the first images by applying the adjusted integral time determined by the integral time adjusting unit based on the first images. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175430 | SPARSELY-BONDED CMOS HYBRID IMAGER - A method and device for imaging or detecting electromagnetic radiation is provided. A device structure includes a first chip interconnected with a second chip. The first chip includes a detector array, wherein the detector array comprises a plurality of light sensors and one or more transistors. The second chip includes a Read Out Integrated Circuit (ROIC) that reads out, via the transistors, a signal produced by the light sensors. A number of interconnects between the ROIC and the detector array can be less than one per light sensor or pixel. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175431 | DETECTOR HAVING LARGE AREA AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A detector includes a substrate; two first regions, each first region having a linear shape, and the two first regions being separated from each other on the substrate and arranged in parallel; and a pixel region provided between the two first regions and including a plurality of pixels, the pixel region including a plurality of second regions perpendicular to the two first regions, each of the two first regions including a peripheral circuit portion, each of the plurality of second regions including a driver line, and a width of each of the plurality of second regions being equal to or less than a width of a single pixel. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175432 | DRIVING DEVICE FOR SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE CAPABLE OF SELECTING PARALLEL NUMBER OF FETS - A driving circuit includes first through N-th selective operation driving portions selectively producing first through N-th selective operation driving signals, a selection circuit selectively driving the first through the N-th selective operation driving portions in response to an input signal and a control signal, and a supplying arrangement combining the first through the N-th selective operation driving signals to supply a combined driving signal to a solid-stage image pickup device. An n-th selective operation driving portion includes (M×2 | 2013-07-11 |
20130175433 | SCANNING MICROSCOPE - The present invention relates to a scanning microscope, which can acquire an undistorted image of a desired area of a sample using a simple configuration. When a sample is observed, a galvano-scanner rotates a scanning mirror based on a supplied driving signal, so as to scan the sample with illumination light. A sampling circuit samples an electric signal acquired by performing photoelectric conversion on observation light from the sample, in synchronization with a sampling clock. If the scanning mirror is driven so that the rotation angle thereof non-linearly changes with respect to time, the sampling circuit appropriately suppresses sampling based on the sampling clock, so that sampling is executed only when the scanning mirror is at a predetermined position. The present invention can be applied to a scanning microscope. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175434 | INDICATOR TESTING SYSTEM - An indicator testing system for testing a plurality of indicators disposed on an electronic product and adapted to display a status includes a plurality of light sensors, a holder for holding the light sensors, and a signal processing module. The light sensors correspond in position to the indicators on the electronic product, respectively, and each generate a corresponding light testing signal whereby the signal processing module generates a brightness testing signal related to each indicator. The indicator testing system speeds up an indicator test, enhances the precision of the indicator test, and ensures the quality of the electronic product. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175435 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING AN OBJECT USING SPAD PHOTODIODES - The disclosure relates to a method for detecting the presence of an object near a detection device, comprising: emitting pulses of an incident photon beam, detecting photodiodes which trigger avalanche after the reception by the photodiode of at least one photon of a reflected photon beam produced by a reflection of the incident beam on an object near the detection device, determining a distance between the photodiodes and an object in a detection area, as a function of the time between a transmit time of the incident beam and avalanche triggering times of the photodiodes, and correcting the distance determined as a function of a calibration measurement obtained in the absence of object in the detection area, to compensate for photon reflections on a transparent plate arranged between the photodiodes and the detection area. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175436 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE SENSITIVE SENSOR ELEMENT OR ARRAY - A high dynamic range sensitive sensor element or array is provided which uses periodic sampling phase domain integration techniques to accurately capture high and low intensity images. The sensor element of the present invention is not limited by dynamic range characteristics exhibited by prior art solid-state pixel structures and is thus capable of capturing a full spectrum of electromagnetic radiation to provide a high quality output image. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175437 | Hydrogen-Sensing Optical Fiber - In harsh and hazardous environments, the presence of elevated levels of hydrogen gas is an indicator of chemical and/or radiological activity. The present hydrogen-sensing optical fiber provides rapid and reliable hydrogen detection and quantification, irrespective of temperature fluctuations. The hydrogen-sensing optical fiber does not exhibit significant irreversible hydrogen-induced attenuation losses after exposure to a hydrogen-rich atmosphere. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175438 | Quaternary Photodetector for Downhole Optical Sensing - Detector assembly for downhole spectroscopy includes a near-infra-red quaternary photodiode that can operate at high temperatures without cooling it to the standard operation temperature range of the photodiode. High temperature operation of the photodiode right shifts the detector assembly's responsivity curve to include wavelengths of up to 2400-nm. The photodiode has manageable dark current at temperatures even at 200° C., and it can be packaged using high temperature construction. The photodiode is operated in photovoltaic mode at high temperatures but can be operated at photoconductive mode at lower temperatures. At least partial cooling can be provided above a predetermined temperature. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175439 | Mass Spectrometer - A mass analyser is provided comprising a plurality of electrodes having apertures through which ions are transmitted. A plurality of pseudo-potential corrugations are created along the axis of the mass analyser. The amplitude or depth of the pseudo-potential corrugations is inversely proportional to the mass to charge ratio of an ion. Transient DC voltages are applied to the electrodes in order to urge ions along the length of the mass analyser. The amplitude of the transient DC voltages applied to the electrodes is increased with time and ions are caused to be emitted from the mass analyser in reverse order of their mass to charge ratio. Two AC or RF voltages are applied to the electrodes. The first AC or RF voltage is arranged to provide optimal pseudo-potential corrugations whilst the second AC or RF voltage is arranged to provide optimal radial confinement of ions within the mass analyser. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175440 | RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) ION GUIDE FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE IN MASS SPECTROMETERS - Ion guides for use in mass spectrometry (MS) systems are described. The ion guides are configured to provide a reflective electrodynamic field and a direct current (DC or static) electric field to provide ion beams that are more spatially confined with a comparatively large mass range. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175441 | ION GUIDE AND ELECTRODE FOR ITS ASSEMBLY - An ion guide that transports ions from an ion source at generally a high-pressure level to a mass analyzer at generally a low-pressure level has a plurality of identical electrodes fabricated with protruding elements that forming an ion tunnel or an ion funnel, when the electrodes are assembled around a common longitudinal axis. The protruding elements allow the generation of the radio frequency field necessary to radially confine ions. Each electrode may be machined from a solid block of conductive material, such as metal. The disclosed arrangement greatly simplifies the manufacturing process, reducing cost, and improving robustness and reliability of the ion guide itself. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175442 | INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MS/MS MASS ANALYZER - An inductively coupled plasma MS/MS mass analyzer (ICP-MS/MS) may include a first vacuum chamber which draws plasma containing an ionized sample into vacuum, a second vacuum chamber which includes a device or means which extracts and guides ions as an ion beam from the ions output from the first vacuum chamber, a third vacuum chamber which has a first ion optical separation device or means, a fourth vacuum chamber which has a cell into which reaction gas is introduced, and a fifth vacuum chamber which has a second optical separation device or means and a detector, wherein the second vacuum chamber and third vacuum chamber are individually evacuated. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175443 | Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer With Enhanced Sensitivity And Mass Resolving Power - A novel method and mass spectrometer apparatus is introduced to spatially and temporally resolve images of one or more ion exit patterns of a multipole instrument. In particular, the methods and structures of the present invention measures the ion current as a function of time and spatial displacement in the beam cross-section of a quadrupole mass filter via an arrayed detector. The linearity of the detected quadrupole ion current in combination with it reproducible spatial-temporal structure enables the deconvolution of the contributions of signals from individual ion species in complex mixtures where both sensitivity and mass resolving power are essential. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175444 | ISOTOPE ION MICROSCOPE METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Ion microscope methods and systems are disclosed. In general, the systems and methods involve relatively light isotopes, minority isotopes or both. In some embodiments, an isotope of Neon is used. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175445 | MICROELECTRONIC SUBSTRATE INSPECTION EQUIPMENT USING HELIUM ION MICROSCOPY - Microelectronic substrate inspection equipment includes a gas container which contains helium gas, a helium ion generator which is disposed in the gas container and converts the helium gas into helium ions and a wafer stage which is disposed under the gas container and on which a substrate to be inspected is placed. The equipment further includes a secondary electron detector which is disposed above the wafer stage and detects electrons generated from the substrate, a compressor which receives first gaseous nitrogen from a continuous nitrogen supply device and compresses the received first gaseous nitrogen into liquid nitrogen, a liquid nitrogen dewar which is connected to the compressor and stores the liquid nitrogen, and a cooling device that is coupled to the helium ion generator. The cooling device is disposed on the gas container, and cools the helium ion generator by vaporizing the liquid nitrogen. Related methods are also disclosed. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175446 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING LAMELLA - Provided is a lamella preparation apparatus including an EB column ( | 2013-07-11 |
20130175447 | Scanning Electron Microscope - Provided is a scanning electron microscope equipped with a high-speed and high-precision astigmatism measuring means to be used when both astigmatism generated by an electron-beam column and astigmatism generated from the surroundings of a measuring sample exist. This scanning electron microscope is characterized in controlling an astigmatism corrector ( | 2013-07-11 |
20130175448 | Reinforced cover for image receptor assemblies - The present disclosure provides a bi-directional image receptor assembly capable of receiving an image receptor in either a lengthways (or longitudinal) or crossways (or transverse) orientation, while maintaining the axis of an anti-scatter grid in a fixed position. The axis of the anti-scatter grid can be placed in a fixed orientation (such as a parallel orientation) to a subject's craniocaudal axis regardless of whether the image receptor is inserted in the lengthways or crossways orientation. Methods of using the bi-directional image receptor assembly in mobile radiography are also disclosed. The present disclosure further provides for an X-ray image receptor comprising a portion of an automatic position measurement system. Still further, the present disclosure provides for a cover comprising a reinforcing geometry that maximizes the strength of the cover while minimizing the thickness of the cover. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175449 | INFRARED DETECTOR COMPRISING A PACKAGE INTEGRATING AT LEAST ONE DIFFRACTION GRATING - The infrared detector includes a sensitive retina capable of detecting a radiation in the wavelength range between 8 and 14 micrometers; and a package containing the sensitive retina and including a window located opposite to the retina, said window comprising a substrate at least partially transparent in the wavelength range between 2 and 14 micrometers; and a set of optical filters formed on the window to attenuate an incident radiation on the retina in a wavelength range between 2 and 8 micrometers, and respectively an optical filter formed on a first surface of the window and attenuating the incident radiation in a first interval of the wavelength range between 2 and 8 micrometers, and a periodic diffraction grating formed on a second surface of the window and attenuating the incident radiation in a second interval of the wavelength range between 2 and 8 micrometers, different from the first interval. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175450 | OPTICAL CHAMBER MODULE ASSEMBLY - A gas sensor system includes a laser module, optical chamber module, and a gas sensor cell. The laser chamber module includes two laser light sources producing laser light emissions at wavelengths λ | 2013-07-11 |
20130175451 | RADIATION DETECTOR - A radiation detector is provided that allows correction so as to identify incident gamma-ray positions accurately with no influence of afterglow of fluorescence. The radiation detector includes an intensity-data acquiring section for acquiring intensity data representing intensity of fluorescence outputted from a light detector for every temporally-constant sampling interval, and a correction-value acquiring section section for acquiring a correction value used for correction of variations in intensity data resulting from afterglow of the fluorescence. In addition, the radiation detector includes an integrating section for correcting the intensity data using the correction value. This allows correct calculation of the integrated value m with no influence of the afterglow of fluorescence. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175452 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISINFECTING POTABLE WATER SUPPLIES - The invention described herein contains two aspects, usable together or separately, that address the needs in the art described above, namely a first aspect that relates to the provision of a transportable water purification system that can be contained on a passenger transport vehicle, and that can use, but does not require, continuous, real-time monitoring, and a second aspect that relates to the use of UV purification of the water as it is uploaded to the passenger transport vehicle after a single pass through the UV chamber. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175453 | DRAWING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a drawing apparatus including a plurality of drawing units each of which is configured to perform drawing on a substrate with a charged particle beam, a plurality of first processors configured to be selectively connectable to each of the plurality of drawing units, an information processor configured to determine, from the plurality of first processors, a first processor to be connected to a first drawing unit among the plurality of drawing units, based on drawing data, and a connection unit configured to connect the determined first processor to the first drawing unit. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175454 | EXCIMER LIGHT SOURCE - A light source, with electrodes of alternating polarity attached to a substrate in an excimer ultraviolet (UV) lamp, for generating a plasma discharge between each of the electrodes. The shape of the substrate can shape and control the plasma discharge to reduce exposure of materials susceptible to attack by the halogens. The electrodes can be located such that the plasma discharge occurs in a region where it produces less contact of the halogens with the vulnerable areas of the lamp enclosure. The materials, such as the electrodes, substrate, and envelope, can be selected to withstand corrosive materials. In another embodiment, a plurality of sealed tubes, at least some of which contain an excimer gas are positioned between two electrodes. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175455 | LASER CAVITY TWO-PHOTON SPECTROSCOPY - A laser cavity two-photon spectroscopy includes a gain medium, a first reflector, a second reflector, an electrical pumping module, and a two-photon absorption cell. The first reflector is disposed at a side of the gain medium. The second reflector is movably disposed at a side of the gain medium relative to the first reflector. The electrical pumping module is electrically connected to the gain medium. Therefore, the gain medium is able to emit a light beam, which bounces back and forth between the first reflector and the second reflector and forms a laser beam through enhanced by the gain medium. The two-photon absorption cell disposed between the gain medium and the second reflector includes a plurality of two-photon absorption mediums. The two-photon absorption mediums absorb a portion of the laser beam reflected between the first reflector and the second reflector and then emit fluorescence. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175456 | PHOTOLYTICALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY STABLE MULTILAYER STRUCTURE FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY CONVERSION AND SUSTAINED SECONDARY EMISSION - Disclosed is a method for converting a primary electromagnetic radiation to a longer output wavelength that includes providing an energy conversion layer having a first photoluminescent material and a second photoluminescent material, exposing the energy conversion layer to the primary electromagnetic radiation, and transferring at least a portion of absorbed energy from the first photoluminescent material to the second photoluminescent material by dipolar coupling, such that the second photoluminescent material subsequently emits the longer output wavelength. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175457 | SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS DEVICE AND SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS METHOD - In the present invention, a specimen is made to flow on a metal film on a prism, and excitation light (α) is emitted in a predetermined direction. By changing the position of a reflective member that reflects the excitation light (α), and adjusting the orientation of a reflective surface of the reflective member, the incident angle (θ) is changed while maintaining a state in which the excitation light (α) that enters the prism is reflected at a specific position on the metal film. The intensity of light to be generated on the metal film is measured, and the reflective member is positioned to match the position of the reflective member and the orientation of the reflective surface when a maximum amount of light is measured. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175458 | SANITIZATION DEVICES AND METHODS OF THEIR USE - The present invention relates to sanitization devices and methods. More particularly, the invention relates to devices and methods that significantly reduce or eliminate germs, bacteria and/or other microorganisms from objects such as bags, purses, footwear or other objects, as well as bare feet, hands, paws, hooves or other anatomical surfaces, which come into contact with them. The device and method uses germicidal radiation which exposes only the areas of the object that come into applied contact with the device. A top platform of the device is partitioned so that each partition can act independently of each other. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175459 | MULTI-SECTIONAL LINEAR IONIZING BAR AND IONIZATION CELL - A multi-sectional linear ionizing bar with at least four elements is disclosed. First, disclosed bars may include at least one ionization cell with at least one axis-defining linear ion emitter for establishing an ion cloud along the length thereof. Second, disclosed bars may include at least one reference electrode. Third, disclosed bars may include a manifold for receiving gas or air from a source and for delivering same past the linear emitter(s) such that substantially none of the gas/air flows into the ion cloud. Fourth, disclosed bars may include means for receiving the ionizing voltage and for delivering same to the linear emitter(s) to thereby establish the ion cloud. In this way, disclosed ionizing bars may transport ions from the plasma region toward a charge neutralization target without inducing substantial vibration of the linear emitter and without substantial contaminants from the gas/air flow reaching the linear emitter. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175460 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR UV STERILIZATION - Provided herein are systems, ultraviolet (UV) devices, and methods for UV disinfection and sterilization, more specifically, systems, devices, and methods for UV disinfection and sterilization of a container, room, space or defined environment. The systems, UV devices, and methods are particularly useful for the UV disinfection and sterilization of a container used in the food and dairy industry and for containers used in the process of fermentation for an alcoholic beverage. Provided are also systems, UV devices, and methods for inhibiting the growth of one or more species of microorganisms present in a container, room, space or defined environment preferably for inhibiting the growth of one or more species of microorganisms present on an interior surface of a container, room, space or defined environment. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175461 | RADIATION SHIELDING BARRIERS - Articles of manufacture and a method of how to utilize the same in order to create a radiation shielding barrier wall assembly. A metal stud and a metal support bar and a metal restraining bar and a prefabricated radiation shielding lead panel whereby the assembly of these components in the manner as directed and in conjunction with commercially available preexisting metal stud components will result in all radiation shielding lead panels overlapping at all interior field joints, and will result in no punctures or damage in any way to the radiation shielding lead created by the attachment method, creating a radiation shielding leak-proof metal stud system. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175462 | SOLENOID ON-OFF VALVE - A solenoid on-off valve includes a main valve body in a housing. A pilot passage is formed on the main valve body, and a pilot valve body is inserted into the pilot passage so as to open and close the pilot passage. The pilot valve body and the main valve body move in accordance with a plunger which is movable in an opening direction. The plunger and the pilot valve body are coupled by a coupling pin. The coupling pin is displaceable relative to the pilot valve body. When the main valve body is pushed in the opening direction and before the coupling pin contacts the pilot valve body, the plunger stops the movement of the main valve body. Thus, a shear force is prevented from acting on the coupling pin when the valve port is opened. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175463 | LEAK-FREE ROTARY VALVE WITH INTERNAL WORM GEAR - A rotary valve assembly composing a leak-free enclosure containing a worm gear and a pinion gear, an adapter plate that is situated between a rotary valve body and the enclosure and that secures the rotary valve body to the enclosure, and a magnetic actuator assembly. The worm gear engages with the pinion gear such that when the worm gear relates, the pinion gear rotates as well. The enclosure is situated between the magnetic actuator assembly and the rotary valve body. A shaft extends through the center of the pinion gear and causes a valve within the rotary valve body to open and close based on rotation of the shaft. In an alternate embodiment, the invention is a rotary valve as described above with an integral adapter plate. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175464 | GRIPPING MECHANISM FOR A GAS TANK VALVE - A gripping mechanism for a gas tank utility valve is provided. The mechanism has a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion provides a grip that allows for hand-tightening of the valve and the bottom portion is formed to include at least one cavity that receives the knob attached to the utility valve in a relatively tight-fit fashion. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175465 | Ball Valve With Anti-Rotational Pressure Plate - A ball valve having an anti-rotational pressure plate that allows for a balanced pressure load on a valve member is provided. Additionally, the pressure plate can also fix the rotation of an adjacent flow disk, allowing for angular-orientation specific flow characterizing features to be used with the flow disk. By fixing the rotation of the flow disk, the ball valve can characterize flows using a greater variety of flow disk geometries, including angular-orientation dependent and angular-orientation independent flow disks. Further, the pressure plate could also be directly in the form of a flow disk that has anti-rotation features. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175466 | METHOD FOR GENERATING GIANT MAGNETOCALORIC MATERIALS - The invention relates to a method for generating giant magnetocaloric materials, the giant magnetocaloric materials obtained thereby and their use in magnetocaloric heat pumps, magnetocaloric power converters, actuators or magnetic switches. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175467 | DE ICING FORMULATION UTILIZING CO-PRODUCTS FROM LIGNOCELLULOSE TO BIO FUEL PROCESS - The use of a side stream and residue from the lignocellulose to ethanol process for use in preventing the formation of ice and in melting ice and snow on roadways. The future lignocellulose to ethanol industry will provide a significant proportion of these streams that provide an organic solution that when added to chloride salts of calcium, magnesium and sodium provides an improved environmentally friendly road deicing product with reduced corrosiveness and increased friction. A deicer composition of calcium chloride aqueous solution containing 25-38% by weight calcium chloride mixed up to 50% by volume of hemicellulose hydrolysis side stream can reduce the corrosivity of calcium chloride to 70% less that of a sodium chloride solution. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175468 | DECOMPOSER CONTAINING IRON PARTICLES FOR ORGANOHALOGEN COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A decomposer for an organohalogen compound, containing iron particles comprising iron and iron oxide, wherein the iron particles have a metallic iron content of 15% or more by mass, wherein the metallic iron content is a content of metallic iron in the outermost surface layer of the iron particles to which the ion beam etching has been applied twice under the following etching conditions:
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20130175469 | Aluminum Dry-Coated and Heat Treated Cathode Material Precursors - Aluminum dry-coated and heat treated cathode material precursors. A particulate precursor compound for manufacturing an aluminum coated lithium transition metal (M)-oxide powder usable as an active positive electrode material in lithium-ion batteries includes a transition metal (M)-oxide core and a non-amorphous aluminum oxide coating layer covering the core. By providing a heat treatment process for mixed metal precursors that may be combined with an aluminum thy-coating process, novel aluminum containing precursors that may be used to form high quality nickel based cathode materials are obtained. The aluminum dry-coated and heat treated precursors include particles have, compared to prior art precursors, relatively low impurity levels of carbonate and/or sulfide, and can be produced at lower cost. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175470 | Cathode Active Material For Lithium Ion Battery And Method For Producing The Same - An object of the present invention is to reduce the time required for the calcination of a lithium metal salt complex to thereby provide a high-quality cathode active material for a lithium ion battery at low cost. The method for producing a cathode active material for a lithium ion battery comprises the steps of: | 2013-07-11 |
20130175471 | Removal of Acid Gases from a Fluid Flow by Means of Reduced Coabsorption of Hydrocarbons and Oxygen - A process for removing acid gases from a hydrocarbonaceous fluid stream or an oxygen-comprising fluid stream in which the fluid stream is contacted with an aqueous solution which is essentially free from inorganic basic salts and comprises (i) at least one amine and (ii) at least one metal salt of an aminocarboxylic acid and/or an aminosulfonic acid. Conjoint use of the aminocarboxylic and/or aminosulfonic salt reduces the coabsorption of hydrocarbons or oxygen without significantly impairing the absorption rate at which acid gases are absorbed, without significantly reducing the absorption capacity of the solution for acid gases, and without significantly increasing the energy demand required for regeneration. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175472 | SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER HAVING A CAPACITY INCREASE - The present invention relates to a particulate superabsorbent polymer comprising a monomer and an internal crosslinker agent wherein the particulate superabsorbent polymer has a Centrifuge Retention Capacity Increase of 2 g/g or more as set forth herein in the Centrifuge Retention Capacity Increase Test. The present invention further relates to a superabsorbent polymer comprising an internal crosslinker agent comprising a silane compound comprising at least one vinyl group or one allyl group attached to a silicon atom, and at least one Si—O bond. The present invention further relates to an absorbent article that includes such particulate superabsorbent polymers. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175473 | PARTICULATE WATER-ABSORBING AGENT AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR THE SAME - Provided is a water-absorbing agent having enhanced performance in both the centrifuge retention capacity and the absorption against pressure (particularly, the vertical diffusion absorption amount) of a water-absorbing resin, and also, a water-absorbing agent which can provide an absorbent core having a large absorption amount in a diaper, having improved diffusibility and liquid permeability, and having a smaller re-wet amount, is provided at low cost. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175474 | Red and Green Fluorosulfide phosphor, Preparation Method and White-Light Emitting Diodes Thereof - Novel red and green fluorosulfide phosphors have a chemical formula of (A | 2013-07-11 |
20130175475 | LUMINESCENT MATERIAL AND A PROCESS OF FORMING THE SAME - A luminescent material can be formed by a process using a vacancy-filling agent that includes vacancy-filling atoms. In an embodiment, the process can include forming a mixture of a constituent corresponding to the luminescent material and the vacancy-filling agent. The process can further include forming the luminescent material from the mixture, wherein the luminescent material includes at least some of the vacancy-filling atoms from the vacancy-filling agent. In another embodiment, the process can include melting a constituent corresponding to the luminescent material to form a melt and adding a vacancy-filling agent into the melt. The process can also include forming the luminescent material from the melt, wherein the luminescent material includes at least some of the vacancy-filling atoms from the vacancy-filling agent. The luminescent material may have one or more improved performance properties as compared to a corresponding base material of the luminescent material. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175476 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING A DIP TUBE - A system includes a dip tube configured to direct a gas toward a sump. The dip tube includes an inner surface and an outer surface. The system also includes a quench ring coupled to the dip tube. The quench ring is configured to provide a quench fluid flow to the sump over both the inner surface and the outer surface of the dip tube. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175477 | CORROSION INHIBITOR FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENTS - Corrosion inhibiting and management systems and for methods of making and using same are presented, where the corrosion systems comprise a reaction product or mixture of reaction products of medium to high carbon count phosphate ester or mixture of medium to a high carbon count phosphate esters and an amine or mixture of amines and where the reaction product or products form a partial or complete coating on surfaces of pipe, piping, pipeline, flowline, and other downhole equipment in contact with aqueous and non-aqueous fluids to protect the surfaces from corrosion at temperature up to up to 750° F. (398.9° C.), and especially, for use in applications using low to moderate temperature geothermal fluids. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175478 | Reactive, non-corrosive, and dermal-friendly composition and methods for manufacturing - This invention relates to a process for modifying a strong acid/salt solution or strong base/salt solution, and to the resulting modified solution. The modifications of this invention stably increase the reactivity of the solution while maintaining the non-corrosive and dermal-friendly characteristics of the solution. In particular, the inventive composition does not injure or irritate skin, as might an unmodified strong acid or strong base, but retains sufficient strong acid or strong base qualities that it tends to weaken intermolecular bonds and break covalent bonds. By way of example, combining the inventive composition with a biocide agent may result in an effective anti-microbial, anti-bacterial, or anti-viral solution that is non-corrosive and dermal friendly. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175479 | ELECTROPHORETIC FLUID - The present invention is directed to a display fluid comprising charged composite pigment particles dispersed in a solvent. The composite pigment particles have a density which matches to the density of the solvent in which they are dispersed. A display fluid comprising the composite pigment particles provides improved display performance. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175480 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY FLUID - The invention is directed to an electrophoretic fluid which can improve display performance such as switching speed, vertical bistability and the ghosting effect, and also reduce display defects. The electrophoretic fluid comprises charged pigment particles dispersed in a mixture of isoparaffins. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175481 | SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS - The invention relates to novel polymers containg repeating units based on benzodifuran, benzodipyrrole or benzodithiophene, monomers and methods for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175482 | MATERIALS, AND THE PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF - A material of the general formula (I) | 2013-07-11 |
20130175483 | SOLID-SOLUTION METHOD FOR PRODUCING IRON-CONTAINING ACTIVE MATERIALS FOR RECHARGEABLE OXIDE-ION BATTERY CELLS - The present invention describes a solid-solution synthesis method for producing porous Fe-containing active material ( | 2013-07-11 |
20130175484 | Half-Heusler Alloys with Enhanced Figure of Merit and Methods of Making - Thermoelectric materials and methods of making thermoelectric materials having a nanometer mean grain size less than 1 micron. The method includes combining and arc melting constituent elements of the thermoelectric material to form a liquid alloy of the thermoelectric material and casting the liquid alloy of the thermoelectric material to form a solid casting of the thermoelectric material. The method also includes ball milling the solid casting of the thermoelectric material into nanometer mean size particles and sintering the nanometer size particles to form the thermoelectric material having nanometer scale mean grain size. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175485 | ELECTROCONDUCTIVE LIQUID RESIN COMPOSITION AND AN ELECTRONIC PART - An electroconductive liquid resin composition including epoxy resin; a curing agent, such that an equivalent ratio of the curing agent to the epoxy resin ranges from 0.8 to 1.25, wherein at least one of the components is liquid; a curing promoter in an amount of 0.05 to 10 parts by mass, per total 100 parts by mass of the resin and agent; an electroconductive filler in an amount of 300 to 1,000 parts by mass, per total 100 parts by mass of the resin and agent; and particles of a thermoplastic resin which is solid at 25 degrees C. in an amount of 3 to 50 parts by mass, per total 100 parts by mass of the resin and agent, wherein when the composition is heated, an average diameter of the particles after heated becomes at least one and a half times an average diameter of the particles before heated. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175486 | Pry Bar - An indexable tool includes a handle, an indexable tool body and a coupling subassembly. The coupling subassembly rotatably joins and selectively locks and unlocks the handle and the indexable tool body in rotatable relation to each other. The coupling subassembly includes a push button fixedly coupled to a push button cylinder, adjacently disposed first and second serrated inserts, a cap, a cap retention ring, a push button retainer clip and a spring. The cap is held in fixed position with the cap retention ring. The spring is biased to hold the coupling subassembly in a locked position to prevent relative rotation between the tool body and the handle. In an unlocked position the push button is pushed against the bias of the spring to slidably move the coupling subassembly into a position enabling relative rotary movement of the handle relative to the indexable tool. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175487 | CUSTOMIZABLE ENCLOSURE SYSTEM FOR TENNIS COURTS - The present invention is a novel customizable and retractable enclosure system particularly suited for tennis courts. The customizable and retractable enclosure system of the present invention includes windscreen panel assemblies connected to vertical support members using a system of highly tensioned cables and eliminates the use of a chain link fence. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175488 | BRACKET FOR SUPPORTING ATTACHMENT OF THE END OF A RAILING MEMBER TO A VERTICAL MEMBER - A rail receiving member includes a rail receiving member having a bottom wall, a plurality of side walls, and a back wall, and is configured to receive and connect to an end of a rail member. The back wall of that rail receiving member may be attached to a vertical member and covered by a cap. In an adjustable railing bracket installation, a hinge assembly can be selectively coupled to the rail receiving member in at least two orientations, each of which allowing for rotation of the rail receiving member about a hinge axis of the hinge assembly. A first orientation permits rotation of the rail receiving member about the hinge axis of the hinge assembly in a vertical plane. A second orientation permits rotation of the rail receiving member about the hinge axis of the hinge assembly in a horizontal plane. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175489 | ADJUSTABLE GATE HAVING OPPOSITE ANTI-WARPING SYSTEMS, OPPOSITE PERSONAL-INJURY-ELIMINATING SYSTEMS, OPPOSITE SCREW-CENTERING SYSTEMS, OPPOSITE S-HOOK-INTERLOCKING SYSTEMS, AND OPPOSITE TURNBUCKLE-INTERLOCKING SYSTEMS - An adjustable gate comprises two u-shaped vertical bars having first anti-warping gutters, tension hooks; two horizontal bars having second anti-warping gutters; a chain-link mesh; two tension rods; and a truss having paddle-nuts. The first anti-warping gutters are inserted into the second anti-warping gutters to join the bars together and to prevent the gate from warping in all horizontal directions. The tension hooks are welded along the body of the vertical bars to eliminate tie wires to prevent personal injury. The tension rods are inserted along the vertical edges of the chain-link mesh and hooked on the tension hooks. The truss hooks on the vertical bars and is adjusted to a desired tension to hold the adjustable gate together. The truss paddle-nuts disposed at the two opposite ends of the truss turnbuckle interlock with the truss turnbuckle in a desired position and allow the truss tension to be increased or decreased incrementally. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175490 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a fin-type stacked layer structure having memory cells, and a beam connected to an end portion of the structure. Each of the structure and the beam includes semiconductor layers stacked in a perpendicular direction. The beam includes a contact portion provided at one end of the beam, and a low resistance portion provided between the contact portion and the end portion of the structure. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175491 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Semiconductor devices, and methods of manufacturing the same, include a field region in a semiconductor substrate to define an active region. An interlayer insulating layer is on the semiconductor substrate. A semiconductor pattern is within a hole vertically extending through the interlayer insulating layer. The semiconductor pattern is in contact with the active region. A barrier region is between the semiconductor pattern and the interlayer insulating layer. The barrier region includes a first buffer dielectric material and a barrier dielectric material. The first buffer dielectric material is between the barrier dielectric material and the semiconductor pattern, and the barrier dielectric material is spaced apart from both the semiconductor pattern and the active region. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175492 | MEMORY CELLS HAVING STORAGE ELEMENTS THAT SHARE MATERIAL LAYERS WITH STEERING ELEMENTS AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME - In some embodiments, a memory cell is provided that includes a metal-insulator-metal stack and a steering element coupled to the metal-insulator-metal stack. The metal-insulator-metal stack includes a first conductive layer, a reversible resistivity switching layer above the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer above the reversible resistivity switching layer. The first conductive layer and/or the second conductive layer includes a first semiconductor material layer. The steering element includes the first semiconductor material layer. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175493 | PHASE CHANGE MEMORY STRUCTURE HAVING LOW-K DIELECTRIC HEAT-INSULATING MATERIAL AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a phase change memory structure having low-k dielectric heat-insulating material and fabrication method thereof, wherein the phase change memory cell comprises diode, heating electrode, reversible phase change resistor, top electrode and etc; the heating electrode and reversible phase change resistor are surrounded by low-k dielectric heat-insulating layer; an anti-diffusion dielectric layer is designed between the reversible phase change resistor and the low-k dielectric heat-insulating layer surrounding thereof. The present invention utilizes low-k dielectric material as heat-insulating material, thereby avoiding thermal crosstalk and mutual influence during operation between phase change memory cells, enhancing the reliability of devices, and eliminating the influence of temperature, pressure and etc. on phase change random access memory (PCRAM) data retention during the change from amorphous to polycrystalline states. Furthermore, an anti-diffusion dielectric layer is prepared between the low-k dielectric material and the phase change material, which can be used to prevent the elements of the phase change material from diffusing to low-k dielectric material. The fabrication process of said phase change memory is compatible with standard complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process and the chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process with low pressure and light corrosion is adopted in polishing. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175494 | MEMORY CELLS INCLUDING TOP ELECTRODES COMPRISING METAL SILICIDE, APPARATUSES INCLUDING SUCH CELLS, AND RELATED METHODS - Memory cells (e.g., CBRAM cells) include an ion source material over an active material and an electrode comprising metal silicide over the ion source material. The ion source material may include at least one of a chalcogenide material and a metal. Apparatuses, such as systems and devices, include a plurality of such memory cells. Memory cells include an adhesion material of metal silicide between a ion source material and an electrode of elemental metal. Methods of forming a memory cell include forming a first electrode, forming an active material, forming an ion source material, and forming a second electrode including metal silicide over the metal ion source material. Methods of adhering a material including copper and a material including tungsten include forming a tungsten silicide material over a material including copper and treating the materials. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175495 | Integrated Circuitry, Methods of Forming Memory Cells, and Methods of Patterning Platinum-Containing Material - Some embodiments include methods of patterning platinum-containing material. An opening may be formed to extend into an oxide. Platinum-containing material may be formed over and directly against an upper surface of the oxide, and within the opening. The platinum-containing material within the opening may be a plug having a lateral periphery. The lateral periphery of the plug may be directly against the oxide. The platinum-containing material may be subjected to polishing to remove the platinum-containing material from over the upper surface of the oxide. The polishing may delaminate the platinum-containing material from the oxide, and may remove the platinum-containing material from over the oxide with an effective selectivity for the platinum-containing material relative to the oxide of at least about 5:1. Some embodiments include methods of forming memory cells. Some embodiments include integrated circuitry having platinum-containing material within an opening in an oxide and directly against the oxide. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175496 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY CHIP, MEMORY MODULE, MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A semiconductor memory device and a method for fabricating the same capable of easily controlling a contact area between a conductive line and a memory layer even at the high degree of integration. The semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of first conductive lines, a memory layer contacting with a first sidewall of each of the first conductive lines, and a plurality of second conductive lines crossing the first conductive lines and contacting with the memory layer. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175497 | DEVICE STRUCTURE FOR LONG ENDURANCE MEMRISTORS - A memristor includes a first electrode formed of a first metal, a second electrode formed of a second material, wherein the second material comprises a different material from the first metal, and a switching layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode. The switching layer is formed of a composition of a first material comprising the first metal and a second nonmetal material, in which the switching layer is in direct contact with the first electrode and in which at least one conduction channel is configured to be formed in the switching layer from an interaction between the first metal and the second nonmetal material. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175498 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE - A light emitting diode and a light emitting diode (LED) manufacturing method are disclosed. The LED comprises a substrate; a first n-type GaN layer; a second n-type GaN layer; an active layer; and a p-type GaN layer formed on the substrate in sequence; the second n-type GaN layers has a bottom surface interfacing with the first n-type GaN layer, a rim of the bottom surface has a roughened exposed portion, and Ga-N bonds on the bottom surface has an N-face polarity. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175499 | Boundary-Modulated Nanoparticle Junctions And A Method For Manufacture Thereof - A method of providing miniaturized size down to nanoscale electronic materials, which may be easily incorporated into the future ever-scaling down power electronics, microelectronics and nanoelectronics device systems, is disclosed. A linear or nonlinear nanoparticle (nanowire) junction design that allows precise controllability over an electronic device (e.g., a varistor) performance, which is typically difficult for the traditional sintered bulk varistor, is also disclosed. A localized doping and chemical modulation, across junctions allows flexible and tunable design over the nanoscale grain boundary band engineering is further disclosed. Furthermore, a method of operating memory, using electrostatic potential modulated coding and decoding across periodic nanoparticle grain boundary linearly, is also disclosed. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175500 | TRANSMISSIVE IMAGE MODULATOR INCLUDING STACKED DIODE STRUCTURE HAVING MULTI ABSORPTION MODES - A transmissive light modulator including a first reflection layer; a first active layer, arranged on the first reflection layer and including a plurality of quantum well layers and a plurality of barrier layers; a second reflection layer arranged on the first active layer; a second active layer, arranged on the second reflection layer and including a plurality of quantum well layers and a plurality of barrier layers; and a third reflection layer arranged on the second active layer, wherein the first reflection layer and the third reflection layer are each doped with a first type dopant, and the second reflection layer is doped with a second type dopant, which is electrically opposite to the first type dopant. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175501 | Pulsed Growth of Catalyst-Free Growth of GaN Nanowires and Application in Group III Nitride Semiconductor Bulk Material - Exemplary embodiments provide semiconductor devices including high-quality (i.e., defect free) group III-N nanowires and uniform group III-N nanowire arrays as well as their scalable processes for manufacturing, where the position, orientation, cross-sectional features, length and the crystallinity of each nanowire can be precisely controlled. A pulsed growth mode can be used to fabricate the disclosed group III-N nanowires and/or nanowire arrays providing a uniform length of about 10 nm to about 1000 microns with constant cross-sectional features including an exemplary diameter of about 10-1000 nm. In addition, high-quality GaN substrate structures can be formed by coalescing the plurality of GaN nanowires and/or nanowire arrays to facilitate the fabrication of visible LEDs and lasers. Furthermore, core-shell nanowire/MQW active structures can be formed by a core-shell growth on the nonpolar sidewalls of each nanowire. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175502 | Nanowire Field Effect Transistors - A method for forming a nanowire field effect transistor (FET) device includes forming a nanowire over a substrate, forming a liner material around a portion of the nanowire, forming a capping layer on the liner material, forming a first spacer adjacent to sidewalls of the capping layer and around portions of the nanowire, forming a hardmask layer on the capping layer and the first spacer, removing an exposed portion of the nanowire to form a first cavity partially defined by the gate material, epitaxially growing a semiconductor material on an exposed cross section of the nanowire in the first cavity, removing the hardmask layer and the capping layer, forming a second capping layer around the semiconductor material epitaxially grown in the first cavity to define a channel region, and forming a source region and a drain region contacting the channel region. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175503 | Compressive (PFET) and Tensile (NFET) Channel Strain in Nanowire FETs Fabricated with a Replacement Gate Process - A method of fabricating a FET device is provided which includes the following steps. Nanowires/pads are formed in a SOI layer over a BOX layer, wherein the nanowires are suspended over the BOX. A HSQ layer is deposited that surrounds the nanowires. A portion(s) of the HSQ layer that surround the nanowires are cross-linked, wherein the cross-linking causes the portion(s) of the HSQ layer to shrink thereby inducing strain in the nanowires. One or more gates are formed that retain the strain induced in the nanowires. A FET device is also provided wherein each of the nanowires has a first region(s) that is deformed such that a lattice constant in the first region(s) is less than a relaxed lattice constant of the nanowires and a second region(s) that is deformed such that a lattice constant in the second region(s) is greater than the relaxed lattice constant of the nanowires. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175504 | OXIDE-NITRIDE-OXIDE STACK HAVING MULTIPLE OXYNITRIDE LAYERS - An embodiment of a semiconductor memory device including a multi-layer charge storing layer and methods of forming the same are described. Generally, the device includes a channel formed from a semiconducting material overlying a surface on a substrate connecting a source and a drain of the memory device; a tunnel oxide layer overlying the channel; and a multi-layer charge storing layer including an oxygen-rich, first oxynitride layer on the tunnel oxide layer in which a stoichiometric composition of the first oxynitride layer results in it being substantially trap free, and an oxygen-lean, second oxynitride layer on the first oxynitride layer in which a stoichiometric composition of the second oxynitride layer results in it being trap dense. In one embodiment, the device comprises a non-planar transistor including a gate having multiple surfaces abutting the channel, and the gate comprises the tunnel oxide layer and the multi-layer charge storing layer. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175505 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A thin film transistor (“TFT”) includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode and a semiconductor layer. The gate insulating layer is disposed on the gate electrode. The source electrode is disposed on the gate insulating layer. The drain electrode is disposed on the gate insulating layer. The drain electrode is spaced apart from the source electrode. The semiconductor layer is disposed on the gate insulating layer. The semiconductor layer makes contact with a side surface of the source electrode and a side surface of the drain electrode. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175506 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHENE SWITCHING DEVICE - A switching device includes a semiconductor layer, a graphene layer, a gate insulation layer, and a gate formed in a three-dimensional stacking structure between a first electrode and a second electrode formed on a substrate. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175507 | Novel Heterocyclic Host Materials - Novel heterocyclic materials are disclosed. The materials contain a fused tetracyclic structure that can improve the properties of OLED devices when the novel heterocyclic materials are incorporated into such devices. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175508 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - An organic light-emitting device includes a substrate; a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer on the substrate, in parallel to the substrate, and facing each other; an emission layer between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, where the emission layer includes a first emission region, a second emission region, and a third emission region, where the emission layer includes a first common emission layer in the first emission region, the second emission region, and the third emission region; a second emission layer in the second emission region between the first common emission layer and the second electrode layer; and a third emission layer in the third emission region between the first common emission layer and the second electrode layer, and where the first common emission layer includes a first host, a first dopant, and a p-type dopant. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175509 | CONDENSED-CYCLIC COMPOUND AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE INCLUDING THE SAME - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a condensed-cyclic compound and an OLED including the same. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175510 | BENZO-FUSED THIOPHENE / TRIPHENYLENE HYBRID MATERIALS - Triphenylene containing benzo-fused thiophene compounds are provided. Additionally, triphenylene containing benzo-fused furan compounds are provided. The compounds may be useful in organic light emitting devices, particularly as hosts in the emissive layer of such devices, or as materials for enhancement layers in such devices, or both. | 2013-07-11 |
20130175511 | ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT AND/OR FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS - The invention relates to an arrangement comprising optically transparent and/or functional components. It is desirable for many applications to achieve a high functionality and variability in the utilization of electronic components over a very small area or with a small space requirement for such a design. In an arrangement in accordance with the invention, an organic electronic component and at least one further organic or inorganic electronic component are arranged layer-wise, stacked over one another, on a substrate. In this respect, planar electrically conductive electrodes at the surfaces of the components are formed such that the components are electrically connected in series and the components are each individually electrically controllable via the electrodes in accordance with their polarities. | 2013-07-11 |