29th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 12 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100181458 | Suction cup combination - A suction cup combination having a base enveloped by an enveloping member made of elastomer, the enveloping member is shaped to have a peripheral extension and forms a suction cup together with a plate or a plurality of plates; when in use, a vacuum state is formed between the suction cup and a plane being adsorbed, thus the structure and the process of assembling of the suction cup combination can be simplified. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181459 | FOLDABLE SUPPORT FRAME ASSEMBLY WITH SCISSOR-LINKAGES - A foldable support frame assembly includes a row of support units arranged along a first direction. Each of the support units includes two support frames. Each of the support frames includes two parallel braces, a top rail connected fixedly between upper end portions of the linking rods, and a bottom rail connected fixedly between lower end portions of the braces. The braces of each of the support units constitute two first scissor-linkages spaced apart from each other along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The foldable support frame assembly further includes a plurality of second scissor-linkages arranged alternately with the support units along the first direction, and a positioning mechanism for maintaining each of the first and second scissor-linkages in an unfolded state. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181460 | SEAT MOVING TRACK ASSEMBLY - The present invention improves the shape of a protruding part of a locking member which allows a lower stationary rail and an upper moving rail of a seat moving track assembly to be coupled with each other, thereby enabling a stable movement with a further simplified configuration component. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181461 | VEHICLE SEAT TRACK - A track system for adjusting the position of a vehicle component is provided. The track system comprises a first lower track member ( | 2010-07-22 |
20100181462 | OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided is an optical tomographic imaging apparatus that is capable of shortening a period of time of focusing at multiple focus positions when images split in a depth direction are obtained by zone focusing. The optical tomographic imaging apparatus includes: a focus position setting device for splitting a zone within a predetermined imaging depth range into multiple focus zones so as to set multiple focus positions; a reference position setting device for setting at least two reference positions in an imaging depth direction within the predetermined imaging depth range; and a focus controlling device for performing focusing at the multiple focus positions sequentially based on focus position information generated by the focus position setting device and determining a focus condition of an in-focus state for the at least two reference positions set in advance by the reference position setting device. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181463 | LIGHT CONTROL APPARATUS - A light control apparatus for controlling incident light passing through an aperture includes a substrate having the aperture, a plurality of incident light control members that are moved respectively in different planes perpendicular to an optical axis direction on the substrate, a plurality of drive members that drive the incident light control members, and separating members that separate, with a certain gap, moving spaces in which the plurality of incident light control members moves in the respective planes. The plurality of incident light control members are each moved by the drive members between an aperture position and a retracted position away from the aperture position. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181464 | TIME-FREQUENCY FUSION DIGITAL PIXEL SENSOR - Light is converted to an electric signal by performing a light-to-frequency conversion of the light received during a first phase of operation. Following the first phase of operation, a light-to-time conversion is performed on light received during a second phase of operation. Following the second phase of operation a digital representation of the light is generated in response to the light-to-frequency conversion and the light-to-time conversion. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181465 | Snapshot mode active pixel sensor - A snapshot pixel device with an active reset that operates in charge mode. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181466 | Optical Sensing Module and Optical Mouse with the same - In an optical mouse, an optical sensing module includes a printed circuit board and a packaging body. The printed circuit board has an upper surface and a lower surface on opposite sides. The packaging body including a compound, an optical sensing die and a lead frame is disposed on the lower surface. The compound has a transparent surface. The optical sensing die used for receiving light is located inner the compound and has an optical sensing surface facing the transparent surface of the compound. The lead frame with a shoulder portion is electrically connected to the optical sensing die. The shoulder portion extends out from the compound along a direction that is parallel to the optical sensing surface of the optical sensing die. The shoulder portion is fixed on the lower surface. The optical sensing module may be used in an optical mouse. In the above optical sensing module, since the packaging body is positioned on the lower surface of the printed circuit board and the shoulder portion is fixed thereon, a preciseness of assembling the above optical sensing module can be easily improved. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181467 | Light-Proximity-Inertial Sensor Combination - A sensor includes a proximity-light sensor configured to detect proximity of objects and ambient light conditions, an inertial sensor, and control circuitry coupled to the proximity-light sensor and the inertial sensor and configured to control the operation of the proximity-light sensor and the inertial sensor. The sensor further includes a substrate, wherein the proximity-light sensor, the inertial sensor, and the control circuitry are disposed on the substrate to form a single package. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181468 | ROTARY ENCODER - [Problems to be Solved] To provide a rotary encoder capable of carrying out self-calibration for a horizontal encoder as well as a vertical encoder without requiring special equipment and simply and inexpensively with a high degree of accuracy while reducing the burden on a worker. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181469 | ANGULAR CORRECTION METHOD FOR ROTARY ENCODER - [Object] To provide an angular correction method with which angular skip does not occur in determining an angle between angular graduations of a dial of a rotary encoder by interpolation calculation. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181470 | ION BEAM ANGLE CALIBRATION AND EMITTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR RIBBON BEAMS - An ion beam angle calibration and emittance measurement system, comprising a plate comprising an elongated slit therein, wherein the elongated slit positioned at a rotation center of the plate and configured to allow a first beam portion to pass therethrough. A beam current detector located downstream of the plate, wherein the beam current detector comprises a slit therein configured to permit a second beam portion of the first beam portion to pass therethrough, wherein the beam current detector is configured to measure a first beam current associated with the first beam portion. A beam angle detector is located downstream of the beam current detector and configured to detect a second beam current associated with the second beam portion. The plate, the current beam detector and the beam angle detector are configured to collectively rotate about the rotation center of the plate. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181471 | DOWNHOLE MASS SPECTROMETRY - A method comprising using a first mass analyzer of a downhole tool to isolate specific ions within a sample received in the downhole tool, using a second mass analyzer of the downhole tool to stabilize the ions isolated by the first mass analyzer, and using a third mass analyzer of the downhole tool to catalog the stabilized ions. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181472 | Method and Apparatus to Determine Characteristics of an Oil-Based Mud Downhole - A laser spectroscopy system can determine the identity and/or quantity of a component of a fluid at a remote location such as downhole in a wellbore or inside a pipeline, particularly at high temperature, e.g. from about 75 to 175° C., without additional or external cooling. The system includes a fiber laser doped with a rare earth element (e.g. Nd | 2010-07-22 |
20100181473 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for the analysis of ions in a mass spectrometer comprising; a means to remove material from the sample at a defined specific point, a means to change either discretely or continuously the said defined point of material removal, at least one ionisation means, at least one ion accelerator, at least one energy selective means, a time focus means, a pulse bunching means and a detection means. Said invention allows the mass of an to be analysed with respect to multiple positions on a sample of a material providing a method and apparatus that allows the effective three dimensional mapping of the sample in terms of its constituent parts, their corresponding distribution in those three dimensions in relation to each other and other points of interest on the said sample and also to retain important chemical information by permitting the analysis of whole and intact molecules present on the surface of or within the material sample. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181474 | Angled Dual-Polarity Mass Spectrometer - An angled dual-polarity mass spectrometer includes a dual-polarity ion generator, a first mass analyzer, and a second mass analyzer. The dual-polarity ion generator includes an ion source to generate positive ions and negative ions from a sample, and electrodes to generate electric fields for guiding the negative ions into a beam of negative ions and guiding the positive ions into a beam of positive ions. The first mass analyzer can analyze the negative ions, and the second mass analyzer can analyze the positive ions. The central axes of the first and the second mass analyzers are at an angle between 0 to 179 degrees. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181475 | ELECTROSTATIC TRAP - An electrostatic trap such as an orbitrap is disclosed, with an electrode structure. An electrostatic trapping field of the form U′(r, φ, z) is generated to trap ions within the trap so that they undergo isochronous oscillations. The trapping field U′(r, φ, z) is the result of a perturbation W to an ideal field U(r, φ, z) which, for example, is hyperlogarithmic in the case of an orbitrap. The perturbation W may be introduced in various ways, such as by distorting the geometry of the trap so that it no longer follows an equipotential of the ideal field U(r, φ, z), or by adding a distortion field (either electric or magnetic). The magnitude of the perturbation is such that at least some of the trapped ions have an absolute phase spread of more than zero but less than 2 π radians over an ion detection period T | 2010-07-22 |
20100181476 | Spectrometer for Surface Analysis and Method Therefor - A spectrometer ( | 2010-07-22 |
20100181477 | Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for Structural Health Monitoring - Embodiments can provide systems, methods, and apparatus for monitoring the structural health of one or more structures and associated materials. For example, a structural health monitoring system can be provided. The system can include a structure to be monitored, the structure including a material with multiple triboluminescent sensors and multiple nano-optoelectronic members; and an analyzer in signal communication with the nano-optoelectronic members. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181478 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM ADJUSTING METHOD AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS - In an apparatus for obtaining an image by irradiating a charged particle beam on a specimen, a condition of the beam conditioned differently from vertical incidence as in the case of the beam being tilted is required to be adjusted. To this end, the apparatus has a controller for automatically controlling a stigmator, an objective lens and a deflector such that astigmatism is corrected, focus is adjusted and view filed shift is corrected. The controller has a selector for inhibiting at least one of the astigmatism correction, focus adjustment and FOV shift correction from being executed. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181479 | Particle-optical systems and arrangements and particle-optical components for such systems and arrangements - A particle-optical arrangement comprises a charged-particle source for generating a beam of charged particles; a multi-aperture plate arranged in a beam path of the beam of charged particles, wherein the multi-aperture plate has a plurality of apertures formed therein in a predetermined first array pattern, wherein a plurality of charged-particle beamlets is formed from the beam of charged particles downstream of the multi-aperture plate, and wherein a plurality of beam spots is formed in an image plane of the apparatus by the plurality of beamlets, the plurality of beam spots being arranged in a second array pattern; and a particle-optical to element for manipulating the beam of charged particles and/or the plurality of beamlets; wherein the first array pattern has a first pattern regularity in a first direction, and the second array pattern has a second pattern regularity in a second direction electron-optically corresponding to the first direction, and wherein the second regularity is higher than the first regularity. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181480 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM DEVICE - According to the present invention, a charged particle beam device has an unlimitedly rotatable sample stage and an electric field control electrode for correcting electric field distortion at a sample peripheral part. A voltage is applied to a sample on the unlimitedly rotatable sample stage through a retarding electrode that is in contact with a holder receiver at a rotation center of a rotary stage. An equipotential plane on the electric field control electrode is varied by applying a voltage to the electric field control electrode, and following this the equipotential plane at a sample edge is corrected, which enables the sample to be observed as far as its edge. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181481 | Phase contrast electron microscope - A phase contrast electron microscope has an objective ( | 2010-07-22 |
20100181482 | TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE MICRO-GRID - A transmission electron microscope (TEM) micro-grid includes a grid, a carbon nanotube film structure and two electrodes electrically connected to the carbon nanotube film structure. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181483 | Through-substrate optical imaging device and method - A through-substrate optical imaging device for through-imaging of translucent work objects, includes a radiation source outputting radiation that will be transmissive through the work object and an imaging system configured for capturing inspection information from the radiation source through the work object. The radiation source is configured such that the radiation impinges on the surface of the work object under various angles of incidence. A method for through-substrate optical imaging of a translucent work object includes irradiating the translucent work object by radiation from a radiation source; capturing inspection information from the radiation source through the translucent work object, the inspection information being captured by an imaging system; and irradiating the translucent work object. The translucent work object is irradiated by radiation which impinges on the surface of the translucent work object under one of various angles of incidence and orientations. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181484 | NEAR-INFRARED IMAGING SENSOR - A near-infrared imaging sensor according to the present invention includes a photodiode array sensitive to light with a wavelength of 1.2 to 3 μm and a multiplexer including a signal readout circuit. The near-infrared imaging sensor is contained in a housing and is vacuum-sealed. The housing includes a main body section and a lid covering the main body section. The lid is made of a material transparent to light with a wavelength of 1.2 to 3 μm. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181485 | DEVICE FOR THE DETECTION OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION AND ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION DETECTOR COMPRISING SUCH DEVICES - The invention relates to a device for the detection of an electromagnetic radiation including: a substrate; a resistive imaging bolometer; a circuit for polarizing the bolometer at a predetermined voltage; a rejection circuit generating a common mode current, comprising a compensation bolometer thermalized in the substrate and a polarization circuit thereof; and a measuring circuit for measuring the difference between the current flowing in the imaging bolometer when it is polarized and the common mode current generated by the rejection circuit. According to the invention, the rejection circuit further comprises a current generator capable of producing a current that simulates the current induced by the self-heating of the imaging bolometer under the effect of its polarization, the sum of the current passing through the compensation bolometer and the current generated by the current generator forming the common mode current. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181486 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A micro-bolometer type infrared (IR) sensing device is provided. The IR sensing device includes an absorbed heat discharging part; a sensing structure part formed as bean structure, spaced apart from the absorbed heat discharging part, supported at least at one end on the absorbed heat discharging part, and discharging heat absorbed in the sensing structure part by being elastically deformed and thus touching the absorbed heat discharging part. The sensing structure part includes: a sensing part with variation in secondary attribute (for example, in electrical resistance property) according to heat; and a light-absorbing part formed into one unit with the sensing part in a manner to surround the sensing part as seen in section view, and converting energy of incident photons into heat. The sensing structure part discharges heat absorbed therein by being elastically deformed and thus touching the absorbed heat discharge part spaced apart downward from the sensing structure part. According to an aspect of the present invention, the sensing structure part has a meander structure which is meandered while advancing and returning and showing a shape ‘⊂’ or a shape ‘⊃’ in turns at curved portions, as seen from above, near at least one end where the sensing structure part is supported, wherein the meander structure is based on a serpentine structure which is narrow in width and curved in form. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181487 | Photodetector/imaging device with avalanche gain - A photodetector/imaging device comprises a layer of photoconductive material converting incident electromagnetic radiation into electrical charges, the layer of photoconductive material being capable of avalanche multiplication when an electric field of sufficient magnitude is applied thereacross; a readout layer detecting the electrical charge; and at least one interface layer between the layer of photoconductive material and the readout layer, the interface layer coupling electrical charge to or from the layer of photoconductive material and being configured to inhibit uncontrolled rises in current in the photoconductive material during avalanche multiplication. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181488 | Solid State Neutron Detector - The invention relates to a neutron detector for detection of neutrons in fields with significant γ- or β-radiation, comprising a neutron sensitive scintillator crystal, providing a neutron capture signal being larger than the capture signal of 3 MeV γ-radiation, a semiconductor based photo detector being optically coupled to the scintillator crystal, where the scintillator crystal and the semiconductor based photo detector are selected so that the total charge collection time for scintillator signals in the semiconductor based photo detector is larger than the total charge collection time for signals generated by direct detection of ionizing radiation in the semiconductor based photo detector, the neutron detector further comprising a device for sampling the detector signals, a digital signal processing device, means which distinguish direct signals from the semiconductor based photo detector, caused by γ- or β-radiation and being at least partially absorbed in the semiconductor based photo detector, from light signals entering the semiconductor based photo detector, after being emitted from the scintillator crystal after capturing at least one neutron, by means of pulse shape discrimination, utilizing a difference between the total charge collection time for scintillator signals from the total charge collection time for signals generated by direct detection of ionizing radiation in the semiconductor based photo detector, and means which distinguish neutron induced signals from γ-radiation induced signals in the scintillator crystal by discriminating the different signals via their pulse height, making use of the difference between the number of photons generated by neutron and γ-radiation in the field of interest. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181489 | RADIATION DETECTOR - Intended is to suppress the separation by a thermal stress between an upper substrate and a lower substrate jointed through a joint member, and to suppress a creeping discharge from an upper electrode to a lower electrode. An active matrix substrate and a glass substrate are jointed at their outer peripheral portions so that the joint area, in which the active matrix substrate and the glass substrate are jointed, can be reduced. This makes it possible to reduce the thermal stress to be caused between the active matrix substrate and the glass substrate, and to suppress the separation between the active matrix substrate and the glass substrate jointed with an adhesive resin. Moreover, a semiconductor layer is covered at its peripheral end portion with the adhesive resin, so that a creeping discharge, as might otherwise occur from a bias electrode to a charge collecting electrode, can be suppressed through a clearance even if the clearance is created between the peripheral end portion of the semiconductor layer and the active matrix substrate. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181490 | OPTICAL METHOD AND SYSTEM UTILIZING OPERATING WITH DEEP OR VACUUM UV SPECTRA - An apparatus and method are presented for use in optical processing of an article. The apparatus comprises: one or more optical windows for directing predetermined electromagnetic radiation therethrough to illuminate a region of interest and collecting radiation returned from the illuminated region; and two or more ports operable for inputting or discharging one or more gases from the vicinity of the region of interest on the article being processed to create in the vicinity of said region a substantially static state of environment, non-absorbable for said electromagnetic radiation, thereby reducing amount of ambient gas in the vicinity of said region of interest and enabling optical processing of the article while maintaining it in the ambient gas environment. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181491 | DIGITIZER FOR A DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM - The disclosure is directed at a method of digital imaging comprising sensing photons on at least one pixel within a pixel array of a radiation detector; counting the photons using photon counting to produce a digital signal representative of the sensed photons; monitoring a photon flux associated with the sensed photons; and using photon integration to produce a digital signal representative of the sensed photons when the photon flux is higher than a predetermined photon flux. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181492 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM IMAGING METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF - The method includes scanning a sample in at least one first scan line using a first charged particle beam probe; scanning the sample in at least one second scan line using a second charged particle beam probe, and scanning the sample in at least one third scan line using the first charged particle beam probe. The first or second charged particle beam probe is defocused by a control module of the imaging system through adjusting a condenser lens module, an objective lens module, a sample stage of the imaging system, or their combination. An image of the sample is selectively formed from the first, second and third scan lines. The first and the second charged particle beams induce a first charging condition and a second charging condition on the sample surface respectively. The second charging condition can enhance, mitigate, eliminate, reverse or have no effect on the first charging condition. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181493 | IONIC EMISSION MICRONIC SOURCE - The present invention relates to an ion emitter device comprising an emitter member including an insulating hollow needle ( | 2010-07-22 |
20100181494 | REDUCING THE WIDENING OF A RADIATION BEAM - The present embodiments relate to lowering the widening of a radiation beam, for example, using a chamber arranged between a beam output and an object to be irradiated. The chamber is filled with a gas or a gas mixture, the average atomic number of which is smaller than that of air, and the volume expansion of which is changeable. The advantage here is that a widening of a radiation beam caused by multiple scattering is reduced. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181495 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SPECIMENS - A method and a device for preparing specimens for a cryo-electron microscope are described. A carrier is fixed to a holder, sample liquid is applied to the carrier, and a blotting device for removing excess sample liquid from the carrier by means of the absorbing medium is applied. The absorbing medium is illuminated with light and a change in the optical properties of the absorbing medium is detected by means of an optical sensor device. A control moves the blotting away from the carrier depending on a change in the detected optical properties. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181496 | IN-SITU PLANT ANALYSIS APPARATUS, METHOD FOR TRACKING THE STATE OR EVOLUTION OF A CULTURE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING VEGETABLE PROCESSING - A device for analyzing plants, by luminous excitation and fluorescence measurement, can be used on site without preparation of the plants. The device evaluates the content of a compound in the skin or epidermis of a plant. The geometry of the device is characterized by a direction of the excitation light rays and a direction of the fluorescence light rays which are non-collinear with each other. The device includes several sets of emitters of different wavelengths, each including several emitters, and makes it possible to measure a plurality of excitation-fluorescence combinations. A method for evaluating and monitoring the development and maturity of a crop, as well as a method for monitoring and controlling plant treatment are also described. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181497 | OPTICAL MICROSCOPY WITH PHOTOTRANSFORMABLE OPTICAL LABELS - An apparatus includes a position-sensitive detector to detect intensities of radiation as a function of position on the detector, and an optical system, characterized by a diffraction-limited resolution volume, adapted for imaging light emitted from activated and excited phototransformable optical labels (“PTOLs”) in a sample onto the position sensitive-detector. A first light source provides activation radiation to the sample to activate a subset of the PTOLs that are distributed in the sample with a density greater than an inverse of the diffraction-limited resolution volume of the optical system. A second light source provides excitation radiation to the sample to excite a portion of the PTOLs in the subset of the PTOLs. A controller controls one both of the activation radiation and the excitation radiation provided to the sample such that a density of PTOLs in the portion of the PTOLs is less than the inverse of the diffraction-limited resolution volume. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181498 | Differential evacuation system - [Technical Problem] To provide a differential evacuation system capable of easily maintaining, at a low cost, a large differential pressure between a light generation chamber and an illumination optical chamber in which optical processing, e.g. exposure, is performed by using extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light generated in the light generation chamber, and yet capable of sufficiently ensuring a desired optical path. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181499 | ENHANCED LOW ENERGY ION BEAM TRANSPORT IN ION IMPLANTATION - An ion implantation method and system that incorporate beam neutralization to mitigate beam blowup, which can be particularly problematic in low-energy, high-current ion beams. The beam neutralization component can be located in the system where blowup is likely to occur. The neutralization component includes a varying energizing field generating component that generates plasma that neutralizes the ion beam and thereby mitigates beam blowup. The energizing field is generated with varying frequency and/or field strength in order to maintain the neutralizing plasma while mitigating the creation of plasma sheaths that reduce the effects of the neutralizing plasma. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181500 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOW TEMPERATURE ION IMPLANTATION - A method comprises pre-cooling a first semiconductor wafer outside of a process chamber, from a temperature at or above 15° C. to a temperature below 5° C. The pre-cooled first wafer is placed inside the process chamber after performing the pre-cooling step. A low-temperature ion implantation is performed on the first wafer after placing the first wafer. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181501 | APPARATUS FOR SUB-ZERO DEGREE C ION IMPLANTATION - An ion implanter that comprises a chuck assembly having a chuck to clamp, hold, and cool a wafer is disclosed. The chuck is cooled by a cooling assembly circulated with a special coolant, such that the chuck can be maintained at very low temperatures. A mechanical design is provided to minimize the direct surface-to-surface contact area between the chuck and a base, which is employed to support the chuck. The mechanical design includes fasteners for providing mechanical support between the chuck and the base and thermal insulators for providing thermal insulation between the chuck and the base. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181502 | SELF-SHADING ELECTRODES FOR DEBRIS SUPPRESSION IN AN EUV SOURCE - A radiation source having self-shading electrodes is disclosed. Debris originating from the electrodes is reduced. The path from the electrodes to the EUV optics is blocked by part of the electrodes themselves (termed self-shading). This may significantly reduce the amount of electrode-generated debris. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181503 | EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS - In an EUV light source apparatus, a collector mirror is protected from debris damaging a mirror coating. The EUV light source apparatus includes: a chamber in which extreme ultraviolet light is generated; a target supply unit for supplying a target material into the chamber; a plasma generation laser unit for irradiating the target material within the chamber with a plasma generation laser beam to generate plasma; an ionization laser unit for irradiating neutral particles produced at plasma generation with an ionization laser beam to convert the neutral particles into ions; a collector mirror for collecting the extreme ultraviolet light radiated from the plasma; and a magnetic field or electric field forming unit for forming a magnetic field or an electric field within the chamber so as to trap the ions. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181504 | Ultra-Violet Lamp and Reflection/Shield Assembly - An ultra-violet lamp and reflector/shield assembly designed to be mounted in a commercial HVAC, and to other types of A/C units is described herein. The reflector/shield includes a reflective inner surface creating an illumination pattern and an outer surface shielding the UV lamp from the air flow. An orienting and securing assembly for a UV lamp is also described herein. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181505 | PARTICLE BEAM DEVICE WITH REDUCED EMISSION OF UNDESIRED MATERIAL - A particle beam impurity removing device for removing impurities from a particle beam emitted in a beam direction is provided, including an emission angle confinement means adapted to confine emission angles of particles included in the particle beam. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181506 | OPTOELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION OF AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL - An optoelectronic apparatus for transmission of an electrical signal via, galvanically isolated by means of a one-piece, translucent, plastic body, an input current circuit. At least one optical transmission element, and an output current circuit, having at least one optical receiving element, wherein the optical transmission element has a principle transmission axis and the optical receiving element a principle receiving axis, which are oriented so as to concide with a shared optical axis. The plastic body has two cavities separated via a partition for accommodating, respectively, the optical transmission element and the optical receiving element, wherein the transmitting element and/or the receiving element are/is placed through the openings so far into the cavities of the plastic body, that, following a case of overvoltage on the transmitting element and/or the receiving element, an insulating air distance and creep path according to an insulation coordination is still present along outer surfaces of the plastic body. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181507 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An illuminating device includes: an LED device configured to irradiate light; a temperature detecting unit configured to detect a change in temperature of the LED device; and a unit configured to linearly change a drive current supplied to the LED device according to the change in temperature of the LED device. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181508 | SAFETY VALVE DRIVE SYSTEM - A safety valve drive system is operated such that a safety valve of a nuclear power plant is opened by supplying a driving gas by using a pilot valve at an occurrence of an accident or a transient state to thereby protect a reactor against pressure application. The safety valve drive system is provided with a safety valve drive unit, as a function of actuating the safety valve, and cables. The safety valve drive unit actuates in a manner that the safety valve is opened in response to respective auto-depressurization system actuating signals for two or more segments among respective auto-depressurization system actuating signals for four segments, and is closed if an auto-depressurization system actuating signal for one or less segment among the auto-depressurization system actuating signals for the four segments is received. The cables are connected to the safety valve drive unit and used to transfer the auto-depressurization system actuating signals for the four segments. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181509 | LIMITER FOR WATER FAUCETS EQUIPPED WITH LEVER-TYPE HANDLES - A limiter detachably associated with a water faucet having a lever-type handle, enabling to prevent the rotational movement range of the lever-type handle. The limiter comprises a body and a limiting-handle where the limiting-handle is rotatably connected to the body. The limiter may be installed to the faucet at one of its hot or cold sides, where the limiter enables a user to rotate the limiting-handle towards and away from the lever-type handle of the faucet to physically limit the rotational movement of the lever-type handle. The limiter may be installed near the side of the faucet where hot water are controlled to serve as a safety device enabling to prevent the flow of hot water when the limiter's limiting-handle is locked in a limiting position that prevents rotating of the lever-type handle of the faucet. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181510 | SELECTOR VALVE DEVICE - On a valve body of a selector valve mounted on a base member, a bolt insertion hole extending crossing a valve hole within a width of the valve body is formed, a mounting bolt is inserted into the bolt insertion hole so as to cross the valve hole and the valve member, and a distal end of the mounting bolt is screwed into a screw hole of the base member so as to fix the selector valve to the base member, while on the valve member, in order to avoid contact between the valve member and the mounting bolt, a hole-shaped or recess-shaped escape portion extending longer in an operating direction of the valve member is formed, and the mounting bolt is inserted through the escape portion. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181511 | ACTUATOR FOR A PILOT FOR HYDRAULIC CONTROL VALVES - An actuator for a pilot for a hydraulic control valve including a direct-current servo-motor ( | 2010-07-22 |
20100181512 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TESTING DRIVE PARAMETERS OF AN ELECTROPNEUMATIC VALVE FOR A PNEUMATIC ACTUATING DRIVE - A method and an electronic device are disclosed for testing drive parameters of an electropneumatic valve which is inserted into a closed control loop for position regulation of a switching element of a pneumatic actuating drive for a fitting which can be operated thereby. The electropneumatic valve can be driven by an alternating signal of a specific amplitude, such that the control loop will oscillate about a nominal position value to be regulated by alternate ventilation and venting of the valve, such that hysteresis present in the pneumatic actuating drive can be overcome. The trajectory of the position oscillation that is produced can, at the same time, be detected at the switching element using sensors, from which a characteristic of the control loop for the selected amplitude can be determined to confirm whether an opening point which is suitable for the control loop has been found. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181513 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR FINDING THE OPENING POINT FOR A REGULATED ELECTROPNEUMATIC VALVE OF A PNEUMATIC ACTUATING DRIVE - A method and an electronic device are disclosed, for finding an opening point for an electropneumatic valve, which method or electronic device can be used in a closed control loop for position regulation of a switching element of a pneumatic actuating drive for a fitting which can be operated thereby. An exemplary method can include: a) energizing the electropneumatic valve by a drive signal which corresponds to an estimated opening point; b) measuring control-loop characteristics for this drive signal by using sensors to detect movement of the switching element; c) if determined control-loop characteristics for a present opening point do not correspond to nominal presets, then varying the drive signal based on an evaluation result to produce a better-matched opening point, and the finding process then starts again with step a). | 2010-07-22 |
20100181514 | MOTOR-DRIVEN VALVE - To provide a motor-driven valve with a small number of parts, with excellent assemblage, capable of maintaining a large valve port diameter even downsized, and to prevent deterioration of housing environment due to sound caused by the impact and shortened life that are generated by collisions of closing limit stopper parts. A motor-driven valve according to the present invention comprises: a male screw member rotating in accordance with a rotation of a rotor of an electric motor and engaging with a female screw member fixed to a valve main body; a valve body contacting to and separating from a valve seat in the valve main body by a rotation of the male screw member; two stopper parts rotating in accordance with the rotation of the rotor of the electric motor; an opening limit stopper part mounted to the female screw member, the opening limit stopper part contacting with one of the two stopper parts in a fully-opened state of the motor-driven valve to restrict the rotation of the male screw member in a direction that the motor-driven valve opens; and a closing limit stopper part mounted to the female screw member, the closing limit stopper part contacting with another stopper part in a fully-closed state of the motor-driven valve to restrict the rotation of the male screw member in a direction that the motor-driven valve closes. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181515 | AIR SPRING WITH CAP - A poppet valve has a valve head and a valve stem. A piston is capable of reciprocating motion relative to a housing along a reciprocation axis. The piston has a valve-receiving portion for receiving therein an end portion of the valve stem. A cotter secures the valve stem to the piston. A cap is disposed around the valve-receiving portion. A cap lateral portion extends away from the cap end portion in the direction of the valve head. The valve-receiving portion is held between the cap end portion and the cap lateral portion in a direction parallel to the reciprocation axis. At least part of the cap lateral portion is angled toward the reciprocation axis. The part of the cap lateral portion is closer to the reciprocation axis than at least part of the valve-receiving portion. A method of assembling a valve assembly is also described. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181516 | VALVE APPARATUS FOR REGULATING A HEAT EXCHANGE LIQUID - A valve apparatus can be used to select between a cold or a hot coolant for heat exchange, this selection depending on whether an attached heat exchanger is to operate as a cooler or a heater. The apparatus includes a valve housing with first and second chambers formed therein, first inlet and outlet ports for flow of a primary liquid into and out of the first chamber and further ports for flow of coolant at different temperatures through the second chamber. A linear actuator in the housing has a body containing wax and a plastic piston that is movable to an extended position by expansion of the wax. The actuator body is located in the first chamber so the temperature of the wax is dependent on the liquid's temperature in the first chamber. An end portion of the actuator adjacent to the second chamber is made of plastic. A valve mechanism for controlling coolant flow is operably connected to the piston and located in the second chamber. This mechanism includes a spool movable by the actuator. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181517 | Helical Fluid Flow Conduit - A conduit with helical fluid flow. The conduit has a generally cylindrical housing with a side wall coupled with opposing end walls. An inlet and an outlet are coupled with the side wall. At least a portion of the inlet, and preferably the outlet, is tangential to the side wall to promote helical fluid flow within the conduit. Alternatively, the conduit includes a piston positioned within the housing that is moveable between an open position allowing fluid to flow from the inlet to the outlet and a closed position blocking fluid flow from the inlet to the outlet. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181518 | VALVE SPRING FOR A PLATE VALVE - A plate valve designed as a hydraulic one-way valve, which has a valve plate, a one-piece valve spring and a holding element. The plate valve is integrated into a piston and is assigned to a feed opening. The rotationally symmetrical plate valve is inserted into a receptacle in the piston. The valve spring, which is positioned between the valve plate and the holding element, is designed as a perforated disk, on the inside of which at least two separate spring tongues of wound design arranged offset with respect to one another are provided, the spring tongues being supported in non-positive engagement against a valve plate. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181519 | AUTOMATIC SWITCH VALVE - An automatic valve includes a three-way valve body and a valve core disposed in the valve body. The valve core has a large flange and a small flange formed at middle and front sections, an axial hole therein, and a water outlet formed between the large and small flanges. The water outlet interconnects with the axial hole. The valve body has a front section connected with a connector. A retaining head is inserted into the connector to connect with the valve core. The small flange of the valve core is moved to seal the connector. The water flows into the axial hole, out from the water outlet of the valve core, and into the chambers of the valve body. The valve body may use one side port to connect with a feed pipe and the other side port and the lower port as outlets to connect with outlet devices. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181520 | BLENDED FROTHER FOR PRODUCING LOW ASH CONTENT CLEAN COAL THROUGH FLOTATION - An improved frothing agent adaptable to froth flotation process to enhance coal selectivity for separation and efficiency of the forth flotation process comprises:- | 2010-07-22 |
20100181521 | Giant Magnetoresistance Composite Material Containing Carbon Nanotubes - A GMR material includes a polymer matrix and a plurality of carbon nanotubes. The plurality of carbon nanotubes are dispersed in such a manner that substantially none of the plurality of carbon nanotubes are in contact with each other. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181522 | MAGNETIC COMPOSITE POWDERS, PREPARING METHOD THEREOF AND ELECTROMAGNETIC NOISE SUPPRESSING FILMS COMPRISING SAME - This invention relates to a magnetic composite powder, a method of preparing the same and an electromagnetic noise suppressing film comprising the same. The magnetic composite powder and the electromagnetic noise suppressing film can effectively suppress unwanted electromagnetic waves emitted by various parts of an advanced digital device having high performance characteristics in terms of speed, frequency and functionality. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181523 | CARBON DIOXIDE-BASED WORKING FLUIDS FOR REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS - A working fluid comprising (a) a refrigerant comprising carbon dioxide and (b) a poly(neopentylpolyol)ester composition produced by reacting a neopentylpolyol having the formula: | 2010-07-22 |
20100181524 | STABILIZED HYDROCHLOROFLUOROOLEFINS AND HYDROFLUOROOLEFINS - Disclosed is a combination of hydrofluoroolefins and/or hydrochlorofluoroolefins with stabilizers wherein the stabilizers minimize the degradation of the hydrofluoroolefins and hydrochlorofluoroolefins during storage, handling and use yet allow for atmospheric degradation. The combinations exhibit low or zero ozone depletion potential and lower global warming potential making them of interest as replacements for chlorofluorocarbons and hydrfluorocarbons. The combinations of the present invention comprise hydrofluoroolefins and/or hydrochlorofluoroolefins in combination with a stabilizer or stabilizers selected from free radical scavengers, acid scavengers, oxygen scavengers, polymerization inhibitors and combinations thereof. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181525 | Compositions comprising silane modified metal oxides - The present invention relates to a composition comprising a silane modified metal oxide, wherein the silane modified metal oxide comprises a metal oxide having attached at least one silyl group, and wherein the silyl group comprises at least one —SO | 2010-07-22 |
20100181526 | NITRIC ACID BATTERY - This invention discloses the method of producing a nitric acid battery suitable for high or low power applications. These batteries provide significant improvements over existing technology. The battery's cell(s) are comprised of three major components: an anode and a cathode or two electrodes of predetermined size; a primarily nitric acid (HNO | 2010-07-22 |
20100181527 | NITROXIDE CONTAINING ELECTRODE MATERIALS FOR SECONDARY BATTERIES - This invention relates to a stable secondary battery utilizing as active principle the oxidation and reduction cycle of a sterically hindered nitroxide radical, a sterically hindered oxoammonium cation, a sterically hindered hydroxylamine or a sterically hindered aminoxide anion containing a piperazin-2,6-dione, a piperazin-2-one or morpholin-2-one structural unit. Further aspects of the invention are a method for providing such a secondary battery, the use of the respective compounds as active elements in secondary batteries and selected novel compounds. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181528 | SOLID SOLUTION LITHIUM ALLOY CERMET ANODES - A metal-ceramic composite (“cermet”) has been produced by a chemical reaction between a lithium compound and another metal. The cermet has advantageous physical properties, high surface area relative to lithium metal or its alloys, and is easily formed into a desired shape. An example is the formation of a lithium-magnesium nitride ceiniet by reaction of lithium nitride with magnesium. The reaction results in magnesium nitride grains coated with a layer of lithium. The nitride is inert when used in a battery. It supports the metal in a high surface area form, while stabilizing the electrode with respect to dendrite formation. By using an excess of magnesium metal in the reaction process, a cermet of magnesium nitride is produced, coated with a lithium-magnesium alloy of any desired composition. This alloy inhibits dendrite formation by causing lithium deposited on its surface to diffuse under a chemical potential into the bulk of the alloy. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181529 | PROCESS FOR SYNTHESIZING LixFeMZO4 / CARBON AND LixMZO4 / CARBON COMPOSITE MATERIALS - The present invention provides a cost effective process of generating Li | 2010-07-22 |
20100181530 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING NITRIC ACID WITH A CONCENTRATION IN THE RANGE FROM 50 TO 77.8% BY WEIGHT - What is proposed is a process for preparing nitric acid with a concentration in the range from 50 to 77.8% by weight by
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20100181531 | METHOD FOR PREPARING DITHIONITE - The present invention relates to a method for preparing dithionite solution with a reaction wherein sodium bisulfite is reduced with sodium borohydride solution to obtain dithionite, wherein the rise of the pH of the solution is prevented by adjusting the pH with carbon dioxide. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181532 | Liquid Crystal Composition and Liquid Crystal Display Device - The subject is to provide a liquid crystal composition that satisfies at least one characteristic among characteristics such as a high maximum temperature of a nematic phase, a low minimum temperature of a nematic phase, a low viscosity, a suitable optical anisotropy, a negatively large dielectric anisotropy, a large specific resistance, a high stability to ultraviolet light and a high stability to heat, or that is suitably balanced regarding two or more characteristics. The subject is to provide an AM device that has a short response time, a high voltage holding ratio, a high contrast ratio, a long service life and so forth. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181533 | Liquid-crystal compounds and LC media - Disclosed are novel liquid-crystal compounds, processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, the use thereof for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in liquid-crystal (LC) media and LC displays, and to LC media and LC displays containing the same. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181534 | Enhancement of photoluminescence of nanodiamond particles - Photoluminescent nanodiamond particles of dynamic synthesis have enhanced photoluminescent properties produced as a result of minimizing the nitrogen content of impurities or imperfections in the nanodiamond lattice and by location of photoluminescent structures on the outer surface of the nanodiamond particles. This inhibits suppression (i.e. inactivity) of emission and enhances the intensity of the emission. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181535 | THE PHOTOSTABILITY AND/OR CONTROL OF THE FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY OF FLUORESCENT DYES - The present invention relates to a process for improving the photostability and/or control of the fluorescence intensity of a fluorescent dye wherein a fluorescent dye is admixed with a redox buffer comprising at least one reducing agent and/or at least one oxidizing agent and/or at least one reducing-oxidizing agent, and also to a fluorescent dye composition comprising a fluorescent dye and a redox buffer comprising at least one reducing agent and at least one oxidizing agent or at least one reducing-oxidizing agent. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181536 | Aqueous Solutions of Optical Brighteners - The instant invention relates to storage stable aqueous optical brightener/PVOH solutions of low viscosity which may be used directly by the papermaker, in that they can be metered by pump directly into a coating composition, and which provide coated papers of a surprisingly high whiteness | 2010-07-22 |
20100181537 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TREATING A GASIFICATION SLAG PRODUCT - The current invention discloses a novel process and system to improve the quality of the slag product from a gasification process, thereby producing low-carbon marketable aggregate product. The inventive processes and systems employ a hindered-bed settler in conjunction with optional disengager and de-watering devices. A slag slurry stream from a gasification process is de-watered and the solids content is increased from less than 5% to greater than 30% via the de-waterer before being conveyed to a hindered-bed settler, wherein the carbon content is reduced from as much as 70% to less than 5%. Particles with a high carbon content are conveyed to a gravity settler, whereby they are concentrated and then recycled to the gasification reactor. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181538 | COATED SUSCEPTOR FOR A HIGH-TEMPERATURE FURNACE AND FURNACE COMPRISING SUCH A SUSCEPTOR - A high-temperature furnace ( | 2010-07-22 |
20100181539 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DUAL FLUIDIZED BED GASIFICATION - A system, for production of high-quality syngas, comprising a first dual fluidized bed loop having a fluid bed conditioner operable to produce high quality syngas comprising a first percentage of components other than CO and H | 2010-07-22 |
20100181540 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ACTIVE MATERIAL AND ELECTRODE, ACTIVE MATERIAL, AND ELECTRODE - The method for producing an active material according to the invention comprises a step of contacting an aqueous solution containing a zirconium fluoro-complex and a silicon fluoro-complex with a first metal oxide particle to form a second metal oxide particle group containing a zirconium oxide particle and a silicon oxide particle on the surface of the first metal oxide particle. The active material comprises a first metal oxide particle and a second metal oxide particle group formed on the surface of the first metal oxide particle, and the second metal oxide particle group contains a zirconium oxide particle and a silicon oxide particle. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181541 | COMPOSITE WITH INVERSE THERMOCHROMIC PROPERTIES, COMPOSITE MATERIAL CONTAINING THIS AND ALSO USE THEREOF - The invention relates to a composite with inverse thermochromic properties, the composite changing from a colourless into a coloured state with increasing temperature. The composite thereby contains a colourant, a developer and a fluxing agent and also an inorganic filler. The invention likewise relates to a composite material which contains a polymer-based matrix into which at least one composite with inverse thermochromic properties is doped. These composite materials are used in the field of sensor technology, solar technology, transport and communications technology and medical technology. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181542 | SAILBOAT WINCH WITH SELF-STORAGE OF WORKING LINE - A power or manually operated winch mechanism for handling the running rigging lines of a sailing yacht. The winch includes a winding drum, operating in conjunction with a level wind mechanism. A special, manually operated line release clutch allows controlled release of line independently of the power or manual drive mechanisms of the winch, providing for quick release under emergency conditions as well as for a convenient, manually controlled release for sail control purposes. During line release by power or manual rotation of the winding drum, the line is tensioned by the level wind mechanism and thus positively drawn from the unwinding winch drum The arrangement enables lines to be automatically released from one winch and retrieved on a second winch, under a common control, as when tacking or resetting sails, without any physical line handling by crew members, with resulting improvement in the safety and convenience of the crew. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181543 | RAILING SECTION WITH ADJUSTABLE FENCE MEMBERS - A railing section is capable of being adapted for varying conditions of use. The railing section includes first and second support rails. The first support rail has a longitudinal void. A plurality of movable fence members are perpendicularly disposed between the first and second support rails. A drive mechanism is disposed in the longitudinal void of the first support rail and coupled to the plurality of movable fence members. Operation of the drive mechanism causes simultaneous rotation of the movable fence members along longitudinal axes of the respective movable fence members through an angle 360 degrees or more. Two or more railing sections may be coupled together by a member that couples the respective drive mechanisms of the sections. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181544 | Control Barrier for People - A barrier for the control of people has a stand ( | 2010-07-22 |
20100181545 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY CELL AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A non-volatile memory cell and the fabrication method thereof are provided. The non-volatile memory cell comprises a top electrode, a bottom electrode and an oxide layer disposed between the top electrode and the bottom electrode. The oxide layer comprises a relatively low oxygen content layer adjacent to the bottom electrode, a relatively high oxygen content layer adjacent to the top electrode, and a transition layer disposed between the relatively high and the relatively low oxygen content layers. The transition layer has an oxygen concentration within a range between those of the relatively high and the relatively low oxygen content layers. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181546 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory using carbon related films as variable resistance films includes bottom electrodes formed above a substrate, buffer layers formed on the bottom electrodes and each formed of a film containing nitrogen and containing carbon as a main component, variable resistance films formed on the buffer layers and each formed of a film containing carbon as a main component and the electrical resistivity thereof being changed according to application of voltage or supply of current, and top electrodes formed on the variable resistance films. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181547 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same - A semiconductor device includes: diffusion layers formed at the front surface of a substrate; low-resistance parts formed at the front surfaces of the diffusion layers so as to have resistance lower than the diffusion layer; and rear contact electrodes passing through the substrate from the rear surface of the substrate to be connected to the low-resistance parts through the diffusion layers. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181548 | SOLID-STATE MEMORY AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A solid memory may include a recording layer including Ge, Sb and Te as major components. The recording layer may include a superlattice. The recording layer may include multi-layers each having a parent phase showing a phase transformation in solid-states, the phase transformation causing change in electrical property of the recording layer. The recording layer may include an Sb | 2010-07-22 |
20100181549 | Phase-Changeable Random Access Memory Devices Including Barrier Layers and Metal Silicide Layers - A PRAM device may include an insulating interlayer, a diode, a metal silicide layer, a barrier spacer, an outer spacer, a lower electrode, a phase-changeable layer and an upper electrode. The insulating interlayer may be formed on a substrate. The insulating interlayer may have a contact hole. The diode may be formed in the contact hole. The metal silicide layer may be formed on the diode. The barrier spacer may be formed on an upper surface of the metal silicide layer and a side surface of the contact hole. The outer spacer may be formed on the barrier spacer. The lower electrode may be formed on the barrier spacer. The phase-changeable layer may be formed on the lower electrode. The upper electrode may be formed on the phase-changeable layer. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181550 | Manufacture method for ZnO based semiconductor crystal and light emitting device using same - A manufacture method for zinc oxide (ZnO) based semiconductor crystal includes providing a substrate having a Zn polarity plane; and reacting at least zinc (Zn) and oxygen (O) on the Zn polarity plane of said substrate to grow ZnO based semiconductor crystal on the Zn polarity plane of said substrate in a Zn rich condition. (a) An n-type ZnO buffer layer is formed on a Zn polarity plane of a substrate. (b) An n-type ZnO layer is formed on the surface of the n-type ZnO buffer layer. (c) An n-type ZnMgO layer is formed on the surface of the n-type ZnO layer. (d) A ZnO/ZnMgO quantum well layer is formed on the surface of the n-type ZnMgO layer, by alternately laminating a ZnO layer and a ZnMgO layer. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181551 | Quantum dot transistor - One or more quantum dots are used to control current flow in a transistor. Instead of being disposed in a channel between source and drain, the quantum dot (or dots) are vertically separated from the source and drain by an insulating layer. Current can tunnel between the source/drain electrodes and the quantum dot (or dots) by tunneling through the insulating layer. Quantum dot energy levels can be controlled with one or more gate electrodes capacitively coupled to some or all of the quantum dot(s). Current can flow between source and drain if a quantum dot energy level is aligned with the energy of incident tunneling electrons. Current flow between source and drain is inhibited if no quantum dot energy level is aligned with the energy of incident tunneling electrons. Here energy level alignment is understood to have a margin of about the thermal energy (e.g., 26 meV at room temperature). | 2010-07-22 |
20100181552 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFRARED DETECTION AND DISPLAY - Embodiments of the subject invention relate to a method and apparatus for infrared (IR) detection. Organic layers can be utilized to produce a phototransistor for the detection of IR radiation. The wavelength range of the IR detector can be modified by incorporating materials sensitive to photons of different wavelengths. Quantum dots of materials sensitive to photons of different wavelengths than the host organic material of the absorbing layer of the phototransistor can be incorporated into the absorbing layer so as to enhance the absorption of photons having wavelengths associated with the material of the quantum dots. A photoconductor structure can be used instead of a phototransistor. The photoconductor can incorporate PbSe or PbS quantum dots. The photoconductor can incorporate organic materials and part of an OLED structure. A detected IR image can be displayed to a user. Organic materials can be used to create an organic light-emitting device. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181553 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE MATERIAL AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) that utilizes phosphorescence and is improved in luminous efficiency and fully secured of driving stability. The organic EL device comprises an anode, an organic layer containing a hole-transporting layer, a light-emitting layer, and an electron-transporting layer, and a cathode piled one upon another on a substrate while the hole-transporting layer is disposed between the light-emitting layer and the anode and the electron-transporting layer is disposed between the light-emitting layer and the cathode. The light-emitting layer comprises an aluminum heterocomplex or dimeric complex of deuterated substituted or unsubstituted 2-methyl-8-hydroxyquinoline (Me8HQ-D) in which the hydrogen atoms in the methyl group of substituted or unsubstituted 2-methyl-8-hydroxyquinoline (Me8HQ) are deuterated as a host material and an organic metal complex containing at least one metal selected from groups 7 to 11 of the periodic table as a guest material. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181554 | ORGANIC EL DISPLAY PANEL - The present invention relates to an organic EL display panel having an organic light emitting layer having a uniform film thickness. The organic EL display panel of the present invention includes: a substrate; linear banks placed on the substrate and defining a linear region on the substrate; and at least two organic EL elements aligned in a row each linear region, and, each of the organic EL elements includes: an anode placed on the substrate; a hole injection layer formed with an metallic oxide and placed on the anode; an organic light emitting layer placed on the hole injection layer; and a cathode placed on the organic light emitting layer. The hole injection layer is concavely curved or convexly curved, the hole injection layer is partly placed under the banks; and the organic light emitting layer is formed by applying an organic light emitting material in the linear region. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181555 | MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY - A material for an organic electroluminescent device including an imine derivative represented by the following formula (Ia) or (Ib), | 2010-07-22 |
20100181556 | ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH LOW-REFLECTANCE ELECTRODE - There is provided an organic electronic device including an anode; a hole injection layer; a hole transport layer; a photoactive layer including a plurality of first subpixels, a plurality of second subpixels and a plurality of third subpixels; an electron transport layer including an electron transport material and an n-dopant, the layer having a thickness greater than 50 nm; and a cathode. One of the anode and cathode is light-transmitting and the other has low-reflectance. | 2010-07-22 |
20100181557 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The OLED includes a substrate, and a first electrode serving as an anode, an organic material layer, a second electrode serving as a cathode, and a sealing layer are formed on the substrate in sequence, and the second electrode is a composite transparent structure layer realizing light emission at the top portion. By forming the composite transparent cathode with a light-transmissive top portion, the OLED emits lights from the top portion, so as to effectively enhance a light utilization ratio and a light transmission ratio, and thus not only an aperture ratio of a display screen is enhanced, but also an excellent displaying effect is obtained. Meanwhile, by adding a mesh-shaped current collection layer on a high-resistance semi-transparent metal layer, a current conducting capability is enhanced while ensuring a high light transmission ratio, thereby effectively satisfying the demands for the top-emitting OLED, which is applicable to a double-sided display device. The OLED has a simple structure and simple and reliable manufacturing technique, which thus has a wide application prospect. | 2010-07-22 |