| 32nd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 12 |
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| 20090194660 | Reusable PU Holding Pad Member - A reusable PU holding pad member, such as a first, second, and third pad holding member, comprises a front surface and a rear surface, between which is fixed an outer sidewall with a predetermined thickness, and the rear and front surfaces of the holding pad member are both an adhesive surface for being attached to and removed from a fixing member repeatedly. The rear surface is provided to securely attach onto the fixing member, and by using the adhesive surface (such as the front and rear surfaces) generated through the networking of the PU molecule structure, not only the dusts attached on the front and rear surfaces of the holding pad member may be washed away, but also the adhesive strength of the front and rear surfaces thereof may be maintained, enabling to be used repeatedly. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194661 | COMPOSITE POLE - The present invention provides for a pole support or replacement section for a pole ( | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194662 | STRING LIGHT HANGING KIT - The present invention features a kit for hanging string lights. The kit comprises a bracket and a mounting tool. In some embodiments, the bracket comprises a first plate having a first edge and a second edge, a second plate extending upwardly and along the first edge of the first plate, a third plate extending upwardly and along the second edge of the first plate, and a hook disposed on a surface of the third plate that extends in a direction away from the second plate. In some embodiments, a mounting tool comprises cup member attached to a pole. The cup member comprises a base member having a first end and a second end, a first arm attached to and extending outwardly from the first end of the base member, a second arm attached to and extending outwardly from the second end of the base member, the first and second arm extending outwardly in the same direction relative to the base member, and a pole attaching to and extending downwardly from the base member. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194663 | Gantry Linear Detecting Device - A gantry linear detecting device comprises a base, a gantry and a detecting system. The gantry is located on the base. The detecting system includes a first detector and a second detector. The first detector is slidably disposed on the gantry by a linear motor and a linear guideway. The second detector is slidably disposed on the base by an active linear module and a passive linear module. The linear motor and the active linear module move synchronously, thus improving the detecting precision. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194664 | Extendable Leg Assembly for Position Measurement Apparatus - An extendable leg assembly for a measuring machine, such as a co-ordinate measuring machine, is described. The extendable leg assembly has a first end and a second end and comprises metrology apparatus for measuring the separation between the first end and the second end. The metrology apparatus comprises one or more elongate metrology members having a low coefficient of thermal expansion. The extendable leg assembly may be attached to one or more platforms by a pivot joint. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194665 | Adjustable Support Stand for Pre-Cast Concrete Wall Forms - An adjustable support stand is mounted on a pre-cast concrete wall panel form to facilitate the leveling of the form and the support of the form about the production plant floor. The adjustable support stand includes a frame portion that houses a threaded rod positional fixed for rotation within the frame portion to drive a vertical movement of the leg member in response to rotation of the threaded rod. The adjustable support stand further includes a clamping apparatus that detachably mounts the frame portion to the flanges of a steel beam frame member. The actuator member can be a nut welded to the top of the threaded rod to affect movement of the engaged leg member in response to manipulation with a powered or manually operated hand tool, or a gear set and an orthogonal drive shaft that transfers rotation from a hand tool to the threaded rod. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194666 | MOLD FOR MICROLENS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A mold for producing microlenses or a microlens array is produced by sequentially carrying out an etching step of forming quadrangular pyramid concave parts on a single crystal silicon substrate by anisotropic etching and an ion etching step of forming molding concave parts with spherical or cylindrical surface parts from the quadrangular pyramid concave parts. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194667 | MOLDING APPARATUS - A molding apparatus includes a first mold half, a first mold core, a second mold half, a second mold core and a plurality of spacers. The first mold core is received in the first mold half and has a first molding surface. The second mold half includes a receiving cavity defined therein and a plurality of parallel grooves angularly equidistantly spaced from each other. The second mold core is received in the receiving cavity and has a second molding surface facing the first molding surface. The first and second molding surfaces are configured for cooperatively defining a molding cavity therebetween. The spacers are configured for being selectively disposed in the corresponding grooves. Each spacer is configured for being sandwiched between the second mold half and the second mold core. The spacers are configured for aligning the second molding surface with the first molding surface. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194668 | IMAGE SENSOR MODULE, CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE CAMERA MODULE - An image sensor module may include an image sensor, a variable thickness member and a lens member. The image sensor may include a light receiver configured to receive a light. Further, a driving voltage may be applied to the image sensor. The variable thickness member may be arranged on the image sensor adjacent to the light receiver. Further, the variable thickness member may have a variable thickness along an optical axis of the light in accordance with the driving voltage through the image sensor. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194669 | SUN TRACKING SOLAR PANELS - A system is provided for maximizing solar energy utilization by moving a solar panel to track movement of the sun from sunrise to sunset. Preferably, the solar panel is inclined from the horizontal plane by a fixed angle of about ten degrees. And, movements of the solar panel are accomplished, daily, in accordance with a programmed schedule of consecutive cycles. In this schedule, each cycle has a start time (i.e. sunrise) and a start point that is determined by the sun's direction from the solar panel. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194670 | INTELLIGENT SOLID STATE LIGHTING - A light fixture, using one or more solid state light emitting elements utilizes a diffusely reflect chamber to provide a virtual source of uniform output light, at an aperture or at a downstream optical processing element of the system. Systems disclosed herein also include a detector, which detects electromagnetic energy from the area intended to be illuminated by the system, of a wavelength absent from a spectrum of the combined light system output. A system controller is responsive to the signal from the detector. The controller typically may control one or more aspects of operation of the solid state light emitter(s), such as system ON-OFF state or system output intensity or color. Examples are also discussed that use the detection signal for other purposes, e.g. to capture data that may be carried on electromagnetic energy of the wavelength sensed by the detector. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194671 | IMAGE SENSOR REFLECTOR - An array of pixels is formed using a substrate, where each pixel has a substrate having an incident side for receiving incident light, a photosensitive region formed in the substrate, and a reflector having a complex-shaped surface. The reflector is formed in a portion of the substrate that is opposed to the incident side such that light incident on the complex-shaped surface of the reflector is reflected towards the photosensitive region. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194672 | DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS - A light sensing array has a plurality of electrically isolated photosensors, each photosensor having a first terminal and a second terminal, each of the terminals of each photosensor being isolated from the terminals of the other photosensors, wherein each photosensor responds to an incident light level by producing a charge difference between the first and second terminal. There is a differential circuit selectively coupled to the first and second terminals of one of the photosensors for producing an output signal related to the charge difference between the first and second terminals. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194673 | Image detection apparatus - An image detection apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes: a conversion unit that converts an emitted radiation ray to an electric charge; a group of pixel units, each of the pixel units including a storage capacitor that stores an electric charge and a switching component connected to the storage capacitor; a plurality of data lines that respectively connect the switching components of the pixel units to first input terminals of a signal detection components so that, when a switching component is turned on, the storage capacitor connected thereto conducts to an input terminal of the signal detection components connected thereto; and a plurality of storage capacitor lines that are separate from each other and that connect the storage capacitors of the pixel units of the pixel group to second input terminals of the signal detection components corresponding to the respective pixel units. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194674 | CONTROLLER FOR A PHOTOSENSOR - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a method and/or system for driving a photosensor. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194675 | OPTICAL RECEIVER APPLICABLE TO GPON SYSTEM - An optical receiver is disclosed, in which no additional photodiode to monitor the optical input level and no temperature control unit are necessary. The receiver of the invention provides an avalanche photodiode (APD) to receiver the first optical signal with the first wavelength and a PIN-PD to receive the second optical signal with the second wavelength. The optical input level for the APD is indirectly determined through the photocurrent generated by the PIN-PD and the bias voltage for the APD is so adjusted that the APD shows an optimum multiplication factor for the optical input level. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194676 | NUCLEAR GAUGES AND METHODS OF CONFIGURATION AND CALIBRATION OF NUCLEAR GAUGES - Nuclear gauges and method of configuration and methods of calibrations of the nuclear gauges are provided. The nuclear gauges are used in measuring the density and/or moisture of construction-related materials. The nuclear gauge can include a gauge housing having a vertical cavity therethrough and at least one radiation detector located within the housing. The nuclear gauge can include a vertically moveable source rod and a radiation source operatively positioned within a distal end of the source rod. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194677 | SIMULATED DOSE CALIBRATOR SOURCE STANDARD FOR POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY RADIONUCLIDES - A method for calibration and a calibrator source standard calibrated by the method are provided. The calibration method includes providing mock syringes, or other simulated dose container. A first of the mock syringes is filled with a short half life positron emitter. A second of the mock syringes is filled with a longer half life radionuclide set in a matrix material such as an epoxy. The activities of the two syringes can be determined, ideally in the same ion chamber, for example, against a radioactive source standard having a half life greater than the first and second radionuclides. This allows a conversion factor to be determined which can be used for a calibrator source standard formed as for the second mock syringe (i.e., with the same type of container containing the longer half life radionuclide set in a matrix material), when the calibrator source standard is used as a proxy for calibrating a calibrator for use in determining the activity of a dose container of the same configuration containing a dose of the short lived radionuclide. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194678 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR THE MASS-SELECTIVE TRANSPORT OF IONS - A method for the mass-selective transport of ions, especially in a mass spectrometer, comprises the steps movement of the ions on a movement path on which a plurality of electrodes are arranged, and loading the electrodes with pulse-shaped acceleration voltages under the effect of which the ions experience a mass-dependent change of speed, wherein the electrodes are loaded with the pulse-shaped acceleration voltages such t at target ions with a pre-determined target mass are accelerated along the movement path. Furthermore, an ion conductor for mass-selective transport of ions, especially in a mass spectrometer, is described. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194679 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING NOISE IN MASS SPECTROMETRY - The invention pertains to methods and apparatus for performing mass spectrometry with reduced noise. In some embodiments, an additional amount of a carrier gas is introduced into a mass spectrometer to reduce the noise. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194680 | Method and Apparatus for Normalizing Performance of an Electron Source - A method for operating a mass spectrometer includes determining a first performance characteristic while operating the mass spectrometer with a first electron emitter, storing first information relating to the first performance characteristic, determining a second performance characteristic while operating the mass spectrometer with a second electron emitter, storing second information relating to the second performance characteristic, and thereafter switching from operation using the first electron emitter to operation using the second electron emitter. The switching includes using the first and second information to normalize performance of the second electron emitter after the switching relative to performance of the first electron emitter before the switching. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194681 | Method and Apparatus for Response and Tune Locking of a Mass Spectrometer - A mass spectrometer and a technique for operating it involve setting an operating parameter that influences a rate of flow of electrons from an electron source into an ion volume so that ions produced from a material in the ion volume in response to electrons satisfy an ion production target, performing a plurality of analytical runs using the mass spectrometer with the electron source while monitoring an operational characteristic, and adjusting the operating parameter in response to the monitoring to compensate for a change over time in the operational characteristic in a manner so that the ion production target remains satisfied. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194682 | PEPTIDE IDENTIFICATION AND QUANTITATION BY MERGING MS/MS SPECTRA - The present invention is directed to methods of merging spectral data resulting from collision fragmentation processes, such as, for example, Pulsed Q Dissociation (PQD), high-energy collision-induced dissociation (HCD), electron transfer disassociation (ETD), collision-induced dissociation (CID), and photo-dissociation processes, such as, but not limited to, infrared multi-photon photo-dissociation (IRMPD), to provide the desired qualitative and quantitative information on a single peptide. By merging such ETD, CID, or IRMPD scans with corresponding HCD scans that are obtained on the same precursor, the quality of the resulting spectrum is increased so as to provide more confident identification of peptides and correspondingly the quantification is enhanced because the HCD method of the MS/MS spectrum produces higher abundances of detectable reporter ions. Such methods, as disclosed herein, are especially applicable for peptides which experience predominant neutral loss in the ion trap, e.g., phosphorylated. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194683 | METHOD OF OPERATING A LINEAR ION TRAP TO PROVIDE LOW PRESSURE SHORT TIME HIGH AMPLITUDE EXCITATION - In accordance with an aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for fragmenting ions in an ion trap of a mass spectrometer. The method comprises a) selecting parent ions for fragmentation; b) retaining the parent ions within the ion trap for a retention time interval, the ion trap having an operating pressure of less than about 1×10−4 Torr; c) providing a RF trapping voltage to the ion trap to provide a Mathieu stability parameter q at an excitement level during an excitement time interval within the retention time interval; d) providing a resonant excitation voltage to the ion trap during the excitement time interval to excite and fragment the parent ions; and, e) within the retention time interval and after the excitement time interval, terminating the resonant excitation voltage and changing the RF trapping voltage applied to the ion trap to reduce the Mathieu stability parameter q to a hold level less than the excitement level to retain fragments of the parent ions within the ion trap. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194684 | METHOD OF OPERATING A LINEAR ION TRAP TO PROVIDE LOW PRESSURE SHORT TIME HIGH AMPLITUDE EXCITATION WITH PULSED PRESSURE - Methods for fragmenting ions in an ion trap are described. These methods involve a) selecting parent ions for fragmentation; b) retaining the parent ions within the ion trap for a retention time interval, the ion trap having an operating pressure of less than about 1×10-4 Torr; c) providing a RF trapping voltage to the ion trap to provide a Mathieu stability parameter q at an excitement level during an excitement time interval within the retention time interval; d) providing a resonant excitation voltage to the ion trap during the excitement time interval to excite and fragment the parent ions; e) providing a non-steady-state pressure increase of at least 10% of the operating pressure within the ion trap by delivering a neutral gas into the ion trap for at least a portion of the retention time interval to raise the pressure in the ion trap to a varying first elevated-pressure in the range between about 6×10-5 Torr to about 5×10-4 Torr for a first elevated-pressure duration; and f within the retention time interval and after the excitement time interval, terminating the resonant excitation voltage and changing the RF trapping voltage applied to the ion trap to reduce the Mathieu stability parameter q to a hold level less than the excitement level to retain fragments of the parent ions within the ion trap. The excitation time interval and the first elevated-pressure duration substantially overlap in time. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194685 | HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING OF METABOLIC DISORDERS USING A LASER DESORPTION ION SOURCE COUPLED TO A MASS ANALYZER - Methods and kits for high throughput screening and analysis of metabolic disorders using a laser desorption ion source coupled to a mass analyzer (for example, MALDI) are provided. The metabolic disorders can be amino acid, organic acid or fatty acid oxidation disorders. A panel of disorders can be analyzed at high speeds. The methods and kits are particularly useful for newborn screening (NBS) of metabolic disorders. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194686 | METHODS FOR FRAGMENTING IONS IN A LINEAR ION TRAP - Methods for fragmenting ions retained in an ion trap are described. In various embodiments, a non-steady-state pressure of a neutral collision gas of less than about 5×10 | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194687 | ION SOURCE VESSEL AND METHODS - An ion source and method for providing ionized particles to a molecular/atomic analyser, such as a mass spectrometer, are disclosed. The ion source includes a vessel defining a channel; a gas inlet extending from the gas source into the channel, for introducing a gas flow into the channel; a sample inlet extending into the channel for introducing sample within the channel; and an ionizer to ionize the sample in the channel. The vessel is sufficiently sealed to allow the channel to be pressurized, at a pressure in excess of 100 Torr. At least one gas source maintains the pressure of the channel at a pressure in excess of 100 Torr and the pressure exterior to the channel at a pressure in excess of 0.1 Torr and provides a gas flow that sweeps across the ionizer to guide and entrain ions from the ionizer to the outlet. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194688 | Mass Spectrometer - A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising a quadrupole rod set ion guide or mass filter device ( | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194689 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING PROPERTIES OF MICROSTRUCTURES AND NANOSTRUCTURES - A method is presented for characterizing properties of a specimen, such as a microstructure and a nanostructure. The method includes attaching a first end of the specimen to a first probe ( | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194690 | Inspection Method And Inspection System Using Charged Particle Beam - An electron beam system includes a sample holder to hold a sample, electron optics to obtain an image of the sample, an electrode to control a charged state of the sample, a monitor to determine a range of voltage applied to the electrode, and a processing unit to obtain plural images of different charged states of the sample in accordance with a change of the applied to the electrode and to determine voltage from the voltage contrasts of the images. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194691 | ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPE APPARATUS - To enable measurement of an elastically scattered electron image, a characteristic-X-ray-based element image and an electron-beam-energy-spectroscopy-based element image with a high S/N and high spatial resolution in an electronic microscope having a function to produce an element image. Measurement of a characteristic X-ray signal and electron beam energy loss spectra or measurement of a plurality of energy filter signals including a core loss of an observed element is performed simultaneously and continuously with detection of elastically scattered electrons transmitted through a specimen to be analyzed, and element images based on characteristic X-rays and electron beam energy spectroscopy are added up while correcting a positional misalignment with respect to elastically scattered electron images continuously observed (see FIG. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194692 | CHARGED PARTICLE RADIATION APPARATUS - A magnetic shield with which a high magnetic field suppression effect is realized in a restricted space and a charged particle radiation apparatus using the magnetic shield are described below. To achieve the above-described object, a scanning electron microscope wherein a shield for shielding against an external magnetic field is formed of a plurality of plate portions made of a magnetic material, the plate portions being disposed on the circumference of a circle whose center corresponds to a center of the space so that each plate portion has a surface direction set different from a line tangent to the circle, is proposed (see FIG. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194693 | Imaging Apparatus for Combined Temperature and Luminescence Spatial Imaging of an Object - An imaging apparatus is disclosed for combined temperature and luminescence spatial imaging of an object ( | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194694 | Radiation detection apparatus and radiation image capturing system - A radiation detection apparatus including a casing, and a radiation detection device accommodated inside the casing, which detects radiation emitted from a radiation source and having passed through a subject, and converts the radiation into radiation image information, and an electronic circuit accommodated inside the casing, further comprising: storage device detachably mounted with respect to the casing, and wherein the electronic circuit includes a data compression circuit, which compresses the radiation image information, to thereby create compressed radiation image information, and herein the storage device stores the compressed radiation image information. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194695 | Radiation conversion device and radiation image capturing system using the same - A radiation conversion device is driven by an on-board battery, detects radiation that has passed through a subject, and converts the radiation into image information. A charging cradle to which the radiation conversion device is connected carries out a charging process on the battery. The radiation conversion device includes a signal transmitting unit for transmitting image information by wireless communications to an external apparatus, a transmission suspension unit for monitoring a transmission state of the image information by the signal transmitting unit and suspending transmission of the image information when a transmission error is generated, and a suspension release unit for releasing suspension of transmission of the image information when the radiation conversion device is connected to the charging cradle. The signal transmitting unit transmits the image information to the external apparatus when suspension of transmission of the image information has been released. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194696 | Method and System for Determining the Rate of Non Uniformity of Bolometer Based Systems - A focal plan array system of the bolometer type having means for determining the rate of non-uniformity which comprises: (a) an array of i×j pixel detectors of the bolometer type for sensing scenery radiation; (b) a case which accommodates said array of detectors, said case having a front window that provides exposure to the sensing element of all the i×j pixel detectors to radiation coming from the scenery; (c) at least a portion of column j+1 of blind detectors that are shielded from the scenery by a homogeneous reference surface; (d) reading circuitry for reading indication for the scenery radiation as sensed by each of the i×j detectors of the array, and for reading indication for the non uniformity as sensed by said detectors in column (j+1); (e) a register for recording the radiation values as read from all the detectors within column (j+1); and (f) a processing unit for finding the standard deviation a of all the values in said register, and for comparing the same to a predetermined threshold Q, wherein a standard deviation above Q being an indication for a non uniformity above the allowed level. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194697 | APPARATUS FOR USE IN OPERATOR TRAINING WITH, AND THE TESTING AND EVALUATION OF, INFRARED SENSORS WHICH ARE FOR MISSILE DETECTION - Apparatus ( | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194698 | THERMAL INFRARED DETECTING DEVICE - A thermal infrared imaging device includes a diode, a power supply for supplying a constant power supply voltage to an anode of the diode through a first interconnection, a voltage setting circuit for setting a voltage across the diode, and a current read circuit which is connected to a cathode of the diode through a second interconnection and the voltage setting circuit, for reading a current of the diode. The voltage setting circuit controls a voltage of a connection point of the second interconnection and the voltage setting circuit to a voltage obtained by subtracting a voltage drop from a predetermined bias voltage. The voltage drop is generated by resistances of the first and second interconnections, and the diode current. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194699 | Sensing apparatus having an optical assembly that collimates emitted light for detection - An apparatus for optical sensing of samples includes an optical source, an optical assembly, a sample holder, an objective lens, and a detector. The objective lens collimates light emitted by the sample. Preferably, the optical assembly rotates about an axis, allowing the sensing apparatus to sense results from plural locations on a sample without moving the sample. Moving the sample in a linear direction while rotating the optical assembly allows sensing of an entire sample. Preferably, light from the optical source enters the optical assembly along the axis of rotation. Sensing methods consistent with the invention are also described. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194700 | Radiation detection apparatus - An electronic cassette has a casing and a radiation detection device accommodated inside the casing, which detects radiation emitted from a radiation source and having passed through a subject, and converts the radiation into radiation image information. The electronic cassette further includes a winding member accommodated rotatably inside of the casing. The radiation detection device includes a flexible base. The radiation detection device is wound on the winding member, and a portion of the radiation detection device is capable of being pulled outside of the casing. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194701 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING APPARATUS - A radiological imaging apparatus using a semiconductor radiation detector to make it possible to reduce a radiation measurement off time that may result from an attempt to avoid polarization, the radiological imaging apparatus comprising a capacitor that applies a voltage to a semiconductor radiation detector that detects a radiation from a subject, first current regulated means for conducting a charge current to the capacitor, and second current regulated means for conducting a discharge current from the capacitor, or comprising a capacitor that applies a voltage to the semiconductor radiation detector, a first resistor that conducts a charge current to and a discharge current from the capacitor, and a second resistor connected in parallel with the first resistor to subject the capacitor to charging and discharging. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194702 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUANTUM AND QUANTUM INSPIRED GHOST IMAGING - A preferred embodiment comprises a method and system for (a) detecting objects or targets which may or may not be nonreflective to electromagnetic radiation, and/or (b) generating an image of a subject or area, comprising generating an entangled photon pair beam; splitting the entangled photon pair beam into first and second parts; the first parts being directed in a first direction towards a first location, and the second parts being received into a measuring device; measuring the physical characteristics of the conjugate second parts to determine whether or not the first parts have encountered the presence or absence of an object at the first location in combination with the time that the first part takes to enter the first location. The method and system incorporate a photon beam in a reference path that never directly interacts with the object yet is determinative of presence or absence of an object at the first location. The splitting of the entangled photon pair beam occurs prior to the first parts being absorbed by said object, and the measuring of the characteristics of the conjugates occurs subsequent to the splitting of the entangled photon beam. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194703 | Method and circut arrangement for determining the radiation intensity using directly counting detectors - A method and a circuit arrangement are disclosed for determining radiation intensity using counting detectors or detector elements, in which x-ray radiation photons, which are either absorbed or absorbed in part, generate electrical signals, the pulse number and pulse height of which is correlated to an incident radiation intensity, and the radiation intensity is at least determined by counting the pulses. According to at least one embodiment of the invention, the signal pulses incident on at least one detector or detector element are detected simultaneously by at least one continuously operating pulse height discriminator and by at least one pulse height discriminator operating in a clocked fashion, with the number of incident signal pulses being determined with the aid of these two items of detection information. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194704 | METHOD AND DEVICE OF ION SOURCE GENERATION - An implanter is equipped with an ion beam current detector, a temperature sensor, a temperature controller and a cooling system to increase the ratio of a specific ion cluster in the ion source chamber of the implanter. Therefore, the implanting efficiency for a shallow ion implantation is increased consequently. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194705 | Producing Time Variation In Emanating Light - An excitation component or arrangement can provide excitation to a moving object so that information is encoded in time variation of light emanating from the object. For example, in each of a sequence of segments, it can provide a respective non-binary excitation spectrum, and the spectra can be different with a non-interference-like transition between them; because the object emanates light differently in response to the different spectra, photosensing results can be obtained that include encoded information about the object. The non-binary spectra could be different intermediate intensities, such as different gray levels or different intensities of one color or could be different colors. The excitation can be provided in a pattern with non-interference-like transitions between regions, and object motion can also be controlled. In another approach, a trigger signal can cause a time-varying excitation in a region, with non-interference-like transitions between intervals of excitation, such as black/white, multiple colors, or gray levels. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194706 | Method and device for the selective withdrawal of compontents from complex mixtures - The method according to the invention permits a selected withdrawal of one or a few molecularly disperse or cellular components of a system, such as molecules, molecular complexes, vesicles, micelles, cells, optionally together with an associated volume element V having a size of 10 | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194707 | MICROFLUIDIC IMMUNOASSAY DEVICE - An optical fiber for use in an immunoassay device having at least one microfluidic channel, the optical fiber being for transmitting excitation light to the microfluidic channel and for transmitting emitted fluorescence to a light detector. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194708 | UV-DOSIS INDICATORS - The present application provides a composition showing a color change depending on the absorbed radiation-dose, comprising (a) an acid responsive colorant; (b) a photolatent acid; characterized in that (b) is a sulfonyloxime ester compound; and its use as a radiation dose indicator. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194709 | Laser processing machine with a cutting guide - A laser processing machine includes a laser device that generates a laser beam onto a workpiece when moving along a predetermined traveling path, an ultrasonic apparatus that generates a ultrasonic wave, and a guide member arranged near to and moved with the laser device along the traveling path for transferring the ultrasonic wave onto the workpiece along the traveling path. By means of the double-processing effect of the ultrasonic wave and the laser beam, the invention achieves the objects of high cutting precision, excellent product quality and fast processing speed. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194710 | WRITING APPARATUS, WRITING DATA CONVERSION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A writing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store writing data, an acquiring unit configured to acquire pattern information on a plurality of patterns defined in the writing data, based on the writing data, a first table generating unit configured to generate a first table in which each pattern information corresponds to a number of times of using the each pattern information, based on acquired pattern information, for each predetermined region, a Huffman tree generating unit configured to generate a Huffman tree, based on the first table, a second table generating unit configured to generate a second table in which the each pattern information corresponds to a variable length binary code generated by encoding the each pattern information in such a manner that the larger the number of times of using the each pattern information is, the smaller a value of the variable length binary code is, based on the Huffman tree, a converting unit configured to convert data, which is defined by the writing data, in the predetermined region into a predetermined format using the variable length binary code, based on the second table, and a writing unit configured to write the plurality of patterns defined, onto a target workpiece, based on converted data in the predetermined region. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194711 | ELECTRON BEAM WRITING METHOD, FINE PATTERN WRITING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING UNEVEN PATTERN CARRYING SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC DISK MEDIUM - When writing a hard disk pattern on a substrate applied with a resist by scanning an electron beam on the substrate while rotating a rotation stage, writing is started with respect to each radial direction position of each area based on a predetermined encoder pulse for each radial direction position among those generated according to the rotational angle of the rotation stage that occurs after a predefined encoder pulse that occurs ahead in a rotational direction of a radial direction position whose write start position in a circumferential direction in each area arrives first at the writing position as the rotation stage rotates and ahead of the write start position in the circumferential direction with respect to each radial direction position, and after a predetermined time from the predetermined encoder pulse. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194712 | Passive Actinide Self-Burner - The invention relates to the confinement of an alloy formed of actinide transuranic radioactive wastes and beryllium metal within a neutron moderating and reflecting apparatus to cause accelerated destruction (burning) of the actinide wastes. Waste actinides, including plutonium, neptunium, americium, and curium, emit alpha particles by radioactive decay. The alpha particles are converted into neutrons by the beryllium through an alpha-neutron (alpha, n) reaction. The neutrons developed by the alpha, n reaction are moderated by a surrounding layer of graphite, which allows the slowed neutrons to cause additional fission or decay events within the waste actinide alloy. This process is passive because the alpha particles that initiate the actinide burning are an intrinsic physical property of the actinides. The burning or decay process is accelerated because neutrons that would ordinarily escape the confinement fixture (a Standard Source capsule) are reflected back into the actinide waste, transmuting them into heavier, less stable isotopes that decay more rapidly. The use of the moderator/reflector material allows the waste actinides to be destroyed in a 10,000-year repository period instead of requiring one million years to attain the same waste reduction by natural radioactive decay alone. Beryllium may also be used as a neutron moderator/reflector, but is not a cost effective choice for large scale use. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194713 | SHIELDING FOR IONIZING RADIATION - A shielding ( | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194714 | Fiber Optic Liquid Level Sensor - There is disclosed a fiber optic liquid level sensor apparatus that functions using total internal reflection and an index of refraction. More specifically, there is disclosed a fiber optic liquid level sensor apparatus comprising two fiber optic strands, each having a first end and a second end, substantially oriented in parallel to each other, wherein the second ends of both strands are attached to each other. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194715 | LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE AND ASSEMBLY FOR NON-DESCANNED DETECTION - A scanning microscope with a light source which emits illumination light for illuminating a specimen, with at least a first detector for detecting the detection light proceeding from the specimen, and with an objective through which the specimen can be illuminated and detected, wherein the objective is arranged in an illumination beam path and in a detection beam path, and with a second detector for non-descanned detection of the detection light proceeding from the specimen, wherein a compact assembly is provided which comprises a housing which is attached to a microscope stand and which has at least one receptacle for a microscope objective for the illumination beam path and/or detection beam path of the scanning microscope, wherein at least the second detector is arranged in the housing and can be acted upon by specimen light. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194716 | DEVICE FOR REGULATING THE FLOW OF A LIQUID - The present invention concerns a device for regulating the flow of a liquid used for the manufacture of ceramic products and which may be used in plants ( | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194717 | HIGH-PRESSURE VALVE ASSEMBLY - A high-pressure valve assembly includes a flange defining an axis. Projecting into the flange is a valve body which is sealed against the flange by a static ring seal. Provided on one side of the valve body is a spring-loaded closure member which is supported for movement in a direction of the axis to form a suction valve, and on another side of the valve body in opposition to the one side is a spring-loaded tappet which is supported for movement in the direction of the axis to form a pressure valve. A channel connects the suction valve with the pressure valve and has one end porting into a pressure chamber of the valve body adjacent to the pressure valve. The pressure chamber extends in axial direction of the tappet and is sized to extend substantially above a bottom edge of the ring seal. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194718 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A SMART VALVE - A smart drain valve comprises a support plate, a bolt passing through a center of the support plate, an outer plate connected to a first end of the bolt, an inner plate connected to a second end of the bolt, and a spring positioned between the inner plate and the support plate. The spring is made of a shape memory material. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194719 | FLUID SUPPLY MONITORING SYSTEM - A fluid supply monitoring system includes a shutoff valve and an indicator. The shutoff valve selectively blocks a fluid flow. The indicator selectively communicates a signal to the shutoff valve to prevent the shutoff valve from blocking the fluid flow. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194720 | Control system for a gas cooking device - “Control system for a gas cooking device or any other gas device comprising at least one gas burner ( | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194721 | NEEDLE VALVE - Provided is a needle valve in which a gap between a valve casing and a needle is reliably sealed and an origin of the needle can be readily obtained with high precision. A needle ( | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194722 | Female coupling element and a quick coupling including such an element - This female element, for a quick coupling for releasably joining together two pipes conveying a fluid under pressure, is suitable for receiving a male portion engaged along a longitudinal axis. The female element includes a latch movable relative to a body of the female element between a first position, in which it is suitable for retaining the male portion in a leaktight coupling position, and a second position, in which it is suitable for retaining the male portion in a position for purging the downstream pipe. The female element further comprises a control member for causing the latch to move at least towards the second position, this member being mounted to slide in an open bore in the body. According to the invention, the female element includes a gasket suitable for closing a gap defined between an outer face of the member and an inside face of the bore. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194723 | Two Position Actuator With Mechanical Hold - A valve assembly including a valve actuator and valve is provided. The valve actuator includes a mechanical hold arrangement configured to allow manually setting the position of the valve actuator and its drive gear and to oppose any loading provided by a return spring biasing the valve actuator and drive gear out of the set position. The valve actuator includes a spring lever and a recess in which the spring lever is secured to lock the position of the valve actuator and drive gear when the electric motor of the valve actuator is de-energized. The valve actuator can be reconfigured to provide mechanical holding for manually setting the orientation of the drive gear when a return spring load is provided in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194724 | Two Position Actuator Impact Limiter - A valve actuator for controlling a valve is provided. The valve actuator includes a torque transfer arrangement interposed between a return spring and a drive gear, the drive gear being biased by loading provided by the return spring. A drive coupling is interposed between the drive gear and the return spring and transfers load of the return spring to the drive gear. A torque transfer arrangement between the drive gear and drive coupling permits limited relative angular movement of the drive coupling relative to the drive gear. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194725 | Liquid Purge Valve - A liquid purge valve comprising a housing for sealingly fitting at an uppermost end of a substantially vertical pipe, an outlet tube extending from the housing and projecting into the pipe, an outlet port fitted with a sealing boundary and sealable by a sealing member pivotally secured within the housing so as to pivotally displace between a closed and an open position, a biasing member biasing the sealing member into its open position, and a mass articulated to the sealing member and extending downwards into the pipe. The mass applies a force at an opposite direction of the biasing member such that the resultant force acting on the sealing member determines its position such that when water level rises within the pipe the sealing member displaces into the open position. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194726 | LAYERED SCAVENGING CARBURETOR - A scavenging valve assembly is used in a carburetor. The valve assembly includes a throttle valve and a rotary air valve. The throttle valve opens and closes an air-fuel passage. The rotary air valve opens and closes an air passage and has one or more air bore(s). When the rotary air valve begins to rotate, airflow travels through the bore(s) and the size of an opening area that airflow travels through continuously increases in size. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194727 | VALVE ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY - An actuator assembly for actuating a valve includes an extensible bellow having an open end and a closed end, a stem operable to contact the closed end and to actuate a stopper mechanism, and a driver configured to move the bellow. The movement of the bellow effects movement of the stem to actuate the valve. In one embodiment, the driver acts to compress the bellow, the compression causing movement of the stem to open the valve. The bellow may be hermetically sealed to the valve housing, thereby allowing a higher range of fluid pressures. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194728 | Wide-Body Pneumatic Valve having Internalized Valve Actuator - A Wide-body Valve Having an Internalized Actuator is disclosed. The preferred valve provides exceptional conductance while also providing a compact valve and actuator package. The valve incorporates a geometry wherein the internal diameter of the valve is approximately 180% of the diameter of the valve's port. Furthermore, the stroke of the valve is preferably 30% or more of port diameter. Also, the valve actuator housing is designed to cooperate with the valve body housing such that the actuator housing is encapsulated within the valve body housing such that the valve part count and valve part volume is reduced over conventional valves. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194729 | DISCHARGE VALVE FOR DOWNHOLE PUMPS - A discharge valve comprising a valve body, a valve member, and a valve seat. The valve body has a first end; a second end; a central axis therebetween; an inlet formed through the first end; a flow channel extending from the inlet to the second end; a valve channel extending from the inlet and terminating within the valve body; and at least one discharge port extending from the valve channel to an outer surface of the valve body. The valve member is substantially-spherical and movably disposed within the valve channel. The valve seat is disposed adjacent the first end of the valve channel. The valve seat has an orifice defined therethrough The valve member is movable between a first position, engaging the valve seat to substantially seal the orifice, and a second position adjacent the second end of the valve channel to permit fluid to flow through the orifice. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194730 | Splines and caps for fluid ports - New splined fluid ports and caps for fluid ports are provided. The fluid ports and caps are straightforward in construction, are easy to manufacture and use, and are structured to be highly effective and reliable in use. The present fluid ports and caps, for example, dust caps structured to be secured to luer ports, include coupling systems, for example, including pluralities of splines and spaced apart thread segments, which provide benefits, for example, in terms of reduced manufacturing costs and ease of manufacture, relative to prior art such parts which are fully threaded to provide for coupling. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194731 | OXIDIZED AND MALEATED DERIVATIVE COMPOSITIONS - Oxidized and maleated derivative compositions, such as chemically modified oxidized and maleated tall oil fatty acid compositions, can be prepared and used in a variety of industrial applications, including as emulsifiers, corrosion inhibitors, concrete admixtures, and in reverse flotation mining applications. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194732 | METHOD OF MAKING TERNARY PIEZOELECTRIC CRYSTALS - A ternary single crystal relaxor piezoelectric grown from a novel melt using the Vertical Bridgeman method. The ternary single crystals are characterized by a Curie temperature, T | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194733 | SUPERPARAMAGNETIC TRANSITION METAL IRON OXYGEN NANOPARTICLES - Thermal treatment of transition metal ferrite nanoparticles at moderate temperatures provides materials with desirable magnetic properties. A | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194734 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHUM-CONTAINING TRANSITION METAL OXIDE - A method for producing a lithium-containing transition metal oxide represented by the general formula: Li[Li | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194735 | Rapid Dilution of Peracid Solutions to Equilibrated Solutions - A method for the rapid dilution of an aqueous peracid solution, particularly, peracetic acid, in which a concentrated peracid solution is diluted with an aqueous diluent to produce a more dilute peracid solution in which the solution components are already at equilibrium immediately after dilution. The peracid in a preferred embodiment of this method is peracetic acid, for which the aqueous diluent is acetic acid and water, or hydrogen peroxide and water, or acetic acid, hydrogen peroxide and water, whose relative amounts are selected to produce a diluted aqueous peracid acid solution whose peracetic acid, hydrogen peroxide and acetic acid components are in equilibrium immediately after dilution. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194736 | Nanosized nickel-doped carbon nanotubes for hydrogen storage and production method thereof - Disclosed herein is a method of doping nanosized nickel (Ni) on the surface of carbon nanotubes to improve the hydrogen storage capacity of the carbon nanotubes. The method comprises: sonicating carbon nanotube samples produced by vapor deposition, in sulfuric acid solution, followed by filtration to remove a metal catalyst from the carbon nanotube samples; and doping the carbon nanotube samples in liquid phase solution, followed by drying and reduction, so as to dope nanosized nickel on the surface of the carbon nanotubes. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194737 | LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT SOLUTION - A liquid crystal alignment solution is provided. The liquid crystal alignment solution includes a first polyimide-polyamide acid and a second polyimide-polyamide acid. The first polyimide-polyamide acid is represented by formula (A), | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194738 | Liquid-crystalline medium - The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds, characterised in that it comprises one or more compounds of the formula I | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194739 | Liquid-Crystalline Medium and Liquid-Crystal Display - Disclosed are dielectrically positive liquid-crystalline media containing a dielectrically positive component, component A, which contains one or more dielectrically positive compounds of formulae IA, IB and IC: | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194740 | Phosphor composition and display device including the same - A phosphor composition including a first phosphor represented by Formula 1: | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194741 | Exhaust system having a carbon oxide catalyst - A catalytic filter system is disclosed. The catalytic filter system contains a catalyst including a ternary nitride and at least one of gold, osmium, iridium, palladium, rhodium, rhenium, ruthenium, or cesium. The catalytic filter system may further include an energy source situated to impart energy to the catalyst. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194742 | Reforming system for methanol and method thereof - A reforming system for methanol comprises a reactor and a fuel unit disposed in front of the reactor. The reactor comprises an inlet, an outlet, a reaction chamber between the inlet and the outlet, and a combustion chamber surrounding the reaction chamber. The reaction chamber has a catalyzing unit thereinside. The reactor is constructed for maintaining the reaction chamber at a predetermined temperature so that at least one reactant acts to produce at least one product in the reaction chamber. The fuel unit comprises a first fuel container, a second fuel container, a mixing chamber connected to the first fuel container and the second fuel container, and a nebulizing device connected to the mixing chamber. The reforming system for methanol can produce hydrogen (H | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194743 | Stabilizer Compositions For Improved Protection Against Degradation Of Organic Substrates By Light - The invention relates to combinations of benzylidene-bis-malonate based lightsstabilizers with specific other additives showing synergistic efficiency during long term light exposure of organic substrates. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194744 | Methods for making scent simulants of chemical explosives, and compositions thereof - The present invention relates to methods for producing non-detonable and non-explosive parent-odor scent simulants of both detonable and entropy-burst chemical explosive materials. A detonable explosive material is a material that explosives with the aid of detonation while an entropy burst explosive material is a very sensitive energetic material that does not require detonation, but explodes through a spontaneous decomposition of its molecules into gaseous products. The invention also presents representative non-detonable, non-hazardous compositions of such simulants that can be safely and effectively utilized within a broad spectrum of biological and non-biological explosives detection programs, non-limiting examples being the training of biological search-and-detect creatures such as explosive detecting dogs and the calibration of electronic explosive detecting instruments that rely on the principles of vapor sampling for their operations. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194745 | Conductive Filler - Disclosed is a conductive filler which can be fusion-bonded under lower temperature conditions (with the peak temperature of not less than 181° C.) than the reflow heat treatment conditions for an Sn-37Pb eutectic solder. This conductive filler is applicable to heat-resistant uses similar to those of the Sn-37Pb eutectic solder. The conductive filler is a mixture of first metal particles composed of an alloy having a chemical composition including 25-40% by mass of Ag, 2-8% by mass of Bi, 5-15% by mass of Cu, 2-8% by mass of In and 29-66% by mass of Sn, and second metal particles composed of an alloy having a chemical composition including 5-20% by mass of Ag, 10-20% by mass of Bi, 1-15% by mass of Cu and 50-80% by mass of Sn. In the mixture, 20-10,000 parts by mass of the second metal particles are contained per 100 parts by mass of the first metal particles. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194746 | COMPOSITE CARBONATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides a nickel atom-, manganese atom- and cobalt atom-containing composite carbonate that is high in specific surface area and large in tap density, and useful as a raw material for producing a lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide to be used in a positive electrode active material for use in a lithium secondary battery, and provides a method for industrially advantageously producing the composite carbonate. The composite carbonate includes nickel atoms, manganese atoms and cobalt atoms, and has an average particle size of 5 μm or more and less than 20 μm, a BET specific surface area of 40 to 80 m | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194747 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY OF CATHODE MATERIALS FOR LITHIUM BATTERIES - A method for improving the environmental stability of cathode materials used in lithium-based batteries. Most currently used cathode active materials are acutely sensitive to environmental conditions, e.g. leading to moisture and CO | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194748 | ADDITIVE FOR DIELECTRIC FLUID - A dielectric fluid comprising hydrocarbon liquid admixed with an ester-based compound, wherein the ester-based compound is present in an effective amount to impart breakdown inhibiting properties to a paper insulation material when the dielectric fluid is in contact with the paper material. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194749 | Wood Floor Gap Jack - A flooring installation tool for closing gaps between wooden floorboards by straightening bowed floorboards or bending straight floorboards installed on a sub floor. The main components are: a base, a threaded rod, a main nut, a pushing foot, a push plate; and a pull plate. The tool base is affixed to or abuts a building structure with the pushing foot abutting a bowed floorboard to be installed. The main nut is turned; linear force is exerted closing gaps between the floorboard being installed and a previously installed floorboard. The push plate when placed between the pushing foot and floorboard allows fastening of floorboard in-line with the exerted linear force. To install the last floorboard the pull plate is placed under the base hooking on the edge of the floorboard exerting linear force between the wall and last floorboard closing gaps between floorboards. The pushing foot swivels to self align. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194750 | Forced puller - A forced puller includes a central seat having a threaded hole centrally defined therein and extending therethrough. The central seat has two opposite sides each having a rod perpendicularly extending therefrom relative to an axis of the threaded hole. Two hook members are respectively slidably mounted to a corresponding one of the two rods. Each hook member is formed with a hook engaged to a workpiece that is purposed to be detached. A main threaded rod is screwed through the threaded hole in the central seat. The main threaded rod has a polygonal head formed on a first end thereof for user to forcefully rotate the main threaded rod and a push portion is formed on a second end of the main threaded rod to securely and longitudinally abut against the workpiece after rotating the main threaded rod. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194751 | WHEEL SUSPENDER AND WEIGHING MACHINE COMPRISING A WHEEL SUSPENDER - The invention relates to a wheel suspender comprising a ramp and a lifting device. Said lifting device is arranged and embodied in such a manner that a wheel can be displaced on the ramp in an upward or downward manner by means of said lifting device. The invention also relates to a bed weighing machine. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194752 | Releasable Highway Safety Structures - Consistent and reliable releasing of a guardrail during a vehicle impact is enabled by a releasable fastener for safety structures along a highway. The release of secured components such as guardrail is controlled, and precise positional cooperation is provided between securing members and the guardrail. Forces may be attenuated to further optimize response. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194753 | Fence Post with Selectively Covered, Molded Channel - Disclosed is a fence post with selectively covered, molded channels for use in modular fences. The post includes at least one longitudinally-extending channel that is covered by the exterior surface of a side of the fence post in such a way that channel is not visible from the exterior of the fence post until the covering portion of the fence post is cut away, in whole or in part, to make the channel accessible. The channel cover may be removed, in whole or in part, to allow longitudinal ends of pickets to be slid into the channel, either horizontally or vertically according to the selected portion of the channel cover that is removed. In this way, one fence post design may be used to stably support pickets connected on any of the sides of the post while leaving the other sides smooth in external appearance. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194754 | Gate Post Stiffener - A gate post stiffener being formed in the shape of a C. The C-shaped stiffener may extend the entire length of the gate post. The open side allows for easy insertion of rails. The C-shape provides two consecutive sides for the attachment of two-sided hardware, providing a strong connection between the post, the C-shaped gate post stiffener, and hardware, which is critical to the integrity of the post. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194755 | HIGH DENSITY CHALCOGENIDE MEMORY CELLS - A non-volatile memory cell is constructed from a chalcogenide alloy structure and an associated electrode side wall. The electrode is manufactured with a predetermined thickness and juxtaposed against a side wall of the chalcogenide alloy structure, wherein at least one of the side walls is substantially perpendicular to a planar surface of the substrate. The thickness of the electrode is used to control the size of the active region created within the chalcogenide alloy structure. Additional memory cells can be created along rows and columns to form a memory matrix. The individual memory cells are accessed through address lines and address circuitry created during the formation of the memory cells. A computer can thus read and write data to particular non-volatile memory cells within the memory matrix. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194756 | Self-aligned eletrode phase change memory - A phase change memory may be formed with an upper electrode self-aligned to a phase change memory element. In some embodiments, patterning techniques may be used to form the elements of the memory. The memory element may be formed as a sidewall spacer formed on both opposed sides of an elongate strip of material. The resulting elongate strip of phase change memory element material may then be singulated in the same etching step that forms the upper electrodes extending in the column direction. Thus, the memory elements may be singulated in the row direction, while, at the same time, the top electrodes are defined to extend continuously in the column direction. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194757 | PHASE CHANGE ELEMENT EXTENSION EMBEDDED IN AN ELECTRODE - The present invention in one embodiment provides a method of forming a memory device that includes providing an interlevel dielectric layer including a conductive stud having a first width; forming an stack comprising a metal layer and a first insulating layer; forming a second insulating layer atop portions of the interlevel dielectric layer adjacent each sidewall of the stack; removing the first insulating layer to provide a cavity; forming a conformal insulating layer atop the second insulating layer and the cavity; applying an anisotropic etch step to the conformal insulating layer to produce a opening having a second width exposing an upper surface of the metal layer, wherein the first width is greater than the second width; and forming a memory material layer in the opening. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194758 | HEATING CENTER PCRAM STRUCTURE AND METHODS FOR MAKING - Memory devices are described along with manufacturing methods. A memory device as described herein includes a bottom electrode and a first phase change layer comprising a first phase change material on the bottom electrode. A resistive heater comprising a heater material is on the first phase change material. A second phase change layer comprising a second phase change material is on the resistive heater, and a top electrode is on the second phase change layer. The heater material has a resistivity greater than the most highly resistive states of the first and second phase change materials. | 2009-08-06 |
| 20090194759 | PHASE CHANGE MEMORY DEVICE - A phase change memory device is disclosed, including a substrate, a phase change layer over the substrate, a first electrode electrically connecting a first side of the phase change layer, a second electrode electrically connecting a second side of the phase change layer, wherein the phase change layer composes mainly of gallium (Ga), antimony (Sb) and tellurium (Te) and unavoidable impurities, having the composition range of Ga | 2009-08-06 |
