48th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090291538 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - After forming a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode on a semiconductor substrate, a silicon oxide film is formed to cover an n-channel MISFET forming region, and a p-channel MISFET forming region is exposed. Subsequently, after a first element supply film made of, for example, an aluminum oxide film is formed on the whole surface of the semiconductor substrate, a heat treatment is performed. By this means, a high-concentration HfAlO film and a low-concentration HfAlO film are formed by diffusing aluminum into the first insulating film just below the second gate electrode. Thereafter, by using a magnesium oxide film as a second element supply film, magnesium is diffused into the first insulating film just below the first gate electrode, thereby forming a high-concentration HfMgO film and a low-concentration HfMgO film. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291539 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AND LCD DRIVER IC - A method of manufacturing an LCD driver chip includes forming a heavily doped P-type well and a heavily doped N-type well over a high voltage region of a substrate; and then forming an oxide layer over the heavily doped P-type well and the heavily doped N-type; and then simultaneously forming a first gate electrode over the heavily doped P-type well and a second gate electrode over the heavily doped N-type well including the oxide layer; and then patterning the oxide layer to form a gate insulating layer under the first and second gate electrodes and an oxide layer portion connected to lateral sides of the gate insulating layers; and then forming an insulating layer over the entire surface of the substrate including the first and second gate electrodes and the oxide layer portion; and then forming spacers on sidewalls of the first and second gate electrodes and then removing the oxide layer portion after forming the spacers; and then forming ion implantations regions over the heavily doped P-type well and the heavily doped N-type well. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291540 | CMOS Process with Optimized PMOS and NMOS Transistor Devices - A semiconductor process and apparatus includes forming NMOS and PMOS transistors ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090291541 | METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH LOCAL RECESS CHANNEL TRANSISTORS - A method of manufacturing a local recess channel transistor in a semiconductor device. A hard mask layer is formed on a semiconductor substrate that exposes a portion of the substrate. The exposed portion of the substrate is etched using the hard mask layer as an etch mask to form a recess trench. A trench spacer is formed on the substrate along a portion of sidewalls of the recess trench. The substrate along a lower portion of the recess trench is exposed after the trench spacer is formed. The exposed portion of the substrate along the lower portion of the recess trench is doped with a channel impurity to form a local channel impurity doped region surrounding the lower portion of the recess trench. A portion of the local channel impurity doped region surrounding the lower portion of the recess trench is doped with a V | 2009-11-26 |
20090291542 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes: forming an etch stop pattern over a conductive layer, the etch stop pattern having a first opening exposing a top surface of the conductive layer; forming an insulation layer over the etch stop pattern; selectively etching the insulation layer to form a second opening exposing the top surface of the conductive layer; and enlarging the second opening until the etch stop pattern is exposed. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291543 | Method for Manufacturing a Field Plate in a Trench of a Power Transistor - A method for manufacturing a field plate in a trench of a power transistor in a substrate of a first conductivity type is disclosed. The trench is formed in a first main surface of the substrate. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291544 | WAFER LASER PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A wafer laser processing method for forming deteriorated layers along a plurality of streets in the inside of a wafer having a device area where a plurality of areas are sectioned by the plurality of streets arranged in a lattice pattern on the front surface and devices are formed in the sectioned areas and having a peripheral excess area surrounding the device area, the surface of the device area being formed to be higher than the surface of the peripheral excess area, by applying a laser beam to the front surface of the wafer along the streets with its focal point set to the inside of the wafer, comprising a first deteriorated layer forming step for forming a deteriorated layer along the streets in the insides of the peripheral excess area and the device area by applying a laser beam to the peripheral excess area and the device area along the streets with its focal point set to the insides of the peripheral excess area and the device area from the front surface side of the wafer; and a second deteriorated layer forming step for forming a deteriorated layer along the streets in the inside of the device area by applying a laser beam to the device area along the streets with its focal point set to the inside of the device area without applying the laser beam to the peripheral excess area when the focal point of the laser beam is positioned near the front surface of the peripheral excess area. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291545 | PROCESS FOR ENHANCING SOLUBILITY AND REACTION RATES IN SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS - Processes for enhancing solubility and the reaction rates in supercritical fluids are provided. In preferred embodiments, such processes provide for the uniform and precise deposition of metal-containing films on semiconductor substrates as well as the uniform and precise removal of materials from such substrates. In one embodiment, the process includes, providing a supercritical fluid containing at least one reactant, the supercritical fluid being maintained at above its critical point, exposing at least a portion of the surface of the semiconductor substrate to the supercritical fluid, applying acoustic energy, and reacting the at least one reactant to cause a change in at least a portion of the surface of the semiconductor substrate. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291546 | Programmable Via Devices - A device comprises a heater, a dielectric layer, a phase-change element, and a capping layer. The dielectric layer is disposed at least partially on the heater and defines an opening having a lower portion and an upper portion. The phase-change element occupies the lower portion of the opening and is in thermal contact with the heater. The capping layer overlies the phase-change element and occupies the upper portion of the opening. At least a fraction of the phase-change element is operative to change between lower and higher electrical resistance states in response to an application of an electrical signal to the heater. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291547 | Method for Reducing Plasma Discharge Damage During Processing - A semiconductor process and apparatus to provide a way to reduce plasma-induced damage by applying a patterned layer of photoresist ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090291548 | METHOD FOR PREPARING P-TYPE POLYSILICON GATE STRUCTURE - A method for preparing a P-type polysilicon gate structure comprises the steps of forming a gate oxide layer on a substrate, forming an N-type polysilicon layer on the gate oxide layer, performing a first implanting process to convert the N-type polysilicon layer into a P-type polysilicon layer, performing a second implanting process to implant P-type dopants into a portion of the P-type polysilicon layer near the interface between the gate oxide layer and the P-type polysilicon layer, and performing a thermal treating process at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined period to complete the P-type polysilicon gate structure. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291549 | METAL FILM DECARBONIZING METHOD, FILM FORMING METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - On a Si substrate | 2009-11-26 |
20090291550 | POLY GATE ETCH METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SONOS-BASED FLASH MEMORY - A method for forming flash memory devices is provided. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate, which comprises a silicon material and has a periphery region and a cell region. The method further includes forming an isolation structure between the cell region and the periphery region. Additionally, the method includes forming an ONO layer overlying the cell region and the periphery region. Furthermore, the method includes removing the ONO layer overlying the periphery region to expose silicon material in the periphery region. The method also includes forming a gate dielectric layer overlying the periphery region, while protecting the ONO layer in the cell region. In addition, the method includes forming a polysilicon layer overlying the cell region and the periphery region. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291551 | METHOD FOR FORMING VERTICAL CHANNEL TRANSISTOR OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for forming a vertical channel transistor in a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate, forming pillar patterns extending perpendicular from the upper surface of the substrate, forming a spin on carbon (SOC) layer in a gap region between the pillar patterns, forming photoresist patterns above a resultant structure where the SOC layer is filled to expose a region for an isolation trench, etching the SOC layer between the photoresist pattern barriers to expose the region for the isolation trench, and etching the exposed structure to a certain depth forming the isolation trench. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291552 | SUBSTRATE HAVING FILM PATTERN AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL TELEVISION, AND EL TELEVISION - The invention provides a manufacturing method of a substrate having a film pattern including an insulating film, a semiconductor film, a conductive film and the like by simple steps, and also a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device which is low in cost with high throughput and yield. According to the invention, after forming a first protective film which has low wettability on a substrate, a material which has high wettability is applied or discharged on an outer edge of a first mask pattern, thereby a film pattern and a substrate having the film pattern are formed. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291553 | Threshold Adjustment for High-K Gate Dielectric CMOS - A CMOS structure is disclosed in which a first type FET has an extremely thin oxide liner. This thin liner is capable of preventing oxygen from reaching the high-k dielectric gate insulator of the first type FET. A second type FET device of the CMOS structure has a thicker oxide liner. As a result, an oxygen exposure is capable to shift the threshold voltage of the second type of FET, without affecting the threshold value of the first type FET. The disclosure also teaches methods for producing the CMOS structure in which differing type of FET devices have differing thickness liners, and the threshold values of the differing type of FET devices is set independently from one another. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291554 | SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A semiconductor chip includes a silicon substrate, a first dielectric layer over said silicon substrate, a metallization structure over said first dielectric layer, wherein said metallization structure comprises a first metal layer and a second metal layer over said first metal layer, a second dielectric layer between said first and second metal layers, a passivation layer over said metallization structure and over said first and second dielectric layers, an opening in said passivation layer exposing a pad of said metallization structure, a polymer bump over said passivation layer, wherein said polymer bump has a thickness of between 5 and 25 micrometers, an adhesion/barrier layer on said pad exposed by said opening, over said passivation layer and on a top surface and a portion of sidewall(s) of said polymer bump, a seed layer on said adhesion/barrier layer; and a third metal layer on said seed layer. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291555 | Method and Apparatus for Using Flex Circuit Technology to Create a Reference Electrode Channel - A method of creating a sensor that may include applying a first conductive material on a first portion of a substrate to form a reference electrode and depositing a first mask over the substrate, the first mask having an opening that exposes the reference electrode and a second portion of the substrate. The method may also include depositing a second conductive material into the opening in the first mask, the second conductive material being in direct contact with the reference electrode and depositing a second mask over the second conductive material, the second mask having an opening over the second portion of the substrate, the opening exposing a portion of the second conductive material which forms a working surface to receive a fluid of interest. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291556 | METHOD OF SELECTIVELY DEPOSITING MATERIALS ON A SUBSTRATE USING A SUPERCRITICAL FLUID - A method for depositing one or more materials on a substrate, such as for example, a semiconductor substrate that includes providing the substrate; applying a polymer film to at least a portion of a surface of the substrate; and exposing the semiconductor substrate to a supercritical fluid containing at least one reactant for a time sufficient for the supercritical fluid to swell the polymer and for the at least one reactant to penetrate the polymer film. The reactant is reacted to cause the deposition of the material on at least a portion of the substrate. The substrate is removed from the supercritical fluid, and the polymer film is removed. The process permits the precise deposition of materials without the need for removal of excess material using chemical, physical, or a combination of chemical and physical removal techniques. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291557 | MICROREACTOR FOR SOLUTION DEPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE - A novel microreactor producing customized deposition products and a method for optimizing the deposition process. The microreactor has a unique design with high surface-to-volume ratio that produces high deposition yield with a minimal amount of waste. The invention may be particularly applicable to the field of optoelectronics and photovoltaics. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291558 | MULTI-CHAMBER SYSTEM HAVING COMPACT INSTALLATION SET-UP FOR AN ETCHING FACILITY FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING - A multi-chamber system of an etching facility for manufacturing semiconductor devices occupies a minimum amount of floor space in a clean room by installing a plurality of processing chambers in multi-layers and in parallel along a transfer path situated between the processing chambers. The multi-layers number 2 to 5, and the transfer path can be rectangular in shape and need only be slightly wider than the diameter of a wafer. The total width of the multi-chamber system is the sum of the width of one processing chamber plus the width of the transfer path. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291559 | STABLE, HIGH RATE SILICON SLURRY - The invention provides a chemical-mechanical polishing composition comprising wet-process silica, a stabilizer compound, a potassium salt, a secondary amine compound, and water. The invention further provides a method of polishing a substrate with the polishing composition. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291560 | FORMING METHOD OF ETCHING MASK, CONTROL PROGRAM AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - A feedforward control is performed so that a line width of a mask constituted by an Si | 2009-11-26 |
20090291561 | METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN - Disclosed is a method of forming a pattern. A first organic polymer layer is formed on a substrate on which an underlying layer, and then a second organic polymer layer, which has an opening partially exposing the first organic polymer layer, is formed on the first organic polymer layer. Next, a silicon-containing polymer layer is formed on the second organic polymer layer to cover the opening. The silicon-containing polymer layer is oxidized and simultaneously the second organic polymer layer and the first organic polymer layer are ashed by oxygen plasma to form a pattern having an anisotropy-shape. The underlying layer is etched using the silicon-containing polymer layer and the first organic polymer layer as an etching mask to form a pattern. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291562 | HELIUM DESCUMMING - A method for forming semiconductor devices is provided. A wafer with a patterned photoresist mask over the wafer, wherein the patterned photoresist mask has patterned photoresist mask features with scum at bottoms of the photoresist mask features is provided. The scum is removed from the bottoms of the photoresist mask features, comprising: providing a descumming gas consisting essentially of helium and forming the helium into a plasma, which removes the scum. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291563 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - The shower plate is arranged to seal an upper opening of a process container that is configured by a chamber, a spacer, and an upper plate. A plasma excitation gas is spurted into the chamber through the opening portions of the shower plate. Microwaves are supplied to a slot antenna arranged outside the shower plate, thereby generating plasma. Atmospheric air in a first gap between the inner wall of the spacer and the outer circumferential surface of the shower plate and a second gap between a radiation surface of the slot antenna and the dielectric cover plate is sucked by a gas suction unit through gas exhaust holes. The toxic gas is purified by a gas purification unit. Thus, the toxic gas is prevented from leaking out of the plasma processing apparatus even when the shower plate is broken. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291564 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PLASMA PROCESSING - At the time of plasma igniting or during plasma processing, only optimizing the distance between electrodes in each case caused a limitation to the prevention of charging damage. To resolve this, a novel plasma processing method employs a plasma processing apparatus which includes an upper electrode to which first high-frequency power is applied, a lower electrode to which second high-frequency power is applied, and a lift mechanism for controlling the spacing between the upper and lower electrodes. The first high-frequency power is applied to the upper electrode to cause plasma igniting. The method is adapted to make the spacing between the upper and lower electrodes larger at least at the time of plasma extinction than during plasma processing of a wafer on the lower electrode. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291565 | Method for stripping photoresist - Disclosed is a method for stripping a photoresist comprising: (I) providing a photoresist pattern on a substrate where the substrate has at least a copper (Cu) wiring and a low-dielectric layer thereon, and selectively etching the low-dielectric layer by using the photoresist pattern as a mask; (II) contacting the substrate after the step (I), with ozone water and/or aqueous hydrogen peroxide; and (III) contacting the substrate after the step (II), with a photoresist stripping solution that contains at least a quaternary ammonium hydroxide. The present invention provides a method for stripping a photoresist that enables to strip effectively photoresist films and etching residues after etching step even in a process not including an O | 2009-11-26 |
20090291566 | Substrate Processing Apparatus, Coolant Gas Supply Nozzle and Semiconductor Device Manufacturing Method - A substrate processing apparatus comprises a processing chamber for storing a boat supporting multiple substrates and for processing the multiple substrates, a heater unit installed around the processing chamber for heating the substrates, and a coolant gas supply nozzle including a pipe section extending perpendicular to a main surface of the substrate supported in the boat stored in the processing chamber, and a spray hole formed on the pipe section for spraying coolant gas to at least two of the multiple substrates, wherein the coolant gas supply nozzle is formed so that the cross sectional area of the pipe section in the area where the spray hole is formed is larger than the total opening area of the spray hole. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291567 | NITRIDE-BASED COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR, METHOD OF CLEANING A COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND SUBSTRATE - There is provided a cleaning method and production method that suppresses the adhesion of foreign matters including impurity, fine particles and the like on a surface of a compound semiconductor. A method of cleaning a nitride-based compound semiconductor in accordance with the present invention includes the steps of: preparing a nitride-based compound semiconductor (or a substrate preparation step); and cleaning. In the step of cleaning, a cleaning liquid having a pH of 7.1 or higher is used to clean the nitride-based compound semiconductor. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291568 | Semiconductor devices and method of forming the same - Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the semiconductor device are provided, the semiconductor devices including a first dielectric layer on a substrate, and a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer has a carbon concentration lower than the second dielectric layer. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291569 | LASER IRRADIATION METHOD AND LASER IRRADIATION APPARATUS - The present invention is to provide a laser irradiation technique for irradiating the irradiation surface with the laser beam having homogeneous intensity distribution using a cylindrical lens array without being affected by the intensity distribution of the original beam. A laser beam emitted from a laser oscillator is divided by two kinds of cylindrical lens arrays into a plurality of beams, which are two kinds of linear laser beams with their energy intensity distribution inverted each other, and the two kinds of linear laser beams are superposed in a minor-axis direction. This can form the linear laser beam having homogeneous intensity distribution on the irradiation surface. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291570 | Electrical Connector And Method Of Manufacturing Same - In one embodiment, an apparatus for providing electrical power comprises a housing, at least two electrical outlets, a rotation coupler at the housing and coupled to the at least two electrical outlets, and a prong adapter rotatable relative to the rotation coupler when secured thereto. The rotation coupler comprises a central contact, a first contact set, and a second contact set. The prong adapter comprises a first prong to couple with the first contact set, a second prong to couple with the second contact set, and a third prong to couple with the central contact. The first contact set comprises two or more first contact flanges to couple with the first prong at a rear of the prong adapter. The second contact set comprises two or more second contact flanges to couple with the second prong at the rear of the prong adapter. Other examples herein described. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291571 | DONGLES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING A DONGLE - A dongle for connecting a disk drive assembly to the backplane of a storage enclosure is disclosed. The dongle includes: a housing having a disk drive connector portion having a plurality of contact pins for connecting to a disk drive assembly and having a PCB holding portion having walls that define a recess; and, a PCB located within the recess, the PCB having a plurality of contact fingers on at least one surface at an edge of the PCB to form a backplane connector for connecting to the backplane. At least some of the disk drive connector contact pins are in electrical connection with at least some of the contact fingers of the backplane connector. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291572 | CONNECTOR SYSTEM WITH GUIDE - A connector guide mounted in front of a receptacle connector is provided. The guide may include a press arm that helps urge a mating connector into a desired alignment. The guide is separate from the receptacle connector and serves to align contact surfaces and provide strain relief to the receptacle connector. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291573 | PROBE CARD ASSEMBLY AND KIT, AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - A probe card assembly includes a probe card, a space transformer having resilient contact structures (probe elements) mounted directly to (i.e., without the need for additional connecting wires or the like) and extending from terminals on a surface thereof, and an interposer disposed between the space transformer and the probe card. The space transformer and interposer are “stacked up” so that the orientation of the space transformer, hence the orientation of the tips of the probe elements, can be adjusted without changing the orientation of the probe card. Suitable mechanisms for adjusting the orientation of the space transformer, and for determining what adjustments to make, are disclosed. The interposer has resilient contact structures extending from both the top and bottom surfaces thereof, and ensures that electrical connections are maintained between the space transformer and the probe card throughout the space transformer's range of adjustment, by virtue of the interposer's inherent compliance. Multiple die sites on a semiconductor wafer are readily probed using the disclosed techniques, and the probe elements can be arranged to optimize probing of an entire wafer. Composite interconnection elements having a relatively soft core overcoated by a relatively hard shell, as the resilient contact structures are described. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291574 | ELECTRICAL TERMINAL - An electrical terminal ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090291575 | Laser sealing of injector solenoids - A solenoid coil/connector assembly includes a coil assembly having coil wires wound around a bobbin, an overmold encapsulating the coil assembly, and a plurality of seals formed between the bobbin and the overmold using laser light, the seals hermetically sealing the coil wires. By using a laser welding process for plastic materials directed at an internal interface between the bobbin and overmold the coil wires become hermetically sealed and moisture is thus prevented from gaining access to coil wires during use of the solenoid coil/connector assembly. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291576 | CONNECTOR - In an embodiment, a connector having at least one locking element configured to be movable between a first position retracted inside an elongate member of the connected and a second position protruding from the circumferential surface of said elongate member is provided. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291577 | ELECTRICAL CARD CONNECTOR HAVING A BASE PORTION WITH A CAM PLATE INTEGRATED WITH A GUIDE RAIL - An electrical connector ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090291578 | Electronic module with easily operated latch mechanism - An electronic module ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090291579 | HIGH DENSITY CIRCULAR INTERCONNECT WITH BAYONET ACTION - A high density electrical interconnect is disclosed that uses a bayonet action to mate a plug having a plurality of contacts to receptacle having a plurality of spring contacts. The plurality of contacts may be a plurality of pin contacts, printed circuit board traces, or flexible film contacts. The spring contacts are preloaded to reduce the insertion force required to mate the plug and receptacle. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291580 | Seal member for coaxial cable connector and terminal - A seal member for a coaxial cable connector has a generally tubular seal body with a first and s first and second positions. The seal member also includes a retaining member to hold the seal member on a connector. The seal member has an internal surface that in one position is directed at least in part radially outward. The seal member may also have a first outer surface that touches the retaining member in one of the positions. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291581 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR MINIATURIZATION - An electrical connector assembly ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090291582 | BURN-IN SOCKET WITH HARD STOPPER - A burn-in includes a base, a number of contacts received in the base, and a cover pivotally mounted to the base and rotatably moving between an open position and a closed position. The base defines a receiving space and a plurality of recesses adjacent to and communicating with the receiving space. Two hard stoppers are mounted to the recesses of the base and support upwardly the cover. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291583 | Electrical connector having linear actuator - An electrical connector assembly is shown having a housing member with a mating assist which rotatably draws complementary connectors together. The mating assist is actuated by way of a linear actuator which rotates the mating assist member. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291584 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED LATCHING MACHANISM - An electrical connector ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090291585 | Flush/recessable junction device - A recessable junction device includes a body having at least one track, the at least one track having a plurality of locking regions, and at least one receptacle configured to connect with a power source or signal source, or both a power and a signal source, the at least one receptacle slidably mounted within the body by engagement with the at least one track. The junction device further includes a locking lever having a first unlocked and extended position to allow grasping of the locking lever to move the at least one receptacle relative to the body and a second locked position that prevents movement of the at least one receptacle relative to the body in each of the plurality of locking regions. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291586 | Connector Structure - A connector structure that can be less subject to the vibration of the equipment coupled to the connector is provided. In the inverter apparatus side connector structure, a packing, an insulation member, another packing and a terminal housing are fixed at the outer circumference of the inverter apparatus side terminal with its one end being formed as a male terminal structure having an approximately circular solid cylindrical shape, and the terminal housing is fixed at the inverter apparatus side housing with the dissipation member of vibration. The motor side connector structure is fixed at the motor side housing with the packing, etc. at the outer circumference of the motor side terminal with its one end being formed as a female terminal structure having an approximately circular hollow cylindrical shape. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291587 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE - The present invention has an object of providing a connection structure capable of easily connecting an LED component to a flat cable. An LED unit | 2009-11-26 |
20090291588 | SHIELD CONNECTOR - A shield connector for a shielded cable including a shielding conductor provided on an outer periphery of a core wire through an insulator, and a sheath covering an outer periphery of the shielding conductor, the shield connector includes an inner metal terminal which connects to the core wire of the shielded cable, a tubular resin sleeve which receives the inner metal terminal therein and has an opening portion, a tubular outer metal terminal which receives the resin sleeve therein, has an opening portion, and is adapted to be connected to the shielding conductor. A press-contacting blade is provided on the inner metal terminal, and is adapted to be brought into press-contacting connection with the core wire from an upper side through the opening of the outer metal terminal and the opening of the resin sleeve. A support wall is formed integrally with the resin sleeve, and is disposed adjacent to the press-contacting blade of the inner metal terminal in a state that the inner metal terminal is received in the resin sleeve. The support wall has a guide portion for guiding the core wire into a central slot of the press-contacting blade by contacting the core wire before the press-contacting blade contacts the core wire when the core wire is to be press-fitted into the central slot from the upper side. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291589 | END CONNECTOR FOR COAXIAL CABLE - A connector for attaching a cable to a terminal includes a connector body with a hex head fastener rotatably attached at one end of the body. A compressible gasket or clamp sleeve is positioned along the connector body for engaging and sealing about a portion of the jacket of the cable received within the connector. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291590 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes a connector housing forming a cavity extending from a rectangular opening and including a top wall and a bottom wall which face each other, a first engagement portion provided on the bottom wall, a second engagement portion which is elastically deformable provided on the top wall; and a terminal including a frame having a box shape which includes an upper outer surface and a lower outer surface which face each other, a first engaged portion provided on the lower outer surface, a second engaged portion provided on the upper outer surface, and a conductive contact provided in the frame. The first engagement portion and the second engagement portion are engaged with the first engaged portion and the second engaged portion respectively when the terminal is inserted into the connector housing. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291591 | Wave filter structure - A wave filter includes a shell, a wave filter circuit board in the shell, a cover secured over a holding room of the shell, and a grounding component interposed between the circuit board and the cover; the shell has several detainment gaps on an upper end of its surrounding wall; the circuit board has several grounding holes; the cover has several joining protrusions on its periphery, and is joined on the shell with the joining protrusions being tightly embedded in corresponding detainment gaps on the shell; the grounding component has several grounding terminals, which are embedded in corresponding grounding holes of the circuit board; the grounding component has several joining protrusions on a periphery, which are embedded in corresponding detainment gaps; thus, the circuit board will be directly grounded through the grounding component and the shell after assembly without applying solder between the circuit board and the shell. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291592 | CONNECTOR WITH INSERT FOR REDUCED CROSSTALK - A differential pair connector has a housing floor, an array of differential pairs passing through the housing floor, and a conductive grid integrated into the housing floor for reducing crosstalk between the differential pairs. The conductive grid can have various structures, such as conductive inserts, plated regions and/or a conductive housing floor surrounding non-conductive inserts protecting the differential pins. Although any suitable means can be used to fasten the conductive grid into the housing floor, the grid is preferably press fitted into the top of the housing floor. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291593 | HIGH FREQUENCY BROADSIDE-COUPLED ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An improved broadside coupled, open pin field connector. The connector incorporates lossy material to selectively dampen resonance within pairs of conductive members connected to ground when the connector is mounted to a printed circuit board. The material may also decrease crosstalk and mode conversion. The lossy material is selectively positioned to substantially dampen resonances along pairs that may be connected to ground without unacceptably attenuating signals carried by other pairs. The lossy material may be selectively positioned near mating contact portions of the conductive members. Multiple techniques are described for selectively positioning the lossy material, including molding, inserting lossy members into a housing or coating surfaces of the connector housing. The lossy material alternatively may be positioned between broad sides of conductive members of a pair. By using material of relatively low loss, loss when the conductive members are used to carry signals is relatively low, but an appreciable attenuation of resonances is provided on pairs connected to ground. As a result, an overall improvement of signal to noise ratio is achieved. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291594 | PHOTOVOLTAIC INVERTER - A photovoltaic inverter with an inverter housing includes at least a first chamber and a second chamber separated by a wall. The first chamber has a higher Ingress Protection (IP) rating than the second chamber. The first chamber accommodates at least one electronic component part of the photovoltaic inverter. A surface of the wall facing the second chamber provides a plurality of fuse housings. Each of the fuse housings accommodates a fuse and being coupled to a plug connector electrically connected to the fuse. The plug connectors provide electrical connections to the first chamber. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291595 | Interconnection module - This invention, called Interconnection Module, has its origins in the Ornamental Electrical Molding (U.S. Pat. No. 5,367,122). The Ornamental Electrical Molding results from combining the electrical functions of the architectural cables with the ornamental features of the architectural moldings. This combination makes the Ornamental Electrical Molding a necessary complement to both types of products. This complementarity requires that this system for electrical exposed installations adjusts its design to the various current architectural styles, a situation that demands a great variety of models. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291596 | STACKING CONNECTOR - A stacking connector is formed by a connector main body and a plug substrate, the connector main body has a substrate sandwiching member including a sandwiching gap into which the plug substrate fits, and a projection projecting into the sandwiching gap, the plug substrate has a concavity with which the projection engages in both top and bottom surfaces, and, after inserting the plug substrate into the sandwiching gap of the substrate sandwiching member, by sliding the plug substrate in a direction at right angles to the insertion direction, the concavity engages with the projection and the plug substrate is linked to the connector main body in an unremovable state. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291597 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO COUPLE AN EXTERNAL DEVICE TO, AND POWER THE EXTERNAL DEVICE FROM, AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM - A plug to couple an external device to, and power the external device from, an information handling system includes first contacts conforming to a first industry standard. The first contacts include a first power contact adapted to conduct a first power signal from the information handling system to the external device. The plug also includes second contacts conforming to a second industry standard different from the first industry standard. The second contacts are designed to conduct no more than one second power signal from the information handling system to the external device. In a particular embodiment, the first contacts conform to a USB standard, and the second contacts conform to a non-USB standard. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291598 | EARPHONE JACK ASSEMBLY AND A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE EARPHONE JACK ASSEMBLY - An earphone jack assembly ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090291599 | CONNECTOR - A connector has a retainer ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090291600 | FEMALE TERMINAL - A female terminal for receiving a male terminal is provided. The female terminal includes: a tubular box part having a receiving portion for receiving the male terminal therein; a spring piece which includes a fixed end provided inside the box part, and a free end pinching the male terminal between the spring piece and the box part by an elastic reaction force of the spring piece. The spring piece is made of a metal as a separate member from the box part. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291601 | CONTACT - A contact for connecting a wire to a terminal has a contact part engageable with the terminal and defining a main plane, and a wire part formed unitarily with the contact part and forming in an open position a seat offset from the plane and adapted to receive the wire and lying in a closed position coplanar with the contact part. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291602 | CONNECTION DEVICE TO WHICH ELECTRIC DEVICE IS CONNECTED AND HAVING DUST-PROOF FUNCTION - The convenience of operation is improved and the occurrence of connection failure between a connection-target terminal of an electric appliance and a connection terminal is reduced without requiring a complicated arrangement such as a fitting structure. A microphone charging device ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090291603 | Enhanced Thickness Fabric and Method of Making Same - The present invention provides thickened fabrics and reinforcements for use as a spacer or reinforcement for a matrix system. The fabric includes in a first embodiment a woven fabric comprising weft and warp yarns containing glass fibers. A portion of the weft yarns are undulated into a sinusoidal path forming a generally “C” shaped bridge between adjacent warp yarns which results in an increased thickness for the fabric. The fabric is coated with a polymeric resin or bonding agent, for substantially binding the weft yarns in the undulated condition. This invention also includes methods for making such fabric by increasing the thickness of a woven or non-woven material by such methods as applying tension to warp yarns having opposite twists during weaving operations, or using unbalanced yarns, for example. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291604 | HEATING FABRIC AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a heating fabric. The heating fabric according to the present invention comprises: a base layer composed of a synthetic, regenerated or natural fiber; a conductive layer formed on the base layer to be capable of being freely formed by a pre-designed electric pattern; a heating layer wholly or partially in contact with an upper surface, a lower surface, or the same surface thereof as a line or a surface; and an insulating layer formed on the conductive layer and the heating layer. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291605 | LAYERED BALLISTIC-RESISTANT MATERIAL - A ballistic-resistant material having a first exterior layer formed of a ballistic-resistant non-woven textile, a second exterior layer formed of a ballistic-resistant non-woven textile, and an interior layer of ballistic-resistant woven textile arranged between the first exterior layer and the second exterior layer. The woven textile is a tight weave. The woven layer a high occupation, high fabric density woven textile at or near the technical jamming point of fabric construction. Also disclosed are articles made from the ballistic-resistant material. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291606 | ILLUMINATING COMPLEX COMPRISING A LIGHT SOURCE HAVING A WEB OF OPTICAL FIBRES - An illuminating complex includes a light source having a textile web incorporating optical fibres in the warp and/or weft directions. The fibres are associated with binding yarns, and the optical fibres are capable of emitting light laterally. The textile web is attached to a rigid or semi-rigid backing, and a bonding intermediate allows the textile web to be at least partly attached in an irreversible manner to a rigid backing. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291607 | BIODEGRADABLE ALIPHATIC-AROMATIC COPOLYESTER FOR USE IN NONWOVEN WEBS - A method for forming a biodegradable aliphatic-aromatic copolyester suitable for use in fibers is provided. In one embodiment, for example, an aliphatic-aromatic copolyester is melt blended with an alcohol to initiate an alcoholysis reaction that results in a copolyester having one or more hydroxyalkyl or alkyl terminal groups. By selectively controlling the alcoholysis conditions (e.g., alcohol and copolymer concentrations, catalysts, temperature, etc.), a modified aliphatic-aromatic copolyester may be achieved that has a molecular weight lower than the starting aliphatic-aromatic polymer. Such lower molecular weight polymers also have the combination of a higher melt flow index and lower apparent viscosity, which is useful in a wide variety of fiber forming applications, such as in the meltblowing of nonwoven webs. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291608 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SHIELDING GASKET HAVING ELASTICITY AND ADHESIVENESS - Disclosed is a gasket having electric and adhesive properties as well as electromagnetic wave shielding functions and a method for manufacturing the same. The gasket includes an adhesive polymer sheet having electrical conductivity and being disposed in the longitudinal and transverse directions of an electroconductive substrate, so that the gasket has impact and vibration absorbing properties in addition to an adhesive property. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291609 | Method of manufacturing plasma display device and plasma display device made by this method - A method of manufacturing a plasma display device and a plasma display device made by this method are taught. In the plasma display device, the adhesion rate between a graphite layer and a plasma display panel is increased, therefore, the performance of the heat dissipation may be enhanced, the noises may be reduced, and the afterimages may be prevented, and the procedural steps of manufacture and the costs of making the graphite layer may be reduced. The method contemplates a first panel preparing step performed by preparing a first panel; a graphite layer forming step performed by coating a liquid graphite material on the first panel using a coating apparatus, and hardening the coated liquid graphite; and a chassis base adhering step performed by adhering a chassis base on the first panel with the chassis base facing to the graphite layer disposed on the plasma display panel. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291610 | SUBSTRATE TREATMENT APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE TREATMENT METHOD - This invention provides a substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method for improving the adhesion of a patterned region which is a relatively thin region of a metal mask to a substrate. According to one embodiment of this invention, in a method for fixing a metal mask ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090291611 | MANUFACTURING METHODS OF AIRTIGHT CONTAINER AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a manufacturing method of an airtight container, comprising: an electron beam irradiation process for irradiating an electron beam to a non-evaporable type getter that has not been activated so as not to activate the non-evaporable type getter; and a sealing process for sealing a seal portion after the electron beam irradiation process, and thereby forming the airtight container. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291612 | ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY AND FORMING METHOD THEREOF - An active matrix liquid crystal display having improved reliability. Pixel regions and a peripheral driver circuit are integrally packed on the display. TFTs forming the peripheral driver circuit are located inside a sealing material layer on the side of a liquid crystal material, thus protecting the peripheral driver circuit from external moisture and contaminants. This enhances the long-term reliability of the peripheral driver circuit. Pixel TFTs are arranged in pixel regions. The leads going from the TFTs forming the peripheral driver circuit to the pixel TFTs are shortened. This results in a reduction in the resistance. As a result, the display characteristics are improved. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291613 | Apparatus for transferring a liquid crystal display panel - A method for cutting a liquid crystal display panel includes transferring a pair of mother substrates on which a plurality of panel regions have been disposed to a scribing unit; forming first and second prearranged cut lines on front and rear surfaces of the mother substrates using a scribing unit; transferring the mother substrates with the first and second prearranged cut lines formed thereon to a breaking component; and moving a transfer unit which includes a body having a plurality of suction members and a steam generator installed at an edge of the body to an upper side of the mother substrates, and separating liquid crystal display panels formed at the panel regions from a dummy glass therearound while spraying steam onto the surface of the mother substrates through the steam generator of the transfer unit. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291614 | FRISBEE STRUCTURE - A frisbee structure, having a piercing hole on the central part, comprises a spinning structure, which further comprises an upper coupling member, a lower coupling member, a fastener and a revolving component. The upper coupling member is arranged on one end of a fastener, the other end of the fastener is hooked up with the revolving component and the lower hook portion on one end of the revolving component is hooked up with the lower coupling member. The assembly of the spinning structure and the frisbee is to enable the upper coupling member to be separated from one end of the fastener, enable that end of the fastener to be corresponding to the piercing hole on the frisbee, and then enable the upper coupling member to be buckled and positioned on the other side of the piercing hole of the Frisbee and formed in one piece with the frisbee. A floating ornament is positioned on one end of the spinning structure assembled on the frisbee, providing more amusements for a player when the frisbee is tossed to produce a rapid spinning action. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291615 | ARTIFICIAL EYE - An artificial eye includes a frame, an eyeball, a pupil and a magnetic member. The frame defines a substantially spherical-shaped cavity and an opening communicating with the cavity. The eyeball is substantially spherical shaped and rotatably received in the cavity. The pupil is positioned on the eyeball and exposed to the outside of the frame through the opening. The magnetic member is positioned on the eyeball. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291616 | Body quick release - The present invention provides a body quick release mechanism for R/C model cars and trucks. The quick release mechanism comprises of a stem, a retainer, a ball, a push-pin, a spring, and a spring retainer. It is at the heart of the present invention that the retainer and the car body are allowed to be removed and replaced quickly and easily by depressing a push-pin. The car body has a hole that is fitted around the stem diameter. The said car body is trapped between the retainer surface and the stem surface in the installation. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291617 | BRASSIERE PAD - A brassiere pad includes a generally cup-shaped body having a base perimeter, a neckline perimeter, and an underarm perimeter. The thickness of the cup-shaped body gradually tapers from the base perimeter to an apex of the cup-shaped body and then to the neckline perimeter. The base perimeter has a seam allowance of uniform thickness and has a generally rhombus-shaped cross section. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291618 | TIRE GRINDING METHOD AND GRINDING DEVICE - In a grinding device, first, an eddy-current-sensor detects a distance from the eddy-current-sensor to an outer peripheral surface of a belt layer while a tire to be retreaded held by a pair of half rims is caused to rotate. Thus, an eccentricity amount and an eccentricity direction of the tire to be retreaded with respect to a device axial center, corresponding to the phase of the tire to be retreaded, can be respectively determined, so position control signals corresponding to the phase, eccentricity amount and eccentricity direction of the tire to be retreaded can be generated. Next, on the basis of the position control signal, a carriage causes a rasp to be moved in a radial direction with respect to the tire to be retreaded along the radial direction whose center is a device axial center, and the rasp grinds a tread surface of the rotating tire to be retreaded. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291619 | GRINDSTONE CONTACT SENSING METHOD AND ITS DEVICE, AND HONING METHOD AND HONING MACHINE - A grindstone contact sensing technology capable of sensing the contact position of the honing grindstone with the inner circumference of the work at high precision. A servo motor for driving the spindle rotation, and a servo motor for driving the depth of cut are provided and used respectively as spindle rotation drive source for rotating and driving the rotary spindle having the honing tool and depth-of-cut drive source for moving the honing grindstone at a specified depth of cut, and the contact position of the honing grindstone with the inner circumference of the work is sensed from various electrical information (rotating speed, torque, current value, stagnant pulses, etc.) obtained from the operations of both the servo motors. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291620 | CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING AQUEOUS DISPERSION, CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING METHOD, AND CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING AQUEOUS DISPERSION PREPARATION KIT - A chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion includes: (A) an amino acid, (B) abrasive grains, (C) a surfactant, (D) an oxidizing agent, and (E) ammonia, the ratio (W | 2009-11-26 |
20090291621 | RECLAMATION METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER - Chamfer correction is performed to a chamfered portion at least on a front side of a silicon wafer after an incoming inspection. Thereby, a thickness of the chamfered portion on the front side of the wafer is restored, and thus the number of reclamation cycles of the silicon wafer can be increased. In addition, the chamfered portion is not deformed even after reclamation is repeated for a plurality of times. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291622 | ARRANGEMENT FOR GRINDING AND A METHOD THEREOF - T An improved grinding arrangement for grinding a required profile in a body is provided. The arrangement includes a body having at least one channel extending into the body and a grinding wheel adapted to grind the required profile in the side of the channel. In the setup the grinding wheel is arranged so that an axis of rotation of the grinding wheel forms an angle greater than 0° with a radial axis of the channel. A method of grinding a required profile in a body is also provided. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291623 | Polishing head and polishing apparatus - The present invention is a polishing head provided with an annular rigid ring, a rubber film bonded to the rigid ring with a uniform tension, a mid plate joined to the rigid ring and forming a space portion together with the rubber film and the rigid ring, and an annular template provided concentrically with the rigid ring in a peripheral portion on a lower face part of the rubber film and having an outer diameter larger than an inner diameter of the rigid ring, in which a pressure of the space portion can be changed by a pressure adjustment mechanism, a back face of a work is held on the lower face part of the rubber film, and a surface of the work is brought into sliding contact with the polishing pad attached onto a turn table for performing polishing, and an inner diameter of the template is smaller than an inner diameter of the rigid ring, and a ratio between an inner diameter difference between the rigid ring and the template and a difference between the inner diameter and an outer diameter of the template is 26% or more and 45% or less. Thereby, a polishing head and the like that can obtain constant flatness stably can be provided. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291624 | SUBSTRATE POLISHING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A substrate polishing apparatus includes a substrate holding mechanism having a head for holding a substrate to be polished, and a polishing mechanism including a polishing table with a polishing pad mounted thereon. The substrate held by the head is pressed against the polishing pad on the polishing table to polish the substrate by relative movement of the substrate and the polishing pad. The substrate polishing apparatus also includes a substrate transfer mechanism for delivering the substrate to be polished to the head and receiving the polished substrate. The substrate transfer mechanism includes a substrate to-be-polished receiver for receiving the substrate to be polished, and a polished substrate receiver for receiving the substrate which has been polished. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291625 | Air System - An air system for pressurizing and air conditioning a cockpit and cabin space of a plane comprises a compressor ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090291626 | MOTOR VEHICLE WITH AIR DUCT SECTIONS FOR THE AIR CONDITIONING OF THE VEHICLE INTERIOR SPACE - A motor vehicle has lower and upper air duct sections ( | 2009-11-26 |
20090291627 | Air Curtain Doorway With Integrated Doors - An air curtain doorway defining an opening between at least two zones, including an air curtain having an air supply duct and an air return duct joined by a connecting duct. A frame having spaced apart jambs connected at the top by a header is configured to fit substantially within the opening of the air curtain. At least two roll-up doors in communication with the frame are configured to selectively insulate the at least first and second zones. A method of controlling a plurality of roll-up doors of an air curtain doorway comprises the steps of monitoring the output of at least a first sensor and a second sensor to sense approach of the doorway, applying logic to the output of the sensors, and controlling at least one of the doors based upon the result of the applied logic. The method can also include closing the roll-up doors while the air curtain is blowing, or turning off the air curtain and closing the roll-up doors. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291628 | Container Comprising A Sealing Element - A pressure medium container for hydraulic motor vehicle braking systems, with at least one chamber which can be filled with a liquid medium via a filler neck, and with a cover which can be fastened to the filler neck and has means for equalizing the pressure between the chamber and the atmosphere, wherein a sealing element is provided to prevent the liquid medium from emerging from the chamber. The sealing element has a space exposed to the atmosphere and has one or more openings facing the chamber, the space being configured such that liquid medium penetrating the space undergoes an increase in surface area, while its volume remains constant, when displaced by means of a further gaseous medium, and, when a threshold surface tension is reached, the liquid medium is forced back into the chamber such that the gaseous medium can flow into the atmosphere via the sealing element. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291629 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING FLOW - A device for controlling flow, in which device at least part of surfaces coming into contact with flowing gaseous medium, such as air, are coated with a sol-gel coating. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291630 | GEOGRAPHIC TARGETING OF ALERTS - A system and method is described for broadcasting, e.g. commercial mobile alert messages (CMAM) or other messages including various text-based messages to a target area without substantially broadcasting to an area outside the target area. Further details and features are described herein. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291631 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CARRYING BROADCAST SERVICES OVER A MOBILE BROADCAST NETWORK - A method for carrying different types of broadcast services over a first mobile broadcast network that carries a first type of service content may include adapting a second type of service content, different from the first type of service content, for transport over the first mobile broadcast network, adapting service bootstrapping information, and mapping service layer addresses to data flow addresses of the first mobile broadcast network. On the receiver side, a broadcast flow address for service bootstrapping information may be discovered, the service bootstrapping information acquired from the discovered broadcast flow address, service layer addresses may be obtained from the bootstrapping information, and service components of the second type of service content acquired from the broadcast network. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291632 | ADAPTIVE ECHO CANCELLATION FOR AN ON-FREQUENCY RF REPEATER WITH DIGITAL SUB-BAND FILTERING - An adaptive echo cancellation system and method employing an algorithm suitable for a digital repeater with sub-band filtering is disclosed. Cross- and auto-correlation measurements used to estimate the residual coupling are computed from normalized cross and power spectrums which avoid the problems associated with narrow bandwidth signal components. The normalized cross- and power spectra are additionally masked in frequency to reduce the influence of interfering spectral components outside of the passband of the sub-band filter. Regularization of the iterative estimation process is applied to maintain stability and compensate for the bandwidth reduction associated with the sub-band filter and the spectral mask. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291633 | FREQUENCY RE-USE FOR SERVICE AND GATEWAY BEAMS - A method is presented for communicating data in a multibeam satellite system utilizing frequency re-use. The method comprises establishing uplink service beams and downlink service beams between a satellite and a plurality of subscriber terminals. A plurality of the uplink service beams are transmitted to the satellite by re-using at least one common uplink frequency channel, and a plurality of the downlink service beams are transmitted from the satellite by re-using at least one common downlink frequency channel. The method further comprises establishing at least one uplink service beam and at least one downlink service beam between the satellite and a gateway terminal. The at least one uplink service beam is transmitted to the satellite by further re-using the at least one common uplink frequency channel, and the at least one downlink service beam is transmitted from the satellite by further re-using the at least one common downlink frequency channel. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291634 | System and method for manage and control near field communication for a mobile multifunctional device when the device is uncharged or only partially charged - The invention refers to a mobile electronic multifunctional device providing at least an interface for at least one first functionality and an interface to a near field communication (NFC) functionality, said device comprising a component providing an interface to said first functionality, and an interface to an NFC-communication component providing said NFC-communication functionality, a battery interface, a battery control circuit, connected to said battery interface, wherein said battery control circuit is provided to control the operation of said mobile electronic multifunctional device in accordance with a battery charging condition of a battery connected to said battery interface, wherein said battery control circuit provides a number of operating conditions for said mobile electronic multifunctional device in accordance with the charging condition of a battery connected to said battery interface, said charging condition including two or more operating conditions from the selection of normal operation conditions, a software cut-off condition, a hardware cut-off condition, and a battery cut-off condition. Said device comprises a storage to store configurations of an NFC-communication component connected via said interface to a NFC-communication component for at least two of said operation conditions. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291635 | RADIO-FREQUENCY COMMUNICATION DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention relates to a radio-frequency communication device comprising an inductive antenna in order to communicate with a transponder. According to the invention, the antenna is capable of establishing weak coupling with a transmitter which produces a magnetic field which is substantially homogeneous on the scale of the antenna and is also capable of establishing strong inductive coupling with a transponder located in the vicinity of the device, with the device comprising a transponder interrogation circuit comprising means of sampling and processing the signal on the antenna terminals which are capable of producing a reference signal as a function of said signal; modulation means capable of modulating the reference signal; and application means capable of applying the modulated signal to the antenna terminals. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291636 | System and method for locating a device - Described are a system and a method for locating a device. The system includes a mobile device associated with a network via a wireless transceiver, the mobile device including an audio output component; and a network component receiving a query and generating a command signal to be transmitted to the mobile device in response to the query, the command signal indicating to the mobile device to activate the audio output component. A sound emitted from the audio output component is used to locate the mobile device when a location of the mobile device is unknown. | 2009-11-26 |
20090291637 | SECURE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION INITIALIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A wireless communication system for a vehicle is provided. The system comprises a portable wireless device comprising first and second manual interface devices and adapted to transmit a wireless network security protocol confirmation signal in response to manipulation of the first and second manual interface devices, and an onboard wireless communication device for the vehicle, adapted to accept a Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) session outcome in response to receiving the wireless network security protocol confirmation signal. | 2009-11-26 |