52nd week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 60 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160380168 | CHIP SUBSTRATE COMPRISING A GROOVE PORTION AND CHIP PACKAGE USING THE CHIP SUBSTRATE - Disclosed is a chip substrate. The chip substrate includes: conductive portions laminated in one direction to constitute the chip substrate; insulation portions alternately laminated with the conductive portions to electrically isolate the conductive portions; a cavity formed at a predetermined depth in a recessed shape in a region including the insulation portions on an upper surface of the chip substrate; and a groove portion disposed outside the cavity in a spaced-apart relationship with the cavity and formed at a predetermined depth in a recessed shape. According to the present invention, an adhesive agent is applied in a groove portion formed in advance. It is therefore possible to prevent the adhesive agent from being exposed to the light emitted from optical elements and to prevent the adhesive agent from being denatured. This makes it possible to enhance the reliability of lens bonding. Furthermore, there is no need to use an expensive resistant adhesive agent. An existing typical adhesive agent may be used as it is. This provides an effect of saving costs. Thus, there is an advantage in that a low-priced existing bonding material may be applied to a high-priced UV-C (deep-UV) package. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380169 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE PACKAGE INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical device may include a first surface having a shape of a quadrangle; and a second surface disposed to be opposite to the first surface and comprising a convex curved surface. The optical device has an aspherical shape in a cross-section taken along a diagonal direction of the quadrangle and has a semicircular shape in a cross-section taken along a direction connecting a central portion of a first side of the quadrangle and a central portion of a second side opposite to the first side of the quadrangle. In a cross-sectional view of the optical device, the second surface is continuously varied between the semicircular shape of the cross-section and the aspherical shape of the cross-section. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380170 | WHITE LED, BACKLIGHT MODULE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A white LED, which includes a substrate, at least one monochromatic LED chip disposed on the substrate, a reflector cup disposed on the substrate and surrounding the monochromatic LED chip, an encapsulating colloid filled in the reflector cup to seal the monochromatic LED chip, and a first quantum dot structure and a second quantum dot structure sealed in the encapsulating colloid, and light generated by the monochromatic LED chip, light generated by exciting the first quantum dot structure and light generated by exciting the second quantum dot structure are mixed to form a white light. A backlight module having the white LED and a liquid crystal display device having the backlight module is also disclosed. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380171 | LED PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND CHIP CARRIER - An LED package structure includes a chip carrier and an LED chip. The chip carrier includes a ceramic substrate, a circuit layer, a ceramic reflective plate disposed on the ceramic substrate, and a metal slug. The ceramic substrate has a first thru-hole. A main portion of the metal slug is embedded in the first thru-hole, and partially protrudes from the first thru-hole with a height of 10˜30 μm to define as a protrusion block. An extending portion of the metal slug is connected to the outer edge of protrusion block, and the top surfaces of extending portion and protrusion block are coplanar to define a mounting surface. The ceramic reflective plate has a second thru-hole, and the mounting surface is exposed from the ceramic reflective plate via the second thru-hole. The LED chip is fixed on the mounting surface and is electrically connected to the circuit layer. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380172 | COMPONENT ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT ARRANGEMENT - Various embodiments may relate to a component arrangement with at least two electrical components arranged next to one another in a product configuration. Each of the electrical components have at least two electrical terminal contacts and the components arranged next to one another are mechanically connected to one another by an adhesive arranged between the components, and the component arrangement is designed for the individual components of the component arrangement to be applied together to a circuit carrier. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380173 | LED Sub-Mount and Method for Manufacturing Light Emitting Device Using the Sub-Mount - A light emitting device manufacturing method includes the following steps. A sub-mount, which has a plurality of electrical-conductive layers, is provided, and a surface between every adjacent two of the electrical-conductive layers has an adhesive-filling groove. An LED chip, which has a bottom substrate, is mounted on the sub-mount by a flip-chip way, and two electrodes of the LED chip are in contact with adjacent two of the electrical-conductive layers. Glue is filled along the adhesive-filling groove to be guided into a gap between the LED chip and the sub-mount. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380174 | THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES AND POWER SYSTEMS - A thermoelectric device may include first and second insulating substrates. An array of electrically conductive first metallizations may be positioned on one side of the first substrate, and an array of electrically conductive second metallizations may be positioned on a mating side of the second substrate. A plurality of thermoelectric elements may be positioned between the first and second substrates and interconnected together through the first and second metallizations in one of a square shaped network pattern or a delta shaped network pattern. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380175 | FORMATION OF A DENSIFIED OBJECT FROM POWDERED PRECURSOR MATERIALS - A method for forming a densified solid object corresponding to a thermoelectric element from a mixture of uncompressed, powdered constituent materials. A powdered precursor material may be selected to cause a shrinkage of at least twenty percent in at least two mutually orthogonal linear dimensions of a densified solid object compared to corresponding dimensions of a mold cavity. In some embodiments, a precursor material is selected to produce a thermoelectric material having electrical and mechanical properties suitable for a thermoelectric module. In some embodiments, at least two thermoelectric elements are electrically connected to conductive plates to form a thermoelectric module. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380176 | ACOUSTIC WAVE ELEMENT, DUPLEXER AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An elastic wave element has a piezoelectric substrate; an excitation electrode which is located on an upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate and generates an acoustic wave, and two reflectors which are located on the upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate and sandwich the excitation electrode in the propagation direction of the acoustic wave. The excitation electrode has a main region located between the two end parts of the propagation direction and outer regions located on two sides of the main region. When the number of the electrode fingers of the outer region is “m”, an electrode finger interval of the main region is “a”, and an interval between the electrode finger of the main region on the outer region side and the reflector electrode finger of the reflector is “x”, 0.5×a×(m+1)2016-12-29 | |
20160380177 | PIEZOELECTRIC/ELECTROSTRICTIVE ACTUATOR - A piezoelectric/electrostrictive (“PE”) actuator includes a PE element including a laminated object having a PE layer and a pair of electrodes arranged respectively on both sides of the PE layer, and having an operating part corresponding to the portion in which the PE layer is sandwiched between the pair of electrodes and a non-operating part corresponding to the portion in which the PE layer is not sandwiched between the pair of electrodes, and a moisture-proof film covering at least the vicinity of a boundary between the operating part and the non-operating part, consisting of a liquid with a saturated moisture content at 25 degree Celsius of 300 ppm or less and a withstand voltage at the saturated moisture content of not less than 6 kV/mm. The liquid contains hydrocarbon system organic compound having a main backbone of carbon-carbon bond and consisting only of carbon and hydrogen. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380178 | VIBRATION ACTUATOR - To provide a vibration actuator capable of both rotation and linear drive and providing a stable driving force. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380179 | PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITION, METHODS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to piezoelectric compositions of Formula I comprising Lead Zirconate—Lead Titanate solid solution. The disclosure further relates to a method of obtaining said composition, method of preparing/fabricating piezoelectric component(s) and piezoelectric component(s)/article(s) obtained thereof. The piezoelectric composition and articles of the present disclosure show excellent electromechanical characteristics along with very large insulation resistance (IR). | 2016-12-29 |
20160380180 | POLYMERIC PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is a process for producing a polymeric piezoelectric material including a first step of heating a sheet in an amorphous state containing the helical chiral polymer to obtain a pre-crystallized sheet, and a second step of stretching the pre-crystallized sheet in biaxial directions, wherein the polymeric piezoelectric material includes a helical chiral polymer having a weight-average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000 and having optical activity, wherein a crystallinity of the material measured by a DSC method is from 20% to 80%, and a product of a standardized molecular orientation MORc measured by a microwave transmission type molecular orientation meter based on a reference thickness of 50 μm and the crystallinity is from 25 to 250. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380181 | Semiconductor Package with Integrated Magnetic Field Sensor - A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor die attached to a substrate and a magnetic field sensor included as part of the same semiconductor package as the semiconductor die and positioned in close proximity to a current pathway of the semiconductor die so that the magnetic field sensor can sense a magnetic field produced by current flowing in the current pathway. The magnetic field sensor includes a first magnetic field sensing component galvanically isolated from the current pathway and positioned so that a magnetic field produced by current flowing in the current pathway impinges on the first magnetic field sensing component in a first direction. The magnetic field sensor also includes a second magnetic field sensing component galvanically isolated from the current pathway and positioned so that the magnetic field impinges on the second magnetic field sensing component in a second direction different than the first direction. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380182 | MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT - According to one embodiment, there is provided a magnetoresistive element, including a first magnetic layer, a nonmagnetic layer on the first magnetic layer, and a second magnetic layer on the nonmagnetic layer, wherein one of the first and second magnetic layers include one of Co and Fe, and a material having a higher standard electrode potential than Co and Fe. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380183 | TECHNIQUES FOR MRAM MTJ TOP ELECTRODE CONNECTION - Some embodiments relate to an integrated circuit including a magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) cell. The integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate and an interconnect structure disposed over the semiconductor substrate. The interconnect structure includes a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of metal layers that are stacked over one another in alternating fashion. The plurality of metal layers include a lower metal layer and an upper metal layer disposed over the lower metal layer. A bottom electrode is disposed over and in electrical contact with the lower metal layer. A magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) is disposed over an upper surface of bottom electrode. A top electrode is disposed over an upper surface of the MTJ and is in direct electrical contact with a lower surface of the upper metal layer. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380184 | MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT AND MAGNETIC MEMORY - A magnetoresistive element according to an embodiment includes: a first magnetic layer; a second magnetic layer; a first nonmagnetic layer disposed between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer; a third magnetic layer disposed between the first magnetic layer and the first nonmagnetic layer; and a layer having an amorphous structure, the layer containing two or more elements that are contained in the first magnetic layer, the layer being disposed between the first magnetic layer and the third magnetic layer. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380185 | MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT AND MAGNETIC MEMORY - A magnetoresistive element according to an embodiment includes: a first magnetic layer; a second magnetic layer; a first nonmagnetic layer disposed between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer; and a third magnetic layer disposed between the first magnetic layer and the first nonmagnetic layer, the first magnetic layer containing Mn and at least one of Ge, Ga, or Al, and the third magnetic layer containing Mn | 2016-12-29 |
20160380186 | MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT AND MAGNETIC MEMORY - A magnetoresistive element according to an embodiment includes a stack structure, the stack structure including: a first magnetic layer containing Mn and at least one element of Ga, Ge, or Al; a second magnetic layer; a first nonmagnetic layer disposed between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer; a third magnetic layer disposed between the first magnetic layer and the first nonmagnetic layer; and a second nonmagnetic layer disposed between the first magnetic layer and the third magnetic layer, the second nonmagnetic layer containing at least one element of Mg, Ba, Ca, C, Sr, Sc, Y, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ce, Ho, Yb, Er, or B. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380187 | MAGNETORESISTANCE EFFECT ELEMENT - A magnetoresistance effect element of the present invention includes: a barrier layer; a reference layer formed on one surface of the barrier layer; a free layer formed on the other surface of the barrier layer; and a pinned layer placed on the opposite side of the reference layer from the barrier layer. The pinned layer includes a structure obtained by stacking Ni, Co, Pt, Co, Ru, Co, Pt, Co, and Ni layers in this order. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380188 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY FREE LAYERS WITH IRON INSERTION AND OXIDE INTERFACES FOR SPIN TRANSFER TORQUE MAGNETIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY - A method of making a spin-torque transfer magnetic random access memory device (STT MRAM) device includes forming a tunnel barrier layer on a reference layer; forming a free layer on the tunnel barrier layer, the free layer comprising a cobalt iron boron (CoFeB) alloy layer and an iron (Fe) layer; and performing a sputtering process to form a metal oxide layer on the Fe layer. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380189 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MAGNETORESISTIVE EFFECT ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS OF MAGNETORESISTIVE EFFECT ELEMENT - According to one embodiment, a manufacturing method of a magnetoresistive effect element includes forming a laminated structure on a substrate, the laminated structure including a first magnetic layer having a variable magnetization direction, a second magnetic layer having an invariable magnetization direction, and a non-magnetic layer between the first and second magnetic layers, forming a first mask layer having a predetermined plane shape on the laminated structure, and processing the laminated structure based on the first mask layer by using an ion beam whose solid angle in a center of the substrate is 10° or more. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380190 | PHASE-CHANGE MEMORY CELL HAVING A COMPACT STRUCTURE - A memory cell includes a selection transistor having a control gate and a first conduction terminal connected to a variable-resistance element. The memory cell is formed in a wafer comprising a semiconductor substrate covered with a first insulating layer, the insulating layer being covered with an active layer made of a semiconductor. The gate is formed on the active layer and has a lateral flank covered with a second insulating layer. The variable-resistance element includes a first layer covering a lateral flank of the active layer in a trench formed through the active layer along the lateral flank of the gate and reaching the first insulating layer, and a second layer made of a variable-resistance material. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380191 | Techniques for Filament Localization, Edge Effect Reduction, and Forming/Switching Voltage Reduction in RRAM Devices - The present disclosure provides a system and method for forming a resistive random access memory (RRAM) device. A RRAM device consistent with the present disclosure includes a substrate and a first electrode disposed thereon. The RRAM device includes a second electrode disposed over the first electrode and a RRAM dielectric layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The RRAM dielectric layer has a recess at a top center portion at the interface between the second electrode and the RRAM dielectric layer. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380192 | Sidewall-Type Memory Cell - A sidewall-type memory cell (e.g., a CBRAM, ReRAM, or PCM cell) may include a bottom electrode, a top electrode layer defining a sidewall, and an electrolyte layer arranged between the bottom and top electrode layers, such that a conductive path is defined between the bottom electrode and a the top electrode sidewall via the electrolyte layer, wherein the bottom electrode layer extends generally horizontally with respect to a horizontal substrate, and the top electrode sidewall extends non-horizontally with respect to the horizontal substrate, such that when a positive bias-voltage is applied to the cell, a conductive path grows in a non-vertical direction (e.g., a generally horizontal direction or other non-vertical direction) between the bottom electrode and the top electrode sidewall. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380193 | TOP ELECTRODE FOR DEVICE STRUCTURES IN INTERCONNECT - Some embodiments relate to an integrated circuit device. The integrated circuit device includes a resistive random access memory (RRAM) cell, which includes a top electrode and a bottom electrode that are separated by a RRAM dielectric layer. The top electrode of the RRAM cell has a recess in its upper surface. A via is disposed over the RRAM cell and contacts the top electrode within the recess. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380194 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE FOR LOW-POWER NONVOLATILE FILAMENTARY SWITCH - Heat-trapping bulk layers or thermal-boundary film stacks are formed between a heat-assisted active layer and an associated electrode to confine such transient heat to the active layer in a heat-assisted device (e.g., certain types of resistance-switching and selector elements used in non-volatile memory. Preferably, the heat-trapping layers or thermal-boundary stacks are electrically conductive while being thermally insulating or reflective. Heat-trapping layers use bulk absorption and re-radiation to trap heat. Materials may include, without limitation, chalcogenides with Group 6 elements. Thermal-boundary stacks use reflection from interfaces to trap heat and may include film layers as thin as 1-5 monolayers. Effectiveness of a thermal-boundary stack depends on the thermal impedance mismatch between layers of the stack, rendering thermally insulating bulk materials optional for thermal-boundary stack components. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380195 | Method of forming controllably conductive oxide - In fabricating a memory device, a first electrode is provided. An oxide layer is provided on the first electrode. A second electrode is provided on the oxide layer. In a further method of fabricating a memory device, a first electrode is provided. An oxide layer is provided on the first electrode, the oxide layer comprising an oxygen deficiency and/or defects therein. A second electrode is then provided on the oxide layer. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380196 | BROADBAND PHOTORESISTOR - A photoresistor comprising: a semiconductor substrate selected from Gallium-Nitride, Gallium-Arsenic, Gallium Phosphide, and Aluminum Gallium Nitride, or any combination thereof; a layer of organic molecules that is disposed on at least a portion of the surface of the semiconductor substrate; and two conductors in contact with the layer of organic molecules. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380197 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - An organic electroluminescent device having improved emission efficiency includes an anode, an emission layer, an anode-side hole transport layer between the anode and the emission layer and mainly including an electron accepting material, a middle hole transport material layer between the anode-side hole transport layer and the emission layer and including a middle hole transport material, and an emission layer-side hole transport layer between the middle hole transport material layer and the emission layer, adjacent to the emission layer and including an emission layer-side hole transport material represented by the following Formula 1. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380198 | AROMATIC AMINE DERIVATIVE, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT COMPRISING THE SAME - An aromatic amine derivative represented by the following formula (1)
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20160380199 | ORGANIC-ELECTROLUMINESCENT-ELEMENT MATERIAL AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENTS USING SAME - Disclosed are an organic electroluminescent device that is improved in luminous efficiency, sufficiently secures driving stability, and has a simple construction, and a material for an organic electroluminescent device to be used in the device. The material is a material for an organic electroluminescent device formed of a carborane compound having an indolocarbazole skeleton and one or two or more carborane groups each bonded thereto directly or through a divalent group. In addition, the device is an organic electroluminescent device having organic layers including a light-emitting layer between an anode and a cathode laminated on a substrate, in which at least one layer of the organic layers contains the material for an organic electroluminescent device. In addition, the device is an organic electroluminescent device containing, as a host material for a light-emitting layer containing a phosphorescent light-emitting dopant and the host material, the material for an organic electroluminescent device. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380200 | ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed are an organic thin film transistor and a method for preparing the same, an array substrate and a display device. An organic semiconductor layer of the organic thin film transistor is formed on an anisotropic insulating layer, this guarantees that the organic semiconductor layer has a crystallization direction with a high degree of order and the organic semiconductor layer has a specific alignment, thus carrier mobility can be improved, so that the performance of the organic thin film transistor can be upgraded. Moreover, the process of preparing the insulating layer has advantages of simple process, large area and low cost, etc., and the thickness of the anisotropic insulating layer manufactured is small; since there exists no mechanical friction, there exists no badness caused by particles generated by friction. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380201 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, ARRAY SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A thin film transistor and manufacturing method thereof, an array substrate, a display panel and a display device are provided. The method includes a step of forming an organic semiconductor layer on a hydrophilic structural layer. The step includes forming a lipophilic material layer on an upper surface of the hydrophilic structural layer; patterning the lipophilic material layer to remove the lipophilic material located at regions other than a region for forming the organic semiconductor layer thereon and remain the lipophilic material located at the region for forming the organic semiconductor layer thereon to form a lipophilic layer; and forming the organic semiconductor layer on the lipophilic layer through a wet process by using the lipophilic organic material. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380202 | Mask Plate, Method for Packaging OLED Device and OLED Device - A mask plate, a method for packaging an OLED device and an OLED device are disclosed, the mask plate includes at least one opening for forming a pattern of a package layer; the side of the mask plate close to the OLED device to be packaged has an etching layer which is used to etch the material of a package layer. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380203 | DIBENZOSUBERANE-BASED ELECTRON-TRANSPORT MATERIALS - Novel dibenzosuberane-based compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and electronic devices containing such compounds as electron transport materials are described herein. Methods for making the dibenzosuberane-based compounds of the present invention are also described. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380204 | HOLE TRANSPORT LAYER COMPOSITION FOR SOLAR CELL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF AND SOLAR CELL COMPRISING THE SAME - A hole transport layer composition is for a solar cell, a preparation method is thereof, and there is a solar cell comprising the same. More precisely, a hole transport layer composition for solar cell comprises the compound represented by formula 1. The hole transport layer composition can be used as a material for hole transport layer for solar cell which displays the improved power conversion efficiency than the conventional material. In addition, the hole transport layer composition demonstrates a high hole mobility, a proper energy level, a thermo-stability, and an excellent solubility, so that it can provide a similar or higher power conversion efficiency than the conventional spiro-OMeTAD. A solar cell comprising the hole transport layer composition displays a higher power conversion efficiency because the hole transport layer composition for solar cell includes a low-molecular material having a high charge carrier mobility instead of including a high-molecular material. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380205 | LIGHT-EMITTING MATERIAL, ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND COMPOUND - A compound represented by the general formula (1) is useful as a light-emitting material. In the general formula (1), from 0 to 1 of R | 2016-12-29 |
20160380206 | COMPOUND FOR ORGANIC ELECTRONIC ELEMENT, ORGANIC ELECTRONIC ELEMENT USING THE SAME, AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A compound represented by Formula 1 is disclosed. An organic electric element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic material layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic material layer includes the compound represented by Formula 1. When the organic electric element includes the compound in the organic material layer, luminescence efficiency, stability, and life span can be improved. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380207 | TRIPHENYLENE-BASED FUSED BISCARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE AND USE THEREOF - The present invention discloses an triphenylene-based fused biscarbazole derivative is represented by the following formula(1) or formula(2), the organic EL device employing the derivative as light emitting host of emitting layer can display good performance like as lower driving voltage and power consumption, increasing efficiency and half-life time. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380208 | HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE USING SAME - Disclosed are a heterocyclic compound and an organic light emitting device including the same. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380209 | CONDENSED CYCLIC COMPOUND AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1: | 2016-12-29 |
20160380210 | CONDENSED CYCLIC COMPOUND AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1: | 2016-12-29 |
20160380211 | Carbazole Derivative, Light-Emitting Element Material and Organic Semiconductor Material - An object is to provide a novel carbazole derivative that has an excellent carrier-transport property and can be suitably used for a transport layer or as a host material of a light-emitting element. Another object is to provide an organic semiconductor material and a light-emitting element material each using the carbazole derivative. As the carbazole derivative that can achieve the above objects, a carbazole derivative in which a carbazolyl group whose either 2- or 3-position of carbazole is substituted by the 4-position of a dibenzothiophene skeleton or a dibenzofuran skeleton is bonded to aromatic hydrocarbon that has 14 to 70 carbon atoms and includes a condensed tricyclic ring, a condensed tetracyclic ring, a condensed pentacyclic ring, a condensed hexacyclic ring, or a condensed heptacyclic ring has been able to be synthesized. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380212 | HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND, LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND LIGHTING DEVICE - A novel heterocyclic compound is provided. In particular, a novel heterocyclic compound which can improve the element characteristics of the light-emitting element is provided. The heterocyclic compound is represented by a general formula (G1) | 2016-12-29 |
20160380213 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an organic electroluminescent device and a preparation method thereof. The organic electroluminescent device comprises an anode, a hole transport layer, an organic light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a cathode. An organic metal complex and an active metal compound are doped in the electron transport layer, wherein the active metal compound is an alkali metal complex, an alkali earth metal complex or a lanthanide metal compound. The preparation method thereof includes the following steps: etching an anode pattern, and evaporating a hole transport layer and an organic light-emitting layer on an ITO glass substrate in order; and co-evaporate an electron transport material, an organic metal complex and an active metal compound to form an electron transport layer; and evaporating a cathode on the electron transport layer. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380214 | ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: | 2016-12-29 |
20160380215 | METAL COMPLEX, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A metal complex having a structural formula as follows, wherein, the metal atom M is selected from the group consisting of iridium (Ir), platinum (Pt), osmium (Os), rhenium (Re), ruthenium (Ru) and copper (Cu); R | 2016-12-29 |
20160380216 | Organic Electroluminescent Materials and Devices - This invention discloses heteroleptic iridium complexes containing two tridentate ligands with three five- and one six-cyclometalated rings, showing desired device performance properties. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380217 | SELF-ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE TRANSISTOR INCLUDING SOURCE/DRAIN EXTENSIONS AND TOP GATE - A carbon nanotube semiconductor device includes at least one carbon nanotube disposed on an insulator portion of a substrate. The at least one carbon nanotube includes a non-doped channel portion interposed between a first doped source/drain portion and a second doped source/drain portion. A first source/drain contact stack is disposed on the first doped source/drain portion and an opposing second source/drain contact stack is disposed on the second doped source/drain portion. A replacement metal gate stack is interposed between the first and second source/drain contact stacks, and on the at least one carbon nanotube. The first and second doped source/drain portions are each vertically aligned with an inner edge of the first and second contact stacks, respectively. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380218 | SELF-ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE TRANSISTOR INCLUDING SOURCE/DRAIN EXTENSIONS AND TOP GATE - A carbon nanotube semiconductor device includes at least one carbon nanotube disposed on an insulator portion of a substrate. The at least one carbon nanotube includes a non-doped channel portion interposed between a first doped source/drain portion and a second doped source/drain portion. A first source/drain contact stack is disposed on the first doped source/drain portion and an opposing second source/drain contact stack is disposed on the second doped source/drain portion. A replacement metal gate stack is interposed between the first and second source/drain contact stacks, and on the at least one carbon nanotube. The first and second doped source/drain portions are each vertically aligned with an inner edge of the first and second contact stacks, respectively. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380219 | ORGANIC MONOLAYER PASSIVATION AND SILICON HETEROJUNCTION PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES USING THE SAME - A method for inorganic surface passivation in a photovoltaic device includes etching a native oxide over an inorganic substrate, the inorganic substrate having a surface; and forming an organic monolayer on the surface of the inorganic substrate to form a heterojunction, the organic monolayer having the following formula: ˜X—Y, wherein X is an oxygen or a sulfur; Y is an alkyl chain, an alkenyl chain, or an alkynyl chain; and X covalently bonds to the surface of the inorganic substrate by a covalent bond. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380220 | ORGANIC MONOLAYER PASSIVATION AND SILICON HETEROJUNCTION PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES USING THE SAME - A method for inorganic surface passivation in a photovoltaic device includes etching a native oxide over an inorganic substrate, the inorganic substrate having a surface; and forming an organic monolayer on the surface of the inorganic substrate to form a heterojunction, the organic monolayer having the following formula: ˜X-Y, wherein X is an oxygen or a sulfur; Y is an alkyl chain, an alkenyl chain, or an alkynyl chain; and X covalently bonds to the surface of the inorganic substrate by a covalent bond. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380221 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, WIRING BOARD FOR PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION STRUCTURE - According to one embodiment, a photoelectric conversion element includes a first interconnect, a second interconnect, a photoelectric conversion layer and an insulating layer. The second interconnect is separated from the first interconnect. The photoelectric conversion layer is provided between the first interconnect and the second interconnect. The insulating layer is arranged with the first interconnect. A face formed by the first interconnect and the insulating layer is substantially flat. The face contacts the photoelectric conversion layer. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380222 | ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic electronic device includes an organic device including an organic material, a first protective film on the organic device, a second protective film on the first protective film and including a same material as the first protective film, and a third protective film on the second protective film. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380223 | Light-Emitting Element, Light-Emitting Device, Electronic Device, and Lighting Device - To increase emission efficiency of a fluorescent light-emitting element by efficiently utilizing a triplet exciton generated in a light-emitting layer. The light-emitting layer of the light-emitting element includes at least a host material and a guest material. The triplet exciton generated from the host material in the light-emitting layer is changed to a singlet exciton by triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA). The guest material (fluorescent dopant) is made to emit light by energy transfer from the singlet exciton. Thus, the emission efficiency of the light-emitting element is improved. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380224 | LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A light-emitting display device includes a pixel defining layer with an opening that exposes a first electrode, a hole injection layer on the first electrode, a lyophilic pattern on the hole injection layer in the opening, a hole transport layer on the lyophilic pattern, a light-emitting layer on the hole transport layer, and a second electrode on the light-emitting layer. The lyophilic pattern includes a first part adjacent to a first sidewall of the opening and a second part adjacent to a second sidewall of the opening. A distance from a top surface of the hole injection layer to an edge of a top surface of the second part corresponds to a first height. A distance from the top surface of the hole injection layer to a top surface of the first part corresponds to a second height. The first height is lower than the second height. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380225 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COUPLING MULTIPLE GROUND PLANES - Generally, this disclosure provides systems, devices and methods for improved electrical coupling of multiple ground planes of a device. The device may include a plurality of ground planes and an electrically conductive ground clip. The ground clip may include a base portion configured to secure the ground clip to the device and a plurality of spring fingers. Each of the spring fingers may be configured to contact and electrically couple to one of the plurality of ground planes, wherein the ground clip is to provide a conduction path between each of the spring fingers. One of the spring fingers may pass through an opening or cut-through in a first ground plane to contact a second ground plane. The device may be a mobile communication or computing platform. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380226 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - Provided is an organic EL element comprising: a gas barrier layer disposed on a substrate; a light-emitting part; an inorganic sealing layer; lead-out wiring that extends outside of the inorganic sealing layer; and a sealing substrate that is bonded via a resin adhesive layer, wherein the organic EL element is configured such that above at least the lead-out wiring, the sealing substrate is folded to the substrate side and makes contact with the inorganic sealing layer, and improvement of connection reliability with external equipment is possible. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380227 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - This organic electroluminescent element is provided with: a transparent electrode that is mainly composed of silver (Ag); a reflective electrode that is formed of a metal; and at least one light emitting layer that is provided between the transparent electrode and the reflective electrode. This organic electroluminescent element is configured such that the difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of element reflectance of light having a wavelength of 450-750 nm is 30% or less. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380228 | METHOD FOR PACKAGING AN ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE AND A DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present invention discloses a method for packaging an organic light emitting diode: allocating a position for attaching a glass cloth tape on the packaging substrate; attaching the glass cloth tape on the position; bonding an organic light emitting diode substrate to the packaging substrate; melting the glass cloth tape, so that the organic light emitting diode substrate welds together with the packaging substrate. The present invention can avoid the presence of a welding gap, so that external gas cannot enter into an internal part of the packaging body, thereby increasing the service life of the OLED device. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380229 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a substrate including a peripheral region folded back to face a rear surface of the substrate, and a counter region facing the peripheral region; and a filling member held between the peripheral region and the counter region. The substrate is folded such that the display device includes a first overlapping portion where a part of the peripheral region is bonded with the counter region with an adhesive material being provided therebetween; a second overlapping portion where a part of the peripheral region is in direct contact with the filling member; and a third overlapping portion where a part of the peripheral region is bonded with the filling member with an adhesive material being provided therebetween. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380230 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE - An organic electroluminescence device | 2016-12-29 |
20160380231 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display according to the present disclosure includes a substrate, a thin film transistor on the substrate, a first electrode on the thin film transistor and electrically coupled to the thin film transistor, an organic emission layer on the first electrode, a second electrode on the organic emission layer, and a capping layer on the second electrode, wherein a thickness of the second electrode is about 65 Å to about 125 Å, and wherein a thickness of the capping layer is about (500*1.88/n) Å to about (700*1.88/n) Å, n being an optical constant of the capping layer. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380232 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES DISPLAYS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A cracks propagation preventing, polarization film attaches to outer edges of a lower inorganic layer of an organic light emitting diodes display where the display is formed on a flexible substrate having the lower inorganic layer blanket formed thereon. The organic light emitting diodes display further includes a display unit positioned on the inorganic layer and including a plurality of organic light emitting diodes configured to display an image, and a thin film encapsulating layer covering the display unit and joining with edges of the inorganic layer extending beyond the display unit. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380233 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - An organic electroluminescent device includes a substrate, an organic electroluminescent element, and a gas barrier film in this order, in which the organic electroluminescent element is sealed by bonding the substrate and the gas barrier film with an adhesive layer, the gas barrier film includes a base film and a barrier layer that includes at least one inorganic layer, the barrier layer is arranged closer to the organic electroluminescent element than to the base film, a barrier protective layer is arranged between the adhesive layer and the barrier layer, the barrier protective layer is a layer formed of a barrier protective layer forming material that includes organic particles and a binder, and the binder contains inorganic fine particles and a polyfunctional acrylic monomer. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380234 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE USING THE LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT - A light-emitting element has a layer including an organic material between a first electrode and a second electrode, and further has a layer including a metal oxide between the second electrode and the layer including the organic material, where these electrodes and layers are laminated so that the second electrode is formed later than the first electrode. The light-emitting element is suppressed damage caused to a layer including an organic material during deposition by sputtering and a phenomenon such as short circuit between electrodes. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380235 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - An organic light emitting diode display including: a substrate; an organic light emitting diode on the substrate; a capping layer on the organic light emitting diode and including a high refractive layer including an inorganic material having a refractive index that is equal to or greater than about 1.7 and equal to or less than about 6.0; and a thin film encapsulation layer covering the capping layer and the organic light emitting diode, the inorganic material including at least one selected from the group consisting of CuI, thallium iodide (TlI), BaS, Cu | 2016-12-29 |
20160380236 | Light-Emitting Element, Light-Emitting Device, and Display Device - A light-emitting element with which a reduction in power consumption and an improvement in productivity of a display device can be achieved is provided. A technique of manufacturing a display device with high productivity is provided. The light-emitting element includes an electrode having a reflective property, and a first light-emitting layer, a charge generation layer, a second light-emitting layer, and an electrode having a light-transmitting property stacked in this order over the electrode having a reflective property. The optical path length between the electrode having a reflective property and the first light-emitting layer is one-quarter of the peak wavelength of the emission spectrum of the first light-emitting layer. The optical path length between the electrode having a reflective property and the second light-emitting layer is three-quarters of the peak wavelength of the emission spectrum of the second light-emitting layer. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380237 | SCATTERING FILM FOR OLED - A process for the manufacture of a scattering polymer film can include (a) making available a film made of organic polymer, (b) applying, to one of the faces of the said film, a liquid composition (c) heating and/or irradiating the layer of liquid composition to form a cured scattering layer. A scattering polymer film can be obtained by this process. A substrate for OLED can include such a film adhesively bonded to a transparent substrate. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380238 | OLED DEVICES HAVING IMPROVED EFFICIENCY - Devices, components and fabrication methods are provided for improving the efficiency of OLED displays. An outcoupling component such as a microlens array (MLA) is attached to an OLED, with a relatively small distance between the MLA and the OLED. Cross-talk and back scattering are reduced by the use of colored lenses, focusing layers, and other methods. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380239 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AMOLED DISPLAY DEVICE AND STRUCTURE THEREOF - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing an AMOLED display device and a structure thereof. The method for manufacturing the AMOLED display device includes, before formation of a gate electrode (3), first depositing and subjecting an inorganic film a plasma bombardment treatment to form a gate reflection prevention layer (2) and, before formation of source/drain electrodes (71) and a data line (72), first depositing and subjecting an inorganic film to a plasma bombardment treatment to form an etching stop and source/drain reflection prevention layer (6), so as to provide the AMOLED display device with an excellent effect of preventing reflection of external surrounding light, increase display brightness of the AMOLED display device, extend the lifespan of the AMOLED display device, and reduce the thickness and manufacturing cost of the AMOLED display device. The structure of the AMOLED display device includes a gate metal reflection prevention layer (2) and an etching stop and source/drain reflection prevention layer (6) so as to achieve an excellent effect of preventing reflection of external surrounding light, increased display brightness, extended lifespan, a reduced thickness, and a lowered manufacturing cost. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380240 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE, ORGANIC LAYER DEPOSITING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE ORGANIC LAYER DEPOSITING APPARATUS - An organic layer depositing apparatus includes a deposition unit which includes one or more deposition assemblies spaced a predetermined distance apart from a substrate to deposit a deposition material on the substrate, wherein the one or more deposition assemblies include: a deposition source; a deposition source nozzle unit; a first pattern sheet which includes a first patterning unit and a first overlap unit; and a second pattern sheet which includes a second patterning unit and a second overlap unit, wherein the first and second pattern sheets are arranged such that the first and second overlap units overlap each other. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380241 | SECONDARY BATTERY AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - A secondary battery including a pouch having recessed portions inwardly recessed at at least one of opposite sides of the pouch, an electrode assembly including first electrode plates, second electrode plates and separators, the separators being disposed between the first electrode plates and second electrode plates, the electrode assembly being inside the pouch, and a lead tab coupled to the electrode assembly and exposed to the outside of the pouch. The separators protrude from the first electrode plates or the second electrode plates by different protruding lengths at different regions corresponding to the recessed portions of the pouch in a thickness direction of the electrode assembly. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380242 | SECONDARY BATTERY - A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly and a case accommodating the electrode assembly. The case includes an inner surface that includes irregularities thereon and an outer surface that is planar. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380243 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack including a plurality of electrode assemblies, a lower case including a plurality of cell compartments accommodating the plurality of electrode assemblies, and an upper case on the lower case at a top opening of the lower case, wherein each of the upper case and the lower case is includes a metal layer interposed between an internal layer and an external layer, the internal layer and the external layer being made of a plastic material. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380244 | THIN AEROGEL MATERIALS - The present invention provides a fiber-reinforced aerogel material which can be used as insulation in thermal battery applications. The fiber-reinforced aerogel material is highly durable, flexible, and has a thermal performance that exceeds the insulation materials currently used in thermal battery applications. The fiber-reinforced aerogel insulation material can be as thin as 1 mm less, and can have a thickness variation as low as 2% or less. Also provided is a method for improving the performance of a thermal battery by incorporating a reinforced aerogel material into the thermal battery. Further provided is a casting method for producing thin fiber-reinforced aerogel materials. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380245 | SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed are a secondary battery and a method for manufacturing the same. According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a secondary battery, including: an exterior material which includes a pouch film and a sealing portion formed at an outer side of the pouch film; and an electrode assembly which includes a plurality of electrode bodies laminated with a separator interposed therebetween and are packaged by the exterior material, wherein a pair of forming portions are formed within the pouch film to house the electrode assembly, and a predetermined interval is formed between the pair of forming portions. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380246 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode and a second electrode inside a case, the case including an open side that is open, and a cap assembly that covers the open side. The cap assembly includes a cap plate that covers the open side, a first terminal that protrudes outside the cap plate and is electrically connected to the first electrode, a connecting member between the first terminal and the cap plate, the connecting member being in a form of a ring including a slit and being made of a conductive material, and an insulating member that covers at least a part of an upper side and a lower side of the connecting member such that another part of the upper side and the lower side of the connecting member is exposed, the insulating member being made of an insulating material. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380247 | Battery Packs Having Single Stacks of Battery Cells - Provided are battery packs and methods of fabricating these battery packs. A battery pack includes multiple battery cells stacked together along the center axis of the pack and electrically interconnected with each other by, for example, direct physical contact. The connections may be easily separable by pulling one cell away from another. The stack is enclosed by a pack housing that includes two ends caps and a middle section extending between and supporting the two end caps. One end cap may be removable for accessing to the stack. Furthermore, the end caps may be used to form electrical connections to the battery pack. The middle section of the pack housing may be used for thermal management of the pack. For example, the middle section may include a compartment for a heat transfer material for adding or removing the heat from the battery cells during their operation. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380248 | ENERGY STORAGE CONTAINER WITH VORTEX SEPARATOR - A vortex separator includes: a housing having a cylindrical chamber therein; an inlet through a mantle of the cylindrical chamber, the inlet positioned at a proximal end of the housing; a pipe that enters the housing at the proximal end and extends axially through the cylindrical chamber toward a distal end of the housing which is closed; an outlet through the mantle, the outlet positioned at the distal end; and a catch basin at the outlet. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380249 | BATTERY COVER ASSEMBLY - A vent cap gang includes a plurality of vent caps to be received in respective vent ports formed in a battery cover. Each of the vent caps includes a cylindrical body having first pin located at an axial center thereof and a second pin offset from the axial center. A plurality of elongate members is operably coupled to each of the vent caps by the first and second pins. An actuator is operably coupled to the elongate members and at least one of the vent caps to cause simultaneous rotational movement of the vent caps. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380250 | SEPARATOR FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND BATTERY INCLUDING SAME - A separator | 2016-12-29 |
20160380251 | SECONDARY BATTERY - A secondary battery, including a case having one or more partition walls providing a plurality of accommodating spaces; a plurality of electrode assemblies in the accommodating spaces with an electrolyte, the plurality of electrode assemblies including electrode tabs; and a cap assembly including a cap plate sealing a top portion of the case, the cap assembly having the electrode tabs drawn therefrom and first connection tabs electrically connecting the plurality of electrode assemblies through the electrode tabs, the partition walls being impregnated with the electrolyte. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380252 | COVER ASSEMBLY FOR A BATTERY MODULE - A cover assembly for a battery module is configured to be coupled to battery cells that are arranged side-by-side in a stacked configuration. The cover assembly includes a housing, a plurality of bus bars, and an electrical cable. The bus bars are held by the housing and are configured to electrically connect to corresponding positive and negative cell terminals of the battery cells to electrically connect adjacent battery cells. The cable extends across the bus bars and is electrically connected to each of the bus bars to monitor voltages across the battery cells. The cable includes plural electrical conductors and a dielectric insulator that surrounds and electrically isolates the conductors. The conductors include exposed segments exposed through the dielectric insulator that are electrically connected to corresponding bus bars via a bonding layer applied between the exposed segment and the corresponding bus bar. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380253 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRODE PARTICULARLY FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES, AS WELL AS AN ELECTRODE AND AN ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - A method for manufacturing an electrode comprises the steps of applying a suspension of a suspension medium containing a solvent and electrically conductive carbon allotropes on a substrate, generating an electric field that penetrates the suspension and has a predefined field direction in order to align the carbon allotropes in the field direction, and removing the solvent from the suspension medium in order to harden the suspension in the aligned state of the carbon allotropes. A thusly manufactured electrode leads to a higher capacity, a higher charging and discharging rate, i.e. the delivery of a higher electric current, as well as shorter charging and discharging times of secondary batteries. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380254 | CO-EXTRUDED CONFORMAL BATTERY SEPARATOR AND ELECTRODE - A co-extrusion print head has at least one separator inlet port, at least a first, second and third series of channels arranged to receive a separator material from the separator inlet port, at least one electrode inlet port, a fourth series of channels arranged to receive an electrode material from the electrode inlet port, a first merge portion connected to the first, second, third and fourth series of channels, the merge portion positioned to receive and merge the separator material into a separator flow and the electrode material into an electrode flow, a second merge portion connected to the first merge portion, the second merge portion positioned to receive and merge the separator flows and the electrode flows, and an outlet port connected to the second merge portion, the outlet port arranged to deposit the separator and electrode materials from the merge portion as a stack on a substrate. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380255 | METHODS OF COATING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE AND RELATED ELECTRODEPOSITABLE COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING GRAPHENIC CARBON PARTICLES - Methods are disclosed in which an electrically conductive substrate is immersed in electrodepositable composition including graphenic carbon particles, the substrate serving as an electrode in an electrical circuit comprising the electrode and a counter-electrode immersed in the composition, a coating being applied onto or over at least a portion of the substrate as electric current is passed between the electrodes. The electrodepositable composition comprises an aqueous medium, an ionic resin, and solid particles including graphenic carbon particles. The solid particles may also include lithium-containing particles. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380256 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL HAVING DOMAINS OF LITHIUM OXOMETALLATES IN A MATRIX - Composite materials having domains of lithium oxometallates in an electronically conductive matrix, and methods of making such composite materials are provided. Exemplary lithiated metals oxides include, for example, doped or undoped lithium oxometallates of the formula Li | 2016-12-29 |
20160380257 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY AND BATTERY PACK - According to an embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator sandwiched between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material having a Li-absorbing potential of 1 V vs. Li/Li | 2016-12-29 |
20160380258 | GERMANIUM-CONTAINING LITHIUM-ION DEVICES - Lithium ion devices that include an anode, a cathode and an electrolyte are provided. The anode having an active material including germanium nano-particles, boron carbide nano-particles and tungsten carbide nano-particles, wherein the weight percentage of the germanium is between 5 to 80 weight % of the total weight of the anode material, the weight percentage of boron in the anode material is between 2 to 20 weight % of the total weight of the anode material and the weight percentage of tungsten in the anode material is between 5 to 20 weight % of the total weight of the anode materials. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380259 | METALLIC SURFACE WITH KARSTIFIED RELIEF, FORMING SAME, AND HIGH SURFACE AREA METALLIC ELECTROCHEMICAL INTERFACE - A metal electrode, current collector, or electrochemical interface is karstified vacuum laser ablation to increase surface area and reduce oxides. The electrode may be coated with a conductive non-oxidizing layer. The current collector may be a foil less than 1 mm, or 0.5 mm thick. The karstified topography is marked by: a microstructure with a maximum peak height minus a maximum profile depth greater than 0.5 μm; a surface roughness, of at least 0.2 μm, and an oxygen at. % of 5 or less, is shown to have advantageous use as a high surface area metallic electrochemical interface. The foil may be composed of Al, Ti, Ni, Cu, stainless steel or an alloy or mixture of one or more of the above, and may have a coating consisting of Ni, Ti, C, any alloy of the above, nickel oxide, titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, indium tin oxide, or a mixture of carbon and any one or more of the above. Karstifying the metal foil, involves retaining the foil within a vacuum chamber; evacuating the chamber to a pressure less than 7×10 | 2016-12-29 |
20160380260 | FLOODED LEAD-ACID BATTERY AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - Positive active material pastes for flooded deep discharge lead-acid batteries, methods of making the same and lead-acid batteries including the same are provided. The positive active material paste includes lead oxide, a sulfate additive, and an aqueous acid. The positive active material paste contains from about 0.1 to about 1.0 wt % of the sulfate additive. Batteries using such positive active material pastes exhibit greatly improved performance over batteries with conventional positive active material pastes. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380261 | CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS FOR LEAD ACID BATTERIES - Disclosed herein are compositions, which can be used to coat electrode plates, comprising at least one carbonaceous material and at least one additive, wherein the at least one additive comprises a metal ion selected from calcium, barium, potassium, magnesium, and strontium ion, and wherein the metal ion is present in an amount ranging from 0.5 wt. % to 3 wt. % relative to the total weight of carbonaceous material. Also disclosed are electrodes and lead acid batteries comprising such compositions, and methods of making the compositions. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380262 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING TEXTURED ELECTRODE BASED ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - This method enables the use of nanowire or nano-textured forms of Polyaniline and other conductive polymers in energy storage components. The delicate nature of these very high surface area materials are preserved during the continuous electrochemical synthesis, drying, solvent application and physical assembly. The invention also relates to a negative electrode that is comprised of etched, lithiated aluminum that is safer and lighter weight than conventional carbon based lithium-ion negative electrodes. The invention provides for improved methods for making negative and positive electrodes and for energy storage devices containing them. The invention provides sufficient stability in organic solvent and electrolyte solutions, where the prior art processes commonly fail. The invention further provides stability during repetitive charge and discharge. The invention also provides for novel microstructure protecting support membranes to be used in an energy storage device. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380263 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES, POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, comprising a lithium-containing composite metal oxide in the form of secondary particles formed by aggregation of primary particles capable of being doped and undoped with lithium ions, each of the secondary particles having on its surface a coating layer, the positive electrode active material satisfying the following requirements (1) to (3): | 2016-12-29 |
20160380264 | Bipolar Battery Electrode Having Improved Carbon Surfaces and Method of Manufacturing Same - An electrode and a method of manufacturing an electrode for a flowing electrolyte battery enable improved robustness and reduced manufacturing costs of bipolar electrodes for flowing electrolyte batteries. The electrode includes a polymer sheet having a first side and a second side; a graphite layer on the first side; and an activated carbon layer on the second side. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380265 | SILICON-CARBON COMPOSITE MATERIAL INCLUDING LAYERED CARBON AND SILICON PARTICLES - A silicon-carbon composite material includes: layers of carbon material; and secondary particles of silicon held between the layers of the carbon material. Each of the secondary particles of silicon is an aggregate of primary particles of silicon. At least one of the primary particles of silicon has a diameter 3 nm or more. At least one of the secondary particles of silicon has a diameter of 50 nm or less. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380266 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL LAYER, ALL SOLID LITHIUM BATTERY, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL LAYER - A cathode active material layer used for an all solid lithium battery, comprising a flat cathode active material with a hollowness in a range of more than 0% to 10%, and a solid electrolyte material, characterized in that the flat cathode active material has an aspect ratio (long axis length/short axis length) of 1.5 or more in a section in a thickness direction of the cathode active material layer, and a ratio of the flat cathode active material of which the short axis direction corresponds to a thickness direction of the cathode active material layer is 30% or more with respect to the whole cathode active material. | 2016-12-29 |
20160380267 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, AND VEHICLE - According to one embodiment, an electrode material is provided. The electrode material includes active material particles. The active material particle includes a phase of a monoclinic titanium dioxide and a phase of the spinel type lithium titanate. The active material particle includes a shell part and a core part surrounded by the shell part. The shell part is formed by dispersing at least a part of the phase of the spinel type lithium titanate on the active material particle. The core part includes a part of the phase of the monoclinic titanium dioxide. | 2016-12-29 |