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Alex P. Gerdemann, Austin, TX US
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20100165522 | DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD) CIRCUITRY WITHIN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an integrated circuit (IC) or semiconductor device. This semiconductor device includes a number of I/O pads or bumps on an outer surface of the semiconductor device, a number of electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection cells and functional modules. Individual ESD protection cells couple to and are downstream of individual I/O pads. Functional modules coupled to and are downstream of individual ESD protection cells. The ESD protection cells protect circuitry within the functional module from electrostatic discharge events. A rail clamp may provide an ESD discharge path between a first power supply bus and a second power supply bus. The ESD protection cells may be collected in groups to form clusters (with linear or irregular placement patterns). These clusters may be distributed autarchically across the semiconductor device overlapping one or more functional modules or within spaces or gaps between the functional modules. | 07-01-2010 |
20140327079 | Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Clamp Circuit with High Effective Holding Voltage - Boosted Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) clamp circuit with high effective holding voltage. In some embodiments, an integrated circuit may include a trigger circuit operably coupled to a first voltage bus and to a reference bus; a diode including an anode terminal operably coupled to a second voltage bus, the second voltage bus distinct from the first voltage bus; a transistor including a gate operably coupled to an output terminal of the trigger circuit, a drain operably coupled to a cathode terminal of the diode, and a source operably coupled to the reference bus; and an input/output (I/O) cell operably coupled to the first voltage bus, the second voltage bus, and the reference bus. | 11-06-2014 |
20150349522 | ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION SYSTEM - An integrated circuit includes a plurality of I/O cells, each including a portion of the first power bus, a portion of the second power bus, and an I/O pad coupled between the portions of the first and second power buses. A first set of the plurality of I/O cells is arranged along a die edge of the integrated circuit. A second set of the plurality of I/O cells is arranged along the die edge between the first set and the die edge. For each I/O cell in the first set, the portion of the first power bus is physically connected to the portion of the first power bus of an abutting I/O cell of the second set at a boundary between the I/O cell of the first set and the abutting I/O cell of the second set. The integrated circuit includes an ESD clamp and a trigger circuit. | 12-03-2015 |
Alex P. Hirsbrunner, Bloomingdale, IL US
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20100167747 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE NETWORK PROCESSES - One determines ( | 07-01-2010 |
Alex P. Janssen, Jr., Charlottesville, VA US
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20160100725 | VACUUM PORTALS TO ALLEVIATE STRAINS AND STRESSES OF VACUUM CLEANING - Vacuum Portals will alleviate strain and stress of vacuum cleaning. They reach the unreachable, and make vacuum cleaning easy. They target the unreachable, the difficult, and the out of the way accumulated debris and pet hair that is unattainable by current vacuum cleaners. A Vacuum Portal is for cleaning furniture supports, including furniture feet, and other related difficult areas such as baseboards, crevices, corners and stairways with this new vacuum cleaner nozzle. The Vacuum Portal is designed to give higher vacuum suction at the Portals that are openings located on selected places on a vacuum cleaner nozzle. These portals that are vent openings on the vacuum cleaner nozzle that have stronger suction force, being smaller apertures, and these vents can be directed, and as such, can be manually opened and closed as needed. These portals alleviate the strain and stress of a user to stoop and bend enough to pull the debris and pet hair from a furniture support by hand, or to be forced to lift up heavy furniture for this task. These vents are variously located on a vacuum cleaner nozzle to gather the accumulated debris and pet hair; and if needed, with an optional brush, bristle, or scrapper that can be attached to dislodge debris in the most unyielding tasks. A portal makes any vacuuming task easier, more sanitary, and more quickly completed. | 04-14-2016 |
Alex P. Kehlenbeck, Albuquerque, NM US
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20120136859 | Entity Type Assignment - A computer system creates a plurality of objects using facts derived from electronic documents, each object including one or more facts describing an entity associated with the object. The system generates a value for an object of an unknown entity type, of the plurality of objects, by using an entity type model for a known entity type. The entity type model is based on a set of features of a plurality of objects of the known entity type, and the value indicates whether the object of an unknown entity type is of the known entity type. The system assigns the known entity type to the object of an unknown entity type in response to a determination that the value indicates the object of an unknown entity type is of the known entity type, and stores the object with the assigned entity type. | 05-31-2012 |
Alex P. Kondor, Cincinnati, OH US
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20100023022 | RELOADABLE LAPAROSCOPIC FASTENER DEPLOYING DEVICE WITH DISPOSABLE CARTRIDGE USE IN A GASTRIC VOLUME REDUCTION PROCEDURE - A cartridge containing a fastener. The cartridge has an elongated sheath containing at least one tissue penetrating member. The penetrating member at least partially houses a fastener. The fastener has at least two anchors connected together by a non-resilient flexible suture which does not resist deformation under compressible loads. The cartridge further includes a means for deploying the anchors, wherein the means is movable within the sheath. | 01-28-2010 |
20100023024 | RELOADABLE LAPAROSCOPIC FASTENER DEPLOYING DEVICE WITH DISPOSABLE CARTRIDGE FOR USE IN A GASTRIC VOLUME REDUCTION PROCEDURE - A reloadable device for deploying fasteners. The device has a handle and at least one actuator. The handle is connected to an elongated hollow housing having distal and proximal ends. The device has a first cartridge containing at least one fastener releasably connectable to the handle. The fastener has at least two anchors connected together by a non-resilient flexible suture which does not resist deformation under compressible loads. The device also includes a means, adjacent the handle, for facilitating removal of the first cartridge from the handle and replacing it with a second cartridge. | 01-28-2010 |
20100023025 | Reloadable laparoscopic fastener deploying device with disposable cartridge for use in a gastric volume reduction procedure - A method of deploying fasteners within a body by providing a device having a handle and at least one actuator. The handle is connected to an elongated hollow housing having distal and proximal ends, and a needle within the hollow housing. The device has a first cartridge containing at least one fastener releasably connectable to the distal end of the hollow housing. The fastener is at least partially housed within the needle and has at least two anchors connected together by a non-resilient flexible suture which does not resist deformation under compressible loads. The method uses the steps of inserting the distal end of the hollow housing to a target site within a body, attaching tissue together within the body by deploying the fastener, and removing the first cartridge and replacing it with a second cartridge. | 01-28-2010 |
20100023026 | RELOADABLE LAPAROSCOPIC FASTENER DEPLOYING DEVICE WITH DISPOSABLE CARTRIDGE FOR USE IN A GASTRIC VOLUME REDUCTION PROCEDURE - A reloadable device for deploying fasteners. The device has a handle and at least one actuator. The handle is connected to an elongated hollow housing having distal and proximal ends. The device includes a first cartridge containing at least one fastener releasably connectable to the handle. The fastener has at least two anchors connected together by a non-resilient flexible suture which does not resist deformation under compressible loads. The first cartridge is removable from the handle. The device includes a second cartridge having at least one fastener releasably connectable to the handle after removal of the first cartridge. The second cartridge being insertable into the device from a proximal end thereof. | 01-28-2010 |
Alex P. Pamatat, Austin, TX US
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20100181676 | SUBSTRATE BONDING WITH METAL GERMANIUM SILICON MATERIAL - A method that in one embodiment is useful in bonding a first substrate to a second substrate includes forming a layer including metal over the first substrate. The layer including metal in one embodiment surrounds a semiconductor device, which can be a micro electromechanical system (MEMS) device. On the second substrate is formed a first layer comprising silicon. A second layer comprising germanium and silicon is formed on the first layer. A third layer comprising germanium is formed on the second layer. The third layer is brought into contact with the layer including metal. Heat (and pressure in some embodiments) is applied to the third layer and the layer including metal to form a mechanical bond material between the first substrate and the second substrate in which the mechanical bond material is electrically conductive. In the case of the mechanical bond surrounding a semiconductor device such as a MEMS, the mechanical bond can be particularly advantageous as a hermetic seal for protecting the MEMS. | 07-22-2010 |
20110221042 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SAME - A wafer structure ( | 09-15-2011 |
20120068325 | SUBSTRATE BONDING WITH METAL GERMANIUM SILICON MATERIAL - In one embodiment, a semiconductor structure including a first substrate, a semiconductor device on the first substrate, a second substrate, and a conductive bond between the first substrate and the second substrate that surrounds the semiconductor device to seal the semiconductor device between the first substrate and the second substrate. The conductive bond comprises metal, silicon, and germanium. A percentage by atomic weight of silicon in the conductive bond is greater than 5%. | 03-22-2012 |
20140008739 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SAME - A wafer structure ( | 01-09-2014 |
Alex P. Pamatat, Grenoble FR
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20090023363 | PROCESS OF USING A POLISHING APPARATUS INCLUDING A PLATEN WINDOW AND A POLISHING PAD - A polishing pad can include a first layer and a second layer. The first layer can have a first polishing surface and a first opening. The second layer can have an attaching surface and a second opening substantially contiguous with the first opening. The polishing pad can further include, a pad window lying within the first opening. The pad window can include a second polishing surface. When the pad would be attached to a platen, the first and second polishing surfaces can lie along a same plane, and an opposing surface of the pad window can abut an exterior surface of a platen window. In another aspect, a polishing apparatus can include an exterior surface of a platen window abutting the polishing pad. In still another aspect, a process of polishing can include polishing a workpiece such that the pad window contacts the workpiece and the platen window simultaneously. | 01-22-2009 |
Alex P. Praseuth, Los Angeles, CA US
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20090053769 | HETEROLOGOUS PRODUCTION OF NATURAL PRODUCTS IN BACTERIA - The present invention demonstrates an example of the de novo total biosynthesis of biologically active forms of heterologous NRPs in | 02-26-2009 |