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20090272976 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING NMOS AND PMOS DEVICES IN CMOS PROCESSING - A method for producing one or more nMOSFET devices and one or more pMOSFET devices on the same semiconductor substrate is disclosed. In one aspect, the method relates to the use of a single activation anneal that serves for both Si NMOS and Ge pMOS. By use of a solid phase epitaxial regrowth (SPER) process for the Si nMOS, the thermal budget for the Si NMOS can be lowered to be compatible with Ge pMOS. | 11-05-2009 |
20140346568 | Low Temperature Ohmic Contacts for III-N Power Devices - The disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing an Au-free ohmic contact for an III-nitride (III-N) device on a semiconductor substrate and to a III-N device obtainable therefrom. The III-N device includes a buffer layer, a channel layer, a barrier layer, and a passivation layer. A 2DEG layer is formed at an interface between the channel layer and the barrier layer. The method includes forming a recess in the passivation layer and in the barrier layer up to the 2DEG layer, and forming an Au-free metal stack in the recess. The metal stack comprises a Ti/Al bi-layer, with a Ti layer overlying and in contact with a bottom of the recess, and a Al layer overlying and in contact with the Ti layer. A thickness ratio of the Ti layer to the Al layer is between 0.01 to 0.1. After forming the metal stack, a rapid thermal anneal is performed. Optionally, prior to forming the Ti/Al bi-layer, a silicon layer may be formed in contact with the recess. | 11-27-2014 |
20150162212 | Method for Fabricating CMOS Compatible Contact Layers in Semiconductor Devices - A method for fabricating Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) compatible contact layers in semiconductor devices is disclosed. In one embodiment, a nickel (Ni) layer is deposited on a p-type gallium nitride (GaN) layer of a GaN based structure. Further, the GaN based structure is thermally treated at a temperature range of 350° C. to 500° C. Furthermore, the Ni layer is removed using an etchant. Additionally, a CMOS compatible contact layer is deposited on the p-type GaN layer, upon removal of the Ni layer. | 06-11-2015 |
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20080243841 | Pattern searching methods and apparatuses - A computer-based method for identifying patterns in computer text using structures defining types of patterns which are to be identified, wherein a structure comprises one or more definition items, the method comprising assigning a weighting to each structure and each definition item; searching the computer text for a pattern to be identified on the basis of a particular structure, a pattern being provisionally identified if it matches the definition given by said particular structure; in a provisionally identified pattern, determining those of the definition items making up said particular structure that have been identified in the provisionally identified pattern; combining the weightings of the determined definition items and optionally, the weighting of the particular structure, to a single quantity; assessing whether the single quantity fulfils a given condition; depending on the result of said assessment, rejecting or confirming the provisionally identified pattern. | 10-02-2008 |
20090306964 | DATA DETECTION - A method of processing a sequence of characters, the method comprising converting the sequence of characters into a sequence of tokens so that each token comprises a lexeme and one of a plurality of token types. Each of the plurality of token types relates to at least one of a plurality of predetermined functions, wherein at least one said token type relates to multiple functions of the plurality of predetermined functions. | 12-10-2009 |
20090306965 | DATA DETECTION - An apparatus for processing a sequence of tokens to detect predetermined data, wherein each said token has a token type, and the predetermined data has a structure that comprises a predetermined sequence of token types, including at least one optional token type. The apparatus comprises a processor arranged to: provide a tree for detecting the predetermined data, the tree comprising a plurality of states, each said state being linked with at least one other state by a respective condition, the arrangement of linked states forming a plurality of paths; and compare the token types of the sequence of tokens to respective conditions in the tree to match the sequence of tokens to one or more paths in the tree, wherein the predetermined data can be detected without using an epsilon reduction to take account of said at least one optional token type. | 12-10-2009 |
20130091174 | DATA DETECTION - An apparatus for processing a sequence of tokens to detect predetermined data, wherein each said token has a token type, and the predetermined data has a structure that comprises a predetermined sequence of token types, including at least one optional token type. The apparatus comprises a processor arranged to: provide a tree for detecting the predetermined data, the tree comprising a plurality of states, each said state being linked with at least one other state by a respective condition, the arrangement of linked states forming a plurality of paths; and compare the token types of the sequence of tokens to respective conditions in the tree to match the sequence of tokens to one or more paths in the tree, wherein the predetermined data can be detected without using an epsilon reduction to take account of said at least one optional token type. | 04-11-2013 |
20140372103 | DATA DETECTION - A method of processing a sequence of characters, the method comprising converting the sequence of characters into a sequence of tokens so that each token comprises a lexeme and one of a plurality of token types. Each of the plurality of token types relates to at least one of a plurality of predetermined functions, wherein at least one said token type relates to multiple functions of the plurality of predetermined functions. | 12-18-2014 |
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20110162110 | THE AN3 Protein Complex and its Use for Plant Growth Promotion - The present invention relates to an AN3-based protein complex. It relates further to the use of the complex to promote plant growth, and to a method for stimulating the complex formation, by overexpressing at least two member of the complex. | 06-30-2011 |
20110214207 | Plants Having Enhanced Yield-Related Traits and a Method for Making the Same - The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression in a plant of one or more nucleic acid(s) encoding at least two iSYT (inter-actor of SYT-synovial sarcoma translocation-) polypeptides. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding at least two iSYT polypeptides, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides hitherto unknown nucleic acids encoding at least two iSYT polypeptides, and constructs comprising the same, useful in performing the methods of the invention. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention. Furthermore the present invention also relates to an iSYT-based protein complex. It further relates to the use of the complex to promote plant growth, and to a method for stimulating the complex formation, by overexpressing at least two members of the complex. | 09-01-2011 |
20110307974 | PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING PROTEIN COMPLEX - The present invention relates to a plant growth promoting protein complex. More specifically, the invention relates to the use of specific proteins from the Anaphase Promoting Complex/Cyclosome for increasing shoot growth rates and/or enhancing cell division rates. | 12-15-2011 |
20110314573 | SCREENING METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING GENES INVOLVED IN PLANT CELL CYCLE - The present invention relates to a method for screening proteins related to and/or involved in plant cell cycle. It further relates to proteins isolated with the method and the use of those proteins and/or the genes encoding those proteins for modulating plant yield and plant growth. | 12-22-2011 |
20120324602 | COMPLEXES OF AN3-INTERACTING PROTEINS AND THEIR USE FOR PLANT GROWTH PROMOTION - The present invention relates to protein complexes based on AN3-interactors, more specifically interactors that are plant variants subunits of the SWI/SNF complex, and proteins that interact with those subunits, preferably in an AN3 free protein complex. It relates further to the use of the complexes to promote plant growth, and to a method for stimulating the complex formation, by overexpressing at least one, preferably at least two members of a complex. | 12-20-2012 |
20120331585 | PLANTS HAVING ENHANCED YIELD-RELATED TRAITS AND A METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a poly(A)-RRM or a Q-rich polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a poly(A)-RRM or a Q-rich polypeptide, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention. | 12-27-2012 |
20120331586 | PLANTS HAVING ENHANCED YIELD - RELATED TRAITS AND A METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding an importin or a yield-related polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding an importin or a yield-related polypeptide, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention. | 12-27-2012 |
20150106974 | PLANTS HAVING ENHANCED YIELD-RELATED TRAITS AND A METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - The present invention concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression in a plant of one ore more nucleic acid(s) encoding at least two iSYT (interactor of SYT—synovial sarcoma translocation—) polypeptides. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding at least two iSYT polypeptides, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. Nucleic acids encoding at least two iSYT polypeptides and constructs comprising the same useful in performing the methods of the invention are also disclosed. Also provided are constructs useful in the methods of the invention. The present invention also relates to an iSYT-based protein complex. The use of the complex to promote plant growth, and a method for stimulating the complex formation, by overexpressing at least two members of the complex, are also disclosed. | 04-16-2015 |