Gray, NC
Allen Gray, Holly Springs, NC US
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| 20130196474 | MATERIALS AND PROCESSES FOR RELEASING PRINTABLE COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A method of fabricating transferable semiconductor devices includes providing a release layer including indium aluminum phosphide on a substrate, and providing a support layer on the release layer. The support layer and the substrate include respective materials, such as arsenide-based materials, such that the release layer has an etching selectivity relative to the support layer and the substrate. At least one device layer is provided on the support layer. The release layer is selectively etched without substantially etching the support layer and the substrate. Related structures and methods are also discussed. | 08-01-2013 |
Allen L. Gray, Holly Springs, NC US
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| 20120216848 | THIN-FILM HETEROSTRUCTURE THERMOELECTRICS IN A GROUP IIA AND IV-VI MATERIALS SYSTEM - Embodiments of a thin-film heterostructure thermoelectric material and methods of fabrication thereof are disclosed. In general, the thermoelectric material is formed in a Group IIa and IV-VI materials system. The thermoelectric material includes an epitaxial heterostructure and exhibits high heat pumping and figure-of-merit performance in terms of Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity over broad temperature ranges through appropriate engineering and judicious optimization of the epitaxial heterostructure. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120217548 | THIN-FILM HETEROSTRUCTURE THERMOELECTRICS IN A GROUP IIA AND IV-VI MATERIALS SYSTEM - Embodiments of a thin-film heterostructure thermoelectric material and methods of fabrication thereof are disclosed. In general, the thermoelectric material is formed in a Group IIa and IV-VI materials system. The thermoelectric material includes an epitaxial heterostructure and exhibits high heat pumping and figure-of-merit performance in terms of Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity over broad temperature ranges through appropriate engineering and judicious optimization of the epitaxial heterostructure. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20130069110 | LOW RESISTIVITY CONTACT - Embodiments of a low resistivity contact to a semiconductor structure are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor layer, a semiconductor contact layer having a low bandgap on a surface of the semiconductor layer, and an electrode on a surface of the semiconductor contact layer opposite the semiconductor layer. The bandgap of the semiconductor contact layer is in a range of and including 0 to 0.2 electron-volts (eV), more preferably in a range of and including 0 to 0.1 eV, even more preferably in a range of and including 0 to 0.05 eV. Preferably, the semiconductor layer is p-type. In one particular embodiment, the semiconductor contact layer and the electrode form an ohmic contact to the p-type semiconductor layer and, as a result of the low bandgap of the semiconductor contact layer, the ohmic contact has a resistivity that is less than 1×10 | 03-21-2013 |
| 20150107640 | IV-VI AND III-V QUANTUM DOT STRUCTURES IN A V-VI MATRIX - A thermoelectric material and methods of manufacturing thereof are disclosed. In general, the thermoelectric material comprises a Group V-VI host, or matrix, material and Group III-V or Group IV-VI nanoinclusions within the Group V-VI host material. By incorporating the Group III-V or Group IV-VI nanoinclusions into the Group V-VI host material, the performance of the thermoelectric material can be improved. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150110156 | THERMOREFLECTANCE-BASED CHARACTERIZATION OF THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL PROPERTIES - Systems and methods for characterizing one or more properties of a material are disclosed. In some embodiments, the one or more properties include one or more thermal properties of the material, one or more thermoelectric properties of the material, and/or one or more thermomagnetic properties of the material. In some embodiments, a method of characterizing one or more properties of a sample material comprises heating the sample material and, while heating the sample material, obtaining one or more temperature measurements for at least one surface of the sample material via one or more thermoreflectance probes and obtaining one or more electric measurements for the sample material that correspond in time to the one or more temperature measurements. The method further comprises computing one or more parameters that characterize one or more properties of the sample material based on the measurements. | 04-23-2015 |
Brian Gray, Charlotte, NC US
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| 20130248478 | GANTRY CRANE VEHICLES AND METHODS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS - Gantry crane vehicle for performing one or more tasks in a photovoltaic array and method thereof. The gantry crane vehicle includes one or more base plates, and one or more tracks above the one or more base plates. Additionally, the vehicle includes one or more gantry assemblies configured to slide along the one or more tracks, and one or more first support trusses configured to support the one or more tracks above the one or more base plates. Moreover, the vehicle includes one or more second support trusses connected to at least some of the one or more first support trusses, and one or more storage cabinets located on the one or more base plates. The one or more storage cabinets include one or more top surfaces and one or more side surfaces, and the one or more top surfaces are located below the one or more tracks. | 09-26-2013 |
Carl Thomas Gray, Apex, NC US
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| 20090289668 | Output driver circuit for an integrated circuit - An integrated circuit | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090290623 | Signal amplitude distortion within an integrated circuit - An integrated circuit | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090290624 | Programmable jitter generation circuit - The present invention provides an integrated circuit comprising a serial transmitter, a serial receiver and a serial connection providing communication between the serial transmitter and the serial receiver. The serial transmitter comprises a clock generator and a serializer for serializing data to be transmitted to the serial receiver. A clock control unit coupled to the clock generator alters the clock phase of the clock signal to stress test the serial receiver. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090290626 | Programmable duty cycle distortion generation circuit - An integrated circuit is provided comprising: a serial transmitter, a serial receiver and a serial connection providing communication between the serial transmitter and the serial receiver. The integrated circuit further comprises a duty cycle distortion circuit so that the integrated circuit can be stress tested by distorting the duty cycle of a signal within the integrated circuit. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090292961 | Integrated circuit communication self-testing - An integrated circuit | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090292962 | Integrated circuit with inter-symbol interference self-testing - An integrated circuit | 11-26-2009 |
| 20140266416 | ON-PACKAGE MULTIPROCESSOR GROUND-REFERENCED SINGLE-ENDED INTERCONNECT - A system of interconnected chips comprising a multi-chip module (MCM) includes a first processor chip, a second processor chip, and an MCM package configured to include the first processor chip, the second processor chip, and an interconnect circuit. The first processor chip is configured to include a first ground-referenced single-ended signaling (GRS) interface circuit. A first set of electrical traces fabricated within the MCM package and configured to couple the first GRS interface circuit to the interconnect circuit. The second processor chip is configured to include a second GRS interface circuit. A second set of electrical traces fabricated within the MCM package and configured to coupled the second GRS interface circuit to the interconnect circuit. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140269012 | GROUND-REFERENCED SINGLE-ENDED SYSTEM-ON-PACKAGE - A system of interconnected chips comprising a multi-chip module (MCM) includes a first processor chip, a system function chip, and an MCM package configured to include the first processor chip and the system function chip. The first processor chip is configured to include a first ground-referenced single-ended signaling (GRS) interface circuit. The system function chip is configured to include a second GRS interface circuit. A first set of electrical traces are fabricated within the MCM package and coupled to the first GRS interface circuit and to the second GRS interface circuit. The first GRS interface circuit and second GRS interface circuit together provide a communication channel between the first processor chip and the system function chip. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140301134 | GROUND-REFERENCED SINGLE-ENDED MEMORY INTERCONNECT - A system is provided for transmitting signals. The system comprises a first processing unit, a cache memory, and a package. The first processing unit comprises a first ground-referenced single-ended signaling (GRS) interface circuit and the second processing unit comprises a second GRS interface circuit. The cache memory comprises a third and a fourth GRS interface circuit. The package comprises one or more electrical traces that couple the first GRS interface to the third GRS interface and couple the second GRS interface to the fourth GRS interface, where the first GRS interface circuit, the second GRS interface, the third GRS interface, and the fourth GRS interface circuit are each configured to transmit a pulse along one trace of the one or more electrical traces by discharging a capacitor between the one trace and a ground network. | 10-09-2014 |
Cecelia Mason Oakley Gray, Lewisville, NC US
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| 20100076873 | FEE REFUND MANAGEMENT - The innovation relates to a system and/or methodology for the convenient and consistent determination of fee refunds for financial products. The system provides for a fee refund component that determines a proposed fee refund based on a customer's score, and information regarding the financial institution's fee refund policies. The customer scores and fee refund policies are determined by a data analytics component, which can update the data at regular intervals or when modifications to the data occur. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100076882 | RATE EXCEPTION MANAGEMENT TOOL - The innovation relates to a system and/or methodology for the convenient and consistent determination of rate exceptions for banking products. The system provides for a rate exception component that determines one or more proposed exception rates based on a customer's score, and information regarding the competitive banking environment for similar banking products. The customer scores and competitive banking environment data are determined by a data analytics component, which can update the data at regular intervals or when modifications to the data occur. | 03-25-2010 |
Clare L. Gray, Hickory, NC US
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| 20100001565 | LOUNGE CHAIR CUSHION COVER AND METHOD - A cover is provided for a chaise lounge pad that is so constructed as to fit pads of varying thicknesses. | 01-07-2010 |
Gordon Gray, Huntersville, NC US
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| 20110180226 | METHOD FOR INCREASING GLUEABILITY OF PAPER OR PAPERBOARD - The present invention is directed to a method of treatment for paper or board including an oligoester, obtained by polycondensation of a) from 40 to 52 mol % of one or more dicarboxylic acids or esters thereof, b) from 10 to 40 mol % of ethylene glycol and/or propylene glycol, c) from 3 to 20 mol % of polyethylene glycol, d) from 0.5 to 10 mol % of a water-soluble addition product of from 5 to 80 mol of an alkylene oxide with 1 mol of C | 07-28-2011 |
Helena Gray, Kinston, NC US
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| 20150114863 | INTEGRATED TOOTHBRUSH HOLDER AND COVER - An integrated toothbrush holder and cover for protecting a toothbrush when not in use from airborne contaminants. The integrated toothbrush holder and cover comprises a rigid, rectangular base holder having three receiving apertures disposed on its top side and three elongated cover portions adapted to cover said receiving apertures. The receiving apertures are sized to receive the base of a conventional toothbrush, so as to allow the toothbrush to be inserted into the hollow interior of the base holder until it contacts the bottom of the rectangular base holder, and support the body of a toothbrush which has been inserted so that the toothbrush can stand substantially upright. The cover portion can then be placed over the toothbrush and the receiving aperture in which it has been placed. Each cover portion is sized to completely cover one receiving aperture, covering a toothbrush disposed therein without its sides touching the bristles of the toothbrush or its top touching the top of the toothbrush. | 04-30-2015 |
Richard Gray, Cary, NC US
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| 20090006435 | OBJECT IDENTIFIER AWARENESS FOR NETWORK DEVICE NOTIFICATIONS - In one embodiment, a control processor sends unique identifiers to each traffic processor in a multi-processor system of different unique identifiers may be sent for each traffic processor supported Management Information Base (MIB). The traffic processors modify MIB object identifiers to include the unique identifiers and then transmit notifications that include the unique identifiers, MIB object identifiers, and associated traffic processor parameter values. In another embodiment, the control processor handles the task of attaching unique identifiers so each MIB object identifiers are uniquely correlated with a particular traffic processor. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20140149580 | TECHNIQUES FOR ACCOUNTING FOR MULTIPLE TRANSACTIONS IN A TRANSPORT CONTROL PROTOCOL (TCP) PAYLOAD - Techniques for separately accounting for multiple transactions in the same data packets communicated over a network using Transport Control Protocol (TCP) include receiving an Internet Protocol (IP) data packet that includes Transport Control Protocol (TCP) payload data. The TCP payload is parsed to determine boundary data that indicates a byte location on a boundary between a first transaction and a second transaction. A byte count that indicates a number of bytes in the TCP payload associated with the first transaction is determined based on the boundary data. Accounting data for the first transaction is determined based at least in part on the byte count. These techniques allow a service gateway to bill separately for different requests and responses carried in TCP data packets, such as those for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP). | 05-29-2014 |
Scott T. Gray, Raleigh, NC US
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| 20140280330 | PERTURBATION OF A SHARED, DISTRIBUTED CUBE - A method of performing a query on a cube of data is provided. A cube of data is distributed onto a plurality of computing devices with each computing device of the plurality of computing devices storing a different portion of the cube of data. A perturbation rule configured for application to the cube of data and associated with a user is received. A process space associated with the user is created. The received perturbation rule is compiled in association with the created process space. A query on the portion of the cube of data stored at the computing device is received. The received query is associated with the created process space. The query is processed while applying the compiled perturbation rule to data extracted from the portion of the cube of data stored at the computing device. A result of the processed query is sent to a requesting computing device. | 09-18-2014 |
Scott Thomas Gray, Raleigh, NC US
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| 20110264602 | Computer-Implemented Systems And Methods For Implementing Dynamic Trading Strategies In Risk Computations - Systems and methods are provided for simulating a portfolio risk of a portfolio managed according to one or more portfolio management rules. An initial holding amount of an investment instrument is received, and a portfolio management rule is received. One or more risk factors are simulated a first time period into the future. An adjustment amount is determined based on the portfolio management rule and the one or more risk factors simulated a first time period into the future and the holding amount of the investment instrument is adjusted based on adjustment amount. The one or more risk factors are simulated a second time period into the future, and a portfolio risk value is calculated based on the adjusted holding amount and the one or more risk factors simulated a second time period into the future. | 10-27-2011 |
William Madison Gray, Fuquay-Varina, NC US
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| 20080242231 | Updating Presence Based on Detecting User Activity - A controller in a wireless communication device automatically generates and sends presence updates when a detector in the device senses user motion or other parameters related to the user's current activity. The presence updates may indicate that the user is performing the sensed activity. When the detector no longer senses the user motion or other parameters, the controller automatically generates and sends another presence update to indicate that the user is finished performing the activity. | 10-02-2008 |
William R. Gray, Coats, NC US
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| 20080245802 | DRAIN PAN ASSEMBLY - A drain pan assembly for receiving liquids from air conditioners, refrigerators, and freezers comprising a blank having peripheral edges, base forming fold lines, and corner piece forming fold lines, wherein at least two corner piece forming fold lines and a portion of the peripheral edges, form each corner piece. The corner piece further comprises a diagonal corner fold line. Folding each corner piece along each diagonal corner fold line forms corner flaps. Each corner flap is bent about each of the corner piece forming fold lines to dispose the corner piece forming fold lines adjacent to each other and the diagonal corner fold lines adjacent to a surface of each peripheral wall. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20130167483 | FLEXIBLE PACKAGING FOR COMPRESSED DUCT - A container for a compressible article is disclosed, wherein the container includes first and second opposed sides having a first length, a first pair of flaps or edge attached to an end of the first and second opposed sides defining an end of the container, third and fourth opposed sides capable of having a second shorter length; and a second pair of flaps or edges attached to the third and fourth sides, the second pair of flaps having a fold line approximately aligned with the end of the container. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130174522 | METHOD FOR METERING A LENGTH OF DUCT FROM A FLEXIBLE CONTAINER RETAINING THE DUCT IN A LONGITUDINALLY COMPRESSED STATE - A method of retaining a longitudinally compressed flexible duct, the method includes removing at least one retaining strap from extending longitudinally about a flexible container retaining a longitudinally compressed flexible duct having a first end and a second end within the flexible container, the retaining strap extending about a first end and a second end of the flexible container. The method further includes securing choker about a circumference transverse to the longitudinally compressed flexible duct and the flexible container to circumferentially compress a portion of the longitudinally compressed flexible duct at a position intermediate of the first end and the second end of the longitudinally compressed flexible duct. | 07-11-2013 |
William R. Gray, Raleigh, NC US
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| 20100162667 | System for Metering a Length of Duct from a Flexible Container Retaining the Duct in a longitudinally Compressed State - A method of retaining a longitudinally compressed flexible duct, the method includes disposing a strap about a closed flexible container enclosing a longitudinally compressed duct to circumferentially restrict a circumferential dimension of the flexible container and a corresponding circumferential dimension of the longitudinally compressed duct intermediate a first end of the longitudinally compressed duct and a second end of the longitudinally compressed duct. The method further includes opening an end of the flexible container to allow expansion of the longitudinally compressed duct intermediate the opened end of the flexible container and the strap. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110197772 | System for Metering a Length of Duct from a Flexible Container Retaining the Duct in a Longitudinally Compressed State - A method of retaining a longitudinally compressed flexible duct, the method includes removing at least one retaining strap from extending longitudinally about a flexible container retaining a longitudinally compressed flexible duct having a first end and a second end within the flexible container, the retaining strap extending about a first end and a second end of the flexible container. The method further includes securing choker about a circumference transverse to the longitudinally compressed flexible duct and the flexible container to circumferentially compress a portion of the longitudinally compressed flexible duct at a position intermediate of the first end and the second end of the longitudinally compressed flexible duct. | 08-18-2011 |