Nguyen, AZ
Anh-Tai Thai Nguyen, Gilbert, AZ US
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20090261849 | Low Force Interconnects For Probe Cards - A probe test card assembly for testing of a device under test includes a printed circuit board, a substrate and a substrate support structure. The substrate support structure holds the substrate in position with respect to the printed circuit board. The substrate support structure may include one or more alignment members, one or more hard stop members and/or a support plate attached to the printed circuit board for positioning the substrate with respect to the printed circuit board. The one or more alignment members may extend through the printed circuit board and be connected to the one or more printed circuit board stiffener members. The probe test card assembly may also employ a proximity detection feature to indicate when the substrate is in a particular position with respect to the printed circuit board. | 10-22-2009 |
Anh Tuan Nguyen, Tucson, AZ US
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20080209448 | Apparatus, System, and Method For Extending A Device Driver To Facilitate A Network Connection To A Remote Event Manager - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for providing a network interface to a small computer system interface (“SCSI”) storage device driver. The method includes detecting an event in one of a storage device and a SCSI device driver of the storage device and comparing an event identifier associated with the event to a list of event identifiers. The method includes suspending an application in communication with the storage device through the SCSI device driver and sending a request associated with the event to a remote event manager over a transaction control protocol/Internet protocol (“TCP/IP”) connection, each in response to the event identifier matching a listed event identifier. The method includes receiving a response related to the event from the remote event manager over a TCP/IP connection. The method includes resuming the application after sending the response to the storage device through the SCSI device driver or failing the application. | 08-28-2008 |
Bao Q. Nguyen, Phoenix, AZ US
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20080232968 | NON-AXISYMMETRIC END WALL CONTOURING FOR A TURBOMACHINE BLADE ROW - A turbomachine blade row is provided having a hub that includes a non-axisymmetric end wall modified by a transformation function. The blade row further includes a circumferential row of a plurality of airfoil members radially extending from the non-axisymmetric end wall of the hub and forming a plurality of sectoral passages there between. A radius of the non-axisymmetric end wall is determined by a transformation function including a plurality of geometric parameters defined by a user based on flow conditions. The plurality of geometric parameters provide for modification of the end wall in both an axial and a tangential direction to includes a plurality of concave profiled regions and convex profiled regions. | 09-25-2008 |
Cassie Nguyen, Phoenix, AZ US
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20130131683 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL APPLICATOR - The present invention provides a minimally invasive surgical applicator device. The device is useful in the application of bone wax during surgical procedures to halt or reduce bone bleeding. The device may be sterilized for re-use or may be made disposable. | 05-23-2013 |
20140058399 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL APPLICATOR - The present invention provides a minimally invasive surgical applicator device. The device is useful in the application of bone wax during surgical procedures to halt or reduce bone bleeding. The device may be sterilized for re-use or may be made disposable. | 02-27-2014 |
Dan T. Nguyen, Tucson, AZ US
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20140204456 | IR SUPERCONTINUUM SOURCE USING LOW-LOSS HEAVY METAL OXIDE GLASSES - An IR supercontinuum source for generating supercontinuum in the MIR or possibly LWIR spectral bands comprises a supercontinuum fiber formed from a heavy metal oxide host glass having low optical loss and high non-linearity over the spectral band that is stable, strong and chemically durable. The supercontinuum fiber is suitably a depressed inner clad fiber configured to support only single transverse spatial mode propagation of the pump signal and supercontinuum. The source suitably includes a tapered depressed inner clad fiber to couple the pump signal into the supercontinuum fiber. The source may be configured as an “all-fiber” source. | 07-24-2014 |
20150057142 | IR HEAVY METAL OXIDE GLASSES - An IR supercontinuum source for generating supercontinuum in the MIR or possibly LWIR spectral bands comprises a supercontinuum fiber formed from a heavy metal oxide host glass having low optical loss and high non-linearity over the spectral band that is stable, strong and chemically durable. The supercontinuum fiber is suitably a depressed inner clad fiber configured to support only single transverse spatial mode propagation of the pump signal and supercontinuum. The source suitably includes a tapered depressed inner clad fiber to couple the pump signal into the supercontinuum fiber. The source may be configured as an “all-fiber” source. | 02-26-2015 |
Darin Nguyen, Phoenix, AZ US
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20140167871 | FREQUENCY TUNING AND STEP CONTROL OF A DIGITALLY CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR - A variable leaf capacitor is disclosed. In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, a variable leaf capacitor may comprise a first alternating current coupling capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a first differential node and a second terminal coupled to a first common-mode node, a second alternating current coupling capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a second differential node and a second terminal coupled to a second common-mode node, and a varactor having a bias terminal, a first common-mode terminal coupled to the first common-mode node, and a second common-mode terminal coupled to the second common-mode node, wherein the capacitance of the varactor is based on the voltage from the first common-mode terminal of the varactor to the bias terminal of the varactor and on the voltage from the second common-mode terminal of the varactor to the bias terminal of the varactor. | 06-19-2014 |
20140347137 | ADJUSTING TUNING SEGMENTS IN A DIGITALLY-CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR - A circuit may include a digitally-controlled oscillator including a coarse frequency-tuning array with a multiple selectable coarse frequency-tuning segments. Each of the coarse frequency-tuning segments may have a coarse segment frequency step size. The digitally-controlled oscillator may also include a fine frequency-tuning array with multiple selectable fine frequency-tuning segments. The fine frequency-tuning array may have a fine array frequency step size that is at least twice the coarse segment frequency step size. The digitally-controlled oscillator may be configured to generate an output signal with a frequency based on the coarse frequency-tuning array and the fine frequency-tuning array. | 11-27-2014 |
Darin Dung Nguyen, Phoenix, AZ US
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20130015895 | TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION CIRCUITAANM Nguyen; Darin DungAACI PhoenixAAST AZAACO USAAGP Nguyen; Darin Dung Phoenix AZ US - A temperature compensation circuit is disclosed. A temperature compensation circuit may include a temperature coefficient generator configured to generate a first signal and a second signal, wherein the first signal is proportional-to-absolute-temperature (ptat) and the second signal is negatively-proportional-to-absolute-temperature (ntat), a first programmable element configured to multiply at a first programmable ratio an amplitude of a third signal having a negative temperature coefficient from a first temperature to a second temperature, and a second programmable element configured to multiply at a second programmable ratio an amplitude of a fourth signal having a positive temperature coefficient from the second temperature to a third temperature. | 01-17-2013 |
20130335136 | TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION CIRCUIT - A temperature compensation circuit is disclosed. A temperature compensation circuit may include a temperature coefficient generator configured to generate a first signal and a second signal, wherein the first signal is proportional-to-absolute-temperature (ptat) and the second signal is negatively-proportional-to-absolute-temperature (ntat), a first programmable element configured to multiply at a first programmable ratio an amplitude of a third signal having a negative temperature coefficient from a first temperature to a second temperature, and a second programmable element configured to multiply at a second programmable ratio an amplitude of a fourth signal having a positive temperature coefficient from the second temperature to a third temperature. | 12-19-2013 |
David Nguyen, Phoenix, AZ US
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20130341191 | PERFORMANCE OF AN ANALYSER FOR BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES - An apparatus ( | 12-26-2013 |
Diem T. Nguyen, Tucson, AZ US
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20140258370 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF A SERVER SIDE DEDUPLICATION CACHE WITH A CLIENT SIDE DEDUPLICATION CACHE - A server computational device maintains commonly occurring duplicate chunks of deduplicated data that have already been stored m a server side repository via one or more client computational devices. The server computational device provides a client computational device with selected elements of the commonly occurring duplicate chunks of deduplicated data, in response to receiving a request by the server computational device from the client computational device to prepopulate, refresh or update a client side deduplication cache maintained in the client computational device. | 09-11-2014 |
Dung Nguyen, Tucson, AZ US
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20150052413 | DECODING OF LDPC CODE - It is provided a method for decoding a sequence of bits encoded by a LPDC code. The method comprises providing a set of bit states, including a first state and a second state, and a set of conditions to change a bit state including a first condition 5 and a second condition. The first condition and the second condition are different. The method comprises reading the value of each bit of the sequence, associating each bit to a respective state of the set according to the values as read, determining that an evaluated condition is met and changing the state of the target bit as a result of the condition being met. The method may then set the value of the target bit of the 10 sequence according to the state thereof. Such a method provides a solution for decoding a sequence of bits encoded by a LDPC code with better performance than the classic bit-flipping algorithm with only a slight increase in complexity. | 02-19-2015 |
Duy Q. Nguyen, Tucson, AZ US
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20150139448 | LOCATION AND ORIENTATION BASED VOLUME CONTROL - A computer manages methods for managing a volume of an audible transmission by, receiving an audible transmission with an associated location and orientation tag, wherein the associated location and orientation tag contains a geographical origin of the audible transmission and a direction of the audible transmission. Determining a location and orientation of a recipient of the audible transmission. Determining a volume level to be associated with the audible transmission based on the determined location and orientation of the recipient with respect to the associated location and orientation tag of the audible transmission. | 05-21-2015 |
20150139449 | LOCATION AND ORIENTATION BASED VOLUME CONTROL - A computer manages methods for managing a volume of an audible transmission by, receiving an audible transmission with an associated location and orientation tag, wherein the associated location and orientation tag contains a geographical origin of the audible transmission and a direction of the audible transmission. Determining a location and orientation of a recipient of the audible transmission. Determining a volume level to be associated with the audible transmission based on the determined location and orientation of the recipient with respect to the associated location and orientation tag of the audible transmission. | 05-21-2015 |
Hang Nguyen, Tempe, AZ US
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20100332877 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION - A system, apparatus, method and article to reduce power consumption are described. The method may include receiving a power management request for a reduced power consumption state from each of a plurality of processors. A power management request for the reduced power consumption state may be sent to a controller to cache data. Each of the plurality of processors may be instructed to enter the reduced power consumption state. An interrupt may be received to return to an active power consumption state. A power management request may be sent to the controller to flush cached data into a memory. Each of the plurality of processors may be instructed to enter the active power consumption state. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 12-30-2010 |
20120079290 | PROVIDING PER CORE VOLTAGE AND FREQUENCY CONTROL - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a processor having a plurality of cores and a control logic to control provision of a voltage/frequency to a first core of the plurality of cores independently of provision of a voltage/frequency to at least a second core of the plurality of cores. In some embodiments, the voltages may be provided from one or more internal voltage regulators of the processor. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 03-29-2012 |
Hang T. Nguyen, Tempe, AZ US
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20080250168 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING HETEROGENEOUS INTERCONNECTS - Some embodiments of the invention include an address interconnect and a data interconnect to transfer data among a number of devices. The data interconnect is configured to transfer data among the devices via multiple transfer paths. A transfer of data on one transfer path is independent from a transfer of data on another transfer path. In some cases, data is concurrently transferred among more than two of the devices on at least one of the address interconnect and the data interconnect. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-09-2008 |
20080282008 | System and Apparatus for Early Fixed Latency Subtractive Decoding - Systems and methods for early fixed latency subtractive decoding are disclosed. The subtractive decoding device speculatively acknowledges a bus transaction within a fixed time period that is the same as the time period for positive decoding. Pipelining of a new bus transaction may therefore be accomplished each new time period. A bus transaction may be retried if no acknowledgement occurs within the fixed time period. | 11-13-2008 |
20100306437 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO SELECTIVELY EXTEND AN EMBEDDED MICROPROCESSOR BUS THROUGH A DIFFERENT EXTERNAL BUS - A method and apparatus to selectively extend an embedded microprocessor bus through a different external bus are generally presented. In this regard, an apparatus is introduced comprising a first high speed serializer/deserializer (SERDES) bus internal to an integrated circuit device to couple an embedded microprocessor with an embedded component, a second high speed SERDES bus different from the first bus to couple the embedded component with an external interface of the integrated circuit device, and extension circuitry to selectively bypass the embedded component and extend the first bus to function at the external interface over a physical layer of the second bus. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 12-02-2010 |
20100332756 | PROCESSING OUT OF ORDER TRANSACTIONS FOR MIRRORED SUBSYSTEMS - Methods and apparatus relating to processing out of order transactions for mirrored subsystems are described. In one embodiment, a device (that is mirroring data from another device) includes a cache to track out of order write operations prior to writing the data from the write operations to memory. A register may be used to track the state of the cache and cause acknowledgement of commitment of the data to memory once all cache entries, as recorded at a select point by the register, are emptied or otherwise invalidated. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 12-30-2010 |
20110131373 | Mirroring Data Between Redundant Storage Controllers Of A Storage System - In one embodiment, the present invention includes canisters to control storage of data in a storage system including a plurality of disks. Each of multiple canisters may have a processor configured for uniprocessor mode and having an internal node identifier to identify the processor and an external node identifier to identify another processor with which it is to mirror cached data. The mirroring of cached data may be performed by communication of non-coherent transactions via the PtP interconnect, wherein the PtP interconnect is according to a cache coherent protocol. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-02-2011 |
20130185570 | Providing Per Core Voltage And Frequency Control - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a processor having a plurality of cores and a control logic to control provision of a voltage/frequency to a first core of the plurality of cores independently of provision of a voltage/frequency to at least a second core of the plurality of cores. In some embodiments, the voltages may be provided from one or more internal voltage regulators of the processor. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 07-18-2013 |
20140006761 | MECHANISM TO PROVIDE WORKLOAD AND CONFIGURATION-AWARE DETERMINISTIC PERFORMANCE FOR MICROPROCESSORS | 01-02-2014 |
20150143139 | Providing Per Core Voltage And Frequency Control - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a processor having a plurality of cores and a control logic to control provision of a voltage/frequency to a first core of the plurality of cores independently of provision of a voltage/frequency to at least a second core of the plurality of cores. In some embodiments, the voltages may be provided from one or more internal voltage regulators of the processor. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 05-21-2015 |
20150241949 | MECHANISM TO PROVIDE WORKLOAD AND CONFIGURATION-AWARE DETERMINISTIC PERFORMANCE FOR MICROPROCESSORS - One embodiment of an apparatus includes a semiconductor chip having a processor and an on-die non-volatile storage resource. The on-die non-volatile storage may store different, appropriate performance related information for different configurations and usage cases of the processor for a same performance state of the processor. | 08-27-2015 |
Hanh Nguyen, Tempe, AZ US
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20120222682 | Tracheostomy Tube Securing System - A tracheostomy tube securer is disclosed herein comprising a band with a first set of apertures and a strap with a second set of apertures. Tracheostomy tube securer further comprises a band thread and a strap thread to lace through the sets of apertures. Tracheostomy tube securer further comprises a tab for quick release of the securing system in an emergency situation. | 09-06-2012 |
Hoang Nguyen, Litchfield Park, AZ US
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20150250471 | ALL-SUTURE SUTURE ANCHOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method of anchoring soft tissue to a suitable bone site, using a soft suture anchor, includes steps of disposing the soft suture anchor on a shaft of an inserter, and securing a proximal end of a tensioning suture limb, extending proximally from the soft suture anchor, to structure in a handle of the inserter, so that it is maintained in place at a first level of holding tension (T | 09-10-2015 |
Hoang P. Nguyen, Litchfield Park, AZ US
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20100106169 | MENISCAL REPAIR SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A device for repairing a tear in a portion of tissue comprises a proximal actuator portion, a transfer needle extending distally from the proximal actuator portion and a catch needle extending distally from the proximal actuator portion. A suture needle is disposed in the transfer needle, and is extendable from the transfer needle toward the catch needle and retractable from the catch needle toward the transfer needle. An extendable catch plunger is disposed in the catch needle for capturing suture therein when it is transferred from the transfer needle. A retractable insertion sheath is provided for covering the transfer needle and the catch needle when the device is inserted into a procedural site. A depth limiting apparatus limits the depth of insertion of the needle into the procedural site. | 04-29-2010 |
20120035625 | MENISCAL REPAIR SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A device for repairing a tear in a portion of tissue comprises a proximal actuator portion, a transfer needle extending distally from the proximal actuator portion and a catch needle extending distally from the proximal actuator portion. A suture needle is disposed in the transfer needle, and is extendable from the transfer needle toward the catch needle and retractable from the catch needle toward the transfer needle. An extendable catch plunger is disposed in the catch needle for capturing suture therein when it is transferred from the transfer needle. A retractable insertion sheath is provided for covering the transfer needle and the catch needle when the device is inserted into a procedural site. A depth limiting apparatus limits the depth of insertion of the needle into the procedural site. | 02-09-2012 |
20130310854 | MENISCAL REPAIR SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A device for repairing a tear in a portion of tissue comprises a proximal actuator portion, a transfer needle extending distally from the proximal actuator portion and a catch needle extending distally from the proximal actuator portion. A suture needle is disposed in the transfer needle, and is extendable from the transfer needle toward the catch needle and retractable from the catch needle toward the transfer needle. An extendable catch plunger is disposed in the catch needle for capturing suture therein when it is transferred from the transfer needle. A retractable insertion sheath is provided for covering the transfer needle and the catch needle when the device is inserted into a procedural site. A depth limiting apparatus limits the depth of insertion of the needle into the procedural site. | 11-21-2013 |
Joanne T. Nguyen, Tucson, AZ US
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20100250495 | BACKING-UP AND RESTORING FILES INCLUDING FILES REFERENCED WITH MULTIPLE FILE NAMES - Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for backing-up and restoring files including files referenced with multiple file names. Files to backup are determined. A determination is made from the files to backup files referenced with multiple names. An entry is created for each file to backup in a backup directory indicating file attributes and each name used to reference the file. The determined files and the backup directory are backed-up. | 09-30-2010 |
20100306523 | RESTORING A SOURCE FILE REFERENCED BY MULTIPLE FILE NAMES TO A RESTORE FILE - Provided are a method, system, and program for restoring a source file referenced by multiple file names to a restore file. An operation is processed to restore a source file having a first file name to a restore file, wherein the source file is in a state of being accessed by a process. A determination is made as to whether a second file name references the source file. A first temporary file name and a second temporary file name are created that both reference the restore file in response to determining that the second file name references the source file. The first temporary file name is renamed to the first file name and the second temporary file name is renamed to the second file name. After the renaming of the first and second temporary file names, the first and second file names reference the restore file. | 12-02-2010 |
John K. Nguyen, Mesa, AZ US
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20150106324 | CONTEXTUAL GRAPH MATCHING BASED ANOMALY DETECTION - Contextual graph matching based anomaly detection may include evaluating computer-generated log file data to create a master directed graph that specifies known events and transitions between the known events. The master directed graph may be processed to determine a plurality of decomposed master graph walks. Incoming computer-generated log file data may be evaluated to create an incoming directed graph that specifies unknown events and transitions between the unknown events. The incoming directed graph may be processed to determine a decomposed incoming walk. Overlap, distance difference, and correlation scores may be determined for each walk pair of a plurality of walk pairs including each of the plurality of decomposed master graph walks and the decomposed incoming walk. One of the decomposed master graph walks may be selected based on the overlap score, the difference score, and the correlation score, to detect an anomaly. | 04-16-2015 |
Kc Nguyen, Maricopa, AZ US
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20090054595 | Compounding Formulations for Producing Articles from Guayule Natural Rubber - The invention disclosed herein relates to a process for making elastomeric rubber articles, and in particular, the process of producing such articles from non- | 02-26-2009 |
20090163689 | GUAYULE NATURAL RUBBER LATEX THIN FILM ARTICLES - The present disclosure provides for a formula and process for making elastomeric rubber thin film articles. In particular, the formula and process is a system which produces non- | 06-25-2009 |
Khang N. Nguyen, Vail, AZ US
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20140304224 | REPLICATING A SOURCE STORAGE SYSTEM - For replicating a source storage system, a scan module generates a source storage server description for each source storage server of the source storage system from a scan of the source storage system. The source storage server description includes a replication type and a source volume record for each source logical volume of the source storage server. A provision module determines a number of replicated instances of each source logical volume for a target storage system from the replication type. In addition the provision module generates a target storage server description for each target storage server of the target storage system from each source storage server description in response to the target storage system satisfying a target storage requirement. | 10-09-2014 |
20150278331 | AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT OF DATA REPLICATION BASED ON DATA ACCESS - A processor determines a predicted quantity of updates to be made to a set of data using a history of updates. The set of data is associated with a category of replication that indicates a first frequency of data replication to be applied to the set of data. The processor determines whether the first predicted quantity of updates meets a first threshold for a frequency of replication of the set of data. The first threshold indicates an allowed number of updates and meeting the first threshold indicates that an adjustment to the frequency of replication of the set of data is to be initiated. The processor responds to a determination that the first threshold has been met by associating the set of data with a category of replication that has a second frequency of data replication to be applied to the set of data. | 10-01-2015 |
Kim Thuy Nguyen, Scottsdale, AZ US
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20130079735 | DEVICE FOR APPLYING A FORMULATION TO SKIN - The application provides a device for applying a formulation to skin, the device comprising a housing, a spreading means, and an ejecting means; wherein the housing comprises a chamber for receiving a cartridge, and wherein the cartridge comprises a formulation. | 03-28-2013 |
Nam Nguyen, Tucson, AZ US
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20140107460 | Image-Guided Radiotherapy For Internal Tumor Boost - The present invention features an image-guided radiotherapy method for tumor treatment. The method comprises the steps of obtaining a three-dimensional visualized tumor image, identifying the boundary of the tumor; designating and applying a boosted radiation dose of treatment for a boost region within the tumor boundary, wherein a predetermined safety region is between the boosted region and the tumor boundary with a predetermined minimum distance between the boosted region boundary and tumor boundary. | 04-17-2014 |
20150246246 | Image-Guided Radiotherapy For Internal Tumor Boost - An image-guided radiotherapy system for tumor treatment featuring obtaining a three-dimensional visualized tumor image, identifying the boundary of the tumor, and designating and applying a boosted radiation dose of treatment for a boost region within the tumor boundary. A predetermined safety region is between the boosted region and the tumor boundary with a predetermined minimum distance between the boosted region boundary and tumor boundary. | 09-03-2015 |
Nguyet Nguyen, Oro Valley, AZ US
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20120006398 | PROTECTIVE BACK CONTACT LAYER FOR SOLAR CELLS - The present disclosure is directed toward a thin film photovoltaic cell including a support substrate; a contact layer disposed adjacent a first side of the substrate; a p-type semiconductor layer disposed on the first side of the substrate; an n-type semiconductor layer disposed on the first side of the substrate; and a protective back side layer structure disposed adjacent a second side of the substrate, wherein the protective back side layer structure may include a corrosion resistant material. In some embodiments, the back side layer includes at least a first layer and a second layer. Additionally and/or alternatively, the back side layer may include a molybdenum alloy, wherein the molybdenum alloy may include an alloy partner selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Al, and Si. | 01-12-2012 |
20120192941 | BARRIER AND PLANARIZATION LAYER FOR THIN-FILM PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL - Thin film photovoltaic cells and methods of manufacturing such cells that include one or more diffusion barrier layers configured to provide a relatively smooth growth surface for subsequent deposition of a p-type semiconductor layer. Diffusion barrier layers according to the present teachings may be amorphous, microcrystalline or nanocrystalline layers of materials including molybdenum, conductive oxides, conductive nitrides, conductive carbides, or mixtures thereof. In some cases a diffusion barrier layer may be configured to have surface roughness less than a predetermined threshold value. | 08-02-2012 |
Nhu T. Nguyen, Tucson, AZ US
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20090063767 | Method for Automatically Configuring Additional Component to a Storage Subsystem - A method for automatically configuring a newly added component to a storage subsystem is disclosed. In response to a new component being connected to a storage subsystem, a determination is made whether or not the new component is a host computer or a disk drive. If the new component is a host computer, the new component is added to the storage subsystem as a host computer when the number of computer systems that can be supported by the storage subsystem has not yet been exceeded. If the new component is a disk drive, the new component is allocated to a pool of storage devices within the storage subsystem, wherein some of the pool of storage devices are held in reserve while some of the pool of storage devices are allocated to a host computer based on policy rules. | 03-05-2009 |
20090204833 | MINIMIZATION OF POWER CONSUMPTION IN SERVER ENVIRONMENT - A method for minimizing power consumption in a computer server is provided. Collected data for an event is compared with an entry in a power consumption table. A power reduction mechanism is triggered if the collected data and the entry are within a specified range. The power consumption table is updated with the collected data if the collected data and the entry are not within the specified range. | 08-13-2009 |
Nhu Thanh Nguyen, Tucson, AZ US
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20080256525 | AUTOMATED FIRMWARE RESTORATION TO A PEER PROGRAMMABLE HARDWARE DEVICE - Provided are techniques for restoring firmware. A first programmable hardware device determines that a second programmable hardware device needs a valid firmware image, retrieves a copy of the valid firmware image from an external memory, and sends the valid firmware image to the second programmable hardware device via a private communication link, wherein the private communication link enables private communication between the first programmable hardware device and the second programmable hardware device. The second programmable hardware device restores existing firmware using the valid firmware image. | 10-16-2008 |
20080256526 | AUTOMATED FIRMWARE RESTORATION TO A PEER PROGRAMMABLE HARDWARE DEVICE - Provided are techniques for restoring firmware. A first programmable hardware device determines that a second programmable hardware device needs a valid firmware image, retrieves a copy of the valid firmware image from an external memory, and sends the valid firmware image to the second programmable hardware device via a private communication link, wherein the private communication link enables private communication between the first programmable hardware device and the second programmable hardware device. The second programmable hardware device restores existing firmware using the valid firmware image. | 10-16-2008 |
20090193150 | INTERFACING DEVICES THAT INCLUDE DEVICE SPECIFIC INFORMATION TO A DEVICE RECEIVING UNIT - Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein a persistent storage is maintained in a device receiving unit that is capable of receiving one or more devices. The device receiving unit receives a device that includes device specific information that identifies the device. The device is interfaced with the device receiving unit. The persistent storage is updated with the device specific information that identifies the device, in response to the interfacing of the device with the device receiving unit. | 07-30-2009 |
20090210735 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER SEQUENCE IN A BLADE CENTER ENVIRONMENT - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for controlling power sequence in a blade center environment. A blade center environment has many devices requiring power. A relationship component module creates a topology of interdependent relationships of the devices. A monitor component module monitors commands to regulate power for devices. A validating module validates that the commands do not violate the interdependent relationships defined in the topology and returns a failure message if the command is not validated. | 08-20-2009 |
20120198261 | CONTROLLING POWER SEQUENCE IN A BLADE CENTER ENVIRONMENT - For controlling power sequence in a blade center environment, a relationship component module creates a topology of interdependent relationships of devices in the blade center environment. The devices include server blades, storage blades, and switch modules. A sequence module defines a sequence of the devices in the blade center environment to power off and on based on the topology of interdependent relationships. The sequence includes an order of a first independent blade server, each dependent storage blade of the first independent blade server, and a second independent blade server. A monitor component module monitors a command from an Advanced Management Module (AMM) to regulate power for the devices in the blade center environment. The AMM regulates power within the blade center. A validation module validates that the command does not violate the interdependent relationships and the sequence of devices or else blocks the command if the command is not validated. | 08-02-2012 |
Phu Nguyen, Tucson, AZ US
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20090327813 | METHOD TO RECOVER FROM A BOOT DEVICE FAILURE DURING REBOOT OR SYSTEM IPL - A method of automatic recovery from a boot device failure and an initial program load (IPL) failure of an operating system (OS) comprises: receiving and complying with a user selected option of an action upon an event of a boot device failure and an IPL failure. The user selected option may consist of taking the action of attempting an auto reboot of the server with the selected boot device and continuing the reboot attempts using the reduced priority boot devices from the bootlist until detection of a boot success, or taking no action allowing for manual user intervention. | 12-31-2009 |
20100185895 | FAILURE-SPECIFIC DATA COLLECTION AND RECOVERY FOR ENTERPRISE STORAGE CONTROLLERS - A method, apparatus, and computer program product for handling a failure condition in a storage controller is disclosed. In certain embodiments, a method may include initially detecting a failure condition in a storage controller. The failure condition may be associated with a specific host and a specific storage device connected to the storage controller. The method may further include determining a failure ID associated with the failure condition. Using the failure ID, en entry may be located in a data collection and recovery table. This entry may indicate one or more data collection and/or recovery processes to execute in response to the failure condition. The method may then execute the data collection and/or recovery processes indicated in the entry. While executing the data collection and/or recovery processes, connectivity may be maintained between hosts and storage devices not associated with the failure condition. | 07-22-2010 |
Quang Nguyen, Prescott Valley, AZ US
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Thang Nguyen, Gilbert, AZ US
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Thang D. Nguyen, Scottsdale, AZ US
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Thanh Nam Nguyen, Tucson, AZ US
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Thu Nguyen, Tucson, AZ US
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20110047537 | Updating client node of computing system - During execution of an existing scheduling computer program on a client node, an update computer program and a self-describing automatic installation package are downloaded to the client node from a logical depot node implemented on an existing management server. Therefore, advantageously, no physical depot node or other additional computing device is needed for the client node to update itself. Execution of the update computer program is spawned on the client node from the existing scheduling computer program. As such, the update computer program inherits root access to the client node and security credentials to the management server from the scheduling computer program—advantageously, then, a user does not have to perform any laborious configuration of the client node in order to update the node. The client node ultimately updates itself using the self-describing automatic installation package, which includes all the information needed for the client node to update itself. | 02-24-2011 |
Trung N. Nguyen, Tucson, AZ US
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Trung Ngoc Nguyen, Tucson, AZ US
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