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20150178395 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDEMPOTENT INTERACTIVE DISPARATE OBJECT DISCOVERY, RETRIEVAL AND DISPLAY - The present invention is a system that performs a real time on-demand searching for items such as goods or services with specific search criteria, and returns a set of search results that are deduped and can be updated when modifications to the search results occur. The functionality is provided by a idempotence search system having a user agent that asynchronously receives search results from user's remote computing devices, a set of fetchers for retrieving search results from associated external site and organizing the results in a results queue, a plurality of parser operating in parallel, a broadcaster wherein the user agent includes retrieving the difference from the delta queue, retrieving the results associated with the difference and displaying the results for the user. | 06-25-2015 |
20150178746 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NEAR REAL-TIME, UNSOLICITED, UNBIASED DEMAND COLLECTION FOR DISTRIBUTING CONSUMER ITEMS - This invention is a system for determining non-abstract consumer demand for an item comprising: a user agent, an aggregator and a sales agent for transmitting the quantity price demand information to a supplier computer system, receiving an initial price and quantity of the discrete item being offered by the supplier from the supplier computer system, setting the current price to the initial price, (a) transmitting the discrete item information to remote computer systems that represent the user's desire for the discrete item, (b) waiting an predetermined period of time, (c) reducing the quantity of items available by the number sold during the predetermined period of time, (d) reducing the current price and performing steps (a), (b), (c) and (d) until: (i) the quantity of items available is reduced to zero or (ii) a sale termination period is reached or (iii) a maximum price reduction has been reached. | 06-25-2015 |
20150178747 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND DISTRIBUTING CONSUMER ITEMS ACCORDING TO DYNAMIC DEMAND LEVELS - This invention is directed to a computerized system for asynchronously receiving persistent query requests, selecting a subset from the plurality of persistent query requests for a particular item, ordering the subset of persistent query requests into a plurality of equal range brackets between the highest desired price to the lowest desired price, receiving a set of sales program criteria from the vendor computer system created in response to the vendor computer system previously receiving the subset of persistent query requests having available quantity and available price information for the items available for sale from the vendor, determining the number of available items from the sales program criteria having available prices that are within a first desired range bracket, and transmitting a notification to the remote computer devices associated with the query results having available prices in the first range bracket. | 06-25-2015 |
20150178807 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASYNCHRONOUS CONSUMER ITEM SEARCHING REQUESTS WITH SYNCHRONOUS PARALLEL SEARCHING - This invention is a system for providing persistence searching for consumer items that performs the steps of: retrieving a set of get requests uniquely associated with external vendor sites wherein each get request is specifically formatted for its external vendor site and simultaneously transmitting the set of get requests to the respective external vendor sites. Asynchronously receiving current results from the external vendor sites, extracting the price from the current results for each item contained in the current results received from the external vendor sites, comparing the extracted price of the current results with the price of a previously stored results, generating a notification and including in the notification, a link to the external vendor site to provide a purchasing opportunity to a user where the price of the current results is lower than the price of the stored results. | 06-25-2015 |
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20090172243 | Providing metadata in a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) to store entries each having a translation portion to store a virtual address (VA)-to-physical address (PA) translation and a second portion to store bits for a memory page associated with the VA-to-PA translation, where the bits indicate attributes of information in the memory page. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 07-02-2009 |
20110208944 | Providing Metadata In A Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) to store entries each having a translation portion to store a virtual address (VA)-to-physical address (PA) translation and a second portion to store bits for a memory page associated with the VA-to-PA translation, where the bits indicate attributes of information in the memory page. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 08-25-2011 |
20120297161 | Providing Metadata In A Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) to store entries each having a translation portion to store a virtual address (VA)-to-physical address (PA) translation and a second portion to store bits for a memory page associated with the VA-to-PA translation, where the bits indicate attributes of information in the memory page. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 11-22-2012 |
20140337600 | PROVIDING METADATA IN A TRANSLATION LOOKASIDE BUFFER (TLB) - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) to store entries each having a translation portion to store a virtual address (VA)-to-physical address (PA) translation and a second portion to store bits for a memory page associated with the VA-to-PA translation, where the bits indicate attributes of information in the memory page. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 11-13-2014 |
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20130142074 | FREQUENCY AGILITY FOR WIRELESS EMBEDDED SYSTEMS - A method for frequency agility in a wireless embedded system, the wireless embedded system comprising a WAP and a WEP communicating on a current channel, includes determining a first channel table comprising an order of available channels for the WAP; determining a second channel table for WEP, wherein the first channel table and the second channel table list the available channels in the same order; in the event interference is detected by the WAP on the current channel, determining a new current channel by testing the available channels for interference in the order listed in the first channel table; and in the event the WEP does not receive an acknowledgement from the WAP of a message sent by the WEP to the WAP, resending the message on each of the available channels in the order listed in the second channel table until an acknowledgement is received from the WAP. | 06-06-2013 |
20130188544 | Low-Power, Low-Latency, End-To-End Communication Messaging Over Multi-Hop, Heterogenous Communication Networks - A system is provided and includes a server, a wireless access point disposed in signal communication with the server, an end device and a wireless end point communicative with the wireless access point and configured to interface with the end device, the server and the end device being configured to send information packets back and forth via the wireless end point, each information packet including additional information instructing the wireless end point to take subsequent action following initial action by the wireless end point relative to the information packet. | 07-25-2013 |
20130194959 | BI-DIRECTIONAL LINK MARGIN ESTABLISHMENT FOR WIRELESS EMBEDDED SYSTEMS - A method for bi-directional link margin establishment includes sending a first link margin exchange packet by a wireless end point (WEP) to a wireless access point (WAP); measuring an uplink signal strength of the first packet; sending to the WEP a second packet comprising the measured uplink signal strength of the first packet; measuring a downlink signal strength of the second packet; calculating an uplink link margin based on the uplink signal strength from the second packet; sending to the WAP a third packet comprising the measured downlink signal strength of the second packet and the calculated uplink link margin; measuring the uplink signal strength of the third packet; calculating a downlink link margin based on the downlink signal strength from the third packet; and sending to the WEP a fourth packet comprising the measured uplink signal strength of the third packet and the calculated downlink link margin. | 08-01-2013 |
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20090278860 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING INPUT FROM A PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE - A method and system is described for displaying input from a portable computing device to a second computing device. On the second computing device, a display region is created. The region may be a stand alone application or a region inside an application. The second computing device then receives a communication that represents the portable input on the portable computing device. The portable input is then scaled to fit the display region and the portable input is displayed on the second computing device. | 11-12-2009 |
20090280466 | LEARNING ASSESSMENT AND PROGRAMMATIC REMEDIATION - Learning content may be provided to a user where the learning content may contain learning objectives. A response to the learning content may be received. The response may be analyzed by determining whether the response was the proper response to the learning objectives. If the response was a proper response, less questions on the learning objective may be presented in the future and the if response was an improper response, additional questions on the learning objective may be presented in the future. | 11-12-2009 |
20090282330 | INPUTTING DATA ON A PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE - A method for displaying input from a portable computing device on a second computing device is described. Later inputs on the portable computing device are displayed in a scrolling fashion on the second computing device with later input being displayed below previous input without regard to the location of the input on the portable computing device. | 11-12-2009 |
20090282341 | ASSOCIATING INPUT WITH COMPUTER BASED CONTENT - Notes and other input may be entered directly onto computer based content. The notes may be taken on a portable computing device that contains metadata from the computer based content. The metadata and input are stored and once the portable computing device is in communication with the second computing device displaying the computer based content, the input is displayed near the computer based content that was displayed at the time the input was created. | 11-12-2009 |
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20090008637 | METHODS OF FABRICATING NANOSTRUCTURED ZnO ELECTRODES FOR EFFICIENT DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS - The present invention provides methods of forming metal oxide semiconductor nanostructures and, in particular, zinc oxide (ZnO) semiconductor nanostructures, possessing high surface area, plant-like morphologies on a variety of substrates. Optoelectronic devices, such as photovoltaic cells, incorporating the nanostructures are also provided. | 01-08-2009 |
20100175755 | COPPER DELAFOSSITE TRANSPARENT P-TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILM DEVICES - Methods for fabrication of copper delafossite materials include a low temperature sol-gel process for synthesizing CuBO | 07-15-2010 |
20100203674 | METHODS OF FABRICATING NANOSTRUCTURED ZnO ELECTRODES FOR EFFICIENT DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS - The present invention provides methods of forming metal oxide semiconductor nanostructures and, in particular, zinc oxide (ZnO) semiconductor nanostructures, possessing high surface area, plant-like morphologies on a variety of substrates. Optoelectronic devices, such as photovoltaic cells, incorporating the nanostructures are also provided. | 08-12-2010 |
20100252108 | COPPER DELAFOSSITE TRANSPARENT P-TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS FOR DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS - Methods for fabrication of copper delafossite materials include a low temperature sol-gel process for synthesizing CuBO | 10-07-2010 |
20110132462 | MODIFIED COPPER-ZINC-TIN SEMICONDUCTOR FILMS, USES THEREOF AND RELATED METHODS - Provided herein are multicomponent semiconductor films having a broad range of bandgaps and charge carrier characteristics. The semiconductor films include copper, zinc, tin, at least one substitutional metal and at least one chalcogen. Substitutional metals include those capable of substituting for a portion of copper, zinc, or both in the semiconductor films. Also disclosed are methods for making the films, including single-bath electrodeposition methods, and devices incorporating the films, including photovoltaic devices. | 06-09-2011 |
20110175085 | PIN STRUCTURES INCLUDING INTRINSIC GALLIUM ARSENIDE, DEVICES INCORPORATING THE SAME, AND RELATED METHODS - Provided herein are PIN structures including a layer of amorphous n-type silicon, a layer of intrinsic GaAs disposed over the layer of amorphous n-type silicon, and a layer of amorphous p-type silicon disposed over the layer of intrinsic GaAs. The layer of intrinsic GaAs may be engineered by the disclosed methods to exhibit a variety of structural properties that enhance light absorption and charge carrier mobility, including oriented polycrystalline intrinsic GaAs, embedded particles of intrinsic GaAs, and textured surfaces. Also provided are devices incorporating the PIN structures, including photovoltaic devices. | 07-21-2011 |
20120086007 | PIN STRUCTURES INCLUDING INTRINSIC GALLIUM ARSENIDE, DEVICES INCORPORATING THE SAME, AND RELATED METHODS - Provided herein are PIN structures including a layer of amorphous n-type silicon, a layer of intrinsic GaAs disposed over the layer of amorphous n-type silicon, and a layer of amorphous p-type silicon disposed over the layer of intrinsic GaAs. The layer of intrinsic GaAs may be engineered by the disclosed methods to exhibit a variety of structural properties that enhance light absorption and charge carrier mobility, including oriented polycrystalline intrinsic GaAs, embedded particles of intrinsic GaAs, and textured surfaces. Also provided are devices incorporating the PIN structures, including photovoltaic devices. | 04-12-2012 |
20130161614 | NANOSTRUCTURED FILMS AND RELATED METHODS - Nanostructured films including a plurality of nanowells, the nanowells having a pore at the top surface of the film, the pore defining a channel that extends downwardly towards the bottom surface of the film are provided. Also provided are methods including exposing a growth substrate to an anodizing bath, applying ultrasonic vibrations to the anodizing bath, and generating a current through the anodizing bath to form the nanostructured film. The nanostructured films may be formed from TiO | 06-27-2013 |
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20110024688 | CORROSION PROTECTION COATINGS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - A corrosion protection composition includes a mixture of three different silanes selected to interact and form a coating on metal substrates that has improved adhesion and durability as well as UV protection properties. Methods of manufacturing the corrosion protection composition include mixing the silanes together and further combining the silane mixture with other mixtures to arrive at the corrosion protection composition. Sonication may be a preferred manner of mixing together the various components of the mixtures. | 02-03-2011 |
20110245378 | NANOMATERIAL-REINFORCED RESINS AND RELATED MATERIALS - Provided are nanomaterial-reinforced resin compositions and related methods. The compositions include a reinforcing material, such as graphene, polyamic acid, carbon nanotubes, or dimethylacetamide that is dispersed into a resin. The reinforcing material is present in the resin at from about 0.001 to about 10 wt %. Also provided are methods of fabricating these compositions and methods of tailoring a composition to achieve a particular set of mechanical properties. | 10-06-2011 |
20120251807 | NANOPARTICULATE-ENHANCED COATINGS - Disclosed are coatings comprising a matrix material and nanoscale bodies disposed within the matrix material. Also provided are methods of forming such coatings. | 10-04-2012 |
20120288723 | Corrosion Protection Coatings and Methods of Making the Same - A corrosion protection composition includes a mixture of three different silanes selected to interact and form a coating on metal substrates that has improved adhesion and durability as well as UV protection properties. Methods of manufacturing the corrosion protection composition include mixing the silanes together and further combining the silane mixture with other mixtures to arrive at the corrosion protection composition. Sonication may be a preferred manner of mixing together the various components of the mixtures. | 11-15-2012 |
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20080292558 | COLORED ESMOLOL CONCENTRATE - A concentrated esmolol formulation is provided that is distinguishable from a diluted form of the concentrated esmolol formulation. In one embodiment, the concentrated esmolol formulation allows identification of the concentrate even after transfer of the concentrate out of a labeled primary container. The concentrated esmolol formulation can include from about 25 to about 1000 mg/ml of esmolol hydrochloride, a buffering agent and a color additive. Any number of color additives may be included such as indocyanine green, phenopheylene, hemoglobin, cyanocobalamine, patent blue, and indigo carmine vitamin B2 and naturally occurring vitamins and minerals. The amount included in the formulation is highly dependent on the color additive selected. The color additive should be included in an amount sufficient to easily distinguish the concentrated esmolol formulation from at least about a 1:4 dilution of the concentrate. Also, a medical product is provided that includes a colored concentrated esmolol housed in a container, and a package housing the container and instructions. The instructions can notify that a color additive has been added to the concentrated esmolol formulation to aid in differentiating it. Additionally a method of allowing easy identification of a concentrated esmolol formulation is provided. The method includes providing a colored concentrated esmolol formulation that has from about 25 to about 1000 mg/ml of esmolol and a color additive. | 11-27-2008 |
20080293810 | MULTI-DOSE CONCENTRATE ESMOLOL WITH BENZYL ALCOHOL - Disclosed are concentrate esmolol injection essentially free from other related esters of esmolol and diluted esmolol compositions. The concentrate esmolol formulation includes from about 25-1000 mg/ml of esmolol and about 1-25% w/v of benzyl alcohol and the combination thereof. The compositions can also be used as multi-dose compositions. The present invention also discloses diluted, ready-to-use compositions of esmolol prepared by dilution of the present invention concentrates. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the ready-to-use compositions of the present invention. | 11-27-2008 |
20080293814 | CONCENTRATE ESMOLOL - A concentrate esmolol formulation is provided that is safer than current concentrate (e.g., 250 mg/ml) esmolol compositions. The concentrate esmolol formulation can include from about 40-60 mg/ml of esmolol hydrochloride. The concentrate esmolol composition allows a practitioner the flexibility of choosing a bolus volume for direct injection to a patient or, optionally, to use the composition to make a customized, diluted composition of esmolol. Methods of the present invention provide for the reduction of potential adverse health consequences resulting in the improper dosing of prior art concentrate compositions of esmolol. Also, a medical product is provided that includes a concentrate esmolol housed in a container, and a package housing the container and instructions. | 11-27-2008 |
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20150016554 | CONTEXT AWARE MULTIPLE-INPUT AND MULTIPLE-OUTPUT ANTENNA SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method, a system, and a server provide context aware multiple-input-multiple-output MIMO antenna systems and methods. Specifically, the systems and methods provide, in a multiple MIMO antenna or node system, techniques of antenna/beam selection, calibration, and periodic refresh, based on environmental and mission context. The systems and methods can define a context vector as built by cooperative use of the nodes on the backhaul to direct antennas for the best user experience as well as mechanisms using the context vector in a 3D employment to point the antennas in a cooperative basis therebetween. The systems and methods utilize sensors in the nodes to provide tailored context sensing versus motion sensing, in conjunction with BER (Bit Error Rate) measurements on test signals to position an antenna beam from a selection of several “independent” antenna subsystems operating within a single node, as well as, that of its optically connected neighbor. | 01-15-2015 |
20150016555 | CONTEXT AWARE MULTIPLE-INPUT AND MULTIPLE-OUTPUT ANTENNA SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method, a system, and a server provide context aware multiple-input-multiple-output MIMO antenna systems and methods. Specifically, the systems and methods provide, in a multiple MIMO antenna or node system, techniques of antenna/beam selection, calibration, and periodic refresh, based on environmental and mission context. The systems and methods can define a context vector as built by cooperative use of the nodes on the backhaul to direct antennas for the best user experience as well as mechanisms using the context vector in a 3D employment to point the antennas in a cooperative basis therebetween. The systems and methods utilize sensors in the nodes to provide tailored context sensing versus motion sensing, in conjunction with BER (Bit Error Rate) measurements on test signals to position an antenna beam from a selection of several “independent” antenna subsystems operating within a single node, as well as, that of its optically connected neighbor. | 01-15-2015 |
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20100325954 | QUENCH CHAMBER ASSEMBLY FOR A GASIFIER - A gasifier includes a combustion chamber in which a combustible fuel is burned to produce a syngas and a particulated solid residue. A quench chamber having a liquid coolant is disposed downstream of the combustion chamber. A dip tube is disposed coupling the combustion chamber to the quench chamber. The syngas is directed from the combustion chamber to the quench chamber via the dip tube to contact the liquid coolant and produce a cooled syngas. A draft tube is disposed surrounding the dip tube such that an annular passage is formed between the draft tube and the dip tube. An asymmetric or symmetric baffle is disposed proximate to an exit path of the quench chamber. The cooled syngas is directed through the annular passage and impacted against the asymmetric or symmetric baffle so as to remove entrained liquid content from the cooled syngas before the cooled syngas is directed through the exit path. | 12-30-2010 |
20100325957 | GASIFICATION SYSTEM FLOW DAMPING - In one embodiment, a gasification system component, such as a quench unit or scrubber may retain of pool of a cooling fluid for cooling another fluid. The gasification system component includes a flow damping mechanism designed to dampen flow of the cooling fluid, the other fluid, or both, within the gasification system component. The flow damping mechanism may be disposed in an inner chamber formed between a dip tube and a draft tube or disposed in an outer chamber formed between the walls of the gasification system component and the draft tube. The flow damping mechanism also may be disposed between the inner chamber and the outer chamber. | 12-30-2010 |
20130011307 | QUENCH CHAMBER ASSEMBLY FOR A GASIFIER - A gasifier includes a combustion chamber in which a fuel is burned to produce a syngas and a particulated solid residue. A quench chamber having a liquid coolant is disposed downstream of the combustion chamber. A dip tube couples the combustion chamber to the quench chamber. The syngas is directed from the combustion chamber to the quench chamber via the dip tube to contact the liquid coolant and produce a cooled syngas. A draft tube surrounds the dip tube such that an annular passage is formed between the draft tube and the dip tube. An asymmetric or symmetric faceted baffle is disposed proximate to an exit path of the quench chamber. The cooled syngas is directed through the annular passage and impacted against the baffle so as to remove entrained liquid content from the cooled syngas before the cooled syngas is directed through the exit path. | 01-10-2013 |
20130011308 | QUENCH CHAMBER ASSEMBLY FOR A GASIFIER - A gasifier includes a combustion chamber in which a fuel is burned to produce a syngas and a particulated solid residue. A quench chamber is disposed downstream of the combustion chamber. A dip tube is disposed coupling the combustion chamber to the quench chamber. The syngas is directed to contact liquid coolant in the quench chamber and produce a cooled syngas. A draft tube is disposed surrounding the dip tube such that an annular passage is formed. A baffle is disposed proximate to an exit path of the quench chamber. The cooled syngas is directed through the annular passage and impacted against the baffle so as to remove entrained liquid content from the cooled syngas before it is directed through the exit path. A cross sectional area of the annular passage is smaller towards the bottom of the quench chamber and larger towards the top of the quench chamber. | 01-10-2013 |
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20090121358 | DUAL DEPTH TRENCH TERMINATION METHOD FOR IMPROVING CU-BASED INTERCONNECT INTEGRITY - A trench is formed in a low K dielectric ( | 05-14-2009 |
20130062736 | POST-POLYMER REVEALING OF THROUGH-SUBSTRATE VIA TIPS - A method of forming semiconductor die includes forming a layer of polymer or a precursor of the polymer on a bottomside of a substrate having a topside including active circuitry and a bottomside, and a plurality of through-substrate-vias (TSVs). The TSVs have a liner including at least a dielectric liner and an inner metal core that extends to TSV tips that protrude from the bottomside. The layer of polymer or precursor and liner cover the plurality of TSV tips, and the layer of polymer or precursor is between the TSV tips on the bottomside. The polymer or precursor and the liner are removed from over a top of the TSV tips to reveal the inner metal core. | 03-14-2013 |
20130082385 | DIE HAVING COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSION GRADED LAYER - A semiconductor die includes a substrate including a topside including circuit elements configured to provide a circuit function. The die includes at least one multi-layer structure including a first material having a first CTE, a second material including a metal having a second CTE, wherein the second CTE is higher than the first CTE. A coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) graded layer includes at least a dielectric portion that is between the first material and the second material having a first side facing the first material and a second side facing the second material. The CTE graded layer includes a non-constant composition profile across its thickness that provides a graded CTE which increases in CTE from the first side to the second side. The multi-layer structure can be a through-substrate-vias (TSV) that extends through the thickness of the substrate. | 04-04-2013 |
20130113103 | DEVICE HAVING TSVs WITH GETTERING LAYER LATERAL TO TSV TIPS - An integrated circuit (IC) includes a substrate having a topside semiconductor surface including active circuitry configured to provide functionality and a bottomside surface. A plurality of through substrate vias (TSVs) extend from the topside semiconductor surface to beyond the bottomside surface to provide protruding TSV tips. The TSVs include an outer dielectric liner, a metal comprising diffusion barrier layer on the dielectric liner, and a metal filler on the metal comprising barrier layer. A dielectric metal gettering layer (MGL) is on the bottomside surface lateral to and on sidewalls of the protruding TSV tips. The MGL includes at least one metal gettering agent selected from a halogen or a Group 15 element in an average concentration from 0.1 to 10 atomic %. | 05-09-2013 |
20140080301 | FABRICATING A SEMICONDUCTOR DIE HAVING COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSION GRADED LAYER - A method of fabricating a semiconductor die includes circuit elements configured to provide a circuit function. A substrate including a bottomside and a topside is provided. At least one multi-layer structure is formed. The forming is done by depositing a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) graded layer comprising at least a dielectric portion on a first material having a first CTE to provide a first side facing said first material and a second side opposite the first side. The depositing includes flowing a first reactive component and at least a second reactive component. A gas flow ratio of the first reactive component relative to the second reactive component is automatically changed during a deposition time to provide a non-constant composition profile which has a graded CTE that increases from the first side to the second side. A metal layer comprising a second material having a second CTE is formed on the second side. The second CTE is higher than the first CTE. | 03-20-2014 |
20140124900 | THROUGH-SILICON VIA (TSV) DIE AND METHOD TO CONTROL WARPAGE - A through-substrate via (TSV) die includes a substrate having a top side semiconductor surface having active circuitry therein including a plurality of transistors functionally connected and a bottom side surface, wherein the layers on the top side semiconductor surface exert a net tensile stress to the top side semiconductor surface. A plurality of TSVs which extend from the top side semiconductor surface to TSV tips which protrude from the bottom side surface include an inner metal core surrounded by a dielectric liner that forms an outer edge for the TSVs. A dielectric stack is on the bottom side surface lateral to the TSV tips including a compressive dielectric layer and a tensile dielectric layer on the compressive dielectric layer. | 05-08-2014 |
20140151895 | DIE HAVING THROUGH-SUBSTRATE VIAS WITH DEFORMATION PROTECTED TIPS - A through-substrate via (TSV) die includes a substrate with a top side semiconductor surface having active circuitry therein including a plurality of transistors functionally connected and a bottom side surface. A plurality of TSVs extend from the top side semiconductor surface to TSV tips which protrude from the bottom side surface and include an inner metal core of electrically conductive filler material surrounded by a dielectric liner that forms an outer edge for the TSVs. A tip deformation protecting layer of inorganic dielectric material is on the bottom side surface lateral to the TSV tips. An elastic modulus of the inorganic dielectric material is greater than (>) an elastic modulus of the electrically conductive filler material. A second dielectric layer including a polymer is on the tip deformation protecting layer. | 06-05-2014 |
20140154880 | Post-Polymer Revealing of Through-Substrate Via Tips - A method of forming semiconductor die includes forming a layer of polymer or a precursor of the polymer on a bottomside of a substrate having a topside including active circuitry and a bottomside, and a plurality of through-substrate-vias (TSVs). The TSVs have a liner including at least a dielectric liner and an inner metal core that extends to TSV tips that protrude from the bottomside. The layer of polymer or precursor and liner cover the plurality of TSV tips, and the layer of polymer or precursor is between the TSV tips on the bottomside. The polymer or precursor and the liner are removed from over a top of the TSV tips to reveal the inner metal core. | 06-05-2014 |
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20130346352 | CONSUMER DECISION TREE GENERATION SYSTEM - A system generates a consumer decision tree (“CDT”). The system receives customer purchasing data that includes transactions of a plurality of products each having at least one product attribute. For a product category, the system identifies a plurality of similar products from the purchasing data and one or more attributes corresponding to each similar product. The system assigns the product category as a current level of the CDT, and determines a most significant attribute of the plurality of attributes for the current level. The system forms a next level of the CDT by dividing the most significant attribute into a plurality of sub-sections, where each sub-section corresponds to an attribute value of the most significant attribute. The system then forms a next level of the CDT for each sub-section until a terminal node is identified. | 12-26-2013 |
20140358633 | DEMAND TRANSFERENCE FORECASTING SYSTEM - A demand transference forecast system receives for a category of merchandise de-promoted sales data for each of a plurality of stock keeping units (“SKUs”), similarities between each pair of SKUs in the category, and SKU-store ranging information. The system determines a sales indices of all SKUs in the category across the de-promoted sales data for the category. The system determines Total Assortment Effect (“TAE”) variable quantities for the SKUs across share intervals in the de-promoted sales data based on the sales indices and the similarities. The system then generates a single parameter based demand transference model based on the similarities, the sales indices, and ratios of the share intervals. | 12-04-2014 |
20150127419 | ITEM-TO-ITEM SIMILARITY GENERATION - A system that generates an item-to-item similarity for a category that includes a plurality of products receives attribute values for each product in the category and product-store-week sales units for each product in the category. The system estimates attribute weights. The system then determines the item-to-item similarity as a weighted attribute match score. | 05-07-2015 |
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20110049650 | Electro-Mechanical Transistor - An electromechanical transistor includes a source electrode and a drain electrode spaced apart from each other. A source pillar is between the substrate and the source electrode. A drain pillar is between the substrate and the drain electrode. A moveable channel is spaced apart from the source electrode and the drain electrode. A gate nano-pillar is between the moveable channel and the substrate. A first dielectric layer is between the moveable channel and the gate nano-pillar. A second dielectric layer is between the source pillar and the source electrode. A third dielectric layer is between the drain pillar and the drain electrode. | 03-03-2011 |
20120280301 | PHASE TRANSITION MEMORIES AND TRANSISTORS - In one embodiment there is set forth a method comprising providing a semiconductor structure having an electrode, wherein the providing includes providing a phase transition material region and wherein the method further includes imparting energy to the phase transition material region to induce a phase transition of the phase transition material region. By inducing a phase transition of the phase transition material region, a state of the semiconductor structure can be changed. There is further set forth an apparatus comprising a structure including an electrode and a phase transition material region, wherein the apparatus is operative for imparting energy to the phase transition material region to induce a phase transition of the phase transition material region without the phase transition of the phase transition material region being dependent on electron transport through the phase transition material region. | 11-08-2012 |
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20140205818 | METHODS OF MAKING PATTERNED STRUCTURES OF MATERIALS, PATTERNED STRUCTURES OF MATERIALS, AND METHODS OF USING SAME - A method for forming patterns of organic polymer materials. The method can be used to form a layer with two patterned organic polymer materials. The photoresist and solvents used in the photoresist deposition and removal steps do not substantially affect the organic polymer materials. | 07-24-2014 |
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20150357047 | COMPARISON OPERATIONS IN MEMORY - Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods related to performing comparison operations in a memory. An example apparatus might include a first group of memory cells coupled to a first access line and configured to store a first element. An example apparatus might also include a second group of memory cells coupled to a second access line and configured to store a second element. An example apparatus might also include sensing circuitry configured to compare the first element with the second element by performing a number of AND operations, OR operations, SHIFT operations, and INVERT operations without transferring data via an input/output (I/O) line. | 12-10-2015 |
20160062673 | DIVISION OPERATIONS IN MEMORY - Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods related to performing division operations in memory. An example apparatus might include a first group of memory cells coupled to a first access line and configured to store a dividend element. An example apparatus might include a second group of memory cells coupled to a second access line and configured to store a divisor element. An example apparatus might also include a controller configured to cause the dividend element to be divided by the divisor element by controlling sensing circuitry to perform a number of operations without transferring data via an input/output (I/O) line. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062733 | MULTIPLICATION OPERATIONS IN MEMORY - Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods for performing multiplication operations in a memory. An example method comprises performing a multiplication operation on a first element stored in a group of memory cells coupled to a first access line and a number of sense lines of a memory array and a second element stored in a group of memory cells coupled to a second access line and the number of sense lines of the memory array. The method can include a number operations performed without transferring data via an input/output (I/O) line. | 03-03-2016 |
20160063284 | MULTIPLICATION OPERATIONS IN MEMORY - Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods for performing multi-variable bit-length multiplication operations in a memory. An example method comprises performing a multiplication operation on a first vector and a second vector. The first vector includes a number of first elements stored in a group of memory cells coupled to a first access line and a number of sense lines of a memory array. The second vector includes a number of second elements stored in a group of memory cells coupled to a second access line and the number of sense lines of the memory array. The example multiplication operation can include performing a number of AND operations, OR operations and SHIFT operations without transferring data via an input/output (I/O) line. | 03-03-2016 |
20160064047 | COMPARISON OPERATIONS IN MEMORY - The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to performing comparison operations in memory. An example apparatus can include a first group of memory cells coupled to a first access line and configured to store a plurality of first elements, and a second group of memory cells coupled to a second access line and configured to store a plurality of second elements. The apparatus can include a controller configured to cause the plurality of first elements to be compared with the plurality of second elements by controlling sensing circuitry to perform a number of operations without transferring data via an input/output (I/O) line, and the plurality of first elements and the plurality of second elements can be compared in parallel. | 03-03-2016 |
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20150069207 | SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR AN AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM FOR AN ENGINE - Various systems are provided for a support structure. In one embodiment, a system comprises a support structure including a plurality of support legs, a first end of each support leg of the plurality of support legs coupled to a respective cylinder head of a plurality of cylinder heads mountable to an engine block, the plurality of support legs configurable to support an exhaust aftertreatment system. | 03-12-2015 |
20150144022 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR EMISSIONS CONTROL - Various embodiments for an exhaust gas treatment device for a vehicle system are provided. In one example, the vehicle system includes an engine with a longitudinal axis, where a crankshaft of the engine is parallel to the longitudinal axis and an exhaust gas treatment device mounted on the engine, vertically above the engine such that a longitudinal axis of the exhaust gas treatment device is aligned in parallel with the longitudinal axis of the engine, the exhaust gas treatment device configured to receive exhaust gas from an exhaust manifold of the engine. | 05-28-2015 |
20160076437 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR DIRECTING EXHAUST GAS FLOW - Various systems are provided for an apparatus. In one example, the apparatus includes an expansion plenum with a plurality of outlets directing flow in a common first direction, and an inlet receiving flow in a second direction angled with respect to the first common direction. The apparatus further includes at least one mating structure operatively coupled to one of the plurality of outlets, the at least one mating structure configured to provide a determined amount of exhaust gas to an exhaust gas treatment system. | 03-17-2016 |
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20100203916 | QUALITY OF SERVICE BASED MULTI-ANTENNA MODE SWITCHING - A method of operating a communication system is disclosed. A first wireless device associated with a first profile is communicated with using a first multi-antenna mode. A second wireless device associated with a second profile is communicated with using the first multi-antenna mode. A network resource utilization is determined. It is determined that the network resource utilization satisfies a criteria. Based on the network resource utilization satisfying the criteria, at least one control message is sent that instructs the second wireless device to use a second multi-antenna mode. | 08-12-2010 |
20100210214 | METHOD FOR REDUCING TIME OF FLIGHT INTERFERENCE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method for identifying time of flight interference in a wireless communication network is provided. The method includes detecting interference during a first uplink sub-frame at an interference destination base station, and transmitting a time of flight interference source detection request to a gateway, where the time of flight interference source detection request comprises a time of flight interference period. The method also includes determining one or more base stations in the vicinity of the interference destination base station, where the one or more base stations in the vicinity of the interference destination base station operate at a same frequency as the interference destination base station. The method further includes instructing the one or more base stations in the vicinity of the interference destination base station to re-transmit a preamble at least once in a downlink sub-frame, decoding a first preamble of a first interference source base station at the interference destination base station during a second uplink sub-frame, and identifying the first interference source base station based on the first preamble. | 08-19-2010 |
20110021236 | QUALITY OF SERVICE BASED DOWNLINK POWER ALLOCATION - A first wireless device associated with a first profile is communicated with using a first transmitted power. A second wireless device associated with a second profile is communicated with using a second transmitted power. A third transmitted power is determined. The third transmitted power is associated with the first wireless device receiving data using a target modulation and coding scheme. A maximum transmitted power is determined to be exceeded if the third transmitted power is used to communicate with the first wireless device. The second wireless device is communicated with using a fourth transmitted power. The fourth transmitted power allows the third transmitted power to be used to communicate with the first wireless device without exceeding the maximum transmitted power. | 01-27-2011 |
20110189997 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIMODE DEVICE HANDOVER - Systems and methods of operating multimode 3G/4G communications devices in an overlapping 3G/4G coverage area (e.g., WiMAX or LTE/CDMA-EvDO) include determining a loading condition of the 3G and 4G base stations. If the 3G and 4G base stations are lightly loaded, one or more 4G Channel Quality Indicators (CQI) are compared with one or more corresponding 3G Data Rate Control (DRC) indices to determine which of the 3G and 4G networks allows a higher data throughput. The dual mode communications device is handed off to a 4G base station associated with the 4G coverage if the 4G network allows the higher data throughput; otherwise, the dual mode communications device is handed off to a 3G base station. User priorities, application categories, and/or MIMO and diversity modes may be used to determine handoff if the base stations are more than lightly loaded. | 08-04-2011 |
20110317553 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DYNAMIC DOWNLINK PERMUTATION ASSIGNMENT FOR USE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of assigning parameter values to transceivers in a wireless communication network. Each of the parameter values assigned determines at least in part how a plurality of subcarriers are organized into a plurality of sub-channels. In particular embodiments, the method assigns the parameter values to the transceivers based on correlations between the sub-channels determined by the parameter values, distances between the transceivers, and loads experienced by the transceivers. After the parameter values are assigned to the transceivers, each of the transceivers is configured to transmit on the sub-channels determined at least in part by the parameter value assigned to the transceiver. | 12-29-2011 |
20120176902 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY BALANCING A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ACTIVE REMOTE DEVICE USERS BETWEEN BASE STATIONS - Both a system and method are provided for dynamically balancing a maximum number of active remote device users that can be serviced between first and second base stations transmitting data frames in a radio communication system when the carriers of the first and second base stations operate at different radio frequency bandwidths X and Y respectively, and Y is substantially larger than X. The system includes a system control circuit that controls the number of subchannels in the uplink control channel region of the data frames transmitted by the first base station, and a traffic monitoring circuit that monitors both an uplink load and a number of active wireless device users within broadcast coverage of said first base station. The system control circuit dynamically increases the radio resources in the uplink control channel region of the frames transmitted by the first base station. | 07-12-2012 |
20120281668 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DYNAMIC DOWNLINK PERMUTATION ASSIGNMENT FOR USE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of assigning parameter values to transceivers in a wireless communication network. Each of the parameter values assigned determines at least in part how a plurality of subcarriers are organized into a plurality of sub-channels. In particular embodiments, the method assigns the parameter values to the transceivers based on correlations between the sub-channels determined by the parameter values, distances between the transceivers, and loads experienced by the transceivers. After the parameter values are assigned to the transceivers, each of the transceivers is configured to transmit on the sub-channels determined at least in part by the parameter value assigned to the transceiver. | 11-08-2012 |
20130059591 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIMODE DEVICE HANDOVER - Systems and methods of operating multimode 3G/4G communications devices in an overlapping 3G/4G coverage area (e.g., WiMAX or LTE/CDMA-EvDO) include determining a loading condition of the 3G and 4G base stations. If the 3G and 4G base stations are lightly loaded, one or more 4G Channel Quality Indicators (CQI) are compared with one or more corresponding 3G Data Rate Control (DRC) indices to determine which of the 3G and 4G networks allows a higher data throughput. The dual mode communications device is handed off to a 4G base station associated with the 4G coverage if the 4G network allows the higher data throughput; otherwise, the dual mode communications device is handed off to a 3G base station. User priorities, application categories, and/or MIMO and diversity modes may be used to determine handoff if the base stations are more than lightly loaded. | 03-07-2013 |
20140308957 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIMODE DEVICE HANDOVER - Systems and methods of operating multimode 3G/4G communications devices in an overlapping 3G/4G coverage area (e.g., WiMAX or LTE/CDMA-EvDO) include determining a loading condition of the 3G and 4G base stations. If the 3G and 4G base stations are lightly loaded, one or more 4G Channel Quality Indicators (CQI) are compared with one or more corresponding 3G Data Rate Control (DRC) indices to determine which of the 3G and 4G networks allows a higher data throughput. The dual mode communications device is handed off to a 4G base station associated with the 4G coverage if the 4G network allows the higher data throughput; otherwise, the dual mode communications device is handed off to a 3G base station. User priorities, application categories, and/or MIMO and diversity modes may be used to determine handoff if the base stations are more than lightly loaded. | 10-16-2014 |