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20130053346 | PYRIMIDO-PYRIDAZINONE COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present application provides novel pyrimido-pyridazinone compounds and methods for preparing and using these compounds. These compounds are useful in treating inflammation in patients by administering one or more of the compounds to a patient. In one embodiment, the novel pyrimido-pyridazinone compound is of Formula (I) and R | 02-28-2013 |
20130085164 | Imidazole Derivatives - The present application provides novel imidazole compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also provided are methods for preparing these compounds. These compounds are useful in inhibiting CYP17 activity by administering a therapeutically effective amount of one or more of the compounds to a patient. By doing so, these compounds are effective in treating conditions associated with CPY17 activity. A variety of conditions can be treated using these compounds and include diseases which are characterized by abnormal cellular proliferation. In one embodiment, the disease is cancer, such as prostate cancer. | 04-04-2013 |
20140038952 | Substituted Amino-Pyrimidine Derivatives - The present application provides novel substituted quinazoline and pyrido-pyrimidine compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, and solvates thereof. Also provided are methods for preparing these compounds. These compounds are useful in co-regulating PI3K and/or mTOR activity by administering a therapeutically effective amount of one or more of the compounds to a patient. By doing so, these compounds are effective in treating conditions associated with the dysregulation of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway. Advantageously, these compounds perform as dual PI3K/mTOR inhibitors. A variety of conditions can be treated using these compounds and include diseases which are characterized by inflammation or abnormal cellular proliferation. In one embodiment, the disease is cancer. | 02-06-2014 |
20140221315 | PYRIMIDO-PYRIDAZINONE COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present application provides novel pyrimido-pyridazinone compounds and methods for preparing and using these compounds. These compounds are useful in treating inflammation in patients by administering one or more of the compounds to a patient. In one embodiment, the novel pyrimido-pyridazinone compound is of Formula (I) and R | 08-07-2014 |
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20140235652 | Pyridine Derivatives - The present application provides novel pyridine compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof. Also provided are methods for preparing these compounds. These compounds are useful in inhibiting CYP17 activity by administering a therapeutically effective amount of one or more of the compounds to a patient. By doing so, these compounds are effective in treating conditions associated with CPY17 activity. A variety of conditions can be treated using these compounds and include diseases which are characterized by abnormal cellular proliferation. In one embodiment, the disease is cancer, such as prostate cancer. | 08-21-2014 |
20140364462 | PYRIDINE DERIVATIVES - The present application provides novel pyridine compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof. Also provided are methods for preparing these compounds. These compounds are useful in inhibiting CYP17 activity by administering a therapeutically effective amount of one or more of the compounds to a patient. By doing so, these compounds are effective in treating conditions associated with CYP17 activity. A variety of conditions can be treated using these compounds and include diseases which are characterized by abnormal cellular proliferation. In one embodiment, the disease is cancer, such as prostate cancer. | 12-11-2014 |
20140378511 | PYRIDINE DERIVATIVES - The present application provides novel pyridine compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof. Also provided are methods for preparing these compounds. These compounds are useful in inhibiting CYP17 activity by administering a therapeutically effective amount of one or more of the compounds to a patient. By doing so, these compounds are effective in treating conditions associated with CYP17 activity. A variety of conditions can be treated using these compounds and include diseases which are characterized by abnormal cellular proliferation. In one embodiment, the disease is cancer, such as prostate cancer. | 12-25-2014 |
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20100081447 | DYNAMIC CHANNEL ALLOCATION - Embodiments of methods and apparatus for dynamic channel allocation are disclosed. In various embodiments, an access point (AP) of an infrastructure based wireless network may allocate one or more wireless channels to wireless devices of a non-infrastructure based wireless network. The allocated channels may be selected to reduce a likelihood of communications among the devices of the non-infrastructure based wireless network interfering with communications among the devices of the infrastructure based wireless network. Additional variants and embodiments may also be disclosed and claimed. | 04-01-2010 |
20100157971 | Power-efficient media access techniques for wireless networks - Techniques for media access in wireless networks are disclosed. For instance, embodiments may provide a time interval for accessing a wireless communications channel. In addition, embodiments may prevent channel access during the time interval by stations incapable of employing a first channel access technique. This access technique employs an access probability P. | 06-24-2010 |
20120230279 | WIRELESS DEVICE CHANNEL SELECTION USING DYNAMIC CHANNEL ALLOCATION - Embodiments of methods and apparatus for dynamic channel allocation are disclosed. In various embodiments, an access point (AP) of an infrastructure based wireless network may allocate one or more wireless channels to wireless devices of a non-infrastructure based wireless network. The allocated channels may be selected to reduce a likelihood of communications among the devices of the non-infrastructure based wireless network interfering with communications among the devices of the infrastructure based wireless network. Additional variants and embodiments may also be disclosed and claimed. | 09-13-2012 |
20140334464 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SETTING UP AN APPLICATION SERVICE PLATFORM (ASP) PEER TO PEER (P2P) GROUP - Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of setting up an Application Service Platform (ASP) Peer-to-Peer (P2P) persistent group. For example, an apparatus may include a first ASP to communicate with a second ASP to setup one or more ASP-P2P groups over a wireless communication link, the first ASP is to form each ASP-P2P group only as an ASP-P2P persistent group extendable over a plurality of distinct sessions, the first ASP is to store credentials of the ASP-P2P persistent group for use during the sessions. | 11-13-2014 |
20140351444 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENABLING SERVICE INTEROPERABILITY FUNCTIONALITY FOR WIFI DIRECT DEVICES CONNECTED TO A NETWORK VIA A WIRELESS ACCESS POINT - Certain embodiments herein are directed to enabling service interoperability functionality for wireless fidelity (WiFi) Direct devices connected to a network via a wireless access point. A WiFi Direct device may identify various other WiFi Direct devices on a WiFi network for performing a requested service, such as printing content or displaying content to a screen. In so doing, the device may share information associated with an access point to which the device is connected with the other devices, which may also share information associated with an access point to which they are connected. In this way, WiFi Direct devices may discover their connectivity with respect to other devices to utilize a broader array of connection options for implementing a desired service, and hence, may leverage application programming interface (API) modules directed at providing service interoperability functionality between software applications and services requested by the software applications. | 11-27-2014 |
20150023333 | POWER-EFFICIENT MEDIA ACCESS TECHNIQUES FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS - Techniques for media access in wireless networks are disclosed. For instance, embodiments may provide a time interval for accessing a wireless communications channel. In addition, embodiments may prevent channel access during the time interval by stations incapable of employing a first channel access technique. This access technique employs an access probability P. | 01-22-2015 |
20150163847 | TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING THE TRANSFER OF A WIRELESS CONNECTION BETWEEN WIRELESS NETWORKS, CHANNELS OR BANDS - Techniques for managing the transfer of a wireless connection between wireless networks, channels or bands are described. In some embodiments a method may comprise receiving a request to transfer a wireless connection between the enabling device and a dependent device from a first wireless network to a second wireless network, determining that the dependent device can not initiate a connection in the second wireless network, rejecting the request, and initiating, by the enabling device, the transfer to the second wireless network. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-11-2015 |
20150256615 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SETTING UP AN APPLICATION SERVICE PLATFORM (ASP) PEER TO PEER (P2P) GROUP - Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of setting up an Application Service Platform (ASP) Peer-to-Peer (P2P) persistent group. For example, an apparatus may include a first ASP to communicate with a second ASP to setup one or more ASP-P2P groups over a wireless communication link, the first ASP is to form each ASP-P2P group only as an ASP-P2P persistent group extendable over a plurality of distinct sessions, the first ASP is to store credentials of the ASP-P2P persistent group for use during the sessions. | 09-10-2015 |
20150381594 | Providing Secure Seamless Access To Enterprise Devices - In an embodiment, a system includes at least one processor having at least one core including a reservation control logic to receive a request from a user device for access at a future time to an enterprise device. The reservation control logic may grant a reservation to the user device to enable the access and schedule delivery of an authentication message to the user device including a credential to enable the user device to set up an ad hoc wireless connection with the enterprise device at the future time, without involvement of a user of the user device. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 12-31-2015 |
20160050551 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR ENABLING MULTIPLE RADIO ASSITED DISCOVERY - Embodiments of the present disclosure can include methods, devices and systems for unified information to be carried in P2P discovery, NAN discovery, BLE discovery and NFC discovery that enable two devices to set up a data session either over a P2P link or over an AP infrastructure link. Certain embodiments can be used or extended to any other out-of-band Wi-Fi or Wireless Gigabit Alliance (WiGig) Discovery. | 02-18-2016 |
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20110072779 | SYSTEM AND METHOD USING LOW EMISSIONS GAS TURBINE CYCLE WITH PARTIAL AIR SEPARATION - A system and method of reducing gas turbine nitric oxide emissions includes a first combustion stage configured to burn air vitiated with diluents to generate first combustion stage products. A second combustion stage is configured to burn the first combustion stage products in combination with enriched oxygen to generate second combustion stage products having a lower level of nitric oxide emissions than that achievable through combustion with vitiated air alone or through combustion staging alone. | 03-31-2011 |
20120160140 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MIXING REACTOR FEED - A method and system of feeding fuel into a gasifier are provided. The feed injector system includes a first injector port assembly including a plurality of annular channels substantially concentric about a longitudinal axis that define corresponding fluid flow paths that direct a flow of fluid substantially axially therethrough from a respective source to a reaction zone and a second injector port assembly including a flow port surrounded by a plurality of auxiliary ports spaced about a circumference of the flow port, the plurality of auxiliary ports communicatively coupled to a toroidal passage configured to receive a flow of fluid and channel the flow of fluid to the auxiliary ports such that the flow of fluid is discharged from the auxiliary ports having an axial flow component, a radially inward flow component, and a circumferential flow component. | 06-28-2012 |
20130006581 | COMBUSTOR HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR GAS TURBINES USING COMBUSTION DYNAMICS - A system and method each utilize combustion dynamics data to monitor and assess gas turbine combustor health and performance. The system and method each employ a physics-based model to differentiate changes in the spectral features attributable to variations in the operating conditions from differences caused from changes in the hardware. | 01-03-2013 |
20130145771 | SYSTEM AND METHOD USING LOW EMISSIONS GAS TURBINE CYCLE WITH PARTIAL AIR SEPARATION - A system and method of reducing gas turbine nitric oxide emissions includes a first combustion stage configured to burn air vitiated with diluents to generate first combustion stage products. A second combustion stage is configured to burn the first combustion stage products in combination with enriched oxygen to generate second combustion stage products having a lower level of nitric oxide emissions than that achievable through combustion with vitiated air alone or through combustion staging alone. | 06-13-2013 |
20130160856 | MULTI-PORT INJECTOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - A feed injector system includes an injector nozzle. The injector nozzle includes a first injector port assembly having a first injector port located at a center of a longitudinal axis of the injector nozzle and defining a flow path for directing a first feed flow from a respective source into a reaction zone. The feed injector system also includes a second injector port assembly having one or more second injector passages arranged about a first circumference of the first injector port for receiving and injecting a second feed flow. Further, the feed injector system includes a third injector port assembly having a plurality of third ports arranged about a second circumference of the first injector port. The third ports are communicatively coupled to a plurality of toroidal flow paths and configured to receive and inject a third feed flow. | 06-27-2013 |
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20150251003 | NEUROSTIMULATION LEADS HAVING NON-PLANAR CONTOURS AND METHODS INCLUDING THE SAME - A neurostimulation (NS) lead configured to provide NS therapy to nervous tissue. The NS lead includes a lead body having an active side and a posterior side that face in generally opposite directions. The NS lead includes an array of electrodes provided on the active side and configured to face the nervous tissue and provide the NS therapy to the nervous tissue. The NS lead also includes a non-planar contour formed in the active side. The non-planar contour includes a plurality of slopes that form a morphological feature. The morphological feature is one of a projection or a depression that extends along a designated path on the active side. | 09-10-2015 |
20150265180 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION - A method for performing deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy may include determining a location of a target area of a brain, forming a burr hole through a skull of a patient based on the location the target area, positioning one or more reference members on or within the brain through the burr hole, and acquiring at least one image of the brain having the one or more reference members with at least one imaging sub-system. | 09-24-2015 |
20150283379 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION THERAPY - A system and method for performing deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy are provided. The method and system include pre-operatively acquiring at least one pre-operative image of the brain with at least one imaging sub-system and determining a location of a Nucleus Basalis of Meynert (NBM) for therapy in the at least one pre-operative image, and intra-operatively acquiring at least one intra-operative image of the brain after obtaining an access opening through the skull. The method and system further provide performing surgical planning based on the pre-operative image in the intra-operative image, advancing a lead having DBS electrodes on the lead to a target position proximate to or within the NBM area, and coupling the lead to an implantable pulse generator (IPG) configured to deliver DBS pulses through the DBS electrodes to the NBM. Further, the IPG is configured to deliver DBS pulses for treating symptoms associated with Alzheimer's disease. | 10-08-2015 |
20160089541 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TREATING A MOVEMENT DISORDER IN A PATIENT - In one embodiment, a neurostimulation system for stimulating neuronal tissue of a brain of a patient, comprises: an implantable pulse generator comprising pulse generating circuitry and a controller; one or more stimulation leads comprising multiple electrodes, the implantable pulse generator adapted to connect to the one or more stimulation leads for delivery of generated electrical pulses to neuronal tissue of the patient; wherein the controller is adapted to control the implantable pulse generator to (i) generate a plurality of bursts of multiple pulses at a frequency of at least 100 Hz and (ii) to deliver each respective bursts on a randomly or pseudo-randomly selected electrode from multiple electrodes of the one or more stimulation leads, wherein a beginning of each burst in the plurality of bursts is separated from a beginning of its respective successive bursts by at least 50 milliseconds. | 03-31-2016 |
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20080267998 | Combinations of gene deletions for live attenuated shigella vaccine strains - vaccine strains whose primary attenuating feature is deletion of the virG(icsA) gene and additional two or more deletions in setAB(shET1), senA(shET2), senB(shET2-2), stxAB, and msbB2 genes. Thus, the vaccine strain will have three or more deletions in the identified genes, will be safer, and will reduce or eliminate symptoms of fever and diarrhea in humans. The following specific vaccine strains have been constructed: WRSS3 (ΔsenA, ΔsenB, ΔvirG, ΔmsbB2), WRSf2G15 (ΔvirG, ΔsetAB, ΔsenA, ΔsenB, ΔmsbB2), and WRSd5 (ΔvirG, ΔstxAB, ΔsenA, ΔsenB, ΔmsbB2). | 10-30-2008 |
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20130216857 | METALLIC ALLOYS HAVING AMORPHOUS, NANO-CRYSTALLINE, OR MICROCRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE - A metal alloy for use in a wire included in an electrochemical cell is disclosed having an amorphous structure, microcrystalline grains, or grains that are sized less than about one micron. In various embodiments, the microcrystalline grains are not generally longitudinally oriented, are variably oriented, or are randomly oriented. In some embodiments, the microcrystalline grains lack uniform grain size or are variably sized. In some embodiments, the microcrystalline grains have an average grain size of less than or equal to 5 microns. In some embodiments, the metal alloy lacks long-range crystalline order among the microcrystalline grains. In some embodiments, the wire is used in a substrate used in the electrochemical cell. In some embodiments, the metal alloy is formed using a co-extrusion process comprising warming up the metallic alloy and applying pressure and simultaneously passing a core material through a die to obtain a composite structure. | 08-22-2013 |
20130309550 | LEAD-ACID BATTERY WITH HIGH POWER DENSITY AND ENERGY DENSITY - A battery module for an electric vehicle or a hybrid electric vehicle having two or more battery components. An lead-acid electrochemical storage device is provided, comprising a specific power of between about 550 and about 1,900 Watts/kilogram; and a specific energy of between about 25 and about 80 Watt-hours/kilogram. | 11-21-2013 |
20140050986 | ACTIVE MATERIALS FOR LEAD ACID BATTERY - The present disclosure describes a series of improvements to the positive active material and negative active material of electrochemical cells. In particular, the present disclosure describes improvements in the lead oxide powder, processing, and additives used to make the positive active material and negative active material for pastes used to make electrodes for lead acid batteries. The present disclosure describes materials and processing that enable the formation of positive active materials having density comparable to conventional material but with substantially higher porosity and improved mechanical properties and the formation of negative active materials using substantially shorter and less energy intensive processing. | 02-20-2014 |
20140186659 | HYBRID BATTERY SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC AND HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES - A disclosed energy storage system for an application having an energy requirement and a power requirement may include a first component configured to provide the energy requirement of the application and a second component configured to provide the power requirement of the application. At least one of a volume, mass, weight, or cost of the combination of the first component and the second component may be less than a volume, mass, weight, or cost needed for either the first component or the second component to provide the energy requirement and the power requirement of the application. An anode of the second component may comprise lithium titanate. | 07-03-2014 |
20140186712 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING CHARGE ACCEPTANCE OF LEAD-ACID BATTERIES - An electrode and a lead-acid battery including the same are disclosed. The electrode comprises active material comprising lead and a carbon additive configured to increase a charge input of the lead-acid battery by at least 17%, relative to a negative electrode without the carbon additive. | 07-03-2014 |
20140272527 | SEPARATOR COMPONENTS AND SYSTEM FOR ENERGY STORAGE AND CONVERSION DEVICES - Components and systems for energy storage and conversion devices are disclosed. An exemplary system may include a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode for providing ionic transport. The system may also include a hydrophobic portion on the separator. The hydrophobic portion may comprise hydrophobic pathways formed on the surface of the separator. The system may also include a hydrophilic portion on the separator. Another exemplary system may include an absorptive glass mat separator having a hydrophobic portion and a textured PVC separator. An exemplary method may include manufacturing the separator and applying a hydrophobic portion on the separator. The method may also include applying a hydrophilic portion to the separator. | 09-18-2014 |
20140377596 | HYBRID BATTERY SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC AND HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES - An electrochemical energy storage system is provided for an application having design energy and power requirements. The electrochemical energy storage system comprises first and second energy storage system components having different electro-chemistries and formed in different units. Said first energy storage system component includes a non-lead-acid battery adapted to provide the energy requirements of the application. Said second energy storage system component includes a lead-acid battery adapted to provide the power requirements of the application. Said first and second energy storage system components have a combined capacity that is less than a capacity of a mono-electrochemical energy storage system adapted to supply both the power and energy requirements of the application. | 12-25-2014 |
20150298987 | ACTIVE MATERIALS FOR LEAD ACID BATTERY - The present disclosure describes a series of improvements to the positive active material and negative active material of electrochemical cells. In particular, the present disclosure describes improvements in the lead oxide powder, processing, and additives used to make the positive active material and negative active material for pastes used to make electrodes for lead acid batteries. The present disclosure describes materials and processing that enable the formation of positive active materials having density comparable to conventional material but with substantially higher porosity and improved mechanical properties and the formation of negative active materials using substantially shorter and less energy intensive processing. | 10-22-2015 |
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20120267724 | MOS SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHODS FOR ITS FABRICATION - An MOS device having a selectively formed channel region and methods for its fabrication are provided. One such method includes forming a mask defining a gate region overlying a surface of a semiconductor substrate. Source and drain regions are formed in the semiconductor substrate in alignment with the gate region and an enhanced doping sub-surface impurity region is formed in the semiconductor substrate using the mask as a doping mask. A gate electrode is then formed overlying the semiconductor substrate in alignment with the gate region by using the mask as a gate alignment mask. | 10-25-2012 |
20130146982 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH TRANSISTOR LOCAL INTERCONNECTS - A semiconductor device is provided for implementing at least one logic element. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate with a first transistor and a second transistor formed on the semiconductor substrate. Each of the transistors includes a source, a drain, and a gate. A CA layer is electrically connected to at least one of the source or the drain of the first transistor. A CB layer is electrically connected to at least one of the gates of the transistors and the CA layer. | 06-13-2013 |
20130146986 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH TRANSISTOR LOCAL INTERCONNECTS - A semiconductor device is provided for implementing at least one logic element. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate with a first transistor and a second transistor formed on the semiconductor substrate. Each of the transistors comprises a source, a drain, and a gate. A trench silicide layer electrically connects one of the source or the drain of the first transistor to one of the source or the drain of the second transistor. | 06-13-2013 |
20130181289 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a diffusion region. A transistor is formed within the diffusion region. A power rail is disposed outside the diffusion region. A contact layer is disposed above the substrate and below the power rail. A via is disposed between the contact layer and the power rail to electrically connect the contact layer to the power rail. The contact layer includes a first length disposed outside the diffusion region and a second length extending from the first length into the diffusion region and electrically connected to the transistor. | 07-18-2013 |
20130275935 | PROVIDING TIMING-CLOSED FINFET DESIGNS FROM PLANAR DESIGNS - An approach for providing timing-closed FinFET designs from planar designs is disclosed. Embodiments include: receiving one or more planar cells associated with a planar design; generating an initial FinFET design corresponding to the planar design based on the planar cells and a FinFET model; and processing the initial FinFET design to provide a timing-closed FinFET design. Other embodiments include: determining a race condition associated with a path of the initial FinFET design based on a timing analysis of the initial FinFET design; and increasing delay associated with the path to resolve hold violations associated with the race condition, wherein the processing of the initial FinFET design is based on the delay increase. | 10-17-2013 |
20140027918 | CROSS-COUPLING BASED DESIGN USING DIFFUSION CONTACT STRUCTURES - An approach for providing cross-coupling-based designs using diffusion contact structures is disclosed. Embodiments include providing first and second gate structures over a substrate; providing a first gate cut region across the first gate structure, and a second gate cut region across the second gate structure; providing a first gate contact over the first gate structure, and a second gate contact over the second gate structure; and providing a diffusion contact structure between the first and second gate cut regions to couple the first gate contact to the second gate contact. | 01-30-2014 |
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20140183638 | METHODS OF USING A TRENCH SALICIDE ROUTING LAYER - Methodology enabling selectively connecting fin structures using a segmented trench salicide layer, and the resulting device are disclosed. Embodiments include: providing on a substrate at least one gate structure; providing first and second fin structures in a vertical direction intersecting with the at least one gate structure; and providing a first segment of a salicide layer, the first segment being formed along a horizontal direction and being connected with the second fin structure and separated from the first fin structure. | 07-03-2014 |
20140339610 | FINFET DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATION - Embodiments of the present invention provide a novel method and structure for forming finFET structures that comprise standard cells. An H-shaped cut mask is used to reduce the number of fins that need to be removed, hence increasing the fin efficiency. | 11-20-2014 |
20140339647 | DENSELY PACKED STANDARD CELLS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PRODUCTS, AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - One method disclosed herein includes forming first and second transistor devices in and above adjacent active regions that are separated by an isolation region, wherein the transistors comprise a source/drain region and a shared gate structure, forming a continuous conductive line that spans across the isolation region and contacts the source/drain regions of the transistors and etching the continuous conductive line to form separated first and second unitary conductive source/drain contact structures that contact the source/drain regions of the first and second transistors, respectively. A device disclosed herein includes a gate structure, source/drain regions, first and second unitary conductive source/drain contact structures, each of which contacts one of the source/drain regions, and first and second conductive vias that contact the first and second unitary conductive source/drain contact structures, respectively | 11-20-2014 |
20150108583 | DENSELY PACKED STANDARD CELLS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PRODUCTS, AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - One method disclosed herein includes forming first and second transistor devices in and above adjacent active regions that are separated by an isolation region, wherein the transistors comprise a source/drain region and a shared gate structure, forming a continuous conductive line that spans across the isolation region and contacts the source/drain regions of the transistors and etching the continuous conductive line to form separated first and second unitary conductive source/drain contact structures that contact the source/drain regions of the first and second transistors, respectively. A device disclosed herein includes a gate structure, source/drain regions, first and second unitary conductive source/drain contact structures, each of which contacts one of the source/drain regions, and first and second conductive vias that contact the first and second unitary conductive source/drain contact structures, respectively | 04-23-2015 |
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20130080559 | STORAGE AREA NETWORK ATTACHED CLUSTERED STORAGE SYSTEM - A storage area network (SAN)-attached storage system architecture is disclosed. The storage system provides strongly consistent distributed storage communication protocol semantics, such as SCSI target semantics. The system includes a mechanism for presenting a single distributed logical unit, comprising one or more logical sub-units, as a single logical unit of storage to a host system by associating each of the logical sub-units that make up the single distributed logical unit with a single host visible identifier that corresponds to the single distributed logical unit. The system further includes mechanisms to maintain consistent context information for each of the logical sub-units such that the logical sub-units are not visible to a host system as separate entities from the single distributed logical unit. | 03-28-2013 |
20140149536 | CONSISTENT DISTRIBUTED STORAGE COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL SEMANTICS IN A CLUSTERED STORAGE SYSTEM - Consistent distributed storage communication protocol semantics, such as SCSI target semantics, in a SAN-attached clustered storage system are disclosed. The system includes a mechanism for presenting a single distributed logical unit, comprising one or more logical sub-units, as a single logical unit of storage to a host system by associating each of the logical sub-units that make up the single distributed logical unit with a single host visible identifier that corresponds to the single distributed logical unit. The system further includes a mechanism to maintain consistent context information for each of the logical sub-units such that the logical sub-units are not visible to a host system as separate entities from the single distributed logical unit. | 05-29-2014 |
20140281065 | CONSISTENT DISTRIBUTED STORAGE COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL SEMANTICS IN A CLUSTERED STORAGE SYSTEM - Consistent distributed storage communication protocol semantics, such as SCSI target semantics, in a clustered storage system are disclosed. The system includes a mechanism for presenting a single distributed logical unit, comprising one or more logical sub-units, as a single logical unit of storage to a host system by associating each of the logical sub-units that make up the single distributed logical unit with a single host visible identifier that corresponds to the single distributed logical unit. The system further includes a mechanism to maintain consistent context information for each of the logical sub-units such that the logical sub-units are not visible to a host system as separate entities from the single distributed logical unit. | 09-18-2014 |
20150032836 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING VIRTUAL MACHINE MIGRATION - Method and system for detecting migration of a virtual machine are provided. The method detects that a first identifier for identifying a virtual machine and a second identifier identifying a source computing system hosting the virtual machine that accesses a storage space via a logical object have changed, when the virtual machine is migrated from the source computing system to a destination computing system. Thereafter, a storage device at the destination computing system is initialized to operate as a caching device for the migrated virtual machine. | 01-29-2015 |
20150033220 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EMULATING SHARED STORAGE - A system and method of emulating a shared storage device includes determining a storage unit identifier (SUID) associated with a first local storage device in a first node of a distributed computing system, updating a first path handler to intercept storage requests including the SUID and being made on the first node and forwarding the storage requests to drivers for an emulated shared storage device, associating a second local storage device in a second node of the distributed computing system with the SUID, updating a second path handler to intercept storage requests including the SUID and being made on the second node and forwarding the storage requests to the drivers for the emulated shared storage device, and intercepting storage requests including the SUID and being made on the second node and forwarding the storage requests to the drivers for the emulated shared storage device. | 01-29-2015 |