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20130340057 | Image Facilitated Password Generation User Authentication And Password Recovery - User authentication systems and supporting methods and devices are described. For instance, the disclosed subject matter describes image-facilitated generation of user authentication credentials, user authentication, etc. for a user and related functionality, where a selection of images can correspond to a grammatical structure comprising disparate parts of speech according to various non-limiting aspects. The disclosed details enable various refinements and modifications according to system design and tradeoff considerations. | 12-19-2013 |
20140076967 | MOBILE DIGITAL SIGNATURE READER - Disclosed are systems and techniques that communicate data from a smart card to a smart card reader component and a computer device for an online application, transaction, or service. A smart card reader component converts data from the smart card to audio data and communicates the audio data to the computer. The smart card reader component is a portable component that communicates account data, personal identification data, digital signature data and authentication data to an online application via a network. | 03-20-2014 |
20140164174 | FAST-TRACK PAYMENTS - Systems and methods disclosed herein relate to fast-track payments at a retail store. Identification data can be received related to a user of a personal shopping device wherein the identifier includes payment preferences associated with the user. The personal shopping device can be personalized with the identification data. A shopping cart list can be dynamically received from the personal shopping device. A checkout request can be received from the personal shopping device. The checkout request can be processed based on the shopping cart list, using, at least in part, the payment preferences associated with the user. An area around the user at a security checkpoint can be scanned. An exit list can be identified based on the scanning. The exit list can be compared to the shopping cart list. Upon the list and the shopping cart list not matching, remedial action can be taken. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164175 | SHOPPING CART LIST - Shopping cart lists at a retail store are provided relative to limits. A customer can use their own smart phone, for example, or a proprietary store device to scan products as they are added to a shopping cart. Prior to adding products, the phone or device can be personalized with the customer's payment information. The device can determine a transaction limit based on the customer's payment information. As products are added to the shopping cart, the customer can be alerted regarding the reaching of the transaction limit. The device can also give suggestions to the customers of items to be removed from the shopping cart to stay within the transaction limit. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164176 | FAST-CHECKOUT USING SMART CART - Systems and methods disclosed herein relate to fast checkout using a smart cart. A forward facing radio frequency identification (“RFID”) reader component can read a first set of RFID tags and generate a first set of items based on RFID information read from the first set of RFID tags. A rear facing RFID reader component can read a second set of RFID tags and generate a second set of items based on RFID information read from the second set of RFID tags. A shopping cart list component can and remove items to a set of shopping cart items based on updates received from the forward facing RFID reader component and the rear facing RFID reader component regarding the first set of items and the second sets of items. | 06-12-2014 |
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20090241872 | Temperature Sensing Coordination with Engine Valve Timing Using Electric Valve Actuator - A method of operation for an engine including an electrically actuated engine valve in a cylinder head, with at least an actuator coupled to the valve, the method including applying a potential to generate a current indicative of temperature in the actuator at least partially during a substantially non-moving condition of the actuator and adjusting a timing of the application of the potential based on valve location in the cylinder head. | 10-01-2009 |
20110000463 | FUEL SYSTEM WITH ELECTRICALLY-CONTROLLABLE MECHANICAL PRESSURE REGULATOR - A method for operating an engine direct injection fuel system is provided. The direct injection fuel system includes a mechanical fuel pressure regulator that has a spring actuatable by an electric motor. The method includes adjusting a preload of the spring by operating the electric motor to adjust a set-point fuel pressure from a first set-point fuel pressure to a second set-point fuel pressure in response to an operating condition, and maintaining the preload of the spring mechanically when the electric motor is not operating. | 01-06-2011 |
20140102092 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TURBOCHARGER ARRANGEMENT WITH AN ELECTRIC ACTUATOR AND SPRING - Various methods for controlling a wastegate with an electric actuator including a bias are provided. In one example, the actuator is supplied with a first current when moving a wastegate valve toward a fully open position, and is supplied with a second current when moving a wastegate toward a fully closed position. The methods may ensure appropriate supply of boost to an engine even in the event of wastegate degradation while enabling engine downsizing. | 04-17-2014 |
20140130506 | TURBOCHARGER ARRANGEMENT AND SET OF FEEDBACKS FOR ELECTRIC ACTUATOR CONTROL - Various methods for controlling a wastegate with an actuator having a temperature-dependent magnetic field are provided. In one example, the magnetic field is estimated based on operating conditions and other parameters, and used to apply a magnetic correction to a voltage supplied to the actuator. The methods may provide accurate wastegate control in the presence of varying magnetic fields, ensuring the proper supply of boost to an engine. | 05-15-2014 |
20140174073 | EXHAUST PRESSURE ESTIMATION FROM WASTEGATE MOTOR CURRENT - In one embodiment, a method for an engine comprises adjusting an engine operating parameter based on exhaust pressure, the exhaust pressure estimated based on wastegate actuator motor current. | 06-26-2014 |
20140338307 | ELECTRIC WASTE GATE CONTROL SYSTEM SENSOR CALIBRATION WITH END-STOP DETECTION - Various embodiments relating to detection of an end-stop position of a waste gate valve and calibration of a waste gate position sensor relative to the detected end-stop position are provided. In this way, it is possible to more accurately control the waste gate. | 11-20-2014 |
20140341703 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING AN ENGINE TURBOCHARGER WASTE GATE - A system and method for operating an engine turbocharger is described. In one example, the turbocharger includes an electrically actuated waste gate. A controller adjusts a position of the electrically actuated waste gate. | 11-20-2014 |
20150059338 | DETERMINATION OF WASTEGATE VALVE POSITION - Various methods for determining the fully closed position of a wastegate valve are provided. In one example, a non-closed position command for a wastegate valve in a low-lift region relative to a valve seat is received. Prior to executing the position command, the wastegate valve is only temporarily closed to thereby determine a fully closed position. | 03-05-2015 |
20150082788 | WASTEGATE VALVE POSITION CORRECTION - Various methods for compensating a deflected linkage in a wastegate arrangement are provided. In one example, current is applied to an actuator to move a wastegate valve coupled through a linkage to the actuator for diverting gasses from a turbocharger. The position of the actuator is indicated, and a correction to said indicated actuator position is applied compensating for deflection of the linkage based at least on said applied current. Said applied current is adjusted when said corrected actuator position reaches a position corresponding to a desired valve position. | 03-26-2015 |
20150240707 | WASTEGATE VALVE SEAT POSITION DETERMINATION - Various methods for compensating variation in the geometry and position of linkages and valve seats in wastegate assemblies are provided. In one example, a method of operating a wastegate in an internal combustion engine comprises, at engine startup, placing a wastegate valve at a seat, recording a position of the seat and associating the seat position with one or more operating parameters, and modifying a position of a wastegate actuator based on the seat position throughout engine operation. | 08-27-2015 |
20150275713 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF OIL DELIVERY IN A COMBUSTION ENGINE - Methods and systems are described for an oil delivery system of an engine. In one method, oil is pumped via a lower pressure oil pump to piston cooling jets while oil is separately pumped via a higher pressure oil pump to a cylinder head, bearings, a turbocharger, or a variable valve operation system. Herein, the higher and lower pressure oil pumps each draw oil from a common, shared sump, and return oil back to the common, shared sump. | 10-01-2015 |
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20090004251 | Bacteriocins and Novel Bacterial Strains - Novel bacteriocins and/or the novel lactic acid-producing strains are used for at least reducing the levels of colonization by at least one target bacteria in animals, especially poultry. | 01-01-2009 |
20090068722 | Bacteriocins and Novel Bacterial Strains - Novel bacteriocins produced by novel bacterial strains are used for at least reducing the levels of colonization by at least one target bacteria in animals, especially poultry. | 03-12-2009 |
20100240577 | Bacteriocins and Novel Bacterial Strains - Novel bacteriocins produced by novel bacterial strains are used for at least reducing the levels of colonization by at least one target bacteria in animals, especially poultry. | 09-23-2010 |
20100331241 | Bacteriocins and Novel Bacterial Strains - Novel bacteriocins and/or the novel lactic acid-producing strains are used for at least reducing the levels of colonization by at least one target bacteria in animals, especially poultry. | 12-30-2010 |
20110245151 | Bacteriocins and Novel Bacterial Strains - Novel bacteriocins produced by novel bacterial strains are used for at least reducing the levels of colonization by at least one target bacteria in animals, especially poultry. | 10-06-2011 |
20130177663 | Bacteriocins and Novel Bacterial Strains - Novel bacteriocins produced by novel bacterial strains are used for at least reducing the levels of colonization by at least one target bacteria in animals, especially poultry. | 07-11-2013 |
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20100210854 | Cyclopropenones and the Photochemical Generation of Cyclic Alkynes Therefrom - Cyclic alkynes (e.g., cyclooctynes such as dibenzocyclooctynes) can be photochemically generated from cyclopropenones as disclosed herein. The cyclic alkynes can be reacted (e.g., in situ) with materials having alkyne-reactive groups (e.g., azide groups in a “click” reaction). In preferred embodiments, the generation and reaction of the cyclic alkyne can proceed in the absence of a catalyst (e.g., Cu(I)). These reactions can be useful, for example, for the selective labeling of living cells that are metabolically modified with azido-containing surface monosaccharides, or for light-directed surface patterning. | 08-19-2010 |
20110108411 | METHODS FOR LABELING A SUBSTRATE USING A HETERO-DIELS-ALDER REACTION - Methods for labeling a substrate using a hetero-Diels-Alder reaction are disclosed. The hetero-Diels-Alder reaction includes the reaction of an o-quinone methide (e.g., an o-naphthoquinone methide) with a polarized olefin to form a hetero-Diels-Alder adduct. The o-quinone methide or the polarized olefin can be attached to a surface of a substrate, and the other of the o-quinone methide or the polarized olefin can include a detectable label. The o-quinone methide can conveniently be generated by irradiation of a precursor compound, preferably in an aqueous solution, suspension, or dispersion. | 05-12-2011 |
20110257047 | Methods for Labeling a Substrate Using a Hetero-Diels-Alder Reaction - Methods for labeling a substrate using a hetero-Diels-Alder reaction are disclosed. The hetero-Diels-Alder reaction includes the reaction of an o-quinone methide (e.g., an o-naphthoquinone methide) with a polarized olefin to form a hetero-Diels-Alder adduct. The o-quinone methide or the polarized olefin can be attached to a surface of a substrate, and the other of the o-quinone methide or the polarized olefin can include a detectable label. The o-quinone methide can conveniently be generated by irradiation of a precursor compound, preferably in an aqueous solution, suspension, or dispersion. | 10-20-2011 |
20120029186 | AZA-DIBENZOCYCLOOCTYNES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME - Convenient methods of preparing aza-dibenzocyclooctynes are disclosed herein. Aza-dibenzocyclooctynes attached to a surface are also disclosed herein. Aza-dibenzocyclooctynes can be reacted with azides to form heterocyclic compounds. Such reactions can be useful in a wide variety of applications including, for example, labeling surfaces. | 02-02-2012 |
20120197012 | AZA-DIBENZOCYCLOOCTYNES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME - Convenient methods of preparing aza-dibenzocyclooctynes are disclosed herein. Aza-dibenzocyclooctynes attached to a surface are also disclosed herein. Aza-dibenzocyclooctynes can be reacted with azides to form heterocyclic compounds. Such reactions can be useful in a wide variety of applications including, for example, labeling surfaces. | 08-02-2012 |
20120295318 | CYCLOPROPENONES AND THE PHOTOCHEMICAL GENERATION OF CYCLIC ALKYNES THEREFROM - Cyclic alkynes (e.g., cyclooctynes such as dibenzocyclooctynes) can be photochemically generated from cyclopropenones as disclosed herein. The cyclic alkynes can be reacted (e.g., in situ) with materials having alkyne-reactive groups (e.g., azide groups in a “click” reaction). In preferred embodiments, the generation and reaction of the cyclic alkyne can proceed in the absence of a catalyst (e.g., Cu(I)). These reactions can be useful, for example, for the selective labeling of living cells that are metabolically modified with azido-containing surface monosaccharides, or for light-directed surface patterning. | 11-22-2012 |
20130164803 | CYCLOPROPENONES AND THE PHOTOCHEMICAL GENERATION OF CYCLIC ALKYNES THEREFROM - Cyclic alkynes (e.g., cyclooctynes such as dibenzocyclooctynes) can be photochemically generated from cyclopropenones as disclosed herein. The cyclic alkynes can be reacted (e.g., in situ) with materials having alkyne-reactive groups (e.g., azide groups in a “click” reaction). In preferred embodiments, the generation and reaction of the cyclic alkyne can proceed in the absence of a catalyst (e.g., Cu(I)). These reactions can be useful, for example, for the selective labeling of living cells that are metabolically modified with azido-containing surface monosaccharides, or for light-directed surface patterning. | 06-27-2013 |
20140054163 | METHODS FOR REACTING CYSTEINE RESIDUES IN PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS - Methods for labeling or modifying cysteine residues in proteins and/or enzymes are disclosed. The methods include the reaction of an o-naphthoquinone methide with a thiol group of a cysteine residue of a protein or enzyme, which can be reversible in preferred embodiments. The o-naphthoquinone methide can conveniently be generated by irradiation of a precursor compound, preferably in an aqueous solution, suspension, or dispersion. | 02-27-2014 |
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20110069725 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATION AND AMPLIFICATION OF LIGHT IN A SEMI-GUIDING HIGH ASPECT RATIO CORE FIBER - A planar laser gain medium and laser system. The novel laser gain medium includes an active core having a high aspect ratio cross-section with a fast-axis dimension and a slow-axis dimension, signal claddings adapted to form reflective boundaries at fast-axis boundaries of the core, and a material adapted to minimize reflections at slow-axis boundaries of the core. In an illustrative embodiment, the laser gain medium is an optical fiber. The core and claddings form a waveguide adapted to control modes propagating in the fast-axis direction. When the laser gain medium is employed as a laser oscillator, a high reflectivity mirror and an outcoupler are positioned at opposite ends of the core to form a laser resonator adapted to control modes in the slow-axis direction. | 03-24-2011 |
20120057238 | LOW-ABERRATION OPTICAL WINDOW - An optical window may be configured to minimize optical aberrations. The optical window may include a laminous optical window assembly. The laminous optical window assembly may have four or more alternating layers of positive refraction material layers and negative refraction material layers. The four or more alternating layers may be configured to minimize refraction of electromagnetic rays propagating therethrough such that a given incident electromagnetic ray is substantially collinear with a corresponding transmitted electromagnetic ray. | 03-08-2012 |
20120076159 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATION AND AMPLIFICATION OF LIGHT IN A SEMI-GUIDING HIGH ASPECT RATIO CORE FIBER - A planar laser gain medium and laser system. The novel laser gain medium includes an active core having a high aspect ratio cross-section with a fast-axis dimension and a slow-axis dimension, signal claddings adapted to form reflective boundaries at fast-axis boundaries of the core, and a material adapted to minimize reflections at slow-axis boundaries of the core. In an illustrative embodiment, the laser gain medium is an optical fiber. The core and claddings for a waveguide adapted to control modes propagating in the fast-axis direction. When the laser gain medium is employed as a laser oscillator, a high reflectivity mirror and an outcoupler are positioned at opposite ends of the core to form a laser resonator adapted to control modes in the slow-axis direction. | 03-29-2012 |
20120105946 | COMPENSATION OF THERMALLY INDUCED REFRACTIVE INDEX DISTORTIONS IN AN OPTICAL GAIN MEDIUM OR OTHER OPTICAL ELEMENT - In various embodiments, an optical element, e.g., an optical fiber, may be configured to compensate for thermal lensing. For example, thermal lensing may be caused by light power dissipation within an optical fiber, which may include a fiber core that guides amplified light along the longitudinal dimension of the fiber core. Thermal lensing from a thermally induced change in material refractive index as a function of position along dimensions perpendicular to the fiber's longitudinal dimension may be at least partially compensated or offset when light is guided by the fiber core by a designed-in effective refractive index profile selected such that the designed-in material refractive index of the fiber core changes as a function of transverse position within the fiber core, or by selection of a favorable cross-sectional core shape in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal dimension of the fiber core. | 05-03-2012 |
20120275475 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATION AND AMPLIFICATION OF LIGHT IN A SEMI-GUIDING HIGH ASPECT RATIO CORE FIBER - A planar laser gain medium and laser system. The novel laser gain medium includes an active core having a high aspect ratio cross-section with a fast-axis dimension and a slow-axis dimension, signal claddings adapted to form reflective boundaries at fast-axis boundaries of the core, and a material adapted to minimize reflections at slow-axis boundaries of the core. In an illustrative embodiment, the laser gain medium is an optical fiber. The core and claddings form a waveguide adapted to control modes propagating in the fast-axis direction. When the laser gain medium is employed as a laser oscillator, a high reflectivity mirror and an outcoupler are positioned at opposite ends of the core to form a laser resonator adapted to control modes in the slow-axis direction. | 11-01-2012 |
20130142481 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FIBER DELIVERY OF HIGH POWER LASER BEAMS - In various embodiments, an optical fiber includes a core having a relatively large area selected so as to raise a threshold of stimulated Raman scattering or stimulated Brillouin scattering, or both, the core having a high aspect ratio elongated cross-section and having a first refractive index. The core is narrower in a fast-axis direction and wider in a slow-axis direction, such that the fiber is mechanically flexible in the fast-axis direction and is mechanically rigid in the slow-axis direction. | 06-06-2013 |
20130215912 | MULTI-MEDIA RAMAN RESONATORS AND RELATED SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system includes a laser configured to generate a pump beam at a pump wavelength. The system also includes a multi-media Raman resonator configured to receive the pump beam and generate an output beam. The multi-media Raman resonator includes multiple mirrors and multiple Raman media optically located between the minors. Output power in the output beam is spectrally concentrated around a single dominant wavelength that is longer than a pump wavelength. The longer wavelength of the output beam is associated with a combination of at least one Stokes shift associated with each of the individual Raman media. A filter could be configured to absorb light at a wavelength that is absorbed by one of the Raman media or to redirect light at the wavelength absorbed by one of the Raman media away from that Raman medium. | 08-22-2013 |
20130308176 | COMPACT RAMAN GENERATOR WITH SYNCHRONIZED PULSES - According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a Raman generator includes a Raman medium and one or more optical elements. The Raman medium is configured to receive a pump pulse at a first wavelength and shift at least a portion of the pump pulse energy or power into a Stokes-shifted pulse at a second wavelength. The one or more optical elements are configured to synchronize one or more subsequent passages of the Stokes-shifted pulse through the Raman medium with one or more subsequent pump pulses at the first wavelength. The synchronized passage of the Stokes-shifted pulse and one or more subsequent pump pulses through the Raman medium increases a power of the Stoke-shifted pulse. | 11-21-2013 |
20130308177 | COMPACT RAMAN GENERATORS - According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a Raman generator includes a Raman medium and one or more optical elements. The Raman medium is configured to receive a pump pulse at a first wavelength and shift at least a portion of the pump pulse energy or power into a Stokes-shifted pulse at a second wavelength. The one or more optical elements are configured to pass the pump pulse and the Stokes-shifted pulse multiple times through the Raman medium. Each pass of the pulses through the Raman medium follows a path. Each path is parallel or anti-parallel to the other paths. | 11-21-2013 |
20140263982 | SENSOR INCLUDING DIELECTRIC METAMATERIAL MICROARRAY - The present disclosure is directed to electromagnetic radiation sensors including micro-lenses and to methods of constructing and utilizing such electromagnetic radiation sensors. In one embodiment there is provided an electromagnetic radiation sensor comprising a dielectric substrate including a front surface and a rear surface, an electromagnetic radiation detector element disposed on the rear surface of the substrate, and a lens comprising a three dimensional polaritonic metamaterial structure including a pattern of features formed in the front surface of the substrate, the lens configured to focus electromagnetic radiation incident on the front surface of the substrate onto the electromagnetic radiation detector element. | 09-18-2014 |
20150093085 | LOW-LATENCY, HOLLOW-CORE OPTICAL FIBER WITH TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION MODE CONFINEMENT - Air core optical fiber structures in which the cladding is composed of an engineered optical metamaterial having a refractive index less than unity for at least one specific wavelength band and provides for total internal reflection of optical energy between the air core and metamaterial cladding. According to certain examples, a method of guiding optical energy includes constructing a hollow core optical fiber with an all-dielectric optical metamaterial cladding, coupling optical energy into the optical fiber having an operating wavelength near a resonance of the metamaterial cladding, and guiding the optical energy within the hollow core optical fiber by total internal reflection. | 04-02-2015 |
20150117473 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH-POWER RAMAN BEAM-COMBINING IN A MULTIMODE OPTICAL FIBER - According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a system for producing a higher power laser beam is provided. The system includes an optical fiber having a length. The optical fiber is configured to receive inputs from multiple laser pumps and an input from a Stokes seed laser pump. The optical fiber has a core that is doped. The core, when viewed from a cross-section of the optical fiber, has a higher concentration of doping at a location near an axis of the optical fiber than a location further from the axis of the optical fiber. The optical fiber is also configured to convert pump power to Stokes power along the length of the optical fiber when subjected to a Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS) process. | 04-30-2015 |
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20090004458 | Diffusion Control in Heavily Doped Substrates - This invention generally relates to a process for suppressing silicon self-interstitial diffusion near the substrate/epitaxial layer interface of an epitaxial silicon wafer having a heavily doped silicon substrate and a lightly doped silicon epitaxial layer. Interstitial diffusion into the epitaxial layer is suppressed by a silicon self-interstitial sink layer comprising dislocation loops. | 01-01-2009 |
20090022930 | SINGLE CRYSTAL SILICON HAVING IMPROVED GATE OXIDE INTEGRITY - A process for producing a single crystal silicon wafer comprising a front surface, a back surface, a lateral surface joining the front and back surfaces, a central+ axis perpendicular to the front and back surfaces, and a segment which is axially symmetric about the central axis extending substantially from the front surface to the back surface in which crystal lattice vacancies are the predominant intrinsic point defect, the segment having a radial width of at least about 25% of the radius and containing agglomerated vacancy defects and a residual concentration of crystal lattice vacancies wherein (i) the agglomerated vacancy defects have a radius of less than about 70 nm and (ii) the residual concentration of crystal lattice vacancy intrinsic point defects is less than the threshold concentration at which uncontrolled oxygen precipitation occurs upon subjecting the wafer to an oxygen precipitation heat treatment. | 01-22-2009 |
20090130824 | ARSENIC AND PHOSPHORUS DOPED SILICON WAFER SUBSTRATES HAVING INTRINSIC GETTERING - A process for the preparation of low resistivity arsenic or phosphorous doped (N+/N++) silicon wafers which, during the heat treatment cycles of essentially any arbitrary electronic device manufacturing process, reliably form oxygen precipitates. | 05-21-2009 |
20090252974 | EPITAXIAL WAFER HAVING A HEAVILY DOPED SUBSTRATE AND PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF - This invention generally relates to a process for suppressing silicon self-interstitial diffusion near the substrate/epitaxial layer interface of an epitaxial silicon wafer having a heavily doped silicon substrate and a lightly doped silicon epitaxial layer. Interstitial diffusion into the epitaxial layer is suppressed by a silicon self-interstitial sink layer comprising dislocation loops. | 10-08-2009 |
20110250739 | EPITAXIAL WAFER HAVING A HEAVILY DOPED SUBSTRATE AND PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF - This invention generally relates to a process for suppressing silicon self-interstitial diffusion near the substrate/epitaxial layer interface of an epitaxial silicon wafer having a heavily doped silicon substrate and a lightly doped silicon epitaxial layer. Interstitial diffusion into the epitaxial layer is suppressed by a silicon self-interstitial sink layer comprising dislocation loops. | 10-13-2011 |
20130102129 | PROCESSES FOR SUPPRESSING MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIME DEGRADATION IN SILICON WAFERS - Processes for suppressing minority carrier lifetime degradation in silicon wafers are disclosed. The processes involve quench cooling the wafers to increase the density of nano-precipitates in the silicon wafers and the rate at which interstitial atoms are consumed by the nano-precipitates. | 04-25-2013 |
20140141537 | PRODUCTION OF HIGH PRECIPITATE DENSITY WAFERS BY ACTIVATION OF INACTIVE OXYGEN PRECIPITATE NUCLEI - Processes for the treatment of silicon wafers to form a high density non-uniform distribution of oxygen precipitate nuclei therein such that, upon being subjected to the heat treatment cycles of essentially any arbitrary electronic device manufacturing process, the wafers form oxygen precipitates in the bulk and a precipitate-free zone near the surface are disclosed. The processes involve activation of inactive oxygen precipitate nuclei by performing heat treatments between about 400° C. and about 600° C. for at least about 1 hour. | 05-22-2014 |
20140182788 | Apparatus for Stressing Semiconductor Substrates - Apparatus for use in preparing heterostructures having a reduced concentration of defects including apparatus for stressing semiconductor substrates to allow them to conform to a crystal having a different crystal lattice constant. | 07-03-2014 |
20140187022 | Processes and Apparatus for Preparing Heterostructures with Reduced Strain by Radial Distension - Apparatus and processes for preparing heterostructures with reduced strain are disclosed. The heterostructures may include a semiconductor structure that conforms to a surface layer having a different crystal lattice constant than the structure to form a relatively low-defect heterostructure. | 07-03-2014 |
20140187023 | Processes and Apparatus for Preparing Heterostructures with Reduced Strain by Radial Compression - Apparatus and processes for preparing heterostructures with reduced strain are disclosed. The heterostructures may include a semiconductor structure that conforms to a surface layer having a different crystal lattice constant than the structure to form a relatively low-defect heterostructure. | 07-03-2014 |
20140361408 | OXYGEN PRECIPITATION IN HEAVILY DOPED SILICON WAFERS SLICED FROM INGOTS GROWN BY THE CZOCHRALSKI METHOD - A method for controlling oxygen precipitation in a single crystal silicon wafer having a wafer resistivity of less than about 10 milliohm-cm is provided so that the wafer has uniformly high oxygen precipitation behavior from the central axis to the circumferential edge. The single crystal silicon wafer comprises an additional dopant selected from among carbon, arsenic, and antimony. | 12-11-2014 |
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20120124032 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONCEPT VISUALIZATION - Systems and methods are described that calculate the interestingness of a set of one or more records in a database, either absolutely (i.e., compared to an overall collection of records) or relative to some other set of records. In one embodiment, the measure is a relative entropy value that has been normalized. Various applications of the measure are described in the context of an information retrieval system. These applications include, for example, guiding query interpretation, guiding view selection and summarization, intelligent ranges, event detection, concept triggers and interpreting user actions, hierarchy discovery, and adaptive data mining. | 05-17-2012 |
20120278321 | VISUALIZATION OF CONCEPTS WITHIN A COLLECTION OF INFORMATION - A system for visualizing concepts within a collection of information analyzes a set of materials from at least one collection of information and defines an attribute space associated with the set of materials. The system then determines automatically similarity of members of the attribute space. The system then generates a graphical model of the members of the attribute space, where the generating includes generating a display of the members of the attribute space, each of the members having a respective display distance from other respective members of the attribute space reflective of the determined similarity. | 11-01-2012 |