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20110223765 | SILICON NITRIDE PASSIVATION LAYER FOR COVERING HIGH ASPECT RATIO FEATURES - A method of forming a passivation layer comprising silicon nitride on features of a substrate is described. In a first stage of the deposition method, a dielectric deposition gas, comprising a silicon-containing gas and a nitrogen-containing gas, is introduced into the process zone and energized to deposit a silicon nitride layer. In a second stage, a treatment gas, having a different composition than that of the dielectric deposition gas, is introduced into the process zone and energized to treat the silicon nitride layer. The first and second stages can be performed a plurality of times. | 09-15-2011 |
20120164827 | FABRICATION OF THROUGH-SILICON VIAS ON SILICON WAFERS - A through-silicon via fabrication method comprises forming a substrate by bonding the front surface of a silicon plate to a carrier using an adhesive layer therebetween to expose the back surface of the silicon plate. A silicon nitride passivation layer is deposited on the exposed back surface of the silicon plate of the substrate. A plurality of through holes are etched in the silicon plate, the through holes comprising sidewalls and bottom walls. A metallic conductor is deposited in the through holes to form a plurality of through-silicon vias. | 06-28-2012 |
20120164829 | FABRICATION OF THROUGH-SILICON VIAS ON SILICON WAFERS - A through-silicon via fabrication method includes etching a plurality of through holes in a silicon plate. An oxide liner is deposited on the surface of the silicon plate and on the sidewalls and bottom wall of the through holes. A metallic conductor is then deposited in the through holes. In another version, which may be used concurrently with the oxide liner, a silicon nitride passivation layer is deposited on the exposed back surface of the silicon plate of the substrate. | 06-28-2012 |
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20090249587 | VEHICLE CLIP CENTERING DEVICE AND METHOD - A centering clip device can include a clip base having an opening for receiving a clip. The clip base can have a top surface that has a first bump, a second bump and a third bump all spaced away from each other. A clip can be included that has a substantially elongated body, a bottom flange formed on a bottom end of the clip, a top flange, an annular slot formed between the top flange and the bottom flange, and an umbrella structure. The top flange may also be formed as an umbrella structure having an inclined camming surface formed on its lower surface. The clip base can be configured to releasably engage the clip within the clip base. The camming surface can be biased against the first, second and third bumps to center the clip within the clip base, and permit connection between a first vehicle component, such as a roofliner, to a second vehicle component, such as a roof frame. | 10-08-2009 |
20100194140 | GARNISH SEAL AND ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE - An assembly for a vehicle includes a garnish including a base section, an outer wall projecting away from the base section, and a tab projecting away from at least one of the base section and the outer wall. The tab includes a seal attachment section spaced from the outer wall. The assembly further includes a seal including a base portion, having an interior section, an exterior section and an interconnecting section connecting the interior section and the exterior section. The seal mounts to the garnish by receiving the seal attachment section between the interior section and the exterior section of the base. | 08-05-2010 |
20110248528 | ROOF LINER STIFFENER FOR A VEHICLE - A roof liner stiffener includes a rail and a first guide member. The rail is configured for attachment to a roof liner of a vehicle and includes a web and a plurality of ribs integral with the web. The first guide member is configured to support a first portion of an electrical wiring harness of a vehicle. The rail and the first guide member are integrally formed from a thermoplastic material as a unitary structure. The first guide member includes a first base and an elongate arm integral with, and extending away from, the first base. The elongate arm of the first guide member is bendable relative to the first base of the first guide member. Roof liner assemblies and vehicles are also provided. | 10-13-2011 |
20110309649 | COVER FOR A TAILGATE ROD PASSAGE - A rear pillar of an automotive vehicle housing a power tailgate assembly and a garnish covering the rear pillar. The garnish includes an opening through which a tailgate rod extends and interconnects the power tailgate assembly and the tailgate of the automobile. A cover closes the opening and comprises an elongated body of a resilient material including an upper region having a passage sized to accommodate the tailgate rod and lower region having a âTâ shaped slot intersecting the passage. | 12-22-2011 |
20120228896 | SUNSHADE HOOK - A sunshade hook is provided which has an improved hook shape configuration that overlaps the rod-shaped member of the sunshade to prevent inadvertent pullout. An access passage is modified and dimensional relationships established between the hook and the sunshade to prevent inadvertent removal. The stem is also modified to increase the perimeter engagement with an opening in the bracket and increase the ability to withstand shearing stress imposed by wind forces. | 09-13-2012 |
20120319427 | INTEGRATED SUNSHADE DESIGN - A trim panel for a door of a vehicle that wherein both sunshade and non-sunshade versions of the trim panel are manufactured on the same equipment, thus eliminating the need to prepare separate molds for each trim panel. Both the sunshade and non-sunshade versions of the trim panel share essentially the same components and dimension except that the sunshade trim panel has an upper surface that terminates prior to a corresponding surface of the non-sunshade trim panel. This feature allows both trim panels to be made on the same equipment and then installed as needed depending on whether a given door will include a sunshade assembly. | 12-20-2012 |
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20090010034 | START SIGNAL DETECTOR CIRCUIT - A variation of a threshold of diode-connected transistors is compensated for to maintain a constant rectification efficiency of a rectifier circuit, thereby enabling stable detection of a start signal. A constant voltage is applied to DC bias terminal of cascaded half-wave voltage doubler rectifier circuits (including MOS transistors M | 01-08-2009 |
20090187688 | INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND SETTING METHOD OF DATA TRANSFER MODE OF INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - An information storage device includes a storage that stores transfer data from an information processing device, the information storage device being removably connected to the information processing device, a switch unit that switches a data transfer mode of the information processing device in accordance with manipulation by a user, and a controller that controls the information processing device to transfer data in a mode in which data temporarily stored in a data storing area is transferred to the storage or in a mode in which data is transferred to the storage without being temporarily stored in the data storing area in accordance with the selection of the data transfer mode by the switch unit. | 07-23-2009 |
20110121864 | START SIGNAL DETECTOR CIRCUIT - The nonlinearity effect of a rectifying element is enhanced, and further a resonant circuit is used to enlarge the input amplitude. Furthermore, the rectifying efficiency of a detection rectifier circuit is enhanced, thereby allowing the gain of an amplifier circuit in the following stage to be set to a low value. Signals having mutually opposite phases are inputted to RF input terminals ( | 05-26-2011 |
20110204927 | ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT SYSTEM, TRACK HOLD CIRCUIT MODULE, ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT OPERATION CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - Provided is an electronic circuit system which facilitates skew timing adjustment while preventing increase of power consumption. An electronic circuit system includes: a track hold circuit module formed by a hierarchical tree structure of track hold circuits which can track-hold an analog value of an analog signal; and a control signal generation module which supplies an operation control signal to each of the track hold circuits in the hierarchical tree structure. In the hierarchical tree structure, the number of track hold circuits of each of the hierarchies is stepwise changed from the first hierarchy of the input side to which an analog signal is inputted, toward the final hierarchy of the final output side as the number of hierarchies is increased. | 08-25-2011 |
20120020677 | RECEIVING DEVICE AND DEMODULATION DEVICE - To adequately perform sampling, a receiving device that solves problems that involve an increase in circuit area and an increase in cost, is provided. | 01-26-2012 |
20120112937 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION DEVICE AND ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION METHOD - An analog-to-digital conversion device which converts an analog input signal into a digital signal and output it includes a signal characteristic detection unit for detecting a predetermined characteristic of the input signal; a control signal generation unit for setting a resolution based on the signal characteristic detected by the signal characteristic detection unit, generating a control signal that indicates only an operation required for performing the analog-to-digital conversion at the resolution, and outputting it; and an analog-to-digital conversion unit for restricting the operation based on the control signal and converting the input signal into the digital signal at the set resolution. | 05-10-2012 |
20130027236 | A/D CONVERSION DEVICE AND A/D CONVERSION CORRECTING METHOD - An A/D conversion unit performs an A/D conversion operation twice during a hold period of an analog value. In a first conversion operation, the A/D conversion unit compares the analog value with a first reference voltage and outputs a comparison result as first converted data. In a second conversion operation, the A/D conversion unit compares the analog value with a second reference voltage and outputs a comparison result as second converted data. The second reference voltage is a voltage obtained by adding or subtracting a minimum resolution voltage to or from the first reference voltage. A digital processing unit averages errors of the first and second converted data by digital processing to detect an A/D conversion error, and feeds back a detection result to the A/D conversion unit as a control value to perform voltage control. | 01-31-2013 |
20150063825 | SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, SYNCHRONIZATION DRIVE SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL MODULATOR, SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF - The present invention includes optical phase modulation circuits ( | 03-05-2015 |