US08300858B2
An electrostatic speaker is constituted of a vibrator, conductive cloths, and elastic members, which are laminated together and woven together using strings. Since all the constituent elements are restrained in positioning by strings, the overall structure thereof is not substantially changed even when the electrostatic speaker is deformed in shape by bending or curving, wherein it is possible to secure the prescribed positional relationship between the constituent elements, which are not deviated in positioning. It is possible to introduce a sheet composed of a thermoplastic resin, which holds the vibrator and elastic members therein. The conductive cloths can be replaced with film electrodes, each of which is formed such that a conductive polymer layer is formed on a base film composed of a thermoplastic resin.
US08300844B2
A sensor is provided in a machine having a continuously variable transmission, for example, and the amount of force exerted by the machine against a load is sensed. Based on the sensed power, an appropriate audio signal is generated which simulates the sounds an operator would expect to hear when such force is applied with a machine having a conventional geared transmission. The sounds can include engine noises, as well as sounds associated with the flow of oil or other hydraulic fluids. In addition, the sounds can be generated from digitally pre-recorded audible data, or can be output based on calculated audible data. User controls are also provided to adjust the volume and frequency or pitch of the generated sounds.
US08300832B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide for the copy protection of distributed material after conditional access is applied, regardless of where the material is distributed. The solutions described provide the advantage of being sufficiently simple in implementation to qualify as “curb high” solutions. “Curb high” solutions provide a range of security from minimal security to a high level of security while requiring relatively fewer system resources to implement than prior approaches.
US08300821B2
A digital broadcast receiver and a control method thereof are disclosed. The control method includes receiving a broadcast signal into which mobile service data and main service data are multiplexed, extracting TPC signaling information and FIC signaling information from a data group in the received mobile service data, acquiring a program table describing virtual channel information and a service of an ensemble, using the extracted FIC signaling information, the ensemble being a virtual channel group of the received mobile service data, detecting a conditional access descriptor indicating whether the mobile service data was encrypted, using the acquired program table, and controlling such that the encrypted mobile service data is decrypted, using information of the detected conditional access descriptor.
US08300820B2
Method of embedding a digital watermark in a useful signal, wherein a watermark bit sequence is embedded into the frequency domain of the useful signal using adaptive frequency modulation of two given frequencies by tracking amplitudes of the chosen frequencies of the original signal and modifying them according to the current bit of watermark bit sequence.
US08300819B2
In service providing apparatus and method, system identification data for specifying a service target device and the user of the device concerned are issued to the device concerned, and authentication processing is carried out on the basis of the system identification data to provide a service to the device concerned.
US08300814B2
There is provided an information processing unit enabling reduction of the number of keys to be held by a terminal unit and the amount of calculations necessary for decryption of encrypted data. The information processing unit configures an entire binary tree made up of n-number of leaf nodes, a root node and a plurality of intermediate nodes different from the root node and the leaf nodes and divides the entire tree into a plurality of base subtrees including n1/y number of leaf nodes to form a y-level (y is a divisor of log(n)) hierarchical structure, such that root nodes of the base subtrees at a lower level coincide with leaf nodes of the base subtree at an upper level. Further, it assigns subsets of the terminal units to nodes of the respective base subtrees and generates directed graphs where directed edges connecting coordinate points on a coordinate axis are set.
US08300807B2
This cryptographic curve generation technique provides a faster way of constructing a genus 2 curve. The technique provides a procedure to compute isogenies between genus 2 curves over finite fields. Instead of looping over possible roots, as is typically done when solving Igusa class polynomials, the technique only finds one root and then applies the isogenies to find the others. The technique computes a set of polynomials that define all isogenies. To do this, for a given root of an Igusa class polynomial over a finite field, the technique computes a value of a small modular function ƒ. To the value of this function ƒ, the technique applies an isogeny to find an isogenous ƒ-value. The technique then transforms the ƒ-value back into an Igusa value. Once the Igusa class polynomials are solved they can be used to generate a genus 2 curve which can be used in cryptographic applications.
US08300796B2
An application server that provides RBT treatment to a caller and simultaneously notifies the called party, as subscriber of the service facilitated by the present invention, of an incoming call, whereby the called party is able to select a treatment for the call to be presented to the caller based on input collected from the called party on a real-time basis.
US08300792B2
An active call between two parties can be established as a call having priority over other users in a tiered priority system. Changes to the level of priority are permitted if made by an authorized user in attendance on the active call. The change of call priority can be to either raise or lower the priority based on call circumstances. If approved, the new active call priority level is propagated to other nodes and switches so that system knowledge of the new priority level is consistent. The new priority level is reset to the pre-established call priority level after the active call is completed.
US08300787B2
A system for selectively blocking and unblocking the sending of outgoing caller ID information from a communication device comprises a communication device, a processor coupled to the communication device and a storage medium coupled to the processor containing a directory of information entries. The information entries include both telephone numbers and associated security levels. When a call is placed to a number using the communication device, the processor seeks the number in the directory of the storage medium. If an entry is found for the number by the processor, caller ID information is prevented from being sent to the number unless a security level associated with the number is at or above a predefined cut-off level.
US08300786B2
A method and system for transmitting a facsimile message uses a public-switched telecommunications network, the public-switched telecommunication network having a messaging platform capable of storing a plurality of facsimile messages. The initiation of a telephone call to a destination is detected, the content of the call including the facsimile message. If the destination is available at a first time to receive a telephone call, the facsimile message is transmitted. The facsimile message may be stored on the messaging platform only if the destination is unavailable at the first time, or every time a telephone call is initiated by the originating party. The method also provides for situations where a telephone call is redirected, where an inter-NPA seven digit dialing case has occurred, and where “busy” or “no_answer” triggers are implemented. If the facsimile message was stored, the facsimile message is transmitted at a second time if the destination is available.
US08300785B2
A video conferencing system has a two-way mirror, which is between the observer and the display device, positioned at an angle to reflect a backdrop surface. The backdrop surface, which is further away from the two-way mirror than the image plane of the image display device, appears superimposed in a position behind the image of a person from the remote location. A camera is located in the backdrop at a position along the line of sight of the transmitted image so that a perceived eye contact is achieved. A system is disclosed wherein telepresence systems that are compatible with a pre-defined standard are connected via a network connecting, either directly or via a telepresence operations center, to provide interaction with substantially life-sized images of the remote participant displayed with three-dimensional depth cues in the room setting.
US08300782B2
A security plan for telephone clients allows the client to authenticate itself by sending a coded sequence of DTMF digits to a PBX at the beginning of each call. When the idle client telephone receives a call, it sends a coded DTMF sequence to the PBX. If the client makes a feature invoking call to the PBX while active on the first call, the client will be prompted for the security sequence. The client must send the same sequence of DTMF digits as for the first call. The first call is authenticated by virtue of being a call from the PBX to the telephone. The second call is authenticated by sending a DTMF sequence that matches the one sent with the first call. A call that fails authentication is dropped. The security plan for clients constrains the client to using a callback to originate a call from an idle telephone.
US08300772B2
In one embodiment of the invention, a number of transport protocol streams are established between a signaling session border controller (S-SBC) and a data session border controller (D-SBC). A subset of the number of transport protocol streams are dedicated for carrying messages for emergency calls. Upon receiving an emergency call, the S-SBC transmits an add request message to the D-SBC over one of the streams dedicated for carrying messages for emergency calls. Upon receiving the message over one of the streams dedicated for carrying messages for emergency calls, the D-SBC processes the message with high priority handling.
US08300771B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for determining a state of loop termination. One embodiment comprises receiving an un-calibrated echo signal for the loop under test using frequency domain reflectometry single-ended line testing (FDR-SELT) and determining the state of loop termination based on phase of the un-calibrated echo signal. The step of determining the state of loop termination comprises determining whether the loop is terminated by an open termination or a short termination by correlating the phase of the echo signal with an expected phase of the echo signal derived from measurements taken at the same loop length for open and short terminations. For other embodiments, the amplitude of the un-calibrated echo signal is analyzed to determine whether the loop is terminated by a matched-impedance termination.
US08300770B2
Liquid metal containment in an x-ray tube. In one example embodiment, an x-ray tube anode assembly includes a stationary shaft terminated by a head and an anode connected to an anode hub. The anode hub is at least partially surrounding the head of the stationary shaft. The anode hub defines a hub opening through which the stationary shaft extends. The anode hub is configured to contain a volume of a liquid metal and to rotate around the stationary shaft. The anode hub also defines a catch space within the anode hub that is configured to catch the liquid metal in order to contain the liquid metal within the hub regardless of the orientation of the x-ray tube anode assembly.
US08300764B2
For a radiographic image detector which includes an imaging plane including two-dimensional matrix of pixel sections, each pixel section storing, when exposed to radiation, a charge according to amount of the radiation, and which is used to be exposed to radiation transmitted through the same subject each time the detector is shifted along a predetermined axis of shift, an inclination of the two-dimensional matrix relative to the axis of shift of the radiographic image detector is detected. The inclination is detected by applying radiation two times to the detector at different radiation application positions effected by the shift of the detector so that a common marker is imaged during each radiation application; carrying out a reading operation after each radiation application to acquire image data representing image information of the marker; and detecting the inclination based on a positional relationship between marker images represented by the image data.
US08300763B2
Systems and methods for scanning an object in an inspection space are disclosed. The systems and methods generally incorporate spatially separated and sequenced Compton x-ray backscatter imaging techniques in a plurality of perspective planes. Such processes as time-gating detectors, weighting scintillation detections, and preferentially accepting signals that originate from a point that is substantially orthogonal to a radiation detector and at least partially shielding out signals that do not originate from a point substantially orthogonal to the detector may be used to enhance the data acquisition process.
US08300761B2
A shift register circuit is provided that can decrease a power consumption caused by a clock signal and can achieve a high driving capacity. A unit shift register has a first transistor that activates an output signal when a power supply potential is provided to an output terminal. A pull-up driving circuit for driving the first transistor has a second transistor for providing a clock signal to a node connected to the gate of the first transistor and a boosting circuit for the node. When an output signal of a preceding stage is activated, the second transistor turns on. Thereafter, when the clock signal is activated, and the node is charged, the second transistor turns off. The boosting circuit increases the potential at the node when the second transistor turns off. Therefore, the first transistor can operate in non-saturation region and activate the output signal.
US08300751B2
A method for transmitting a timing correction message in a wireless communication system, the method comprising, Generating the timing correction message comprising a 8-bit MessageID field and a 2-bit NumSectors field wherein, the NumSectors field indicates the number of sector records in the message and a 16 bit TimingCorrection field wherein, the TimingCorrection indicates the timing correction on the sector and last 15 bits indicate the magnitude of timing correction in units of 1/8 chips and transmitting the timing correction message over a communication link.
US08300740B1
In a method for generating a signal quality indicator, a correlation signal is generated from a received signal and a spreading sequence. A magnitude signal is generated from the correlation signal. A time-domain averaged signal is generated based on the magnitude signal and at least a first time delayed version of the magnitude signal delayed by at least one symbol period. A peak-to-average signal is generated based on the time-domain averaged signal.
US08300726B2
Techniques are disclosed that efficiently obtain channel crosstalk estimates in DSL systems and other communication systems that may include unsynchronized channels. For example, a method includes obtaining a first set of estimated measures of crosstalk for a first portion of a plurality of communication channels over which data signals are to be transmitted from a transmitter to a plurality of receivers, and interpolating a second set of estimated measures of crosstalk for a second portion of the plurality of communication channels based on the first set of estimated measures of crosstalk. The first portion of the plurality of communication channels may be a subset of the plurality of communication channels and the second portion of the plurality of communication channels is a remainder of the plurality of communication channels. Each estimated measure of crosstalk may relate to at least one tone associated with at least one of the plurality of communication channels.
US08300719B2
A method for detecting digital video signal parameters detects an integer carrier frequency offset (ICFO), a pilot pattern and a carrier mode of a signal received by an Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) communication system. The method includes receiving a first OFDM symbol comprising a plurality of first frequency-domain sub-carriers and a second OFDM symbol comprising a plurality of second frequency-domain sub-carriers; generating a plurality of sub-carrier correlation results according to the first frequency-domain sub-carrier and the second frequency-domain sub-carrier; and determining a maximum sub-carrier correlation result from the plurality of sub-carrier correlation results; and outputting an ICFO, a pilot pattern and a carrier mode corresponding to the maximum sub-carrier correlation result.
US08300718B2
A demodulating circuit includes: a fast Fourier transform circuit which fast Fourier transforms a received signal and outputs a plurality of carrier signals; an output selecting circuit which selects at least two signals from the plurality of carrier signals, the at least two signals including a first signal modulated in accordance with a first modulation method and a second signal modulated in accordance with a second modulation method; an inverse fast Fourier transform circuit which inverse Fourier transforms transmission path characteristic values including a first transmission path characteristic value obtained based on the first signal and a second transmission path characteristic value obtained based on the second signal; and an FFT window control circuit which controls a position of an FFT window based on the inverse Fourier transformed transmission path characteristic values.
US08300713B2
A preamble sequence detection and integral carrier frequency offset estimation method for OFDM/OFDMA wireless communication systems by formulating integral carrier frequency offset estimation and preamble sequence detection as a signal detection problem in multi-channel interference, obtaining the theoretically optimal solution, and deriving simplified, approximately optimal solutions, in which frequency-domain filtering is employed to calculate the required correlation values, which can drastically reduce the high computational complexity of the original theoretically optimal solution but result in little impact on precision. In addition, several further simplified algorithms are provided, some of which can even eliminate the use of multipliers. The using of frequency-domain filtering has high extensibility in application to related signal sequence detection problems.
US08300711B2
An adaptive differential pulse-code modulation-demodulation system and method thereof is provided. The method includes steps of modulating an analog audio input signal into a data packet, including a plurality of digital data through adaptive differential pulse-code modulation, an initial value and a scale factor associated with the digital data, to be sent to the communication network, and demodulating the data packet according to the digital data, the initial value and the scale factor, thereby reconstructing the data packet to an analog audio output signal.
US08300709B2
A method of processing video data includes allowing a counter to start counting, receiving the video data to which a timestamp is applied, checking the amount of video data in a buffer memory, comparing the timestamp with a count if the amount of video data in the buffer memory is smaller than a predetermined threshold, and discarding the video data if the timestamp is smaller than the count and accumulating the video data in the buffer memory if the timestamp is greater than the count. The counter uses a value corresponding to a time earlier than the timestamp by a delay time when the video data is initially received.
US08300708B2
A method allowing operating parameters, such as the compression ratio and/or the protection ratio for a multimedia data transmission channel to be determined, wherein it includes at least one step during which several values of sensitivity are determined for pairs of values fixed source bit-rate, desired compression ratio, a step where the different values obtained for an operating point of the fixed channel are compared with one another, and a step where the optimum sensitivity value is selected, the sensitivity value being defined taking the desired source bit-rate and the compression ratio into account.
US08300701B2
An editing system handles offspeed and full speed playback of long GOP compressed video information by having one decoder for full-speed or slower forward playback of long GOP compressed motion video information, and a second single-frame, stateless decoder for use for off-speed playback. When compressed data is read from a file, the compressed data for at least one complete group of pictures is read into a buffer, herein called a compressed data buffer. A data structure, herein called a frame ring, is constructed to describe each image in the compressed data buffer. The single-frame, stateless decoder receives decompression parameters in addition to the compressed data for each image from this buffer. If the compressed data is a B-frame or P-frame, then uncompressed data for any other images (i.e., reference frames) required by the decoder to decompress the frame also is input to the single-frame, stateless decoder. If the uncompressed data for the reference frames is not already in a cache, these reference frames are decompressed and the uncompressed data for the reference frames as used by the decoder is stored in the cache prior to the decompression of the B-frame or P-frame.
US08300700B2
The present invention makes it possible to include, when encoding processing is applied to three color components using a 4:0:0 format, data for one picture in one access unit and makes it possible to set the same time information or the same set encoding modes among the respective color components. In an image encoding system for applying compression processing to an input image signal including a plurality of color components, encoded data obtained by independently subjecting an input image signal of each of the color components to encoding processing and a parameter indicating which color component the encoded data corresponds to are multiplexed with a bit stream. In an image decoding system for inputting a bit stream in which an image signal including a plurality of color components is compressed to perform decoding processing, decoding processing of the encoded data of each of the color components is performed using a parameter indicating which color component the encoded data corresponds to.
US08300684B2
In described embodiments, filter parameters for a filter applied to a signal in, for example, a Serializer/De-serializer (SerDes) receiver and/or transmitter are generated based on real-time monitoring of a data eye. The real-time eye monitor monitors data eye characteristics of the signal present in a data path, the data path applying the filter to the signal. The eye monitor generates eye statistics from the monitored data eye characteristics and an adaptive controller generates a set of parameters for the filter of the data path for statistical calibration of the data eye, wherein the eye monitor continuously monitors the data eye and the adaptive controller continuously generates the set of parameters based on the eye statistics.
US08300683B1
Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a high-speed differential energy difference integrator (EDI) for adaptive equalizers. In an embodiment, the EDI includes two differential full-wave rectifiers providing differential outputs that are cross-coupled to the inputs of an integration capacitor. In one embodiment, the active areas of the transistors of the differential full-wave rectifiers are substantially the same.
US08300682B2
A multi-channel signal processing system includes a filter unit arranged at a signal transmitting end and a feedback unit arranged at a signal receiving end. The filter unit includes a signal synthesis unit and a filter, where the filter is adapted to filter crosstalk source signals of signals to be transmitted and perform subsequent filtering in accordance with received feedback information; the signal synthesis unit is adapted to receive the signals to be transmitted which are input and the crosstalk source signals filtered by the filter, and synthesize the signals to be transmitted and the crosstalk source signals; and the feedback unit is adapted to make a feedback to the filter in accordance with the received signals to be transmitted.
US08300678B2
A multipath signal determination method includes carrying out correlation operation between a received signal of a positioning signal spread-modulated with a spread code and a replica signal of the spread code with respect to each of IQ components at a predetermined sampling phase interval, and determining whether the received signal is a multipath signal or not, in accordance with a plot position in the case where each correlation value in each of the sampling phases is sequentially plotted on an IQ coordinate.
US08300672B2
A two-dimensional photonic crystal laser light is provided. The two-dimensional photonic crystal laser includes a two-dimensional photonic crystal made of a plate-shaped member provided with a periodic arrangement of identically-shaped modified refractive index areas having a refractive index different from that of the plate-shaped member; and an active layer provided on one side of the two-dimensional photonic crystal. The modified refractive index areas are arranged at lattice points of a lattice with a same period at least in two directions; each modified refractive index area is shaped so that a feedback strength is different with respect to directions of two primitive lattice vectors of the lattice; the two-dimensional photonic crystal has a periodic structure of a supercell, which contains a plurality of lattice points; and the sum of the feedback strengths by all modified refractive index areas in the supercell is identical in each direction of the two primitive lattice vectors.
US08300658B2
Various methods and apparatuses provide unicast channel data acquisition, such as antenna information, from MBMS subframes. A method of operating a wireless communications network infrastructure entity is disclosed comprising defining a subframe (400) comprising a unicast symbol (401) in a predetermined first symbol position within said subframe (400), said unicast symbol (401) comprising at least a first unicast antenna reference symbol; defining a second symbol position (403) within said subframe (400) for containing at least a second unicast antenna reference symbol, said second symbol position (403) being a multicast symbol position for transmitting a multicast symbol; and transmitting said subframe (400) wherein said unicast symbol (401) comprises said at least first unicast antenna reference symbol and wherein said multicast symbol (403) comprises said at least second unicast antenna reference symbol.
US08300657B2
A modified ranging request in a broadband communications system. The modified ranging request includes a header, a management message header attached to the header, a management message payload attached to the management message header, and a CRC attached to the management message payload. The management message header enables bandwidth requests to be made by subscriber equipment without contention. The management message header also includes state of health information on the status of a downstream transmission for enabling a central location to determine how to assign subscribers to queues in an adaptive modulation scheme.
US08300656B2
The TDMA receiver comprises a control unit for allocating to each of a plurality of transmitters time intervals during which the transmitter is allowed to transmit signals towards the TDMA receiver, a receiving unit for receiving an incoming signal resulting from the multiplexing of different signals which are output by the plurality of transmitters during the allocated time intervals and in the predetermined frequency band, the incoming signal thus consisting, in the predetermined frequency band, of a TDM signal, a processing unit for extracting and processing the TDM signal, and a spectrum determination unit for determining the spectrum of the incoming signal. The control unit is designed to synchronize the operation of the spectrum determination unit as a function of the time intervals allocated to the transmitters for the determination of the spectrum of the incoming signal in the predetermined frequency band.
US08300652B2
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for using a node in a mesh network to perceive a plurality of channels within a mesh network; selecting a first channel from the plurality of channels within the mesh network with the node; remaining on the first channel with the node for a predefined duration; remaining on the first channel beyond the predefined duration in order to receive a message if a signal is detected during the predefine duration; and selecting a second channel with the node once the predefined duration has elapsed without the signal detected.
US08300646B2
Message handling in a local area network including switches and clients is provided. At least one of the switches is a peer switch that is capable of monitoring a status of another switch, and at least one switch connects the clients redundantly. A station announcement message is sent by the peer switch for at least one client of the other switch. In each station message announcement, there is inserted a source address of the other switch. The other switches handle the station message announcement as though the station message announcement came from the client.
US08300640B2
A data communication system includes multiple Media Access Control (MAC) units, multiple physical layer (PHY) interface units, and logic to communicate between the MAC units and the PHY units using a single tunneling protocol over Internet Protocol (IP).
US08300637B1
Methods and computer-readable media are provided to allow for the assignment of domain-name system (DNS) servers, static IP addresses, and dynamic home agents to a device requesting the establishment of an IPv6 data session. DNS servers may be determined for a particular device based on one or more device capabilities, such as the type of device or certain products or services to which the device is subscribed. The device capabilities are determined by querying a customer-profile database that defines certain information about users and devices, such as static IP addresses and device capabilities. The DNS servers are used by a device to translate a host name into a host address, in addition to establishing an IPv6 data session. Once determined, a component, such as an Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) server may send the attributes to a packet-routing component, which assigns the DNS servers to the device.
US08300630B2
A supervisor computer directly communicates, via User Datagram Protocol (UDP) packets, with a call control application software in a soft phone. The UDP packets provide real-time information, from a desktop of the soft phone, describing call activity and usage status of the soft phone. The supervisor computer is able to remotely control usage of the soft phone according to information provided by the UDP packets.
US08300627B2
In one embodiment, a telephony system includes a memory that stores one or more call preferences of a user, and a central call routing entity that enables a user to set a call forwarding rule. In accordance with the call forwarding rule and in response to an incoming call to a first telephone device of the user, the call routing entity routing the incoming call to a second telephone device along with a message indicating that the one or more call preferences of the user are stored in the memory. The one or more call preferences are then fetched and applied at the second telephone device. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure.
US08300623B2
Provided are a new frame synchronization method, which is capable of shortening the time necessary for frame synchronization between a receiver and a base station of PHS based on an OFDM communication system, and the receiver therefor.A frame synchronization method of OFDM communication system includes: a symbol synchronization step of obtaining a synchronization timing for each OFDM symbol by executing calculation of correlation in the symbols on the basis of an autocorrelation factor included in each OFDM symbol transmitted from wireless base stations; a unique symbol correlation search stop of obtaining timing of a notification channel by executing calculation of correlation for a unique symbol included in the notification channel; and a notification channel decoding step of executing decoding of the notification channel or a channel synchronized with the notification channel on the basis of timing when a degree of correlation obtained by the unique symbol correlation search is highest.
US08300619B2
A system and method for enabling scheduled data messages to be transmitted within a communication system on a controlled access packet data channel. When a scheduled data message is to be transmitted, a mobile device generates the data message, appends a predetermined type of header to the data message, and passes the data message to a communication unit. The header comprises an hour field, a minute field, and a slot field indicative of a specific time when the data message is to be transmitted on the controlled access packet data channel. After receiving a data message from the mobile device, the communication unit parses the received data message to determine whether the received data message should be processed as a scheduled data message on the controlled access packet data channel, and transmits the data message to a fixed network at a specific time based on the hour, minute, and slot fields in the header.
US08300612B2
Provided are a MAC method and a method for transmitting data using the same in a WLAN. The MAC method includes: transmitting a bandwidth scheduling report frame for informing information on downlinks and uplinks allocated to a terminal by including the bandwidth scheduling report frame in one of the downlinks where the bandwidth scheduling report frame includes a plurality of downlinks, a plurality of uplinks, and a plurality of short uplinks and the number of the plurality of downlinks is equal to the number of the plurality of uplinks; receiving a bandwidth request frame for requesting bandwidth allocation through one of the uplinks; and allocating a bandwidth to each of the terminals by an unit of the downlink and the uplink.
US08300607B2
A method for using a wireless digital base station to receive, process and transmit a plurality of communications having independent data rates establishing a first communication channel having a first data communication rate to support a first communication; determining the data rate required to support the first communication; selecting one or more transmission channels, from a plurality of available transmission channels, required to support said required data rate; and transmitting the first communication using one or more selected transmission channels. The plurality of available transmission channels includes at least one B or D channel.
US08300605B2
Enabling a standard cellular handset to be used to access a core mobile network via a generic access network is disclosed. A communication between a generic access network element and the core mobile network is intercepted. A modified version of the communication is generated. The modified communication is forwarded.
US08300603B2
Location reporting in long term evolution (LTE) wireless networks is provided. Systems and methods are disclosed to provide support of location reporting and messaging at a mobility management entity (MME) to allow location updates to serving gateways (SGWs) and packet data network gateways (PGWs), and for the SGWs and PGWs to activate and de-activate location reporting. The MME also supports detection and communication with the LTE radio access network to provide location reporting back to the communication network. The MME and the accompanying messaging can provide location reporting including enhanced cell global identity (ECGI) and tracking area identity (TAI) information.
US08300588B2
A system and method for user equipment (UE) measurement timing in a relay cell are provided. A method for controller operations includes broadcasting a first pattern of time intervals to communications devices served by a controller, and for a communication device served by the controller, determining a second pattern for the communications device, where the second pattern is based on the first pattern, and transmitting the second pattern to the communications device.
US08300575B2
Method for switching a packet to a bearer in a mobile telecommunication network, by setting up multiple parallel bearers for bearing the packet across a radio interface; associating the bearers with a bearer priority level of traffic handling; determining a priority level of the packet; mapping the packet priority level to the bearer priority level; switching the packet to one of the bearers based on the mapping; using the bearer priority level to prioritize the access to the radio resources. A further method for switching a packet by setting up multiple parallel bearers without resource reservation; associating each of the bearers with a bearer priority level; mapping a flow of packets to one of the bearer priority levels, when a service is started; switching each packet to one of the multiple bearers based on the mapping; using the bearer priority level to prioritize the access to the radio resources.
US08300571B2
Systems, devices, processors, and methods are described which may be used for the reception of a wireless broadband signal at a user terminal from a gateway via a satellite. A wireless signal may include a series of physical layer frames, each frame including a physical layer header and payload. The received signal is digitized and processed using various novel physical layer headers and related techniques to synchronize the physical layer frames and recover data from physical layer headers for purposes of demodulation and decoding.
US08300570B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a unique ranging technique in wireless communication environments that employ relay stations associated with a base station. Each relay station, and optionally the base station itself, can be allocated a unique ranging region having unique ranging resources that may be used by a mobile station to initiate a ranging function with the corresponding relay station or base station.
US08300569B2
A method of processing broadcast data in a broadcast transmitter includes performing, by a Reed-Solomon (RS) encoder, RS encoding and Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) encoding on mobile service data and building at least primary RS frames belonging to a primary ensemble or secondary RS frames belonging to a secondary ensemble depending on RS frame mode information that indicates a single frame mode or a dual frame mode; mapping each of the built at least primary or secondary RS frames into groups, wherein each of the groups includes known data sequences, a fast information channel (FIC) segment, and transmission parameter channel (TPC) data; and transmitting a transmission frame containing the groups.
US08300541B2
Methods and apparatus for utilizing bitrate or other data associated with statistically multiplexed video (e.g., programs) or other content within a network to ensure quality of service (QoS) at a subscriber premises or local network. In one embodiment, the present invention provides improved multiplexing apparatus and methods that allow a consumer premises device to obtain QoS data and employ that data to enforce and maintain one or more QoS policies. In another embodiment of the present invention, an improved consumer premises device is provided which is adapted to receive a multiplexed program stream and subsequently demultiplex and time stamp the resulting single program streams. The time stamps are then utilized to generate QoS data which is utilized to enforce and maintain a QoS policy. Business methods associated with the various features described above are also disclosed.
US08300531B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for overload control of prioritized message flows in a state machine execution environment. A state machine employs a flow graph associated with a system. The flow graph provides a flow control mechanism that defines a plurality of states and one or more transitions between the states. Tokens circulate within the flow graph and execute functions during the transitions between the states. The state machine parses one of the tokens to extract one or more predefined information elements; assigns a priority to the token based on the extracted information elements and a state occupancy of the token, wherein the assigned priority controls an order in which the token is processed; assesses an overload status of the system and selectively discards one or more of the tokens based on the assigned priority and assessed overload status. One or more tokens can be selectively discarded based on the assessed overload status and a closeness measure indicating how close a given token is to placing the system in a quiescent state.
US08300530B2
A method and apparatus for measuring network performance. A stream of packets of encoded data, sent by a transmitter across a network, are received. The stream of packets includes (n+1) packets having transmittal timestamps from a clock local to the transmitter, where n is an integer greater than or equal to one. An (n+1)th transmittal timestamp and an nth transmittal timestamp are determined. A value is calculated based on the (n+1)th and the nth transmittal timestamps. The value corresponds to the size of a virtual buffer needed to store the packets during a measurement interval. The value is used to determine a performance measure for the network.
US08300526B2
The present invention provides a network relay apparatus capable of assuring the prevention of occurrence of order reversion of packets within flows and shifting a packet distribution destination according to load information. The network relay apparatus includes: a packet distribution processor for distributing input packets to thereby achieve load dispersion of packet processing; a statistical information collector for regularly collecting load conditions of respective packet processors; and a distribution information holder for retaining information for specifying the packet distribution destinations upon distribution of the packets. Information about the load conditions of the respective packet processors are compiled and distributed to the packet processor smallest in load. Timing provided to change the packet distribution destination is assumed to be given when a processing waiting queue does not include a packet corresponding to its flow.
US08300524B1
An apparatus and method for authenticating a data transmission across a network. Variations in data rate of data received across the network are detected, and the received data are authenticated when the variations conform to a preselected variable data rate profile. Preferably, an average data rate is first determined, and the data rates of individual data rates of blocks of the received data are compared to the average data rate. Some of the data rates are preferably faster than a selected threshold. Different portions of the received data preferably take different, parallel paths through the network from a transmitter to a receiver. Preferably, the received data are transmitted via packets. The data rate is preferably varied by using different densities of data packets, or by selectively delaying selected packets. Data authentication preferably results in grant of user access to the received data.
US08300518B2
At least one channel is joined to a group of active channels in a communication system by transmitting control signals to configure respective customer premises equipment (CPE) of the active channels into a joining mode of operation, and transmitting a joining signature sequence to CPE of the joining channel over a downstream data signal path of the joining channel. A central office (CO) or other access node of the system receives correlation results from respective active channel CPE, estimates crosstalk from the joining channel into the active channels based on the correlation results, configures a precoder based on the estimated crosstalk, and adds the joining channel to the group of active channels. The channels may comprise respective subscriber lines of a DSL communication system.
US08300516B2
An information recording medium that can be rapidly finalized, and a recording/reproducing apparatus and method using the same are provided. In the information recording medium, a prepit is pre-formed in a finalization area. Since the portion that has to be filled with data in finalizing the information recording medium is previously formed as the prepits series in manufacturing the information recording medium, the time necessary to finalize the information recording medium can be shortened, thereby achieving the rapid finalization of the medium.
US08300508B2
An apparatus for judging an optical disc includes a gain controller, an amplitude detecting unit and an amplitude comparing unit. The gain controller is used for receiving a radio frequency signal from an optical pickup head; and processing the radio frequency signal into an amplified radio frequency signal with a target amplitude according to an amplitude feedback signal. The amplitude detecting unit is used for receiving the amplified radio frequency signal, generating the amplitude feedback signal to the gain controller, and outputting a top envelope amplitude according to an top envelope signal of the amplified radio frequency signal. The amplitude comparing unit is used for comparing the top envelope amplitude with a threshold value to generate a resulting signal, and judging whether the laser beams emitted from the optical pickup head are irradiated on a blank area or a data-recorded area according to the resulting signal.
US08300503B2
In a thermally assisted magnetic recording head having a light source and a waveguide to lead a laser beam radiated from the light source to a front end of the magnetic head, while blocking an adverse effect of heat generated in the light source and securing a good floating characteristic, the light source and the magnetic head are optically coupled with high efficiency and the magnetic head itself is reduced in size. This invention provides a reflection mirror that is formed of a part or whole of one inclined end surface of the semiconductor laser mounted on the first submount. Near one end surface of the slider is provided the optical waveguide that pierces through the slider in a direction of the thickness thereof. The slider is mounted on the second submount and the positions of the first submount and the second submount are adjusted to practically align the light axis of the beam emitted from the mirror with the light axis of the optical waveguide, thereby realizing a novel thermally assisted magnetic recording head.
US08300502B2
The invention relates to an imaging method and system for providing acoustic images of a surface and more particularly, but not exclusively, to acoustic imaging of a surface within a confined space. Also described are an acoustic probe and a transmit/receive sensor array configuration to implement the imaging method and system. The probe has an array of acoustic transmitters arranged in juxtaposed or spaced relationship around at least a portion of the circumferential surface of the probe, and an array of acoustic receivers also disposed around at least a portion of its circumferential surface. A beam-former is used for focussing and steering the acoustic beams from the acoustic transmitter array onto portions of the structure to be examined and for focussing and steering the receive beams onto said surface portions, said beam-former adapted to cause the acoustic transmit beams to be focussed in a plane orthogonal to the plane used to focus the receive beams. High resolution in the near field can be achieved by focussing the transmit and receive beams onto a surface at a focus region, the focus region being narrow in both the orthogonal planes.
US08300500B2
This disclosure provides a detection device, which includes a transceiving module for periodically transmitting a detection pulse signal toward a space and receiving a reflection wave from a target object as a reception signal, a signal loading module for generating a distance section row by dividing a given detection distance range into a plurality of distance sections, obtaining reception data by sequentially sampling the reception signal for every distance section, and storing the reception signal in a memory, and an interference processing module for sequentially performing interference removal processing for the reception data of each of the distance sections stored in the memory. The interference processing module includes an interference wave determination module for determining for every distance section whether the reception data of the distance section row including a target distance section is resulting from an interference wave, a signal generating module, if the reception data is determined to be resulting from the interference wave for generating data to be displayed based on one or more reception data other than the reception data in proximity to the reception data at least either in a distance direction or a transmission cycle direction, and if the reception data is determined to be resulting from the reflection wave, for using the reception data as the data to be displayed, and a display module for displaying the data to be displayed.
US08300492B2
A memory including a memory cell array, a word line decoder, a first and a second reference bit line generators are provided. The memory cell array has first and last bit lines respectively disposed at two sides of the memory cell array. The word line decoder generates a pre-word line signal. The first and the second reference bit line generators respectively detect voltage level variations of the first and last bit lines according to the pre-word line signal, so as to generate a first and a second cut-back signals. The first reference bit line generator transmits the first cut-back signal to the second reference bit line generator, the second reference bit line generator transmits the first and the second cut-back signals to the word line decoder, and the word line decoder generates a word line signal according to the first and the second cut-back signals and the pre-word line signal.
US08300473B2
One or more sense amplifiers for sensing the conduction current of non-volatile memory is controlled by signals that are timed by a reference sense amplifier having similar characteristics and operating conditions. In one aspect, a sensing period is determined by when the reference sense amplifier sensing a reference current detects an expected state. In another aspect, an integration period for an amplified output is determined by when the reference sense amplifier outputs an expected state. When these determined timings are used to control the one or more sense amplifiers, environment and systemic variations are tracked.
US08300470B2
A programmable two terminal non-volatile device uses a floating gate that can be programed by a hot electron injection induced by a potential between a source and drain. The floating gate layer can also function as a FET gate for other circuits in an integrated circuit containing an array of the devices. The invention can be used in environments such as data encryption, reference trimming, manufacturing ID, security ID, and many other applications.
US08300460B2
A nonvolatile memory device comprises a page buffer unit comprising page buffers, each coupling first and second input and output (IO) lines and a latch circuit for outputting data together or coupling a sense node and the first or second I/O line together, in response to an operation mode; a Y decoder unit comprising decoders, each selecting one or more of the page buffers in response to address signals and outputting a first or second control signal to the selected page buffers in response to the operation mode; a mode selection unit outputting first and second operation selection signals for selecting the operation mode; and an I/O control unit comprising I/O control circuits, each detecting data, inputted and output through the first and second I/O lines, and outputting the detected data or coupling one of the first and second I/O lines to a data line.
US08300452B2
A digital logic storage structure includes cross coupled first and second complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) inverters formed on a semiconductor substrate, the CMOS inverters including a first storage node and a second storage node that is the logical complement of the first storage node; both of the first and second storage nodes each selectively coupled to a deep trench capacitor through a switching transistor, with the switching transistors controlled by a common capacitance switch line coupled to gate conductors thereof; wherein, in a first mode of operation, the switching transistors are rendered nonconductive so as to isolate the deep trench capacitors from the inverter storage nodes and, in a second mode of operation, the switching transistors are rendered conductive so as to couple the deep trench capacitors to their respective storage nodes, thereby providing increased resistance of the storage nodes to single event upsets (SEUs).
US08300444B2
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises a memory cell array of electrically erasable programmable nonvolatile memory cells arranged in matrix, each memory cell using a variable resistor. A pulse generator generates plural types of write pulses for varying the resistance of the variable resistor based on write data. A selection circuit applies write pulses generated by the pulse generator to the memory cell. A sense amplifier executes verify read to the memory cell. A status decision circuit decides the verify result based on the output from the sense amplifier. A control circuit executes additional write to the memory cell based on the verify result from the status decision circuit.
US08300432B2
An isolated power converter comprising a transformer arranged in such a way that the mirrored primary voltage on the secondary side has a positive potential relative to ground, said converter comprising a derivating net arranged to cause the second transistor to conduct in dependence of the voltage across the secondary winding, the source of the second transistor being connected to the negative end of the secondary winding, the drain of a third transistor further being connected to the positive end of the secondary winding, a second capacitor and a second resistor being connected between the gate and the source of the third transistor, a third resistor connected between the second resistor and the drain of the second transistor, a third capacitor connected between the sources of the second and third transistors to provide a first output voltage on one terminal of the third capacitor and a second output voltage on the other terminal of the third capacitor.
US08300430B2
The configurations of a compensation device configured in a circuit having a synchronous rectifier (SR), a controller and a load, and a compensation method thereof are provided in the present invention. In the proposed circuit, the SR includes a first terminal, a first inductor electrically connected to the first terminal in series, a second terminal and a second inductor electrically connected to the second terminal in series, the controller is coupled to the first and the second inductors, and the device includes a voltage source having a positive terminal coupled to the controller and a negative terminal coupled to the second inductor and providing a compensation voltage to reduce or eliminate the influence of the first and the second inductors towards a voltage value across the first and the second terminals.
US08300428B2
A resonant power conversion apparatus includes a transformer T1 having a primary winding n1, a secondary winding n2, a tertiary winding n3, and a reset winding nR, a series circuit of switches S1 and S2, a capacitor Cr1 and diode D1 to the switch S1, a capacitor Cr2 and diode D2 to the switch S2, a series circuit of the winding n1 and a diode Dn1, a series circuit of the winding nR and a diode DR, a reactor Lr connected between a connection point of the switches S1 and S2 and a connection point of the windings n2 and n3, a switch S10 connected between the DC power source and the winding n2, a switch S20 connected between the DC power source and the winding n3, and a controller 10 configured to perform a zero-voltage switching operation of the switches S1 and S2.
US08300427B2
A power conversion apparatus and an over current protection (OCP) method thereof are provided. The OCP method includes generating a pulse-width-modulation (PWM) signal according to a loading status of an electronic device, so as to switch a power switch in the power conversion apparatus and thus making the power conversion apparatus providing an output voltage to the electronic device; generating an OCP reference signal with variable slope according to a feedback signal related to the loading status of the electronic device and a system operation voltage of a PWM controller chip in the power conversion apparatus that is used for generating the PWM signal; and comparing a sensing voltage corresponding to a current following through the power switch on a resistor, and the OCP reference signal with variable slope to determine whether to activate an OCP mechanism to control the PWM controller chip whether to generate the PWM signal.
US08300414B2
A system is provided that is securable to an electronic device. The system includes a module with a connection port that is configured to connect with a corresponding connection port of the electronic device. A securing structure is securable to portions of first ends of the module and electronic device to facilitate attachment of the module alongside the electronic device. When the module is attached to the electronic device with the securing structure, a side surface of the module engages with a corresponding side surface of the electronic device and the connection port of the module connects with the corresponding connection port of the connection device to establish an electrical connection between the module and the electronic device.
US08300405B2
An airflow duct for guiding air toward two heat sink apparatuses in computer includes a duct body fixed in a computer case, a first air guide channel and a second air guide channel defined in the duct body. The duct body has an air inlet and an air outlet. The first air guide channel forms a first air outlet, which opens towards a first heat sink apparatus in the computer case. The second air guide channel forms a second air outlet, which opens towards a second heat sink apparatus in the computer case. The first and second air guide channels guide air from the air inlet to the first and second heat sink apparatuses, through the first and second air outlet openings to dissipate heat respectively from the first and second heat sink apparatuses. A first air guide channel height is greater than that of the second air guide channel.
US08300402B2
An exemplary server system includes a server cabinet, racks arranged in the server cabinet, servers mounted on the racks, and a heat dissipation device. The heat dissipation device includes a heat exchanger arranged over the racks, a first fan module arranged under the racks for drawing cooling air from the heat exchanger to the servers to exchange heat, and a second fan module including drawing fans respectively arranged on the racks for drawing up heated air from the servers to the heat exchanger.
US08300398B2
An exemplary holder for a hard disk drive includes a mounting frame and a handle. The mounting frame includes a first mounting arm, a second mounting arm, a connecting arm, and a clipping assembly. One end of the handle is pivotally connected with one end of the connecting arm. The clipping assembly is attached at another end of the connecting arm. The clipping assembly includes a base, a button, a elastic member and a sliding member. The button is slidable in the connecting arm. The resilient member is located between and abuts against the button and the base. One end of the sliding member is pivotally connected with the connecting arm. Another end of the sliding member is slidably connected with the button. The sliding member defines a locking groove, and the other end of the handle forms a locking hook received in the locking groove of the sliding member.
US08300391B2
A rotation angle limitation device used for a portable electronic device includes a base including a placed portion and at least one positioning portion. A driven element connected to the placed portion is capable of being rotated relative to the base. The driven element has a first position and a second position and is secured by the positioning portion when the driven element is in the second position. An elastic element is disposed between the placed portion and the driven element. A first rotation shaft is pivotally connected to the placed portion and is capable of rotating along a first direction. The first rotation shaft and the driven element move simultaneously. A second rotation shaft is pivotally connected to the first rotation shaft and is capable of rotating along a second direction. At least one cam is connected to the second rotation shaft, and the at least one cam and the second rotation shaft move simultaneously. Each cam includes a first protruding portion and a concave arc adjacent to the first protruding portion.
US08300388B2
An accessory strap securing mechanism is positioned on a portable electronic device to assemble an accessory strap thereon. The portable electronic device defines an assembling slot. The accessory strap securing mechanism includes a securing member and a holder. The securing member is received in the assembling slot. The securing member defines a space and includes a stopper portion and a latching portion. The latching portion defines two pin holes. The holder rotatably engages in the pin holes and is received in the space, and the holder has a position abutting the stopper portion.
US08300387B1
A capacitor assembly that is thermally and mechanically stable in high temperature environments is provided. Thermal stability is provided by enclosing and hermetically sealing the capacitor element within a housing in the presence of a gaseous atmosphere that contains an inert gas, thereby limiting the amount of oxygen and moisture supplied to the solid electrolyte of the capacitor. To provide the assembly with good mechanical stability, a polymeric restraint is also employed that is positioned adjacent to and in contact with one or more surfaces of the capacitor element. Without intending to be limited by theory, it is believed that the strength and rigidity of the polymeric restraint can help the capacitor element better withstand vibrational forces incurred during use without resulting in delamination. In this manner, the capacitor assembly is able to better function in high temperature environments.
US08300375B2
Systems, circuits, and methods are described for providing efficient, monitoring capabilities for providing output reactive to monitored conditions. According to the disclosed methods, steps are included for providing a floating gate monitoring circuit in association with a monitored circuit and programming the floating gate to a selected charge level. The programmed floating gate charge level is then compared with a signal level in a monitored circuit. In an additional step, selected comparison criteria are used for selectably activating output. Exemplary embodiments of methods and associated circuits and systems employing the methods are also disclosed, in which protection for a monitored circuit is provided in the event of undervoltage, undercurrent, overvoltage, or undervoltage. Configurations of preferred embodiments of circuits, systems, and methods using the principles of the invention are disclosed in which ultra-low power is consumed by operation in an “ON” state, and little or no significant power is consumed when operating in an “OFF” state.
US08300366B2
In one illustrative example, a magnetic storage device includes a three terminal magnetic sensor having a collector region made of a semiconductor material, a base region, and an emitter region. An insulator layer is formed between the collector region and a slider body which carries the three terminal magnetic sensor. The insulator layer serves to reduce a capacitance otherwise present between the collector region and magnetic media at a magnetic field sensing plane of the three terminal magnetic sensor. Thus, the insulator layer electrically isolates the collector region from the slider body. The structure may be formed through use of a separation by implanting oxygen (SIMOX) technique or a wafer-bonding technique, as examples.
US08300359B2
A perpendicular magnetic write head includes: a magnetic pole; a pair of side shields on both sides, in a write-track width direction, of the magnetic pole with respective side gaps in between; a trailing shield on a trailing side of the magnetic pole and the pair of side shields with a trailing gap in between. Each of the magnetic pole, the side shield, the trailing shield, the side gap, and the trailing gap has an end face exposed on an air bearing surface. The trailing gap has a first regional part and a second regional part. The first regional part separates a trailing edge of the magnetic pole from the trailing shield, and the second regional part separates the pair of side shields from the trailing shield. All or a part of the second regional part has a thickness larger than a thickness of the first regional part.
US08300344B1
In an implementation, a media drive includes bit patterned magnetic media and a module. The module is to cause data encoded by one or more error correction codes to be written on the bit patterned magnetic media with a constraint that is configured to be used to synchronize the data if a bit insertion or deletion occurs.
US08300341B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording device based on shingled-write recording method comprises a magnetic storage medium, a recording head, and an actuator. The magnetic storage medium comprises dot rows wherein a phase shift is between adjacent rows. The recording head covers a predetermined number of dot rows of the magnetic storage medium and comprises an edge at one of the dot rows. The actuator configured to move a recording head by an amount equivalent to a dot row after recording is performed on one of the dot rows by the recording head.
US08300330B2
Disclosed is a lens driving apparatus. The lens driving apparatus includes a base formed at a center thereof with a first opening; a housing coupled with the base and having a second opening corresponding to the first opening; a yoke installed on the base and including a horizontal plate having a third opening corresponding to the first opening and a vertical plate protruding upward from the horizontal plate; a bobbin movably installed in the yoke and coupled with a lens module; a coil fixedly disposed around the bobbin; a plurality of magnets provided at the vertical plate of the yoke to face the coil; and a spring installed on at least one of upper and lower portions of the yoke to return the bobbin, which has moved up due to interaction between the magnet and the coil, to its initial position.
US08300329B2
Disclosed are an optical element assembly comprising a base member in which occurrence of cracks in the base member upon cutting can be prevented and a method of manufacturing an optical unit. The optical element assembly comprises a base member and a plurality of lens members, wherein at least the base member of the optical element assembly is composed of an acryl resin having an alicyclic structure which is a polymer of a monomer represented by the following formula (1) in which linkage groups R2 and R3 lie between an atomic group A and R1OCO and between an atomic group A and OCOCR2, respectively. H2C═CR1COO—(R2)m-A-(R3)n—OCOCR4═CH2 (1)
US08300327B2
A method of producing an optical element, in which a first and a second die are cooperated with each other so as to press-mold a material in order to produce an optical element including a lens portion, the first die has a circular cross-sectional shape, and the second die defines therein an interior space having a polygonal cross-sectional shape with respect to the direction of die-fastening, the first die is adapted to enter into the interior space of the second die in the direction of die-fastening in the interior space so to press-mold the material in order to form the lens surface while the material is bulged out through gaps between the first die and the second die around the lens surface whereby forming protrusions. An optical element and a mold assembly for an optical element are also provided.
US08300325B2
Provided is a simple-structured endoscope objective lens suitable for a compact, high-resolution image acquisition element. Provided is an objective lens constituted of a first negative lens, a second positive lens, an aperture stop, a third positive lens, and a joined lens arranged in that order from an object side, the joined lens being formed of a fourth positive lens and a fifth negative lens and satisfying the expressions (1) and (2), and the objective lens satisfies the expression (3): nn≧2.0 (1) 12<(νp−νn)<34 (2) 1.52<(f23/fl)<1.75 (3) where nn, νp, νn, f23 and fl denote a refractive index at d-line of the fifth lens, an Abbe number of the fourth lens, an Abbe number of the fifth lens, a combined focal length of the second lens and the third lens, and a focal length of the entire, respectively.
US08300323B2
Collimators and methods of making collimators. According to certain embodiments a collimator may be used with a light source, where the light source emits light along a light source axis. The base of the collimator may be angled such that the collimator refracts the light in a direction that is angled relative to the light source axis. There may also be provided methods for making a collimator. According to one method, a mold is first provided that produces an uncut collimator having an extended portion. The uncut collimator may be cut at an angle to produce a collimator with an angled base. In another method, there may be a mold with a base cavity, and a wedge may be inserted in the base cavity. The wedge forms a collimator with an angled base.
US08300322B2
A variable magnification optical system includes a negative first lens group, a stop and a positive second lens group, arranged from the object side in the order mentioned above. The magnification of the variable magnification optical system is changed by changing a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group in the direction of an optical axis. The first lens group includes a negative plastic lens, and the second lens group includes a positive plastic lens. Further, the following formulas (1) and (2) are satisfied: 5.0
US08300318B2
A zoom lens system of the present invention has a plurality of lens units each composed of at least one lens element and, in order from the object side to the image side, comprises: a first lens unit having negative optical power and composed of two lens elements; a second lens unit having positive optical power; and a third lens unit having positive optical power, wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit during image taking, the individual lens units are moved along an optical axis such that an interval between the first lens unit and the second lens unit should decrease and that an interval between the second lens unit and the third lens unit should increase, so that magnification change is achieved, and wherein on the image side relative to the second lens unit, an aperture diaphragm is arranged that moves along the optical axis integrally with the second lens unit during zooming.
US08300316B2
A molecular film for coating optical lenses comprises Octadecyltrichlorosilane; and a germicide, wherein the weight ratio between the germicide and the Octadecyltrichlorosilane is 3 to 13. Furthermore, a manufacture method of a molecular film for coating optical lenses comprises a step of “preparation”, by preparing a substrate, Octadecyltrichlorosilane solution and a germicide; a step of “cleaning”, by removing olein and contamination from surfaces of the substrate and washing the substrate; and a step of “soaking”, by soaking the substrate in a mixture of the germicide and Octadecyltrichlorosilane solution to generating a molecular film on the surfaces of the substrate.
US08300312B2
An optical element that has a flat plate shape and includes a light entering surface and a light exiting surface substantially parallel with the light entering surface, the element includes a plurality of translucent members, a plurality of optical multilayer films, a plurality of phase plates, and a plurality of plasma polymerized films. The translucent members, the optical multilayer films, the phase plates, and the plasma polymerized films are provided along the light entering surface and the light exiting surface. The translucent members include a plurality of oblique surfaces oblique to the light entering surface and the light exiting surface. Each of the optical multilayer films is formed on some of the oblique surfaces. The optical multilayer film is either one of a polarization separating film and a reflecting film. Each of the plasma polymerized films is formed on at least one of a surface of each of the oblique surfaces, a surface of the optical multilayer film, and a surface of each of the phase plates. At least one of each of the translucent members adjacent to the optical multilayer film and the optical multilayer film, the translucent member adjacent to the phase plate and the phase plate, and the phase plate adjacent to the optical multilayer film and the optical multilayer film is molecular-bonded with the plasma polymerized film.
US08300307B2
A microscope with sub-wavelength resolution with a light source for monochromatic light with a predetermined wavelength, an object carrier for an object to be examined, and an image sensor with an optical structure with a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, the optical structure having a negative refractive index, and a pixel array extending along the second side of the optical structure at a predetermined distance, wherein the first side of the optical structure of the image sensor is arranged at a near-field distance smaller than the wavelength of the monochromatic light to the object carrier.
US08300305B2
Crystals of the yttrium/aluminium/borate family are used for producing UV light. To produce UV light with the described crystal family a crystal of the family AxM1-xX3(BO3)4, wherein both A and also M stand for an element from the group Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu, A≠M and X is selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, Sc and 0≦x≦1, is used as a non-linear optical element to produce light of a wavelength of less than 0.450 μm.
US08300303B1
An acoustically-focused optical lens is provided that uses acoustic transducers arranged in diametrically-opposed pairs around an exterior surface of a cylindrical tube in order to concentrate (heavier-than-water metallic) particles suspended in water within the interior of the tube to be along a central axis of the tube. The transducers are activated in accordance with higher order (and odd order) Bessel functions to create an asymmetric mode in order to create the central axis node. Distortions in the optical lens can be further reduced by arranging two or more of the tubes in series with their central axes aligned.
US08300299B2
Methods of forming a protective coating on one or more surfaces of a microelectromechanical device are disclosed comprising the steps of forming a composite layer of a sacrificial material and a protective material, and selectively etching the sacrificial material to form a protective coating. The protective coatings of the invention preferably improve one or more aspects of the performance of the microelectromechanical devices in which they are incorporated. Also disclosed are microelectromechanical devices formed by methods of the invention, and visual display devices incorporating such devices.
US08300298B2
Conventional electrochromic devices frequently suffer from poor reliability and poor performance. Improvements are made using entirely solid and inorganic materials. Electrochromic devices are fabricated by forming an ion conducting electronically insulating interfacial region that serves as an IC layer. In some methods, the interfacial region is formed after formation of an electrochromic and a counter electrode layer. The interfacial region contains an ion conducting electronically insulating material along with components of the electrochromic and/or the counter electrode layer. Materials and microstructure of the electrochromic devices provide improvements in performance and reliability over conventional devices.
US08300295B2
A thin film semiconductor device includes, on a substrate, a thin film transistor of which channel is N-type, and a thin film transistor of which channel is P-type, wherein a source region of the N-type thin film transistor and a source region of the P-type thin film transistor are arranged so as to be adjacent to each other at least in some region and are electrically connected to a first electrode through one contact hole formed on the some region, and a drain region of the N-type thin film transistor and a drain region of the P-type thin film transistor are arranged so as to be adjacent to each other at least in some region and are electrically connected to a second electrode through one contact hole formed on the some region.
US08300292B2
An optical scanner including a base body, a drive unit, a deflection status detector and a controller is provided. The base body has a non-linear frequency characteristic and has a first resonance frequency and a second resonance frequency. The controller includes a first upsweep unit which upsweeps a drive frequency from a frequency lower than the first resonance frequency; a dropping phenomenon detector which detects the dropping phenomenon; a target drive frequency determination unit which determines a frequency lower than a frequency at which the dropping phenomenon is detected, as a target drive frequency; a second upsweep unit which upsweeps the drive frequency toward the target drive frequency from a frequency lower than the first resonance frequency; and an adjustment unit which adjusts the drive frequency of the drive signal to keep the deflection status at the target drive frequency after the operation of the second upsweep unit.
US08300291B2
An optical scanning device includes at least one laser light source for emitting a laser light; a deflection section for deflecting and scanning the laser light emitted from the at least one laser light source; and a light guide plate of which a side surface is irradiated with the laser light deflected and scanned by the deflection section. The at least one laser light source includes a multi-mode fiber light source, or a broad-stripe semiconductor laser light source arranged such that a vertical direction of a stripe structure is parallel to a scanning direction. An exit pupil in a thickness direction, which is perpendicular to the scanning direction, is formed at least in one area on the side surface of the light guide plate.
US08300281B2
A calibrating device including a pixel unit array and a pattern is provided. The pixel unit array comprises parallel warp lines and parallel weft lines. Each warp line crosses each weft line to define pixel units all over the pixel unit array. The pattern comprises some pixel units having a gray level different from a gray level of remainder pixel units in the pixel unit array. The pattern comprises spaced bars parallel to one another and not parallel to the warp lines and the weft lines. A characteristic of the pattern is utilized to define target pixel units and comparison pixel units, and the comparison procedure is implemented with the characteristic of the pattern. Positions and gap sizes of gaps between image sensors are mapped out by comparing the target pixel units with the comparison pixel units. The quality of a scanned image is improved with compensation for the gaps.
US08300271B2
An image process system applies a specific process to image data inputted via an input device and outputs the image data, to which the specific process has been applied, to an output device. The system includes: an input information acquisition portion that acquires information about the input device through which the image data is inputted; an output information acquisition portion that acquires information about the output device to which the image data inputted via the input device is to be outputted; a process execution portion that executes the specific process to the image data inputted via the input device on the basis of the information acquired by the input information acquisition portion and the output information acquisition portion; and a data output portion that outputs the image data, to which the specific process has been applied in the process execution portion, to the output device.
US08300263B2
A method for forming an image on recording media includes providing a support adapted to receive the recording apparatus; providing a controller programmed for controlling a print head to form the image on the recording media in accordance with image data corresponding to the image; determining a minimum feature size; and operating the print head to form the image on the recording media, wherein the image comprises a feature having a size that is restricted to be at least equal to the minimum feature size.
US08300242B2
An image forming apparatus records an image on a transported recording medium. The apparatus includes a transportation unit that transports the recording medium and a recording unit that records the image on the recording medium. An encoder outputs an encoder signal including pulses according to a position of the transportation unit. A measurement unit measures a pulse period of the encoder signal, and the measured pulse period is stored by a storage unit. A detection unit detects pulse omission of the encoder signal on the basis of the value measured by the measurement unit. A pulse generation unit generates a recording timing pulse on the basis of the pulse period when the pulse omission is not detected and generates the recording timing pulse on the basis of the pulse period stored in the storage unit and measured before the pulse omission when the pulse omission is detected.
US08300240B2
An image processing apparatus receives a job, analyzes the received job, generates a saved job that includes an image and output settings information and saves the generated saved job in a storage unit. The saved job that has been saved in the storage unit is output in response to a prescribed output operation. The image processing apparatus acquires a restriction on processing at the time of output and incorporates restriction information, which is indicative of the acquired restriction, in the output settings information. Processing for outputting such a saved job is restricted based upon the restriction information contained in the output settings information.
US08300235B2
An image scanner has a scanning unit which captures an image of an original placed on a platen, a scanning unit moving mechanism which moves the scanning unit in an auxiliary scanning direction, and an image processing unit which processes the image of the original scanned by the scanning unit. The image processing unit includes a sheet size candidate determining unit which determines sheet size candidates based on a width of the original, and a scan/non-scan section determining unit which determines a non-scan section and a scan section based on the sheet size candidate. The scanning unit moving mechanism moves the scanning unit at a first speed in the scan section and at a second speed which is faster than the first speed, and the scanning unit scans the image of the original in the scan section and does not scan the image in the non-scan section.
US08300216B2
A sheet identifying device comprising a light-receiving section (26) for reading each pixel on a sheet which involves color information including a brightness, has a predetermined size, and is handled as one unit, a RAM (114) for storing image data constructed of read pixels, a pixel data increasing/decreasing section (116a) for increasing/decreasing the number of pixels of the image data, and a judging section for judging authentication of the sheet on the basis of the increased/decreased image data.
US08300214B2
A method for matching a first OPE curve (700) for a first exposure apparatus (10A) used to transfer an image to a wafer (28) to a second OPE curve (702) of a second exposure apparatus (10B). The method can include the step of adjusting a tilt of a wafer stage (50) that retains the wafer to adjust the first OPE curve. As provided herein, the first exposure apparatus (10A) has the first OPE curve (700) because of the design of the components used in the first exposure apparatus (10A), and the second exposure apparatus (10B) has a second OPE curve (702) because of the design of the components used in the second exposure apparatus (10B). Further, the tilt of the wafer stage (50) can be selectively adjusted until the first OPE curve (700) approximately matches the second OPE curve (702). With this design, the two exposure apparatuses (10A) (10B) can be used for the same lithographic process. Stated in another fashion, exposure apparatuses (10A) (10B) from different manufacturers, when using the same reticle (26), will transfer similar images to the wafer (28).
US08300211B2
Catadioptric projection objective (1) for microlithography for imaging an object field (3) in an object plane (5) onto an image field (7) in an image plane (9), including a first partial objective (11) imaging the object field onto a first real intermediate image (13), a second partial objective (15) imaging the first intermediate image onto a second real intermediate image (17) and a third partial objective (19) imaging the second intermediate image onto the image field (7). The second partial objective (15) has exactly one concave mirror (21) and at least one lens (23). The minimum distance between an optically utilized region of the concave mirror (21) and an optically utilized region of a surface (25)—facing the concave mirror—of a lens (23) adjacent to the concave mirror is greater than 10 mm.
US08300207B2
An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate with exposure light through a liquid. The exposure apparatus comprises: a liquid immersion member, which has a liquid contact surface that includes a liquid recovery area; and a porous member, which are disposed at a first side of the liquid contact surface; wherein, the liquid on an object, which is disposed at the first side of the liquid contact surface, is recovered from the liquid recovery area.
US08300200B2
A fan-out circuit including a plurality of fan-out wires is provided, where the fan-out wires are not electrically connected to each other. Each of the fan-out wires includes a first detouring portion, an extending portion, and a second detouring portion. The first detouring portion has a chip bonding terminal and a first connecting terminal. A pitch of any two adjacent chip bonding terminals is P1. The second detouring portion has a second connecting terminal and a signal-line connecting terminal. The second connecting terminal is connected with the first connecting terminal through the extending portion. A pitch of any two adjacent signal-line connecting terminals is P2, and P2>P1. Among the fan-out wires, a part of the first detouring portions has a ladder shaped pattern.
US08300194B2
A liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a liquid crystal display panel, a backlight module and a composite tape. The composite tape is assembled to the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight module, wherein the composite tape comprises an insulating layer, a first adhesive layer and an electrically conductive layer. The first adhesive layer is formed at one side of the insulating layer. The electrically conductive layer is formed at another side of the insulating layer, wherein the electrically conductive layer is in touch with an electrically conductive element of the liquid crystal display apparatus to be connected to ground.
US08300187B2
A reflective liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a first alignment layer, and a second alignment layer. The first substrate and the second substrate are disposed oppositely to each other. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The liquid crystal layer includes a plurality of liquid crystal molecules for reflecting light within a wavelength range and allowing light beyond the wavelength range to pass through. The second alignment layer is disposed on an inner side of the first substrate facing the second substrate, and the second alignment layer is employed to absorb the light passing through the liquid crystal layer and align the liquid crystal molecules.
US08300186B2
A liquid crystal display device, which can be a transflective-type or a reflection-type, includes a reflection section arranged to reflect incident light toward a display surface, wherein the reflection section includes a reflective layer provided on a substrate, and includes a first recess formed in a surface of the reflective layer and a second recess formed in the surface of the reflective layer in the first recess. The first recess corresponds to an aperture of a Cs metal layer, and the second recess corresponds to an aperture of a semiconductor layer. The transflective-type or reflection-type liquid crystal display device has a high image quality at low cost.
US08300174B2
An optical member 15 of the present invention includes a lens sheet 28, a light diffusing sheet 27 and light reflecting members 24. The lens sheet 28 has a plurality of convex lenses 29 on an inner surface thereof. The light diffusing sheet 27 is disposed so as to face the lens sheet 28 and diffuses light. The light reflecting members 24 are selectively arranged in boundary areas of the plurality of convex lenses 29 between the lens sheet 28 and the light diffusing sheet 27. The lens sheet 28 has a surface having a light guiding direction and a non-light-guiding direction that crosses the light guiding direction because the convex lenses 29 have anisotropy for collecting light. The light diffusing sheet 27 has diffuseness larger in the light guiding direction of the lens sheet 28 than in the non-light-guiding direction of the lens sheet 28.
US08300172B2
To improve luminance of a backlight, a white reflective film having a coating layer containing spherical particles on at least one side of a white film, in which an absolute value of refractive index difference between the spherical particles and a binder resin forming the coating layer is 0.10 or less, and the spherical particles are nonporous is provided.
US08300166B2
A display panel includes a gate line dividing a pixel region into a first region and a second region and including a gate electrode, a data line crossing the gate line and including a source electrode, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line and including the gate electrode, the source electrode, and a drain electrode facing the source electrode, a protective layer disposed on the thin film transistor and comprising a first contact hole and a second contact hole, and first and second sub-pixel electrodes disposed on the first and second regions of the divided pixel region, respectively. The drain electrode is directly connected to the first sub-pixel electrode through the first contact hole, and the drain electrode is directly connected to the second sub-pixel electrode through the second contact hole.
US08300157B2
A method for estimating frequency offsets is disclosed. The method includes shifting a target signal from a first specific frequency band to a second specific frequency band to generate a pre-offset signal according to a frequency shifting direction, performing a specific filtering operation upon the pre-offset signal to generate a filtered pre-offset signal, shifting the filtered pre-offset signal from the second specific frequency band to a base band to generate a base-band (BB) signal according to the frequency shifting direction, and performing a frequency offset estimation upon the base-band signal. The target signal complies with a specific TV format. The specific TV format is an advanced television system committee (ASTC) format or a digital multimedia broadcast-terrestrial/handheld (DMB-T/H) format.
US08300140B2
The electronic camera has an imaging device that images a subject with subject reflectance R (%) with a dynamic range wider than that at displaying or printing to acquire image data and a recording device that converts the image data acquired by the imaging device with a predetermined function and records the converted image data and the information on the function as digital values (digit). Therefore, a printed image with an automatically or manually corrected density can be obtained at the displaying or the printing.
US08300121B2
An image capturing apparatus includes an image obtaining unit adapted to obtain a captured image of an object captured by an imaging optical system, a parameter value setting unit adapted to set a value of a parameter indicating a factor determining optical characteristics of the imaging optical system, an optical characteristics obtaining unit adapted to obtain optical characteristics of the imaging optical system during capture of the captured image, a recovery filter determining unit adapted to determine a recovery filter to be used for correcting deterioration of the image quality of the captured image due to optical characteristics of the imaging optical system, based on the obtained optical characteristics and the value of the parameter, and an image recovery unit adapted to perform recovery processing by applying the recovery filter to the captured image. The factor determining optical characteristics does not depend on only an optical design parameter of the imaging optical system.
US08300120B2
An image processing apparatus calculates a smoothed value obtained by smoothing signal levels of a plurality of pixels including a processing target pixel in a local area of an input image and a feature amount representing an edge degree of the processing target pixel using a pre-noise reduction image obtained by reducing an impulse noise of the input image. The image processing apparatus weighted-adds a signal level of the processing target pixel and the smoothed value at a ratio corresponding to the feature amount and outputs the weighted-addition result as a signal level after noise reduction processing.
US08300119B2
A lens optical system includes a first optical system and a second optical system. The lens optical system includes at least one reflection member to selectively redirect optical paths of light representing objects from first and second directions toward a photographing device. The first optical system includes, in order from an object to the photographing device along the optical axis, a first lens group including a first reflection member, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, a third lens group having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power. The second optical system shares at least one optical element with the first optical system.
US08300116B2
A two-path sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter and an image sensor including the same are provided. The two-path sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter includes at least one integrator configured to integrate a first integrator input signal during a second half cycle of a clock signal and integrate a second integrator input signal during a first half cycle of the clock signal by using a single operational amplifier; a quantizer configured to quantize integrated signals from the at least one integrator and output a first digital signal and a second digital signal; and a feedback loop configured to feed back the first and second digital signals to an input of the at least one integrator. A first analog signal and a second analog signal respectively input from two input paths are respectively converted to the first and second digital signals using the single operational amplifier, thereby increasing power efficiency and reducing an area.
US08300113B2
Disclosed is a method and system for simultaneously acquiring and producing results for multiple image modes using a common sensor without optical filtering, scanning, or other moving parts. The system and method utilize the Walsh-Hadamard correlation detection process (e.g., functions/matrix) to provide an all-binary structure that permits seamless bridging between analog and digital domains. An embodiment may capture an incoming optical signal at an optical aperture, convert the optical signal to an electrical signal, pass the electrical signal through a Low-Noise Amplifier (LNA) to create an LNA signal, pass the LNA signal through one or more correlators where each correlator has a corresponding Walsh-Hadamard (WH) binary basis function, calculate a correlation output coefficient for each correlator as a function of the corresponding WH binary basis function in accordance with Walsh-Hadamard mathematical principles, digitize each of the correlation output coefficient by passing each correlation output coefficient through an Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), and performing image mode processing on the digitized correlation output coefficients as desired to produce one or more image modes. Some, but not all, potential image modes include: multi-channel access, temporal, range, three-dimensional, and synthetic aperture.
US08300111B2
A highlight suppression image pickup apparatus includes a camera part provided with a lens optical system, an active filter part which is disposed in the vicinity of a focal plane of the camera part and which can control the amount of transmitted light, a light sensing device which senses a light transmission amount of the active filter part, and highlight suppression signal producing parts which produce a highlight suppression signal which controls the light transmission amount of the active filter part such that the amount of light sensed by the light sensing device becomes a predetermined reference value. The highlight suppression signal which controls the light transmission amount of the active filter part is output an image signal.
US08300087B2
A sequential pattern comprising contiguous black frames inserted between left and right 3D video and/or graphics frames may be displayed on an LCD display. The pattern may comprise two or three contiguous left frames followed by contiguous black frames followed by two or three contiguous right frames followed by contiguous black frames. The left and/or right frames may comprise interpolated frames and/or may be displayed in ascending order. The contiguous black frames are displayed longer than liquid crystal response time. 3D shutter glasses are synchronized with the black frames. A left lens transmits light when left frames followed by contiguous black frames are displayed and a right lens transmits light when right frames followed by contiguous black frames are displayed. A 3D pair of 24 Hz frames or two 3D pairs of 60 Hz frames per pattern are displayed on a 240 Hz display.
US08300080B2
Techniques to detect a display device are described. An apparatus may include a video camera operative to receive video information for an image, and a microphone operative to receive audio information for an image. The apparatus may further include a monitor detection module communicatively coupled to the video camera and the microphone, where the monitor detection module is operative to detect a temporal watermark signal displayed by the monitor within the image, and determine a location for the monitor within the image based on the detection. The apparatus may also include an active speaker detector module communicatively coupled to the monitor detection module, where the active speaker detector module is operative to exclude false positives caused by the monitor. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08300077B2
A method for enhancing video telephony that includes initiating a video telephone call from a first device to a second device, displaying a live video view by the first device, transferring video from the second device to the first device during the video telephone call, and overlaying the transferred video over the live video view displayed at the first device. The first device and the second device may be mobile devices. A portion of the transferred video may be selected and the selected portion displayed over the displayed live video view at the first device. The transferred video may be video taken from a camera on the second device. The transferred video may also be displayed over the live video view on a third device attached to the first device.
US08300073B2
One of mark sensors is automatically selected in accordance with specifications of a thermal sheet. A cutting position on the thermal sheet is decided on the basis of an output of the selected one mark sensor.
US08300072B2
An electrophoretic display (“EPD”) includes a display panel displaying an image and a gray-scale generator generating a gray-scale and providing a gray-scale voltage to the display panel. The gray-scale generator generates a gray-scale value of a white color using gray-scale values of red, green and blue colors and a brightness ratio between the red, green and blue colors. When a pure color is displayed, the EPD prevents the gray-scale of the white color from being fixed to 0. Thus, the EPD may enhance a chroma of the pure color and color brightness, thereby improving a display quality thereof.
US08300071B2
A method for generating a gamma table is provided. The method is applied to a display, and the display obtains n-bit corrected gray levels [y(1), . . . , y(2m)] from m-bit original gray levels [x(1), . . . , x(2m)] by using the gamma table, wherein m and n are positive integers. The method comprises calculating the corrected gray levels [y(1), . . . , y(2m)] corresponding to the original gray levels [x(1), . . . , x(2m)] according to a gamma curve; and successively calculating differences of two adjacent corrected gray levels (y(i+1)−y(i)) and recording the differences as a plurality of gamma reference values z(i+1) (i=1˜(2m−1)) corresponding to the original gray levels x(i+1), in which the value z(1) corresponding to x(1) is y(1), in order to generate the gamma table.
US08300067B2
A method is provided for displaying information from a distance on a monitor. By defining an image plane, the inventive system displays an area of focus of the plane on the monitor while storing the image in short-term memory. When the user selects a subsequent area of focus it is stored in short-term memory also, along with the first area of focus. The user is allowed to toggle between the stored images without having to recapture previously viewed information by retaining subsequent areas of focus in short-term memory. The user can discard, or delete, unwanted areas of focus or choose to move them to permanent memory. It is also possible to organize multiple areas of focus into groups or albums or save them individually.
US08300060B1
A system creates a first set of objects in a first structure that describe a graphical scene. A second set of objects is created in a second structure based on the first set of objects in the first structure. The system also performs one or more of the following: i) converting coordinate values in a first coordinate system to coordinate values in a second coordinate system, ii) converting color values in a first color space to color values in a second color space, and/or iii) converting data having first data types or formats to data having second data types or formats, where the first data types or formats are different than the second data types or formats. The system further associates the converted coordinate values, color values and/or data types or formats with the second set of objects and enables a graphical processing unit to use the second set of objects for rendering the graphical scene.
US08300049B2
Aspects comprise systems implementing 3-D graphics processing functionality in a multiprocessing system. Control flow structures are used in scheduling instances of computation in the multiprocessing system, where different points in the control flow structure serve as points where deferral of some instances of computation can be performed in favor of scheduling other instances of computation. In some examples, the control flow structure identifies particular tasks, such as intersection testing of a particular portion of an acceleration structure, and a particular element of shading code. In some examples, the aspects are used in 3-D graphics processing systems that can perform ray tracing based rendering.
US08300043B2
A mobile device for rendering or transforming three-dimensional images is disclosed. The mobile device determines a distance and/or location of a user relative to the device and adjusts the three-dimensional image to provide improved viewing of the three-dimensional image at the sensed distance and/or location.
US08300028B2
A device and method for detecting connections of a 4- or 5-terminal resistive touch panel are disclosed. The device includes five terminals and a detecting unit. When the five terminals are connected to the touch panel, the detecting unit provides a high potential and a low potential to first and last of the five terminals, respectively, thereby determining whether the touch panel is a 4- or 5-terminal resistive touch panel by determining if there is a closed circuit between the two terminals.
US08300017B2
A mobile terminal having a touch input device and a method using the same are provided. The mobile terminal includes a display unit having a touch screen for displaying a data information, the touch screen having a display area configured for a touch input area, and a controller for controlling movement of at least part of the data information on the display area configured in response to a touching location on the touch input area, wherein the touch input area corresponds to an area where the data information is displayed.
US08300014B2
A computer mouse includes a housing, a cable, and an elastic cable retainer. The cable is capable for connecting the computer mouse to a host device. The elastic cable retainer defines a number of holes for allowing the cable to pass through. When the housing moves, the cable retainer stretched by the housing, allowing the cable to change from a compressed state to an extended state.
US08300013B2
A computer input device (e.g. a mouse) with a finger-triggered sensor is described. The sensor generates input signals in addition to the conventional mouse signals generated by click buttons, tracking device and scrolling wheel. The sensor may be an optical sensor, a touch-sensitive sensor or other types of sensors. The signals generated by the sensor, either alone or in combination with other signals generated by the buttons, tracking device or scrolling wheel, may be interpreted to generate various messages for the operating system and/or application programs. The interpretation may be performed by a circuit on the input device, by a driver program on the host computer, or both. The sensor may be provided on a mouse, a laptop keyboard that has a pointing device, an external keyboard equipped with a pointing device, or on a stand-alone device that can be electrically connected to a computer through its available ports.
US08300011B2
A pointer positioning device for positioning an aiming point on a display screen of an image display comprises at least one auxiliary point, an image sensor and an optical filter. The auxiliary point is disposed at the peripheral of the display screen for generating a predetermined spectrum. The image sensor receives signals of the predetermined spectrum generated by the auxiliary point. The optical filter is disposed in front of the image sensor for filtering out spectrum outside the predetermined spectrum such that the image sensor can merely sense the signals of the predetermined spectrum, wherein the auxiliary point is utilized as a reference point for correcting an initial setup and positioning the aiming point so as to position the aiming point inside a predetermined range on the display screen. The present invention also provides a pointer positioning method adapted to the pointer positioning device.
US08300009B2
An electrophoretic display according to the present invention includes a first reset step for applying a first voltage to electrophoretic devices such that no image is displayed and no afterimages are present in the electrophoretic devices between a first step for displaying a first image on the electrophoretic devices and a second step for displaying a second image on the electrophoretic devices and a second reset step for applying a second voltage higher than the first voltage such that no image is displayed and no afterimage is present in the electrophoretic devices at a frequency less than that at which the first reset step is performed.
US08300007B2
Various embodiments of methods and systems for designing and constructing displays from multiple light-modulating elements are disclosed. Display elements having different light-modulating and self-assembling characteristics may be used during display assembly and operation.
US08300000B2
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device with a driving method includes an LCD panel, a data driving circuit, a common voltage generating circuit, and a gate driving circuit. The LCD panel includes multiple data lines and multiple scanning lines intersecting with the data lines, and a common electrode. The gate driving circuit provides multiple gate-scanning signals to scan the scanning lines. The common voltage generating circuit provides a common voltage to the common electrode. The data driving circuit provides a gray level voltage signal including multiple voltage levels to the data lines. The common voltage is serial square waves having at least two non-identical frame periods. The square waves in each non-identical frame period of the common voltage in one frame have a constant period.
US08299994B2
A liquid crystal display and a control method thereof are disclosed. The pixel of the liquid crystal display comprises: a first switch element, a second switch element, a first storage capacitor, a second storage capacitor, a first liquid crystal capacitor, and a second liquid crystal capacitor. The control method comprises: providing a first sub-pixel charge stage, a second sub-pixel charge stage, and a normal display stage. The first sub-pixel charge stage comprises: turning on the first switch element and the second switch to input a first gray level signal to the first storage capacitor, the second storage capacitor, the first liquid crystal capacitor, and the second liquid crystal capacitor. The second sub-pixel charge stage comprises: turning off the second switch element and inputting a second gray level signal to the first storage capacitor and the first liquid crystal capacitor. The normal display stage comprises: turning off the first switch element.
US08299988B2
A pulse signal delay circuit comprises: a first pulse edge delay circuit for generating a first delay timing signal for sequentially outputting a first edge detection delay timing gained by detecting the rising edge of an input pulse signal and delaying the detection timing by a constant delay time a predetermined number of times; a second pulse edge delay circuit for generating a second delay timing signal for sequentially outputting a second edge detection delay timing gained by detecting the falling edge of the input pulse signal and delaying the detection timing by the delay time the number of times; and a delay pulse signal generating circuit for generating and outputting delay pulse signals rising and falling according to the first and second edge detection delay timings, respectively, from the first and second delay timing signals, the first and second edge detection delay timings delayed the same number of times.
US08299975B2
An embedded antenna for facilitating wireless transmission of utility meter data is disclosed, where in one embodiment an RF antenna is a part of the faceplate of the utility meter. In another embodiment the utility meter faceplate is a single-layer or a multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB) with the RF antenna printed on any desired layer. Such faceplates may be labeled to be viewable from outside of the meter housing and/or have openings to accommodate visual access to an output display of the meter consumption information.
US08299973B2
A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable handheld housing, and a wireless transceiver carried by the housing. A pair of an antennas are positioned in side-by-side relation preferably in the upper portion of the portable handheld housing. A human interface diversity controller is connected to the wireless transceiver to preferentially operate with the plurality of antennas based upon a relative position of the portable handheld housing with respect to a hand of a human user. The device can select or weight the antennas based upon the position of the device when being held by a user.
US08299963B2
The antenna with shared feeds for generating multiple beams includes a plurality of identical individual feeds spaced apart by a constant pitch, wherein the individual feeds are associated in identical subnetworks around a central individual feed, each subnetwork being intended to synthesize a beam, the individual feeds of each subnetwork being phase-coupled together by electromagnetic coupling, and two successive subnetworks include at least one individual feed in common and are offset by a distance corresponding to a predetermined number of pitches greater than or equal to one, being applicable in particular to the field of satellite telecommunications.
US08299953B2
A message transmitting signal comprised of a sequence of high level and low level pulses arranged to provide a message, such as the IR bit pattern output by a remote control device, is analysed. Distinct durations during which pulses are at a high level are formed into a first table and distinct durations during which the pulses are at low level are formed into a second table. An index is linked to the first and second tables, the index identifying the order, level and distinct duration of the pulses in the signal. The index can be categorised to identify the protocol of the message and can be used to recognise protocols and, in a universal remote control device, to generate message transmitting signals.
US08299951B1
A system and method are provided for operating first and second components in first and second domains. In one embodiment, the method includes: generating a plurality of clock signals shifted relative to one another; operating a first component in a first domain using a first one of the plurality of clock signals; operating a second component in a second domain using a second one of the plurality of clock signals selected using a selection component; and comparing a present output of the second component to a stored value, determining whether a variation between the present output and the stored value is greater than a threshold, and, if the variation is greater than the threshold, using a controller to cause the selection component to select a third clock signal from the plurality of clock signals that is shifted relative to the second clock signal to drive the second component.
US08299948B2
A receiving circuit includes: a clock generating circuit to generate a plurality of clock signals in a cycle; an oversampling circuit to oversample input data based on the plurality of clock signals and output a plurality of samples of digital data in a unit interval; a data boundary determining circuit to detect a changing point of the digital data, determine data boundaries of the unit interval based on the changing point, and output digital data corresponding to a central data between the data boundaries; and a clock phase control circuit to control a phase of at least one of the plurality of clock signals so that a first number of the plurality of samples becomes a certain value when a second number of samples between the data boundaries is larger than a threshold value.
US08299940B2
A road-vehicle communication system comprises roadside apparatuses, a center device, and a vehicle-mounted device mounted in a vehicle. The roadside apparatuses are each given identification information for identifying itself. The center device transmits to the vehicle the identification information about a first roadside apparatus installed on the road where the vehicle is traveling as first identification information via the first roadside apparatus and the identification information about a second roadside apparatus via which the vehicle is expected to travel to the destination as second identification information when the vehicle is traveling in the lane of the road where the first roadside apparatus is installed. The vehicle-mounted device stores the transmitted first identification information. If the secondarily transmitted second identification information includes the stored first identification information, the vehicle-mounted device reproduces content information transmitted together with the second identification information. The vehicle-mounted device judges whether or not the content information is for the lane where the vehicle is traveling and reproduces the content information if so.
US08299933B2
A portable electronic device comprises a battery, a display, a switch and a processor. The battery is for supplying operating power. The switch includes a magnetic element and a sensor configured for detecting the magnetic flux of the magnetic element. The sensor has a first predetermined value for turning on the switch. The switch is turning on in response to the magnetic flux of the magnetic element detected by the sensor being equal to the first predetermined value of the sensor. The processor is coupled to the switch, the battery and the display. The processor responsive to turning on of the switch for controlling supply of operating power from the battery to the display. The processor maintains supply of operating power from the battery to the display in response to turning on of the switch.
US08299932B2
In a closed-loop monitoring system, a host device is operable to output encoded signals at a coupling side to a single transmission line. Each of monitoring devices includes: a current inducting generating unit generating induced encoded signals when the encoded signals pass through a signal current generating element coupled across an input side coupled to the transmission line; a control unit identifying a monitoring signal from the induced encoded signals generated by the current inducting generating unit; and a detecting unit detecting, in response to the monitoring signal, whether each of electronic devices coupled thereto is activated ox deactivated and transmitting a reply signal associated with states of the electronic devices to the transmission line based on a detection result made thereby. The host device receives the reply signal from each monitoring device through the transmission line and the coupling side to obtain state information associated with the electronic devices.
US08299931B2
An inexpensive and simple-to-operate ice safety device is provided for deployment in a body of water. Once deployed, the ice safety device can be activated to check whether ice has formed to a predetermined thickness around the ice safety device. If ice has not formed to the predetermined thickness, the ice safety device indicates an unsafe condition. The ice safety device can be moored to a fixed location.
US08299928B2
Systems and methods are described for presenting viewer-related programming to a particular viewer. In at least one embodiment, a wireless reader is configured to receive at least one identifier when the particular viewer is in proximity to the reader. A controller is configured to receive the identifier from the wireless reader and to associate the identifier with the particular viewer, and, upon successfully associating the wireless identifier with the particular viewer, to present the viewer-related programming associated with the particular viewer via the display or other presentation device located in proximity to the wireless reader. Viewer-related programming may including placeshifted content, viewing preferences, settings or other information as desired.
US08299926B2
A system and a method for safeguarding wafers and photomasks. The system includes a container for storing an article, the article being a wafer or a photomask; a flashing unit for flashing light with a pre-determined light pattern; an anti-theft unit capable of performing an anti-theft function, the anti-theft unit being attached to the container; and a trigger unit electrically connected to the anti-theft unit for triggering the anti-theft function of the anti-theft unit, in response to detecting the pre-determined light pattern of the flashing unit. The method includes providing a container having an anti-theft unit capable of performing an anti-theft function; storing an article in the container, the article being a wafer or a photomask; providing a flashing light with a pre-determined light pattern; detecting the pre-determined light pattern; and performing the anti-theft function by the anti-theft unit, in response to detecting the pre-determined light pattern.
US08299925B2
The RFID tag has a base sheet having a recess, a first element provided on the base sheet astride the recess, a second element which is provided between the first element and the base sheet and which is electrically connected to the first element, and a communication antenna which is provided on the base sheet and which is connected to at least any of the first element and the second element.
US08299922B2
A system and method which enable an airline passenger who is traveling with articles, such as baggage and the like, to easily locate them upon arrival to the airport luggage retrieval point, even among a mass of look-alike baggage articles around it. According to an embodiment of the invention a luggage location unit is described, having a transmitter for transmitting an identifying code, a sensor to sense cargo compartment environment and an indicator unit having a receiver for receiving the identifying code and for indicating that the luggage article is in proximity with the indicator unit. The system may be activated automatically by a light sensor. The system and method according to the invention may be used for other uses such as for locating a vehicle in a parking lot or for keeping a child in a close distance form an adult.
US08299920B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for tracking one or more items. In one exemplary embodiment, there is provided a method for tracking one or more items. The method may include periodically detecting, by a sensor device, sensor information of the one or more items, and periodically transmitting, by the sensor device, the sensor information. The method may also include determining if the one or more parties is authorized to receive the sensor information. The method may also include transmitting the sensor information to the one or more authorized parties. The method may further include determining if the one or more parties is authorized to receive the sensor information and the periodically transmitting the sensor information to the one or more authorized parties based on a set of one or more permissions that grants or restricts access of the one or more parties to the sensor information based on the set of one or more permissions.
US08299915B1
In some embodiments, techniques comprise receiving route data that includes information relating to a stop, at a portable device that is personal to a passenger on a public conveyance; determining a second destination; determining a first destination that is related to the stop, wherein the first destination is a transfer destination en route to the second destination; determining a current location of the portable device; displaying the current location in conjunction with a route map that includes a representation of the route data, wherein the current location is indicated on the route map; determining, based at least in part on the current location, that the portable device has nearly reached the first destination; providing a first alert at the portable device; determining a second current location; determining that the second current location is related to the second destination; and providing a second alert.
US08299911B2
A testing device for hazard alarm systems, particularly fire alarm systems, having a hazard alarm control panel connected with a variety of devices via a device loop configured as a ring bus system, and has at least one communication circuit for communication with the individual devices. The communication circuit comprises multiple functional units. The current measurement unit is checked and monitored by a device simulation unit that is completely integrated into the communication circuit and is controlled by a control unit configured as a microcontroller.
US08299909B2
An apparatus for detecting a decrease in a tire air pressure includes; a rotation velocity information detection means for regularly detecting tire rotation velocity information regarding the respective wheels of a vehicle; a resonance frequency estimation means for estimating a resonance frequency of the rotation velocity information based on the rotation velocity information obtained by the rotation velocity information detection means; and a determination means for determining, based on the estimated resonance frequency, a decrease in the tire air pressure. The apparatus includes a data rejecting means for rejecting data of rotation velocity information hindering the estimation of the resonance frequency.
US08299903B2
A combination light and sound producing fixture and combination screw-in light with speakers element is disclosed where the fixture is installed in a wall or ceiling or on a wall or ceiling. The light bulb/speaker can be screwed or secured into a standard light bulb socket. The sound producing elements is a coaxial arrangement of speakers having a low frequency transducer and one or more high frequency transducers that can be directed to emit sound in a particular direction. The fixture or bulb may further include digital signal processing to modify the sound to account for obstructions in or near the fixture. The surface of the sound transducer can be reflective in nature to provide focusing or diffusion of the light from the lighting elements. The lighting elements are incandescent, fluorescent or low voltage LED type that may include adjustment for lighting intensity and color.
US08299899B2
A system is provided for identifying implanted medical devices, leads and systems, as well as objects in close proximity to a patient having an implanted medical device (IMD), using a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag having retrievable information relating to the IMD, lead system and/or patient. An RFID tag communicator includes a circuit for limiting the total continuous transmit time of an interrogation signal, and a time-out circuit for delaying a second and any subsequent interrogation of the RFID tag. An external IMD programmer incorporating a multi-functional RFID reader is capable of identifying and communicating with various types of implanted medical devices, even if such devices are made by different manufacturers.
US08299898B2
An apparatus for managing a plurality of RFID readers includes a service policy managing unit that defines demands in the form of service policies to be understood by the plurality of RFID readers, a data processing rule managing unit that generates a data processing rule on the basis of the service policies, a collected data processing unit that receives a plurality of RFID tag data from the plurality of RFID readers, and generates integrated RFID events by applying the data processing rule to the plurality of RFID tag data, and a service report processing unit that provides results corresponding to the integrated RFID events.
US08299894B1
A system relating to assisting persons locked out of their vehicle to unlock the vehicle. The system preferably uses a coded acoustic signal transmitted through a mobile phone to trigger a control device connected to the vehicle's onboard computer system. A microphone of the control device picks up the tone, which is subsequently processed by the system. If the acoustic signal is validated, the vehicle computer will be signaled to unlock a power-locked vehicle entry point. The system comprises security elements and easy-to-access phone assistance.
US08299887B2
A liquid matrix of a nonmagnetic material is accommodated within an insulative container of a nonmagnetic material, and a pair of electrodes is disposed within the insulative container such that the electrodes face each other via the liquid matrix. Conductive particles are fluidly dispersed in the liquid matrix. A magnetic field generation section is provided externally of the insulative container so as to generate a magnetic field in a direction orthogonal to a fuse element to be formed between the paired electrodes through chaining of the solid particles.
US08299878B2
A radio frequency circuit structure for transmitting radio signals includes a lower guide portion having a plurality of photocurable layers deposited on a substrate and an upper guide portion interfacing with the lower guide portion to define a guiding geometry. The upper guide portion may also include a plurality of photocurable layers deposited on a second substrate. A method for fabricating the radio frequency circuit structure includes depositing the plurality of photocurable layers on the substrate. A portion of each photocurable layer of the plurality of photocurable layers is exposed to ultraviolet light to form a latent image. The plurality of photocurable layers is developed to remove the portions not exposed to ultraviolet light to form a guide portion. The guide portion may be metalized and closed to form a guiding geometry. A lower guide portion may be closed by an upper guide portion formed in substantially the same manner as the lower guide portion.
US08299877B2
Disclosed is a resonator for wireless power transmission used in a mobile device. The resonator includes a substrate, at least one microstrip line, and a magnetic core. The microstrip line is formed on the substrate and is provided at one side thereof with a slit to have an open-loop shape. The magnetic core is formed on the substrate and is disposed on a space defined by the microstrip line to increase coupling strength.
US08299876B2
A filter for filtering noise generated by a differential signal having a specific wavelength transmitted by a first transmission line and a second transmission line is disclosed. The filter includes a multi-layer substrate, a first microstrip line and a second microstrip line. The first and the second transmission lines and the first and the second microstrip lines are disposed at the multi-layer substrate. In addition, one end of the first microstrip line and one end of the second microstrip line are electrically connected to the first and the second transmission lines, respectively, by passing through the vias, and the other end is in a floating state. The impedances of the first and the second microstrip lines match the impedances of the first and the second transmission lines, respectively. Thus, the first and the second microstrip lines may filter the noise generated by the differential signal having the specific wavelength.
US08299869B2
A balun including on the common-mode side, an inductive element in series with a first capacitive element between a first common-mode access terminal and the ground; and on the differential-mode side, two inductive windings in series having first respective ends defining differential access terminals and having second common ends connected to ground, second capacitive elements being respectively connected in parallel on the differential-mode windings.
US08299866B2
A method and system process a signal for PWM modulation. An amplitude control signal adjusts the amplitude of an input signal, and an offset is added to the amplitude-adjusted signal to produce an offset-adjusted signal. The offset is selected according to the amplitude adjustment applied to the input signal. The offset-adjusted signal is pulse-width modulated the to produce a pulse-width modulated signal, and the pulse-width modulated signal is filtered to reduce high frequency components thereof.
US08299865B2
A quadrature modulator has first to fourth transistors, a first node, a second node, and a first output node. A non-inversion in-phase analog signal, an inversion in-phase analog signal, a non-inversion quadrature analog signal, and an inversion quadrature analog signal are supplied to input electrodes of the first to fourth transistors, respectively. Control electrodes of the first to fourth transistors respond to a non-inversion in-phase RF signal, an inversion in-phase RF signal, a non-inversion quadrature RF signal, and an inversion quadrature RF signal, respectively. Output electrodes of the first and second transistors are coupled to the first node, and output electrodes of the third and fourth transistors are coupled to the second node. A first high-pass filter is coupled between the first node and the first output node, and a second high-pass filter is coupled between the second node and the first output node.
US08299864B2
The invention provides a multifunctional VC-TCXO that, as well as promoting miniaturization, selectively configures the functions as needed, and furthermore, is suitable for power savings. In a VC-TCXO provided with a chamber body that accommodates an IC chip and a crystal blank, the IC chip has; basic functions consisting of a first oscillator output function, and a temperature compensating function, and additional functions comprising of a second oscillator output function, an operation/non-operation function of the first oscillator output, and a temperature voltage output function, and basic IC terminals and additional IC terminals for these functions, and basic mounting terminals, and additional mounting terminals. Two of the additional IC terminals are two functions among the additional functions, which are selectively connected according to changes in a circuit pattern of a surface layer of the circuit formation surface, and the basic mounting terminals are provided on four corner portions of an outside bottom surface of the chamber body, and the two additional mounting terminals that are connected to the two additional IC terminals are provided on a central portion of a long side facing the outside bottom surface.
US08299860B2
A method of fabricating vapor cells comprises forming a plurality of vapor cell dies in a first wafer having an interior surface region and a perimeter, and forming a plurality of interconnected vent channels in the first wafer. The vent channels provide at least one pathway for gas from each vapor cell die to travel outside of the perimeter of the first wafer. The method further comprises anodically bonding a second wafer to one side of the first wafer, and anodically bonding a third wafer to an opposing side of the first wafer. The vent channels allow gas toward the interior surface region of the first wafer to be in substantially continuous pressure-equilibrium with gas outside of the perimeter of the first wafer during the anodic bonding of the second and third wafers to the first wafer.
US08299849B2
A binarization circuit includes a comparator that outputs a signal according to a differential voltage between the input and reference voltages. The first charging-discharging circuit generates a first voltage. The second charging-discharging circuit generates a second voltage. The control circuit compares the differential voltage with the threshold voltage, and switches between turn-on and turn-off of the second charging-discharging circuit based on a difference between the differential voltage and the threshold voltage. A sum of the reference and first voltages of the preceding clock is supplied to the comparator when the second charging-discharging circuit is turned off. A sum of the reference and the first and second voltages of the preceding clock is supplied to the comparator when the second charging-discharging circuit is turned on.
US08299848B2
Provided is a multi-layered semiconductor apparatus with improved heat diffusion and improved heat release. The multi-layered semiconductor apparatus (100) includes a plurality of layered semiconductor chips (20-1, 20-2) that each include at least one circuit region, and the circuit regions are arranged such that heat generated by the circuit regions as a result of the circuit regions being driven is spread out. The multi-layered semiconductor apparatus (100) further comprises a heat releasing section (50) that releases the heat generated by the circuit regions, and the circuit regions are arranged such that there is less thermal resistance between the heat releasing section and circuit regions that generate a greater amount of heat per unit area.
US08299839B2
A capacitively and conductively coupled multiplexer (C3mux) circuit is described. This C3mux circuit includes a set of nonlinear coupling capacitors, such as metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistors, that can multiplex multiple input signals while minimizing the parasitic capacitance penalty associated with the ‘off’ paths. In particular, the capacitance of a given MOS transistor depends on whether its channel is present or absent. Furthermore, this channel is formed based on whether the gate-to-source and drain voltages for the MOS transistor are greater than the MOS transistor's threshold voltage. Note that the capacitance of the MOS transistors in the C3mux circuit is low for the unselected inputs. Consequently, the parasitic loading and the delay increase slowly as a function of the number of inputs. Moreover, the conductive feedback can be used to maintain a DC level of the input signals.
US08299832B1
An electronic oscillation signal generation circuit includes an electronic oscillation circuit, a DC voltage source for providing a DC voltage to the electronic oscillation circuit, a switch for electrically connecting the electronic oscillation circuit to ground when the switch is turned on so as to generate an analog oscillation signal after the switch is turned off, a conversion circuit for converting the analog oscillation signal to a digital oscillation signal, a counter for generating a control signal when the digital oscillation signal reaches a predetermined number of periods, a delay unit for generating a delay signal a predetermined time after a falling edge of the digital oscillation signal is triggered, and a pulse signal generation circuit electrically connected to the counter and the delay unit for generating a pulse signal according to the control signal and the delay signal so as to turn on the switch.
US08299829B2
To provide a DLL circuit incorporating a duty adjustment circuit that is independent of the frequency of a clock signal. The DLL circuit includes: a delay line that delays a first internal clock signal to generate a second internal clock signal; a counter circuit that specifies an amount of delay of the delay line; a counter control circuit that adjusts a count value of the counter circuit; and a subtraction circuit that determines a difference between first and second count values at which the rise edge of the first internal clock signal coincides with that of a replica clock signal. The fall edge of the second internal clock signal is adjusted based on a value equivalent to one-half of the difference obtained. This prevents the applicable frequency range from being limited as with a type of duty adjustment circuit that alternately discharges capacitors.
US08299822B2
A driver circuit transmits a signal generated by a signal level generation circuit to a circuit to be measured by transmitting the signal to a output buffer circuit via a circuit (prebuffer circuit) that drives the output buffer circuit and causing the output buffer circuit to drive a transmission line. The driver circuit includes the prebuffer circuit and a replica buffer circuit formed by imitating the prebuffer circuit. The prebuffer circuit and the replica buffer circuit are disposed in parallel. The driver circuit temporarily increases input bias current to be supplied to output-stage transistors of the output buffer circuit on the basis of output current of the replica buffer circuit during transition of an input or output signal.
US08299810B2
Provided is a test apparatus that tests a device under test including an external interface circuit that transfers signals between an internal circuit inside a device and the outside of the device, the test apparatus comprising a pattern generating section that inputs, to the external interface circuit, a test pattern for testing the external interface circuit; an interface control section that causes the external interface circuit to loop back and output the test pattern; and an interface judging section that judges acceptability of the external interface circuit based on the test pattern looped back and output by the external interface circuit.
US08299803B2
A monitoring system for connector pins exposed to conductive/corrosive fluids and/or corrosive environments includes a first sensing portion having a pin monitoring section configured to measure a pin current flow of at least one conductor pin, and transfer a first signal. A second sensing portion produces a second signal indicating by a contactless determination the presence of a fastener providing physical connection between an interface member and a component. A decision logic device receives the first and second signals, compares the pin current flow to a predetermined range of values, and isolates electrical power to the conductor pin when the first signal indicates the pin current flow is outside the predetermined range of values. A sensor body created of a non-ferrous material and connected to the component includes a first insert member having the conductor pin and a second insert member defining a sensor sensing proximal presence of the fastener.
US08299797B2
A method and apparatus for evaluating an earth formation penetrated by a borehole comprises taking resistivity measurements using a plurality of resistivity arrays or pads positioned within the borehole proximal the borehole wall. In one embodiment, pads are spaced apart azimuthally around the perimeter of a tool body, each pad carrying at least one electrode thereon. A sequence of resistivity measurement operations are performed involving sequentially operating each pad, in turn, as a transmitter, with remaining pads and electrodes operated as return electrodes. The sequence preferably involves a succession of adjacent pads around the perimeter of the tool body, resulting in a full rotational (360°) imaging of the formation penetrated by the borehole. In one embodiment, the pads include at least two electrodes spaced vertically apart from one another, such that helical current paths are defined between transmitting electrodes and return electrodes.
US08299796B2
An apparatus and method for performing high transverse resolution voltage measurements in downhole logging tools utilized to determine the resistivity of an adjacent portion of a borehole wall. Two current electrodes 508 and 509 are energized by an excitation source to create an oscillatory electric field in a borehole wall. The voltage drop from each voltage electrode in a row of laterally spaced voltage electrodes 604 is measured relative to a shared voltage electrode 606 longitudinally spaced from the row of electrodes. The differential voltage is used in combination with a measured current flow to determine a resistivity value for the borehole. A second row of laterally spaced voltage electrodes 608 having electrodes laterally offset from the electrodes of the first row is included to provide high transverse resolution. A common mode voltage at the shared voltage electrodes is measured and utilized to minimize the resistivity measurement error.
US08299793B2
The present invention is a coil array for an MRI system that is designed to improve 2D accelerated imaging of an object having significantly different fields of view in two phase-encoding directions. This is achieved by having a first set of coil elements whose sizes are tuned to optimize acceleration along a first phase-encoding direction and a second set of coil elements whose sizes are tuned to optimize acceleration along a second-phase encoding direction. Images acquired in accordance with the present invention exhibit improved signal to noise ratio at a given acceleration factor when compared to images acquired using a traditional MR coil array.
US08299789B2
A magnetic resonance sequence model that is a formal description of a measurement sequence is used to automate measurement sequence programming. The sequence model allows a system-independent specification of the measurement sequence for execution in a magnetic resonance scanner. The sequence model is as formal as possible; it is limited to the minimum required information for description of a measurement sequence without limiting the flexibility in the sequence programming. A method for formal description of the measurement sequence describes the measurement sequence by a number of parameters to be parameterized. The parameterization of the measurement sequence can ensue automatically from the formalized description of the measurement sequence, except for a set of parameters that are still be determined. For automatic generation of an executable measurement sequence, the method determines the parameters to be determined using a solver, under consideration of boundary conditions, so that a consistent set of parameters is created that completely describes the measurement sequence. This complete description of parameter values of the measurement sequence is then be translated automatically into a programming language that can be directly executed in the magnetic resonance scanner.
US08299775B2
A method, system and program product for replacing isotropic hole shapes in a wiring layout with non-equiaxial hole shapes that are arranged in a direction of current flow, which increases current flow along the wire's longitudinal axis while decreasing current flow along the wire's transverse axis. One aspect of the invention includes a method including determining a direction of electrical current flow in a portion of a wiring layout; and placing at least one non-equiaxial hole shape within the portion of the wiring layout, wherein the non-equiaxial hole shape is arranged in the direction of electrical current flow. The invention accommodates the limitations of copper CMP within an automated tool without sacrificing the efficiency of a hand-tuned layout. The invention also includes a semiconductor device including at least one non-equiaxial hole shape.
US08299774B2
Power efficient power supply regulator circuits are disclosed. The circuits are configured to modify their overhead current according to current load. This is particularly advantageous for use in display devices with widely varying current loads. Such displays include bi-stable displays, such as interferometric modulation displays, LCD displays, and DMD displays.
US08299773B2
A power supply comprises an input voltage detector that detects a drop in input voltage that corresponds to an input voltage loss. A power converter is coupled to the input voltage detector. The power converter, which may be a boost converter or a power factor correction converter, has a switching device that is actuated in accordance with a duty cycle. A duty cycle adjuster is responsive to detection of the drop in the input voltage to adjust the duty cycle of the switching device in order to limit an input current surge through the switching device below a desired level after the input voltage returns.
US08299770B2
A method of providing threshold voltage monitoring and control in synchronous power converters is provided. The method includes establishing a threshold voltage level for at least one of a gate drive voltage for an upper and a lower power switch in a synchronous power converter, each threshold voltage level controlling a switching delay time for one of the upper and lower power switches. The method further includes detecting body diode conduction levels for at least one of the upper and lower power switches and adjusting the threshold voltage level for at least one of the upper and lower power switches, based on the detected body diode conduction levels, to fine-tune a body diode conduction time around an equilibrium for the at least one of the upper and lower power switches.
US08299769B2
A multi-output buck converting apparatus with a shutdown protection includes a main buck converter and at least one auxiliary buck converter to provide multi-output voltages. The multi-output buck converting apparatus further includes an abnormal voltage signal generating unit. The abnormal voltage signal generating unit generates a control signal to control switch devices of the auxiliary buck converter when the multi-output buck converting apparatus shuts down. Therefore, the stored energy in the auxiliary buck converter can be released through internal loops or external loops with connected operational loads so as to avoid the recovering energy rebounding a main output voltage of the main buck converter.
US08299767B1
In some implementations, a method of dynamically maintaining a device's operation within a safe operating area (SOA) may include sensing instantaneous voltage and current of the device; determining, based on the sensed instantaneous voltage and current, a value that represents a power dissipated in the device; using the determined dissipated power and a model of thermal behavior of the device to model a junction temperature of the device; and controlling operation of the device based on the modeled junction temperature. A programmable SOA circuit including sensing, scaling, filtering, and controlling functions may be packaged on a single die or in a package with a power transistor.
US08299758B2
A charging controller connected to at least one of secondary cells and detachably connected to a charger or a cell driver, the charging controller including: a charging amount control circuit detecting a cell voltage of each secondary cell and outputting a charging control signal for instructing the charger to reduce a charging current when the detected cell voltage exceeds the target voltage; and a protection circuit detecting a cell voltage of each secondary cell and cutting off a current path from the charger to the secondary cell when the detected cell voltage exceeds the upper limit voltage, the protection circuit operating by using the secondary cell as a power source while at least the charger is not connected. In the charging controller, while neither the charger nor the cell driver are connected, the charging amount control circuit does not operate.
US08299756B2
A system and method are provided for battery control of hybrid vehicles such as, but not limited to, hybrid locomotives. The system and method are implemented to sense a present state of charge (SoC) of one or more batteries and generate present SoC data there from, sense a present excursion defined by a relationship represented as maximum SoC−minimum SoC for a desired cycle and generate present excursion data there from, and control the one or more battery power/current charging limits in response to the present SoC data and the present excursion data.
US08299754B2
A charging system detachably drawing from a power source comprising: (a) an electrical output configuration; (b) an electrical input configuration; and (c) an energy store configuration; and methods of provisioning the energy store, the charging system, and electric vehicle charger devices.
US08299751B2
A polygonal power pad includes an optional connector to connect to a power supply and a power network in the power pad. At least one power connector is coupled to the power network and is disposed on a periphery of the pad. The power connector is operable to receive and provide power to a provided adjacent pad. At least one power transfer coil embedded in the pad, is coupled to the power network to transfer power to a device proximate the pad.
US08299749B2
A cordless power tool battery pack including an onboard circuit configured to electronically communicate with an associated battery charging system. The onboard circuit communicates information relating to the batter pack to a microprocessor or the like within the battery charging system and charging of the battery pack is controlled based on such communication.
US08299740B2
A motor drive apparatus for driving a motor in a normal rotation direction or a reverse rotation direction in accordance with a state of operation of an operation switch has a first semiconductor switching device that switches ON/OFF state based on a normal rotation instruction provided by the operation switch, a second semiconductor switching device that switches ON/OFF state based on a reverse rotation instruction provided by the operation switch, a control circuit for controlling drive of the motor in the normal rotation direction or the reverse rotation direction, based on the ON/OFF state of the first and second semiconductor switching devices, and a wetting detection circuit for detecting wetting and controlling operation of the first and second semiconductor switching devices. The control circuit has a first terminal connected to the first semiconductor switching device, a second terminal connected to the second semiconductor switching device, a low level terminal for receiving and outputting a signal having a voltage value lower than a reference voltage value defined in advance, and a high level terminal for receiving and outputting a signal having a voltage value higher than the reference voltage value. When the wetting detection circuit detects wetting, voltage values of the first terminal and the second terminal are less than the reference voltage value. The first terminal and the second terminal are separated from the high level terminal, and are arranged in proximity to the low level terminal.
US08299738B2
A multi-tasking power processor (104) for a vehicle electric system (100) is provided. The multi-tasking power processor (104) includes a low voltage direct current bus interface (201), a high voltage direct current bus interface (202), and a motor interface (203). The multi-tasking power processor (104) also includes converter circuitry (200) selectively configurable as a direct current boost converter and a direct current buck converter between the low voltage direct current bus interface (201) and the high voltage direct current bus interface (202). The multi-tasking power processor (104) is further configurable as a motor drive between the motor interface (203) and the high voltage direct current bus interface (202).
US08299736B2
To reduce the cogging torque of servomotors, electric power steering motors, and others, there is provided a permanent magnet motor comprising: a rotor 10 comprising a rotor yoke 11 and a plurality of permanent magnets (M1-M10); and a stator 20 comprising a stator yoke 22, salient magnetic poles 21, and armature windings 23, wherein at least one of the permanent magnets is disposed in an adjustment position that is displaced from a corresponding reference position in at least one of the circumferential, radial, and axial directions of the rotor yoke, and the plurality of permanent magnets excluding the permanent magnet disposed in the adjustment position is disposed in the reference positions, and wherein the adjustment position is set so that the permanent magnet motor in which at least one of the plurality of permanent magnets is disposed in the adjustment position has a smaller cogging torque than a permanent magnet motor in which all of the plurality of permanent magnets are disposed in the reference positions; and a method for adjusting a cogging torque of a permanent magnet motor.
US08299730B2
An example controller for a switched mode power supply includes a zero-crossing detector, drive logic, and an on-time extension block. The zero-crossing detector is coupled to generate a first signal prior to a zero-crossing of an input voltage of the power supply. The drive logic is to generate a drive logic output signal in response to a feedback signal, where the drive logic output signal is representative of an initial on-time. The on-time extension block is coupled to the zero-crossing detector and to the drive logic to generate a drive signal in response to the drive logic output signal. The drive signal controls switching of a switch to remove charge from a filter capacitor of the power supply. The drive signal is representative of a total on-time of the switch equal to a sum of the initial on-time and an extended on-time, where the extended on-time is responsive to the first signal.
US08299727B1
An arc protection circuit is provided for a current-fed, parallel-resonant inverter ballast. The circuit includes a lamp current rate of change sensing circuit coupled with one or more lamps to detect a total lamp current; a ballast shutdown circuit to disable the ballast in response to a disturbance in the detected signal; a startup delay circuit, at least a portion of which defines a first time delay from a predetermined condition during which the ballast can not be disabled by the shutdown circuit; and an automatic restart circuit to enable restarting of the ballast, at least a portion of which defines a second time delay during which the ballast remains disabled, after which the ballast is restarted.
US08299724B2
An LED lamp includes a rectifier, an integrated circuit and a string of series-connected LEDs. The lamp receives an incoming AC signal such that a rectified version of the signal is present across the LED string. The integrated circuit includes a plurality of power switches. Each power switch is coupled so that it can separately and selectably short out a corresponding one of several groups of LEDs in the string. As the voltage across the string increases the integrated circuit controls the power switches such that the number of LEDs through which current flows increases, whereas as the voltage across the string decreases the integrated circuit controls the power switches such that the number of LEDs through which current flows decreases. LED string current flow is controlled and regulated to provide superior efficiency, reliability, anti-flicker, regulation against line voltage variations, power factor correction, and lamp over-voltage, over-current, and over-temperature protection.
US08299719B1
The present invention is an individually selective intelligent serial lighting system, wherein lighting elements are arranged in a specific configuration so that unknown location and identity of each randomly distributed registered integrated circuit switch device, which drives lighting elements, is automatically detected, recorded and addressed. A controller, individually controls every single LED, or other lighting element distributed along the length of lighting string with fixed set of wires. Each lighting element is mounted on or connected to and driven from a Switch PCB, consisting an integrated circuit switch, each programmed or lasered with a unique serial number, with at least two ports and a communication protocol. Software routines are intelligent in a sense that find position of each individual lighting element when any existing or new lighting element or cable assembly is attached to or detached from the system whether in operation and alive or upon power up.
US08299701B2
Provided are a lighting device, a backlighting device, and a display device that comprise a radiation source such as LED and wavelength converting members comprising phosphors. In one embodiment, self-absorption within the devices is suppressed or reduced by placing a selective reflector between two wavelength converting members, and the wavelength converting member emitting light with longer peak wavelength is substantially isolated from the irradiation of another wavelength converting member emitting light with shorter peak wavelength. In other embodiments, the wavelength converting members are arranged in strip configuration; or in adjacent hexagons configuration.
US08299684B2
Piezoelectric quasi-resonance linear motors based on acoustic standing waves with combined resonator
A piezoelectric device includes a piezoresonator body (3) having opposing first and second surfaces and opposing third and fourth surfaces. The device also includes at least one common electrode (8) disposed on the second surface (15) and electrodes (4a, 4b) disposed on the first surface (14) in pairs along a first longitudinal axis. The device further includes contact elements (5) disposed on the third (16) and the fourth (17) surfaces at contact locations along the first longitudinal axis and aligned between each pair of excitation electrodes. In the device, the piezoelectric body has a first order natural resonance frequency (ν1) along a second longitudinal axis and an even order natural resonance frequency (ν2) along the first longitudinal axis, where a percent difference between ν1 and ν2 is greater than 0% and less than or equal to 20%.
US08299679B2
A remotely interrogatable passive sensor is provided. The sensor comprises an antenna and at least one surface wave resonator including a transducer with inter-digitated electrodes with two ports on the surface of a piezoelectric substrate, in which the antenna comprises conducting elements connected to the two ports and integrated onto said piezoelectric substrate. Advantageously, the antenna elements are folded on the substrate to enhance compactness. The passive sensor can be used for medical applications such as tissue analysis or arterial pressure measurement.
US08299668B2
A spindle motor includes a stator unit and a rotor unit. The stator unit includes a stator, a base portion, and a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board has a connection portion and an extending portion extending from the connection portion. The base portion is provided on its lower surface with a recess portion arranged to accommodate the connection portion of the printed circuit board and a groove portion in which the extending portion is arranged, the groove portion communicating with the recess portion. The groove portion has a bottom surface on which the extending portion is arranged and a slant surface gradually sloping downwards as it extends away from the bottom surface in a circumferential direction. The region in the recess portion extending from the connection portion to a boundary between the recess portion and the groove portion is covered with a cured flowable resin material.
US08299665B2
A motor is disclosed. The motor in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes a base, a shaft, which has an end part coupled to the base, a housing, which has a hollow part formed therein in such a way that the shaft rotatably supports the housing and in which the other end part of the base is inserted into the hollow part, and a rotor case, which includes an insertion hole and a supporting wall. The insertion hole has the housing inserted therein, and the supporting wall supports an outer circumferential surface of the inserted housing.
US08299664B2
A special terminal may project from an encapsulation body of a semiconductor module and may be engaged with an engaging portion of a motor case to limit a positional deviation of the semiconductor module relative to the motor case. Additionally or alternatively, a module side engaging portion may be formed in the encapsulation body and may be engaged with a case side engaging portion to position the semiconductor module relative to the motor case.
US08299663B2
An arrangement for cooling an electrical machine is provided. The electrical machine includes a rotor and a stator, an air-gap being between the rotor and the stator. The stator includes a plurality of stacked laminate-plates. The laminate-plates include on a first side, which is facing the air-gap, a plurality of slots containing metal-windings of a stator-coil. The laminate-plates are positioned and fixed by a structural support and by end-plates in relation to a central-part of the stator. A joint cavity is formed by the end-plates, the central-part of the stator and an internal surface of the laminate-plates. The internal surface is defined by a second side of the laminate-plates, the second side being opposite to the first side. The cavity is coupled with an air-cooling-arrangement, which is arranged and used to circulate a cooling gaseous medium from the cavity to the air-gap and the laminate-plates back into the cavity.
US08299661B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a rotor of an electric brushless motor configured to be light weight and prevent vibrations generated during an operation of the motor to be transferred to the shaft of the rotor. The rotor includes a shaft elongated in a rotational axis, a single body magnet comprising alternately magnetized portions, and a vibration absorption portion interposed between the shaft and single body magnet. The vibration absorption portion absorbs vibrations generated during the operation of the motor and can include an elastic or a non-elastic material. The rotor further includes a non-elastic portion inhibiting the expansion of the vibration absorption portion when the vibration portion is elastic.
US08299657B2
This invention provides a linear motor at least including an electrically controlled actuator and an elastic member. The electrically controlled actuator at least comprises a fixed element, a movable element, and an electrical unit, and at least provides an axial displacement. The elastic member at least comprises a fixed portion, a movable portion, an elastic portion, and a pair of power supply terminals. The fixed portion of the elastic member is connected to the fixed element of the actuator. The movable portion of the elastic member is connected to the movable element of the actuator. Various portions of the elastic member have different thicknesses depending on desired stiffness of each portion, such that the elastic member can be thinned to facilitate miniaturization of the linear motor. The needs to have an elastic member with desired stiffness and to provide good electrical contact are both met by the present linear motor.
US08299647B2
A circuit arrangement with a switchable voltage supply for a control apparatus may include a DC voltage supply terminal; and an AC voltage supply terminal; a control apparatus including at least one input, an output and at least one supply terminal; three electronic switches, each having a control electrode, a reference electrode and a working electrode, wherein the reference electrode of the first electronic switch and of the second electronic switch is coupled to the first node; wherein the working electrode of the first electronic switch is coupled to the supply terminal of the control apparatus; wherein the control electrode of the first electronic switch is coupled to a reference potential, wherein at least one further load is coupled to the working electrode of the second electronic switch.
US08299641B2
The present invention provides a magnetically geared generator including an inner winding unit having a first number of pole pairs, an outer winding unit arranged coaxially around the inner winding unit and having a second number of pole pairs, and a rotatable magnetic flux modulator arranged coaxially between the inner winding unit and the outer winding unit. The inner winding unit, the outer winding unit and the rotatable magnetic flux modulator are adapted to convert rotational input energy provided at the rotatable magnetic flux modulator into electrical output energy provided as an alternating output current at one of the inner winding unit and the outer winding unit, and to control an output frequency of the alternating output current by communicating output energy as an alternating feedback current to the other one of the inner winding unit and the outer winding unit and by adjusting a feedback frequency of the alternating feedback current.
US08299636B2
A magnetized Foucault Pendulum electrical energy source having a gear transmission connected between the rotatable Foucault Pendulum and an electrical generator. A portion of the current from the generator is transmitted to an electromagnet which is periodically energized to repel a mass on the end of the pendulum to maintain the pendulum in continuous motion. The remaining portion of the electrical current is transmitted to individual households or to a power grid.
US08299633B2
Various methods and apparatus for establishing thermal pathways for a semiconductor device are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of manufacturing is provided that includes providing a first semiconductor chip that has a substrate and a first active circuitry portion extending a first distance into the substrate. A barrier is formed in the first semiconductor chip that surrounds but is laterally separated from the first active circuitry portion and extends into the substrate a second distance greater than the first distance.
US08299632B2
A routing layer for a semiconductor die is disclosed. The routing layer includes traces interconnecting integrated circuit bond-pads to UBMs. The routing layer is formed on a layer of dielectric material. The routing layer includes conductive traces arranged underneath the UBMs as to absorb stress from solder bumps attached to the UMBs. Traces beneath the UBMs protect parts of the underlying dielectric material proximate the solder bumps, from the stress.
US08299622B2
An IC including first metal layer having wiring running in a first direction; a second metal layer having wiring running in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a first via layer between the first metal layer and the second metal layer, the first via layer including a viabar interconnecting the first metal layer to the second metal layer at a first location where the first metal layer vertically coincides with the second metal layer and, at a second location, connecting to wiring of the first metal layer but not wiring of the second metal layer.
US08299615B2
Methods and structures for controlling wafer curvature during fabrication of integrated circuits caused by stressed films. The methods include controlling the conductor density of wiring levels, adding compensating stressed film layers and disturbing the continuity of stress films with the immediately lower layer. The structure includes integrated circuits having compensating stressed film layers.
US08299612B2
A through substrate via (TSV) die includes a plurality of TSVs including an outer dielectric sleeve, an inner metal core and protruding TSV tips including sidewalls that emerge from the TSV die. A passivation layer lateral to protruding TSV tips is on a portion of the sidewalls of protruding TSV tips. The passivation layers is absent from a distal portion of protruding TSV tips to provide an exposed portion of the inner metal core. The TSV tips include bulbous distal tip ends which cover a portion of the TSV sidewalls, are over a topmost surface of the outer dielectric sleeve, and have a maximum cross sectional area that is ≧25% more as compared to a cross sectional area of the protruding TSV tips below the bulbous distal tip ends.
US08299603B2
A power semiconductor device in which transfer molding resin seals: a metallic circuit substrate; a power semiconductor element joined to a wiring pattern; and a side surface of a cylindrical external terminal communication section provided on the wiring pattern and to which an external terminal can be inserted and connected. The cylindrical external terminal communication section is substantially perpendicular to a surface on which the wiring pattern is formed. An outer surface of a metal plate of the metallic circuit substrate and a top portion of the cylindrical external terminal communication section are exposed from the transfer molding resin. The transfer molding resin is not present within the cylindrical external terminal communication section.
US08299597B2
A semiconductor chip can include a semiconductor substrate, an input portion and an output portion. A circuit element can be formed in the semiconductor substrate. The input portion can be formed on the semiconductor substrate. The input portion can include a first input pad to receive an input signal from the outside and a second input pad spaced apart from the first input pad, the second input pad being electrically connected to the first input pad through an external connection line such that the second input pad inputs the input signal to the circuit element. The output portion can be formed on the semiconductor substrate. The output pad can include an output pad to output an output signal from the circuit element.
US08299594B2
A multilayer module comprised of stacked IC package layers is disclosed. A plurality of layers preferably having ball grid array I/O are stacked and interconnected using one or more interposer layers for the routing of electronic signals to appropriate locations in the module through angularly depending leads. The stack is further comprised of an interface PCB for the routing of electronics signals to and from the layers in the module and for connection to an external circuit.
US08299578B1
In a SOI process, a high voltage BJT structure with BVCEO versus FT control is provided by including a bias shield over the laterally extending collector region and controlling the bias of the shield.
US08299572B2
According to an exemplary embodiment, a semiconductor die includes a backside surface opposite an active surface. The active surface includes at least one active device. The semiconductor die includes at least one passive device situated on the backside surface. The semiconductor die further includes an interconnect region situated over the active surface. The semiconductor die further includes at least one through-wafer via, where the at least one through-wafer via electrically connects the at least one passive device to the interconnect region. The interconnect region can include a number of solder bump pads or a number of bond pads.
US08299568B2
A conductor-filled damage propagation barrier is formed extending into a low-k dielectric layer between a fuse and an adjacent circuit element for preventing propagation of damage during a fuse blow operation. Conductor material filling the damage propagation barrier is formed from the same conductor layer as that used to form an interconnect structure.
US08299562B2
An isolation structure is described, including a doped semiconductor layer disposed in a trench in a semiconductor substrate and having the same conductivity type as the substrate, gate dielectric between the doped semiconductor layer and the substrate, and a diffusion region in the substrate formed by dopant diffusion through the gate dielectric from the doped semiconductor layer. A device structure is also described, including the isolation structure and a vertical transistor in the substrate beside the isolation structure. The vertical transistor includes a first S/D region beside the diffusion region and a second S/D region over the first S/D region both having a conductivity type different from that of the doped semiconductor layer.
US08299561B2
Integrated circuits having doped bands in a substrate and beneath high-voltage semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) devices are provided. In one embodiment, the invention provides an integrated circuit comprising: a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) wafer including: a substrate; a buried oxide (BOX) layer atop the substrate; and a semiconductor layer atop the BOX layer; a plurality of high voltage (HV) devices connected in series within the semiconductor layer; a doped band within the substrate and below a first of the plurality of HV devices; and a contact extending from the semiconductor layer and through the BOX layer to the doped band.
US08299558B2
A Schottky barrier diode comprises a doped guard ring having a doping of a second conductivity type in a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate. The Schottky barrier diode further comprises a first-conductivity-type-doped semiconductor region having a doping of a first conductivity type, which is the opposite of the second conductivity type, on one side of a dummy gate electrode and a Schottky barrier structure surrounded by the doped guard ring on the other side. A Schottky barrier region may be laterally surrounded by the dummy gate electrode and the doped guard ring. The doped guard ring includes an unmetallized portion of a gate-side second-conductivity-type-doped semiconductor region having a doping of a second conductivity type. A Schottky barrier region may be laterally surrounded by a doped guard ring including a gate-side doped semiconductor region and a STI-side doped semiconductor region. Design structures for the inventive Schottky barrier diode are also provided.
US08299556B2
A multi-junction opto-electronic device including a stack of wavelength selective absorption layers is proposed. The absorption layers include each a first layer with a grating of a specific pitch defining the wavelength of the incident light to be absorbed within a subjacent second electrically active layer itself on a third electrically inactive layer. The second electrically active layer within the different absorption layers is in electrical connection with lateral contacts to extract the electrical charge carriers generated by the absorbed incident light within the active layer. The grating within the first layer of the absorption layers is defined by periodic stripes of specific width depending on the wavelength to be absorbed by the respective absorption layers. The period of the stripes alignment is defined by the pitch of the grating. Advantageously, ordinary silicon technology can be used.
US08299513B2
An image sensor includes a photosensitive element, a reset circuit, an amplifier transistor, and a current source. The photosensitive element is coupled to generate an image charge in response to incident light and transfer the image charge to a circuit node. The reset circuit is coupled to selectively reset a voltage at the circuit node. The amplifier transistor includes a gate terminal responsive to the voltage at the circuit node. A current source is coupled between a high level power rail and a second terminal of the amplifier transistor.
US08299512B2
In each photosensitive cell, a photodiode 101, a transfer gate 102, a floating diffusion layer section 103, an amplifier transistor 104, and a reset transistor 105 are formed in one active region surrounded by a device isolation region. The floating diffusion layer section 103 included in one photosensitive cell is connected not to the amplifier transistor 104 included in that cell but to the gate of the amplifier transistor 104 included in another photosensitive cell adjacent to the one photosensitive cell in the column direction. A polysilicon wire 111 connects the transfer gates 102 arranged in the same row, and a polysilicon wire 112 connects the reset transistors 105 arranged in the same row. For connection in the row direction, only polysilicon wires are used.
US08299507B2
It is made possible to optimize the effective work function of the metal for a junction and suppress the resistance as far as possible at the interface between a semiconductor or a dielectric material and a metal. A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor film; a Ti oxide film formed on the semiconductor film, and including at least one element selected from the group consisting of V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Nb, Mo, Tc, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ta, W, Re, Os, Ir, and Pt; and a metal film formed on the Ti oxide film.
US08299506B2
A method of forming CMOS circuitry integrated with MEMS devices includes bonding a wafer to a top surface layer having contacts formed to CMOS circuitry. A handle wafer is then removed from one of the top or bottom surfaces of the CMOS circuitry, and MEMS devices are formed in a remaining silicon layer.
US08299504B2
A two-dimensional, temporally modulated electromagnetic wavefield, preferably in the ultraviolet, visible or infrared spectral range, can be locally detected and demodulated with one or more sensing elements. Each sensing element consists of a resistive, transparent electrode (E) on top of an insulated layer (O) that is produced over a semiconducting substrate whose surface is electrically kept in depletion. The electrode (E) is connected with two or more contacts (C1; C2) to a number of clock voltages that are operated synchronously with the frequency of the modulated wavefield. In the electrode and in the semiconducting substrate lateral electric fields are created that separate and transport photogenerated charge pairs in the semiconductor to respective diffusions (D1; D2) close to the contacts (C1; C2). By repetitively storing and accumulating photocharges in the diffusions (D1; D2), electrical signals are generated that are subsequently read out for the determination of local phase shift, amplitude and offset of the modulated wavefield.
US08299501B2
In the nitride semiconductor device using the silicon substrate, the metal electrode formed on the silicon substrate has both ohmic contact property and adhesion, so that the nitride semiconductor device having excellent electric properties and reliability is obtained. The nitride semiconductor device includes a silicon substrate (2), a nitride semiconductor layer (10) formed on the silicon substrate (2), and metal electrodes (8, 8′) formed in contact with the silicon substrate (2). The metal electrodes (8, 8′) has first metal layers (4, 4′) which are formed in a shape of discrete islands and in contact with the silicon substrate (2), and second metal layers (6, 6′) which are in contact with the silicon substrate (2) exposed among the islands of the first metal layers (4, 4′) and are formed to cover the first metal layers (4, 4′). Further, the second metal layers (6, 6′) are made of a metal capable of forming ohmic contact with silicon, and the first metal layers (4, 4′) are made of an alloy containing a metal and silicon, in which the metal is different than that in the second metal layer (6,6′).
US08299483B2
A light-emitting semiconductor apparatus includes a light-emitting structure, a reflective structure, and a carrier. The light-emitting structure includes a first type semiconductor layer, a second type semiconductor layer, and a light-emitting layer positioned between the first type semiconductor layer and the second type semiconductor layer. The reflective structure has a first transparent conductive layer, a first patterned reflective layer, a second transparent conductive layer, and a second patterned reflective layer. The first patterned reflective layer is disposed between the first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer, and has an opening for physically connecting the first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer. The second transparent conductive layer is disposed between the first patterned reflective layer and the second patterned reflective layer. The second patterned reflective layer is positioned on an area corresponding to the opening. The light-emitting structure and the carrier are respectively on two sides of the reflective structure.
US08299482B2
Embodiments of light sources are disclosed herein. An embodiment of the light source comprises a lead frame having a first side and a second side. A hole extends through the lead frame between the first side and the second side. An adhesive is located in the hole and extends beyond the hole, wherein the adhesive extends beyond the diameter of the hole on the first side and the second side of the first lead frame. A light emitter adhered to the adhesive proximate the first side of the first lead frame.
US08299480B2
A semiconductor light emitting device includes: an upper growth layer including a light emitting layer; a transparent substrate through which a radiant light from the light emitting layer passes; and a foundation layer provided between the upper growth layer and the transparent substrate, the foundation layer having a surface-controlling layer and a bonding layer bonded with the transparent substrate. The surface-controlling layer is made of compound semiconductor including at least Ga and As. The upper growth layer is formed on an upper surface of the surface-controlling layer. A lattice constant difference at an interface between the surface-controlling layer and the upper growth layer is smaller than that at an interface between the bonding layer and the transparent substrate.
US08299479B2
A device includes a textured substrate having a trench extending from a top surface of the textured substrate into the textured substrate, wherein the trench comprises a sidewall and a bottom. A light-emitting device (LED) includes an active layer over the textured substrate. The active layer has a first portion parallel to the sidewall of the trench and a second portion parallel to the bottom of the trench.
US08299478B2
An OLED display device includes a substrate, a TFT on the substrate, the TFT including a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode, and source and drain electrodes, a first electrode electrically connected to one of the source and drain electrodes, a pixel defining layer on the substrate, the pixel defining layer exposing the first electrode and having a reversed trapezoidal shape, an emitting layer on the exposed first electrode, and a second electrode on the emitting layer.
US08299477B2
A light emitting device that includes a conductive substrate, an insulating layer on the conductive substrate, a plurality of light emitting device cells on the insulating layer, a connection layer electrically interconnecting the light emitting device cells, a first contact section electrically connecting the conductive substrate with at least one light emitting device cell, and a second contact section on the at least one light emitting device cell.
US08299470B2
Provided is a flat display device, and more particularly, an active matrix (AM) flat display device having a thin film transistor (TFT). The flat display device includes a substrate, a plurality of TFTs (thin film transistors) provided on the substrate, each TFT comprising an active layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode that contact the active layer, and an ohmic contact layer interposed between the active layer and the source and drain electrodes, and a light emitting device electrically connected to the TFT, wherein the ohmic contact layer and a layer including the source and drain electrodes are formed to have the same pattern.
US08299467B2
A thin film transistor is provided with a high crystallized region in a channel formation region and a high resistance region between a source and a drain, and thus has a high electric effect mobility and a large on current. The thin film transistor includes an “impurity which suppresses generation of crystal nuclei” contained in the base layer or located on its surface, a first wiring layer over a base layer, an impurity semiconductor layer over the first wiring, a semiconductor layer over the impurity semiconductor layer, the semiconductor layer comprises a crystalline region and a region containing an amorphous phase which is formed adjacent to the base layer.
US08299465B2
An X-ray detector constructed as an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a semiconductor layer, a data line including a source electrode covering a first portion of the semiconductor layer, a drain electrode disposed opposite to the source electrode, a first lower electrode formed on the upper portion of a second portion of the semiconductor layer and a gate insulating layer and elongated from the drain electrode, and a passivation layer formed on the upper portion of one part of the lower electrode including the drain electrode. Further, the second lower electrode is formed approaching the gate electrode. The X-ray detector constructed as the exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a second lower electrode formed on the passivation layer and placed approaching a gate electrode. The area in which a diode is disposed may be maximized, and the amount of leakage current may be reduced.
US08299459B2
The present invention provides an organic light emitting device which shows a blue light emission hue of remarkably good color purity and has a high-efficiency and high-luminance optical output. An organic light emitting device including an anode 2, a cathode 4 and an organic compound layer sandwiched between the anode 2 and the cathode 4, wherein at least one diindenopicene compound represented by general formula [1] described below is contained in the organic compound layer:
US08299454B2
A method of forming a microelectronic device includes forming a groove structure having opposing sidewalls and a surface therebetween on a substrate to define a nano line arrangement region. The nano line arrangement region has a predetermined width and a predetermined length greater than the width. At least one nano line is formed in the nano line arrangement region extending substantially along the length thereof and coupled to the surface of the groove structure to define a nano line structure. Related devices are also discussed.
US08299451B2
A semiconductor light-emitting diode 20 is provided with a silicon single crystal substrate 201, an intervening layer 203 formed of a Group III nitride semiconductor and stacked on the silicon single crystal substrate 201, and a light-emitting part (205, 206, 207) formed with a p-n-junction hetero-junction structure and stacked on the intervening layer 203. The intervening layer 203 is formed of an aluminum-containing Group III nitride semiconductor. The intervening layer 203 and the light-emitting part (205, 206, 207) have interposed therebetween a superlattice structure 204 formed of a plurality of Group III nitride semiconductor layers that contain aluminum and have mutually different aluminum composition ratios. A DBR film formed of the superlattice structure 204 is enabled to excel in reflectance and enhance the light-emitting property.
US08299449B2
Apparatus (1) for environmental monitoring, allowing to determine the mass concentration of air-dispersed particulate matter by operating or spy filters (F1-F6), comprising a beta radiation emitter (16) and detector (18) for detecting the mass of particulate matter settled on the operating or spy filters (F1-F6), wherein it is further provided the same beta measurement on spy filters (S 12-S1 6) exposed to the same environmental conditions of the operating filters (F1-F6) and the determination of in-air particulate matter concentration by compensation of the two measurements.
US08299448B2
A control parameter is determined for a system for irradiating a predetermined target volume in a body with a particle beam. The system is constructed to direct the particle beam at a multiplicity of target points in the target volume in succession in order to produce at, each of the target points a predetermined dose distribution in a region around the target point. The control parameter controls the extent of an overlap of the dose distribution of a first target point with the dose distributions of neighboring target points. For determination of the control parameter, there is first determined a movement parameter which quantitatively characterizes the movement of the body at the first target point. The control parameter is determined in dependence on the movement parameter.
US08299444B2
This invention relates to a desorption/ionization source operated under ambient conditions for direct analysis of solid or liquid samples on a surface. The source comprises of a laser desorption system and a UV/electrospray combined ionization system. The source is suitable for simultaneously ionizing samples with different polarity in a complex mixture. At the same time, the compact design of the source with multiple channels can maintain the level of local concentration of the analyte ions inside the source for higher efficiency of sample ionization and introduction.
US08299443B1
Electrodynamic ion funnels confine, guide, or focus ions in gases using the Dehmelt potential of oscillatory electric field. New funnel designs operating at or close to atmospheric gas pressure are described. Effective ion focusing at such pressures is enabled by fields of extreme amplitude and frequency, allowed in microscopic gaps that have much higher electrical breakdown thresholds in any gas than the macroscopic gaps of present funnels. The new microscopic-gap funnels are useful for interfacing atmospheric-pressure ionization sources to mass spectrometry (MS) and ion mobility separation (IMS) stages including differential IMS or FAIMS, as well as IMS and MS stages in various configurations. In particular, “wedge” funnels comprising two planar surfaces positioned at an angle and wedge funnel traps derived therefrom can compress ion beams in one dimension, producing narrow belt-shaped beams and laterally elongated cuboid packets. This beam profile reduces the ion density and thus space-charge effects, mitigating the adverse impact thereof on the resolving power, measurement accuracy, and dynamic range of MS and IMS analyzers, while a greater overlap with coplanar light or particle beams can benefit spectroscopic methods.
US08299441B2
A directional gamma radiation detector system for determining an angle under which a measured gamma radiation hits a gamma radiation detector system, includes gamma radiation detectors arranged in close distance; detector electronics for operating the at least two gamma radiation detectors as spectrometers in a way that the detector electronics are collecting energy spectra of the detected gamma rays for each gamma radiation detector; and system electronics allowing the directional gamma radiation detector system to identify coincident events in the at least two gamma radiation detectors.
US08299435B2
A broadband anti-reflection apparatus for use with terahertz radiation includes a layer having an outer surface comprising a plurality of pyramid structures having about a 30 μm to about a 110 μm period, and wherein reflectance of the terahertz radiation is reduced compared to a layer comprising a planar outer surface. Also disclosed is a method for modifying terahertz radiation which includes receiving terahertz radiation on a device having an anti-reflection layer having an outer surface comprising a plurality of pyramid structures having about a 30 μm to a 110 μm period, and modifying the terahertz radiation passing through the device or processing the terahertz radiation in the device.
US08299432B2
A scanning transmission electron microscope operated with the sample in a high pressure environment. A preferred detector uses gas amplification by converting either scattered or unscattered transmitted electrons to secondary electrons for efficient gas amplification.
US08299428B2
A field asymmetric ion mobility spectrometer (FAIMS) has an analyte ion source assembly by which an analyte substance is ionized and supplied to the inlet of the spectrometer. The ion source assembly has an upstream source of clean, dry air and two ion sources of opposite polarity arranged at the same distance along the flow path. The ion sources are arranged so that the overall charge of the plasma produced is substantially neutral. The analyte substance is admitted via an inlet downstream of the ion sources and flows into a reaction region of enlarged cross section to slow the flow and increase the time for which the analyte molecules are exposed to the plasma.
US08299427B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a mass spectrometer having an optical ion transport system where the efficiency for generating and converting fragment ions can be increased, and which can transport the generated fragment ions efficiently to the rear stage, and in order to achieve this object, the mass spectrometer for ionizing a sample in an ionization chamber 10 and drawing the ionized sample into a mass spectrometric chamber 18 is provided with an ion transport optical system having electrodes 17, 200-1 and 200-2 provided so as to surround an optical ion axis, and is characterized in that the above described electrodes 17, 200-1 and 200-2 have an inclined surface which is inclined so as to spread in the direction in which ions progress along the above described optical ion axis.
US08299426B2
A method for making a fluid-processing apparatus involves mixing a colloidal suspension with a matrix material, applying the mixture to a surface of a conduit, and curing the applied mixture to provide a conductive coating. A fluid-processing apparatus includes a conduit and a conductive layer adjacent to a surface of the conduit. The conductive layer includes graphite particles embedded in a matrix. The fluid-processing apparatus supports, for example, electrospray-ionization for mass spectrometry, capillary electrophoresis, or capillary electro-chromatography.
US08299420B2
A downhole tool for performing measurement of a formation. The tool comprising a housing surrounding a source for generating neutrons and a detector for detecting the neutrons. A shield is located outside of, or embedded in, the housing and focuses the neutrons.
US08299416B2
The present invention provides a high-speed Quantum Efficiency (QE) measurement device that includes at least one device under test (DUT), at least one conditioned light source with a less than 50 nm bandwidth, where a portion of the conditioned light source is monitored. Delivery optics are provided to direct the conditioned light to the DUT, a controller drives the conditioned light source in a time dependent operation, and at least one reflectance measurement assembly receives a portion of the conditioned light reflected from the DUT. A time-resolved measurement device includes a current measurement device and/or a voltage measurement device disposed to resolve a current and/or voltage generated in the DUT by each conditioned light source, where a sufficiently programmed computer determines and outputs a QE value for each DUT according to an incident intensity of at least one wavelength of from the conditioned light source and the time-resolved measurement.
US08299414B2
A solid-state imaging device comprises pixel units, column signal lines, column circuits, a switching unit, and a mode control unit. Pixel units are two-dimensionally disposed in a matrix direction, and each of them comprises a photoelectric conversion unit and an amplifying unit. Column signal lines are provided for each column and the pixel signals from the amplifying units are output to each of rows. Column circuits are provided for each column and process signals from the column signal lines. A switching unit switches connection between the column signal lines and the column circuits. A mode control unit outputs signals to the switching unit and controls switching between a first mode in which the column signal lines are connected to the column circuits on the same column thereof and a second mode in which the column signal lines are connected to the column circuits on another column.
US08299408B2
A system for heating wood products is provided. The system may include a launcher. The launcher may include a waveguide bend and a waveguide. The launcher may have one or more slots along the longitudinal axis of the waveguide. The slots may be slanted at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis and spaced at an interval along the longitudinal axis. Moreover, the system may include windows covering the slots. The windows may serve as a physical barrier and allow electromagnetic energy to be transferred from the launcher to the wood product. The launcher and wood products may be contained in a microwave reactor (also referred to as a chamber) to heat the wood products.
US08299392B2
A laser welding pressure unit comprises a housing, a rotating element, and a foot. The housing may attach to a laser head. The rotating element may include an outer ring rotatably coupled to an inner ring, wherein the outer ring is coupled to the housing. The foot may couple to the inner ring such that the foot rotates with respect to the housing. The foot may also be configured to contact an upper surface of a metal sheet and may be oriented such that while the metal sheet is being welded, the foot rotates about a central vertical axis and the laser welding pressure unit is able to move in any direction without the foot breaking contact with the surface.
US08299391B2
Embodiments of field enhanced inductively coupled plasma reactors and methods of use of same are provided herein. In some embodiments, a field enhanced inductively coupled plasma processing system may include a process chamber having a dielectric lid and a plasma source assembly disposed above the dielectric lid. The plasma source assembly includes one or more coils configured to inductively couple RF energy into the process chamber to form and maintain a plasma therein, one or more electrodes configured to capacitively couple RF energy into the process chamber to form the plasma therein, wherein the one or more electrodes are electrically coupled to one of the one or more coils, and an RF generator coupled to the one or more inductive coils and the one or more electrodes. In some embodiments, a heater element may be disposed between the dielectric lid and the plasma source assembly.
US08299378B2
Disclosed is a position indicating device for a pull-out type circuit breaker used to cut off a current, the position indicating device including a position indicating plate installed at a lower surface of the circuit breaker to be rotatable up and down and having an arrow marked thereon, an indication supporter installed at a cradle and having stepped pressing surfaces for pressing up the position indicating plate, and a frame portion of a movable carriage, the frame portion having windows for externally showing a rotated state of the position indicating plate, whereby when the circuit breaker is docked with the cradle, the position indicating plate is rotated by the indication supporter so as to indicate the position of the circuit breaker through the windows, thereby allowing a fast and precise recognition of the position of the circuit breaker.
US08299377B2
A circuit breaker interlock apparatus can include a circuit breaker, a first moveable arm that is moveable when the circuit breaker is open, a second moveable arm pivotally coupled to the first moveable arm that is movable when the first moveable arm is moveable and a blocking arm, configured to interlock with the second movable arm.
US08299374B2
A method and apparatus are described for accurately measuring the weight of a moving stream of particulate material at different flow volumes. The apparatus includes a dynamic measurement device with a deflectable curved pan for measuring the amount of material flowing along a pathway; a supply source for discharging material along the pathway; and a gate valve having an inclined gate member with a leading edge controlling the volume of material discharged from the supply source, the valve reducing the height of discharge of the material above the dynamic measurement device proportional to the increase in the flow volume of material being discharged. A gate valve is also described that includes a gate member with a fully open position and a fully closed position, the valve aperture being open a width determined by the bridging characteristics of the particulate material being discharged when the gate member is in the fully closed position.
US08299371B2
A circuitized substrate and method of making same in which quantities of thru-holes are formed within a dielectric interposer layer. The substrate includes two printed circuit board (PCB) layers bonded to opposing sides of the interposer with electrically conductive features of each PCB aligned with the interposer thru-holes. Resistive paste is positioned on the conductive features located adjacent the thru-holes to form controlled electrically resistive connections between conductive features of the two PCBs. A circuitized substrate assembly and method of making same are also disclosed.
US08299364B2
A grommet includes a smaller diameter tubular section, an increasing diameter tubular section, and a larger diameter tubular section. The smaller diameter tubular section is connected through the increasing diameter tubular section to the larger diameter tubular section in an axial direction. A U-shape folded portion is provided on a connecting portion (a middle diameter tubular section) between the smaller diameter tubular section and the increasing diameter tubular section. A flap section that spreads conically toward the increasing diameter tubular section is provided on an outer periphery of the smaller diameter tubular section or an outer periphery of the folded portion. The folded portion is stretched straightly when the grommet is inserted into a through-hole. When a vehicle body latching recess is engaged with a peripheral edge around the through-hole, the folded portion returns to the original shape, and a distal end peripheral edge of the flap section contacts with a vehicle body panel at a passenger room side to define a sound absorbing closed space.
US08299361B2
A method for implementing audio connector interface conversion is provided in an embodiment of the present invention. The method includes installing a 4-pin jack of an audio connector inside a terminal device, and connecting the power end, signal end, and grounding end of an infrared interface on the terminal service control unit and the serial signal transmitting end, serial signal receiving end, power end, and grounding end on the terminal service control unit directly or through a logical circuit unit to the four connecting ends on the jack of the audio connector. In the technical scheme provided in an embodiment of the present invention, control and switching can be performed on the basis of the working mode, so that the electronic terminal device with an audio interface can use its audio interface to provide an infrared signal interface and a serial communication port.
US08299355B2
A solar cell including a quantum dot and an electron conductor, with a bifunctional ligand disposed between the quantum dot and the electron conductor. The bifunctional ligand molecule may include an electron conductor anchor that bonds to the electron conductor and a first quantum dot anchor that bonds to the quantum dot. A hole conductor such as a conductive polymer may include a second quantum dot anchor. In some instances, the first quantum dot may include selenium.
US08299353B2
A solar cell including a photovoltaic layer, a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, an insulating layer and a light-transparent conductive layer is provided. The photovoltaic layer has a first surface and a second surface. The first electrode layer having at least one gap is disposed on the first surface, wherein the at least one gap exposes a portion of the photovoltaic layer. The second electrode layer is disposed on the second surface. The insulating layer having a plurality of pores is located on the photovoltaic layer exposed by the at least one gap, wherein the holes expose a portion of the photovoltaic layer. The light-transparent conductive layer covers the insulating layer and is connected with the first electrode layer. The transparent electrode is connected with the photovoltaic layer through at least a part of the pores. A method of fabricating a solar cell is also provided.
US08299350B2
With the method for manufacturing the solar cell module 100 according to the present embodiment, the width W1 of the connection region C in which the wiring member 11 and the connecting electrode 40 are electrically connected is set to be larger than the substantially half of the width W2 of the wiring member 11 in the thermocompression bonding process of the wiring member 11 using the resin adhesive 12 including the particles 13 onto the principal surface of the solar cell 10.
US08299343B2
An ensemble of acoustic steelpan musical instruments, being an innovation which significantly improves upon traditional acoustic steelpan prior art. Improvements include an extension of note range across the assemblage of G-Pans, a substantial reduction in the number of steelpans required to effectively cover the steelpan musical range, the use of a compound design whereby individual component parts of the instrument, specifically the playing surface, chime, rear attachment, or skirt and the playing stick or mallet, are optimized for their specific function, the application of a variety of techniques for eliminating or reducing non-musical sympathetic vibrations, and the inclusion of a variety of mechanical and acoustic resonator designs to enhance optimally the sound projection of the aforementioned instrument.
US08299334B1
A soybean cultivar designated 02194504 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 02194504, to the plants of soybean cultivar 02194504, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 02194504, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 02194504. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 02194504. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 02194504, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 02194504 with another soybean cultivar.
US08299331B1
A novel soybean variety, designated XB28N10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB28N10, cells from soybean variety XB28N10, plants of soybean XB28N10, and plant parts of soybean variety XB28N10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB28N10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XB28N10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB28N10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB28N10 are further provided.
US08299326B1
The present invention is in the field of soybean cultivar 06JR207629 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean cultivar 06JR207629 and its progeny, and methods of making 06JR207629.
US08299323B2
Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated delta-endotoxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2, or the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, as well as variants thereof.
US08299311B2
A process for reacting an iso-pentane with an olefinic feedstock, comprising: a) partially converting one or more olefins in the olefinic feedstock with an ionic liquid catalyst to make a converted olefinic feedstock, wherein linear internal olefins remain unconverted; and b) alkylating the converted olefinic feedstock with the iso-pentane. A process, comprising: alkylating an iso-pentane with a converted olefinic feedstock comprising at least 5 wt % C5 olefins, wherein the C5 olefins in the converted olefinic feedstock are predominantly 2-pentene, to make a naphtha and a middle distillate, and wherein a formation of iso-butane during the alkylating is low. Also a process, comprising: a) partially converting an olefinic feedstock comprising at least 15 wt % iso-pentene to make a converted olefinic feedstock, wherein the iso-pentene is reduced and an amount of 2-pentene is retained; and b) alkylating the iso-pentane with the converted olefinic feedstock to make a naphtha and a middle distillate.
US08299308B2
A process for preparing a detergent alcohol mixture comprising the steps of providing one or more poly-branched poly-olefins, wherein the poly-branched poly-olefins must contain one non-branched terminal olefin and one or more additional branched olefins in the molecule; hydroformylating said poly-branched poly-olefins to produce a poly-branched olefin containing aldehyde product with one or more olefins or mixture thereof; reducing the aldehyde product of step (b) in the presence of hydrogen and a hydrogenation catalyst to form a poly-branched detergent alcohol mixture; and removing said poly-branched alcohol mixture from said catalyst and branched aldehydes, alcohols and surfactants produced from the products of this process.
US08299305B2
The present invention provides an efficient method for preparing atomoxetine in high yield. (R)-methylhydroxylaminopropanol compound of formula (II) in the present invention is used as an intermediate without the need for resolution processes.
US08299303B2
There is provided a process for producing a concentrated solution of quaternary ammonium hydroxide which is characterized in that quaternary ammonium hydroxide in a form of water-containing crystals or of an aqueous solution is mixed with a water-soluble organic solvent selected from the group consisting of glycol ether, glycol and triol and the resulting mixed solution is subjected to a thin-film distillation in vacuo so as to evaporate the low boiling material. In accordance with this process, a concentrated solution of quaternary ammonium hydroxide having low water content is able to be easily produced.
US08299302B2
The present invention relates to 4-cycloalkyl- or 4-aryl-substituted phenoxyphenylamidines of the general formula (I), to a process for their preparation, to the use of the amidines according to the invention for controlling unwanted microorganisms and also to a composition for this purpose, comprising the phenoxyphenylamidines according to the invention. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for controlling unwanted microorganisms by applying the compounds according to the invention to the microorganisms and/or their habitat.
US08299281B2
Provided are processes for making, and processes for using triglycerides as plasticizers. Mixed triglyceride plasticizers can be produced by recovery of linear or branched C4 to C13 aldehydes from a hydroformylation product, oxidation to the acid with oxygen and/or air, recovery of the resulting acid, and esterification with a crude glycerol, wherein the total carbon number of the triester groups is from 20 to 25 for greater than or equal to 45 wt % of the plasticizer. The product selectivity obtained from esterifying with crude glycerol is comparable to that of esterifying with pure glycerol. Such plasticizers can be phthalate-free and provide outstanding properties including a suitable melting or glass transition or pour point, low volatility, increased compatibility, and excellent low temperature properties in a range of polymeric resins.
US08299275B2
Catalytic processes for the production of carnosol from carnosic acid using hydrogen peroxide or a peracid are presented. The carnosic acid may be in pure form, in an impure form, part of a plant extract, or may be present in rosemary needles. The catalyst may be iron, iron salts, a minor amount of water, rosemary needles, or a mixture thereof.
US08299272B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing a fused ring compound, with which a fused ring compound that has excellent charge transport property and that has excellent solubility in solvents can be obtained efficiently. The method of the present invention for manufacturing a fused ring compound involves reacting a compound expressed by the following General Formula (1a) and a compound expressed by the following General Formula (1b) in the presence of an amine and a metal complex catalyst: (where Ar11 and Ar12 are each independently an atom group constituting an aromatic ring or a heterocyclic ring; X11 and X12 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, and at least one is a halogen atom; and R11 and R12 are each independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an alkylamino group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, or a cyano group, provided that at least one of R11 and R12 is not a hydrogen atom).
US08299271B2
This invention relates to DPP-IV inhibitory citrate or tartrate salts of pyrrolidinylaminoacetyl pyrrolidine boronic acid compounds that are physically and chemically stable, substantially non-deliquescent solids under ambient conditions.
US08299270B2
A gel-like or solid electrolyte containing (i) an electrolyte solution containing an electrolyte dissolved in an organic solvent, (ii) a lamellar clay mineral and/or an organically modified lamellar clay mineral and (iii) a polyvalent onium salt compound and a photoelectric transducer element and a dye-sensitized solar cell using the same.
US08299269B2
Nor-seco-type cucurbit[n]uril compounds and methylene bridged glycoluril oligomers are produced by reacting glycoluril and formaldehyde in strong organic or mineral acid at a temperature adequate to condense the reactants. These compounds are characterized by lacking —CH2— groups rendering their internal cavities more open and, for example, more responsive to guest compounds.
US08299265B2
This invention provides an anorectic or anti-obesity composition comprising a compound of the formula (I): a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein R1 is optionally substituted lower alkyl, Y is —S(O)n— wherein n is 1 or 2, or —CO—, R2 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, R7 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, X is lower alkylene, lower alkenylene, arylene, cycloalkylene or the like, and Z is lower alkyl, optionally substituted carbocyclyl, optionally substituted heterocyclyl or the like.
US08299259B2
4-(azacycloalkyl)benzene-1,3-diol compounds are described corresponding to general formula (I) below: Also described, are compositions including the same, processes for preparation thereof and uses thereof in pharmaceutical or cosmetic compositions to treat pigmentary disorders.
US08299257B2
Compounds of formula (I) or a salt thereof are provided: wherein R4, R5, R6, Q, A, Y and R are as defined in the description. Uses of the compounds as medicaments and in the manufacture of medicaments for treating psychotic disorders, cognitive impairments and Alzheimer's Disease are disclosed. The invention further discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds.
US08299256B2
The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), their use as PARP inhibitors as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, n, m and X have defined meanings.
US08299251B2
The invention offers a method of hydrogenating camptothecin in inert solvent in the presence of nickel catalyst, whereby selective hydrogenation of camptothecin can be very efficiently accomplished using the low-cost catalyst.
US08299244B1
A melamine derivative of Formula I and its preparing method are provided: wherein, R is the same with or different from each other and has the formula of R1 and R2 are independently selected from a group consisting of H, a halogen, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C15 alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C15 alkoxy, a substituted or unsubstituted C3-C15 cycloalkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C20 aryl, a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C20 aryloxy, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C15 unsaturated hydrocarbyl, a naphthol group, a phenanthrenol group, and a dicyclopentadiene group, with a proviso that R2 is not H; and m is 1 or 2.
US08299240B2
A method of producing a metal phthalocyanine compound, which contains: conducting a reaction between at least two compounds selected from among Compounds A to F of formula (I), and a metal compound, in a buffer solution of an organic base or an inorganic base and an acid, in the presence of a dehydrating agent: wherein R is a hydrogen atom or a substituent; l is an integer of 0 to 4; a plurality of Rs may be the same or different from each other when l is 2 to 4; and G is a group of atoms necessary for forming at least one of a 5- or 6-membered aromatic ring and a 5- or 6-membered hetero ring.
US08299232B2
A novel recombinant chimera of DNA construct having esat-6 region of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and kinesin region of Leishmania donovani cloned together on two sides of self cleaving peptide in a DNA vaccine vector pVAX-1 wherein the chimeric construct is operatively linked to a transcriptional promoter thus capable of self replication and expression within the mammalian cell, and the process of preparation thereof comprising: analysis of the predicted protein sequence of kinesin motor domain and esat-6 domain using Promiscuous MHC Class-1 Binding Peptide Prediction Servers; amplification of gene coding for kinesin motor domain and esat-6 domain; cloning of kinesin esat-6 gene region in pGEM-T™ vector for sequence analysis; generation of chimeric construct by directional cloning in pVAX-1 vector. In-vitro expression analysis of kinesin motor domain and esat-6 domain from the clones using cell free translation system and immunogenicity studies; and splenocyte proliferation and cytokines studies using the above mentioned constructs.
US08299227B2
The present invention relates to a method of immobilizing and stretching a nucleic acid on a silicon substrate, to nucleic acids and substrates prepared according to this method, to uses of the method and to uses of the nucleic acid and the substrate.
US08299224B2
The invention provides methods of purifying Rebaudioside D from the Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni plant extract along with Rebaudioside A. The methods are useful for producing high purity Rebaudioside D and Rebaudioside A. The high purity Rebaudiosides are useful as non-caloric sweeteners in edible and chewable compositions such as any beverages, confectionaries, bakeries, cookies, chewing gums, and alike.
US08299212B2
The present invention relates generally to tissue differentiation factor (TDF) analogs. More specifically, the invention relates to structure-based methods and compositions useful in designing, identifying, and producing molecules, which act as functional modulators of TDF-like receptors. The invention further relates to methods of detecting, preventing, and treating TDF-associated disorders.
US08299205B2
High-purity, acetone-soluble, absorbable components of medical devices are designed for optimum interfacing with human blood or the cell lining of a body cavity, and are formed of a crystalline, segmented l-lactide polyaxial copolymer structurally tailored to have certain molecular dimensions, thermal and physicomechanical properties, and solubility characteristics to allow their uses, optimally, as parts of vascular, urological, and post-surgical adhesion prevention devices.
US08299201B2
A one-component polyurethane composition includes at least one polyurethane prepolymer having terminal isocyanate groups which is prepared from at least one polyisocyanate and at least one polyol, and to at least one catalyst system which is obtainable from at least one bismuth compound and at least one aromatic nitrogen compound. The polyurethane composition may be used as an adhesive, sealant, coating or lining. Finally, catalysts for polyurethane compositions are disclosed which represent coordination compounds between bismuth and at least one aromatic nitrogen compound.
US08299198B2
The present invention provides a polysiloxane composition maintaining high transparency over a wide wavelength region and a wide temperature region and being excellent in heat resistance, low-dielectric characteristics, workability, and the like. A polysiloxane composition includes (A) a polysiloxane which is composed of a polysiloxane compound having a polyhedral skeleton having 6 to 24 Si atoms in its molecule and which has at least one alkenyl group bonded directly or indirectly to a Si atom constituting the polyhedral skeleton, (B) a polysiloxane having a hydrosilyl group, and (C) a hydrosilylation catalyst.
US08299196B2
An adhesive composition is provided comprising (A) a fluorinated amide compound containing at least two vinyl groups and having a polyfluoro structure, (B) a fluorinated organosilicon compound containing a fluorinated organic group, at least two SiH groups, and an alkyl, aryl or aralkyl group, and (C) a platinum catalyst, and (D) an organosiloxane containing a SiH group and an epoxy and/or trialkoxysilyl group. The composition is cured on brief heating into a product which achieves adhesion to various substrates and has solvent resistance, chemical resistance, heat resistance, low-temperature properties, low moisture permeability, electric insulation, and acid resistance.
US08299191B2
Disclosed herein are tunable shape memory polymers (SMP's) and methods for manufacturing the disclosed SMP's.
US08299187B1
An epoxy and rubber microcomposite is formed by adding a carboxy-terminated or amine-terminated rubber component having a glass transition temperature less than zero degrees centigrade to a bisphenol A based epoxy resin component; heating the mixture to 150 degrees centigrade; cooling and curing with a suitable curing agent. A phase segregation occurs between the epoxy resin component and the rubber component to form discrete, spherical rubbery domains with the epoxy compound. Because the glass transition temperature of the rubbery domains is below zero degrees centigrade; the rubbery domains act as acoustic windows within the high-modulus epoxy compound.
US08299180B2
The present invention is directed to compositions comprising a cellulose reactive functionalized polyvinylamine first adduct, compositions comprising combinations of the cellulose reactive functionalized polyvinylamine first adduct and cellulose reactive functionalized polyvinylamide second adduct, methods for preparing first adduct and second adduct blends and finally methods of increasing the wet or dry strength of paper by incorporation into the paper furnish or coating a paper or board with said adducts.
US08299177B2
The present invention provides for a composition that includes a hydrogenated styrenic block copolymer that has at least one block A and at least one block B, and about 10 to about 90 percent by weight of an styrene-isobutylene-styrene block copolymer. Each A is an monoalkenyl arene and each B block is a controlled distribution copolymer of at least one mono alkenyl arene and at least one conjugated diene, having the general formula A-EB/A-A and (A-EB/A)nX. Each B block comprises terminal regions adjacent to the A blocks that are rich in conjugated diene units and one or more regions not adjacent to the A blocks that are rich in mono alkenyl arene units. Oil-free compositions that result in the combination of low gaseous permeability, low thermal conductivity, strong vibration and sound attenuation, and optionally high levels of light transmission with relatively low haze values while maintaining melt flow rates suitable for easy processability are preferred.
US08299175B2
Disclosed is a method for preparing a thermoplastic resin with superior impact resistance, chemical resistance and processability as well as excellent gloss and whiteness. The method includes emulsion-polymerizing a conjugated diene compound monomer to prepare a rubber latex having an average particle diameter of 1,800 Å to 5,000 Å, a polymerization conversion ratio of at least 90% and a swelling index of 12 to 40, an average gel content of 70 to 95%, emulsion-polymerizing 45 to 75 parts by weight of the rubber latex with 17 to 40 parts by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound and 4 to 20 parts by weight of a vinyl cyanide compound to prepare a graft copolymer latex, and coagulating the graft copolymer latex with a coagulant at 60 to 80° C., and aging the graft copolymer latex at 80 to 99° C. to obtain a graft copolymer powder.
US08299169B2
A coating solution for obtaining sol-gel films, the coating solution being composed of a solid matter and a solvent, the solid matter including a silicon oxide oligomer obtained by subjecting an alkoxysilane to hydrolysis and polycondensation in an acid aqueous solution; the solvent including an organic solvent having a boiling point of 100° C. or higher and a viscosity of 3.5 mPa·s or lower and the aqueous acid solution, the number average molecular weight of the silicon oxide oligomer in terms of polystyrene being 500-4000, the content of the solid matter in the coating solution being 8-30 weight %, and the content of the silicon oxide oligomer in the solid matter being 10 weight % or greater.
US08299160B2
A resin composition including 30 to 90% by mass of polyamide (A), 70 to 10% by mass of glass fibers (B), a copper compound (C) and a halogenated compound (D), wherein polyamide (A) has a sum of a terminal carboxyl group concentration and a terminal amino group concentration of 100 milliequivalents/kg or more and 200 milliequivalents/kg or less, the terminal carboxyl group concentration being higher than the terminal amino group concentration; glass fibers (B) have a fiber diameter of 10 to 20 μm and a weight average fiber length of 5 to 30 mm; the content of copper based on polyamide (A) is 30 ppm or more and 200 ppm or less; and the molar ratio of halogen to copper (halogen/copper) is more than 5 and not more than 25.
US08299158B2
A polyester resin composition having an equivalent spherical diameter of 1 mm to 50 mm, a degree of crystallization of not less than 65% and less than 99%, an intrinsic viscosity of not more than 0.7 dl/g and a cyclic trimer content of not more than 0.4% by weight. This polymer resin composition has an excellent color tone, causes no significant viscosity lowering or viscosity rise, and can withstand a process which is exposed to a long-term thermal history. A polyester resin composition having a viscosity suitable for extrusion in a general-purpose manner, a production process thereof, and a polyester film are also provided.
US08299157B2
The invention discloses dispersions of preferably modified strontium carbonate in organic liquids, for example in alcohols, ketones or particularly methylene chloride. The dispersions are usable for the preparation of polymers which have reduced birefringence or no birefringence and are therefore suitable for optical applications.The powder obtainable after the removal of the organic liquid can surprisingly be converted back to a dispersion with little energy.
US08299153B2
A curable composition useful as a thermosetting binder, comprising a polycarboxy polymer or copolymer, a polyol, and, optionally, a phosphorous containing compound.
US08299142B2
The present invention provides an ink composition having excellent ink ejection stability and stretching property, curable with a high sensitivity by irradiation of radiation rays, and capable of forming an image excellent in rubfastness and blocking resistance, an inkjet recording method using the ink composition, and a printed article. The ink composition includes (a) a polymer having a siloxane structure and a polymerizable group on a side chain thereof, (b) a polymerizable compound, and (c) a photopolymerization initiator, and the inkjet recording method includes a step of ejecting the ink composition onto a recording medium to be recorded with an inkjet recording apparatus and a step of curing the ink composition by irradiating active radiation rays on the ejected ink composition.
US08299131B2
A process of preparing a silica sol is described. The process involves reacting a fresh sol with guanidine carbonate. The reaction may be conducted in the presence of a base (e. g. , sodium water glass), and at a pH of from 8 to 12. The process of the present invention may also include concentrating steps. The silica sol prepared by the method of the present invention has a BET surface area of greater than or equal to 100 m2/g, and contains from 0.05 to 15% by weight of gaunidinium ions, based on the total weight of the silica gel.
US08299122B2
A method for stabilizing retinoic acid is provided. The method includes a step of mixing retinoic acid with a hydrophobic polymer/hydrophilic polymer adduct in the presence of an oxygen containing atmosphere to form a retinoic acid containing composition. The hydrophobic polymer/hydrophilic polymer adduct comprises a poly(vinylpyrrolidone/alkylene) polymer and a polymer comprising repeating carboxylic acid groups, hydroxyl groups, or a mixture of carboxylic acid groups and hydroxyl groups. A retinoic acid containing composition and a method of using a retinoic acid containing composition are provided.
US08299115B2
Pyrrole-2-carboxamide derivatives, their polymorphs, stereoisomers, prodrugs, solvates, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and formulations thereof, beneficial for prophylaxis, management, treatment, control of progression, or adjunct treatment of diseases and/or medical conditions where the activation of glucokinase would be beneficial, are disclosed. The disclosure also provides process of preparation of these pyrrole-2-carboxamides.
US08299114B2
The disclosure relates to compounds of formula (I): wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, Y, n, A, and W are as defined in the disclosure, or a salt thereof, or a hydrate or solvate thereof, and to processes for the preparation of these compounds and the therapeutic use thereof.
US08299113B2
The present invention relates to substituted bicyclic tetrahydropyrrole compounds of general formula (I), methods for their preparation, medicaments comprising these compounds as well their use in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of humans and animals.
US08299112B2
Described herein are compounds that are estrogen receptor modulators. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the compounds described herein, as well as methods of using such estrogen receptor modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that are mediated or dependent upon estrogen receptors.
US08299109B2
Pharmaceutical formulations and methods for the topical or transdermal delivery of 1-isobutyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]-quinolin-4-amine or 1-(2-methylpropyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amine, i.e., imiquimod, to treat actinic keratosis with short durations of therapy, than currently prescribed for the commercially available ALDARA 5% imiquimod cream, as now approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”), are disclosed and described. More specifically, lower dosage strength imiquimod formulations to deliver an efficacious dose of imiquimod for treating actinic keratosis with an acceptable safety profile and dosing regimens that are short and more convenient for patient use than the dosing regimen currently approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) for ALDARA 5% imiquimod cream to treat actinic keratosis are also disclosed and described.
US08299106B2
The present invention relates to novel thiazole-substituted indolin-2-ones as inhibitors of CSCPK and related kinases; to methods of inhibiting cancer stem cells by using a kinase inhibitor; to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds; and to methods of using such compounds in the treatment of a protein kinase related disorder in a mammal; and to processes of making such compounds and intermediates thereof.
US08299105B2
Novel 1,2,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid compounds, methods of using and pharmaceutical compositions comprising an 1,2,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid derivative are disclosed. The methods include methods of treating or preventing a disease ameliorated by modulation of premature translation termination or nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, or ameliorating one or more symptoms associated therewith.
US08299101B2
The present invention relates to novel compounds, in particular novel pyridinone derivatives according to Formula (I) including any stereochemically isomeric form thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a solvate thereof, wherein all radicals are defined in the application and claims. The compounds according to the invention are positive allosteric modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptors subtype 2 (“mGluR2”) which are useful for the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved. In particular, such diseases are central nervous system disorders selected from the group of anxiety, schizophrenia, migraine, depression, and epilepsy. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions and processes to prepare such compounds and such compositions, as well as to the use of such compounds for the prevention and treatment of such diseases in which mGluR2 is involved.
US08299098B2
The present application describes the compound of formula (I): or stereoisomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. In addition, methods of treating and preventing inflammatory diseases such as asthma and allergic diseases, as well as autoimmune pathologies such as rheumatoid arthritis and arthrosclerosis using the compound of the invention are disclosed.
US08299093B2
Chemical compounds that disrupt retroviral assembly and maturation are presented herein. More particularly, this disclosure provides small molecule compounds that disrupt the formation and maturation of virus particles and methods of using such small molecules to treat HIV-1 infection.
US08299092B2
Derivatives of 2-phenyl-3-hydroxyquinoline-4(1H)-one of the general formula (II), where X represents a nitro group, amino group, and Y represents an atom of halogen, oxygen or sulphur substituted by C1 to C6 alkyl or phenyl group, whereby both the alkyl and phenyl group may be further substituted and the substituents may be identical or different, or by nitrogen substituted independently by hydrogen, C1 to C6 alkyl, C1 to C6 alkyl, which may be substituted among others by halogen, hydroxy, C1 to C4 alkoxy or C1 to C4 alkylamino group, or may form a saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic ring with 5 to 7 atoms, where the individual ring atoms comprise atoms of carbon, and any of the carbon atoms may be substituted by an atom of nitrogen, sulphur or oxygen, X and Y together form an imidazo group, or imidazo group substituted by C1 to C6 alkyl, which may be substituted among others by halogen, hydroxy, C1 to C4 alkoxy or C1 to C4 alkylamino group, CHO or acetylgroup, or a heterocyclic ring with 5 to 6 atoms, where the ring atoms may be further substituted. Methods of preparation of these compounds are described. In addition, their cytostatic, cytotoxic, antiproliferation and immunosuppressive activity is described including examples of their potential pharmacological and pharmaceutical utilization.
US08299087B2
The invention encompasses compounds having formula I and the compositions and methods using these compounds in the treatment of conditions in which modulation of the JAK pathway or inhibition of JAK kinases, particularly JAK3, are therapeutically useful.
US08299080B2
The invention discloses quinoxaline derivatives or salts thereof having PDE9-inhibiting activity and being useful as treating agent of dysuria and the like, which are represented by the formula (I) in the formula, R1 and R2 each independently stands for hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, acyl, amino and the like, R3 stands for alkyl, aryl, saturated carbocyclic group, saturated heterocyclic group, acyl and the like, R4 stands for hydrogen, hydroxy, alkyl or amino, R5 and R8 each independently stands for hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, cyano or nitro, R6 and R7 each independently stands for hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, cyano, amino, carbocyclic group, heterocyclic group, COR9 or SO2R9, R9 stands for hydrogen, hydroxy, alkyl, amino, pyrrolidin-1-yl, piperidin-1-yl, pyperazin-1-yl or the like, X stands for S or O, and A1, A2 and A3 each independently stands for N or C.
US08299078B2
T cell lymphoma is treated by administering to a patient suffering from T cell lymphoma a therapeutically effective amount of 10-propargyl-10-deazaaminopterin. Remission is observed in human patients, even with drug resistant T cell lymphoma at weekly dosages levels as low as 30 mg/m2. In general, the 10-propargyl-10-deazaaminopterin is administered in an amount of from 30 to 275 mg/m2 per dose.
US08299072B2
The present invention relates to pyrazolylmethylamine-piperazine derivatives and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts effective as calcium channel modulators and a method of manufacturing the same. The present invention also relates to the medicinal use of the above compounds as therapeutic treatment of diseases due to their effect as calcium channel modulators.
US08299071B2
The present invention relates to pyridine derivatives of the general formula (I) and their use as openers of the KCNQ family potassium ion channels for the treatment of CNS disorders.
US08299070B2
Provided is an agent for the treatment or prophylaxis of inflammatory diseases, allergic diseases, autoimmune diseases, transplant rejection or the like.A compound represented by the following formula [I] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof: wherein each symbol is as described in the specification.
US08299065B2
Compound of formula (I) have antibacterial activity: wherein: m is 0 or 1; Q is hydrogen or cyclopropyl; AIk is an optionally substituted, divalent C1-C6 alkylene, alkenylene or alkynylene radical which may contain an ether (—O—), thioether (—S—) or amino (—NR)— link, wherein R is hydrogen, —CN or C1-C3 alkyl; X is —C(═O)NR6—, or —C(═O)O— wherein R6 is hydrogen, optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl or C2-C6 alkynyl; Z1 is —N═ or —CH═Z2 is —N═ or —C(R1)═; R1 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, ethenyl, ethynyl, methoxy, mercapto, mercaptomethyl, halo, fully or partially fluorinated (C1-C2)alkyl, (C1-C2JaIkoxy or (C1-C2)alkylthio, nitro, or nitrile (—CN); R2 is a group Q1-[Alk1]q-Q2-, wherein q is 0 or 1; AIk1 is an optionally substituted, divalent, straight chain or branched C1-C6 alkylene, or C2-C6 alkenylene or C2-C6 alkynylene radical which may contain or terminate in an ether (—O—), thioether (—S—) or amino (—NR)— link; Q2 is an optionally substituted divalent monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic radical having 5 or 6 ring atoms or an optionally substituted divalent bicyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic radical having 9 or 10 ring atoms; Q1 is hydrogen, an optional substituent, or an optionally substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic radical having 3-7 ring atoms.
US08299064B2
The present invention provides a fused polycyclic compound of the following formula, analogues thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; and agents for increasing the sugar-transporting capacity, hypoglycemic agents and pharmaceutical compositions containing the above compounds. This fused polycyclic compound has high medicinal properties and few side-effects, and a therapeutic effect on diabetes. wherein R represents an alkoxy group, R′ represents an oxazolylpropionyl group or a thiazolylpropionyl group, and R″ represent a hydrogen atom.
US08299063B2
The present invention pertains generally to the field of therapeutic compounds. More specifically the present invention pertains to certain amido-thiophene compounds that, inter alia, inhibit 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11β-HSD1). The present invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions, both in vitro and in vivo, to inhibit 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1; to treat disorders that are ameliorated by the inhibition of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1; to treat the metabolic syndrome, which includes disorders such as type 2 diabetes and obesity, and associated disorders including insulin resistance, hypertension, lipid disorders and cardiovascular disorders such as ischaemic (coronary) heart disease; to treat CNS disorders such as mild cognitive impairment and early dementia, including Alzheimer's disease; etc.
US08299062B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for preventing, treating or reversing neuronal dysfunction in a mammal resulting from exposure to organophosphate nerve agents, organophosphate insecticides and incapacitating agents of the central nervous system (CNS); CNS injury, including traumatic brain injury, neurologic complications of cardiac surgery, perinatal asphyxia, and stroke, spinal cord injury, and peripheral nerve injury; and neuronal disorders associated with the loss of motor function including post-polio syndrome, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, Parkinson's disease and Rett syndrome; neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment and schizophrenia; and cognitive impairment associated with aging. The compositions of the invention preferably comprise in effective amounts (a) at least one acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, (b) at least one compound with anticholinergic properties or both anticholinergic and antiglutamatergic properties, (c) optionally an anticonvulsive compound, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US08299046B2
The present invention concerns methods for stimulating the growth and repair of bone and cartilage using synthetic triterpenoids and tricyclic-bis-enones. Examples of suitable triterpenoids include CDDO, CDDO-Me, CDDO-Im, and CDDO-Ethylamide. Examples of tricyclic-bis-enones include TBE-31 and TBE-34.
US08299041B2
Disclosed herein are compounds, compositions and methods for modulating the expression of ACC1 or ACC2 or both in a cell, tissue or animal. Also provided are uses of disclosed compounds and compositions in the manufacture of a medicament for treatment of diseases and disorders.
US08299039B2
Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of growth hormone receptor and/or insulin like growth factor-I (IGF-I). The compositions comprise oligonucleotides, targeted to nucleic acid encoding growth hormone receptor. Methods of using these compounds for modulation of growth hormone receptor expression and for diagnosis and treatment of disease associated with expression of growth hormone receptor and/or insulin-like growth factor-I are provided. Diagnostic methods and kits are also provided.
US08299035B2
A 10a-azalide compound having a 4-membered ring structure crosslinked at the 10a- and 12-positions, which is represented by the formula (I), and is effective on even Haemophilus influenzae, or erythromycin resistant bacteria (e.g., resistant pneunococci and streptococci).
US08299033B2
Methods of treating glioblastoma and pancreatic cancer are provided by the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a iodo-hexose compound to a subject in need thereof. The subject disclosure includes methods of treating glioblastoma and pancreatic cancer comprising the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a 2-deoxy-2-iodo-D-hexose compound including 2-deoxy-2-iodo-D-mannose, 2-deoxy-2-iodo-D-glucose, 2-deoxy-2-iodo-D-galactose, and/or 2-deoxy-2-iodo-D-talose to a subject in need thereof.
US08299030B2
The invention relates to new peptide-based compounds for use as diagnostic imaging agents or as therapeutic agents wherein the agents comprise targeting vectors which bind to integrin receptors.
US08299028B2
The chimeric polypeptide R3(BΔ23-27)R/I5 is described, which is a high-affinity antagonist for GPCR1 35 and GPCR1 42 over LGR7.
US08299021B2
The embodiments provide compounds of the general Formulae I through general Formula VIII, as well as compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, comprising a subject compound. The embodiments further provide treatment methods, including methods of treating a hepatitis C virus infection and methods of treating liver fibrosis, the methods generally involving administering to an individual in need thereof an effective amount of a subject compound or composition.
US08299015B2
The present invention relates to a compound which is a polysaccharide derivative of GCSF, or of a GCSF like protein, wherein the polysaccharide is anionic and comprises between 2 and 200 saccharide units. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the novel compounds, and methods for making the novel compounds.
US08299007B2
A method of improving air release is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining a lubricant comprising two base stocks. The first base stock comprises a viscosity greater than 100 cSt, Kv100° C. The second base stock comprises a viscosity less than 10 cSt, Kv100° C. In addition, a lubricant formulation and method of blending a lubricant formulation is also disclosed. The lubricant formulation comprises at least two base stocks. At least 5 percent and no more than 90 percent of a first base stock comprising oil with a viscosity greater than 300 cSt, Kv100° C. At least 5 percent and no more than 90 percent of a second base stock comprising oil with a viscosity less than 10 cSt, Kv100° C.
US08299004B2
A hydraulic fluid of the present invention contains, as a base oil, an ester having two or more ring structures, the two or more ring structures being at least one selected from an aromatic ring and a saturated naphthenic ring. Particularly, the hydraulic fluid contains an ester having two or more aromatic rings as the base oil. The hydraulic fluid has low energy loss due to compression and exhibits excellent responsiveness when being used in a hydraulic circuit. Consequently, the hydraulic fluid realizes energy-saving, high-speed operation and high precision of control in the hydraulic circuit.
US08298999B2
The invention aims at providing a hard coating film excellent in lubrication characteristics; a process for the formation thereof; and tools for the plastic working of metal, and provides a hard coating film covering the surface of a substrate to come into contact with other member, wherein carbon atoms having carbon-carbon bonds are present in an amount of 10 at % or above. It is preferable that the hard coating film contain titanium carbide, while it is preferable to form a titanium nitride coating layer between the surface of the substrate and the hard coating film. The invention also provides a process for the formation of a hard coating film on the surface of a substrate by arc ion plating which comprises introducing a hydrocarbon gas during the arc ion plating with a metal target and which makes it possible to form on the surface of a substrate a coating film where carbon atoms having carbon-carbon bonds are present in an amount of 10 at % or above. It is preferable that prior to the introduction of a hydrocarbon gas, nitrogen gas be introduced to form a metal nitride layer on the surface of the substrate. Further, the invention provides tools for the plastic working of metal whose working surfaces are covered with the hard coating film.
US08298994B2
The invention relates to 1-(3-diazinyl)pyrazol-4-ylacetic acid derivatives of the general formula (I) and salts thereof in which Het, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and n are as defined in the specification. The compounds (I) and their salts are suitable as herbicides and plant growth regulators, in particular as herbicides for the selective control of harmful plants in crops of useful plants, and can be prepared by processes as described in the specification.
US08298986B2
Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure, among others, include carbon dioxide (CO2) sorption structures, methods of making CO2 sorption structures, and methods of using CO2 sorption structures.
US08298979B2
A sol of the present invention is a sol comprising zirconium oxalate compound as a dispersoid, wherein a mol ratio of oxalic acid to Zr (oxalic acid/Zr) is from 1.2 to 3 and a particle diameter D50 of the dispersoid is from 10 to 100 nm. This sol is produced by adding oxalic acid to a dispersion liquid of zirconium hydroxide, and the addition of oxalic acid is carried out in twice.
US08298974B2
An optical glass having a high refractive index (particularly preferably a refractive index of 1.6 or more), low dispersion (an Abbe number of 45 or more), a low deformation point, and improved resistance to devitrification upon molding, and suitable for precision-mold press molding or other molding processes and also suitable for transfer of a fine structure is provided. The optical glass contains 1.0-4.5 wt. % SiO2, 30.5-50.0 wt. % B2O3, 1.1-8.0 wt. % Li2O, 10.1-19.5 wt. % BaO, 15.5-30.0 wt. % ZnO, 3.0-15.0 wt. % Y2O3, and 10.0-19.5 wt. % La2O3.
US08298960B2
A plasma etching method, for plasma-etching a target substrate including at least a film to be etched, an organic film to become a mask of the to-be-etched film, and a Si-containing film which are stacked in order from bottom, includes the first organic film etching step, the treatment step and the second organic film etching step when the organic film is etched to form a mask pattern of the to-be-etched film. In the first organic film etching step, a portion of the organic film is etched. In the treatment step, the Si-containing film and the organic film are exposed to plasma of a rare gas after the first organic film etching step. In the second organic film etching step, the remaining portion of the organic film is etched after the treatment step.
US08298949B2
A method of forming spacers from a non-silicon oxide, silicon containing spacer layer with horizontal surfaces and sidewall surfaces over a substrate is provided. A plasma oxidation treatment is provided to form a silicon oxide coating over the spacer layer, wherein the silicon oxide coating provides a horizontal coating on the horizontal surfaces and sidewall coatings on the sidewall surfaces of the spacer layer. An anisotropic main etch that selectively etches horizontal surfaces of the spacer layer and silicon oxide coating with respect to sidewall surfaces of the spacer layer and the sidewall coatings of the silicon oxide coating is provided. The spacer layer is etched, wherein the sidewall coatings of the silicon oxide coating protect sidewall surfaces of the spacer layer.
US08298948B2
A method for capping lines includes forming a metal film layer on a copper line by a selective deposition process, the copper line disposed in a dielectric substrate, wherein the depositing also results in the deposition of stray metal material on the surface of the dielectric substrate, and etching with an isotropic etching process to remove a portion of the metal film layer and the stray metal material on the surface of the dielectric substrate, wherein the metal film layer is deposited at an initial thickness sufficient to leave a metal film layer cap remaining on the copper line following the removal of the stray metal material.
US08298947B2
A semiconductor device has a chip (101) with gold studs (212) assembled on a tape substrate (102), which has solder balls (103) for attachment to external parts. The tape substrate (about 30 to 70 μm thick) has on its first surface first copper contact pads (221) covered with a continuous thin nickel layer (222) of about 0.04 to 0.12 μm thickness. Gold including stud (212) is contacting the nickel. On the second substrate surface are second copper contact pads (231) covered with an alloy layer (about 2 to 3 μm thick) including gold, copper/tin alloys, and copper/nickel/tin alloys; the alloys are metallurgically attached to the second copper pad and substantially free of unalloyed nickel. A reflow body (103) comprising tin is metallurgically attached to the alloy layer of each second pad.
US08298944B1
A method of fabricating through silicon via (TSV) die includes depositing a first dielectric layer on a substrate that includes a plurality of TSV die. The TSV die have a topside including active circuitry, a bottomside, and a plurality of TSVs including an inner metal core that reaches from the topside to protruding TSV tips that extend out from the bottomside. The first dielectric layer covers the TSV tips. A portion of the first dielectric layer is removed to expose the TSV tips. At least one metal layer is deposited on the TSV tips to form metal caps on the TSV tips to provide metal capped TSV tips. A second dielectric layer is deposited on the bottomside of the substrate to cover the metal capped TSV tips. A portion of the second dielectric layer is removed to expose a portion of the metal capped TSV tips.
US08298936B1
Metal seed layers are deposited on a semiconductor substrate having recessed features by a method that involves at least three operations. In this method, a first layer of metal is deposited onto the substrate to cover at least the bottom portions of the recessed features. The first layer of metal is subsequently redistributed to improve sidewall coverage of the recessed features. Next, a second layer of metal is deposited on at least the field region of the substrate and on the bottom portions of the recessed features. The method can be implemented using a PVD apparatus that allows deposition and resputtering operations. This sequence of operations can afford seed layers with improved step coverage. It also leads to decreased formation of voids in interconnects, and to improved resistance characteristics of formed IC devices.
US08298926B2
A method for making a silicon wafer includes the steps of generating and stabilizing embryos that become oxygen precipitates by succeeding thermal annealing applied during a semiconductor device manufacturing process. In the silicon wafer, embryos are substantially removed in a denuded zone, and embryos are distributed at a relatively higher concentration in a bulk region. Also, by controlling behaviors of embryos, a silicon wafer having a desired concentration profile of oxygen precipitates by succeeding thermal annealing is manufactured with high reliability and reproducibility.
US08298918B2
A method for manufacturing a light emitting device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes preparing a growth substrate; selectively forming a projection pattern on the growth substrate; forming a first conductive type semiconductor layer on the growth substrate and the projection pattern; forming an active layer on the first conductive type semiconductor layer; forming a second conductive type semiconductor layer on the active layer; and executing an isolation etching for selectively removing the first conductive type semiconductor layer, the active layer, and the second conductive type semiconductor layer including the projection pattern.
US08298913B2
Devices having gate-to-gate isolation structures and methods of manufacture are provided. The method includes forming a plurality of trenches in a pad film to form raised portions. The method further includes depositing a hard mask in the trenches and over the upper pad film. The method further includes forming a plurality of fins including the raised portions and a second plurality of fins including the hard mask deposited in the trenches, each of which are separated by a deep trench. The method further includes removing the hard mask on the plurality of fins including the raised portions and the second plurality of fins resulting in a dual height fin array. The method further includes forming gate electrodes within each deep trench between each fin of the dual height fin array, burying the second plurality of fins and abutting sides of the plurality of fins including the raised portions. The plurality of fins including the raised portions electrically and physically isolate adjacent gate electrode of the gate electrodes.
US08298910B2
Provided is a method for fabricating a semiconductor device, including forming an interconnect structure including first and second interconnects and an insulating material between the first and second interconnects, forming a first mask layer and a second mask layer having a plurality of micropores sequentially on the interconnect structure, coalescing the plurality of micropores in the second mask layer with each other and forming a plurality of first microholes in the second mask layer, forming a plurality of second microholes in the first mask layer using the plurality of first microholes, and removing the insulating material using the first mask layer with the plurality of second microholes as an etch mask so as to form an air-gap between the first and second interconnects.
US08298906B2
A trench decoupling capacitor is formed using RIE lag of a through silicon via (TSV) etch. A method includes etching a via trench and a capacitor trench in a wafer in a single RIE process. The via trench has a first depth and the capacitor trench has a second depth less than the first depth due to RIE lag.
US08298898B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes forming a gate insulating film and a gate electrode on a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; forming a first drain region by implanting at a first predetermined dosage a first impurity of a second conductivity type corresponding to an opposite conductivity type with respect to the first conductivity type at a region of the semiconductor substrate in the vicinity of an end portion of the gate electrode; forming a second drain region substantially within the first drain region by implanting a second impurity of the second conductivity type at a second dosage that is greater than the first dosage; and forming a drain contact region within the second drain region by implanting a third impurity of the second conductivity type at a third dosage that is greater than the second dosage.
US08298893B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is disclosed, which reduces a step difference between a peripheral region and a cell region. In the semiconductor device, a metal contact of the peripheral region is configured in a multi-layered structure. Prior to forming a bit line and a storage node contact in the cell region, a contact and a line are formed in the peripheral region, such that a step difference between the cell region and the peripheral region is reduced, resulting in a reduction in parasitic capacitance between lines.
US08298890B1
A semiconductor memory element is described, including a substrate including a source region, a drain region, and a channel region, a tunnel oxide over the channel region of the substrate, a charge storage layer over the tunnel oxide, a charge blocking layer over the charge storage layer, and a control gate over the charge blocking layer. The charge blocking layer further includes a first layer including a transition metal oxide, a second layer including a metal silicate, a third layer including the transition metal oxide of the first layer.
US08298883B2
A method of forming a photoresist burr edge and a method of manufacturing an array substrate are provided in the present invention. The method of manufacturing an array substrate comprises: forming a gate line and a gate electrode on a substrate; forming a data line, a source electrode, a drain electrode and a TFT channel region without removing the photoresist on the data line, the source electrode and the drain electrode; depositing a passivation layer; removing the remained photoresist and the passivation layer thereon by a lifting-off process; applying a photoresist layer; forming a photoresist burr edge of peak shape; depositing a transparent conductive film; forming a pixel electrode by a lifting-off process, wherein the pixel electrode is directly connected with the drain electrode.
US08298881B2
In one embodiment, a method of providing a nanowire semiconductor device is provided, in which the gate structure to the nanowire semiconductor device has a trapezoid shape. The method may include forming a trapezoid gate structure surrounding at least a portion of a circumference of a nanowire. The first portion of the trapezoid gate structure that is in direct contact with an upper surface of the nanowire has a first width and a second portion of the trapezoid gate structure that is in direct contact with a lower surface of the nanowire has a second width. The second width of the trapezoid gate structure is greater than the first width of the trapezoid gate structure. The exposed portions of the nanowire that are adjacent to the portion of the nanowire that the trapezoid gate structure is surrounding are then doped to provide source and drain regions.
US08298880B2
Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, which may include (a) forming a coating film on a substrate by applying a coating liquid including a polymer conductive material dissolved in an insulating solvent on the substrate after the step (a); (b) heat-treating the coating film; and (c) forming, before or after the steps (a) and (b), a gate electrode on the substrate. Herein, a surface layer portion is an insulating layer, and an inner layer portion is an organic semiconductor layer, and the surface layer portion and the inner layer portion are formed separate from each other to allow the surface layer portion and the inner layer portion to be used as a gate insulating film and a channel of a field-effect transistor, respectively.
US08298869B2
The method for producing a resin package according to the present invention includes a step of forming a copper oxide layer by oxidizing the surface of a lead frame in which at least the surface is made of copper, and a step of forming a resin package main unit by allowing a resin to adhere to the copper oxide layer on the lead frame surface by resin molding for package, and then removing a predetermined area of the copper oxide layer with an acidic solution.
US08298863B2
A method for assembling die packages includes attaching contacts on a first side of a plurality of first die to substrate pads on a top surface of a composite carrier. The composite carrier includes a package substrate including at least one embedded metal layer having its bottom surface secured to a semiconductor wafer. The composite carrier minimizes effects of the CTE mismatch between the die and the package substrate during assembly reduces warpage of the die. After the attaching, the semiconductor wafer is removed from the package substrate. Electrically conductive connectors are attached to the bottom surface of the package substrate, and the package substrate is sawed to form a plurality of singulated die packages.
US08298859B2
There is a need for providing a technology capable of decreasing on-resistance of a power transistor in a semiconductor device that integrates the power transistor and a control integrated circuit into a single semiconductor chip. There is another need for providing a technology capable of reducing a chip size of a semiconductor device. A semiconductor chip includes a power transistor formation region to form a power transistor, a logic circuit formation region to form a logic circuit, and an analog circuit formation region to form an analog circuit. A pad is formed in the power transistor formation region. The pad and a lead are connected through a clip whose cross section is larger than that of a wire. On the other hand, a bonding pad is connected through the wire.
US08298858B2
An object is to increase field effect mobility of a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor. Another object is to stabilize electrical characteristics of the thin film transistor. In a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer, a semiconductor layer or a conductive layer having higher electrical conductivity than the oxide semiconductor is formed over the oxide semiconductor layer, whereby field effect mobility of the thin film transistor can be increased. Further, by forming a semiconductor layer or a conductive layer having higher electrical conductivity than the oxide semiconductor between the oxide semiconductor layer and a protective insulating layer of the thin film transistor, change in composition or deterioration in film quality of the oxide semiconductor layer is prevented, so that electrical characteristics of the thin film transistor can be stabilized.
US08298857B2
A single-photon avalanche detector is disclosed that is operable at wavelengths greater than 1000 nm and at operating speeds greater than 10 MHz. The single-photon avalanche detector comprises a thin-film resistor and avalanche photodiode that are monolithically integrated such that little or no additional capacitance is associated with the addition of the resistor.
US08298856B2
A reverse p-n junction solar cell device and methods for forming the reverse p-n junction solar cell device are described. A variety of n-p junction and reverse p-n junction solar cell devices and related methods of manufacturing are provided. N-intrinsic-p junction and reverse p-intrinsic-n junction solar cell devices are also described.
US08298855B2
A photoelectric conversion device comprising: a semiconductor substrate; an inorganic photoelectric conversion layer provided within the semiconductor substrate; and an organic photoelectric conversion layer provided above the inorganic photoelectric conversion layer, wherein the organic photoelectric conversion layer is prepared by a shadow mask method.
US08298847B2
Embodiments of MEMS devices include support structures having substantially vertical sidewalls. Certain support structures are formed through deposition of self-planarizing materials or via a plating process. Other support structures are formed via a spacer etch. Other MEMS devices include support structures at least partially underlying a movable layer, where the portions of the support structures underlying the movable layer include a convex sidewall. In further embodiments, a portion of the support structure extends through an aperture in the movable layer and over at least a portion of the movable layer.
US08298844B2
A method of manufacturing an organic thin film pattern, the method including: forming a dummy organic thin film on a substrate; radiating light on the dummy organic thin film pattern the dummy organic thin film; forming a main organic thin film, having a sublimation temperature is higher than that of the dummy organic thin film, on the substrate and the patterned dummy organic thin film; and heating patterned the dummy organic thin film and the main organic thin film, to sublimate the dummy organic thin film and thereby pattern the main organic thin film.
US08298843B2
An array substrate includes first and second lines on a substrate and formed of a metallic material; a gate electrode connected to the first line; a gate insulating layer on the first and second lines and the gate electrode and including a groove exposing the substrate and positioned between the first and second lines; a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer and corresponding to the gate electrode; a data line crossing the first and second lines and on the gate insulating layer; a source electrode connected to the data line; a drain electrode spaced apart from the source electrode; a passivation layer on the data line, the source electrode and the drain electrode and including an opening, the opening exposing the gate insulating layer and the drain electrode; and a pixel electrode positioned on the gate insulating layer and in the opening and contacting the drain electrode.
US08298839B2
There is provided a thin film active element including a light-permeable substrate, a light-shielding source/drain electrode formed on the substrate, a light-permeable source/drain electrode formed on a plane surface to which the light-shielding source/drain electrode belongs, and disposed to have a gap interposed between the light-shielding source/drain electrode and the light-permeable source/drain electrode, a channel layer formed in the gap between the light-shielding source/drain electrode and the light-permeable source/drain electrode, and a gate electrode applying an electric field to the channel layer formed in the gap.
US08298836B2
Disclosed is an isolated polynucleotide encoding a modified Fab' antibody, which includes an Fd chain and an L chain with the Fd chain including a CH1 region and the L chain including a CL region, wherein the modified Fab' antibody further includes a cysteine for binding to a fluorescent dye, and the polynucleotide includes an Fd chain coding region and an L chain coding region linked therebetween in a manner that will allow expression of the modified Fab' antibody. Also disclosed are an expression vector containin the isolated polynucleotide, an isolated transformed host cell containing the expression vector, and a cell culture including the transformed host cell.
US08298835B2
The present invention identifies biomarkers that are diagnostic of nerve cell injury, organ injury, and/or neuronal disorders. Detection of different biomarkers of the invention are also diagnostic of the degree of severity of nerve injury, the cell(s) involved in the injury, and the subcellular localization of the injury.
US08298829B2
A method for determining a time of elution of a peptide of interest from a liquid chromatography column includes a step of obtaining chromatographic data for each of a plurality of candidate fragment ions of the peptide of interest. A time along a common chromatographic time is scale determined corresponding to maximum overlay of the ion signals measured for each of the plurality of candidate fragment ions. Finally, the determined time is assigned as the time of elution of the peptide of interest from the liquid chromatography column. In particular, the chromatographic data is acquired during selective reaction monitoring of an eluate from the liquid chromatography column containing the peptide of interest. The chromatographic data includes ion signals measured along the common chromatographic time scale for each of the plurality of candidate fragment ions.
US08298827B2
A method for analyzing a metallic material includes the steps of electrolyzing a metal sample in an electrolyte; removing the electrolyzed metal sample from the electrolyte; immersing the metal sample removed from the electrolyte into a dispersive solution that is different from the electrolyte to separate at least one selected from the group consisting of a precipitate and an inclusion deposited on the metal sample; and analyzing the at least one selected from the group consisting of a precipitate and an inclusion extracted into the dispersive solution.
US08298826B2
This invention relates to a process for producing a Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) encoding a heterologous gene, which process comprises infecting a host cell with a first vector which is capable of producing SIV capsid and a second vector comprising a Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 2 (HIV-2) packaging signal sufficient to package the second vector in the SIV capsid and a heterologous gene capable of being expressed by the vector; and culturing the host cell.
US08298822B2
Disclosed is a method for forming epithelial cells. Said method comprises the steps of aggregating stem cells from differentiated exocrine gland tissue to obtain an organoid body and differentiating at least one portion of the organoid body or a tissue body grown therefrom to obtain epithelial cells. Also disclosed is a cultivation device, particularly for forming differential epithelial cells.
US08298819B2
The present invention aims to provide novel vectors for plant transformation.The vectors of the present invention are cosmid vectors having a full length of 15 kb or less characterized in that: 1) they contain an origin of replication of an IncP plasmid, but do not contain any origin of replication of other plasmid groups; 2) they contain the trfA1 gene of an IncP plasmid; 3) they contain an oriT of an IncP plasmid; 4) they contain the incC1 gene of an IncP plasmid; 5) they contain a cos site of lambda phage and the cos site is located outside the T-DNA; 6) they contain a drug resistance gene expressed in E. coli and a bacterium of the genus Agrobacterium; 7) they contain a T-DNA right border sequence of a bacterium of the genus Agrobacterium; 8) they contain a T-DNA left border sequence of a bacterium of the genus Agrobacterium; 9) they contain a selectable marker gene for plant transformation located between 7) and 8) and expressed in a plant; and 10) they contain restriction endonuclease recognition site(s) located between 7) and 8) for cloning a foreign gene.
US08298815B2
Systems and methods of sample processing and temperature control are disclosed. The invention may especially relate to temperature control, and may in some embodiments be methods of temperature control of an automated sample processing system and methods of automated sample processing. Specifically, the present invention provides temperature control in relation to sample processing systems and methods of processing samples, and in some embodiments provides temperature control in relation to sample carriers and processing materials such as reagents. Corresponding systems and devices are disclosed, including sample processing systems (1), sample carrier temperature regulation systems (60), reagent temperature regulation systems, sample processing control systems, and temperature regulation devices, among other embodiments. Scientific fields to which the present invention may have particular applicability include immunohistochemistry, in-situ hybridization, fluorescent in-situ hybridization, special staining, such as special staining of histological samples, microarray sample processing, and cytology, as well as potentially other chemical and biological applications.
US08298814B1
A method for the degradation of polycyclic aromatic compounds is disclosed that involves dissolving ozone in a bipolar solvent comprising a non-polar solvent in which is of sufficiently non-polar character to solubilized the polycyclic aromatic compounds, and a polar-water-compatible solvent which is fully miscible with the non-polar solvent to form a single phase with the non-polar solvent. The bipolar solvent with dissolved ozone is contacted with the polycyclic aromatic compounds to solubilize the polycyclic aromatic compounds and react the dissolved polycyclic aromatic compounds with the ozone to degrade the dissolved polycyclic aromatic compounds to oxygenated intermediates. The bipolar solvent is then mixed with sufficient water to form separate non-polar and polar phases, the non-polar phase comprising the non-polar solvent and the polar phase comprising the non-polar solvent and the oxygenated intermediates. The polar phase is then diluted and incubated with bacteria to biodegrade the oxygenated intermediates.
US08298809B2
A method of making a hardened elongate structure, including growing a live mycelium mat having branching hyphae. The live mycelium mat is layered to form a multi-layered structure. The hyphae are allowed to grow inward into the multi-layered structure such that the hyphae are interwoven throughout the multi-layered structure. The multi-layered structure is cured to terminate mycelium growth.
US08298805B2
The invention provides a packaging (incorporation) signal for influenza virus vectors, and methods of using the signal to transmit and maintain influenza viral and foreign nucleic acid in virus and cells.
US08298804B2
The present invention relates to isolated structures containing degradative enzymes produced from a marine organism. The enzymes produced are based on the carbon source upon which the marine organism is growing. The enzymes are found in structures that can be isolated such that the degradative enzymes are easily harvested.
US08298792B2
Four-color DNA sequencing by synthesis using cleavable fluorescent nucleotide reversible terminators
This invention provides a process for sequencing single-stranded DNA employing modified nucleotides.
US08298790B2
Disclosed is a method for coexpressing IL-12 (interleukin-12) and IL-23 (interleukin-23), which comprises the steps of: (a) preparing vectors comprising monocistronic expression constructs of each of nucleotide sequences encoding the p35 subunit, the p40 subunit and the p19 subunit, or preparing a vector comprising a polycistronic expression construct of nucleotide sequences encoding the p35 subunit, the p40 subunit and the p19 subunit; (b) transforming the expression constructs into a host cell; and (c) culturing the transformed host cell to obtain IL-12 and IL-23, a vector for coexpressing IL-12 and IL-23, and a pharmaceutical anti-tumor composition comprising the vectors.
US08298782B2
The present invention relates to a new method for reversible staining and functional isolation or characterization of cells, e.g. antigen-specific T cells. With this technique, the original functional status of cells can be substantially maintained after their identification and purification. Thus, this new method is of broad benefit for basic research and clinical applications.
US08298781B2
The present invention relates to the characterization of odorant receptors. In particular, the present invention relates to the OR7D4 proteins and nucleic acids encoding OR7D4 proteins and cell systems for screening for modulators of OR7D4 receptors. The present invention further provides assays for the detection of OR7D4 polymorphisms and mutations associated with altered olfactory sensation states, as well as methods of screening for therapeutic agents, ligands, and modulators of OR7D4 receptors.
US08298779B2
The invention involves assays, diagnostics, kits, and assay components for determining levels of K41-glycated CD59 in subjects. Treatments for subjects based upon levels of K41-glycated CD59 also are provided.
US08298775B2
The present invention relates to a method for quantifying protein tyrosine phosphatase (referred as PTP hereinafter) in biosamples, precisely a diagnostic method for disease by quantifying PTP using mass spectrometry and profiling of comparative PTP levels. By quantifying PTP in biosamples and profiling thereof according to the method of the present invention, disease can be diagnosed and diverse disease conditions and health conditions can be confirmed via profiling.
US08298770B2
The present invention relates to novel methods and compositions useful for detecting whole parathyroid hormone at a physiological level and parathyroid fragments in a mammalian sample. Such detections may be useful to different parathyroid diseases or disorders in a subject, such as hyperparathyroidism and related bone diseases, from normal or non-disease states. One detects whole or non-fragmented (1 to 84) parathyroid hormone in a biological sample and optionally one or more of a selection of non-whole parathyroid hormone peptide fragments that may or may not function as a parathyroid hormone antagonists. By either comparing values or using independently the value of either the one or more of a selection of non-whole parathyroid hormone peptide fragments, the whole parathyroid hormone, or the combination of these values one is able to differentiate parathyroid and bone related disease states, as well as differentiate such states from normal states.
US08298768B2
Methods are provided for efficient shotgun sequencing to allow efficient selection and sequencing of nucleic acids of interest contained in a library. The nucleic acids of interest can be defined any time before or after preparation of the library. One example of nucleic acids of interest is missing or low confidence genome sequences resulting from an initial sequencing procedure. Other nucleic acids of interest include subsets of genomic DNA, RNA or cDNAs (exons, genes, gene sets, transciptomes). By designing an efficient (simple to implement, speedy, high specificity, low cost) selection procedure, a more complete sequence is achieved with less effort than by using highly redundant shotgun sequencing in an initial sequencing procedure.
US08298760B2
The present invention relates generally to the field of investigational bioinformatics and more particularly to secondary structure defining databases. The present invention further relates to methods for interrogating a database as a source of molecular masses of known bioagents for comparing against the molecular mass of an unknown or selected bioagent to determine either the identity of the selected bioagent, and/or to determine the origin of the selected bioagent. The identification of the bioagent is important for determining a proper course of treatment and/or irradication of the bioagent in such cases as biological warfare. Furthermore, the determination of the geographic origin of a selected bioagent will facilitate the identification of potential criminal identity.
US08298759B2
Compositions and methods are provided for the in vitro synthesis of biological molecules in reaction mixtures comprising anti-foam agents. The reaction mix comprising antifoam agent may be a scaled up reaction, e.g. in reaction volume greater than at least about 15 μl. Reactions may be performed in various reactors, as known in the art, which include stirred reactors, bubble-column reactors; and the like.
US08298755B2
Methods for producing small crystals on islands formed on specialized substrates by, inter alia, subjecting the substrate to a hydrophilic SAMs solution for self-assembling hydrophilic SAMs on certain portions of the substrate surface and subjecting the substrate to a hydrophobic SAMs solution for self-assembling hydrophobic SAMs on certain other portions of the substrate surface.
US08298751B2
Lithographic patterning methods involve the formation of a (one or more) metal oxide capping layer, which is rinsed with an aqueous alkaline solution as part of the method. The rinse solution does not damage the capping layer, but rather allows for lithographic processing without thinning the capping layer or introducing defects into it. Ammoniated water is a preferred rinse solution, which advantageously leaves behind no nonvolatile residue.
US08298750B2
Positive-working imageable elements having improved sensitivity, high resolution, and solvent resistance are prepared using a water-insoluble polymeric binder comprising vinyl acetal recurring units that have pendant hydroxyaryl groups, and recurring units comprising carboxylic acid aryl ester groups that are substituted with a cyclic imide group. These imageable elements can be imaged and developed to provide various types of elements including lithographic printing plates.
US08298746B2
The present invention provides a chemically amplified resist composition comprising: a resin (A) which itself is insoluble or poorly soluble in an aqueous alkali solution but becomes soluble in an aqueous alkali solution by the action of an acid and which comprises a structural unit having an acid-labile group in a side chain and a structural unit represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, ring X1 represents an unsubstituted or substituted C3-C30 cyclic hydrocarbon group having —COO— and k represents an integer of 1 to 4, a resin (B) which comprises a structural unit represented by the formula (II): wherein R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or a trifluoromethyl group, and an acid generator.
US08298741B2
An image forming apparatus includes plural developing units separately containing a toner A and a toner B that satisfy relationships (1) and (2) and have similar colors. The toner A and the toner B each contain a binder resin containing a polyester about 90 mass % or more of the binder resin, and about 90 mass % of the binder resin of the toner A and about 90 mass % of the binder resin of the toner B are the same resin. The polyester contains an amorphous polyester having an alkyl side chain and a crystalline polyester. The relationship (1) is Ta (toner A)>Tb (toner B) in terms of flow tester ½ effluent temperature. The relationship (2) is Aa (toner A)>Ab (toner B) in terms of an amount of an aluminum (with reference to net intensity) measured with fluorescent X-ray.
US08298738B2
A positively-chargeable toner for developing electrostatic images which can prevent damage of photosensitive members and filming due to an external additive, can impart a stable charge property and flowability to toner particles over time, and thus hardly causes deterioration of image quality due to fog, blur, white streaks or the like, and therefore is excellent in printing durability even if continuous printing of plural prints is performed is provided. A positively-chargeable toner for developing electrostatic images of the present invention is a positively-chargeable toner for developing electrostatic images comprising colored resin particles containing a colorant and a binder resin, and an external additive, wherein the external additive contains magnesium silicate having negatively charging ability, with a Mohs hardness of 3 or less and a number average primary particle diameter in the range from 1 to 15 μm.
US08298730B2
Semiconductor devices, methods of manufacturing thereof, lithography masks, and methods of designing lithography masks are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a plurality of first features disposed in a first material layer. At least one second feature is disposed in a second material layer, the at least one second feature being disposed over and coupled to the plurality of first features. The at least one second feature includes at least one void disposed between at least two of the plurality of first features.
US08298725B2
A method of making an electrochemical cell electrode substrate includes creating an aqueous or dry mixture of chopped carbon fibers, chopped cross-linkable resin fibers that are still fuseable after being formed into a felt, such as novolac, a temporary binder, such as polyvinyl alcohol fiber or powder, forming a non-woven felt from either an aqueous suspension of the aqueous mixture or an air suspension of the dry mixture, by a non-woven, wet-lay or dry-lay, respectively, felt forming process, a resin curing agent, such as hexamethylene tetramine may be included in the aqueous or dry mixture, or it may be coated onto the formed felt; pressing one or more layers of the formed felt for 1-5 minutes to a controlled thickness and a controlled porosity at a temperature at which the resin melts, cross-links and then cures, such as 150° C.-200° C.; and heat treating the pressed felt in a substantially inert atmosphere, first to 750° C.-1000° C. and then to 1000° C.-3000° C.
US08298718B2
A proton-conducting structure that exhibits favorable proton conductivity in the temperature range of not lower than 100° C., and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. After a pyrophosphate salt containing Sn, Zr, Ti or Si is mixed with phosphoric acid, the mixture is maintained at a temperature of not less than 80° C. and not more than 150° C., and thereafter maintained at a temperature of not less than 200° C. and not more than 400° C. to manufacture a proton-conducting structure. The proton-conducting structure of the present invention has a core made of tin pyrophosphate, and a coating layer formed on the surface of the core, the coating layer containing Sn and O, and having a coordination number of O with respect to Sn of grater than 6.
US08298711B2
In a fuel cell power source system comprising a fuel cell, a fuel supplier for supplying a fuel to the fuel cell, an electricity storing member capable of charging and discharging an energy, and a control circuit for controlling outputs of the fuel cell and the electricity storing member and the fuel supplier for supplying a power to an external load, there are provided a method of operating the fuel cell power source system and a fuel cell system promoting safety of the fuel cell system and reducing a deterioration in the fuel cell by removing the fuel remaining at inside of the fuel cell after stopping the fuel supplier. At an initial stage of supplying the power to the external load and inside of the fuel cell system, the power is supplied from the electricity storing member, and the electricity storing member is charged by using an output outputted from the fuel cell by generating the power by the fuel cell by using the fuel remaining at inside of the fuel cell system after stopping the external load.
US08298709B2
A secondary battery capable of improving the cycle characteristics while securing the initial charge and discharge characteristics is provided. The secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. The anode has an anode active material layer containing a plurality of anode active material particles having silicon (Si). The anode active material layer contains at least one of an oxide-containing film covering a surface of the anode active material particles and a metal material not being alloyed with an electrode reactant provided in a gap in the anode active material layer. The electrolytic solution contains a solvent containing an organic acid that has a portion including an electron attractive group such as —(O═)C—C(═O)— bond in the center and a hydroxyl group on the both ends.
US08298706B2
A primary battery includes a cathode having a non-stoichiometric metal oxide including transition metals Ni, Mn, Co, or a combination of metal atoms, an alkali metal, and hydrogen; an anode; a separator between the cathode and the anode; and an alkaline electrolyte.
US08298695B2
A cathode includes a foil current collector including a coating containing iron disulfide on one side that covers less than 100% of the side.
US08298686B2
An organic photoelectric converter having excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency can be produced by using a composition containing a polymer compound A having a repeating unit represented by formula (1) and a polymer compound B having a repeating unit represented by formula (2): wherein R1 and R2 respectively represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an aryl group, an aryloxy group, an arylthio group, an arylalkyl group, an arylalkoxy group or an arylalkylthio group, wherein R3 and R4 respectively represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an aryl group, an aryloxy group, an arylthio group, an arylalkyl group, an arylalkoxy group or an arylalkylthio group, and p represents an integer of 2 to 10.
US08298666B2
An electroluminescent (EL) phosphor is described wherein each individual phosphor particle is encapsulated in an inorganic coating, preferably aluminum oxyhydroxide. The encapsulated phosphor shows an extreme insensitivity to atmospheric moisture and suffers only minor loss of initial brightness in lamps. The method of applying the coating is a hybrid process, which involves EL phosphor particles first being coated with a thin inorganic film using an atomic layer deposition (ALD) method in a fluidized bed wherein the precursors are introduced sequentially in repeated cycles, subsequently followed by an additional coating layer applied by a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method in which the precursors are introduced simultaneously.
US08298659B2
A polysiloxane coating composition comprises (a) about 5 to about 50 wt % of solids complementally comprising about 2 to about 30 wt % of a silica; about 0.25 to about 7 wt % of a partial condensate of an aminosilane; and about 2 to about 90 wt % of a partial condensate of a tri-functional silane having the formula RSi(OR′)3, wherein R is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, vinyl, and aryl radicals and R′ is selected from the group consisting of H., alkyl radicals having 1 to 4 carbons, and alkylcarbonyl radicals having 1 to 4 carbons; and (b) about 50 to about 95 wt % of solvent comprising about 10 to about 90 wt % of a lower aliphatic alcohol and about 10 to about 90 wt % of water. The coating composition has a pH level in the range of about 2 to about 6.
US08298641B2
An irregular, tessellated building unit comprises x primary elements, wherein x is an integer equal to or greater than 1. The primary element is a rotational tessellation having a plural pairs of sides extending in a generally radial direction from plural vertices, respectively. In each pair, the two sides are rotationally spaced by an angle that is divided evenly into 360 degrees. Preferably, all of the sides are irregularly shaped, but one or more sides could be wholly or partially straight. Optionally, spacers are provided on the sides of each unit. A wide variety of units may be constructed having different numbers and arrangements of primary elements. As all the units are combinations of primary elements, they readily mate with each other. A surface covering comprises a multiplicity of units assembled to form a continuous surface without overlap between units and without substantial gaps between units. A structure, such as a wall or column can be formed of building units of the invention. Because of the irregular side configurations, and different sizes and shapes of individual units, the resulting surface or structure has a natural, non-repeating pattern appearance. Optionally, minor surface and edges variations are made from unit to unit to further enhance the natural appearance of the surface covering or structure.
US08298635B2
The disclosure relates to a method of producing a blank (50a, 50b) of thermosealable and creased packaging laminate for a microwave-friendly packaging container, comprising the steps of: (a) advancing a continuous web (1) of a base laminate (10) in a conversion line for the packaging laminate so that continuous blanks for said packaging containers are oriented with their top-to-bottom direction transversely of the machine direction of the conversion line and with a top-to-bottom interface (51), (b) providing said base laminate (10) with creases and cutting into said blanks (50a, 50b) of the packaging laminate, a continuous strip (2) of a material which conducts heat and electricity being applied in the machine direction in a region over said top-to-top/bottom interface (51) and in conjunction with step (a), and an elongate opening indication (53) being provided, before or after the application of the strip (2) so that the opening indication is positioned within the region of said strip. The disclosure also relates to a thus produced blank, as well as a packaging container which is formed using such a blank as the point of departure.
US08298630B2
A polycarbonate resin film which has an average thickness of 10 to 150 μm, a thickness nonuniformity of 2% or less, a retardation R(589) in the plane of the film measured at a wavelength of 589 nm of 12 nm or less, a retardation Rth(589) in the thickness direction of the film measured at a wavelength of 589 nm of 35 nm or less and is used for optical purposes.
US08298629B2
An epitaxial reactor enabling simultaneous deposition of thin films on a multiplicity of wafers is disclosed. During deposition, a number of wafers are contained within a wafer sleeve comprising a number of wafer carrier plates spaced closely apart to minimize the process volume. Process gases flow preferentially into the interior volume of the wafer sleeve, which is heated by one or more lamp modules. Purge gases flow outside the wafer sleeve within a reactor chamber to minimize wall deposition. In addition, sequencing of the illumination of the individual lamps in the lamp module may further improve the linearity of variation in deposition rates within the wafer sleeve. To improve uniformity, the direction of process gas flow may be varied in a cross-flow configuration. Combining lamp sequencing with cross-flow processing in a multiple reactor system enables high throughput deposition with good film uniformities and efficient use of process gases.
US08298624B2
A process and apparatus for growing a group (III) metal nitride film by remote plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition are described. The process comprises heating an object selected from the group consisting of a substrate and a substrate comprising a buffer layer in a growth chamber to a temperature in the range of from about 400° C. to o about 750° C., producing active neutral nitrogen species in a nitrogen plasma remotely located from the growth chamber and transferring the active neutral nitrogen species to the growth chamber. A reaction mixture is formed in the growth chamber, the reaction mixture containing a species of a group (III) metal that is capable of reacting with the nitrogen species so as to form a group (III) metal nitride film and a film of group (III) s metal nitride is formed on the heated object under conditions whereby the film is suitable for device purposes. Also described is a group (III) metal nitride film which exhibits an oxygen concentration below 1.6 atomic %.
US08298621B2
An apparatus and system for stirring liquid inside a flow cell. In one implementation, the apparatus includes a rotatable disc configured to receive liquid at a top side of the disc and distribute the liquid substantially evenly around a periphery of the flow cell. The disc has a triangular cross sectional area. The apparatus may further include a set of fins attached to a bottom side of the disc, wherein the set of fins is configured to draw the liquid from the periphery of the flow cell into the center of the flow cell.
US08298615B2
Exemplary embodiments provide methodologies for generating structures of filamentous carbon (or carbon filaments) with controlled geometries. In one exemplary embodiment of forming the carbon filament structure, a metal template can be exposed to a fuel rich gaseous mixture to form a carbon filament structure at an appropriate gas flow and/or at an appropriate temperature on the metal template. The metal template can have one or more metal surfaces with controlled geometries. Carbon filament structures can then be grown on the metal surfaces having corresponding geometries (or shapes) in the growth direction. The carbon filament structure can be two or three dimensional and can have high density. In various embodiments, the metal template can be removed to leave a self-supporting carbon filament structure.
US08298609B1
A method and system for interrogating a thickness of a carbon layer are described. The carbon layer is on a magnetic media having an underlayer and at least one magnetic layer on the underlayer. The carbon layer resides on the magnetic layer(s). A sample underlayer is deposited on a sample substrate and a sample carbon layer provided on the sample underlayer. The sample substrate corresponds to a substrate including the magnetic media. The sample underlayer corresponds to the underlayer of the magnetic media. The sample carbon layer corresponds to the carbon layer. A region between the sample carbon layer and the sample underlayer is free of magnetic material. The sample substrate including the sample carbon layer is exposed to light. Emitted light from the sample substrate is detected to provide a Raman spectrum. The thickness of the carbon layer is determined based on the Raman spectrum.
US08298608B2
A stimulation electrode is provided having an electrically conducting electrode base member which is partially covered with an electrically insulating ceramic layer. The ceramic layer is formed of an oxide and/or an oxynitride of at least one metal of the group of titanium, niobium, tantalum, zirconium, aluminum and silicon. Various methods are provided for production of the stimulation electrode, including methods in which the ceramic layer is formed in situ by a thermal, chemical or electrochemical oxidation or oxynitridation process. The stimulation electrode may be used as a cardiac pacemaker electrode, a neuro-stimulation electrode, or another human implant.
US08298599B2
Highly purified Stevioside and Rebaudioside A were prepared from sweet glycoside extracts obtained from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni leaves. The resulting sweeteners are suitable as non-calorie, non-cariogenic, non-bitter, non-lingering sweeteners, which may be advantageously applied in foods, beverages, and milk products.
US08298595B2
A contact lens (4) comprises a solid component capable of imparting shape and structure to said lens, and a liquid component, at least partially contained in the solid component, capable of favoring the compatibility between said lens and the eye of a user of said lens, wherein the liquid component comprises a solution capable of being used as a lachrymal substitute.
US08298593B2
A first composition including copper sulfate, citric acid, ammonium carbonate, propionic acid, Yucca schidigera extract, and antioxidants from essential oils and a second composition including sodium acid sulfate, citric acid and antioxidants from essential oils are sequentially administered to livestock through the drinking water supply to reduce the incidence of diseases such as Clostridium, E. coli and Salmonella and, thus, reliance on antibiotics to control the diseases.
US08298588B2
An improved dietary and/or therapeutic supplement composition comprising a quantity of a dietary and/or therapeutic supplement agent having a pH that upon ingestion with food or a beverage would limit the effectiveness of the agent and a sufficient amount of an alkaline electrolyte additive is provided in combination with the agent to raise the pH of the composition to a level of from about 8 to about 12.5 to increase the effectiveness and functional utilization of the agent while the composition is in the person's stomach. The supplement composition is designed to provide for optimum utilization of a dietary and/or therapeutic supplement agent when taken orally with food or a beverage.
US08298584B2
The present invention relates to a conformable and semi-permeable biopolymeric membrane suitable for tissue repair and protection. This membrane contains a first layer made from randomly oriented, reconstituted biopolymer fibers and, on top of the first layer, a coating layer made from biopolymer fibers.
US08298581B2
A controlled release pharmaceutical composition for oral use is provided in the form of a coated matrix composition, the matrix composition comprising i) a mixture of a first and a second polymer that have plasticizing properties and which have melting points or melting intervals of a temperature of at the most 200° C., the first polymer being selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycols and polyethylene oxides, and the second polymer being selected form block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide including poly(ethylene-glycol-b-(DL-lactic acid-co-glycolic acid)-b-ethylene glycol (PEG-PLGA PEG), poly((DL-lactic acid-co-glycolic acid)-g-ethylene glycol) (PLGA-g-PEG), poloxamers and polyethylene oxide-polypropylene oxide (PEO-PPO), ii) a therapeutically, prophylactically and/or diagnostically active substance, the matrix composition being provided with a coating having at least one opening exposing at one surface of said matrix, wherein the active substance is released with a substantially zero order release.
US08298579B2
Pharmaceutical compositions and dosage forms comprising an adsorbent, and an adverse agent, such as an opioid antagonist. In one embodiment, at least a portion of the adverse agent is on the surface or within the micropore structure of an adsorbent material. The pharmaceutical compositions and dosage forms comprising the adsorbent and the adverse agent are useful for preventing or discouraging tampering, abuse, misuse or diversion of a dosage form containing an active pharmaceutical agent, such as an opioid. The present invention also relates to methods for treating a patient with such a dosage form, as well as kits containing such a dosage form with instructions for using the dosage form to treat a patient. The present invention further relates to process for preparing such pharmaceutical compositions and dosage forms.
US08298572B2
In the adhesive pharmaceutical preparation of the invention containing bisoprolol, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is laminated on one side of the backing. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer contains a branched monoalcohol having from 12 to 28 carbon atoms, a free base of bisoprolol and a polyisobutylene pressure-sensitive adhesive. Accordingly, compatibility of the polyisobutylene pressure-sensitive adhesive with the free base of bisoprolol can be specifically increased. As a result, not only it becomes possible to increase blending amount of the free base of bisoprolol but also bleed of the free base of bisoprolol from the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer can be suppressed and, what is more, the pressure-sensitive adhesion characteristics sufficient from the practical point of view can be obtained.
US08298570B2
Biocompatible intraocular implants include a steroid and a polymer associated with each other to facilitate release of the steroid into an eye for a period of time greater than about two months. The steroid may be associated with a biodegradable polymer matrix, such as a matrix of a two biodegradable polymers. Or, the steroid may be associated with a polymeric coating having one or more openings effective to permit the steroid to be released into an external environment. The implants may be placed in an eye to treat one or more ocular conditions. The steroid is released from the implant for more than about two months, and may be release for more than several years.
US08298568B2
A well tolerated oil-in-water emulsion useful as a delivery vehicle of hydrophobic ingredients such as pharmaceutical drugs, wherein the emulsion particles have a net positive charge and comprises 0.001 to 0.1% of a cationic agent, 0 to 1% of a non ionic surfactant and 0 to 0.5% of an anionic surfactant.
US08298564B2
A system comprising an implantable medical device and a second polymeric layer configured to be disposed on or about the implantable medical device is described. The device includes a first polymeric layer into which a first therapeutic agent is incorporated. A second therapeutic agent is incorporated into the second polymeric layer. The device is sterilized by a first sterilization method. The second polymeric layer is sterilized by a second sterilization method. A method for making a sterile implantable medical system is also described. The method includes incorporating a first therapeutic agent in a first polymeric material and disposing the first polymeric material on or about an implantable medical device. The first polymeric material and the implantable medical device are sterilized by a first sterilization method. The method further includes incorporating a second therapeutic material in a second polymeric material and disposing the second polymeric material on or about the sterilized first polymeric material and implantable medical device. The second polymeric material is sterilized by a second sterilization method.
US08298563B2
The present invention relates to nanofibers that produce therapeutic amounts of nitric oxide after a delay period, which allows time to install or implant the device into a patient. The nitric oxide release is thus localized to the area of the organism where NO dosing is indicated. The delay time is achieved by cospinning the NO-producing fiber with a fiber that tends to sequester the former's NO-producing functional groups. Fibers of the present invention may be incorporated into medical devices such as stents or other implantable medical devices to prevent the formation of adhesions or scarring in the area of the implant.
US08298543B2
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition useful for treating bacterial infections in humans and animals which comprises administering to a human or animal in need thereof, an antibacterially effective combination of a β-lactam antibiotic and an inhibitor of any bacterial peptidoglycan biosynthesis enzyme, especially GlmU, GlmU, MurA, MurB, MurC, MurD, MurE, MurF, MurG, MraY, and UppS. Further provided is a method of discovering synergists for antibiotics including: a) expressing in a cell an antisense nucleic acid against a nucleic acid encoding a gene product so as to reduce the activity or amount of the gene product in the cell, thereby producing a cell sensitized to an antibiotic; b) characterizing the sensitization of the cell to the antibiotic and selecting pairs of antibiotics and genes that result in antibiotic efficacy at one-fifth or less the concentration required in the absence of the antisense gene; c) screening for chemical compounds that inhibit the gene product corresponding to the selected synergistic gene; and d) selecting or creating chemical analogs that inhibit the gene product corresponding to the selected synergistic gene such that the inhibition occurs in the bacteria.
US08298540B2
Compounds that bind to P-Selectin Glycoprotein 1 (PSGL-1) on the surface of T cells or natural killer (NK) cells can be used to induce T cell or NK cell depletion and/or to induce T cell or NK cell apoptosis. The compounds and methods of the invention can be used to control unwanted T cell- or NK cell-mediated immune responses in conditions such as autoimmune diseases, transplant rejection, and allergic diseases.
US08298534B2
Materials and Methods for reducing cell proliferation or extracellular matrix production in a mammal are disclosed. The methods comprise administering to a mammal a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a zvegf4 antagonist in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable delivery vehicle. Exemplary zvegf4 antagonists include anti-zvegf4 antibodies, inhibitory polynucleotides, inhibitors of zvegf4 activation, and mitogenically inactive, receptor-binding variants of zvegf4. The materials and methods are useful in the treatment of, inter alia, fibroproliferative disorders of the kidney, liver, and bone.
US08298533B2
This invention relates to binding members, especially antibody molecules, specific for interleukin 1 receptor 1 (IL-1R1). For example, isolated binding members specific for IL-1R1 which competes with IL-1 and IL-1Ra for binding to IL-1R1 and binds Il-1R1 with a KD of 10 pM or less when measured by Kinexa™. The binding members are useful for, inter alia, treatment of disorders mediated by IL-1R1 including rheumatoid arthritis, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
US08298525B2
Disclosed is a method of administering an interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R) antagonist to a subject to treat an autoimmune disease. In particular embodiments, the IL-2R antagonist is an anti-IL-2R monoclonal antibody specific for one or more chains of the IL-2R, such as the alpha-chain, for example daclizumab. In other particular embodiments the autoimmune disease is multiple sclerosis. In certain embodiments administration of interferon-beta is combined with administration of an antagonist of the IL-2R to provide significant clinical improvement in a subject with an autoimmune disease.
US08298518B2
Methods and compositions for stimulating the growth of hair are disclosed wherein said compositions include a cyclopentane heptanoic acid, 2-cycloalkyl or arylalkyl compound represented by the formula I wherein the dashed bonds represent a single or double bond which can be in the cis or trans configuration, A, B, Z, X, R1 and R2 are as defined in the specification. Such compositions are used in treating the skin or scalp of a human or non-human animal. Bimatoprost is preferred for this treatment.
US08298510B2
The addition of a compatible metal salt crystal to the organic solution entering the mixer(s) in the solvent extraction stage(s) and/or the stripping stage(s), or to the emulsion mixture of the organic solution and the aqueous solution in the mixer(s), or to the mixture of the organic solution and the aqueous solution in a settler tank(s) following the mixer(s) in the solvent extraction and/or stripping stage(s) following the leaching of metal values from the ore containing that/those value(s) into an aqueous solution, and prior to the further refining of those values in processes, such as electrowinning, during mining operations for those metal values in order to improve the phase separation of the organic phase and the aqueous phase, and to promote the removal of contaminants from the organic phase.
US08298506B2
Titanium dioxide particles is doped with a rare earth element. The doping ratio of the rare earth element is within a range more than 0 at % and not more than 5.0 at %, and the rare earth element is substituted for titanium atoms in the unit lattice of titanium dioxide so that the titanium dioxide particles emit light attributable to the rare earth element when the titanium dioxide particles are irradiated with light having the absorption wavelength of titanium dioxide and showing a peak at 360 nm.
US08298505B2
A process for treating a gas stream comprising hydrogen sulphide, the process comprising the steps of: (i) mixing a first gas stream comprising hydrogen sulphide with a second stream comprising sulphur dioxide to produce a combined stream, whereby elemental sulphur is produced by a reaction between the hydrogen sulphide and the sulphur dioxide; (ii) removing elemental sulphur, and optionally water, from the combined stream; and (iii) oxidizing at least some of the elemental sulphur to form sulphur dioxide for use in the second stream, wherein, the reaction is conducted at a temperature of from 15 to 155° C. and a pressure of at least 3 MPa.
US08298494B2
An endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus connector according to the present invention includes a cleaning/disinfecting apparatus connection section, a circulating section and a discharge section, wherein the discharge section communicates with the circulating section and includes a first channel that discharges a fluid R that passes through the circulating section into a pipe sleeve, a second channel that branches from the first channel and discharges the fluid R to the periphery of the pipe sleeve, and an opening/closing section that is provided in a branch section that branches from the first channel to the second channel or in the second channel, is freely expandable/contractible according to a flow rate of a fluid and blocks the second channel when the flow rate of the fluid is a predetermined amount or higher.
US08298491B2
The disclosed invention relates to a process, comprising: conducting unit operations in at least two process zones in a process microchannel to treat and/or form a non-Newtonian fluid, a different unit operation being conducted in each process zone; and applying an effective amount of shear stress to the non-Newtonian fluid to reduce the viscosity of the non-Newtonian fluid in each process zone, the average shear rate in one process zone differing from the average shear rate in another process zone by a factor of at least about 1.2.
US08298487B2
An electrochemical sensor with a capillary channel is formed by placing a sacrificial insert and electrodes on a sensor base and applying plastic material. After the plastic material is cured, the sacrificial is removed leaving a capillary channel in the sensor. The inserts may be removed by a tool including a clamp for clamping and holding each insert stationary and a sliding block to which the sensor is secured.
US08298483B2
Methods and systems for selection radiation exposure in sterilization of medical devices are disclosed.
US08298480B2
A method of manufacturing specialized alloys having specific properties and an alloy made using this method. The methods involve the use of micro and/or nano-sized particles that are mixed into an alloy using a friction stir welding method. The micro and/or nano-sized particles are used to alter one or more characteristics of the alloy in the locations in which the micro and/or nano-sized particles are added. The micro and/or nano-sized particles may be metal particles, non-metal particles, or a combination thereof.
US08298478B2
Methods of preparing an electrode are provided. A metal powder can be sintered onto a portion of a lead wire to form a connection region. An additional metal powder can be de-oxidation sintered onto the connection region to form the electrode. The oxides formed during the de-oxidation sintering are then removed from the electrode.
US08298472B2
A system includes a stereo-lithography device having a primary fluid vessel having an amount of a photo-curable fluid therein. The system includes a leveling reservoir fluidly coupled to the primary fluid vessel, where a fluid level in the leveling reservoir is vertically positionable. The system further includes a controller that maintains a pre-determined level of the photo-curable fluid in the primary fluid vessel by vertically positioning the fluid level in the leveling reservoir.
US08298471B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing polymer fibers, especially nano- and mesofibers, by electrospinning a colloidal dispersion of at least one essentially water-insoluble polymer in an aqueous medium, and to fibers obtainable by this process, to textile fabrics comprising the inventive fibers, and to the use of the inventive fibers and of the inventive textile fabrics.
US08298467B2
The present invention is directed to novel methods of imprinting substrate-supported or freestanding structures at low cost, with high pattern transfer yield, and using low processing temperature. Such methods overcome many of the above-described limitations of the prior art. Generally, such methods of the present invention employ a sacrificial layer of film.
US08298462B2
This invention relates to a method of uniaxially expanding a fluoropolymer product including the steps of expanding a green fluoropolymer product in a first direction to create a first-expanded fluoropolymer product, and expanding the first-expanded fluoropolymer product in the same first direction. As a result with the subject invention, it has been found that ultra-high expansion and a variety of different porous/fibril structures can be achieved by using subsequent expansion steps in the same direction. Various considerations exist with such methodology, including the selection of rates of expansion of both steps, the amount of expansion of both steps, pre-heating and cutting the product between expansion steps. Although the present invention can be used with various fluoropolymer products, it is particularly well-suited for use with PTFE.
US08298450B2
A polybenzimidazole-base complex includes a polybenzimidazole-based material and a base, wherein a peak corresponding to NH of an imidazole ring of the polybenzimidazole-based material does not appear at a chemical shift of 12 to 15 ppm in a 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR) spectrum of the polybenzimidazole-base complex. A crosslinked material may be formed as a polymerization product of a polybenzimidazole-base complex and a benzoxazine-based monomer. The crosslinked material may be used an electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell comprising the crosslinked material, and a fuel cell may include the electrolyte membrane.
US08298446B2
A method for producing a vinylidene fluoride based polymer powder having a high molecular weight and excellent solubility in an organic solvent, which is useful as an electrode binder for nonaqueous cells, is provided. Methods for producing an NMP solution and an electrode mixture are also provided.A vinylidene fluoride based polymer powder produced by supercritical suspension polymerization in an aqueous dispersion medium wherein a volume of pores having a pore diameter of 0.03 μm to 1.0 μm, as measured by a mercury porosimeter, is 77 vol % to 93 vol % of a total pore volume and an inherent viscosity is 2.0 dl/g or greater is obtained.
US08298432B2
A method and system of location specific processing on a substrate is described. The method comprises establishing a gas cluster ion beam (GCIB) according to a set of beam properties and measuring metrology data for a substrate. Thereafter, the method comprises determining at least one spatial gradient of the metrology data at one or more locations on the substrate and adjusting at least one beam property in the set of beam properties for the GCIB according to the determined at least one spatial gradient. Using the metrology data and the adjusted set of beam properties, correction data for the substrate is computed. Following the computing, the adjusted GCIB is applied to the substrate according to the correction data.
US08298427B2
A method for controlling an apparatus for treating blood outside the human body, with a view to improving the operation of the apparatus, the apparatus including a semi-permeable membrane carrying out an exchange of solutes, referred to as dialysis, and of liquid, referred to as ultrafiltration, with the blood, the method including at least one iteration of the following steps: determination of a so-called instantaneous value, of an ultrafiltration coefficient corresponding to the ratio of an ultrafiltration flow rate to a difference in pressure, the so-called transmembrane pressure, on either side of the semi-permeable membrane, comparison of the instantaneous value with at least one previously determined characteristic value; and control of the treatment apparatus to reach a maximum value of the ultrafiltration coefficient, the control including a variation of the ultrafiltration flow rate up to a value corresponding to the maximum value of the ultrafiltration coefficient.
US08298424B2
Disclosed herein is an anaerobic digester configured to include input reactors into which livestock wastewater or food waste (hereinafter, ‘inflow’) is introduced; regions of an anaerobic digestion reactor designed for the inflow passing through an input reactor to perform methane fermentation to produce and transfer biogas simultaneously into the next region; an inlet pipe into which sludge liquid is drawn; an inlet pipe into which activated liquid is drawn; a biogas capturing device; a first heat exchange tube to allow the sludge liquid to perform heat exchange with a new inflow; regions of a subsequent treatment reactor to allow the sludge liquid whose heat exchange is completed to be introduced and to treat gas odor components generated from the sludge liquid; and a liquid-composting reactor in which the emitted sludge whose odor components have been removed is stored.
US08298414B2
The present invention relates to a process for separating a target radiolabelled compound from an impurity, apparatus for performing such a process and a removable cassette for use in such apparatus. Also provided are methods for using the target radiolabelled compound obtained by a method comprising the separating process of the invention.
US08298412B2
A cross-corrugated structure packing module is provided for use in mass transfer or heat exchange columns and has particular applicability in severe service applications in which fouling, coking, and erosion are of concern. The structured packing module has a plurality of upright, parallel-extending, corrugated plates. Spacer elements are used to maintain the corrugations of adjacent plates in spaced apart relationship to reduce the opportunity for solids to accumulate on the surfaces of the plates. The plates are also free of apertures or surface treatments that would increase the opportunity for solids to accumulate on the plates.
US08298408B2
A filtering device for filtering water and liquids in general comprises a first reservoir for collecting the water to be filtered, a second reservoir for collecting the filtered water, which reservoir is supplied by falling from the first reservoir, a conduit which extends from the first reservoir into the second reservoir, a cartridge type filtering element which is removably received in the conduit, a discharge hole for the filtered water that is positioned between the conduit and the second reservoir, and at least one opening for access to the cartridge provided at an end of the conduit that is distal from the first reservoir in order to promote the removal thereof. The device comprises an at least partial closure which can be removably fitted to the conduit in the region of the opening for access to the cartridge and comprises a flow adjuster which is associated with the conduit in order to adjust the flow of water flowing from the first reservoir to the second reservoir through the discharge hole.
US08298405B2
The invention provides a metal alloy fuel catalyst for decontaminating a hydrocarbon fuel, including diesel and bio-diesel fuel, of a bacterial contamination and for improving fuel combustion. The metal alloy fuel catalysts preferably includes about 70% Sn, about 22% Sb, about 4% Bi, and about 4% Pb, although other formulations are possible. The fuel catalyst can take the form of an in-line component in a fuel system or be coated within a fuel storage container.
US08298402B2
The present invention relates to alkylphenol-aldehyde resins containing oligo- or polymers having a repeat structural unit of the formula where R1 is a branched alkyl or alkenyl radical which has from 10 to 40 carbon atoms and bears at least one carboxyl, carboxylate and/or ester group, R2 is hydrogen or R1 R3 is hydrogen or an alkoxy group of the formula -(A-O)m—H, A is a C2- to C4-alkylene group, m is from 1 to 100, R4 is hydrogen, a C1- to C11-alkyl radicals or a carboxyl group, R5 is C1-C200-alkyl or -alkenyl, O—R6 or O—C(O)—R6, R6 is C1-C200-alkyl or -alkenyl, n is from 1 to 100 and k is 1 or 2.
US08298400B2
A method of measuring a quantity of a substrate contained in sample liquid is provided. This method can reduce measurement errors caused by a biosensor. The biosensor includes at least a pair of electrodes on an insulating board and is inserted into a measuring device which includes a supporting section for supporting detachably the biosensor, plural connecting terminals to be coupled to the respective electrodes, and a driving power supply which applies a voltage to the respective electrodes via the connecting terminals. One of the electrodes of the biosensor is connected to the first and second connecting terminals of the measuring device only when the biosensor is inserted into the measuring device in a given direction, and has a structure such that the electrode becomes conductive between the first and second connecting terminals due to a voltage application by the driving power supply.
US08298378B2
A method for treating a wastewater containing oxygen-containing compound having a phenolic hydroxyl group or a carbonyl group, including a step of adding an alkali agent to the wastewater containing the oxygen-containing compound having a phenolic hydroxyl group or a carbonyl group to control a pH of the wastewater to 10 or more; and a step of separating a discharge in which the oxygen-containing compound having a phenolic hydroxyl group or a carbonyl group is concentrated through distillation of the wastewater to which the alkali agent has been added.
US08298376B2
The present disclosure is directed toward a papermaking belt having an embryonic-web-contacting surface for carrying an embryonic web of paper fibers and a non-embryonic-web-contacting surface opposite the embryonic-web-contacting surface. The papermaking belt has a patterned framework having a continuous network region and a plurality of discrete deflection conduits isolated from one another by the continuous network region. The continuous network region has a pattern formed therein by a plurality of tessellating unit cells. Each cell has a center and at least two continuous land areas extending in at least two directions from the center. At least one of the continuous land areas at least bifurcates to form a continuous land area portion having a first width before the bifurcation and at least two continuous land area portions having a second width after the bifurcation.
US08298374B2
Dry products, and particularly dry tissue substrates, including a blend of conventional papermaking fibers and microalgae are disclosed herein. Use of a cationic retention aid in the dry tissue substrates helps to provide a tissue sheet retaining the microalgae without being detrimental to tissue properties such as caliper, bulk, air permeability, slough and absorbent capacity. Additionally, use of a flocculating agent may agglomerate the microalgae and make it easier to retain the microalgae within the tissue sheet.
US08298372B2
Methods and apparatus for providing a process gas to a substrate in a processing system are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the substrate processing system may include a process chamber having a substrate support disposed therein; a light source disposed above the process chamber to direct energy towards the substrate support; and a window assembly disposed between the light source and the substrate support to allow light energy provided by the light source to enter the process chamber towards the substrate support, wherein the window assembly includes an inlet to receive a process gas and one or more outlets to distribute the process gas into the process chamber.
US08298371B2
A plasma processing apparatus includes a processing chamber, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed to face each other, a high frequency power supply unit for applying a high frequency power to either the first electrode or the second electrode, a processing gas supply unit for supplying a processing gas to a processing space, and a main dielectric member provided at a substrate mounting portion on a main surface of the first electrode. A focus ring is attached to the first electrode to cover a peripheral portion of the main surface of the first electrode and a peripheral dielectric member is provided in a peripheral portion on the main surface of the first electrode so that an electrostatic capacitance per unit area applied between the first electrode and the focus ring is smaller than that applied between the first electrode and the substrate by the main dielectric member.
US08298369B2
A liquid supply apparatus is to supply a polishing liquid from a polishing supply source onto a polishing surface of a polishing table at a predetermined flow rate. The liquid supply apparatus according to the present invention includes at least one supply tube for retaining the liquid supplied from the liquid supply source, an electropneumatic regulator for supplying a pressurized gas from a gas source to the supply tube, and a pipe having no narrow portion for controlling a flow rate of the liquid. The supply tube is vertically disposed. The pressurized gas supply mechanism is operable to supply the pressurized gas to the supply tube so as to supply the liquid, filling the supply tube, to the polishing surface of the polishing table via the pipe and a polishing liquid supply pipe.
US08298364B2
A method of manufacturing paint roller covers is disclosed in which the paint roller covers are manufactured from a seamless, tubular fabric sleeve knitted in a pile side-in manner and including at least one of a backing material and a pile made, at least in part, from a low melt fiber or yarn component. The seamless, tubular fabric sleeve is inverted to a pile side-out configuration, placed onto a cylindrical member, and heat is applied to cause the low melt fiber or yarn in the backing and/or looped ends of the pile to be activated and to closely conform to the size of the cylindrical member, thereby causing the melted and fused together, re-hardened low melt component of the seamless, tubular fabric sleeve to remain in a cylindrical configuration, forming an integrally formed core member.
US08298361B2
A postage label dispensing system for dispensing adhesive-backed postage labels comprising (i) a means for stripping the adhesive-backed face material from the liner material of a label material, (ii) a first cutting apparatus, downstream of the stripping means, for cutting the face material to a desired length and producing an adhesive backed postage label having a postage indicia printed thereon, (iii) a means for attaching re-lining material to the adhesive backed postage label (iv) a second cutting apparatus, downstream of the lining means, for cutting the re-lining material to dispense at least one lined postage label, and (v) a processor for controlling the operation of the first and second cutting apparatus. A deflector guide is disposed between the stripping and re-lining means and is re-positionable to engage and disengage the adhesive backed postage labels produced by the upstream stripping station. In the engaged position, the postage labels are directed to the re-lining station and dispensed as a lined label. In the disengaged position, the postage labels are dispensed as application ready labels.
US08298347B2
A method of and apparatus for cleaning a surface, such as a wall of a waste boiler of a Kivcet furnace, are described. The invention comprises suspending a pair of spaced apart cables adjacent a surface to be cleaned, attaching ends of the rail to respective ones of the cables with equal lengths of cable between the rail and the roof, the rail being reversibly moveable up and down the surface. A carriage has a nozzle assembly, operative to emit a jet of water, with the carriage reversibly moveable along the rail. The rail is moved from one of a top and bottom of the surface to another of the top and bottom of the surface, and the carriage is moved from one side of the rail to another, cleaning the surface as it moves. The foregoing steps are repeated for each remaining uncleaned surface.
US08298345B1
A heat exchanger may be cleaned by introducing compressed nitrogen and a flushing composition through an injection device.
US08298333B2
A protective coating is prepared for, and applied to, crucibles used in the handling of molten materials that are solidified in the crucible and then removed as ingots. Crucibles containing this protective coating may be used for the solidification of silicon. The coating has a specified oxygen content and contains a mineral binder and silicon nitride or silicon oxynitride.
US08298328B2
A novel amorphous divalent metal ion salt for enhancing the manageability of a Portland cement and its application in dental field are disclosed. Typical formula (I), (II), or (III) of this amorphous metal ion salt are shown as following: M 2 + A x - B 2 - x - ( I ) M 2 + A y 2 - C ( 4 - y ) 4 2 - ( II ) M 2 + A z 3 - D ( 6 - z ) 9 3 - ( III ) wherein, M2+, A−, B−, C−2, D−3, x, y, and z are defined the same as the specification. A novel tooth filling material comprises: a Portland cement, a bone substitute substance, and an amorphous divalent metal ion salt with formula of (I), (II), or (III). In addition, a novel root canal filling material comprises: a Portland cement, a radiopaque substance, and an amorphous divalent metal ion salt with formula of (I), (II), or (III). This amorphous divalent metal ion salt in the filling material of the present invention can improve the sticking together and reduce the setting time, thus offering more convenient in dental applications.
US08298326B2
A compound for spacing nonlinear optical chromophores of the Formula I and the commercially acceptable salts, solvates and hydrates thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, W, X, Y, Z, Q1, Q2, Q4 and L have the definitions provided herein.
US08298325B2
A non-aqueous electroless copper plating solution that includes an anhydrous copper salt component, an anhydrous cobalt salt component, a non-aqueous complexing agent, and a non-aqueous solvent is provided.
US08298314B2
Processes for producing silver nanoparticles are disclosed. A reaction mixture comprising a silver compound, a carboxylic acid, an amine compound, and an optional solvent is optionally heated. A hydrazine compound is then added and the mixture is further reacted to produce the silver nanoparticles.
US08298299B2
An azo pigment selected from the group consisting of: an azo pigment represented by the following formula (1), which has: a characteristic X-ray diffraction peak at Bragg angles (2θ±0.2°) of 6.9°, 21.5°, and 27.3° in CuKα characteristic X-ray diffraction, a peak height at 11.9° of 0.6 or less relative to a peak height at 10.9° or a tautomer thereof, or a salt, hydrate, or solvate of the azo pigment or tautomer thereof; and an azo pigment represented by the following formula (1), which has: a characteristic X-ray diffraction peak at Bragg angles (2θ±0.2°) of 6.9°, 25.8°, and 27.1° in CuKα characteristic X-ray diffraction, a peak height at 10.9° of 0.2 or less relative to a peak height at 11.9° or a tautomer thereof, or a salt, hydrate, or solvate of the azo pigment or tautomer thereof.
US08298298B1
Solubility changeable dye compositions include a dye component linked via a linker moiety to a stimulus responsive hydrophobic moiety which modulates the solubility of the dye, wherein the hydrophobic moiety is configured to be de-linked from the dye component on exposure to a stimulus and render the dye component more hydrophilic. A method of dying a substrate with such dye compositions includes contacting the dye with the substrate.
US08298292B2
A composite surgical implant that is made of a planar sheet of a thermoplastic resin that includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a surgical grade metal mesh or metal plates contained therein. The implant may be bent by hand, wherein upon the displacement of the implant, the implant will generally maintain the shape to which it has been displaced.
US08298285B2
A graft ligament anchor comprises a graft ligament engagement member disposed in an opening in a bone, the graft ligament engagement member being arranged to receive a graft ligament alongside the engagement member, and a locking member for disposition in the opening, and at least in part engageable with the graft ligament engagement member. Movement of the locking member in the opening causes the locking member to urge the engagement member, and the graft ligament therewith, toward a wall of the opening, to secure the graft ligament to the wall of the opening. A method for attaching a graft ligament to a bone comprises providing an opening in the bone, inserting the graft ligament and a graft ligament engagement member in the opening, with the graft ligament disposed alongside a first portion of the engagement member, and inserting a locking member in the bone alongside a second portion of the engagement member, the locking member being separated from the graft ligament by the graft ligament engagement member. The method further comprises moving the locking member to cause the locking member to engage the graft ligament engagement member to urge the graft ligament engagement member, and the graft ligament therewith, toward a wall of the opening to secure the graft ligament to the wall of the opening.
US08298282B2
The invention relates to a medical implant or instrument, particularly a vascular endoprosthesis (stent), comprising a deformable structural part. In order to provide an implant of this type that is magnetic resonance-compatible and can be easily and economically produced, the invention provides that the structural part has a two-layer or multilayer design, whereby layers (2,3) have different electrical and/or magnetic properties. The invention particularly provides that the structural part has a frame structure with openings (5) whereby, in different layers (2,3) of the structural part, the openings (5) are each located at different positions not directly located one above the other.
