公开(公告)号：US5368181A

公开(公告)日：1994-11-29

申请号：US031210

申请日：1993-03-12

申请人： Alan Myers

发明人： Alan Myers

IPC分类号： B65D47/26 ,  F01M11/04 ,  B65D51/16

CPC分类号： B65D47/263 ,  F01M11/0408

摘要： A plug for a threaded opening in an oil pan or other fluid container. The plug has a cylindrical midportion and upper and lower threaded portions at each end of the midportion. The midportion has a side orifice that is connected to another orifice at the end of the upper threaded portion. The end of the lower threaded portion has a grip for turning the plug. The plug may be installed by screwing the upper threaded portion into the threaded opening, sliding the plug further into the container, and screwing the lower threaded portion into the container. Fluid may be drained or vented by unscrewing the lower threaded portion and sliding the plug out of the container until the side orifice is exposed. Once unscrewed, the plug may be rotated to orient the flow of fluid from the side orifice in any direction. Fluid flow may be stopped by sliding the plug into the container until the upper edge of the lower threads contact the container wall. The upper threaded portion prevents loss of the plug during draining yet allows the plug to be easily installed in and removed from existing containers.

摘要翻译： 用于油盘或其他流体容器中螺纹开口的塞子。 插头在中间部分的每个端部具有圆柱形中部部分和上部和下部螺纹部分。 中间部分具有侧孔，其连接到上螺纹部分的端部处的另一个孔口。 下螺纹部分的端部具有用于转动插头的把手。 可以通过将上部螺纹部分拧入螺纹开口中将塞子进一步滑入容器中，并将下部螺纹部分拧入容器中来安装塞子。 可以通过拧下下螺纹部分并将塞子从容器中滑出直到侧孔暴露出来来排出或排出流体。 一旦松开，可以旋转塞子以使来自侧孔的流体流在任何方向上定向。 可以通过将塞子滑入容器中来停止流体流动，直到下部螺纹的上边缘接触容器壁。 上部螺纹部分防止在排水过程中堵塞的损失，但是允许插头容易地安装在现有容器中并从现有容器中移除。

公开(公告)号：US20140151893A1

公开(公告)日：2014-06-05

申请号：US13693598

申请日：2012-12-04

申请人： Boyan Boyanov ,  Kanwal Singh ,  James Clarke ,  Alan Myers

发明人： Boyan Boyanov ,  Kanwal Singh ,  James Clarke ,  Alan Myers

IPC分类号： H01L23/522 ,  H01L21/768

CPC分类号： H01L23/5283 ,  H01L21/76802 ,  H01L21/76816 ,  H01L21/76831 ,  H01L21/76832 ,  H01L21/76834 ,  H01L21/76835 ,  H01L21/76877 ,  H01L21/76883 ,  H01L21/76885 ,  H01L23/5226 ,  H01L23/528 ,  H01L23/53228 ,  H01L23/5329 ,  H01L23/53295 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： Techniques are disclosed that enable improved shorting margin between unlanded conductive interconnect features and neighboring conductive features. In some embodiments, an etch may be applied to an insulator layer having one or more conductive features therein, such that the insulator layer is recessed below the top of the conductive features and the edges of the conductive features are rounded or otherwise softened. A conformal etch stop layer may then be deposited over the conductive features and the insulator material. A second insulator layer may be deposited above the conformal etch stop layer, and an interconnect feature may pass through the second insulator layer and the conformal etch stop layer to connect with the rounded portion of one of the conductive features. In some embodiments, the interconnect feature is an unlanded via and the unlanded portion of the via may or may not penetrate through the conformal barrier layer.

摘要翻译： 公开了能够改善未上行的导电互连特征与相邻导电特征之间的短路裕度的技术。 在一些实施例中，可以将蚀刻施加到其中具有一个或多个导电特征的绝缘体层，使得绝缘体层凹入导电特征的顶部下方，并且导电特征的边缘被倒圆或以其它方式软化。 然后可以在导电特征和绝缘体材料上沉积保形蚀刻停止层。 可以在保形蚀刻停止层上方沉积第二绝缘体层，并且互连特征可以穿过第二绝缘体层和保形蚀刻停止层以与导电特征之一的圆形部分连接。 在一些实施例中，互连特征是未上通孔，并且通孔的未上覆部分可以穿透或不穿透保形阻挡层。

公开(公告)号：US20090061601A1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-05

申请号：US12266771

申请日：2008-11-07

申请人： Alan Myers ,  Juan Santiago ,  Shuhuai Yao

发明人： Alan Myers ,  Juan Santiago ,  Shuhuai Yao

IPC分类号： H01L21/205

CPC分类号： F04B37/02

摘要： Various embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods of fabricating porous silicon. One application of such porous silicon is in the fabrication of electro-osmotic pumps and electro-osmotic pump substrates. The method can comprise operations performed on a silicon wafer. A liner material can be deposited on the silicon wafer, and a photoresist layer can be deposited on the liner material. The photoresist layer can be adapted to define a predetermined pattern on the silicon wafer. Then, porous silicon can be formed on the silicon wafer according to the predefined pattern. As a result, solid silicon can support porous silicon regions of the silicon wafer, providing a support structure for the pumping medium. Other embodiments, aspects, and features are also claimed and described.

摘要翻译： 本发明的各种实施例包括制造多孔硅的系统和方法。 这种多孔硅的一个应用是制造电渗透泵和电渗透泵衬底。 该方法可以包括在硅晶片上执行的操作。 可以在硅晶片上沉积衬垫材料，并且可以在衬垫材料上沉积光致抗蚀剂层。 光致抗蚀剂层可以适于在硅晶片上限定预定图案。 然后，可以根据预定图案在硅晶片上形成多孔硅。 结果，固体硅可以支撑硅晶片的多孔硅区域，为泵送介质提供支撑结构。 还要求和描述其他实施例，方面和特征。

公开(公告)号：US07458783B1

公开(公告)日：2008-12-02

申请号：US10883469

申请日：2004-06-30

申请人： Alan Myers ,  Juan Santiago ,  Shuhuai Yao

发明人： Alan Myers ,  Juan Santiago ,  Shuhuai Yao

IPC分类号： F04B37/02 ,  C02F1/48

CPC分类号： F04B37/02

摘要： A pumping medium for an electro-osmotic pump made of porous silicon. The porous silicon may result in a lower required pumping voltage and a smaller form factor for an equivalent flow rate and pressure generation as compared to conventional glass frits. The porous silicon may also provide a better thermodynamic efficiency over conventional glass frits for use in electro-osmotic pumps. The increased efficiency of the porous silicon may provide an low-power, high flow rate, high pressure, small form factor, vibration-free pump for cooling microelectronic devices, such as integrated circuit chips.

摘要翻译： 用于由多孔硅制成的电渗泵的泵送介质。 与常规玻璃料相比，多孔硅可能导致较低的所需泵送电压和较小的形状因子，用于等效流速和压力产生。 与用于电渗泵的常规玻璃料相比，多孔硅还可提供更好的热力学效率。 多孔硅的提高的效率可以提供低功率，高流量，高压，小形状因数，用于冷却诸如集成电路芯片的微电子器件的无振动泵。

公开(公告)号：US20070190695A1

公开(公告)日：2007-08-16

申请号：US11691124

申请日：2007-03-26

申请人： Alan Myers ,  R. List ,  Gilroy Vandentop

发明人： Alan Myers ,  R. List ,  Gilroy Vandentop

IPC分类号： H01L21/00

CPC分类号： H01L23/473 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/09701 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： A die package and a method and apparatus for integrating an electro-osmotic pump and a microchannel cooling assembly into a die package.

摘要翻译： 一种模具封装以及用于将电渗透泵和微通道冷却组件集成到管芯封装中的方法和装置。

公开(公告)号：US20060254913A1

公开(公告)日：2006-11-16

申请号：US11125720

申请日：2005-05-10

申请人： Alan Myers ,  Juan Santiago ,  Shuhuai Yao ,  Jonathan Posner

发明人： Alan Myers ,  Juan Santiago ,  Shuhuai Yao ,  Jonathan Posner

IPC分类号： C07K1/26 ,  G01N27/00

CPC分类号： F04B19/006 ,  F04B17/00 ,  F28F2250/08 ,  H01L23/473 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： According to some embodiments, a method, system, and apparatus for providing an orientation independent electroosmotic pump. In some embodiments, the method includes an anode and a cathode at different electrical potentials, the anode and cathode are each sealed in an ion-exchange membrane and at least partially immersed in an electrolyte contained in a reservoir of an electroosmotic pump, collecting gases generated by electrolytic decomposition of the electrolyte within a space defined by the ion-exchange membranes that seal the anode and cathode, recombining the collected gases to produce a liquid using a catalyst, the catalyst being located outside of the reservoir, and introducing the produced liquid into the fluid reservoir through an osmotic membrane.

摘要翻译： 根据一些实施例，一种用于提供取向独立电渗泵的方法，系统和装置。 在一些实施例中，该方法包括在不同电势下的阳极和阴极，阳极和阴极各自密封在离子交换膜中并且至少部分地浸入包含在电渗泵的储存器中的电解质中，收集产生的气体 通过在由密封阳极和阴极的离子交换膜限定的空间内电解分解电解质，使用催化剂将收集的气体重新组合以产生液体，催化剂位于储存器外部，并将所产生的液体引入 流体储存器通过渗透膜。

公开(公告)号：US20050138688A1

公开(公告)日：2005-06-23

申请号：US10952551

申请日：2004-09-27

申请人： Martha James ,  Alan Myers ,  Christophe Colleoni ,  Kevin Stokes

发明人： Martha James ,  Alan Myers ,  Christophe Colleoni ,  Kevin Stokes

IPC分类号： C12N9/32 ,  C12N15/82 ,  C12P19/14 ,  A01H1/00 ,  C07H21/04 ,  C12N5/04 ,  C12Q1/68

CPC分类号： C12N9/2422 ,  C12N15/8245 ,  C12P19/14

摘要： SHE, a Starch Hydrolytic Enzyme active in maize endosperm (Zea mays), and the cDNA sequence encoding SHE are disclosed. The specificity of native, purified SHE is similar, in general terms, to previously known alpha-amylases. However, the activity of SHE toward amylopectin results in hydrolysis products that are distinctly different from those of other alpha-amylases. SHE, and its homologous equivalents in other plants such as rice, Arabidopsis, apple and potato, can be used in starch processing for generating different, e.g., larger sized, alpha-limit dextrins for industrial use, as compared to those generated by previously known alpha-amylases or other starch hydrolytic enzymes. In addition, modification of the expression of this enzyme in transgenic maize plants or in other transgenic organisms (including bacteria, yeast, and other plant species) can be useful for the generation of novel starch forms or altered starch metabolism.

摘要翻译： SHE，在玉米胚乳（Zea mays）中活性的淀粉水解酶，以及编码SHE的cDNA序列。 天然纯化的SHE的特异性通常与以前已知的α-淀粉酶相似。 然而，SHE对支链淀粉的活性导致与其它α-淀粉酶明显不同的水解产物。 SHE及其在其他植物如水稻，拟南芥，苹果和马铃薯中的同源等同物可用于淀粉加工中，用于产生不同的，例如较大尺寸的工业用α限制糊精，与之前已知的 α-淀粉酶或其他淀粉水解酶。 此外，在转基因玉米植物或其他转基因生物（包括细菌，酵母和其他植物物种）中修饰该酶的表达可用于产生新的淀粉形式或改变的淀粉代谢。

公开(公告)号：US08772938B2

公开(公告)日：2014-07-08

申请号：US13693598

申请日：2012-12-04

申请人： Boyan Boyanov ,  Kanwal Singh ,  James Clarke ,  Alan Myers

发明人： Boyan Boyanov ,  Kanwal Singh ,  James Clarke ,  Alan Myers

IPC分类号： H01L21/3205

CPC分类号： H01L23/5283 ,  H01L21/76802 ,  H01L21/76816 ,  H01L21/76831 ,  H01L21/76832 ,  H01L21/76834 ,  H01L21/76835 ,  H01L21/76877 ,  H01L21/76883 ,  H01L21/76885 ,  H01L23/5226 ,  H01L23/528 ,  H01L23/53228 ,  H01L23/5329 ,  H01L23/53295 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： Techniques are disclosed that enable improved shorting margin between unlanded conductive interconnect features and neighboring conductive features. In some embodiments, an etch may be applied to an insulator layer having one or more conductive features therein, such that the insulator layer is recessed below the top of the conductive features and the edges of the conductive features are rounded or otherwise softened. A conformal etch stop layer may then be deposited over the conductive features and the insulator material. A second insulator layer may be deposited above the conformal etch stop layer, and an interconnect feature may pass through the second insulator layer and the conformal etch stop layer to connect with the rounded portion of one of the conductive features. In some embodiments, the interconnect feature is an unlanded via and the unlanded portion of the via may or may not penetrate through the conformal barrier layer.

摘要翻译： 公开了能够改善未上行的导电互连特征与相邻导电特征之间的短路裕度的技术。 在一些实施例中，可以将蚀刻施加到其中具有一个或多个导电特征的绝缘体层，使得绝缘体层凹入导电特征的顶部下方，并且导电特征的边缘被倒圆或以其它方式软化。 然后可以在导电特征和绝缘体材料上沉积保形蚀刻停止层。 可以在保形蚀刻停止层上方沉积第二绝缘体层，并且互连特征可以穿过第二绝缘体层和保形蚀刻停止层以与导电特征之一的圆形部分连接。 在一些实施例中，互连特征是未上通孔，并且通孔的未上覆部分可以穿透或不穿透保形阻挡层。

公开(公告)号：US07211872B2

公开(公告)日：2007-05-01

申请号：US09477764

申请日：2000-01-04

申请人： Chia-Hong Jan ,  Julie A. Tsai ,  Simon Yang ,  Tahir Ghani ,  Kevin A. Whitehill ,  Steven J. Keating ,  Alan Myers

发明人： Chia-Hong Jan ,  Julie A. Tsai ,  Simon Yang ,  Tahir Ghani ,  Kevin A. Whitehill ,  Steven J. Keating ,  Alan Myers

IPC分类号： H01L29/76

CPC分类号： H01L29/665 ,  H01L21/28052 ,  H01L21/82345 ,  H01L29/4933 ,  H01L29/66575 ,  Y10S257/90

摘要： A method and device for improved salicide resistance in polysilicon gates under 0.20 μm. The several embodiments of the invention provide for formation of gate electrode structures with recessed and partially recessed spacers. One embodiment, provides a gate electrode structure with recessed thick inner spacers and thick outer spacers. Another embodiment provides a gate electrode structure with recessed thin inner spacers and recessed thick outer spacers. Another embodiment provides a gate electrode structure with thin inner spacers and partially recessed outer spacers. Another embodiment provides a gate electrode structure with two spacer stacks. The outermost spacer stack with recessed thin inner spacers and recessed thick outer spacers. The inner spacer stack within inner spacers and thin outer spacers. Another embodiment provides a gate electrode structure with two spacer stacks. The outermost spacer stack with recessed thin inner spacers and recessed thick outer spacers. The inner spacer stack with recessed thin inner spacers and recessed thin outer spacers.

摘要翻译： 一种在0.20μm以下提高多晶硅门禁耐化学性的方法和装置。 本发明的几个实施例提供了具有凹入和部分凹入间隔件的栅电极结构的形成。 一个实施例提供具有凹入的厚内部间隔件和厚的外部间隔件的栅电极结构。 另一个实施例提供具有凹陷的薄内部间隔件和凹入的厚的外部间隔件的栅极电极结构。 另一实施例提供具有薄的内部间隔件和部分凹入的外部间隔件的栅电极结构。 另一实施例提供具有两个间隔堆叠的栅电极结构。 最外面的间隔物堆叠有凹陷的细内部间隔物和凹陷的厚的外部间隔物 内部间隔件内部间隔堆叠和薄的外部间隔件。 另一实施例提供具有两个间隔堆叠的栅电极结构。 最外面的间隔物堆叠有凹陷的细内部间隔物和凹陷的厚的外部间隔物 具有凹陷的细内部间隔件和凹陷的细外部间隔件的内部间隔件堆叠。

公开(公告)号：US20050204425A1

公开(公告)日：2005-09-15

申请号：US10179562

申请日：2002-06-25

申请人： Alan Myers ,  Martha James

发明人： Alan Myers ,  Martha James

IPC分类号： C12N9/44 ,  C12N15/29 ,  C12N15/82 ,  C12N15/00

CPC分类号： C12N15/8245 ,  C12N9/2451 ,  C12N9/2457 ,  C12N9/246 ,  C12Y302/01041 ,  C12Y302/01068

摘要： SU1, a starch debranching enzyme active in maize endosperm (Zea mays), and the cDNA and genomic sequences encoding SU1 are disclosed. The amino acid sequence is significantly similar to that of bacterial isoamylases, enzymes that hydrolyze α-(1→6) glycosidic bonds. Amino acid sequence similarity establishes SU1 as a member of the α-amylase superfamily of starch hydrolytic enzymes. Also disclosed are antibodies reactive with the SU1 protein, methods of producing antibodies to the SU1 protein, methods of producing fusion proteins including SU1 as well as recombinant SU1 and methods of producing transgenic plants with a modified Su1 gene. The native or expressed SU1 protein can serve as a replacement for the bacterial and fungal enzymes currently used in the starch processing industry.

摘要翻译： SU1是在玉米胚乳（Zea mays）中活性的淀粉脱支酶，并且公开了编码SU1的cDNA和基因组序列。 氨基酸序列显着类似于细菌异淀粉酶，水解α - （1 - →6）糖苷键的酶。 氨基酸序列相似性建立了SU1作为淀粉水解酶的α-淀粉酶超家族的成员。 还公开了与SU1蛋白反应的抗体，产生SU1蛋白的抗体的方法，产生包括SU1的融合蛋白的方法以及重组SU1以及用修饰的Su1基因产生转基因植物的方法。 天然或表达的SU1蛋白可以作为淀粉加工业目前使用的细菌和真菌酶的替代物。