公开(公告)号：US10408673B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-10

申请号：US15706440

申请日：2017-09-15

Applicant: STC.UNM

Inventor： Steven R. J. Brueck ,  Alexander Neumann ,  Payman Zarkesh-Ha

IPC: G01J5/02 ,  G01J1/06 ,  G01J3/02 ,  G01J1/44 ,  G01J3/18 ,  G01J3/28 ,  G02B6/122 ,  G02B6/124 ,  H01L27/144 ,  H01L31/02 ,  H01L31/0216 ,  H01L31/0232 ,  H01L31/103 ,  G02B6/12

Abstract: A 2-D sensor array includes a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of pixels disposed on the semiconductor substrate. Each pixel includes a coupling region and a junction region, and a slab waveguide structure disposed on the semiconductor substrate and extending from the coupling region to the region. The slab waveguide includes a confinement layer disposed between a first cladding layer and a second cladding layer. The first cladding and the second cladding each have a refractive index that is lower than a refractive index of the confinement layer. Each pixel also includes a coupling structure disposed in the coupling region and within the slab waveguide. The coupling structure includes two materials having different indices of refraction arranged as a grating defined by a grating period. The junction region comprises a p-n junction in communication with electrical contacts for biasing and collection of carriers resulting from absorption of incident radiation.

公开(公告)号：US10370305B1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-06

申请号：US15681981

申请日：2017-08-21

Applicant: STC.UNM

Inventor： Mahmoud Reda Taha ,  John Stormont ,  Edward N. Matteo

IPC: C04B41/45 ,  C04B41/49 ,  C04B41/48 ,  C04B41/50 ,  C09K8/44 ,  C09K8/42 ,  E21B33/138 ,  C04B111/34 ,  C04B111/00

Abstract: The present invention concerns compositions and methods of using the same that provide encapsulated polymer nanocomposites for efficient crack repair and monitoring of a cement-substrate interface.

公开(公告)号：US10366253B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-30

申请号：US15534116

申请日：2015-12-15

Applicant: STC.UNM

Inventor： James Plusquellic

IPC: G06F21/73 ,  G06F21/70 ,  G06F21/60 ,  G06F21/71 ,  G09C1/00 ,  H04L9/32 ,  G06F17/18

Abstract: A Hardware-Embedded Delay Physical Unclonable Function (“HELP PUF”) leverages entropy by monitoring path stability and measuring path delays from core logic macros. Reliability and security enhancing techniques for the HELP PUF reduce bit flip errors during regeneration of the bitstring across environmental variations and improve cryptographic strength along with the corresponding difficulty of carrying out model building attacks. A voltage-based enrollment process screens unstable paths on normally synthesized (glitchy) functional units and reduces bit flip errors by carrying out enrollment at multiple supply voltages controlled using on-chip voltage regulators.

公开(公告)号：US10345486B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-09

申请号：US15877167

申请日：2018-01-22

Applicant: STC.UNM

Inventor： Anthony Robert Menicucci ,  Thomas P. Caudell ,  Andrea A. Mammoli

IPC: G01W1/10 ,  G01J5/00 ,  H02J3/00 ,  G06Q10/04 ,  G06Q50/06 ,  H02J3/38 ,  G01J1/42

Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus and method of forecasting solar energy irradiance potential and subsequent photovoltaic output in a region. The apparatus and method includes collecting meteorological data for a given region and then estimating irradiance levels using parameters collected from the meteorological data. Solar energy production is then simulated using the collected meteorological data, estimated irradiance levels, and physical characteristics of a solar generating system in the given region at a predetermined time.

公开(公告)号：US10337186B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-02

申请号：US15528459

申请日：2015-11-20

Applicant: STC.UNM

Inventor： Mahmoud Reda Taha ,  Eslam Mohamed Soliman

IPC: E04C5/07 ,  B32B5/12 ,  B32B5/00 ,  B32B5/26 ,  B32B5/22

Abstract: The present invention provides a fiber reinforced polymer composite having a plurality of layers containing a plurality of fibers. The layers may be configured to maintain predetermined load sharing ratios among the layers at different load levels to produce a gradual load transfer between the different layers during the progressive failure of the composite. The composite is comprised of mono-fibers and the load sharing ratios of the layers have coefficients of variation that are less than 20%.

公开(公告)号：US10329614B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-25

申请号：US14909582

申请日：2014-08-01

Applicant: STC.UNM ,  Jeremy Scott Edwards

Inventor： Jeremy Scott Edwards

IPC: C12Q1/68 ,  C12Q1/6874 ,  C12Q1/6825 ,  C12Q1/6841

Abstract: This disclosure describes, in one aspect, methods for DNA sequencing and performing epigenomic analyses. Generally, the methods include immobilizing a plurality of copies of a DNA molecule on a surface, stretching at least a portion of the immobilized DNA molecules, and sequencing at least a portion of the immobilized, stretched DNA molecules.

公开(公告)号：US10320149B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-11

申请号：US15741230

申请日：2016-06-29

Applicant: INSTITUT MINES-TELECOM ,  UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO

Inventor： Marek Osinski ,  Frédéric Grillot

IPC: H01S5/10 ,  H01S5/06 ,  H01S5/14 ,  H01S5/022 ,  H01S5/068 ,  H01S5/125 ,  H01S5/343 ,  H01S5/02

Abstract: The invention concerns a wavelength tunable semiconductor laser comprising a laser gain section (510) optically coupled to an underlying optical waveguide (520). According to an embodiment of the invention, a first and a second passive microring resonators (530, 560) having a whistle geometry, are arranged on both sides of the laser gain section and evanescently coupled with the optical waveguide (520). Highly reflective broadband mirrors (541, 571) are provided at the free ends of optical waveguide branches (240, 270) tangentially connected to the microring resonators. The first and second passive microrings resonators provide an optical feedback to the laser gain section and allow to select the desired wavelength. The laser structure can be implemented according to a III-V/Si technology.

公开(公告)号：US10299707B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-28

申请号：US15489828

申请日：2017-04-18

Applicant: STC.UNM

Inventor： John B. Plumley ,  Erin D. Milligan ,  Marek Osinski

IPC: A61B5/1455 ,  G01N33/58 ,  A61B5/1459 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/1473

Abstract: The invention provides a quantum dot (QD) modified optical fiber-based biosensor which characterizes matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) enzyme activity at pain signaling sites in the central nervous system (CNS) in vivo. Related systems and peptide biomarker screening methods are also provided.

公开(公告)号：US10283667B1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-07

申请号：US15257348

申请日：2016-09-06

Applicant: Steven R. J. Brueck ,  Sanjay Krishna ,  Seung-Chang Lee

Inventor： Steven R. J. Brueck ,  Sanjay Krishna ,  Seung-Chang Lee

IPC: G02B5/00 ,  G02B6/122 ,  H01L31/109 ,  H01L31/0236 ,  H01L31/0232 ,  H01L31/18 ,  H01L31/0304 ,  H01L31/0352 ,  H01L31/0224 ,  H01L31/105 ,  H01L31/0336

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electromagnetic energy detector. The detector can include a substrate having a first refractive index; a metal layer; an absorber layer having a second refractive index and disposed between the substrate and the metal layer; a coupling structure to convert incident radiation to a surface plasma wave; additional conducting layers to provide for electrical contact to the electromagnetic energy detector, each conducting layer characterized by a conductivity and a refractive index; and a surface plasma wave (“SPW”) mode-confining layer having a third refractive index that is higher than the second refractive index disposed between the substrate and the metal layer.

公开(公告)号：US10265425B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-23

申请号：US15186764

申请日：2016-06-20

Applicant: STC.UNM

Inventor： Yubin Miao ,  Haixun Guo

IPC: A61K51/00 ,  A61M36/14 ,  A61K51/08 ,  C07K14/685 ,  G01N33/574 ,  G01N33/60 ,  A61K9/00 ,  A61K45/06

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel non-invasive diagnostic tools/compounds comprising a cyclic peptide wherein the compound binds to a MSH receptor to image and treat cancers, especially, melanoma, including metastatic melanoma in vivo. The present invention represents a clear advance in the art which presently relies on tissue biopsy for diagnoses of these cancers. The novel imaging probes are capable of detecting cancerous melanoma cells, as well as their metastatic spread in tissues. This represents a quantum step forward in the diagnosis and treatment of melanoma, including metastatic melanoma using non-invasive molecular imaging techniques. The novel probes of the present invention will also be useful to initiate therapy for melanoma as well as monitor patients response to chemotherapy treatments and other interventions or therapies used in the treatment of melanoma/metastatic melanoma. Compounds according to the present invention may be used as diagnostic tools for a number of conditions and diseases states as well as therapeutic agents for treating such conditions and disease states.