摘要:
A valve array system including microelectromechanical valves embedded in a dielectric substrate is disclosed. These microelectromechanical valves can be batch fabricated using resin impregnated dielectric laminates having photolithographically formed circuitry for electrical connections. Movable components of valves, including electromagnetic or electrostatically actuated membranes, flaps, or beams, can be formed from laminate material using sacrifice layers and etching.
摘要:
Bands of predetectors (92) detect the approach of lines of glyphs (12, 14) within an image being scanned. Linear lines or arrays of glyph detectors (116, 118, 120) are sampled in accordance with the detected approach of lines of glyphs. Each detector array includes a plurality of analog glyph detectors (20, 50) which respond to the presence of glyphs with a characteristic analog output. Preferably, the glyph detectors generate a corresponding analog output of a first polarity or other characteristic in response to glyphs of a first orientation and an output of a second polarity or characteristic in response to glyphs of a second orientation. The analog signals which are characteristic of the detection of a glyph are converted into binary 1's and 0's in accordance with the polarity or other characteristic of the signals. In this manner, glyphs are detected by analog detectors and the information encoded in the glyphs is directly output as a binary signal without computer analysis of the image.
摘要:
The present invention consists of an electroluminescent structure and method of fabrication of that structure in materials which have an indirect bandgap in their bulk form. The processing steps can all be standard VLSI methods. Quantum columns, quantum wires or quantum dots may be formed, for example in an array, by masking, reactive ion etching and oxidation. When the semiconductor core is sufficiently thin, quantum mechanical confinement effects raise the energy and the radiative recombination efficiency of injected carriers. Tuning the core diameters allows selection of individual or multiple wavelength emission bands.
摘要:
A sensor array includes includes multiple sensor elements that each have a collection electrode in contact with a photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer is configured to produce a detectable response at the collection electrode upon incidence of radiation in a responsive zone of the photosensitive layer. A gate electrode layer is separated from the photosensitive layer by a dielectric layer, with adjustments to voltage applied to the gate electrode layer inducing changes in areal extent of the responsive zone of the photosensitive layer. Changing the size of the responsive zone permits performance of image convolutions for edge detection, data compression, or other Gaussian convolutions by the sensor array, rather than by post-detection electronics.
摘要:
Nonmonolithic laser arrays having a plurality of lasing elements mounted on one or more spacers which protrude from a thermally conductive support. The spacers ensure the accurate location and separation of the lasing elements, facilitate the orientation of the output laser beams, and enable low thermal, optical, and electrical cross-talk between the lasing elements.
摘要:
Small scale integrated chips are fabricated from a semiconductor wafer and subsequently pretested and formed into large area arrays with self aligning and self locking characteristics due to the axial orientation of the semiconductor wafer and geometries employed for the chips based upon the wafer orientation, whereby the spacing of abutting chip edges in an array may be less than 7 .mu.m. The chips are fabricated from axial wafer, e.g., silicon axial wafer, wherein the chip boundaries are aligned with vertical {111} planes of the crystalline material so that each of the chips formed from the wafer may be defined within parallelogrammatic like geometries defined by these planes and their intersections. The term "parallelogrammatic like geometries" means all geometric shapes capable of being formed with various vertical {111} planes within the crystalline structure of the wafer. Examples of such shapes are parallelograms of various aspect ratios and variations or combinations of planar figures composed of parallelograms. Specific examples of geometries are diamond shaped or chevron shaped configurations.
摘要:
An electrographic printing system comprises oppositely opposed print and complement electrode means to produce a dielectric breakdown through a recording medium transported in a printing gap between the electrode means. A visible mark or image is formed on the surface of the recording medium by (1) forming an aperture in a portion of the recording medium or through the recording medium, (2) ablating or eroding a minute portion of solid conductive pigment medium exposed through the formed aperture, (3) inducing the formation of a pigment aerosol from the explosive effect created during pigment ablation, (4) expulsion of the pigment aerosol through the formed aperture, and (5) confinement of the pigment aerosol to the lip of the formed aperture. The aerosol deposits in the form of a torus on the aperture lip and bonds to the surface of the recording medium. Aerosol containment is created by the employment of a dielectric collar surrounding the print electrode means and the provision of a dielectric overlayer on the surface of the recording medium.
摘要:
Reflective systems include a reflective element secured to an optical element. The reflective element is a switchable reflective layer that is switched by an alignment mechanism electrically coupled to a controller that sends data instructing the alignment mechanism that various light conditions exist.
摘要:
Reflective systems include one or more reflective elements that have a plurality of rotatable elements embedded between a first layer that is bonded to a second layer. The rotatable elements have a first and a second portion that are separated by a reflective plane. An alignment mechanism causes the rotatable elements to move into a desired position.
摘要:
A xerographic micro-assembler system, method and apparatus that includes a sorting unit that is adapted to receive a plurality of micro-objects. The micro-objects can also be sorted and oriented on the sorting unit and then transferred to a substrate. The system, method and apparatus can also include a device for detecting errors in at least one of the micro-objects on the sorting unit and a protection means for preventing an improper micro-object from being transferred to the substrate. The system, method and apparatus can also include an organized micro-object feeder assembly that can transfer at least one of a plurality of micro-objects to the sorting unit or directly to the substrate.