Abstract:
An apparatus and method for determining the depth of an object below a surface or the thickness of the dermis. The apparatus and method use a plurality of piezoelectric fingers having probes with differently sized contact areas. A plurality of measurements is taken using each of the probes with differently sized contact areas in order to determine the depth of an object below a surface or the thickness of the dermis.
Abstract:
Systems and methods including bonding two or more separately formed circuit layers are provided using, for example, cold welding techniques. Processing techniques may be provided for combining inorganic and/or organic semiconductor devices in apparatus including, for example, microchips, optoelectronic devices, such as solar cells, photodetectors and organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), and other apparatus with multi-layer circuitry. Methods of bonding preformed circuit layers may include the use of stamping and pressure bonding contacts of two or more circuit layers together. Such methods may find applicability, for example, in bonding circuitry to shaped substrates, including various rounded and irregular shapes, and may be used to combine devices with different structural properties, e.g. from different materials systems.
Abstract:
A device includes a three-dimensionally curved substrate, a patterned metal layer disposed on the curved substrate, and an array of optoelectronic devices, each optoelectronic device including an optoelectronic structure supported by the curved substrate. Each optoelectronic structure includes an inorganic semiconductor stack. The device further includes a set of contact stripes extending across the curved substrate, each optoelectronic structure being coupled to a respective contact stripe of the set of contact stripes. The array of optoelectronic devices is secured to the curved substrate via a bond between the patterned metal layer and the set of contact stripes.
Abstract:
A method of fabricating an optoelectronic device includes creating an optoelectronic structure on a first substrate. The optoelectronic structure includes a release layer and a plurality of inorganic semiconductor layers supported by the release layer. The plurality of inorganic semiconductor layers is configured to be active in operation of the optoelectronic device. The plurality of inorganic semiconductor layers are permanently attached to a second substrate, which is flexible. The plurality of inorganic semiconductor layers are released from the first substrate after the attaching step, and the second substrate is deformed to a non-planar configuration.
Abstract:
In one embodiment the present invention includes a computer implemented method of relating data and generating reports. The method includes storing, by an OLAP system, a network data structure that relates a plurality of data objects. The method further includes storing transactional data in an in-memory database in the OLAP system. The method further includes generating, by the OLAP system, a report using the stored transactional data according to the network data structure. In this manner, deficiencies of the traditional star schema paradigm of data warehousing may be avoided.
Abstract:
A wireless communication device receives a message periodically broadcast by a wireless broadcast device placed within a location, and determines a type of the location and a broadcast period of the message. The wireless communication device sets a check period for periodically checking whether the wireless communication device receives the message, and checks if a present alert mode of the wireless communication device is suitable for the type of the location in a present check period. When the present alert mode of the wireless communication device is not suitable, the wireless communication device automatically switches the present tone mode to a new tone. When the wireless communication device does not receive the message within a next check period, the wireless communication device is determined as having left the location and automatically switched back to the present alert mode from the new alert mode.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, apparatuses and program products are disclosed for communications such as may be used for debugging computers and similar electronic products at a level suitable for low level firmware. This may find application, for example, in environments after cache initialization around the time of memory bring up or motherboard device enumeration but including durability into and beyond software loading.GPIO (General Purpose input/output) connections may be used for communication that may, for some purposes, be regarded as half-duplex but without necessarily being anisochronous.
Abstract:
A lithium-ion auto startup storage battery with a supercapacitor function, includes a power supply, composed of a plurality of lithium batteries connected with each other in series; a supercapacitor connected with the power supply in parallel; an over charge-discharge protection device connected with the power supply in parallel; and a double-loop charge-protection system connected with the supercapacitor in parallel, which includes an inner loop circuit and an outer loop circuit, so that a constant current charger achieves firstly a constant current and then a constant voltage when the lithium-ion battery is charged. The present invention further includes a digital control voltage feedback multilevel current device to resolve an equilibrium problem of connecting large-capacity lithium-ion batteries in series. The present invention further includes a bidirectional current automatic converter to make a standard two-wire battery charge and discharge system of automobile achieve a three-wire system function of lithium-ion battery.
Abstract:
An elastomeric stamp is used to deposit material on a non-planar substrate. A vacuum mold is used to deform the elastomeric stamp and pressure is applied to transfer material from the stamp to the substrate. By decreasing the vacuum applied by the vacuum mold, the elasticity of the stamp may be used to apply this pressure. Pressure also may be applied by applying a force to the substrate and/or the stamp. The use of an elastomeric stamp allows for patterned layers to be deposited on a non-planar substrate with reduced chance of damage to the patterned layer.