08th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 11 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090045306 | Crepe paper decoration hanger - A decoration hanger comprised of at least three layers, attached at the upper portion to form a solid piece and the bottom portions being separate layers that have adhesive stripping used for the placement of multiple decorations. The device is preferably made from lightweight, flexible material and two dimensional when flat for easier shipping and storage. When is use by the consumer, the decoration hanger would be mounted by adhesive stripping located on the upper portion of the back of the base layer, then any lightweight decorations would be attached using the adhesive stripping located on the front of the base layer, the back and the front of the middle layer and the back of the top layer. After use, removal of the hanger is aided by a tab that helps in the prevention of damage to the surfaces to which the hanger is mounted. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045307 | PROTECTION DEVICE STEM DESIGN - The present invention relates to a connection system for use with an active or passive protection device that minimizes weight. In accordance with the present invention, a single stem connection system for use with an active protection device includes a single bent cable that is attached to the single cable terminal of the active protection device. A stem tube is fitted over a portion of the bent cable giving the appearance and benefits of a single stem. However, a portion of the bent cable is left separated thereby automatically forming a clip-in point for the entire active protection device. Unlike conventional single stem connection systems, the single stem system in accordance with the present invention only requires coupling the cable to the cable terminal thereby reducing manufacturing cost and minimizing overall weight. Alternatively, a similar connection system can be used with a passive protection device to provide many of the same benefits. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045308 | Comestible Fluid Rack and Rail Apparatus and Method - Some embodiments of the present invention provide a support adapted to support a comestible fluid container on a comestible fluid container rack, and a container rack having such a support. The support can include a first portion extending from a stretcher of the comestible fluid container rack and a second portion extending substantially laterally from the first portion to support the comestible fluid container thereon. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045309 | Container securing device - A container securing device includes a housing portion ( | 2009-02-19 |
20090045310 | APPARATUS FOR AFFIXING DECORATIONS TO HOMES - An application for a decoration clip includes a portion for inserting between a facial board of a roof and a drip guard and a portion for interfacing with an outer surface of the drip guard. The substantially flat insertion surface is connected to the substantially flat outlay surface, thereby forming an elongated U-shape when viewed from a side. A device for holding the decoration is situated on an outer surface of the portion for interfacing with an outer surface of the drip guard. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045311 | Multi-purpose, free-standing, portable, laptop computer or display object 360-degree swivel base assembly - A multi-purpose, free-standing, portable, swivel base assembly for laptop computers or other display objects includes a race-base formed by a circular groove on the top of the race-base and corresponding circular groove on the underside of a race-top that permanently locks into the race-base, encasing a rolling mechanism, permitting the race-top to swivel 360 degrees around the race-base. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045312 | Rotating structures - An embodiment of the present invention is a rotating structure. An outer ring is placed on a first surface of a trench in a foundation having a ground surface. An inner ring is positioned inside the outer ring on the first surface. A bar assembly is positioned between the outer ring and the inner ring. A plurality of rollers supports the bar assembly. A plurality of motors engages to the bar assembly to cause the bar assembly to rotate when activated. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045313 | MECHANISM UTILIZED TO ADJUST INCLINATION ANGLE AND HORIZONTAL ROTATION ANGLE - A mechanism utilized to adjust an inclination angle and a horizontal rotation angle of a unit includes at least one pressing plate and at least one supporting portion. The pressing plate is disposed inside an installing space, and a curved surface of the pressing plate includes a first fixture. The supporting portion is disposed on the unit at a location corresponding to the pressing plate. The supporting portion includes a second fixture, fixing to the first fixture of the pressing plate to determine the inclination angle of the unit. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045314 | Wall mount clip for sheet like material such as paper/pictures - A wall mount clip for sheet like materials includes a sheet base and a sheet retainer, wherein the upper end of the sheet retainer is mounted together with the upper end of the sheet base, and the sheet retainer is extended downwardly to the curled lower end which provides resilient force due to deformation of the sheet retainer. The contact point between the curled lower end and the sheet base extends continuously and latitudinally along the elongated lower end to form a contact line to exert said resilient force to hold the sheet like materials. The user can easily slide the sheet materials from the contact point from various angles upwardly to the empty space created by the sheet base and sheet retainer. The wall mount clip will not damage the sheet materials because the resilient is smaller than that generated by conventional clips. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045315 | Picture hanging position finder and wall marking device - Picture Hanging Position Finder And Wall Marking Device has an elongated adjustable vertical support with a hanger at the top to accept and hold a wire or bracket for a framed picture or other hanging object, wherein the device may lean against a wall with the back of the vertical support held flush against the wall, and with the bottom of the vertical support elevated above any wall baseboard, and held in place by forward and laterally extending legs which reach down to a horizontal floor. As such, a picture can be suspended from the vertical support, and the device can be moved to any location against a wall, and the height can adjusted and locked in place, so that a user may view the picture from a distance as if it were hung on the wall in order to choose a desirable location for the picture. The device then has a means for marking the wall for the installation of a permanent hanger at the precise location from where the picture had been temporarily suspended. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045316 | Formwork system - The invention relates to a formwork system with a formwork support preferably for supporting at least one formwork piece, and a magnet device, movably coupled to the formwork support, for fixing the position of the formwork support on a formwork base, wherein the magnet device has a magnet member, which can be transferred between a raised position, in which the formwork support can be moved together with the magnet device relative to the formwork base, and a lowered position in which the formwork system is magnetically fixed relative to the formwork base. Advantageously, with the present invention the magnet device for transferring the magnet member between the raised position and the lowered position is movable relative to the formwork support. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045317 | OPTICAL CAVITY EMITTER ARRANGEMENTS WITH SPECTRAL ALIGNMENT AND METHODS THEREFOR - Aspects of the disclosure are directed to optical microcavities and emitters that are spectrally aligned in an arrangement having an array of such microcavity-emitter combinations. The spectral alignment can be selective, in that a portion of the array of microcavity-emitter combinations, or a single microcavity-emitter combination, can be individually spectrally aligned. In specific examples, light is coupled within a semiconductor device having wavelength-dependent structures and optical cavities optically couple to the wavelength-dependent structures. One of the optical cavities and a wavelength-dependent structure are spectrally aligned, independent of another of the optical cavities. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045318 | Method for reproducibly determining object characteristics - A method for reproducibly determining object characteristics is disclosed. Herein an object is imaged onto a detector by means of an imaging optics and detected thereon. A correction function k is applied to a brightness measuring result N originally detected by a detector in such a way, that a corrected brightness measuring result N′ is proportional to a brightness I impinging on the detector. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045319 | Optical Sensor, Solid-State Imaging Device, and Operating Method of Solid-State Imaging Device - In an optical device such as an optical sensor or a solid-state imaging device having a photodiode for receiving light and producing photocharges and a transfer transistor (or an overflow gate) for transferring the photocharge, it is configured that photocharges overflowing from the photodiode in storage operation are stored into a plurality of storage capacitance elements through the transfer transistor or the overflow gate, thereby obtaining the optical device adapted to maintain a high sensitivity and a high S/N ratio and having a wide dynamic range. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045320 | Method, apparatus and system for a low power imager device - A method, apparatus and system providing an imaging device in which a bias current supplied to one or more imaging device circuits is adjusted in accordance with a frequency of a pixel clock signal. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045321 | Image sensor, method of manufacturing the same, and method of operating the same - An image sensor includes a photoelectric conversion section in a semiconductor substrate, the photoelectric conversion section having a capping layer of a first conductivity type and a photodiode of a second conductivity type below the capping layer, the photodiode having an upper surface deeper than about 1 μm, as measured from an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, a charge detection section receiving charges stored in the photoelectric conversion through a charge transfer section and converting the received charges into respective electrical signals, a voltage application section adapted to apply voltage to the capping layer and to a lower portion of the semiconductor substrate to control a width of a depletion layer on the photodiode, and a signal operation section adapted to generate red, green, and blue, signals according to signals from the charge detection section. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045322 | Optimization of alignment between elements in an image sensor - An image sensor is formed with shifts among the optical parts of the sensor and the photosensitive parts of the sensor. The optical parts of the sensor may include a color filter array and/or microlenses. The photosensitive part may include any photoreceptors such as a CMOS image sensor. The shifts allow images to be formed even when the light received at a given pixel location varies in angle of incidence as a function of pixel location within the array. The relative shifts among the pixel components may be, for example, plus or minus some fraction of the pixel pitch. The shift may be variable across the array or may be constant across the array and may be deterministically determined. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045323 | Automatic Headlamp Control System - A vehicular imaging system includes a forward facing photosensor array and a control responsive to the photosensor array. The control processes an image data set indicative of captured images, and the control processes a reduced image data set of the image data set to determine whether an object of interest is within a target zone of the captured image. The reduced image data set is representative of a portion of the captured images as captured by a particular grouping of the photosensor elements. The control adjusts the reduced image data set so as to be representative of a portion of the captured images as captured by a different particular grouping of the photosensor elements, and adjusts the reduced image data set in response to a determination of a change in a focus of expansion of the captured images. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045324 | SCANNING OPTICAL SYSTEM MEASURING DEVICE AND SCANNING OPTICAL SYSTEM MEASURING METHOD - Measurement of a scanning optical system is to be carried out simply and easily. According to the invention, a scanning optical system measuring device for making adjustment of a scanning optical system which performs scanning with a light beam, includes: plural one-dimensional position detection devices provided at a distance from each other in a scanning direction of a light beam caused to perform scanning, and arranged to intersect the scanning direction of the light beam, and configured to output light receiving position of the light beam caused to perform scanning, as an analog signal; and a detection signal processing unit configured to detect scanning state of the light beam on the basis of a detection signal of the one-dimensional position detection devices. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045325 | Electron bombarded image sensor array device as well as such an image sensor array - The invention relates to an electron bombarded image sensor array device comprising a vacuum chamber having a photocathode capable of releasing electrons into said vacuum chamber when exposed to electromagnetic radiation impinging on said photocathode, electric field means for accelerating said released electrons from said photocathode towards an anode spaced apart from said photocathode in a facing relationship to receive an electron image from said photocathode, said anode being constructed as an back thinned image sensor array having electric connecting pads and being mounted to a carrier using mounting means, said carrier having electric connecting pads to feed electric signals from said image sensor array finally outside said vacuum chamber. The invention also relates to an image sensor array to be used in such a device. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045326 | 3D measurement sensor - In a matrix of light detectors forming a part of a three-dimensional measurement sensor, outputs of light detectors belonging to a same row are connected to a common signal line. An output of each light detector is read, through scanning by the horizontal scan circuit, to the signal line from left to right in order, during a horizontal scan period which is sufficiently short such that slit light of a light-sectioning method can be assumed to be substantially stationary. A position detector determines a time from start of the horizontal scan period until detection of a maximum peak of a signal in the signal line. The time indicates a distance from an end of the row from which scanning is started to the light detector detecting the peak of the slit light. A recording processor records a value of a distance determined by the position detector in correspondence to a value of a counter indicating a projection angle of the slit angle. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045327 | AERIAL-SUPPORTED PROCEDURE FOR EXPLORATION OF HYDROCARBON DEPOSITS - The present invention refers to an aerial-supported procedure for the exploration of hydrocarbon deposits, especially crude oil and gas deposits, using fluorescence procedures, including aerial-supported geo-referencing of the detected locations by means of a digital terrain model, employing biosensors which are sensitive to hydrocarbons. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045328 | Thermal Neutron Porosity from Neutron Slowing-Down Length, Formation Thermal Neutron Capture Cross Section, and Bulk Density - A method for determining at least one formation property calculated from neutron measurements acquired with a downhole tool includes emitting neutrons from a source in the tool into the formation, detecting neutrons with at least one detector in the downhole tool, calculating a first slowing-down length (L | 2009-02-19 |
20090045329 | Downhole Tools Having Combined D-D and D-T Neutron Generators - A nuclear tool includes a tool housing; a d-D neutron generator disposed in the tool housing; a d-T neutron generator disposed in the tool housing; and, optionally, a control circuit for controlling pulsing of the d-D neutron generator and the d-T neutron generator. A method for well-logging using a nuclear tool includes disposing the nuclear tool in a wellbore penetrating a formation; pulsing a d-D neutron generator to emit neutrons at a first energy level into the formation; pulsing a d-T neutron generator to emit neutrons at a second energy level into the formation; and measuring signals returning from the formation. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045330 | Sample ionization at above-vacuum pressures - Sample material ionized in a sample receiving chamber is flowed into a sample conduit. Drying gas may also flow into the sample conduit and may be heated. The pressure and length of the sample conduit may be provided according to the product 50 or greater Torr-cm. The sample conduit may include a turn. The sample conduit may lead to an ion extraction chamber at which a sampling orifice may lead to a mass spectrometer. The diameter of the sample conduit may be larger than the diameter of the sampling orifice. An electrical field may be applied in the ion extraction chamber to slow incoming ions. A voltage jump may be applied to the sample conduit. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045331 | Solid-state flow generator and related systems, applications, and methods - The invention, in various embodiments, is directed to a method for analyzing a sample using a solid-state flow generator that provides a flow of effluent including the sample through an ion mobility based filter. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045332 | SUBSTRATE FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY, MASS SPECTROMETRY, AND MASS SPECTROMETER - Provided is a substrate for mass spectrometry, which enables a detection of a high molecular weight compound to be conducted at a high sensitivity, and can avoid the fragmentation so that there is substantially no obstacle to the analysis of a low molecular weight region. The substrate is a substrate for mass spectrometry for use in laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry, containing a metal and having a porous structure on a surface thereof, wherein at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group, a sulfonic group and an ammonium chloride group is covalently bonded to the surface of the substrate. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045333 | Electrospray emitter and method of using same - The present invention relates to electrospray emitters that have a rigid substrate layer, a second layer, a channel formed in one of the rigid substrate layer and an exit orifice in flow communication with the channel. The second layer is attached to the first layer. The exit orifice is capable of holding an electric charge. The electrospray emitter may be used with such devices as a mass spectrometer, a colloidal thruster or an ion mobility device. Additionally, it may be used to coat a surface. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045334 | MASS SPECTROMETER USING A DYNAMIC PRESSURE ION SOURCE - A mass spectrometer has a pulsed ion source, a first ion trap ( | 2009-02-19 |
20090045335 | INSPECTION METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER FOR REVIEWING DEFECTS - An object of the present invention is to provide a suitable method of observing a wafer edge by using an electron microscope. The electron microscope includes a column which can take an image in being tilted, and thus allows a wafer edge to be observed from an oblique direction. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045336 | Scanning probe microscopy cantilever, corresponding manufacturing method, scanning probe microscope, and scanning method - The present invention provides a scanning probe microscope cantilever comprising a support portion, a lever portion extended from the support portion, and a needle projecting out of a first surface of the cantilever in the vicinity of a free end of the lever portion. From a second surface of the cantilever opposite the first surface, a bore extends through the needle to an aperture formed at a tip of the needle. To the tip of the needle, a substantially globular particle is attached. A method of scanning a sample surface comprises creating relative cantilever motion substantially toward the sample such that the particle experiences a contact force with the sample, illuminating a top surface of the cantilever with laser light such that a portion of the laser light passes through the hollow needle and is emitted from the aperture onto the particle, and detecting scattered light from the sample. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045337 | Charged-Particle Beam Instrument - A charged-particle beam instrument (such as a transmission electron microscope) which facilitates modifying the diameters of aperture stops installed above and below (on the beam entrance and exit sides) the specimen chamber and exchanging the aperture stops. The instrument has bottom and bottom polepieces forming the specimen chamber, aperture stops each having plural holes, pushing mechanisms for pushing the aperture stops against the polepieces and supporting the stops, and stop drive mechanisms for sliding the aperture stops in a direction perpendicular to the path of the beam in response to a manipulation performed outside the electron optical column. The aperture stops are made of a metal foil or sheet and provide a cover over the opening of at least one beam passage hole in the polepieces that faces into the specimen chamber. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045338 | Inspection method and apparatus using an electron beam - An inspection method and apparatus irradiates a sample on which a pattern is formed with an electron beam, so that an inspection image and a reference image can be generated on the basis of a secondary electron or a reflected electron emitted by the sample. An abnormal pattern is determined based on a difference in halftone values of each pixel between the inspection image and the reference image. A plurality of feature quantities of the abnormal pattern are obtained from an image of the abnormal pattern, and, based on the distribution of the plurality of feature quantities of the abnormal pattern, a range for classifying the type of the abnormal pattern is designated. Thus, a desired defect can be extracted from many defects extracted by inspection. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045339 | Charged particle beam equipment - Charged particle beam equipment having a rotary mechanism in which shift of the observing/machining position incident to the rotary operation of the equipment having the rotary mechanism can be corrected conveniently with high precision in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the optical system of charged particle beam or in a slightly inclining plane. An X-Y shift incident to rotation in a plane is determined from the angular information of a rotary mechanism such as a sample holder, diaphragms or biprisms in the charged particle beam equipment, and then driving or controlling is performed to cancel the X-Y shift. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045340 | ELECTRON MICROSCOPE WITH ELECTRON SPECTROMETER - A lens adjustment method and a lens adjustment system which adjust a plurality of multi-pole lenses of an electron spectrometer attached to a transmission electron microscope, optimum conditions of the multi-pole lenses are determined through simulation based on a parameter design method using exciting currents of the multi-pole lenses as parameters. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045341 | SYSTEMS FOR OBSERVING REACTIONS USING INFRARED IMAGING - A system for monitoring the heats of reaction of an array of materials has an infrared transparent substrate containing the materials. A reaction chamber encloses the substrate. At least one reactant gas is coupled to the reaction chamber through a valve. An infrared camera images the array of materials. The camera outputs signals corresponding to an infrared emission intensity of at least one activated material in the array. A system for characterizing chemical reactions has an infrared transparent substrate for containing an array of materials. A modulated infrared radiation source simultaneously irradiates the materials in the array with infrared radiation. An infrared camera has a focal plane array detecting infrared radiation. An optical element focuses the infrared radiation transmitted by the array of materials onto the focal plane array. A processor coupled to the camera transforms sequential intensity profiles of the detected infrared radiation into infrared spectra using Fourier analysis. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045342 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AN ANALYTE CONCENTRATION IN A SAMPLE HAVING INTERFERENTS - A method and apparatus are described that permit an analyte concentration to be estimated from a measurement in the presence of compounds that interfere with the measurement. The method reduces the error in the analyte concentration in the presence of interferents. The method includes the use of a set of measurements obtained for a large population having a range of known analyte and interfering compound concentrations. From a sample measurement, which may or may not be one of the population, likely present interferents are identified, and a calibration vector is calculated. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045343 | TERAHERTZ DETECTORS FOR USE IN TERAHERTZ INSPECTION OR IMAGING SYSTEMS - A technique is provided for examining a subject. The technique includes illuminating at least a part of the subject with THz radiation and detecting THz radiation reflected and/or transmitted from the illuminated part and incident upon a detector array by measuring change in capacitance corresponding to the incident THz radiation. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045344 | Radiation converter, detector module, methods for the production thereof, and a radiation detection device - A radiation converter is disclosed. In order to improve the detection of x-ray radiation or gamma radiation, at least one embodiment of the invention provides that, in the case of the radiation converter with a plurality of converter elements for converting x-ray radiation or gamma radiation to light, in each case one light outlet window is formed on a light outlet side of the converter elements such that, on the light outlet side, the converter elements are covered in part by reflector material in a layered fashion. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045345 | ELECTROMAGNETIC AND PARTICLE DETECTOR WITH REDUCED NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS - A detecting device comprises at least one 2-dimensional set of elementary sensors of the semiconductor type for transforming energy of radiation to be detected into electric signals. Each elementary sensor is provided on one side with an anode and on the opposite side with a cathode adapted to be electrically connected on a circuit for reading and operating on the signals. The anodes are electrically interconnected to constitute a plurality of anode subsets electrically connected at least in pairs to a measuring anode path looped on said reading and operating circuit. Each anode is connected to two separate measuring anode paths. The cathodes are electrically interconnected to constitute adjacent cathode subsets, each cathode subset being electrically connected to a measuring cathode path. The anodes belonging to two anode subsets and connected to a common anode path are associated with sensors whereof the cathodes belong to separate cathode subsets. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045346 | X-RAY IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURING THEREOF - The present invention discloses an X-ray imaging device comprising an X-ray absorber that comprises a plurality of semiconductor layers. The plurality of semiconductor layers comprise a substrate having a backside; and at least one absorption layer adapted to absorb at least one X-ray photon impinging on the at least one absorption layer that is adapted to correspondingly generate in response to the at least one impinging X-ray photon at least one electron-hole pair; and a readout unit, wherein the readout unit is operatively coupled to the X-ray absorber such to enable readout of the at least one electron-hole pair. Additional and alternative embodiments are described and claimed. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045347 | Detector module, radiation detector and radiation recording device - A detector module is disclosed including a plurality of directly converting detector submodules, each with a back contact, and a scattered radiation collimator spanning the detector submodules. For contacting the back contacts, a contacting unit is provided in at least one embodiment and designed so that a contact connection is established between the contacting unit and the counter-electrodes by way of assembly-related proximity of the scattered radiation collimator and the counter-electrodes. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045348 | Intrinsically Directional Fast Neutron Detector - A directional fast neutron detector having superposed layers of a hydrogenous non-scintillating material for generating recoil protons, a non-hydrogenous scintillating material for generating scintillations, and a non-hydrogenous non-scintillating barrier material, in which the layers are placed in a specific order at regular intervals and the composition and thickness of the layers can be varied in order to alter the efficiency and sensitivity of the system. The detector exhibits both intrinsic and geometric directionality. The intrinsic directionality will depend primarily on the materials selected and the thicknesses of the individual layers, while the geometric directionality will depend primarily on the size and shape of detector. The detector of the invention provides a compact, relatively easy to use, directional neutron detector for use in locating and monitoring special nuclear materials and other sources of fast neutrons. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045349 | Sample enclosure for inspection and methods of use thereof - A sample container assembly for use in a microscope including a sample enclosure, an electron beam permeable, fluid impermeable, membrane sealing the sample enclosure from a volume outside the sample enclosure and a pressure controller assembly communicating between the sample enclosure and a volume outside the sample enclosure. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045350 | APPARATUS FOR STERILISING CONTAINERS - An apparatus ( | 2009-02-19 |
20090045351 | SENSOR SYSTEM WITH SURFACE-PLASMON-POLARITON (SPP) ENHANCED SELECTIVE FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION AND METHOD - In a sensor system, an active sensor chip includes an array of periodically-patterned dielectric active sensor patches of different periodicities and geometries formed on a metal film. A specimen under study is positioned on each patch, and the active sensor chip is interrogated by illumination the patches in a predetermined sequence to result in a fluorescence response from each patch enhanced by SPP. The intensity of the fluorescence response is controlled by varying the wavelength, incidence angle, azimuthal orientation and polarization direction of the excitation light beam as the function of the periodicity of the illuminated patch. The system is compatible with commercial fluorescence microscopes and scanned laser interrogation systems. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045352 | Radiation Dosimeter For Fluid Very Small Substances, And Method Of Measuring Radiation Dose - Provided are a radiation dosimeter for fluid very small substances, which, in a radiation irradiation device for applying a radiation to a fluid very small substance in a fluid in a treatment chamber, can easily and accurately determine a dose distribution and/or minimum dose of a radiation applied to individual fluid very small substances, and a method of measuring a dose of a radiation applied to fluid very small substances using the dosimeter. In the radiation dosimeter for fluid very small substances, a microcapsule includes a radiation transmitting shell body and a radiation color development tautomeric photochromic solution contained within the shell. The microcapsule undergoes a change in color upon a change in color of the photochromic solution upon exposure to a radiation. The dose of the radiation and the color change level of the microcapsule have a quantitative relationship. Further, the particle diameter, which has a peak value in the particle diameter distribution of the microcapsule, is set to substantially the same diameter as the fluid very small substance as a dose measurement object. In the method of measuring the dose of a radiation applied to fluid very small substances, the radiation dosimeter for fluid very small substances is used. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045353 | Fluorescent nanoscopy method - An analysis of an object dyed with fluorescent coloring agents carried out with the aid of a fluorescent microscope which is modified for improved resolving power and called a nanoscope. The method is carried out with a microscope having an optical system for visualizing and projecting a sample image to a video camera which records and digitizes images of individual fluorescence molecules and nanoparticles at a low noise, a computer for recording and processing images, a sample holder arranged in front of an object lens, a fluorescent radiation exciting source and a set of replaceable suppression filters for separating the sample fluorescent light. Separately fluorescing visible molecules and nanoparticles are periodically formed in different object parts, the laser produces the oscillation thereof which is sufficient for recording the non-overlapping images of the molecules and nanoparticles and for decoloring already recorded fluorescent molecules, wherein tens of thousands of pictures of recorded individual molecule and nanoparticle images, in the form of stains having a diameter on the order of a fluorescent light wavelength multiplied by a microscope amplification, are processed by a computer for searching the coordinates of the stain centers and building the object image according to millions of calculated stain center co-ordinates corresponding to the co-ordinates of the individual fluorescent molecules and nanoparticles. With this invention it is possible to obtain a two-dimensional and a three-dimensional image with a resolving power better than 20 nm and to record a color image by dyeing proteins, nucleic acids and lipids with different coloring agents. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045354 | Method and Device for Handling Objects - In relation with a laser-induced transport process of an object from a carrier to a collecting device, the invention provides a collecting medium in the collecting device in a liquid state. Prior to the laser-induced transport process, the object is separated from a mass on the carrier by laser irradiation. After the laser-induced transport process, the object, thus selected and separated, is transferred together with the collecting medium to a destination, for example, a container, for further treatment. To this end, a manipulation system for liquids is provided, the system permitting manipulation of the collecting medium with the object contained therein with a high degree of reliability and a high throughput. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045355 | METHOD FOR GENERATING ENTANGLED ELECTRON, INFRARED-RAY, VISIBLE-RAY, ULTRAVIOLET-RAY, X-RAY AND GAMMA-RAY BEAMS - The method for generating entangled beams of electrons, gamma-ray, X-ray, ultraviolet, visible or infrared photons comprises the following elements: an entangled photon beam generator using a BBO crystal, two branches each containing a photon-to-electron converter (photocathode), an electron amplifier (photomultiplier), an electron accelerator and a target that converts the kinetic energy of the electrons into entangled gamma-ray, X-ray, ultraviolet, visible or infrared photons. The beams obtained in each branch contain groups of gamma-ray, X-ray, ultraviolet, visible or infrared photons that are mutually entangled and entangled with the corresponding groups of the other branch. The entangled electrons may also be used as such before interaction with the target. Variants of the method are presented. One application of the method is the preparation of entangled thermoluminescent products by irradiation by means of entangled gamma-ray beams. The thermoluminescent products then contain entangled trapped electrons and may be used for implementing quantum communications over any distance and through any medium. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045356 | UV IRRADIATOR - An apparatus having one or more UV bulbs arranged around a structural element and within an outer conductive element. The apparatus also contains an inner conductive element which extends the length of the apparatus. The inner and outer conductive elements are coupled to a microwave source to enable the UV bulbs to be powered. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045357 | Contamination barrier and lithographic apparatus comprising same - A rotatable contamination barrier is disclosed that has a plurality of closely packed blades configured to trap contaminant material coming from a radiation source. The blades are radially oriented relative to a central rotation axis of the contamination barrier. The blades comprise a metal compound having crystals oriented generally radially relative to the central rotation axis. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045358 | Radiation shield securing and covering system - A flexible ionizing radiation shield attached to an X-ray machine by a long retractable cable. An elongated opening adjacent to a top edge is used as a hand hold to manipulate the flexible shield during usage and as a means to hang the flexible shield onto two hooks on the cable housing for storage. Sanitary disposable shield covers are dispensed from a dispenser mounted above the shield hanger. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045359 | SPATIAL INFORMATION DETECTING APPARATUS - In an apparatus using an intensity-modulated light for detection of spatial information based upon light intensity of light reflected from a target space, a timing synchronization circuit is provided to synchronize a phase of the intensity-modulated light from a light-emitting element with a timing of operating a light-receiving element receiving the intensity-modulated light. The light-receiving element is caused to operate for enabling the detection of intensity of the received light for each of a plurality of phase regions within one cycle of the intensity-modulated light. The timing synchronization circuit functions to compare a cyclic variation determining the operation of the light-receiving element with a cyclic variation associated with an output from a light-emitting element driving circuit in order to keep a constant phase difference between these two cyclic variations. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045360 | QUANTUM DOT-BASED LUMINESCENT MARKING MATERIAL - A luminescent marking material includes a luminescent material, which includes quantum dots, and a vehicle for delivering the luminescent material to an object. A method of embedding information on a substrate includes assigning information to luminescent material, which includes quantum dots, forming luminescent marking material by combining luminescent material and marking material, and creating an image on a substrate with the luminescent marking material. A system that embeds and recovers information on a substrate includes an image forming device containing such a luminescent marking material for forming an image on the a substrate and a document reading device including a radiation emitting unit, which emits radiation that causes the luminescent marking material to illuminate, and a reader that detects the data on the substrate while the luminescent marking material is illuminated. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045361 | VALVE MODULE - A fluid power valve module has a supply port for fluid and at least one fluid power and more especially pneumatic valve able to be controlled via the control interface of the valve module for control of a fluid power instrumentality by way of power ports on the basis of the supplied fluid. There is a provision such that the valve module comprises at least one switching output integrated in its housing fo output of a switching signal for switching a switching means for influencing and more especially deactivating the instrumentality. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045362 | Positive Locking Valve Control Device With Squeeze Trigger - A mechanism used for locking a valve that provides positive control of the valve lock to prevent the valve from changing position unintentionally is disclosed. The positive locking valve control device preferably includes a housing with a handle and a linkage extending therefrom. A main gear inside the housing is disposed about a shaft which is positionally fixed outside of the housing. The main gear is releasably intermeshed with a locking gear controlled by the handle. Squeezing the handle separates the gear and allows angular movement of the handle which corresponds to movement of the linkage. The linkage is connected to a valve actuator or valve stem and the position of the valve may be adjusted in this manner. Springs in the handle cause the main gear and locking gear return to a locked position when the handle is released. Accordingly, the valve cannot drift or be bumped out of position when the handle is released. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045363 | Modular arrangement with modules, which are added in a series direction and are formed at least partially as valve modules - A modular arrangement is proposed with modules ( | 2009-02-19 |
20090045364 | Pressure Compensating Method - A control valve ( | 2009-02-19 |
20090045365 | Fail Safe Mechanism For Valve Using A Cock And Lock Return Spring - A fail safe mechanism having a return member, valve stem extension, energy storage member, and locking assembly. The valve stem extension is driven by an electrical actuator and configured to drive the return member in a first direction and to be driven by the return member in a second direction. The energy storage member is configured to store energy when the electrical actuator causes the valve stem extension to drive the return member in the first direction and to release the energy stored therein when a disruption of power causes the return member to drive the valve stem extension in the second direction. The locking assembly is configured to hold the return member in a cocked position such that the valve stem extension rotates with the valve independently of the return member and free of influence from the energy storage member while the power is applied to the electrical actuator. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045366 | Flow Control Valve - The invention has been made to provide a flow control valve capable of preventing adhesion between a fixed core and a movable core and increasing an attractive force, so that flow control can be performed with high accuracy. In a flow control valve | 2009-02-19 |
20090045367 | Circuit board for a Solenoid Valve Manifold - A circuit board ( | 2009-02-19 |
20090045368 | Axially Energisable Ball Valve - A ball valve ( | 2009-02-19 |
20090045369 | Plumbing Fitting - A plumbing fitting which includes an inlet pipe connectable to a water supply pipe and an outlet connectable to an appliance, said fitting also including a valve arranged between said inlet pipe and said outlet, said valve being moveable between a first position in which water can flow from said inlet pipe to said outlet, and a second position in which said inlet pipe is shut off from said outlet, characterised in that in a first configuration of the plumbing fitting the outlet does not protrude beyond the profile of the inlet pipe. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045370 | CONTROLLING VALVE - A controlling valve includes an outer sheet, an end cap and a control valve group. The control valve group is disposed between a flowing bore in the outer sheet and a water bore in the end cap. The controlling water valve is connected with the outlet of a water tube. When the control valve group is pushed upwards, the water bore in the end cap and the flowing bore in the outer sheet are closed in a predetermined sequence, then the water in the tube will not flow out. When the control valve group is pushed downwards, the flowing bore in the outer sheet and the water bore in the end cap are opened, then the water will flow out. When the water is stopped, the occurring positive or negative pressure wave is lowered, and then the vibration and the raspy noise will be avoided. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045371 | BONDED SLIT VALVE DOOR SEAL WITH THIN NON-METALLIC FILM GAP CONTROL BUMPER - The present invention provides a thin film spacer for maintaining a gap between a slit valve door and a sealing surface of a slit valve, such as a metallic insert. The film spacer can extend the life of a seal by limiting the line of sight exposure of the seal to corrosive gases within a wafer processing chamber, for example, and by controlling the compression percentage of the seal. The spacer may be located on an outer ambient side of the slit valve away from any corrosive gasses that may exist in the chamber. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045372 | Composition for drop on demand finishing of a textile article - A finishing composition is described for deposition by dot-on-demand inkjet technique onto a textile substrate. The composition comprising a dispersion or emulsion of a functional finishing agent in a vehicle, wherein the size of particles in the dispersion or emulsion of the finishing composition is less than about 2 microns. By ensuring sufficient fineness of the particles, effective and reliable droplet deposition may proceed without clogging. Of significance, the composition should not be subject to flocculation or sedimentation during use. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045373 | COMPOUNDS, IONIC LIQUIDS, MOLTEN SALTS AND USES THEREOF - There are provided compounds represented by formula (I): | 2009-02-19 |
20090045374 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE, MAGNETIC COMPOSITE MATERIAL, PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION, AND ITS USE - Electrically conductive, magnetic composite material, comprising
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20090045375 | Refrigerant Composition - [Problems] To provide a safe, nontoxic, and high-performance mixed refrigerant for hot water supply/heating system which is prepared by mixing dimethyl ether with carbon dioxide and which does not deplete the ozone layer, has a low global warming potential, and permits low-pressure operation. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045376 | Coolant Composition - The present invention relates to a coolant composition having an excellent corrosion control function, mainly for metals which form cooling systems for internal combustion engines and the like, particularly aluminum or aluminum alloys, where the excellent corrosion control function for aluminum or aluminum alloys is not deteriorated even when mixed with a cooling composition containing another component, and is characterized by having a glycol as a base and containing (a) 0.05 to 0.5 mass % of silicic acid or an alkali metal salt thereof; (b) 0.5 to 5 mass % of p-tert-butyl benzoic acid or an alkali metal salt thereof; (c) 0.1 to 0.8 mass % of sebacic acid or an alkali metal salt thereof; (d) 0.001 to 0.5 mass % of at least one type selected from among strontium compounds, magnesium compounds and calcium compounds; and (e) 0.05 to 1.0 mass % of a triazole. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045377 | THICK FILM GETTER PASTE COMPOSITIONS FOR USE IN MOISTURE CONTROL - The invention is directed to a screen-printable getter composition comprising: (a) glass frit; dispersed in (b) organic medium. The invention is further directed to a screen-printable thick film getter composition comprising: (a) glass frit; and (b) desiccant material; dispersed in (c) organic medium. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045378 | Use of Water-Absorbent, Predominantly Open-Celled Crosslinked Acid-Functional Addition Polymer Foams in Hygiene Articles - Use in hygiene articles of articles formed of water-absorbent, predominantly open-celled crosslinked acid-functional addition polymer foams Abstract The use of articles formed of water-absorbent open-celled crosslinked acid-functional addition polymer foams and containing finely divided silicon dioxide and/or at least one surfactant on their surface as an acquisition and/or distribution layer in hygiene articles. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045379 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PASSIVATING HEAT EXCHANGER SYSTEMS - A method for treating parts in a heat exchanger system is provided. In the method, heat exchanger parts with metal surfaces which chemically and detrimentally interact with additives in coolant fluids in the heat exchanger system are treated by contacting the metal surfaces with a phosphate-containing solution for the phosphate-containing solution to passivate the metal surface for subsequent contact with the coolant fluids. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045380 | Lift stand - A motorcycle lift stand has a lifting surface, a base with legs and a center post having an internal gas compression spring and locking mechanism. The locking mechanism is coupled to a touch pad that is attached one of the legs of the base. In use, a motorcycle is placed on the lifting surface and the touch pad is actuated causing the gas spring to apply an upward force on the motorcycle. With the assistance of the lift stand the user can raise the motorcycle to the desired height. When the motorcycle is property positioned, the user releases the touch pad to lock the lift stand to the desired height. The lift stand is lowered by actuating the touch pad. An internal dampening mechanism slows the downward movement of the motorcycle. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045381 | MODULAR LIFT ASSEMBLY - A lift assembly having a drum rotatably mounted to a frame and linearly translatable with respect to one or more portions of the frame. A plurality of head blocks can be connected to the frame along a helical mounting path, wherein linear translation of the drum during takeoff or take-up can maintain a predetermined fleet angle between a take off point from the drum and the head block. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045382 | Water well serving system - A system for servicing a water well including a well pipe having a pump and a motor at a bottom thereof. The well head has a platform to support a winch thereon. Also supported on the platform is an upstanding mast having a return wheel at a top thereof. One end of a cable is attached to the winch and another end is attached to a top of the well pipe after having been trained over the return wheel at the top of the mast. Activating the motor on the winch will pull the well pipe from the deep well including the pump and the motor. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045383 | Lifting assist device - Disclosed herein is a device for lifting an article comprising a housing having an inner chamber, the housing having a leading edge region in fluid communication with the inner chamber, the leading edge region being arranged to engage an access region between an article and a support surface beneath the article, an elongate tubular member having a first open end region and a second closed end region, the first open end region being directly or indirectly in fluid tight relation with the leading edge region, the elongate tubular member having a first surface in fluid communication with the inner chamber and an opposite second surface, the housing being arranged to provide a retracted position in which the elongate tubular member is held relative to the leading edge region and responsive to an operative pressure within the inner chamber to unfurl beyond the leading edge region to cause the elongate tubular member to migrate along the access region with the second surface in contact with the article and the support surface and with minimal relative motion between the contacting surfaces of the elongate tubular member, the article and the support surface and toward a deployed position in which the tubular member extends a distance exceeding a lateral dimension of the article with opposed ends of the tubular member being available to be employed for lifting the article from the support surface. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045384 | Tool With Hydraulic Valve System - The invention relates to a hydraulic tool, in particular a rescue tool, provided with pivotable parts and with a hydraulic valve system having a double-action hydraulic cylinder connected thereto for driving the pivotable parts, wherein the hydraulic valve system comprises: —a differential valve element (K- | 2009-02-19 |
20090045385 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING MEMORY ELEMENT WITH HIGH SPEED LOW CURRENT PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL - An integrated circuit includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a memory element coupled to the first electrode and to the second electrode, the memory element includes fast-operation resistance changing material doped with dielectric material. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045386 | Phase-change memory element - A phase-change memory element. The phase-change memory element comprises a first electrode and a second electrode. A first phase change layer is electrically coupled to the first electrode. A second phase change layer is electrically coupled to the second electrode. A conductive bridge is formed between and electrically coupled to the first and second phase change layers. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045387 | Resistively switching semiconductor memory - One embodiment provides a non-volatile semiconductor memory with CBRAM memory cells at which there exists, between the Ag-doped GeSe layer and the Ag top electrode, a chemically inert barrier layer improving the switching properties of the CBRAM memory cell. The active matrix material layer of the memory cell includes a GeSe/Ge:H double layer with a vitreous GeSe layer and an amorphous Ge:H layer. The amorphous Ge:H layer is positioned between the GeSe layer and the second electrode. Thus, the forming of AgSe conglomerates in the Ag doping and/or electrode layer is inhibited, so that precipitations are prevented and a homogeneous deposition of the silver doping layer is enabled. By means of the GeSe/Ge:H double layer system, the resistive non-volatile storage effect of the CBRAM memory cell is, on the one hand, preserved and, on the other hand, the chemical stability of the top electrode positioned thereabove is ensured by means of the thin Ge:H layer. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045388 | PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL STRUCTURE AND RELATED METHOD - A structure including a phase change material and a related method are disclosed. The structure may include a first electrode; a second electrode; a third electrode; a phase change material electrically connecting the first, second and third electrodes for passing a first current through two of the first, second and third electrodes; and a refractory metal barrier heater layer about the phase change material for converting the phase change material between an amorphous, insulative state and a crystalline, conductive state by application of a second current to the phase change material. The structure may be used as a fuse or a phase change material random access memory (PRAM). | 2009-02-19 |
20090045389 | PHASE CHANGE MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A phase change memory device and a method for manufacturing the same. The method includes the steps of defining bottom electrode contact holes by removing portions of an insulation layer, to expose bottom electrodes, on a semiconductor substrate on which the bottom electrodes and the insulation layer are sequentially formed; forming amorphous silicon spacers on inner sidewalls of the bottom electrode contact holes; and forming bottom electrode contacts in the bottom electrode contact holes. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045390 | Multi-resistive state memory device with conductive oxide electrodes - A memory cell including conductive oxide electrodes is disclosed. The memory cell includes a memory element operative to store data as a plurality of resistive states. The memory element includes a layer of a conductive metal oxide (CMO) (e.g., a perovskite) in contact with an electrode that may comprise one or more layers of material. At least one of those layers of material can be a conductive oxide (e.g., a perovskite such as LaSrCoO | 2009-02-19 |
20090045391 | Switch Device and Method of Fabricating the Same - Provided is a switch device that can be reliably turned on or off using a nanostructure that includes a nanotube and/or a nanowire. The switch device includes a lower conductive film formed on a substrate, a first insulating film formed on the lower conductive film and having a first hole that exposes at least a portion of the first lower conductive film, and a conductive film spacer formed on an inner wall of the first hole of the first insulating film. A switch device may include a nanostructure having an end electrically connected to the lower conductive film, including a nanotube and/or a nanowire, extending substantially vertically from the lower conductive film and penetrating through the first hole, and separated from the conductive film spacer with a working gap interposed therebetween. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045392 | Nitride semiconductor device - There is provided a nitride semiconductor device including an active layer of a superlattice structure. The nitride semiconductor device including: a p-type nitride semiconductor layer; an n-type nitride semiconductor layer; and an active layer disposed between the p-type and n-type nitride layers, the active layer comprising a plurality of quantum barrier layers and quantum well layers deposited alternately on each other, wherein the active layer has a superlattice structure where the quantum barrier layer has a thickness for enabling a carrier injected from the p-type and n-type nitride semiconductor layers to be tunneled therethrough, and at least one of the quantum barrier layers has an energy band gap greater than another quantum barrier layer adjacent to the n-type nitride semiconductor layer. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045393 | Nitride semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same - There are provided a nitride semiconductor device having a structure capable of improving crystallinity of grown nitride semiconductor, carrying out easily removing a substrate, and dividing into chips very easily, by using zinc oxide based compound having excellent processability as a substrate, and a method for manufacturing the same. In case that a nitride semiconductor device is formed by laminating nitride semiconductor layers on a substrate ( | 2009-02-19 |
20090045394 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises depositing a semiconductor layer over a semiconductor surface having at least one first region with a first (average surface lattice) parameter value and at least one second region having a second parameter value different from the first. The semiconductor layer is deposited to a thickness so self-organised islands form over both the first and second regions. The difference in the parameter value means the islands over the first region have a first average parameter value and the islands over the second region have a second average parameter value different from the first. A capping layer is deposited over islands and has a greater forbidden bandgap than the islands whereby the islands form quantum dots, which have different properties over the first and second regions due to difference(s) between the first and second region islands. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045395 | Strained-Layer Superlattice Focal Plane Array Having a Planar Structure - An infrared focal plane array (FPA) is disclosed which utilizes a strained-layer superlattice (SLS) formed of alternating layers of InAs and In | 2009-02-19 |
20090045396 | Composition for forming passivation layer and organic thin film transistor comprising the passivation layer - Disclosed herein is a composition including a perfluoropolyether derivative, a photosensitive polymer or a copolymer thereof, and a photocuring agent, a passivation layer, organic thin film transistor, and electronic device including the same, a method of forming the passivation layer and methods of fabricating the organic thin film transistor and electronic device. The organic thin film transistor may prevent or reduce oxygen and moisture from infiltrating thereinto, and thus may prevent or reduce the degradation of the performance thereof caused by ambient air, prevent or reduce the deterioration thereof, and may more easily be formed into a pattern, thereby exhibiting characteristics suitable for use in electronics. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045397 | FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR USING AMORPHOUS OXIDE FILM AS CHANNEL LAYER, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR USING AMORPHOUS OXIDE FILM AS CHANNEL LAYER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF AMORPHOUS OXIDE FILM - An amorphous oxide containing hydrogen (or deuterium) is applied to a channel layer of a transistor. Accordingly, a thin film transistor having superior TFT properties can be realized, the superior TFT properties including a small hysteresis, normally OFF operation, a high ON/OFF ratio, a high saturated current, and the like. Furthermore, as a method for manufacturing a channel layer made of an amorphous oxide, film formation is performed in an atmosphere containing a hydrogen gas and an oxygen gas, so that the carrier concentration of the amorphous oxide can be controlled. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045398 | MANUFACTURE METHOD FOR ZnO BASED COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR CRYSTAL AND ZnO BASED COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - A manufacture method that can manufacture ZnO based compound semiconductor crystal of good quality. A ZnO substrate is prepared to have a principal surface made of a plurality of terraces of (0001) planes arranged stepwise along an m-axis direction, the envelop of the principal surface being inclined relative to the (0001) plane by about 2 degrees or less. ZnO based compound semiconductor crystal is grown on the principal surface. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045399 | FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR WITH GATE INSULATION LAYER FORMED BY USING AMORPHOUS OXIDE FILM - A field effect transistor includes a channel layer | 2009-02-19 |
20090045400 | Method for monitoring fuse integrity in a semiconductor die and related structure - According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for monitoring structural integrity of at least one fuse in semiconductor wafer, which includes at least one electrical monitoring structure, includes forming a monitoring window in a dielectric layer overlying the at least one electrical monitoring structure, where the monitoring window and a fuse window overlying the at least one fuse are, in one embodiment, formed in a same etch process. The method further includes performing at least one electrical measurement on the at least one electrical monitoring structure, wherein the at least one electrical measurement is utilized to monitor the structural integrity of the at least one fuse. A change in the at least one electrical measurement is utilized to indicate a change in the structural integrity of the at least one fuse. The at least one electrical monitoring structure can include, for example, a metal serpentine line and one or more metal combs. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045401 | Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof - The present invention relates to a semiconductor device including a thin film transistor comprising a microcrystalline semiconductor which forms a channel formation region and includes an acceptor impurity element, and to a manufacturing method thereof. A gate electrode, a gate insulating film formed over the gate electrode, a first semiconductor layer which is formed over the gate insulating film and is formed of a microcrystalline semiconductor, a second semiconductor layer which is formed over the first semiconductor layer and includes an amorphous semiconductor, and a source region and a drain region which are formed over the second semiconductor layer are provided in the thin film transistor. A channel is formed in the first semiconductor layer when the thin film transistor is placed in an on state. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045402 | TFT array substrate and manufacturing method the same - A method of manufacturing TFT array substrate uses only four photolithography processes without any special photo-mask. Pixel electrodes and gate electrodes are made on an upper surface of a substrate in a first photolithography. After that, gate insulating layers, active regions, source and drain doped regions, source and drain electrodes and a passivation layer are sequentially made in second to fourth photolithography processes to complete the TFT array substrate. Therefore, the TFT array substrate is manufactured by four photolithography processes without any special photo-mask, so the processes of the manufacturing process is simplified and the cost is decreased. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045403 | Contact structure and semiconductor device - To improve the reliability of contact with an anisotropic conductive film in a semiconductor device such as a liquid crystal display panel, a terminal portion ( | 2009-02-19 |
20090045404 | Semiconductor device and display device - A semiconductor device can easily reduce a leak current which flows when a reversely-staggered-type TFT element in which an active layer is made of polycrystalline semiconductor is turned off. The semiconductor device includes a reversely-staggered-type TFT element in which a semiconductor layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode are arranged on a surface of an insulation film, and a portion of the source electrode and a portion of the drain electrode respectively get over the semiconductor layer. The active layer of the semiconductor layer is mainly made of polycrystalline semiconductor constituted of strip-shaped crystals elongated in the channel length direction of the TFT element, and is configured in a plan view such that the source electrode and the drain electrode are respectively pulled out from positions above the active layer in the channel width direction of the TFT element and in the directions opposite to each other, and the source electrode intersects with only one side out of two sides of the active layer which extend in the channel length direction, and the drain electrode intersects with only another side out of two sides of the active layer which extend in the channel length direction. | 2009-02-19 |
20090045405 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY - A thin film transistor array includes a substrate, scan lines, data lines, thin film transistors, upper electrodes and pixel electrodes. The scan lines and the data lines are disposed on the substrate to define pixel areas on the substrate. The thin film transistors are disposed inside corresponding pixel areas and are driven through corresponding scan line and data lines. The upper electrodes are disposed within various pixel areas above the scan lines. The upper electrode has a protrusion protruding beyond the edge of a corresponding scan line. The pixel electrode is disposed within a corresponding pixel area and electrically connected to a corresponding thin film transistor and upper electrode, wherein each pixel electrode has at least a slit formed therein, the slit has an end portion near the corresponding scan line, and the end portion is completely shielded by the protrusion of the corresponding upper electrode. | 2009-02-19 |