12th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 59 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200090767 | OFFSET MEMORY COMPONENT AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION (AUTOCAL) ERROR RECOVERY FOR A MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM - Several embodiments of memory devices and systems with offset memory component automatic calibration error recovery are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system includes at least one memory region and calibration circuitry. The memory region has memory cells that read out data states in response to application of a current read level signal. The calibration circuitry is operably coupled to the at least one memory region and is configured to determine a read level offset value corresponding to one or more of a plurality of offset read level test signals, including a base offset read level test signal. The base offset read level test signal is offset from the current read level signal by a predetermined value. The calibration circuitry is further configured to output the determined read level offset value. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090768 | MITIGATING DISTURBANCES OF MEMORY CELLS - Methods, systems, and devices for techniques to mitigate disturbances of unselected memory cells in a memory array during an access operation are described. A shunt line may be formed between a plate of a selected memory cell and a digit line of the selected memory cell to couple the plate to the digit line during the access operation. A switching component may be positioned on the shunt line. The switching component may selectively couple the plate to the digit line based on instructions received from a memory controller. By coupling the plate to the digit line during the access operation, voltages resulting on the plate by changes in the voltage level of the digit line may be reduced in magnitude or may be altered in type. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090769 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment includes a string, a bit line, a well line, and a sequencer. The string includes first and second select transistors, and memory cell transistors using a ferroelectric material. The bit line and the well line are connected to the first and second select transistors, respectively. At a time in an erase verify operation, the sequencer is configured to apply a first voltage to the memory cell transistors, to apply a second voltage lower than the first voltage to the first select transistor, to apply a third voltage lower than the first voltage to the second select transistor, to apply a fourth voltage to the bit line, and to apply a fifth voltage higher than the fourth voltage to the well line. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090770 | ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF MEMORY CELL PROGRAMMING VOLTAGE - Disclosed herein is related to a system and a method of adjusting a programming pulse for programming memory cells. In one aspect, the system includes a controller that iteratively applies a programming pulse to the memory cells during programming loops. The programming pulse has progressively increasing magnitudes to program different subsets of the memory cells to corresponding target states. The controller determines that a programming loop to program a subset of the memory cells targeted to have a corresponding target state of the target states is performed. The controller counts a number of memory cells of the subset that have not reached the target state. The controller determines a magnitude for a programming pulse to be applied for a subsequent programming loop based on the counted number, and applies, during the subsequent programming loop, the programming pulse with the determined magnitude. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090771 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - At a time of writing first data to a first memory cell, second data which is written later to an adjacent second memory cell is referred to, and when a value of the second data corresponds to a first threshold level, a verify voltage is set to a first verify voltage, and when the value of the second data corresponds to a second threshold level greater than the first threshold level, the verify voltage is set to a second verify voltage smaller than the first verify voltage. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090772 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device of one embodiment includes a p-type first semiconductor region, n word lines from the first to nth word lines stacked on the first semiconductor region in a first direction, an n-type second semiconductor region, a semiconductor layer between the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region, extending in the first direction, and intersecting with the n word lines, and a control circuit which, when verifying whether or not a kth memory cell provided in a region where a kth (42020-03-19 | |
20200090773 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - Provided herein is a semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device may include: a memory cell array including a plurality of pages; a voltage supply unit configured to provide operating voltages to the plurality of pages; a plurality of page buffers coupled to a plurality of bit lines of the memory cell array and configured to control and sense currents flowing through the plurality of bit lines in response to a page buffer sensing signal; and a control logic configured to control the voltage supply unit and the plurality of page buffers such that the plurality of pages are successively programmed, and to control a potential level of the page buffer sensing signal depending on a program sequence of the plurality of pages during a program verify operation of a program operation. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090774 | FUSE LATCH OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A fuse latch of a semiconductor device is disclosed. The fuse latch includes a plurality of PMOS transistors and a plurality of NMOS transistors to latch fuse cell data. In the fuse latch, the PMOS transistors are formed in a single P-type active region, and the NMOS transistors are arranged in a two-stage structure at one side of the P-type active region. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090775 | MAGNETIC MEMORY - A magnetic memory included a conductive line that extends in a first direction along a substrate. A first columnar body is in a memory cell array region of the substrate and extends in a second direction from the substrate. A first end of the first columnar body contacts the conductive line. The first columnar body is comprised of a first magnetic material and has magnetic domains adjacent to one another along a length of the first columnar body in the second direction. A second columnar body is in a peripheral region of the substrate and extending in the second direction from the substrate. A first end of the second columnar body contacts the conductive line, and a second end is connected to a control circuit. The second columnar body also is comprised of the first magnetic material. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090776 | GATE DRIVER CIRCUIT, LEVEL SHIFTER, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed are a gate driver circuit, a level shifter and a display apparatus. The gate driver circuit includes a potential enhancing unit, a switch unit, a current detecting unit, and a control unit. The potential enhancing unit is configured to divide a clock signal output by a timing sequence controller into two clock signal groups after the clock signal being potential enhanced, and correspondingly output the two clock signal groups to two shift register groups; the switch unit is configured to control to output or stop outputting the clock signal groups; the current detecting unit is configured to respectively detect output current of each sub-clock signal; the control unit is configured to compare current values corresponding to the plurality of current signals with a preset current threshold respectively, output a control signal to the switch unit. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090777 | SAMPLE AND HOLD CIRCUIT - A sample and hold circuit with long hold time. A sample and hold circuit includes an amplifier, a capacitor, a switch, and a sampling network. The capacitor includes a first terminal coupled to an inverting input of the amplifier. The switch includes a first terminal that is coupled to an output of the amplifier, and a second terminal that is coupled to the inverting input of the amplifier. The sampling network is coupled to a non-inverting input of the amplifier. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090778 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A memory system includes: a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks; a memory; a data classifier suitable for classifying check-pointing information stored in the memory as selective information and mandatory information; and a check-pointing component suitable for performing a control to periodically perform a check-pointing operation of programming the selective information and the mandatory information in a memory block, wherein the check-pointing component performs the check-pointing operation by performing a control to program the mandatory information after programming the selective information. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090779 | MEMORY SYSTEM - A memory system according to an embodiment includes a semiconductor memory, and a memory controller. The semiconductor memory comprises memory cells and word lines. Each of the word lines is connected to the memory cells. The memory controller executes a patrol operation including a read operation of the semiconductor memory. The word lines are classified into one of first and second groups. The memory controller executes patrol operations in which the word lines are respectively selected in a first patrol period and, in a second patrol period subsequent to the first patrol period, executes a patrol operation in which the word line included in the first group is selected and omits a patrol operation in which the word line included in the second group is selected. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090780 | MEMORY CORRECTING METHOD - A memory correcting method includes steps: providing a memory with a plurality of memory bytes; respectively adding a plurality of correcting bytes to the plurality of memory bytes; providing a plurality of non-volatile compared memory bytes; detecting whether there are any underperforming bits in the plurality of memory bytes, the plurality of correcting bytes, and the plurality of compared memory bytes of the memory to complete the correction. Alternatively, the method respectively provides a plurality of compared memory address bytes for the plurality of memory bytes and for the plurality of correcting bytes for labeling underperforming-bit addresses. Then, the method detects whether there are any underperforming bits in the plurality of memory bytes, the plurality of correcting bytes, and the plurality of compared memory address bytes of the memory to complete the correction. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090781 | CIRCADIAN PHASE ESTIMATION, MODELING AND CONTROL - Method, system and computer program product are provided for estimating a circadian phase of a subject by: obtaining a sensed biological signal for the subject; and using, by one or more processors, adaptive frequency tracking to adaptively estimate the circadian phase of the subject from the sensed biological signal. Circadian phase estimation may be accelerated by providing a feedback loop for the adaptive frequency tracking, which utilizes, in part, a circadian phase model in automatically ascertaining a phase correction for the adaptive frequency tracking. The circadian phase estimation may be used in automatically constructing a light-based circadian rhythm model for the subject using a linear parameter-varying (LPV) formulation, and once constructed, the circadian rhythm model for the subject may be used to provide light-based circadian rhythm regulation. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090782 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISSECTING HETEROGENEOUS CELL POPULATIONS - Gene expression vectors of two samples in a gene expression space can be transformed into gene feature vectors in a gene feature space. Gaussian densities and associated weights can be determined for each sample using the corresponding gene feature vectors. Gaussian densities of one samples can be aligned to Gaussian densities of the other sample. A difference between a pair of aligned Gaussian densities of the two samples can be determined, which indicates a difference between subpopulation of cells of the two samples represented by the Gaussian densities of the pair of aligned Gaussian densities. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090783 | EVALUATING GENETIC DISORDERS - The present invention relates to genetic analysis and evaluation utilizing copy-number variants or polymorphisms. The methods utilize array comparative genomic hybridization and PCR assays to identify the significance of copy number variations in a subject or subject group. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090784 | ONCOGENIC SPLICE VARIANT DETERMINATION - Presented herein are systems and methods for identifying splice variants. The techniques include determining one or more sample splice junctions from a plurality of RNA sequence reads from a single biological sample, retrieving a set of baseline splice junctions determined from a plurality of healthy RNA samples and comparing the one or more sample splice junctions to the set of baseline splice junctions to identify one or more filtered sample splice junctions comprising sample splice junctions that do not overlap with the baseline splice junctions, wherein the one or more filtered sample splice junctions are candidate oncogenic events. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090785 | Decoding Approaches for Protein Identification - Methods and systems are provided for accurate and efficient identification and quantification of proteins. In an aspect, disclosed herein is a method for identifying a protein in a sample of unknown proteins, comprising receiving information of a plurality of empirical measurements performed on the unknown proteins; comparing the information of empirical measurements against a database comprising a plurality of protein sequences, each protein sequence corresponding to a candidate protein among a plurality of candidate proteins; and for each of one or more of the plurality of candidate proteins, generating a probability that the candidate protein generates the information of empirical measurements, a probability that the plurality of empirical measurements is not observed given that the candidate protein is present in the sample, or a probability that the candidate protein is present in the sample; based on the comparison of the information of empirical measurements against the database. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090786 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENOMIC ANALYSIS - Provided herein are methods for aligning raw genetic sequence data generated by a sequencing device. Also provided herein are methods and systems for quantifying the probability that possible alignments for one or more read pairs are correct, for calling known variants, and for detecting novel structural variants. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090787 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SINGLE-CELL RNA-SEQ DATA ANALYSIS - Disclosed are computer-implemented methods, systems, and media for clustering cells using gene differential expression of single cells. In an aspect, a method may comprise: mapping RNA-Seq data of a plurality of cells onto a sphere (e.g., a hypersphere); calculating a plurality of distances, each of which is associated with an angle between two different cells mapped onto the sphere; clustering the plurality of cells into two clusters based on the plurality of distances; evaluating each of the two clusters using a pre-determined stopping criterion; and repeating the clustering and evaluating on each of the two clusters until the pre-determined stopping criterion or a second stopping criterion is met. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090788 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING CHEMICAL REACTION MECHANISMS - Method and apparatus for reducing chemical reaction mechanisms are disclosed. A method comprises obtaining data for one or more chemical species in a chemical reaction model from a database, the database including properties of the one or more chemical species; grouping the chemical species in a chemical reaction model into one or more isomer groups according to molecular properties of the chemical species; assigning a representative isomer to at least one isomer group; replacing, in one or more chemical reaction equations of the chemical reaction model, one or more groups of chemical species with a corresponding representative isomer; and executing the chemical reaction model by an apparatus to determine results. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090789 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL TARGETS FOR PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUND - A system and method for identifying potential targets for a pharmaceutical compound. The system includes a database arrangement operable to store existing data sources and information related to the pharmaceutical compound; and a processing module communicably coupled to database arrangement. The processing module is operable to receive information related to the pharmaceutical compound, wherein the information includes at least one known target associated with the pharmaceutical compound; extract plurality of targets from existing data sources, wherein the existing data sources comprise plurality of data records and wherein each of the plurality of targets is associated with the pharmaceutical compound in at least one data record; analyse druggability of each of plurality of targets to determine a preliminary set of targets; determine net score for each of the targets in preliminary set of targets; and designate targets with a net score above a predefined threshold, as potential targets. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090790 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CLINICAL TRIALS DATA - A system and method for managing clinical trials data. The system includes a database arrangement operable to store existing data sources and aggregated clinical trial; and a processing module communicably coupled to the database arrangement. The processing module operable to identify a set of clinical trials; extract clinical trials data from existing data sources; classify the clinical trial entries into one or more predefined classes; compare the clinical trial entries in each of the one or more predefined classes, to identify similarity or dissimilarity between the clinical trial entries in a predefined class; compile the first and second aggregated clinical trial entries to obtain class-specific clinical trial entries corresponding to each of the one or more predefined classes; and collate class-specific clinical trial entries corresponding to each of the one or more predefined classes to obtain an aggregated clinical trial. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090791 | CLUSTERING DATA REGARDING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS - Techniques and architectures for clustering health care providers based on data regarding services that have previously been provided by health care providers are described herein. For example, the techniques and architectures may receive data from devices of health care providers regarding services that have been provided by the health care providers to patients. The techniques and architectures may perform various machine learning techniques, including clustering, to categorize health care providers into multiple clusters based on the services that were provided. Health care providers that lie within a cluster may be associated with a category of the cluster. While health care providers that lie outside a cluster, and have designated themselves as being associated with or are otherwise associated with a practice area that is associated with the cluster, may be flagged as potentially practicing outside an area that is designated by or otherwise associated with the health care providers. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090792 | HANDS-FREE SPEECH-BASED NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING COMPUTERIZED CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM DESIGNED FOR VETERINARY PROFESSIONALS - A hands-free speech-based natural language processing clinical decision support (CDS) system configured to operate in conjunction with a stationary or mobile base device speech system to receive voice commands from a user. A dialog may be conducted with the user in multiple turns, where each turn comprises user speech and a speech response by the speech system. The user speech in any given dialog turn may be provided from the base device. This speech system dialog is directed by a computer program finite state engine. Rule data for the state engine is retrieved from an internet cloud database by a computer program function and is applied to the speech dialog system in order to prompt the user for specific information. This user supplied information is used as inputs to the computer program that in turn refine the speech dialog and requests for additional information. Once all information required to make the CDS recommendation have been received, the computer program applies an algorithm to generate a set of recommendations from which the user can select the best option for their patient. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090793 | BIOMETRIC-MEDICAL EMERGENCY DATA SYSTEM, MED+ CARD, AND 911 MOBILE APPLICATION - A method and system of collecting, organizing, and accessing medical data and records via a biometric read and scan. The system involves the implementation of a mechanism by which an individual's biometric signature is linked to his or her medical data, which is stored digitally and is accessible worldwide via a could-based database. The provided system is configured to be used in real-time, especially during emergency situations, to assist an individual who is not responding, and is in critical condition. The system includes multiple components, including a biometric reader/scanner device, a secured relational database which provides semantically categorized medical emergency content, a mobile device application, and applicable data encryption and security protocols. The mobile device application serves as a conduit for the user to contact the services of 911 instantly, as well as provide a service to the medical records of the user. The system includes a medical card. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090794 | SERVER, PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD THERFOR - A server is disclosed. The server comprises: a communication interface for communicating with a user terminal device and an electronic device; a storage for storing healthcare information corresponding to an avatar of a user; and a processor for acquiring the healthcare information corresponding to the avatar of the user from the storage when information including the avatar of the user and health data is received from the user terminal device, and controlling the communication interface such that guide information for guiding user behavior is transmitted to the user terminal device and/or the electronic device on the basis of the acquired healthcare information and the received health data. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090795 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING PRIVACY DATA BASED ON SMART CONTRACTS - The present disclosure provides a method and system for sharing privacy data based on smart contracts. The method includes: receiving, from a first providing device, a first pointer directing to a data contract, and adding the first pointer to a relationship contract of a first user, where the data contract is deployed on a first blockchain by the first providing device in response to the newly added first privacy data, and the first privacy data belongs to the first user; in response to the first privacy data being authorized to be shared with a second providing device, providing the first pointer to the second providing device to allow the second providing device to access the first privacy data through the first pointer. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090796 | MULTIMODAL LEARNING FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS OF CLINICAL TRIALS - A facility providing a medical outcome prediction model data structure is described. The data structure constitutes a trained statistical model that can be applied to image data and electronic health record data for a patient to predict a cancer survival outcome for the patient. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090797 | Device for Providing Perceived Health Status - The present invention relates to an information provider for providing information on perceived health status of a patient, comprising a body, a data carrier containing data regarding at least one health status attached to said body. The invention is characterised in that said data carrier is designed to provide said data regarding at least one health status to a reader configured to read said data carrier. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090798 | DATA MANAGEMENT UNIT FOR SUPPORTING HEALTH CONTROL - A data management unit for supporting health control and avoiding wrong dose suggestion, the unit including: a processor to provide a dose helper functionality with regard to a predefined medicament, a display, a data input unit, a data storage, a clock unit adapted to determine the absolute time of a dose helper request received by the data input. The processor is adapted to initiate storing at least the time of a dose helper request that is outside the time range around the usual dose time in the data storage. The processor is further adapted to execute the dose helper functionality only if the time of the most recent dose helper request is within the dose time window around the usual dose time. The processor is further adapted to initiate sending a recommendation message for change of usual dose time and/or dose time window to the display. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090799 | DATA AGGREGATION AND PROCESS AUTOMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A data aggregation and process automation (DAPA) system is disclosed. The DAPA system includes an authentication module, a monitoring module, an intelligent automation module, and a transformation module. The authentication module is configured to initiate authenticated communication with a plurality of servers, and includes an authentication storage having a plurality of authentication credentials and routing information. The monitoring module is configured to monitor a first server for a first change event and monitor a second server for a second change event. The first change event results in the receipt of a first data object and the second change event results in the receipt of a second data object. The intelligent automation module is configured to identify the second server, request a service, and submit an update data object to the first server. The transformation module is configured to transform data objects from one format into another. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090800 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING SKIN TREATMENT OUTCOMES USING SWEAT PH INFORMATION - A colorimetric sensor for pH measurement may be used (e.g. litmus paper, microfluidic device with chemistry for colorimetric pH measurement) to collect sweat pH information from a subject. An application is provided on a computing device that detects and analyzes the color change in order to determine the pH of sweat detected by the colorimetric sensor. Based on the determined sweat pH values and questionnaire responses, the application may recommend a skin regimen/treatment to restore skin function. The application may also provide visualizations of predicted effects of the skin regimen on a skin condition of the subject. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090801 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED REPORTING AND EDUCATION FOR LABORATORY TEST RESULTS - Systems and methods for providing test results include receiving a request from a user computing device for historical test result data associated with a patient for a test type at a computing system. In response to receiving the request, the computing system accesses the historical test result data for the patient and test type, which includes a test result value and a test range. The computing system generates graphical data, in part, by normalizing the historical test result data by fitting the test range to a chart subrange corresponding to a predetermined range for the test result (e.g., a normal outcome of the test). The computing system then transmits the graphical data to the user computing device for rendering and display at the user computing device. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090802 | Systems and Methods for Automated Treatment Recommendation Based on Pathophenotype Identification - A system and method are provided automated treatment recommendations based on pathophenotype identification. The computer system may receive variable values corresponding to a subject to which a clinical test has been applied and may normalize and vectorize these variables and may compare the resultant vector to centroids of predefined vector clusters. The computer system may assign the subject to a cohort corresponding to the vector cluster having a centroid with the shortest Euclidean distance to the vector. Based on this cohort, the computer system may generate and display prognostic information which may include any of: a recommended course of treatment, a pathophenotype corresponding to the cohort, risk of hospitalization of the subject, and an alert recommending hospitalization of the subject. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090803 | CHAOTIC STORAGE OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS - Provided herein, inter alia, are methods for storing, dispensing, and/or dispositioning pharmaceutical medication(s). These methods use, e.g., location identifiers that identify the location of pharmaceutical medications in an inventory, which allows the storage of medications in the inventory using non-alphabetical ordering, as is the typical method for organizing a pharmacy inventory. This provides, e.g., a more flexible and efficient pharmaceutical inventory that can be accessed with improved safety and reduced opportunities to introduce errors in the dispensing and storage of pharmaceutical medications. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090804 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAREGIVER SHIFT CHANGE - A caregiver shift change system and method for a healthcare facility includes a patient bed in a patient room and a high-accuracy locating system that includes locating tags. A first tag is coupled to a first caregiver and a second tag is coupled to a second caregiver. The high-accuracy locating system further has a number of transceivers within the healthcare facility to receive tag data from the tags. The high-accuracy locating system also includes a computer coupled to the transceivers to receive the tag data and to process the tag data to determine a location of each tag within the healthcare facility. The caregiver shift change system and method also includes a server that determines whether a successful caregiver shift change has occurred based on locations of the first and second tags being, for a predetermined period of time, within a threshold proximity of each other and within a zone defined around the patient support apparatus in the patient room. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090805 | MONITORING TREATMENT COMPLIANCE USING PATIENT ACTIVITY PATTERNS - Methods and systems for monitoring compliance of a patient with a prescribed treatment regimen are described. Patient activity is detected unobtrusively with an activity sensor at the patient location, and activity data is transmitted to a monitoring location. Patient speech detected during use of a communication system such as a mobile telephone by the patient may also be used as an activity signal. Patient activity and/or speech is processed at the patient location or monitoring location to identify activity parameters or patterns that indicate whether the patient has complied with the prescribed treatment regimen. The activity sensor and other components at the patient location may be incorporated into, or associated with, a cell phone, computing system, game system, or vehicle system, for example. The system may provide a report to an interested party, for example a medical care provider or insurance company, regarding patient compliance with the prescribed treatment regimen. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090806 | Intelligent Alert Suppression - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for intelligent suppression of alerts. Alerts may be evaluated prior to presentation to determine whether to present the alert or suppress the alert to reduce alert fatigue. The evaluation includes analysis of the alert including specific alert parameters. Alert parameters include, but are not limited to, an age of the patient, one or more diagnoses of the patient, one or more problems of the patient, etc. Additional parameters that may be evaluated include an alert severity score, a threshold value, and an override rate. Alerts that qualify may be suppressed and the suppressed alerts may be provided as non-interruptive alerts (i.e., alerts that may be presented but do not require action in order to continue with a workflow). | 2020-03-19 |
20200090807 | WIRELESS HEAD MOUNTED TELEMETRY DISPLAY AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a patient monitoring and communication system, which allows remote display of real-time patient clinical and monitoring parameters, and supports selective hand-free communications between members of a multisite medical team. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090808 | FIRST AND SECOND COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL ARRANGEMENT FOR DRIVING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DEVICES THROUGH A SINGLE PORT - A surgical instrument is disclosed. The surgical instrument includes a first control circuit configured to communicate with an energy module using at least a first protocol over a first communication line and a second control circuit configured to communicate with another surgical instrument coupled to the surgical instrument using at least a second protocol over a second communication line. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090809 | REAL TIME SENSOR ATTRIBUTE DETECTION AND ANALYSIS - A method and system for improving real-time audio, video, and sensor detection and analysis is provided. The method includes retrieving audio/video data, biometric data, and environmental data associated with associated with a user at a location. The audio/video data, biometric data, and environmental data are analyzed and based on the analysis, a current biometric state of the user is determined. The current biometric state of the user is compared to a baseline biometric state of the user and it is determined that the current biometric state comprises an elevated biometric state with respect to the baseline biometric state of the user. Self-learning software code for executing a machine based interaction modification event associated with reducing the elevated biometric state of the user is generated and the machine based interaction modification event is executed. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090810 | MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a medical information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a plurality of processed medical signals regarding a subject by performing at least one of different imaging techniques and different signal processing operations. The processing circuitry outputs a diagnosis result by applying a trained model to the plurality of processed medical signals. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090811 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR RAPID CANCER DETECTION - Presented herein are systems, methods, and apparatus that analyze molecular imprints for detecting cancerous cells. Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems, methods, and apparatus that analyze metabolic imprints of cells for cancer detection. In certain embodiments, the methods/systems comprise extracting thermal and thermodynamic quantities and properties from the molecular imprints. The thermal/thermodynamic quantities and/or further-processed quantities can be mapped on a universal cancer diagnostic scale for disease stratification, thereby providing/determining a normality status of the subject cells. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090812 | MACHINE LEARNING FOR MEASURING AND ANALYZING THERAPEUTICS - The disclosure extends to systems and methods for measuring and recording therapeutics. A method includes receiving a plurality of user ratings responsive to health metric categories and receiving a journal entry comprising one or more of text, images, or videos. The method includes calculating an overall health score for the user based at least in part on the plurality of user ratings. The method includes storing a plurality of overall health scores for the user over time. The method includes assessing the plurality of overall health scores for the user over time to identify a correlation between at least one health metric category and a positive or negative change in the overall health score for the user. The method includes personalizing the health metric categories provided to the user based on which health metric categories have the greatest correlation with a positive or negative change in the overall health score for the user. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090813 | Method of Constructing Database - Provided is a method of constructing a database in which data representing a user's real state is accumulated. The method of constructing a database includes: a step (a) for acquiring, in real time, first information that changes in accordance with a user's state, using a vital data acquisition means attached to the user's body or installed in the vicinity of the user; a step (b) for acquiring one or more types of second information different from the first information; a step (c) for analyzing the correlation of the first information with the second information; and a step (d) for associating the user's state with the second information on the basis of the result of analysis of the correlation. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090814 | PROCESS, COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A BIOLOGICAL MODEL ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASE - The present disclosure relates to exemplary embodiments of method, computer-accessible medium, system and software arrangements for, e.g., Cancer Hallmark Automata, a formalism to model the progression of cancers through discrete phenotypes (so-called hallmarks). The precise computational model described herein includes the automatic verification of progression models (e.g., consistency, causal connections, etc.), classification of unreachable or unstable states (e.g., “anti-hallmarks”) and computer-generated (individualized or universal) therapy plans. Exemplary embodiments abstractly model transition timings between hallmarks as well as the effects of drugs and clinical tests, and thus allows formalization of temporal statements about the progression as well as notions of timed therapies. Certain exemplary models discussed herein can be based on hybrid automata (e.g., with multiple clocks), for which relevant verification and planning algorithms exist. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090815 | A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING A PATIENT POPULATION FOR SPINAL REPAIR USING A MEASURABLE OUTCOME PREDICTIVE METRIC OF THE SPINE - The present disclosure describes systems and methods for determining whether a particular treatment would provide an extended benefit or a detriment to a subpopulation of patients. The system and methods provide a simple pictorial representation of patient benefits using an outcome predictive metric to see if any subpopulation produces significantly better results than the average or significantly worse results than the average. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090816 | Veterinary Professional Animal Tracking and Support System - A system for providing animal related information to animal professionals includes a cloud connected device supporting voice detection and voice response for information receipt and information data input between animal professionals. The voice detection and voice response can be provided by an animal support system that includes a user interface module connected to the cloud connected device to provide non-audio information. Animal related data supplied by the animal support system can be electronically transferrable using a defined format that includes audio information. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090817 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE DRUG DISCOVERY INFORMATION PROCESSING - A system for secure drug discovery information processing over blockchain based platform, the system including a database and a processor. The processor to receive data record from plurality of data records and metadata associated with data record from the database, wherein the data record corresponds to one of a predefined data type recognized by the blockchain based platform; retrieve ontologies from amongst plurality of ontologies, based on the metadata of the data record; measure term frequency of keywords in the retrieved ontology against term frequency of keywords in the data record; validate the data record to belong to domain of the retrieved ontology, if the keywords from the retrieved ontology are present in the data record above a predetermined value; and extract value features from the validated data record to determine an association of the data record to a node in a network map of biomedical entities. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090818 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAPPING BIOMEDICAL ENTITIES - A system and method of mapping biomedical entities, wherein each of the biomedical entities belong to one of a predefined class: target, disease, pathway, and drug. The system includes a database arrangement operable to store existing data sources; a processing module communicably coupled to the database arrangement. The processing module operable to receive a user-input of a biomedical entity belonging to one of the predefined classes, wherein the predefined class of the biomedical entity defines an input class; extract a plurality of biomedical entities related to the biomedical entity of the user-input from existing data sources, wherein the plurality of biomedical entities belong to predefined classes except the input class; identify at least one pair of biomedical entities, from the plurality of extracted biomedical entities, having an association therebetween; and map the plurality of biomedical entities to the biomedical entity of the user-input. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090819 | SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETECTING AND CATEGORIZING PATHOLOGIES THROUGH AN ANALYSIS OF PULSATILE BLOOD FLOW - System and computer-implemented method for detecting and categorizing pathologies through an analysis of pulsatile blood flow. The method has a pulsatile blood flow signal of a subject, extracting a set of features from the pulsatile blood flow signal; and categorizing a pathology based on the extracted features. The extracted features may be predetermined features or features learned through a machine learning algorithm. For the categorization, a classification or a regression algorithm may be used to provide an index or a value score as a biomarker. Additional static features of the subject may be used in the categorization. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090820 | DIGITAL PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS CARD AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system, method and apparatus for a Digital Professional Business Card. The digital professional business card provides a better way of communication between healthcare providers and patients. With digital application communication through a smart phone, there are no more lost business cards, forgotten verbal communication. Establishing contact is instantaneous and requires minimum number of steps. In addition, it provides a for expanded two way secure communication platform. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090821 | Veterinary Services Inquiry System - A method for providing animal related services or products includes receiving an audio request on a cloud connected device supporting voice detection and voice response and determining whether at least one of a veterinary consult service and an animal related product is required. A veterinary consult service can provide diagnosis of pet condition based at least in part on a sequence of voiced questions and voiced responses asked and received through the cloud connected device and the animal related product can be billed and delivered at least in part using the animal support system. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090822 | Method for Enhanced Nuclear Reactions - A method for enhanced nuclear reactions includes the steps of providing a first target which is a thin film with solid deuterium; providing a deuteron beam having an extreme ultraviolet laser and a first infrared laser to apply on the first target to ionize the deuterium to form positive charged deuterons and electrons; providing a second infrared laser to the first target to accelerate the electrons and the positively charged deuterons; separating the accelerated electrons and the accelerated positively charged deuterons under a magnetic field; providing the accelerated electrons to move in a circular motion and the accelerated positive charger deuterons to move to form a cluster of accelerated positively charged deuterons, and breaking the cluster of accelerated positive charged deuterons into small pieces of positively charged deuterons. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090823 | REACTOR VESSEL REFLECTOR WITH INTEGRATED FLOW-THROUGH - A nuclear reactor module includes a reactor core and a reactor housing that surrounds the reactor core about its sides, wherein the reactor housing is configured to direct coolant through the reactor core. A neutron reflector is located between the reactor core and the reactor housing, wherein the neutron reflector has a plurality of inlet ports facing the reactor core. The neutron reflector also has a plurality of outlet ports fluidly connected to the inlet ports to direct a portion of the coolant through the neutron reflector. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090824 | PNEUMATICALLY OPERATED TARGET IRRADIATION SYSTEMS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RADIOISOTOPES - A target irradiation system for irradiating a radioisotope target in a vessel penetration of a fission reactor, including a target elevator assembly including a body portion defining a central bore and an open bottom end, a center tube that is disposed within the central bore of the body portion, a target basket that is slidably receivable within the center tube, and a winch that is connected to the target basket by a cable, wherein the target basket is configured to receive the radioisotope target therein and be lowered into the vessel penetration of the reactor when irradiating the radioisotope target. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090825 | DYNAMIC ISOTOPE BATTERY - A dynamic isotope battery includes: a metallic canal; a housing, defining a chamber for accommodating a heat source and provided with a non-return valve, two opposite ends of the housing being communicated with two ends of the metallic canal respectively to form a closed circulation loop; a fuel cartridge fixedly disposed within the housing; a radioactive source contained in the fuel cartridge; a liquid metal provided in the circulation loop; a piezoelectric transduction component disposed on an inner surface of the metallic canal; a heat dissipation structure, provided at an outer surface of the metallic canal and spaced apart from the piezoelectric transduction component along an axial direction of the metallic canal; and an electromagnetic pump, provided at the metallic canal for driving circular flow of the liquid metal. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090826 | X-RAY PHOTOEMISSION APPARATUS FOR INSPECTION OF INTEGRATED DEVICES - An apparatus is disclosed for the examination and inspection of integrated devices such as integrated circuits. X-rays are transmitted through the integrated device, and are incident on a photoemissive structure that absorbs x-rays and emits electrons. The electrons emitted by the photoemissive structure are shaped by an electron optical system to form a magnified image of the emitted electrons on a detector. This magnified image is then recorded and processed. For some embodiments of the invention, the photoemissive structure is deposited directly onto the integrated device. In some embodiments, the incidence angle of the x-rays is varied to allow internal three-dimensional structures of the integrated device to be determined. In some embodiments, the recorded image is compared with a reference data to enable inspection for manufacturing quality control. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090827 | MONOCHROMATIC X-RAY COMPONENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In some aspects, a monochromatic x-ray component for producing monochromatic x-ray radiation from broadband x-ray radiation is provided. The monochromatic x-ray component comprises a housing configured to be positioned proximate a broadband x-ray source, at least one first target arranged to receive broadband x-ray radiation emitted from the broadband x-ray source when the housing is positioned proximate the broadband x-ray source, the at least one first target configured to produce first monochromatic x-ray radiation in response to the received broadband x-ray radiation, and at least one second target to receive at least some of the first monochromatic x-ray radiation produced by the at least one first target when the at least one second target is positioned within the monochromatic x-ray component, the at least one second target configured to produce second monochromatic x-ray radiation in response to the received first monochromatic x-ray radiation. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090828 | Aluminum Alloy Wire, Aluminum Alloy Strand Wire, Covered Electrical Wire, and Terminal-Equipped Electrical Wire - An aluminum alloy contains at least 0.03 mass % and at most 1.5 mass % of Mg, at least 0.02 mass % and at most 2.0 mass % of Si, and a remainder composed of Al and an inevitable impurity, a mass ratio Mg/Si being not lower than 0.5 and not higher than 3.5. In a transverse section of the aluminum alloy wire, a rectangular surface-layer void measurement region having a short side of 30 μm long and a long side of 50 μm long is taken from a surface-layer region extending by up to 30 μm in a direction of depth from a surface of the aluminum alloy wire. A total cross-sectional area of voids present in the surface-layer void measurement region is not greater than 2 μm | 2020-03-19 |
20200090829 | PRINTED CIRCUIT SURFACE FINISH, METHOD OF USE, AND ASSEMBLIES MADE THEREFROM - A surface finish for a printed circuit board (PCB) and semiconductor wafer includes a nickel disposed over an aluminum or copper conductive metal surface. A barrier layer including all or fractions of a nitrogen-containing molecule is deposited on the surface of the nickel layer to make a barrier layer/electroless nickel (BLEN) surface finish. The barrier layer allows solder to be reflowed over the surface finish. Optionally, gold (e.g., immersion gold) may be coated over the barrier layer to create a nickel/barrier layer/gold (NBG) surface treatment. Presence of the barrier layer causes the surface treatment to be smoother than a conventional electroless nickel/immersion gold (ENIG) surface finish. Presence of the barrier layer causes a subsequently applied solder joint to be stronger and less subject to brittle failure than conventional ENIG. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090830 | CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITE MATERIALS FABRICATED WITH PROTEIN NANOWIRES - Electrically conductive polymeric composite materials include microbially produced protein nanowires. The conductive composites are useful in diverse electronic materials applications, particularly in applications requiring biocompatibility, such as sensors and wearable electronics. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090831 | INSULATING SHEET AND LAMINATE - Provided is an insulating sheet capable of effectively enhancing thermal conduction and adhesiveness and effectively suppressing generation of voids. The insulating sheet according to the present invention contains a thermosetting component and boron nitride, the insulating sheet has a first surface on one side in a thickness direction and a second surface on the other side in the thickness direction, and a first average major diameter of the boron nitride in a region having a thickness of 10% of a thickness of the sheet, from the first surface toward the second surface is smaller than a second average major diameter of the boron nitride in a region having a thickness of 90% of a thickness of the sheet, from the second surface toward the first surface. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090832 | DIRECTION INDICATING CORD ASSEMBLY - A direction indicating cord assembly includes a charge cord that has a first plug that is electrically coupled thereto and a second plug that is electrically coupled thereto. A textured layer is coupled around the charge cord. The textured layer has a smooth texture when the textured layer is rubbed in a first direction running between the second plug and the first plug. Alternatively, the texture layer has a rough texture when the texture layer is rubbed in a second direction running between the first plug and the second plug. In this way a user can use touch to determine the required orientation of the charge cord between an electronic device and a power source. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090833 | POWER CABLE WITH AN OVERMOLDED PROBE FOR POWER TRANSFER TO A NON-THERMAL PLASMA GENERATOR AND A METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING THE OVERMOLDED PROBE - A transfer module for transferring power to a non-thermal plasma generator includes a power cable; a first epoxy; a second epoxy; an interface between the first epoxy and the second epoxy; and a well; the power cable including a conductor for conducting electrical power and an insulation layer for surrounding a portion of the conductor; the first epoxy being located within the well to surround the insulation layer; the second epoxy being located within the well to surround the conductor located within the well; the second epoxy being located outside the well to surround the conductor located outside the well. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090834 | METHOD AND ARMOURED CABLE FOR TRANSPORTING HIGH VOLTAGE ALTERNATE CURRENT - Armoured cable ( | 2020-03-19 |
20200090835 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR MgB2 SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE ROD, SUPERCONDUCTING COIL AND MRI - The present invention is intended to increase the critical current density of a wire rod having a shape with good symmetry such as a round wire or a square wire by making use of mechanical milling method. The production method of the present invention for the MgB | 2020-03-19 |
20200090836 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A composite material is provided having functionalized carbon nanotubes and a metal matrix. It is obtained by a process including dispersing functionalized carbon nanotubes or a mixture of functionalized carbon nanotubes and of at least one metal, in an open-pore or semi-open-pore metal foam, in order to form a composite structure, and compacting the composite structure obtained in the preceding stage in order to form the composite material in the form of a solid mass. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090837 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEALING A WIRING-HARNESS - A method of sealing a wiring-harness includes the steps of: a) dispensing a length of a sealing-tape onto a platform, the sealing-tape having a first-surface and a second-surface opposite the first-surface. b) separating a plurality of wire-cables from a portion of the wiring-harness. c) applying the plurality of wire-cables to a first-half of the first-surface of the sealing-tape. d) folding a second-half of the sealing-tape over the separated plurality of wire-cables such that the second-half overlays the first-half. e) pressing the second-half of the sealing-tape such that the second-half contacts the first-half between the separated plurality of wire-cables, thereby forming a cable-band. f) coiling the cable-band into a generally cylindrical-shaped seal. g) compressing the cylindrical-shaped seal isostatically such that interstitial-voids within the cylindrical-shaped seal are reduced in size. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090838 | CHIP RESISTOR - An object of the present disclosure is to provide a chip resistor that reduces a possibility of occurrence of a mounting failure. The chip resistor of the present disclosure includes: insulating substrate; a pair of first upper-face electrodes that is provided at both end portions of an upper face of insulating substrate; and resistor that is provided on the upper face of insulating substrate and is formed between the pair of first upper-face electrodes. The chip resistor also includes: a pair of second upper-face electrodes that is formed on upper faces of the pair of first upper-face electrodes and is connected to resistor; and protective film that is provided to cover exposed resistor and part of the pair of second upper-face electrodes. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090839 | CHIP RESISTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND CHIP RESISTOR - A chip resistor having a predetermined resistance value is manufactured by the following method. A resistive element is provided on an upper surface of an insulating substrate. The resistive element includes a wide portion, a first narrow portion extending from the wide portion, and a part extending from the wide portion, the first narrow portion has a smaller width than the wide portion. First and second electrodes are provided on the upper surface of the insulating substrate. The first electrode is located away from the wide portion. The first electrode contacts the first narrow portion. The first electrode overlaps the first narrow portion when viewed from above. The second electrode contacts the part of the resistive element. The second electrode overlaps the part of the resistive element when viewed from above. A distance between the narrow portion and the wide portion is determined so as to cause a resistance value between the first and second electrodes to be the predetermined resistance value. This method improves the precision of the resistance value of the chip resistor. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090840 | COMPOSITE THERMISTOR CHIP AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - A composite thermistor chip includes a thermosensitive ceramic chip, a metal electrode and a glass glaze resistor, wherein the thermosensitive ceramic chip has a front side and a back side, the metal electrode includes a first terminal electrode, a second terminal electrode and a third electrode layer; the first terminal electrode and the second terminal electrode are respectively arranged at two ends of the front side of the thermosensitive ceramic chip, and the glass glaze resistor is arranged on the front side of the thermosensitive ceramic chip, two ends of the glass glaze resistor are respectively connected to the first terminal electrode and the second terminal electrode; and the back side of the thermosensitive ceramic chip is covered with the third electrode layer. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090841 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic component and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The electronic component includes a substrate, a conductor pattern portion disposed on the substrate, a first electrode pattern and a second electrode pattern disposed on the conductor pattern portion, at least one dummy conductor pattern disposed to be spaced apart from the conductor pattern portion and disposed on the substrate, and at least one dummy electrode pattern disposed on the at least one dummy conductor pattern. A width of the first electrode pattern is substantially the same as a width of a portion of the conductor pattern portion in contact with the first electrode pattern, and a width of the second electrode pattern is substantially the same as a width of a portion of the conductor pattern portion in contact with the second electrode pattern. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090842 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic component and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. An electronic component includes a substrate, a conductor pattern portion disposed on the substrate, a first electrode pattern and a second electrode pattern disposed on the conductor pattern portion, and at least one dummy electrode pattern disposed to be spaced apart from the first electrode pattern and the second electrode pattern and disposed on the substrate. A width of the first electrode pattern is substantially the same as a width of a portion of the conductor pattern portion in contact with the first electrode pattern, and a width of the second electrode pattern is substantially the same as a width of a portion of the conductor pattern portion in contact with the second electrode pattern. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090843 | CHIP RESISTOR - A chip resistor includes an insulating substrate made of alumina, a pair of electrodes disposed on an upper surface of the insulating substrate, a glass glaze layer made of glass disposed on the upper surface of the insulating substrate, and a resistive element disposed on the upper surface of the glass glaze layer. The resistive element is disposed between the pair of electrodes. The softening point of the glass of the glass glaze layer ranges from 580° C. to 760° C. This chip resistor prevents the resistive element from being peeled off. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090844 | PERMANENT MAGNET, ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE, AND VEHICLE - A permanent magnet comprises crystal grains each including a main phase. An average size of the crystal grains is 1.0 μm or less, and a degree of orientation of easy magnetization axes of the crystal grains to an easy magnetization axis of the magnet is 15% or more and 90% or less. A recoil magnetic permeability is 1.13 or more, a residual magnetization is 0.8 T or more and less than 1.16 T, and an intrinsic coercive force is 850 kA/m or more. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090845 | MAGNETIC MATERIAL, PERMANENT MAGNET, ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE, AND VEHICLE - A magnetic material is expressed by a composition formula 1: (R | 2020-03-19 |
20200090846 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SLIDE POSITIONING MECHANISM THEREOF - An electronic device includes a base cover, a cover plate which is slidable relative to the base cover among a closed position, an open position, and a transition position, and a slide positioning mechanism which is configured for positioning the cover plate relative to the base cover, and which has first and second magnetically attractive units. When the cover plate is in a selected one of the closed and open positions, a magnetically attractive force is generated to position the cover plate in the selected one of the closed and open positions. When the cover plate is in the transition position, a magnetically repulsive force is generated to facilitate movement of the cover plate away from the transition position. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090847 | MAGNETO-MECHANICAL CLAMPING DEVICE - A clamping mechanism comprising: a first part; a clamp coupled to said first part to enable the clamp to slide relative to said first part in a first linear direction, the clamp being provided with a first magnetic component; a second part for clamping by said clamp, the second part being provided with a second magnetic component. The mechanism is configured such that movement of the clamp in said first linear direction, between a clamping and an unclamped position, is effected by movement of the first part and the clamp, relative to said second part, in a second linear direction substantially orthogonal to said first linear direction as a result of alignment and misalignment of the magnetic components. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090848 | MAGNETIC SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, BONDING STRUCTURE BETWEEN MAGNETIC SUBSTRATE AND INSULATING MATERIAL, AND CHIP COMPONENT HAVING THE BONDING STRUCTURE - A chip component includes a magnetic substrate having ferrite layers, and an insulating layer disposed on the magnetic substrate and having an electrode disposed therein. An external electrode is connected to the electrode on the insulating layer. The magnetic substrate and the insulating layer have a chemical coupling structure formed on an interface therebetween. The chemical coupling structure includes Si—O—C or Si—O—N. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090849 | SLOW WAVE INDUCTIVE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - A slow wave inductive structure includes a first substrate. The slow wave inductive structure further includes a first conductive winding over the first substrate. The slow wave inductive structure further includes a second substrate over the first substrate, wherein a distance between the first conductive winding and the second substrate ranges from about 1 micron (μm) to about 2 μm, and the second substrate comprises polysilicon or doped silicon. The slow wave inductive structure further includes a second conductive winding on an opposite side of the second substrate from the first conductive winding. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090850 | SURFACE MOUNT INDUCTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SURFACE MOUNT INDUCTOR - A surface mount inductor includes a coil buried in a composite material including a magnetic powder; outer terminals connected to the coil; and a molded body having a metal surface that intersects a winding axis of the coil and including the composite material. A surface mount inductor manufacturing method includes arranging, inside a mold, a metal plate having a shape covering part of a surface of a molded body; arranging a coil and a composite material including a magnetic powder or a preliminary molded body composed of the composite material inside the mold in which the metal plate has been arranged; and forming a molded body in which the coil is buried and that has the metal plate arranged on part of a surface of the molded body by molding the metal plate, the composite material, and the coil inside the mold to be integrated with each other. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090851 | TRANSFORMER IRON CORE - The present invention relates to a transformer iron core. The present invention comprises: an upper yoke ( | 2020-03-19 |
20200090852 | HIGH-ASPECT RATIO ELECTROPLATED STRUCTURES AND ANISOTROPIC ELECTROPLATING PROCESSES - A device includes a dielectric layer having a first surface and a second surface. The device also includes a first set of high-aspect ratio electroplated structures disposed on the first surface of the dielectric layer and a second set of high-aspect ratio electroplated structures disposed on the second surface of the dielectric layer opposite the first set of high-aspect ratio electroplated structures. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090853 | COIL COMPONENT - A coil component includes a body having one surface and the other surface opposing each other in a first direction; an internal insulating layer buried in the body; a coil portion disposed in the internal insulating layer, and forming at least one turn centering on an axis in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; first and second external electrodes disposed on one surface of the body and spaced apart from each other, and connected to the coil portion; an external insulating layer covering the body and exposing the first and second external electrodes. Lengths of the first and second external electrodes taken in the second direction are shorter than a length of the external insulating layer taken in the second direction. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090854 | HIGH DENSITY COIL DESIGN AND PROCESS - Devices including a substrate and a plurality of coil portions disposed on the substrate. The plurality of coil portions electrically coupled to form a coil structure. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090855 | Stacked Coil for Wireless Charging Structure on InFO Package - A structure includes a first encapsulating layer, and a first coil in the first encapsulating layer. A top surface of the first encapsulating layer is coplanar with a top surface of the first coil, and a bottom surface of the first encapsulating layer is coplanar with a bottom surface of the first coil. A second encapsulating layer is over the first encapsulating layer. A conductive via is in the second encapsulating layer, and the first conductive via is electrically coupled to the first coil. A third encapsulating layer is over the second encapsulating layer. A second coil is in the third encapsulating layer. A top surface of the third encapsulating layer is coplanar with a top surface of the second coil, and a bottom surface of the third encapsulating layer is coplanar with a bottom surface of the second coil. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090856 | THIN TRANSFORMER AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF SAME - An ultra-thin transformer (UTT) is disclosed. The UTT is comprised of an ultra-thin core (UTC), which comprises a base unit comprising a central core branch, at least one side branch, a plurality of dents forming a toroidic space in the base unit around the central core branch, and an open face. The UTC also comprises a cover unit adapted to match the open face of the base unit. The UTT also comprises a primary winding and a secondary winding. A method for production of thin helical winding is also disclosed. The method comprises obtaining a wire adapted to form a helical layer, winding the wire of certain transformer's layer between two flat plates, and removing the flat plates when the layer is finished. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090857 | COMMON MODE FILTER - Disclosed herein is a common mode filter that comprises a drum core including a winding core portion and a pair of flange portions provided at both ends of the winding core portion, and first and second wires wound around the winding core portion so as to form a pair-wire for each turn. The first and second wires includes one or a plurality of sparsely-wound portions in which the first and second wires are wound with adjacent pair-wires spaced from each other, and one or a plurality of closely-wound portions in which the first and second wires are wound with adjacent pair-wires in close contact with each other. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090858 | COIL ASSEMBLY - A coil assembly includes: a connection substrate including a coil pad and an accommodating portion disposed in a position adjacent to the coil pad; and a coil portion including a spiral wiring and an end portion bonded to the coil pad, wherein at least a portion of the coil portion is disposed in the accommodating portion. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090859 | ADAPTIVE CONTROL LOOP GAIN FOR SWITCHING MODE POWER SUPPLY - A device for controlling a switching mode power supply includes a regulation module, a feedback node, and a resistance module. The regulation module is adapted to cause a switching module to selectively couple, based on an oscillation frequency, a primary side winding of a transformer and a supply to control a voltage, current, or power output at a secondary side winding of the transformer. The feedback node is adapted to receive an indication of a voltage at the secondary side winding of the transformer. The resistance module is adapted to selectively set a pull-up resistance based on a comparison between a time-controlled frequency and a voltage-controlled frequency that is generated based on a voltage at the feedback node, wherein the regulation module is adapted to set the oscillation frequency as the time-controlled frequency or the voltage-controlled frequency. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090860 | TRANSFORMER AND TRANSFORMER BOBBIN THEREOF - The invention provides a transformer and a transformer bobbin thereof. The transformer bobbin includes a winding part, a first wire outlet part and a second wire outlet part; the second wire outlet part is provided with an inclined guiding surface facing the winding part, a first partition plate arranged on the inclined guiding surface and a wire avoiding groove arranged on one side of the inclined guiding surface; the inclined guiding surface is divided into a first wire outlet area and a second wire outlet area, the wire avoiding groove is only arranged in the first wire outlet area, and the first partition plate is formed with a wire supporting notch. Therefore, it is not necessary to add an insulation sleeve to windings at the same wire outlet part to achieve winding isolation, whereby windings on the transformer is automatically wound by a machine. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090861 | SATURATION PREVENTION OF CURRENT TRANSFORMER - The subject disclosure provides for utilizing pulse width modulation (PWM) signaling to influence a closed loop of a shunt boost controller and reduce an imbalance of a load. The imbalance reduction helps reduce remanence of a current transformer (CT) and thereby prevent saturation of the CT. A shunt boost controller provides the control signal to control flow of current to the load. A feedback network provides a feedback signal to the shunt boost controller based on a direct current (DC) voltage and causes a power switch circuit to turn on when a magnitude of the feedback signal exceeds a threshold magnitude. The PWM generator supplies a PWM signal to cause the control signal to be provided more symmetrical to the power switch circuit and causes the power switch circuit to turn on more frequently with the control signal to reduce the imbalance of the load. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090862 | METHODS OF FABRICATING THERMAL COMPOSITES HAVING SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS - A method for fabricating a thermal composite includes pouring a mixture including a plurality of magnetically susceptible particles and a thermosetting polymer into a mold, placing the mold containing the mixture in a chamber including a plurality of magnet arrays, and heating the mold containing the mixture in the chamber for a time and at a temperature sufficient to cure the thermosetting polymer. At least one of the plurality of magnet arrays includes a Halbach array. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090863 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND BOARD FOR MOUNTING OF THE SAME - An electronic component and a mounting board for mounting of the same are provided. The electronic component includes a body including external electrodes disposed on surfaces of the body opposing each other in a first direction, respectively, and metal frames connected to the external electrodes, respectively. The metal frames include supports bonded to the external electrodes and mounting portions extending from lower ends of the supports in the first direction and are spaced apart from the body and the external electrodes. The supports include a lower support portion disposed on a lower side of the body and an upper support portion disposed on an upper side of the body, and the lower support portion has a thickness in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction relatively greater than a thickness of the upper support portion in the first direction. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090864 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - An electronic component includes a multilayer capacitor, including a capacitor body, and a pair of external electrodes disposed on both ends of the capacitor body, respectively, and an interposer, including an interposer body, and a pair of external terminals disposed on both ends of the interposer body, respectively. The pair of external terminals include bonding portions disposed on a top surface of the interposer body, mounting portions disposed on a bottom surface of the interposer body, and connection portions disposed on end surfaces of the interposer to connect the bonding portions and the mounting portions to each other. The mounting portions have lengths greater than lengths of the bonding portions in a direction of connection of the pair of external terminals. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090865 | CONDUCTIVE POWDER FOR INTERNAL ELECTRODE AND CAPACITOR COMPONENT INCLUDING THE SAME - A conductive powder for an internal electrode includes a metal particle and a graphene oxide disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the metal particle. A content of the graphene oxide is less than 1.0 weight percent, based on a weight of the metal particle. | 2020-03-19 |
20200090866 | DIELECTRIC STRUCTURES FOR ELECTRICAL INSULATION WITH VACUUM OR GAS - In an embodiment, a dielectric structure comprising solid dielectric regions incorporating a plurality of regions of vacuum or gas. In certain embodiments, the dielectric constant of the regions of solid dielectrics have a dielectric constant greater than 4. In certain embodiments, each of the plurality of regions of vacuum or gas or the regions of solid dielectrics is anisotropic with an aspect ratio of at least four. In certain embodiments, the smallest average dimension of a plurality of regions of vacuum or gas and/or solid dielectrics have a length of less than 1 micron. In certain embodiments, the dielectric structure has a higher electrical energy density in the regions of vacuum or gas than in the solid matrix. In certain embodiments, one or more electrodes of the capacitive structure are coated with a solid insulating layer without an interface between a region of vacuum or gas and electrode. | 2020-03-19 |