14th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110079689 | SHEET MATERIAL HANGER - A hanger for sheet material and method of hanging sheet material. An embodiment of the hanger for sheet material includes a base, a magnet assembly support member adjacent the base, and a magnet assembly. The magnet assembly may include one or more holding members and one or more magnets. Each magnet may be attached to a holding member. Each holding member may be hinged to the magnet assembly support member. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079690 | Bucket Engageable Holster for Plastering Tool - A holster for a plaster's hawk. The holster is adapted on a first end to mount upon the lip of a plaster bucket or the belt of a user. Two parallel portions define a space therebetween to frictionally engage the board portion of a hawk. A centrally located gap in said second portion engages with a handle projecting from the board portion and is spaced from the first portion sufficiently to accommodate any padding at the intersection of the handle and the board portion of the hawk. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079691 | HUNTING ACCESSORY HOLDING DEVICES - A device for holding archery bows and/or other hunting accessories is provided. The hunting accessory holding device includes a base member that attaches to a mounting substrate such as a tree, an arm assembly that is configured to hold the archery bow, and a lift mechanism that connects the arm assembly to the base member. The lift mechanism automatically retracts the arm assembly upwardly, from an extended position to a retracted position, when the bow is removed from the arm assembly, thereby removing the arm assembly from the hunter's view and way. The lift mechanism can include a spring that provides a retracting force for moving the arm assembly. As desired, the lift mechanism can also provide an adjustable or variable braking force that opposes the retracting force and enables the hunter to determine a rate of arm retraction, as desired. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079692 | SUPPORT FRAME WITH AN ADJUSTABLE MECHANISM - A support frame with an adjustable mechanism includes a fasten base, a displacement cylinder and an air pressure bar. The fasten base has a guiding cylinder. The displacement cylinder is sleeved with the guiding cylinder and has a relative motion relative to the guiding cylinder. One end of the air pressure bar is fastened with the fasten base and is located in the guiding cylinder. The displacement cylinder is fastened with another end of the air pressure bar and moves as the length of the air pressure bar changes. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079693 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING PICTURES AND FLAT ART OBJECTS - An apparatus for mounting an object to a wall includes a backbone, a ledge, and a spacer. The backbone has a means for mounting the backbone parallel to the wall. The ledge is attached to a bottom of the backbone and extends away from the wall. The spacer is located between the backbone and the ledge. A bottom of the object rests on the ledge and leans over the spacer such that a top of the object rests on the wall above the backbone. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079694 | SLIDER CLIP AND PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURE MOUNTING SYSTEM - Described herein is a mounting system and slider clips that support simplified installation of photovoltaic structures. The mounting system comprises a support structure which can be mounted to support columns via an optional tilt table. The support structure comprises a plurality of parallel spaced beams and a plurality of parallel spaced rails that are mounted approximately perpendicular to the beams. Disclosed embodiments describe a collapsible support structure in which the rails are pivotally mounted to the beams. Rails are preassembled with prefabricated slider clips for holding edge portions of the photovoltaic structures. Rails can also be integrally formed with slider clips. Described herein are also methods of installing one or more photovoltaic structures using the mounting system and methods for manufacturing slider clips and a photovoltaic structure mounting system. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079695 | TV SET LIFTER - A TV set lifter comprises a guide rail ( | 2011-04-07 |
20110079696 | PORTABLE BEVERAGE HOLDER - A beverage holder that can be attached to a surface and repositioned. The holder has a clamp portion. The clamp portion positioned along a generally vertical axis. The clamp portion has an upper jaw portion, horizontal portion, vertical portion, a second horizontal portion and lower jaw portion. The lower jaw portion being generally shaped like the top of a candy cane, a shepherd's crook or a hook. The curve of the lower jaw portion allows for flexing and enables secure attachment to a range of horizontal surfaces. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079697 | SUSPENSION DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR MOUNTING SAME - A suspension device ( | 2011-04-07 |
20110079698 | BRACE - This invention relates to an adjustable brace | 2011-04-07 |
20110079699 | SEAT SLIDE STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE - A lower rail or an upper rail has a first wall provided at a position on a first one of opposite sides in a widthwise direction thereof, and a second wall provided at a position on the other, second, side in the widthwise direction and disposed opposed to the first wall. At least one of the first wall and the second wall has an opening. At least one of an outer portion of the holding member in the widthwise direction and an outer portion of the nut member in the widthwise direction is inserted in the opening and disposed opposed to an inner side-surface of the opening facing in a frontward-rearward direction. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079700 | ANCHORING SYSTEM FOR DECK ARTICLES AND METHODS OF USE - An anchor is generally provided with an elongated stem and a leg that extends outwardly from one end of the stem at an angle with respect to a long axis of the stem. The anchor is passed through a portion of a deck or patio area and the leg of the anchor is positioned beneath a lower surface of the deck. A securement line extends from the opposite end of the anchor and engages a structural feature of an article supported on the deck. One or more anchors may be used together, the securement line extending between the anchors. Structural features at one end of each anchor enable engagement with the securement line and resist passage of the anchor through the deck unintentionally. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079701 | Connection Device - A connection device includes: a pedestal having a placement face; a connector provided in the placement face of the pedestal; a support provided adjacent to the pedestal and extended in a direction crossing the placement surface of the pedestal and having a face to define a space for placing a portable terminal on the connector and on a contact face in the face of the support, the contact face being movable in a thickness direction of the support; and an elastic member that is deformed by the movement of the contact face and applies an elastic force generated by the deformation in a direction of blocking the movement of the contact face with respect to the thickness direction of the support. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079702 | FORMING A PROTECTIVE LAYER ON A MOLD AND MOLD HAVING A PROTECTIVE LAYER - A method of forming a mold having a protective layer includes forming a mold substrate having at least one substantially planar surface, depositing a layer of mold protection material onto the at least one substantially planar surface, and etching a plurality of cavities into the at least one substantially planar surface through the mold protection layer. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079703 | OBJECT TRACKING SYSTEM - An optical tracking system comprises an array of point source emitters that output respective optical emissions, and a plurality of angle of arrival sensors. Each sensor comprises one or more optical elements and a focal plane array (FPA), with the optical elements arranged to resolve the optical emissions into one or more linear patterns on the FPA. A processing system in communication with the sensors establishes the orientation and position of each of the optical emitters using the linear patterns. A headgear tracking system employs point source emitters on a piece of headgear, with front and rear arrays of angle of arrival sensors located in an aircraft cockpit; a processing system in communication with the sensor arrays establishes an orientation and position for each of the optical emitters on the headgear. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079704 | NANO WIRE BASED PASSIVE PIXEL IMAGE SENSOR - An imaging device including a plurality of photo-sensitive elements suitable for imaging small objects less than 500 nm in size. Each of the photo-sentive elements forms a passive pixel which comprises at least one nanowire structured photodetector and a switch transistor. The nanowire structured photodetector is configured to receive the photons and store the photo generated charges and behave as a waveguide. The switch transistor is formed either in the substrate or at the same body of the nanowire and is configured to allow photo-genereated charges in the nanowire to accumulate when off and to drain from the nanowire when on. The pixel array is configured to allow high resolution imaging by arranging in a penny round pattern. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079705 | Signal Noise Reduction for Imaging in Biological Analysis - A system and method for characterizing contributions to signal noise associated with charge-coupled devices adapted for use in biological analysis. Dark current contribution, readout offset contribution, photo response non-uniformity, and spurious charge contribution can be determined by the methods of the present teachings and used for signal correction by systems of the present teachings. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079706 | QUANTUM TUNNELING PHOTODETECTOR ARRAY - A quantum tunneling photodetector array and a method of generating an image. The photodetector array comprises an array of pairs of opposing first and second electrodes; a photo-sensitive insulating material disposed between the opposing first and second electrodes of the respective pairs; an electrical circuit for detecting photo-assisted quantum tunneling currents between the opposing first and second electrode of the respective pairs. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079707 | IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT PERFORMING IMAGE DETECTION OF HIGH RESOLUTION AND HIGH IMAGE QUALITY AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - In a pixel part, in a first active region, a photodiode and a transferring transistor are formed. In a second active region, a resetting transistor is formed. In a pixel part, in a first active region, a photodiode and a transferring transistor are formed. In a second active region, an amplifying transistor is formed. The first and second active regions are respectively the same in shape in image pixel parts. The resetting transistor and the amplifying transistor are shared by the pixel parts. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079708 | SILICON PHOTODETECTION MODULE - A silicon photo-detection module is disclosed, in which a silicon photodiode detection unit and a parasitical vertical bipolar junction transistor amplification unit can be simultaneously formed by a CMOS process. The silicon photo-detection module has a silicon substrate, a silicon photodiode detection unit comprising a positive portion and a negative portion, and a parasitical vertical bipolar junction transistor amplification unit comprising a collector, a base, and an emitter. The silicon photodiode detection unit and the parasitical vertical bipolar junction transistor amplification unit are formed on the silicon substrate by a CMOS process. Besides, the positive and negative portions of the silicon photodiode detection unit are electrically connected respectively with the base and the collector of the parasitical vertical bipolar junction transistor amplification unit. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079709 | WIDE BAND SENSOR - A sensor and method of sensing is disclosed. The sensor is designed with a number of layers that are each able to sense a range of electromagnetic radiation. The sensor has two terminals for measuring the output signal of the sensor. The output signal of the sensor can be separated to identify the contributions to the output signal from each layer in order to determine the layer(s) that detected electromagnetic radiation. An array of sensors may be fabricated to increase the number of samples taken. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079710 | MICROSCOPY SUPPORT STRUCTURES - Electron microscope support structures and methods of making and using same. The support structures are generally constructed using semiconductor materials and semiconductor manufacturing processes. The temperature of the support structure may be controlled and/or gases or liquids may be confined in the observation region for reactions and/or imaging. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079711 | Particle beam microscopy system and method for operating the same - A particle beam system | 2011-04-07 |
20110079712 | Optical Microscope - An optical microscope for optically measuring a sample ( | 2011-04-07 |
20110079713 | UNI-AXIS TYPE LENS MODULE FOR THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA - Disclosed herein is a Uni-axis type lens module for a thermal imaging camera. The Uni-axis type lens module includes an object lens facing an object, receiving light from the object to capture an image of the object and transmitting visible rays and far infrared rays through one optical axis to integrate the visible rays and the far infrared rays; a beam splitter located behind the object lens in the direction of the optical axis, reflecting far infrared rays from lights that pass through the object lens and transmitting visible rays from the lights; a far-infrared imaging lens located in the direction of the optical axis of the far infrared rays reflected from the beam splitter, receiving the far infrared rays that reflect from a fold mirror and forming an image on a far-infrared sensor that converts an optical image into a thermal image signal; and a visible light imaging sensor located in the direction of the optical axis of the visible rays that pass through the beam splitter, arranged behind the beam splitter, receiving the visible rays that pass through the beam splitter and forming an image on a CCD sensor that converts an optical image into an actual image signal. Accordingly, images of visible rays and far infrared rays can be simultaneously captured to acquire distinct images. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079714 | IMAGER FOR CONSTRUCTING COLOR AND DEPTH IMAGES - A dual-mode includes a light source configured to project a structured illumination from which visible light can be filtered. The dual-mode imager also includes a detector configured to capture both the structured illumination and visible light from the scene. A temporal or spatial filter is used to selectively block visible light from one or more portions of the detector while passing the structured illumination to the one or more portions of the detector. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079715 | COMPACT IMAGE INTENSIFIER TUBE AND NIGHT VISION SYSTEM FITTED WITH SUCH A TUBE - An image intensifier tube and a night vision system fitted with such a tube. The tube body of the image intensifier tube includes a multilayer ceramic substrate fixed in a sealed manner to an input device and to an output device so as to assure leaktightness of a vacuum chamber delimited by the tube body. The multilayer substrate also maintains a microchannel plate arranged between a photocathode and a phosphorus screen, and supplies voltage to the photocathode, the plate, and the phosphorus screen. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079716 | PHTHALOCYANINE, NAPHTHALOCYANINE, AND BRIDGED PHTHALOCYANINE/NAPHTHALOCYANINE DYES AND INKS CONTAINING THE SAME - Phthalocyanine dyes, naphthalocyanine dyes, and/or bridged phthalocyanine/naphthalocyanine dyes represented by one of the general structures I to XVII, inkjet ink formulation comprising said dyes, and detection systems using said dyes are disclosed and described. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079717 | INFRARED POSITIONING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM THEREOF - An infrared positioning apparatus comprises a plurality of infrared diodes, a plurality of amplifying units, a plurality of converting units and a positioning unit. The plurality of infrared diodes is configured to detect at least one infrared signal. The plurality of amplifying units are configured to amplify the at least one infrared signal for obtaining at least one amplified signal. The plurality of converting units are configured to convert the at least one amplified signal for obtaining at least one strength value of the at least one amplified signal. The positioning unit is configured to obtain the emitting direction of the at least one infrared signal in accordance with the at least one strength value of the at least one amplified signal. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079718 | EXTERNAL/INTERNAL OPTICAL ADAPTER FOR FTIR SPECTROPHOTOMETER - A Fourier Transfer Infrared (FTIR) spectrophotometer having reduced baseline noise. The system and method include internal or external optical adapters having a moveable beamsplitter for splitting the source light beam into a reference beam and a sample beam, and may include a variable bandpass filter, variable preamplifier and reversed biased photodiodes. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079719 | EXTERNAL/INTERNAL OPTICAL ADAPTER WITH BIASED PHOTODIODES FOR FTIR SPECTROPHOTOMETER - A Fourier Transfer Infrared (FTIR) spectrophotometer having reduced baseline noise. The system and method include internal or external optical adapters having a moveable beamsplitter for splitting the source light beam into a reference beam and a sample beam, and may include a variable bandpass filter, variable preamplifier and reversed biased photodiodes. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079720 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLIND ECHO CANCELLATION - System and method for blind echo cancellation in a received terahertz signal in a pulsed terahertz system for imaging or spectroscopy. Blind signal processing methods estimate the impulse response of the reflection mechanism and do not require a reference measurement to be taken. The reference signal may be recovered using a successive approach wherein the reference is first estimated using cross-correlation with the received signal and the received signal is represented as a function of the reference signal. For each successive echo, the calculated echo may be subtracted from the received signal and then the estimate of the reference signal is refined. Using an analytical approach, the parameters of a transfer function modeling the reflection mechanism may be estimated by optimizing a cost function. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079721 | APERTURE ARRANGEMENT - An aperture arrangement is disclosed, such as an aperture arrangement suitable for use with a dual wavelength infrared detector. A detector is disclosed which includes a casing; an aperture defined in one end of the casing; and a filter having an inner region and an outer region substantially (e.g., greater than 50%) covering the aperture; wherein the outer region of the filter transmits radiation within a first range of wavelengths and reflects radiation within a second range of wavelengths. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079722 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED SAMPLING VIA HELICAL SCANNING AND LIST-MODE RECONSTRUCTION IN POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY - A positron emission tomography (PET) scanner system, including a detector that acquires PET event information, the detector being configured to move during acquisition of the PET event information; a first motion unit that acquires first event information of a position of a patient bed, the patient bed being configured to move during acquisition of the PET event information; a second motion unit that acquires second event information of the detector; an event collector that generates an event list of events that includes the PET event information, the first event information, and the second event information; and a list-mode reconstructing unit that reconstructs an image by processing the generated event list. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079723 | CONFIGURABLE COINCIDENCE PAIRING AND FILTERING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY - A method of processing positron emission tomography (PET) information obtained from a PET detector having a plurality of detector regions, each detector region having at least one detector module and a corresponding regional collector, the method including the steps of receiving PET event information for a single PET event, the PET event information including energy information and crystal position information of the single PET event; receiving non-detector event information; generating an event list that includes (1) a PET event entry, the PET event entry including a fine time stamp, the energy information, and the crystal position information, and (2) a non-detector event entry that includes the received non-detector event information; and transmitting the generated event list to a computer for off-line processing. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079724 | Use of Hybrid collimation for Interleaved Emission and Transmission Scans for SPECT - Two different collimation geometries are interleaved. Each collimation geometry samples a transaxial slice through the object being imaged. The even slices are of the same fan-beam geometry as the central head, but the odd slices are of different collimation geometry. Each slice covers an axial range that is the same as the pixel size of the solid-state detector, and aligns with the corresponding pixels in the axial direction. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079725 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO ACHIEVE HIGH-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY WITH NON-DIFFRACTING OR REFRACTING RADIATION - An imaging system employing a coded aperture mask having multiple pinholes is provided. The coded aperture mask is placed at a radiation source to pass the radiation through. The radiation impinges on, and passes through an object, which alters the radiation by absorption and/or scattering. Upon passing through the object, the radiation is detected at a detector plane to form an encoded image, which includes information on the absorption and/or scattering caused by the material and structural attributes of the object. The encoded image is decoded to provide a reconstructed image of the object. Because the coded aperture mask includes multiple pinholes, the radiation intensity is greater than a comparable system employing a single pinhole, thereby enabling a higher resolution. Further, the decoding of the encoded image can be performed to generate multiple images of the object at different distances from the detector plane. Methods and programs for operating the imaging system are also disclosed. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079726 | System and Method to Detect Target Radiation - A radiation detection system can include a first material to produce a first light in response to receiving a target radiation. The radiation detection system can also include a second material to propagate a second light to a first end of the second material and to a second end of the second material, in response to receiving the first light. The radiation detection system can also include a reflector coupled to the first end of the second material. In an embodiment, the reflector can reflect the second light, so that the reflected second light can be received by a photosensor coupled to a second end of the second material. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079727 | SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER READOUT CIRCUITRY - A photon-counting Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode intensity imaging array includes an array of pixels ( | 2011-04-07 |
20110079728 | RADIATION DETECTOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A RADIATION DETECTOR AND USE OF THE DETECTOR FOR MEASURING RADIATION - A radiation detector is disclosed. The detector has an entrance opening etched through a low-resistivity volume of silicon, a sensitive volume of high-resistivity silicon for converting the radiation particles into detectable charges, and a passivation layer between the low and high-resistivity silicon layers. The detector also has electrodes built in the form of vertical channels for collecting the charges generated in the sensitive volume, and read-out electronics for generating signals based on the collected charges. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079729 | MEGAVOLTAGE IMAGING WITH A PHOTOCONDUCTOR BASED SENSOR - A photodetector for detecting megavoltage (MV) radiation comprises a semiconductor conversion layer having a first surface and a second surface disposed opposite the first surface, a first electrode coupled to the first surface, a second electrode coupled to the second surface, and a low density substrate including a detector array coupled to the second electrode opposite the semiconductor conversion layer. The photodetector includes a sufficient thickness of a high density material to create a sufficient number of photoelectrons from incident MV radiation, so that the photoelectrons can be received by the conversion layer and converted to a sufficient of recharge carriers for detection by the detector array. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079730 | IMAGING SYSTEM - A charged particle multi-beamlet system for exposing a target ( | 2011-04-07 |
20110079731 | MULTIPOLE LENS FOR ELECTRON COLUMN - The present invention relates to an electron lens for use in an microcolumn, and more particularly to a multipole electron lens wherein the electron lens includes two or more electrode layers, each of the electrode layers has a slit aperture extending across a central optical axis along which an electron beam passes, and the two electrode layers are aligned on an electron optical axis such that the slit apertures are staggered with each other. Further, the present invention relates to a microcolumn using the multipole lens. The multipole lens according to the present invention can be manufactured and controlled in a simple fashion, reduces the defocusing of the microcolumn, and increases an active deflection area. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079732 | SPORTS BALL STERILIZER - A system for sterilizing a sports ball comprises a housing; a door for the housing for opening and closing the housing and for permitting manual location of a ball in the housing; a sterilizing light for sterilizing a ball placed in the housing. The ball is rotatable in the housing such that the surface of the ball is exposed to the light. An elongated track extends from one end of the housing towards another end, and the light can be elongated from one end towards another end. There can be a support pivot on an outer surface of the housing permits the housing to be rocked about the pivot. There can be a series of rollers and one of the rollers can be motorized to rotate a ball. An outlet from the housing is directed to a tray for receiving a sterilized ball. The housing can include an internal surface with a light reflective material. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079733 | FLUORESCENT, HETEROCYCLICALLY FUSED PERYLENES - The reaction of aromatic nitriles with perylenetetracarboximides affords colorants which fluoresce strongly in the long-wave region and are of the formula | 2011-04-07 |
20110079734 | Elemental Analysis Based on Complementary Techniques - Methods and apparatus for analyzing a test sample using complementary techniques, such as x-ray fluorescence (XRF) and optical emission spectroscopy (OES), are disclosed for registering two or more test instruments, in relation to the test sample, such that each of the instruments analyzes substantially the same region as is analyzed by the other instrument(s), and for communicating analytical results between or among the instruments, or between the instruments and another component, to enable one or more of the instruments, or the other component, to combine the results and, thereby, more completely and accurately determine the composition of the test sample. Such registration and communication enables, for example, separate XRF and OES instruments to collectively determine the composition of the test sample, including the absolute amounts of light and heavy elements in the test material. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079735 | PEN SPECIFIC FOR ERASABLE MEDIA USAGE - Exemplary embodiments provide materials and methods for a pen that can include a writing end for writing an image on an erasable medium and an erasing end for locally erasing an image from the erasable medium. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079736 | Laser produced plasma EUV light source - An EUV light source is disclosed which may comprise a plurality of targets, e.g., tin droplets, and a system generating pre-pulses and main-pulses with the pre-pulses for irradiating targets to produce expanded targets. The system may further comprise a continuously pumped laser device generating the main pulses with the main pulses for irradiating expanded targets to produce a burst of EUV light pulses. The system may also have a controller varying at least one pre-pulse parameter during the burst of EUV light pulses. In addition, the EUV light source may also include an instrument measuring an intensity of at least one EUV light pulse within a burst of EUV light pulses and providing a feedback signal to the controller to vary at least one pre-pulse parameter during the burst of EUV light pulses to produce a burst of EUV pulses having a pre-selected dose. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079737 | EUV ILLUMINATION SYSTEM WITH A SYSTEM FOR MEASURING FLUCTUATIONS OF THE LIGHT SOURCE - The disclosure relates to an EUV (extreme ultraviolet) illumination system. The system can include at least one EUV light source, and an aperture stop and sensor arrangement for the measurement of intensity fluctuations and/or position changes of the EUV light source, in particular in the range of the effectively utilized wavelengths, or of one of the intermediate images of the EUV light source. The aperture stop and sensor arrangement can include an aperture stop and an EUV position sensor. The aperture stop and sensor arrangement can be arranged in such a way that the aperture stop allows a certain solid angle range of the radiation originating from the EUV light source or from one of its intermediate images to fall on the EUV position sensor. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079738 | Filter Means, Motor Vehicle, and Method for Operating Filter Means - The invention relates to an activated charcoal filter for storing and releasing gaseous hydrocarbons which originate from a fuel supply means of a motor vehicle. The activated charcoal can be supplied with gaseous hydrocarbons via an inlet. A heating means for heating of the activated charcoal is made available by a tank shutoff valve by means of which the inlet can be shut off. Since the tank shutoff valve is being operated as a heating means, an additional heating means for regenerating the activated charcoal can be omitted. Furthermore, the invention relates to a motor vehicle with such an activated charcoal filter and a method for operating an activated charcoal filter. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079739 | Method for Controlling the Position of an Electromechanical Actuator for Reciprocating Compressor Valves - Method for controlling the position of an electromechanical actuator for reciprocating compressor valves. The actuator includes a member ( | 2011-04-07 |
20110079740 | ACTUATING DEVICE - The invention relates to an actuating device, particularly for actuating valves that can be connected externally, comprising a housing ( | 2011-04-07 |
20110079741 | ACTUATING DEVICE - The invention relates to an actuating device, particularly for actuating valves that can be connected externally, comprising a housing ( | 2011-04-07 |
20110079742 | FEMALE QUICK-CONNECT COUPLING ELEMENT, AND A QUICK-CONNECT COUPLING INCORPORATING SUCH AN ELEMENT - This female quick-connect coupling element for releasably joining together pipes for pressurized fluid is equipped with a fluid flow duct ( | 2011-04-07 |
20110079743 | ROTARY VALVE - A rotary valve includes a main body provided with a valve chamber for receiving a plate valve, formed with an annular neck and bored with an intermediate hole extending downward to the valve chamber for positioning a valve rod, which is disposed in the intermediate hole when the main body is being shaped. A seal washer has its outer annular side provided with a serrated surface so that, when shaped, the main body can be combined with the serrated surface to let the seal washer covered by the inner annular wall of the valve chamber. The seal washer has an inner annular side symmetrically formed with an upper and a lower small flat surface respectively matching with an upper and a lower flat surface of the valve plate, having an upper and a lower side respectively bored with a hole for a valve rod to be inserted therein and fixed with the valve plate. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079744 | PRESETTABLE GAS VALVE - A presettable gas valve is disclosed herein. The gas valve may have a maximum gas flow that can be adjusted to the particular requirements of the fireplace in which the gas valve is used. By way of example and not limitation, for real biomass/fuel burning fireplaces, the gas valve may be opened to its maximum level with a quarter turn of a handle. In contrast, for fake fireplaces, which require more gas flow compared to real fireplaces, the gas valve may be opened to its maximum level with a half turn of the handle. The maximum gas flow through the gas valve may be set during installation such that the user does not need to manually determine the appropriate amount of gas during use. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079745 | USE OF A CATIONIC SILICON DIOXIDE DISPERSION AS A TEXTILE FINISHING AGENT - An aqueous dispersion for use as a finishing agent for textiles, wherein the dispersion contains a pyrogenically produced, aggregated silicon dioxide powder and a cationic polymer which is soluble in the dispersion, wherein the cationic polymer is present in a quantity such that the particles of the silicon dioxide powder exhibit a positive zeta potential. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079746 | Ultra Low Weight Insulation Board - Provided is a lightweight, fibrous thermal insulation panel including high temperature resistant biosoluble inorganic fibers, expanded perlite, binder, and optionally conventional high temperature resistant inorganic fibers. Further provided is a method for preparing a lightweight, fibrous high temperature thermal insulation panel including: (a) providing an aqueous slurry comprising from about 15% to about 90% high temperature resistant biosoluble inorganic fibers, from about 10% to about 80% expanded perlite, at least one of from 0% to about 50% organic binder or from 0% to about 20% inorganic binder by weight, and optionally from 0% to about 70% conventional high temperature resistant fibers; (b) forming the lightweight, fibrous thermal insulation panel by depositing the said aqueous slurry onto a substrate; (c) partially dewatering the slurry on the substrate to form a fibrous layer; and (d) drying the fibrous layer to a moisture content of no greater than about 5% by weight. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079747 | Direct current simplex generator - A method of generating an electric current by accurately dispensing a finite equal quantity of fluidized alkaline metals at equally spaced intervals into an injector water spray for subsequent reaction in live steam in a reaction chamber releasing electrons for an ionic capacitor of a capacitor tuyere. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079748 | Exfoliation of Graphite Oxide in Propylene Carbonate and Thermal Reduction of Resulting Graphene Oxide Platelets - Disclosed are compositions and methods wherein graphite oxide was exfoliated and dispersed in propylene carbonate (PC) by bath sonication. Heating the graphene oxide suspensions at 150° C. significantly reduced the graphene oxide platelets; paper samples comprised of such reduced graphene oxide platelets had an electrical conductivity of 5230 S/m. By adding TEA BF | 2011-04-07 |
20110079749 | LUBRICANTS FOR REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS - A polyol ester suitable for use as a lubricant or a lubricant base stock has a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. greater than or equal to 200 cSt and a viscosity index of greater than or equal to 100. The ester comprises the reaction product of (a) a polyhydric alcohol component comprising at least 50 mole % of penterythritol, and (b) a carboxylic acid component comprising:
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20110079750 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a new compound semiconductor represented by the chemical formula: Bi | 2011-04-07 |
20110079751 | THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MATERIAL AND PRODUCING METHOD THEREOF, AND THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT USING THE SAME - Thermoelectric conversion materials, expressed by the following formula: Bi | 2011-04-07 |
20110079752 | ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided is an electrode active material comprising a nickel-based lithium transition metal oxide (LiMO | 2011-04-07 |
20110079753 | LIQUID CRYSTAL FOUR-RING COMPOUND HAVING FLUORINE, LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The invention provides a liquid crystal compound having stability to heat, light and so forth, a wide temperature range of the nematic phase, a small viscosity, a suitable optical anisotropy, a suitable dielectric anisotropy and an excellent compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds. The invention also provides a liquid crystal composition containing this liquid crystal compound and a liquid crystal display device containing this liquid crystal composition. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079754 | Fabricating method of nano-powder and application thereof - A fabricating method of nano-powder is provided. First, a mixture having at least a first material and a second material is provided. Then, the mixture is sintered to obtain a single phase alloy body. After that, the single phase alloy body is pre-crumbled to obtain a powder to be ground. Then, a chemical dispersant is added into the powder to further be ground, so as to obtain the nano-powder. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079755 | HIGH FIELD STRENGTH VARISTOR MATERIAL - The present invention relates to a varistor material for a surge arrester with target switching field strength ranging from 250 to 400 V/mm comprising ZnO forming a ZnO phase and Bi expressed as Bi | 2011-04-07 |
20110079756 | POLYMER-ENCAPSULATED NANOPARTICLE SYSTEMS - A polymer-encapsulated nanoparticle system includes a non-aqueous medium; and polymer-encapsulated nanoparticles formed in situ in the non-aqueous medium. Each polymer-encapsulated particle has a diameter that is less than 1 micron, and includes a solid particle core, and a polymer coating established directly on the solid particle core. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079757 | INDICATOR PULL LEAD - A pull lead indicating a pulling direction of the pull lead for a desired operation of a device, the pull lead comprising: a directional indicator selected from the group consisting of a variation in color, a variation in texture, and combinations thereof, so that a pulling direction is indicated for a desired operation of such device. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079758 | Stake removal device - A stake removal device is provided. The device includes a proximal end for engaging a stake and distal end for engaging the user's hand. The device further includes an elongated intermediate portion in connection with the proximal and distal ends. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079759 | SUPPORT FOR PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON A RIDING LAWN MOWER - Apparatus for elevating and supporting an associated riding lawn mower which includes a hand truck assembly having a generally inverted U-shaped frame attached to an axle cooperating with first and second axially spaced wheels carried thereon and having a generally planar tongue for supporting an associated objects to be moved; and a carriage assembly dimensioned and configured for mounting on the hand truck assembly, the carriage assembly wheels have supports for engaging the respective first and second wheels of the associated riding lawn mower, the carriage assembly is supported on the hand truck assembly by means of an opening in the carriage assembly engaging the tongue of the hand truck assembly whereby placement of the associated lawnmower on the supports of the carriage assembly while engaged with the hand truck assembly followed by rotational movement of the frame of the hand truck assembly from a generally vertical position to a generally horizontal position results in the elevation of the associated lawn mower to enablement maintenance thereon. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079760 | Lineset Winch with Braking Parts - A winch which can operate with an external brake, or the external brake can be removed to operate with an internal brake. The winch has a cable drum that rotates to get cable on and off the drum. Two eccentric cams are rotated to always keep a soft plastic part pressed against the drum. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079761 | MODULAR WIRE PARTITION - A modular wire partition is disclosed for separating an interior space from an exterior space. The partition comprises at least two laterally spaced vertical posts defining a gap therebetween. Each post has an inner surface facing the interior space, an outer surface facing the exterior space, and a side surface facing the gap. A wire mesh panel is configured and dimensioned to span the gap. The panel is attached to the inner post surfaces and comprises a parallel array of horizontal wires joined to an intersecting parallel array of vertical wires, with the vertical wires having intermediate sections projecting from adjacent horizontal wires. The intermediate sections are aligned horizontally to define a channel shaped reinforcing rib. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079762 | Barrier assembly for balconies - A barrier assembly | 2011-04-07 |
20110079763 | Phase change devices - The present invention is a phase change device with a heater and a selector (e.g., diode) separated by a phase-change alloy. The present invention will find applicability in electronic memory devices. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079764 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND SPUTTERING TARGET - The information recording medium of the present invention includes a recording layer whose phase can be changed by application of electrical energy. The recording layer contains, as a main component, a material consisting of Ge, Te, and Sb. The material has a composition within a region defined by point (a) (35, 35, 30), point (b) (32.5, 27.5, 40), point (c) (25, 25, 50), and point (d) (27.5, 32.5, 40) and including lines from point (a) to point (b), from point (b) to point (c), from point (c) to point (d), and from point (d) to point (a), respectively, when coordinates (Ge, Te, Sb)=(x, y, z) are plotted on a triangular coordinate system shown in FIG. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079765 | INFRARED DETECTOR, INFRARED DETECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INFRARED DETECTOR - An infrared detector comprises: a reflection portion which transmits far- and middle-infrared rays and which reflects near-infrared and visible rays; a photo-current generating portion having a plurality of layered quantum dot structures in each of which electrons are excited by the far- and middle-infrared rays having passed through the reflection portion so as to generate photo-current; a light emitting portion having a plurality of layered quantum well structures into each of which electrons of the photo-current generated by the photo-current generating portion are injected and in each of which the electrons thus injected thereinto are recombined with holes so as to emit near-infrared and visible rays; and a photo-detecting portion which detects the near-infrared and visible rays emitted from the light emitting portion and which detects the near-infrared and visible rays emitted from the light emitting portion and then reflected by the reflection portion. The reflection portion, the photo-current generating portion, and the light emitting portion are made of group III-V compound semiconductors that are layered on top of a semiconductor substrate. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079766 | PROCESS FOR FABRICATING III-NITRIDE BASED NANOPYRAMID LEDS DIRECTLY ON A METALIZED SILICON SUBSTRATE - A nanopyramid LED and method for forming. The nanopyramid LED includes a silicon substrate, a III-nitride layer deposited thereon, a metal layer deposited thereon; and a nanopyramid LED grown in ohmic contact with the metal layer. The nanopyramid LED can be seeded on the III-nitride layer or metal layer. The metal layer can be a reflecting surface for the nanopyramid LED. The method for forming nanopyramid LEDs includes obtaining a silicon substrate, depositing a III-nitride layer thereon, depositing a metal layer thereon, depositing a dielectric growth layer thereon, etching a dielectric growth template in the growth layer, and growing III-nitride nanopyramid LEDs through the dielectric growth template in ohmic contact with the metal layer. The etching can be performed by focused ion beam etching. The etching can stop in the metal layer or III-nitride layer, so that the nanopyramid LEDs can seed off the metal layer or III-nitride layer, respectively. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079767 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A nitride semiconductor device comprises: a layer structure including an active region ( | 2011-04-07 |
20110079768 | PHOTOACTIVE MATERIALS CONTAINING BULK AND QUANTUM-CONFINED SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES AND OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES MADE THEREFROM - The present invention provides photoactive materials that include quantum-confined semiconductor nanostructures in combination with non-quantum confined and bulk semiconductor structures to enhance or create a type II band offset structure. The photoactive materials are well-suited for use as the photoactive layer in photoactive devices, including photovoltaic devices, photoconductors and photodetectors. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079769 | Nanometric MOS Transistor With Maximized Ration Between On-State Current and Off-State Current - A MOS transistor having a gate length shorter than twice the de Broglie wavelength of the charge carriers in the channel material, wherein the cross-sectional area of the channel region is decreased in the vicinity of the drain region along at least one dimension to a value smaller than half said wavelength. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079770 | Preparation of Thin Film Transistors (TFTs) or Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tags or Other Printable Electronics Using Ink-Jet Printer and Carbon Nanotube Inks - The invented ink-jet printing method for the construction of thin film transistors using all SWNTs on flexible plastic films is a new process. This method is more practical than all of exiting printing methods in the construction TFT and RFID tags because SWNTs have superior properties of both electrical and mechanical over organic conducting oligomers and polymers which often used for TFT. Furthermore, this method can be applied on thin films such as paper and plastic films while silicon based techniques can not used on such flexible films. These are superior to the traditional conducting polymers used in printable devices since they need no dopant and they are more stable. They could be used in conjunction with conducting polymers, or as stand-alone inks. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079771 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An intermediate layer composed of i-AlN is formed between a channel layer and an electron donor layer, a first opening is formed in an electron donor layer, at a position where a gate electrode will be formed later, while using an intermediate layer as an etching stopper, a second opening is formed in the intermediate layer so as to be positionally aligned with the first opening, by wet etching using a hot phosphoric acid solution, and a gate electrode is formed so that the lower portion thereof fill the first and second openings while placing a gate insulating film in between, and so that the head portion thereof projects above the cap structure. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079772 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE WITH MICROCAVITY INCLUDING DOPED ORGANIC LAYERS AND FABRICATION PROCESS THEREOF - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) emitting light downward through a transparent substrate. The OLED embeds a microcavity formed between a cathode and an anode and includes a plurality of organic layers including a light emitting layer. The plurality of organic layers include at least a first layer made of an organic doped material aimed at enhancing the transport of electrons; and at least a second layer made of an organic doped material aimed at enhancing the transport of holes. The anode is obtained by deposition of a semitransparent layer of silver (Ag) over the transparent substrate to be directly in contact with the first doped organic layer. Then, thicknesses of the first and second doped organic layers can be freely adapted to best adjust the optical characteristics of the microcavity for the wavelength of monochromatic light to be produced by the OLED. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079773 | Selectively Functionalized Rylene Imides and Diimides - Disclosed are new selectively functionalized rylene imides and diimides that can exhibit desirable electronic properties and can possess processing advantages including solution-processability and/or good stability at ambient conditions. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079774 | STACKED ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE - The present invention provides a stacked organic light emitting diode that comprises a first electrode; a second electrode; and at least two light emitting units that are located between the first electrode and the second electrode. The light emitting unit satisfies the following energy relation equation, and includes an n-type organic layer and a p-type organic layer that form NP conjunction, and also includes an n-type doped organic layer that is located between the light emitting units: | 2011-04-07 |
20110079775 | Solution Processable Organic Semiconductors - Semiconductor material, compositions containing the semiconductor material, semiconductor devices containing the semiconductor material, and methods of making semiconductor devices containing the semiconductor material are described. More specifically, the semiconductor material is a small molecule semiconductor that is an anthracene-based compound (i.e., anthracene derivative) that is substituted with two silylethynyl groups as well as two electron donating groups. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079776 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display device includes a gate pattern, a semiconductor pattern, a source pattern and a pixel electrode are provided. The gate pattern is formed on a base substrate and includes a gate line and a gate electrode. The semiconductor pattern is formed on the base substrate having the gate pattern and includes an oxide semiconductor. The source pattern is formed from a data metal layer and formed on the base substrate having the semiconductor pattern, and includes a data line, a source electrode and a drain electrode. The data metal layer includes a first copper alloy layer, and a lower surface of the data metal layer substantially coincides with an upper surface of the semiconductor pattern. The pixel electrode is formed on the base substrate having the source pattern and electrically connected to the drain electrode. Thus, manufacturing processes may be simplified, and reliability may be improved. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079777 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An object is to provide a method for manufacturing a highly reliable semiconductor device which includes a thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor and having stable electric characteristics. In manufacture of a semiconductor device in which an oxide semiconductor is used for a channel formation region, after an oxide semiconductor film is formed, a conductive film including a metal, a metal compound, or an alloy that can absorb or adsorb moisture, a hydroxy group, or hydrogen is formed to overlap with the oxide semiconductor film with an insulating film provided therebetween. Then, heat treatment is performed in the state where the conductive film is exposed; in such a manner, activation treatment for removing moisture, oxygen, hydrogen, or the like adsorbed onto a surface of or in the conductive film is performed. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079778 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An object is to provide a semiconductor device with stable electric characteristics in which an oxide semiconductor is used. The impurity concentration in the oxide semiconductor layer is reduced in the following manner: a silicon oxide layer including many defects typified by dangling bonds is formed in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer, and an impurity such as hydrogen or moisture (a hydrogen atom or a compound including a hydrogen atom such as H | 2011-04-07 |
20110079779 | SHAPE CHARACTERIZATION WITH ELLIPTIC FOURIER DESCRIPTOR FOR CONTACT OR ANY CLOSED STRUCTURES ON THE CHIP - Shapes and orientations of contacts or other closed contours on an integrated circuit are characterized by calculating Elliptic Fourier descriptors. The descriptors are then used for generating design rules for the integrated circuit and for assessing process capability for the manufacturing of the integrated circuit. Monte Carlo simulation can be performed in conjunction with the elliptic Fourier descriptors. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079780 | METHOD OF CRYSTALLIZING AMORPHOUS SEMICONDUCTOR FILM, THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of crystallizing an amorphous semiconductor film, the method comprising the steps of: forming a gate electrode on a transparent insulating substrate; forming a gate insulating film on the transparent insulating substrate and on an upper part of the gate electrode; forming an amorphous semiconductor film on the gate insulating film; forming a light-transmissive insulating film on the amorphous semiconductor film; forming a metal film having an opening on the light-transmissive insulating film; irradiating laser light onto both a region of the light-transmissive insulating film exposed by the opening and the metal film, which is used as a mask for shielding the laser light; and performing laser annealing to make the laser light to be absorbed through the light-transmissive insulating film into a region of the amorphous semiconductor film exposed by the opening, so that the amorphous semiconductor film is heated and converted to a crystalline semiconductor film. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079781 | PIXEL STRUCTURE HAVING CAPACITOR COMPENSATION - A pixel structure having capacitor compensation includes a thin-film transistor, and the thin-film transistor includes a source electrode, a drain electrode, a semiconductor layer and a gate electrode. The gate electrode includes a bar-shaped main part, and at least a protrusion part or two indention parts. One of the characteristics of the present invention lies in layout patterns of the drain electrode and gate electrode. An overlapping area between the drain electrode and gate electrode, and the position of the overlapping area can both be kept by virtue of the arrangement of the protrusion part or the indention parts of the gate electrode, even when the alignment between the drain electrode and gate electrode is changed. Therefore, the gate-drain capacitor (Cgd) will not be changed so that the quality of the liquid crystal display will be improved accordingly. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079782 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE DISPLAY SUBSTRATE - A display substrate includes a base substrate, a first dielectric layer, a first lattice pattern, a second lattice pattern, and a second dielectric layer. The first lattice pattern is disposed on the first dielectric layer at a first color pixel region. The first lattice pattern includes a plurality of first nano metal wires. The second lattice pattern is disposed on the first dielectric layer at a second color pixel region. The second lattice pattern includes a plurality of second nano metal wires. The second nano metal wires have different dimensions from the first nano metal wires. The second dielectric layer covers the first nano metal wires and the second nano metal wires. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079783 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - An array substrate for an organic electroluminescent device includes a substrate; first and second gate electrodes; first and second gate insulating layers; first and second active layers; an interlayer insulating layer; first to fourth ohmic contact layers; first and second source electrodes; first and second drain electrodes; a data line connected to the first source electrode; a first power line connected to the second source electrode; a first passivation layer on the first and second source electrodes; a gate line contacting the first gate electrode; a second passivation layer on the gate line; a pixel electrode on the second passivation layer and contacting the second drain electrode; an organic luminescent layer on the pixel electrode; and a reference electrode on the organic luminescent layer, wherein portions of the pixel electrodes respectively contacting the organic luminescent layers in one pixel region and in another one pixel region have different heights from the substrate. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079784 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THIN FILM TRANSISTOR - Embodiments relate to a thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor as an active layer, a method of manufacturing the thin film transistor, and an organic light emitting display device having the thin film transistor. In one embodiment, the thin film transistor includes a substrate, a first gate electrode formed over the substrate, a gate insulating layer formed over the first gate electrode and substrate and an active layer, comprising an oxide semiconductor, formed on the gate insulating layer. The transistor further includes a passivation layer formed on the active layer, source and drain electrodes formed on the passivation layer and electrically connected to the active layer and a second gate electrode formed on the passivation layer and located between the source electrode and the drain electrode. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079785 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR SUBSTRATE - A thin film transistor (TFT) substrate includes: a plurality of gate wirings; a plurality of data wirings insulatedly crossing the gate wirings to define a plurality of pixels; a plurality of common voltage lines formed along edges of pixels and mutually connected in an extending direction of the gate wirings; and a plurality of common electrodes formed at the pixel such that the plurality of common electrodes partially overlap with the common voltage line and mutually connected in an extending direction of the data wirings. A uniform common voltage can be stably applied on the entire surface of the TFT substrate. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079786 | Organic light emitting diode display and method of manufacturing the same - An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer on the substrate, the semiconductor layer including an impurity-doped polycrystalline silicon layer, a first capacitor electrode on the substrate main body, the first capacitor electrode including an impurity-doped polycrystalline silicon layer, and bottom surfaces of the first capacitor electrode and semiconductor layer facing the substrate main body being substantially coplanar, a gate insulating layer on the semiconductor layer and the first capacitor electrode, a gate electrode on the semiconductor layer with the gate insulating layer therebetween, and a second capacitor electrode on the first capacitor electrode with the gate insulating layer therebetween, bottom surfaces of the second capacitor electrode and gate electrode facing the substrate main body being substantially coplanar, and the second capacitor electrode having a smaller thickness than the gate electrode. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079787 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - An array substrate for a display device includes: a substrate; first and second gate electrodes of impurity-doped polycrystalline silicon on the substrate; a gate insulating layer on the first and second gate electrodes; first and second active layers of intrinsic polycrystalline silicon on the gate insulating layer, the first and second active layers corresponding to the first and second active layers, respectively; an interlayer insulating layer on the first and second active layers and including first to fourth active contact holes, the first and second active contact holes exposing side portions of the first active layer, the third and fourth active contact holes exposing side portions of the second active layer; first and second ohmic contact layers of impurity-doped amorphous silicon on the interlayer insulating layer, the first ohmic contact layer contacting the first active layer through the first and second active contact holes, the second ohmic contact layer contacting the second active layer through the third and fourth active contact hole; first source and drain electrodes on the first ohmic contact layer and second source and drain electrodes on the second ohmic contact layer; a data line on the interlayer insulating layer, the data line connected to the first source electrode; a first passivation layer on the first source and drain electrodes, the second source and drain electrodes and the data line; a gate line on the first passivation layer, the gate line connected to the first gate electrode and crossing the data line to define a pixel region; a second passivation layer on the gate line; and a pixel electrode on the second passivation layer, the pixel electrode connected to the second drain electrode. | 2011-04-07 |
20110079788 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A charge retention characteristic of a nonvolatile memory transistor is improved. A first insulating film that functions as a tunnel insulating film, a charge storage layer, and a second insulating film are sandwiched between a semiconductor substrate and a conductive film. The charge storage layer is formed of two silicon nitride films. A silicon nitride film which is a lower layer is formed using NH | 2011-04-07 |