20th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 14 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090121119 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention provides a photoelectric conversion device capable of detecting light from weak light to strong light and relates to a photoelectric conversion device having a photodiode having a photoelectric conversion layer; an amplifier circuit including a transistor; and a switch, where the photodiode and the amplifier circuit are electrically connected to each other by the switch when intensity of entering light is lower than predetermined intensity so that a photoelectric current is amplified by the amplifier circuit to be outputted, and the photodiode and part or all of the amplifier circuits are electrically disconnected by the switch so that a photoelectric current is reduced in an amplification factor to be outputted. According to such a photoelectric conversion device, light from weak light to strong light can be detected. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121120 | OPTICAL MOTION SENSING DEVICE - An optical motion tracking device ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090121121 | Fibre Structure for the Identification of Defects In the Structure - This invention is concerned with means for detecting potential fracturing, such as stress fractures, or damage to, a fibre based structure, by incorporating either hollow fibres containing coloured fluids, or solid fibres, or hollow fibres containing coloured fluids or fluids, which are capable of changing their visual appearance when exposed to external forces, and/or by incorporating fibres within the structure which can change a property such as electrical resistance, capacitance or inductance so that there is an indication whenever and wherever and the extent when a fracture occurs. Where coloured fluids are used, detection is by leakage of the fluid around the fracture. Where colour changing fluids are employed, detection is by observation of change of colour of the fluid. Different fluids can be used for different levels in the strata of tubes in the structure and where these are embedded within the structure, they can be observed where the fibres emanate from the body of the structure. Where fibres are incorporated into the structure that rely on electrical properties to sense a fracture, these fibres may be solid and formed from electrically conductive material and may be coated with such material. Alternatively, though used together with solid fibres, hollow fibres may be used where those hollow fibres contain and/or are coated with electrically conductive material. Appropriate detector means are associated with these fibres to detect the occurrence of a fracture. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121122 | TECHNIQUES FOR MEASURING AND CONTROLLING ION BEAM ANGLE AND DENSITY UNIFORMITY - Techniques for measuring and controlling ion beam angle and density uniformity are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as an apparatus for measuring and controlling ion beam angle and density uniformity. The apparatus may include a measuring assembly having an opening, a cup, and at least one collector at the rear of the cup. The apparatus may further include an actuator to move the measuring assembly along an actuation path to scan an ion beam to measure and control ion beam uniformity. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121123 | Mass Spectrometer - An ion guide or ion trap ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090121124 | Increasing Ionization Efficiency in Mass Spectroscopy - A mass spectrometry ionization method in which electrospray droplets or solid sample matrices are exposed to an ion beam thereby increasing the unbalanced charge of the analyte is provided. In another embodiment, a mass spectrometry ionization method in which ionization of the sample is achieved by directing an ion beam at a liquid or solid sample matrix containing analyte thereby ionizing and adding unbalanced charge to the analyte is provided. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121125 | Blind Extraction of Pure Component Mass Spectra from Overlapping Mass Spectrometric Peaks - A method of obtaining pure component mass spectra or pure peak elution profiles from mass spectra of a mixture of components involves estimating number of components in the mixture, filtering noise, and extracting individual component mass spectra or pure peak elution profiles using blind entropy minimization with direct optimization (e.g. downhill simplex minimization). The method may be applied to deconvolution of pure GC/MS spectra of overlapping or partially overlapping isotopologues or other compounds, separation of overlapping or partially overlapping compounds in proteomics or metabolomics mass spectrometry applications, peptide sequencing using high voltage fragmentation followed by deconvolution of the obtained mixture mass spectra, deconvolution of MALDI mass spectra in the separation of multiple components present in a single solution, and specific compound monitoring in security and/or environmentally sensitive areas. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121126 | HIGH RESOLUTION EXCITATION/ISOLATION OF IONS IN A LOW PRESSURE LINEAR ION TRAP - Methods for improved separation of ions from an ion trap employing a combination of low pressure and low amplitude ion excitation, including methods for removing, from an ion trap ion population, ions having a m/z value neighboring that of an ion of interest, mass spectrometry methods providing improved resolution of ion detection, and programmable apparatus programmed with instructions therefor. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121127 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPATIALLY-RESOLVED CHEMICAL ANALYSIS USING MICROPLASMA DESORPTION AND IONIZATION OF A SAMPLE - A method and system for desorbing and ionizing molecules from a sample for mass spectrometry using a microplasma device is disclosed. The system and method relies upon a microplasma device, or array of such devices, to partially ionize a gas to form a microplasma. The ionized gas can be a mixture of a noble gas, such as neon or argon, and hydrogen (H | 2009-05-14 |
20090121128 | Chemical Detection System and Method Using a Prediction Methodology - The exemplary embodiments provide a method, system, and device for identifying chemical species in a sample. According to one embodiment, the method, system, and device may include introducing a sample gas into a differential ion mobility device, ionizing at least a portion of the sample gas to generate at least one ion species, filtering the at least one ion species between a pair of filter electrodes, generating a detection signal in response to the at least one ion species depositing a charge on a collector electrode, and detecting a spectral peak associated with the at least one ion species. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121129 | PULSE HEATING-TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRIC GAS ELEMENTS ANALYZER - A pulse heating—time of flight mass spectrometric gas elements analyzer, which involves the chemical analysis field of inorganic materials, and comprises of a pulse heating electrode furnace, a sample charging system, a purification device, a time-of-flight mass spectrometer, a signal acquisition and data processing system, and an automatic control system. Said electrode furnace and sample charging system are united as one via upper/lower electrodes and pneumatic cylinders, to form a closed hearth. Said electrode furnace, purification device and time-of-flight mass spectrometer are interconnected through the gas pipelines: the purified inert carrier gas comes into the hearth from its top, carrying out the gas components released from sample fusion, and upon re-purification, comes into the time-of-flight mass spectrometer; said signal acquisition and data processing system is connected to the detector of the said mass spectrometer via signal cables, and on the basis of computation by the data processing module of the relevant computer software, outputs the mass percentages of O, N, H and Ar in the sample. The lower limit of detection can be below 0.01 ppm to 0.1 ppm, and no less than three elements can be measured simultaneously in one analysis cycle. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121130 | Orthogonal Acceleration Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer - An orthogonal acceleration time-of-flight mass spectrometer has: an ion source for ionizing a sample; a conductive box into which the ions are introduced; ion acceleration device causing the ions to be accelerated in a pulsed manner in synchronism with a signal giving a starting point of measurement; and ion detector for detecting the ions in synchronism with the acceleration of the ions. The conductive box is provided with an ion injection port and an ion exit port. A lift voltage is applied to the conductive box. This voltage is switched in synchronism with the signal giving the starting point of the measurement. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121131 | Method of determination of resolution of scanning electron microscope - A method of determining a resolution of a scanning electron microscope includes using an image of an object provided by the scanning electron microscope during scanning of an object of measurement, obtaining information about a resolution of the scanning electron microscope from the image of the object during its scanning by the scanning electron microscope; and using the information for determining the resolution of the scanning electron microscope. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121132 | Material processing system and method - A material processing system for processing a work piece is provided. The material processing is effected by supplying a reactive gas and energetic radiation for activation of the reactive gas to a surrounding of a location of the work piece to be processed. The radiation is preferably provided by an electron microscope. An objective lens of the electron microscope is preferably disposed between a detector of the electron microscope and the work piece. A gas supply arrangement of the material processing system comprises a valve disposed spaced apart from the processing location, a gas volume between the valve and a location of emergence of the reaction gas being small. The gas supply arrangement further comprises a temperature-adjusted, especially cooled reservoir for accommodating a starting material for the reactive gas. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121133 | IDENTIFICATION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS USING INELASTIC/ELASTIC ELECTRON TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY - The present invention relates to a method for identifying a nucleotide in a nucleic acid including stretching a nucleic acid to an extended conformation, subjecting a nucleotide of the stretched nucleic acid to electron tunneling spectroscopy, and obtaining a current-voltage curve or a current derivative-voltage curve as a result of the stretching to provide a resonance signature of the nucleotide in the nucleic acid. The present invention also relates to a method for sequencing a nucleic acid. The method includes stretching a nucleic acid to an extended conformation, the nucleic acid including a plurality of nucleotides, subjecting each nucleotide of the stretched nucleic acid to electron tunneling spectroscopy, and obtaining a current-voltage curve or a current derivative-voltage curve as a result of said subjecting to provide a resonance signature of each nucleotide in the stretched nucleic acid. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121134 | Tool-To-Tool Matching Control Method And its System For Scanning Electron Microscope - A system for controlling a tool-to-tool disparity between a plurality of scanning electron microscopes includes a measuring unit for measuring a tool-to-tool disparity between plural scanning electron microscopes based on information extracted from secondary electron images which are captured by imaging a reference pattern formed on a wafer, a tool state monitoring unit for monitoring tool states of each of the plural scanning electron microscopes, and an output unit for displaying on a screen a relationship between the tool-to-tool disparity between the plural scanning electron microscopes and tool states of each of the plural scanning electron microscopes monitored by the tool state monitoring unit. The tool state monitoring unit monitors the tool states of each of the plural scanning electron microscopes while imaging the reference pattern formed on the wafer by using each of the plural scanning electron microscopes. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121135 | PORTABLE RADIOMETRY AND IMAGING APPARATUS - Systems, including devices and methods, for infrared imaging, and more particularly to systems for infrared imaging. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121136 | Electromagnetic radiation detector with nanowire thermometer and method for producing same - The electromagnetic radiation detector comprises at least one membrane suspended above a substrate by at least one nanowire. The nanowire forms a thermoelement comprising an electrically conducting core and external layer, respectively doped of different types and insulated from one another by an electrical insulation layer. When the substrate and membrane are at different temperatures, the nanowire constitutes a thermometer providing measurement signals, by Seebeck effect, representative of heating of the membrane. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121137 | MICROBOLOMETER INFRARED SECURITY SENSOR - An infrared sensor, comprising a focal plane array (FPA) of resistance microbolometer infrared detectors connected in such a manner to produce different pixel formats to meet specific detection requirements. Typically each imaging pixel may be a mosaic comprising a number of sub-pixels connected in parallel (although other configurations are possible), resulting in enhanced performance and ease of manufacture by micro-fabrication methods. The FPA may be integrated with a readout microcircuit on the same substrate so that with appropriate signal processing one is capable of forming an image of the field of view of interest, facilitating target recognition and very low false alarm rate. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121138 | Measuring Near Infra-Red Spectra Using a Demountable Nir Transmission Cell - A process for measuring the NIR spectrum of a sample using a demountable NIR transmission cell of pathlength 2.5 mm or less, said process comprising: (a) measuring the etalon fringes that arise when NIR light passes through the NIR cell in the absence of a liquid sample, (b) using this to calculate the pathlength of the NIR cell (c) introducing the sample to be analyzed in to the NIR cell, and (d) measuring the NIR spectrum of the sample. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121139 | MATRIX THERMAL IMAGE SENSOR WITH BOLOMETRIC PIXEL AND METHOD OF REDUCING SPATIAL NOISE - The invention relates to matrix image sensors of the bolometric type, in which each pixel comprises a bolometric resistor whose value varies according to the thermal flow received by the pixel. The resistor is biased by a bias voltage of value Vpol. The current that passes through it is compensated for by a compensation current Icomp, the difference between these currents being integrated in order to produce a measurement signal. The bias voltage (or the compensation current) is adjusted pixel by pixel, for example during a calibration phase, so that all the pixels have an apparent identical sensitivity despite the dispersion of the nominal value of the bolometric resistor. The adjustment is carried out in an analogue manner by storing an individual voltage specific to each pixel in a sensitivity trimmer capacitor specific to this pixel. The capacitor acts directly on the adjustment of the bias voltage or on other parameters playing a role in the sensitivity of the pixel (integration time for example). The spatial noise is thereby considerably reduced. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121140 | HALIDE-CONTAINING STIMULABLE PHOSPHOR PRECURSOR, HALIDE-CONTAINING STIMULABLE PHOSPHOR, RADIATION IMAGE CONVERSION PANEL AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - This invention relates to a halide-containing stimulable phosphor having improved moisture resistance and luminance, and a process for producing the same. The halide-containing stimulable phosphor is characterized in that, among elements constituting the outermost surface and inside of the phosphor, there is a difference in composition ratio of a halogen element between the outermost surface and the inside of the phosphor. A radiation image conversion panel, which has been improved, for example, in moisture resistance, luminance and image quality by using the phosphor, and a process for producing the same are also provided. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121141 | IMPLEMENTATION OF WAVELENGTH SHIFTERS IN PHOSWICH DETECTORS - A phoswich device for determining depth of interaction (DOI) includes a wavelength shifting layer between first and second scintillators of different scintillation materials and having different decay time characteristics. The wavelength shifting layer allows a true phoswich device to be constructed where the emission wavelength of one scintillator is in the peak excitation band of the other scintillator, by shifting the scintillation light outside of this excitation band to prevent scintillation light of one scintillator from exciting a response in the other scintillator, thus enabling unique identification of the location of a gamma photon scintillation event. The phoswich device is particularly applicable to positron emission tomography (PET) applications. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121142 | Radiation detector module, radiation detector and imaging tomography device - An embodiment of the invention relates, in particular, to a radiation detector module for producing a radiation detector for computed tomography, having a first operating mode for quantitative and/or energy-selective detection of x-radiation. An embodiment relates to a radiation detector module including a scintillation layer for converting the x-radiation into light, and a photodetection unit for detecting the light, the photodetection unit including a multiplicity of silicon photomultipliers. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121143 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS, DRIVE METHOD AND PROGRAM OF THE RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided is a radiation imaging apparatus including: a conversion unit including a plurality of pixels arranged two dimensionally, wherein each of the pixels includes a conversion element (S | 2009-05-14 |
20090121144 | READERS THAT COOPERATE WITH SINGLE-USE INTERNAL DOSIMETERS FOR DETECTING RADIATION IN MEDICAL PROCEDURES/THERAPIES - Methods, systems, devices, and computer program products include positioning single-use radiation internal dosimeters with MOSFETs into a patient to evaluate the radiation dose delivered during a medical procedure or treatment session. The MOSFETs can be unpowered during irradiation. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121145 | Particle detection circuit comprising basic circuits forming subpixels - The particle detection circuit comprises a plurality of basic circuits. Each basic circuit comprises a particle detector element connected to an associated counter and a summing circuit having a first input connected to the output of the counter. Basic circuits, each forming a subpixel, are grouped together by series connection of their summing circuits to form a pixel. The output of the pixel, formed by the output of the summing circuit of a last basic circuit of the pixel, supplies counting signals representative of the number of particles detected by the set of basic circuits of the pixel. Disabling certain basic circuits of the pixel, by selective zero resetting of the first input of their summing circuit, can enable only the particles detected by certain zones of the pixel to be counted. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121146 | RADIATION DETECTOR ARRAY - A radiation detector module ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090121147 | DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USE WITH BIOSENSOR EMITTING RF SIGNALS - A detecting apparatus ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090121148 | High Brightness Solid State Ion Beam Generator, its use, and Method for Making such a Generator - Ion sources or generators for focused ion beam emission (FIB) applications emitting ion beams into vacuum or a gas are used in industry and research for the characterization and processing of surfaces. With appropriate focusing, such ion beams can be confined to diameters of a few nanometers. The tip of technical FIB generators for producing such focused beams consists of a liquid metal, gallium in general, which tends to fluctuate during operation. This has a negative influence on the stability of the emission current and the focus definition. It is also possible to generate an FIB with solid tips, consisting of a solid metal, but such tips deteriorate rapidly during operation due to erosion of material from the tip apex. The present invention concerns a novel FIB source generating free space ion beams from a solid source but does not exhibit the above-mentioned erosion effect at the apex. The novel FIB generator consists of a combination of two essentially unitary bodies, a solid electrolyte body with a sharp tip and a solid ion reservoir body, both bodies having close contact with each other. The reservoir is made of or contains the same material, in general a metal as the mobile ions. Loss of ions from the electrolyte body due to emission is compensated by an inflow of ions from the reservoir body during operation. This practically preserves electro-neutrality which is a precondition for continuous mode operation. Erosion of the tip of the electrolyte body does not occur since the counter ions form a solid matrix and the emitted ions are replenished during operation. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121149 | TECHNIQUES FOR SHAPING AN ION BEAM - Techniques for shaping an ion beam are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as an apparatus for shaping an ion beam. The apparatus may comprise an entrance electrode biased at a first voltage potential, wherein an ion beam enters the entrance electrode, an exit electrode biased at a second voltage potential, wherein the ion beam exits the exit electrode, and a first suppression electrode and a second suppression electrode positioned between the entrance electrode and the exit electrode, wherein the first suppression electrode and the second suppression electrode are independently biased to variably focus the ion beam. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121150 | ELECTROSTATIC DEFLECTION CONTROL CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF ELECTRONIC BEAM MEASURING APPARATUS - An electrostatic deflection circuit and method of an electronic beam measuring apparatus which can achieve the high precision of the electronic beam measuring and contribute to the simplification of the structure of the apparatus is provided. In an analog arithmetic circuit included in an analog operation part constituting an electrostatic deflection circuit, output voltages of multipliers are added and output by an adder. When the magnification is low, as the side of an ordinarily closed contact is closed driven by a relay driving circuit, the output of the adder is amplified by a high gain amplifier with a high amplification factor and applied to an electrostatic deflecting board. When the magnification is high, the side of an ordinarily open contact is closed and it is amplified by a low gain amplifier with a low amplification factor and applied to the electrostatic deflecting board in the same way. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121151 | Method and Apparatus for Simultaneous Detection and Measurement of Charged Particles at One or More Levels of Particle Flux for Analysis of Same - A charged particle detector and method are disclosed providing for simultaneous detection and measurement of charged particles at one or more levels of particle flux in a measurement cycle. The detector provides multiple and independently selectable levels of integration and/or gain in a fully addressable readout manner. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121152 | INSPECTION METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER AND APPARATUS FOR REVIEWING DEFECTS - An object of the present invention is to provide a suitable method of observing a wafer edge by using an electron microscope. The electron microscope includes a column which can take an image in being tilted, and thus allows a wafer edge to be observed from an oblique direction. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121153 | Single wavelength stimulated emission depletion microscopy - In apparatus for superresolution microscopy or microlithography, wherein a spot in the specimen to be examined or in the microlithographic medium is raised to an excited state by a first pulse of light, and a second pulse of light reduces the excitation in the peripheral parts of the spot to increase the resolution of the instrument, a method whereby the wavelength of the second pulse in the specimen or medium is the same as the wavelength of the first pulse, thereby allowing the cost and complexity of the apparatus to be lowered. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121154 | Multispectral illuminaton Device - An illumination device includes at least four semiconductor radiation sources ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090121155 | RADIOTHERAPY APPARATUS AND PARTS THEREOF - A geometry item (such as a gantry arm or an MLC leaf) of a radiotherapeutic apparatus needs to be moved in an accurate manner. The effect of inertia introduces a potential inaccuracy. A radiotherapeutic apparatus is therefore disclosed, comprising a geometry item, a radiation source capable of emitting a beam of therapeutic radiation, and a control unit, the geometry item being moveable to adjust the geometry of the beam, the radiation source having a variable dose rate, and the control unit being arranged to cause variations in the speed of movement of the geometry item and to adjust the dose rate of the radiation source for a period of time after a change in the speed of the geometry item. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121156 | Apparatus and Method for Surface Preparation Using Energetic and Reactive Cluster Beams - A method and apparatus for cleaning contaminated surfaces, especially semiconductor wafers, using energetic cluster beams is disclosed. In this system, charged beams consisting of microdroplets or clusters having a prescribed composition, velocity, energy and size are directed onto a target substrate dislodging contaminant material. The charged, high energy cluster beams are formed by electrostatically atomizing a conductive fluid fed pneumatically to the tip of one or more capillary-like-emitters. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121157 | PULSE TRAIN ANNEALING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention generally describes apparatuses and methods used to perform an annealing process on desired regions of a substrate. In one embodiment, pulses of electromagnetic energy are delivered to a substrate using a flash lamp or laser apparatus. The pulses may be from about 1 nsec to about 10 msec long, and each pulse has less energy than that required to melt the substrate material. The interval between pulses is generally long enough to allow the energy imparted by each pulse to dissipate completely. Thus, each pulse completes a micro-anneal cycle. The pulses may be delivered to the entire substrate at once, or to portions of the substrate at a time. Further embodiments provide an apparatus for powering a radiation assembly, and apparatuses for detecting the effect of pulses on a substrate. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121158 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPECIMEN FABRICATION - A specimen fabricating apparatus comprises: a specimen stage, on which a specimen is placed; a charged particle beam optical system to irradiate a charged particle beam on the specimen; an etchant material supplying source to supply an etchant material, which contains fluorine and carbon in molecules thereof, does not contain oxygen in molecules thereof, and is solid or liquid in a standard state; and a vacuum chamber to house therein the specimen stage. A specimen fabricating method comprises the steps of: processing a hole in the vicinity of a requested region of a specimen by means of irradiation of a charged particle beam; exposing the requested region by means of irradiation of the charged particle beam; supplying an etchant material, which contains fluorine and carbon in molecules thereof, does not contain oxygen in molecules thereof, and is solid or liquid in a standard state, to the requested region as exposed; and irradiating the charged particle beam on the requested region as exposed. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121159 | CLUSTER E-BEAM LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM - A hybrid lithography system is disclosed to achieve high throughput and high resolution of sub 32 nm lithography. The hybrid system contains an optical lithographer for expose pattern area where features above 32 nm, and a cluster e-beam lithography system for expose pattern area where features is sub 32 nm. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121160 | CHARGED PARTICLE SOURCE WITH AUTOMATED TIP FORMATION - A charged particle beam device is described. The device includes an emitter unit including an emitter tip; a voltage supply unit adapted for providing a stable voltage to generate a stable extraction field at the emitter tip; a pulsed voltage supply member adapted for providing a pulsed voltage to generate a pulsed extraction field on top of the stable extraction field; a measuring unit for measuring an emitter characteristic; and a control unit adapted for receiving a signal from the measuring unit and for control of the pulsed voltage supply member. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121161 | NEUTRON CHOPPER - A neutron chopper according to the present invention includes a housing which internally forms a sealed space, the housing having window portions through which neutrons pass, a fixed shaft which is fixed inside the housing, a rotor which is rotatably supported by the fixed shaft, the rotor provided with a blocking portion which can block neutrons passing through the housing, and a motor which is provided inside the housing for rotating the rotor of the neutron chopper, where a stator of the motor is fixed to the fixed shaft, and a rotor of the motor receives a rotating force from the stator around the fixed shaft, and is fixed to the rotor of the neutron chopper. The neutron chopper is formed with small size, and neutron guides are easily disposed closely, consequently vacuum leak is hardly occurred in the neutron chopper. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121162 | TECHNIQUE TO REMOVE SENSING ARTIFACTS FROM A LINEAR ARRAY SENSOR - Disclosed is a method and system for calibrating an image capturing sensor. The method and system include generating a test pattern on an image receiving device and measuring one or more colorimetric properties of the test pattern with an image sensor. The disclosed method and system measure the test pattern with the image sensor located in two or more different cross-process positions to determine an independent uniformity profile for the image sensor and the image rendering process. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121163 | Apparatus and method for detecting overlapping mail items - An apparatus for detecting overlapping flat objects, wherein each object has flat sides and narrow sides, includes a doubles detector configured to derive at least one feature of an object, a first imaging unit configured to produce an electronic image of a first flat side of the object, and a second imaging unit configured to produce an electronic image of a second flat side of the object. A determination facility of the apparatus is coupled to the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit to receive the electronic images, and to derive at least one further feature of the object. Further, a decision facility of the apparatus is coupled to the doubles detector and the determination facility to receive the least one feature and the at least one further feature of the object, and to determine whether the object is a single object or a number of objects. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121164 | ENHANCED OPTICAL MULTI-FEED DETECTION - A multiple document feed detection system, such as for use in an automatic document processing system, is disclosed. The multiple document feed detection system includes a plurality of light sources oriented to direct light across a path of travel of documents. The system also includes a plurality of photodetectors placed adjacent to the path of travel, with each photodetector placed on an opposite side of the path of travel from a corresponding light source and oriented toward the corresponding light source. The plurality of photodetectors is configured to detect transmissivity of light emitted from the light sources through documents passing through the path of travel. The system further includes a signal detection and voting module interconnected with the light sources and the phototransistors, the signal detection and voting module configured to detect the presence of the overlapping documents passing through the path of travel. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121165 | DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR GENERATING DATA RELATING TO PARTICLES IN A PARTICULATE MATERIAL - In the field of multi-phase flows there is a need for a device and a method, for generating data relating to particles in a particulate material suspended in a fluid medium flowing within a pipe in a given direction, which provides more accurate data about the particles than conventional direct imaging techniques. A device ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090121166 | FLEXIBLE VALVE - A flexible valve that includes a flexible sleeve inserted in a fluid line and made with two circumferential folds, two opposite slides located between the folds displaceably in phase opposition and extending crosswise of the sleeve, and a mechanism for displacing the slides between open an closed positions. A sleeve section connects the two folds, and a closing section made on the sleeve section is supported by the slides. The flexible valve according to the invention has a longer service life and a shorter installation length than hitherto known. It is suitable for use as stop valve in the drain line from a toilet in a railway carriage, in which it can be continuously kept in the closed position without applying energy, and it is furthermore safeguarded against impurities getting out into and fouling the surrounding environment in the railway carriage. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121167 | Air atomizing spray nozzle with magnetically actuated shutoff valve - A spray device is provided that includes a body portion having a fluid passageway therein. A spray nozzle is affixed to the body portion. The spray nozzle includes a discharge orifice for directing fluid from the fluid passageway in the body portion in a predetermined spray pattern. A valve needle is supported in the body portion and spray nozzle for movement between an open position for permitting fluid discharge through the discharge orifice and a closed position for preventing fluid discharge through the discharge orifice. A control piston assembly is provided for controlling movement of the valve needle. The control piston assembly is movably supported in the body portion and is non-mechanically coupled to the valve needle by magnetic attraction. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121168 | VALVE - Valve for pressurized or liquefied gas cylinder comprising a valve body ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090121169 | Device for Controlling the Switching Movement of a Valve - The invention relates to a device for controlling the switching movement of a valve according to the preamble of claim | 2009-05-14 |
20090121170 | Valve Drive Device - A valve drive device which can prevent a locknut fixing a stem nut to a drive sleeve from getting loosened. The valve drive device comprises: the stem nut for screwing a valve stem thereinto; the drive sleeve engaging with a male spline formed on a peripheral outer surface of said stem nut, said drive sleeve including a worm gear on a peripheral outer surface thereof; a worm in meshing engagement with said worm gear; and a housing that supports said drive sleeve by bearings. The valve drive device further comprises: a stem nut fastening member having a first male screw that engages with a female screw provided on a peripheral inner surface of said drive sleeve; and a locknut that engages with a second male screw provided on a reduced diameter portion of said stem nut fastening member, said second male screw having a reverse screw thread relative to said first male screw, so that no slack may arise between said stem nut fastening member and said drive sleeve. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121171 | Automatic bathroom flushers - An automatic bathroom flusher includes a body having an inlet in communication with a supply line and an outlet in communication with a flush conduit, a valve assembly in the body positioned to close water flow between the inlet and the outlet upon sealing action of a moving member at a valve seat thereby controlling flow from the inlet to the outlet, an actuator for actuating operation of the moving member, and a controller. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121172 | RELIEF VALVE IN A TURBOMACHINE - Relief valve in a turbomachine, comprising a gate ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090121173 | VALVE ASSEMBLY HAVING A REINFORCED VALVE SEAT - A knife gate valve includes a reinforced valve seat which prevents displacement of the valve seat when the valve is opened and closed. The valve includes a valve body defined by a first and second body halves. The valve halves are assembled to define a flow path, a knife gate channel and a seat channel. A knife gate is disposed between the body halves and is adapted to traverse the gate channel. The knife gate is configured to be in an open position to allow process flow through the valve and a closed position to prevent process flow through the valve. A seat assembly is positioned within the channel guide and is defined by a horizontal segment, a pair of vertical segments and a lower segment. The seat assembly is compressed between the first and second valve body halves. At least one reinforcing plate is disposed within a portion of the horizontal segment, such that the horizontal segment maintains its rigidity when the knife gate traverses the seat assembly. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121174 | Liquid-applied sound damping - A liquid applied sound damping composition with a binder having from 0.05 wt. % to 20 wt. %, based on the total weight of polymer solids, of carboxy acid monomers, present as copolymerized monomers in pendant polyacid sidechain groups. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121175 | SOFT MAGNETIC MATERIAL AND DUST CORE PRODUCED THEREFROM - A soft magnetic material includes a plurality of composite magnetic particles each including a metal magnetic particle and an insulating coating film covering the metal magnetic particle. Each of the plurality of composite magnetic particles has a ratio R | 2009-05-14 |
20090121176 | Rubber composition - A rubber composition, which comprises 100 parts by weight of an ethylene-alkyl acrylate copolymer rubber, 5-40 parts by weight of EPDM, 1-40 parts by weight of an α-olefin oligomer, 0.5-4 parts by weight of an organic peroxide cross-linking agent, 0.5-4 parts by weight of an amine-based vulcanizing agent, and 300-1,000 parts by weight of magnetic powder. The rubber composition is a rubber composition filled a magnetic powder at a high packing density, where an ethylene-alkyl acrylate copolymer rubber having amine vulcanizable groups as a binder, and effectively usable in rubber-bonded sensor magnets, etc., without any foaming at the time of vulcanization molding and with distinguished processabilities such as mold releasability, etc. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121177 | SUBSTANCE COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MELTING ICE AND PREVENTING SLIPPERINESS AND USE OF BETAINE FOR MELTING ICE AND PREVENTING SLIPPERINESS - The invention relates to a combination of compounds for de-icing and/or anti-skid treatment, which combination comprises betaine and at least one other de-icing agent, which has been selected from the group consisting of acetates, formates, urea and combinations thereof. The invention also relates to a method of de-icing and/or anti- skid treatment, wherein a combination of compounds selected from the group consisting of acetates, formats, urea and combinations thereof, are applied to a slippery surface or a surface vulnerable to slipperiness. The invention further relates to the use of betaine for de-icing and/or anti-skid treatment, when betaine is used in combination with at least one other de-icing agent, which has been selected from the group consisting of acetates, formates, urea and combinations thereof. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121178 | Polishing Slurry - The present invention discloses a polishing slurry, wherein said polishing slurry comprises a carrier and functionalized alumina grains. The polishing slurry, which comprises functionalized alumina grains having desirable dispersibility, has desirable stability and is able to lower the defect rate of the substrate surface, improve the surface quality, decrease the total metal loss and enlarge the variation range of the technical parameters. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121179 | Positive Electrode Material for Secondary Battery and the Preparation Method Thereof - The present invention relates to a positive electrode material for secondary battery and the preparation method thereof, wherein the said positive electrode material comprises Li | 2009-05-14 |
20090121180 | SILOXANE-GRAFTED SILICA, TRANSPARENT SILICONE COMPOSITION, AND OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE ENCAPSULATED THEREWITH - Silica particles having 4-30% of an organopolysiloxane grafted to surfaces thereof are provided. A silicone composition loaded with such silica particles has high transparency, minimized permeability to corrosive gases, and improved encapsulation ability. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121181 | ETHERIFIED MELAMINE/FORMALDEHYDE CONDENSATES HAVING A HIGH SOLID CONTENT AND LOW VISCOSITY - Process for the preparation of etherified melamine/formaldehyde condensates, in which first a methylolation of melamine with a formaldehyde component in the molar ratio of from 1:6 to 1:15, preferably at a pH of >7, is carried out. This is followed by an etherification of the resulting hydroxymethylation intermediate in the presence of a C | 2009-05-14 |
20090121182 | CARBON NANOTUBE FOAM AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF - A method of making a carbon nanotube structure includes providing an array of substantially aligned carbon nanotubes, wetting the array with a liquid, and evaporating the liquid to form the carbon nanotube structure having a pattern in the carbon nanotube array. The structure is preferably a carbon nanotube foam. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121183 | ELONGATE PHOSPHORUS NANOSTRUCTURES - Elongate phosphorus nanostructures, and methods of making them comprising the steps of forcing a phosphorus vapour and contacting said vapour with a metal catalyst under an inert atmosphere or under vacuum, at a suitable temperature are disclosed. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121184 | Hydrogen storage material and method for manufacturing same - [Problem] To provide a hydrogen storage material which decreases the hydrogen release start temperature and the hydrogen release peak temperature, and to provide a method for manufacturing thereof. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121185 | METHOD OF FORMING A COMPOSITE CONTAINING A MATRIX COMPONENT AND AT LEAST ONE LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPONENT - A method of forming a composite containing a matrix component and at least one liquid crystal component includes providing a matrix, providing a first material that is phase separable from the matrix, adding the first material to the matrix, and replacing the first material that is phase separable form the matrix with a second material exhibiting liquid crystalline behavior. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121186 | TRIFLUORONAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME - The present invention was realized in order to provide a liquid crystal composition which is negative in dielectric constant anisotropy and having a large absolute value and a display element, and also to provide a compound which is negative in dielectric constant anisotropy and having a large absolute value. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121187 | POLYMERIZABLE MENTHOL DERIVATIVE - The invention includes compounds represented by Formula (1): | 2009-05-14 |
20090121188 | High Counting Rate Scintillator - [PROBLEMS] To provide a scintillator responding to high counting rate sustaining high-speed and high detection efficiency of BaF | 2009-05-14 |
20090121189 | SYNTHESIS OF BIO-FUNCTIONALIZED RARE EARTH DOPED UPCONVERTING NANOPHOSPHORS - Methods for preparing rare earth doped monodisperse, hexagonal phase upconverting nanophosphors, the steps of which include:
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20090121190 | Nanocrystal Doped Matrixes - The present invention provides matrixes doped with semiconductor nanocrystals. In certain embodiments, the semiconductor nanocrystals have a size and composition such that they absorb or emit light at particular wavelengths. The nanocrystals can comprise ligands that allow for mixing with various matrix materials, including polymers, such that a minimal portion of light is scattered by the matrixes. The matrixes of the present invention can also be utilized in refractive index matching applications. In other embodiments, semiconductor nanocrystals are embedded within matrixes to form a nanocrystal density gradient, thereby creating an effective refractive index gradient. The matrixes of the present invention can also be used as filters and antireflective coatings on optical devices and as down-converting layers. The present invention also provides processes for producing matrixes comprising semiconductor nanocrystals. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121191 | System and method for high pressure synthesis gas processing - A system for production of CO | 2009-05-14 |
20090121192 | SELF ASSEMBLED MOLECULES ON IMMERSION SILVER COATINGS - A method for enhancing the corrosion resistance of an article comprising a silver coating deposited on a solderable copper substrate is provided. The method comprises exposing the copper substrate having the immersion-plated silver coating thereon to an anti-corrosion composition comprising: a) a multi-functional molecule comprising at least one organic functional group that interacts with and protects copper surfaces and at least one organic functional group that interacts with and protects silver surfaces; b) an alcohol; and c) a surfactant. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121193 | SURFACE ENHANCED SPECTROSCOPY-ACTIVE COMPOSITE NANOPARTICLES - Metal nanoparticles associated with a spectroscopy-active (e.g., Raman-active) analyte and surrounded by an encapsulant are useful as sensitive optical tags detectable by surface-enhanced spectroscopy (e.g., surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy). | 2009-05-14 |
20090121194 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CONDUCTIVE POLYMER DISPERSION AND CONDUCTIVE POLYMER DISPERSION - It is intended to provide a conductive polymer dispersion which has an excellent conductivity and is capable of providing a material with high transparency; and a process for producing the same. The process for producing a conductive polymer dispersion comprises a stirring step in which a mixed liquid containing a conductive polymer having a weight-average molecular weight of from 20,000 to 1,000,000 and a solvent is stirred at a shearing rate of 10,000 s | 2009-05-14 |
20090121195 | HIGH DIELECTRIC POLYMER COMPOSITE - A high dielectric polymer composite having a high dielectric constant is disclosed herein. The high dielectric polymer composite includes a conductive material doped with oxidizable metal nanoparticles or metal oxide nanoparticles to decrease dielectric loss, and a surfactant having a head portion containing an acidic functional group to form a passivation layer that surrounds the conductive material, resulting in increased dielectric constant. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121196 | USE OF CARBON NANOTUBES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A CONDUCTIVE ORGANIC COMPOSITION AND APPLICATIONS OF ONE SUCH COMPOSITION - The invention relates to the use of carbon nanotubes for the production of an electrically-conductive organic composition having an electrical resistivity that is constant as a function of temperature and to the applications of said compositions. The conductive organic composition has a temperature-insensitive electrical resistivity and a temperature-insensitive thermal conductivity. Constant resistivity as a function of temperature is represented in FIG. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121197 | Sintered Material, Sinterable Powder Mixture, Method for Producing Said Material and Use Thereof - The invention relates to a sintered material which is based on transition metal diborides and comprises
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20090121198 | Cathode Material for Lithium Secondary Battery and Manufacturing Method Thereof - Provided is a cathode material for a lithium secondary battery composed of an aggregate of Li-A-O composite oxide particles (wherein A represents one or more metal elements selected from Mn, Fe, Co and Ni), wherein the lithium composite oxide contains 20 to 100 ppm (by mass) of P, and the total content of impurity elements excluding essential components is 2000 ppm or less. Also provided is a manufacturing method of such a cathode material for a lithium secondary battery including the steps of suspending lithium carbonate in water and thereafter introducing a metallic salt solution of one or more metal elements selected from Mn, Fe, Co and Ni in the lithium carbonate suspension, adding a small amount of phosphoric acid so that the P content in the Li-A-O composite oxide particles will be 20 to 100 ppm (by mass), and forming an aggregate of Li-A-O composite oxide particles containing 20 to 100 ppm (by mass) of P by filtering, cleansing, drying and thereafter oxidizing the obtained carbonate. This cathode material for a lithium secondary battery and its manufacturing method realize improved sinterability and battery characteristics. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121199 | IN SM OXIDE SPUTTERING TARGET - A sputtering target which is formed of a sintered body including an oxide main components of which are In and Sm. A sputtering target in which a sintered body of an oxide including In and Sm as main components is doped with at least one element with an atomic valency of positive tetravalency or higher in an amount of 20 at. % or less relative to the total sum of all cation elements. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121200 | Electrical Insulation Fluids for Use in Electrical Apparatus - Insulation fluids comprising polytrimethylene ether glycol esters are provided. The insulation fluids can be used in electrical apparatuses. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121201 | GREEN PIGMENT PREPARATIONS BASED ON C.I. PIGMENT GREEN 36 - Green pigment preparations comprising as major constituents
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20090121202 | C.I. Pigment Blue 80-Based Blue Dye - A pigment preparation which is characterized by a content in | 2009-05-14 |
20090121203 | LAWN AND GARDEN EQUIPMENT LIFT - A lifting device for a lawn tractor. An angle member has first and second generally planar portions, the second planar portion being oriented generally perpendicularly and joined to the first planar portion. A pair of wheels are rotatably attached to opposing ends of the angle member. A handle extends from the first planar portion of the angle member. A foot brace is attached to the handle and is oriented generally perpendicularly thereto; A pair of spaced-apart lift members extend from the second planar portion of the angle member. An elongated safety brace is configured to detachably couple to the foot brace. The safety brace is positionable to extend beneath the angle member while coupled to the foot brace and while the lifting device is in a service position, thereby resisting movement of the lift from the service position. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121204 | HAND WINCH - Hand winch comprising a wind roll for receiving a flexible elongated member, an operation shaft engaged with the wind roll for transmitting forces therebetween, a friction brake including a gear member being in engagement with the wind roll and having a thrust position in which the gear member acts on a stationary member for generating braking forces directed oppositely to a sense of winding off the elongated member, characterized in that said gear member is movably mounted on the operation shaft such that, in case of winding off the elongated member, the gear member is displaced from a released position to said thrust position. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121205 | RELEASEABLE ANCHOR CABLES FOR CABLE BARRIERS THAT RELEASE UPON CERTAIN LOAD CONDITIONS UPON THE CABLE BARRIER - An improved cable-barrier system includes an anchor-body and terminal post which receive and retain one or more anchor-cables and are anchored to counter balance the force applied to the anchor body by one or more barrier-cable(s). The system also allows for the release of the anchor-cables during a collision with a vehicle. The release of the cables is particularly important in situations where the cable-barrier is capable of acting as a ramp and/or snag during the collision. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121206 | FENCE SYSTEM WITH INSECT BARRIER - A fence system including a fence post and a rail inserted into and supported by the fence post. The rail being an elongated member having a channel or U-shaped cross section defined by a web member and parallel leg members attached to the web member. The rail is inserted into an aperture located in a sidewall of the post. The aperture having a shape or configuration that is substantially the same as the cross-sectional shape of the rail. Accordingly, any gaps between the opening or aperture in the post and the rail, once the rail is inserted into the post, are minimized. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121207 | CONFIGURABLE ENCLOSURE - Disclosed is an enclosure for a water containing body, the enclosure including a frame configurable between multiple frame positions, a connective material associated with the frame, wherein the connective material is configurable into multiple connective material positions, and at least one association structure configured to moveably associate at least a portion of the frame with the water containing body. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121208 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises a plurality of first lines; a plurality of second lines crossing the plurality of first lines; a plurality of memory cells each connected at an intersection of the first and second lines between both lines and including a variable resistor operative to store information in accordance with a variation in resistance; and a protection film covering the side of the variable resistor to suppress migration of cations at the side of the variable resistor. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121209 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH TUNABLE ENERGY BAND GAP - The present invention relates to a semiconductor device in which energy band gap can be reversibly varied. An idea of the present invention is to provide a device, which is based on a semiconducting material ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090121210 | FORMATION OF SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS ON SILICON SUBSTRATES - This invention provides a new method of forming a self-assembling monolayer (SAM) of alcohol-terminated or thiol-terminated organic molecules (e.g. ferrocenes, porphyrins, etc.) on a silicon or other group IV element surface. The assembly is based on the formation of an E-O— or an E-S— bond where E is the group IV element (e.g. Si, Ge, etc.). The procedure has been successfully used on both P- and n-type group IV element surfaces. The assemblies are stable under ambient conditions and can be exposed to repeated electrochemical cycling. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121211 | Solution-Based Deposition Process for Metal Chalcogenides - A solution of a hydrazine-based precursor of a metal chalcogenide is prepared by adding an elemental metal and an elemental chalcogen to a hydrazine compound. The precursor solution can be used to form a film. The precursor solutions can be used in preparing field-effect transistors, photovoltaic devices and phase-change memory devices. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121212 | SMALL ELECTRODE FOR PHASE CHANGE MEMORIES - A semiconductor device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a memory cell, which in turn includes an electrode and a phase change material. The electrode may be disposed on a substrate and include a sublithographic lateral dimension parallel to the substrate. The phase change material may be coupled to the electrode and include a lateral dimension parallel to the substrate and greater than the sublithographic lateral dimension of the electrode. Various semiconductor devices and manufacturing methods are also provided. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121213 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH TUNABLE ENERGY BAND GAP - The present invention relates to a semiconductor device in which energy band gap can be electrically varied. An idea of the present invention is to provide a device, which is based on nanowires ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090121214 | III-NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor light-emitting device comprises a substrate, a buffer layer, an n-type semiconductor layer, a conformational active layer and a p-type semiconductor layer. The n-type semiconductor layer includes a first surface and a second surface, and the first surface directly contacts the buffer layer. The second surface has a plurality of recesses, and a conformational active layer formed on the second surface and within the plurality of recesses. Therefore, the stress between the n-type semiconductor layer and the conformational active layer can be released with the recesses. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121215 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR ANALOG PROCESSING - A system employs a plurality of physical qubits, each having a respective bias operable to up to six differentiable inputs to solve a Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization problem. Some physical qubit couplers are operated as intra-logical qubit couplers to ferromagnetically couple respective pairs of the physical qubits as a logical qubit, where each logical qubit represents a variable from the Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization problem. The logical qubits may include two or more physical qubits | 2009-05-14 |
20090121216 | Organic thin film transistor having surface-modified carbon nanotubes - An organic thin film transistor may comprise an organic semiconductor layer having surface-modified carbon nanotubes and an electrically-conductive polymer. The surfaces of the carbon nanotubes may be modified with curable functional groups, comprising oxirane groups and anhydride groups. A room-temperature solution process may be used to provide a relatively uniform and relatively highly-adhesive organic semiconductor layer in a simple and economical manner. Additionally, the organic thin film transistor having the organic semiconductor layer may have relatively high charge carrier mobility and relatively low threshold voltage. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121217 | NITRIDE COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER UNDER GATE ELECTRODE - A nitride compound semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer including a group III nitride compound semiconductor, source and drain electrodes provided on the semiconductor layer, an insulating film provided on the semiconductor layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode, an organic semiconductor layer in contact with the semiconductor layer at an opening provided for the insulating film, and a gate electrode provided on the organic conductive layer at the opening. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121218 | METHOD FOR PROGRAMMING AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT - The invention relates to a method for producing an electronic circuit, and to an electronic circuit, having at least one organic electrical functional layer and at least one data storage unit, the data storage unit being configured with two electrically conductive layer contacts. The two electrically conductive layer contacts are arranged alongside one another and are electrically conductively connected to one another either by an electrically conductive dry substance or by an electrically conductive solidified substance. | 2009-05-14 |