30th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 14 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140203181 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF RADIATION - Digital images or the charge from pixels in light sensitive semiconductor based imagers may be used to detect gamma rays and energetic particles emitted by radioactive materials. Methods may be used to identify pixel-scale artifacts introduced into digital images and video images by high energy gamma rays. Statistical tests and other comparisons on the artifacts in the images or pixels may be used to prevent false-positive detection of gamma rays. The sensitivity of the system may be used to detect radiological material at distances in excess of 50 meters. Advanced processing techniques allow for gradient searches to more accurately determine the source's location, while other acts may be used to identify the specific isotope. Coordination of different imagers and network alerts permit the system to separate non-radioactive objects from radioactive objects. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203182 | RADIATION DETECTOR - There is provided a radiation detector that appropriately corrects an offset within a minute read cell without increasing area while achieving high-speed measurement at a high counting rate. A radiation detector | 2014-07-24 |
20140203183 | RADIATION GENERATING TUBE, AND RADIATION GENERATING DEVICE AND APPARATUS INCLUDING THE TUBE - A radiation generating tube includes an electron emitting source configured to emit an electron beam; a target configured to generate radiation when the target is irradiated with the electron beam; a rear shield body having a tube-shaped electron passage with openings thereof at each end of the passage, and being located at the side of the electron emitting source with respect to the target, a first opening of the passage facing the electron emitting source and being separated from the electron emitting source, a second opening of the passage facing the target; and a brazing material joining the rear shield body with a peripheral edge of the target, at a position separated from the second opening. A closed space isolated from the electron passage is provided between the target and the rear shield body. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203184 | FLUID MEDIUM SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - An apparatus employs a plurality of transducers distributed along a cable to sample a medium. Some of the transducers may be operated according to various sequences which specific wavelengths and/or magnitudes of emission of electromagnetic energy. Some of the transducers sample, detect or measure responses of the fluid medium to the emissions. Various other transducers may sample or measure temperature, depth or pressure, and flow characteristics of the fluid medium, and optionally flow characteristics above a surface or above a surface of the fluid medium. Such may allow identification and/or characterization of characteristics of the fluid medium and/or substances (e.g., contaminants for instance petroleum, phytoplankton, red tide microorganisms, nutrients, dissolved oxygen or other gasses). The apparatus may communicate with remote facilities, allowing monitoring, remote control, and/or analysis with or with information from other platforms. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203185 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS, METHOD OF ADJUSTING BEAM INCIDENT ANGLE TO TARGET OBJECT SURFACE, AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD - A charged particle beam writing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention includes an emission unit to emit a charged particle beam, an electron lens to converge the charged particle beam, a blanking deflector, arranged backward of the electron lens with respect to a direction of an optical axis, to deflect the charged particle beam in the case of performing a blanking control of switching between beam-on and beam-off, a blanking aperture member, arranged backward of the blanking deflector with respect to the direction of the optical axis, to block the charged particle beam having been deflected to be in a beam-off state, and a magnet coil, arranged in a center height position of the blanking deflector, to deflect the charged particle beam. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203186 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATION SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD OF CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATION SYSTEM - A charged particle beam irradiation system in which the energy, Bragg peak, and irradiation depth of a charged particle beam, with which a patient is to be irradiated, can be checked in real time just before actual irradiation. Just before the actual irradiation, by providing a high-speed steering magnet with 100% current, a checking beam is intentionally hit into a beam damper. By using a dosimeter and a dose measuring device in front thereof, extraction beam intensity is measured. By using a multi-layer beam monitor, a dose distribution thereof is measured. Accordingly, just before the actual irradiation, the energy, Bragg peak, and irradiation depth of the charged particle beam, with which the patient is to be irradiated, can be checked accurately and in real time. When the beam has a desired dose distribution as a result of checking, continuously, extraction control is performed. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203187 | Charged Particle Beam Lithography System and Target Positioning Device - The invention relates to a charged particle beam lithography system comprising: a charged particle optical column arranged in a vacuum chamber for projecting a charged particle beam onto a target, wherein the column comprises deflecting means for deflecting the charged particle beam in a deflection direction, a target positioning device comprising a carrier for carrying the target, and a stage for carrying and moving the carrier along a first direction, wherein the first direction is different from the deflection direction, wherein the target positioning device comprises a first actuator for moving the stage in the first direction relative to the charged particle optical column, wherein the carrier is displaceably arranged on the stage and wherein the target positioning device comprises retaining means for retaining the carrier with respect to the stage in a first relative position. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203188 | ARTICLE SANITIZER - A sanitizer for an article comprises an enclosure defining an internal space. A cage is mounted to the enclosure and extends into the internal space. A sanitizer bulb is disposed within the cage. At least one hanging element is fixed to the cage, the hanging element adapted to hang an article therefrom. A sanitizer for a bag including at least two handles comprises an enclosure defining an internal space and including a floor and a ceiling. A cage is mounted to the ceiling of the enclosure and extends into the internal space. A sanitizer bulb is disposed within the cage. A pair of handle hooks is fixed to the cage and each adapted to engage one handle of the bag for securing the bag around the cage. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203189 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTINGUISHING OPTICAL SIGNALS OF DIFFERENT MODULATION FREQUENCIES IN AN OPTICAL SIGNAL DETECTOR - Systems and method for detecting optical signals, and for discriminating optical signals emitted by an emission moiety that is excited by an associated excitation signal from background signals and other optical noise, employing digital techniques for determining the portion of a detected optical signal having a modulation frequency corresponding to a modulation of the associated excitation signal. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203190 | OPTICALLY ACTIVE EPOXY - An optically active composition is described. The composition may include a copolymer of two or more polyepoxides covalently linked by a fused arene. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203191 | Method of Observing Samples with a Fluorescent Microscope - The invention relates to a method of inspecting parts of a sample on a TEM grid with a fluorescence microscope, as arises when performing correlative microscopy, more specifically for samples on a holey carbon grid. A problem occurs when imaging vitrified ice with sample material when the ice is heated by the light used. The invention is based on the insight that the absorption in the carbon support film is responsible for the heating, as ice hardly absorbs light. By localizing the illumination of the fluorescent microscope to the parts of the sample that are above a hole in the carbon, heating of the ice is lowered. The localization can be achieved by, for example, passing the light through a LCD type Spatial Light Modulator. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203192 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTINGUISHING OPTICAL SIGNALS OF DIFFERENT MODULATION FREQUENCIES IN AN OPTICAL SIGNAL DETECTOR - Systems and method for detecting optical signals, and for discriminating optical signals emitted by an emission moiety that is excited by an associated excitation signal from background signals and other optical noise, employing digital techniques for determining the portion of a detected optical signal having a modulation frequency corresponding to a modulation of the associated excitation signal. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203193 | Radiation Source - A radiation source having a nozzle configured to direct a stream of fuel droplets along a trajectory towards a plasma formation location, a laser configured to direct laser radiation at the fuel droplets at the plasma formation location to generate, in use, a radiation generating plasma. The nozzle has an internal surface that is configured to prevent contamination present in fuel used to form the fuel droplets from being deposited on that internal surface. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203194 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING EXTREME ULTRA VIOLET LIGHT - A system for generating extreme ultraviolet light, in which a target material inside a chamber is irradiated with a laser beam to be turned into plasma, includes a first laser apparatus configured to output a first laser beam, a second laser apparatus configured to output a pedestal and a second laser beam, and a controller connected to the first and second laser apparatuses and configured to cause the first laser beam to be outputted first, the pedestal to be outputted after the first laser beam, and the second laser beam having higher energy than the pedestal to be outputted after the pedestal. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203195 | Thermal Monitor For An Extreme Ultraviolet Light Source - A first temperature distribution that represents a temperature of an element adjacent to and distinct from a first optical element that is positioned to receive an amplified light beam is accessed. The accessed first temperature distribution is analyzed to determine a temperature metric associated with the element, the determined temperature metric is compared to a baseline temperature metric, and an adjustment to position of the amplified light beam relative to the first optical element is determined based on the comparison. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203196 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTER, AND OPTICALINFORMATION PROCESSING UNIT - A semiconductor laser device that enables flip-chip assembly by having an embedding section around a mesa section, and that has an improved emission lifetime, as well as a photoelectric converter and an optical information processing unit each having such a semiconductor laser device. The semiconductor laser device includes: a mesa section including an active layer, and having a first electrode on a top surface; an embedding section covering the mesa section, and having a first connection aperture that reaches the first electrode; and a first wiring provided on the embedding section overlaying the first connection aperture, the first wiring being electrically connected to the first electrode through the first connection aperture. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203197 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING POSITIONS OF OTHER APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed are an apparatus for measuring position of other apparatus and a method for the same. The apparatus may comprise at least one light emitting part transmitting a photo signal, at least one light receiving part receiving a photo signal transmitted from other apparatus, and a signal processing part controlling the at least one light emitting part to transmit the photo signal including identification information of itself, acquiring identification information of the other apparatus based on the photo signal received from the other apparatus, and acquiring a positional information of the other apparatus based on the acquired identification information of the other apparatus. Thus, the apparatus located in an arbitrary space may accurately acquire relative positional information of counterpart apparatuses. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203198 | BACK PRESSURE REGULATOR WITH FLOATING SEAL SUPPORT - A sealing apparatus for a back pressure regulator includes: a body defining a process surface, and including: at least one process void communicating with the process surface; a recess disposed in the process surface; a floating support hub disposed in the recess, carrying an O-ring; a vent void communicating with the recess; an inlet port disposed in fluid communication with the at least one process void and adapted to be coupled in fluid communication with a fluid at a process pressure; and an outlet port disposed in fluid communication with the vent void; and a diaphragm having opposed reference and process sides, the diaphragm disposed against the body such that the process side is substantially coplanar with the process surface. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203199 | AUTOMATIC WATER DRAINING DEVICE FOR AIR COMPRESSOR - The automatic water draining device for an air compressor contains an extension pipe having a first end connected to an outlet of the air compressor's air tank; a flow control valve connected to a second end of the extension pipe for controlling the amount of flow through the extension pipe; an electromagnetic valve connected to the second end of the extension pipe; and a circuit board electrically connected to the electromagnetic valve. The circuit board controls the electromagnetic valve so that, when the air compressor is started, the electromagnetic valve is opened for 3 to 5 seconds and then closed, and as such the water and debris accumulated in the air tank is drained. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203200 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE STATE OF A MOUNTING OF A COIL ON AN ELECTROVALVE - The invention relates to a device for detecting a state of a mounting of an electrovalve head on a support of a body of an electrovalve, said head comprising a coil. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203201 | BUTTERFLY VALVES HAVING MULTIPLE SEALS - Butterfly valves having multiple seals are described herein. An example butterfly valve includes a body defining a passageway between an inlet and an outlet. The example butterfly valve includes a first flexible seal coupled to a first surface of the body adjacent the inlet to engage a first portion of a disk. The example butterfly valve also includes a second flexible seal coupled to a second surface of the body adjacent to the outlet to engage a second portion of the disk different than the first portion. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203202 | Sealing Microsawtooth Ring Joint of Two Opposing Surfaces - A sealing microsawtooth ring joint, made between a toothed seating surface and a full plain seated surface by a microsawtooth ring with its tooth crest on the seating surface being a cutting edge whose corner or whose crest angle is about | 2014-07-24 |
20140203203 | SEALING SYSTEM FOR INDUSTRIAL VALVES, PARTICULARLY FOR BALL VALVES, AND VALVE COMPRISING SAID SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a sealing system particularly for industrial safety valves, more particularly for industrial ball valves. Thus, the present invention relates both to a sealing system and to a ball valve comprising said sealing system. The sealing system according to the present invention is of the type comprising an elastomeric element ( | 2014-07-24 |
20140203204 | VALVE ASSEMBLY - A valve assembly for controlling the rate of flow of fluid between a valve inlet and a valve outlet comprises a valve housing, and a spool valve member that is movable axially within a valve bore provided in the valve housing in an opening direction and a closing direction. The spool valve member is provided with a blind bore, the open end of which communicates with the valve outlet, and at least one opening into the blind bore, the at least one opening communicating, to a variable degree dependent on the axial position of the spool valve member within the valve bore, with the valve inlet. The valve inlet comprises a first boundary and a second boundary, so that for axial positions of the spool valve member in which the opening does not overlap the first boundary there is no flow into the outlet. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203205 | DOUBLE-LAYER COMPOSITE METAL POWDER PARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOFT MAGNETIC CORE - There is provided a double-layer composite metal powder particle including an Fe-based powder, an insulating layer formed on a surface of the Fe-based powder, and a lubricating wax coating layer formed on the insulating layer. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203206 | Preparation of Metal Nanowire Decorated Carbon Allotropes - In the method of embodiments of the invention, the metal seeded carbon allotropes are reacted in solution forming zero valent metallic nanowires at the seeded sites. A polymeric passivating reagent, which selects for anisotropic growth is also used in the reaction to facilitate nanowire formation. The resulting structure resembles a porcupine, where carbon allotropes have metallic wires of nanometer dimensions that emanate from the seed sites on the carbon allotrope. These sites are populated by nanowires having approximately the same diameter as the starting nanoparticle diameter. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203207 | ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An anode active material for a lithium secondary battery having high-capacity and high-efficient charging/discharging characteristics. The anode active material includes silicon single phases, and silicon-metal alloy phases distributed around the silicon single phases. The silicon single phases have a fine structure in which crystalline particles obtained through rapid-cooling solidification are thermally treated to be grown to crystal grains. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203208 | BODY WASTE TREATING MATERIAL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BODY WASTE TREATING MATERIAL, AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - [Technical Problem] | 2014-07-24 |
20140203209 | COMPOUND HAVING 3,3,3-TRIFLUORO-1-PROPENYLOXY, LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An object is to provide a liquid crystal compound satisfying at least one of physical properties such as a high stability to heat, light and so forth, a high clearing point, a low minimum temperature of a liquid crystal phase, a small viscosity, a suitable optical anisotropy, a large dielectric anisotropy, a suitable elastic constant and an excellent compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds, a liquid crystal composition containing the compound, and a liquid crystal display device including the composition. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203210 | Passivation of Metal Halide Scintillators - A halide material, such as scintillator crystals of LaBr | 2014-07-24 |
20140203211 | Scintillator - An afterglow property of cesium iodide: thallium (CsI:Tl), in which CsI is a host material and doped with thallium, is improved. It is possible to improve the afterglow property of a scintillator by doping a crystal material including CsI (cesium iodide), as a host material, and thallium (Tl), as a luminescent center, with bismuth (Bi). | 2014-07-24 |
20140203212 | FLUORESCENT WHITENING AGENT AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS - The present invention relates to a composition comprising a fluorescent whitening agent and a tertiary alkanolamine, a stable aqueous solution of such a composition and use of such composition for the bleaching of textile fibres or paper. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203213 | METHODS OF PREPARING METAL QUANTUM CLUSTERS IN MOLECULAR CONFINEMENT - Methods for the synthesis of metal quantum clusters within the framework of a porous gel matrix are described. For example, Ag | 2014-07-24 |
20140203214 | FLEXIBLE, SEMICONDUCTING NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS BASED ON NANOCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE AND POLYANILINE - A new approach is conceived for the development of organic polymeric conducting materials synthesized from nanocomposites of nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) and polyaniline (PANI). The process involves oxidative-radical polymerization of aniline in the presence of NCC using either in situ or emulsion polymerization. The resulting NCC-PANI nanocomposite material can be obtained in film or powder form and exhibits electrical conductive properties typical of semiconducting materials. Unlike PANI, a brittle conductive polymer, NCC-PANI nanocomposite materials can be engineered to possess significant flexibility, strength and/or hardness as a result of the NCC acting as a reinforcing scaffold. Depending on the preparation conditions, electrical conductivities for the NCC-PANI nanocomposite materials prepared according to this disclosure range from 9.98×10 | 2014-07-24 |
20140203215 | MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICES - The present invention relates to novel materials which can be used in organic electronic devices, in particular electroluminescent devices, and are certain derivatives of fused aromatic systems. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203216 | MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (I), (II) or (III), to the use of the compound in an electronic device, and to an electronic device comprising a compound of the formula (I), (II) or (III). The present invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of a compound of the formula (I), (II) or (III) and to a formulation comprising one or more compounds of the formula (I), (II) or (III). | 2014-07-24 |
20140203217 | METHOD FOR MODIFYING SURFACE OF POWDER AND COMPOSITE CONTAINING SURFACE-MODIFIED POWDER - A method for modifying a surface of a powder is provided. The method includes steps of providing a polar aprotic solvent; and mixing the polar aprotic solvent with the powder so that the polar aprotic solvent adheres to the surface of the powder. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203218 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A method is employed for producing a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery that comprises mixing lithium phosphate having a particle diameter D | 2014-07-24 |
20140203219 | CARBON PARTICLE DISPERSION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A carbon particle dispersion having good dispersibility and dispersion stability, and a method for preparing same. The dispersion has, at least, carbon particles, a fibrous polysaccharide having carboxyl groups, and a dispersion medium. The method for preparing a dispersion includes the steps, in this order, of dispersing a polysaccharide having carboxyl groups in a dispersion medium to prepare a preparation solution containing fibrous polysaccharide and the dispersion medium, and dispersing carbon particles in the preparation solution to prepare a dispersion containing the fibrous polysaccharide, the carbon particles and the dispersion medium. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203220 | ELECTRODE FOR A LI-ION BATTERY HAVING A POLYETHER-SILOXANE COPOLYMER AS BINDER - The object of the invention is an electrode for a Li-ion battery, which contains a crosslinked polyether-siloxane copolymer (V), which can be prepared by crosslinking of siloxane macromers (S) having the average general formula (1): | 2014-07-24 |
20140203221 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A COMPOSITE - A method for manufacturing a composite is disclosed. The method includes steps of (a) providing a powder in a first weight ratio, a graphene oxide in a second weight ratio, a first modifying agent having a first electric charge, and a second modifying agent having a second electric charge; (b) reacting the first modifying agent with the powder so that a surface of the powder has the first electric charge; (c) reacting the second modifying agent with the graphene oxide so that a surface of the graphene oxide has the second electric charge; and (d) mixing the powder having the first electric charge and the graphene oxide having the second electric charge to form a composite, wherein the first and the second electric charges are of opposite electrical polarities. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203222 | COPPER PARTICLES, COPPER PASTE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CONDUCTIVE COATING FILM, AND CONDUCTIVE COATING FILM - There are provided copper particles and a copper paste for a copper powder-containing coating film which can be subjected to electroless metal plating without using an expensive catalyst such as palladium, and a process for producing a conductive coating film by subjecting a copper powder-containing coating film formed by using the copper paste to electroless metal plating or heat treatment with superheated steam. The present invention relates to a process for producing a conductive coating film comprising the step of forming a coating film on an insulating substrate using copper particles having an average particle diameter of 0.05 to 2 μm as measured by observation using SEM in which a BET specific surface area value (SSA) (m | 2014-07-24 |
20140203223 | CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITION, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, CONDUCTIVE MEMBER, TOUCH PANEL, AND SOLAR CELL - A conductive composition includes: a) metal conductive fibers having an average minor axis length of from 1 nm to 150 nm; and b) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a monosaccharide and a derivative thereof, in an amount of from 0.005% by mass to 0.05% by mass with respect to the metal conductive fibers. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203224 | Electroconductive Particle and Metal Paste, and Electrode - The present invention is an electroconductive particle for forming an electrode including a precious metal particle including Pt or a Pt alloy and having an average particle diameter of 50 to 150 nm, a first ceramic particle including Al | 2014-07-24 |
20140203225 | COMPLEX COMPOUNDS HAVING ANIONIC LIGANDS CONTAINING TWO P DONORS AND THE USE THEREOF IN THE OPTO-ELECTRONIC FIELD - The invention describes electronic devices comprising a metal complex compound having at least one anionic ligand containing two P donors, having the formula (I), in which R1 to R4 are, independently of one another, an atom or radical from the group comprising hydrogen, a halogen, R, RO—, RS—, RCO—, RCOO—, RNH—, R2N—, RCONR— and —Si(R)X(OR)3-X, where R=a C1-C40-hydrocarbon and X=1, 2 or 3, and E is a bridge atom from the group with carbon or boron, where an atom or radical from the group with hydrogen, halogen, —CN, R, RO—, RS—, RCO—, RCOO—, RNH—, R2N—, RCONR— and —Si(R)X(OR)3-X, where R=the C1-C40-hydrocarbon and X=1, 2 or 3, is optionally bonded to the carbon, and two radicals from the group with halogen, R, RO—, RS—, RCO—, RCOO—, RNH—, R2N—, RCONR— and —Si(R)X(OR)3-X, where R=the C1-C40-hydrocarbon and X=1, 2 or 3, are optionally bonded to the boron. The invention furthermore describes a process for the production of an electronic device of this type and processes for the generation of light or blue emission using a metal complex compound of this type. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203226 | (METH)ACRYLATE COMPOUND AND PHOTOCHROMIC CURABLE COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE (METH)ACRYLATE COMPOUND - A photochromic curable composition that contains a (meth)acrylate compound represented by the following formula (1-X1); | 2014-07-24 |
20140203227 | ELEVATOR MOTOR - An elevator motor includes a rotor with a rotor body carrying a traction sheave as well as a brake surface configured to be gripped by a motor brake. The brake surface of the rotor is provided on a separate brake element which is separated from the rotor body, and the brake element is connected to the rotor body only via spaced apart connections. This solution leads to a reduced noise propagation of the elevator rotor. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203228 | IN-LINE JACK - An in-line jack includes a body, an extendable shaft, drive mechanics, and a motor. The body has first and second distal ends. The extendable shaft is movably disposed within the body and has a distal end extending out of the second distal end of the body. The drive mechanics are disposed within the body and are adapted to move the extendable shaft with respect to the body. The motor is mounted at the first distal end of the body and is adapted to selectively drive the drive mechanics. A coupling mechanism can be provided to selectively alternately couple: (i) a planetary gear system associated with the motor to a drive shaft of a jack screw assembly and (ii) a manual crankshaft to the drive shaft to operate the jack manually. The body and the motor each has a generally cylindrical outer surface with an outer diameter equal to or less than about three inches. The body, the jack screw assembly, the coupling mechanism, the planetary gear system, and the motor are substantially axially aligned with each other. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203229 | PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICLE BARRIER - A pedestrian and vehicle barrier system is provided for attaching handrails onto vehicle guardrail barriers. The handrail attachment does not to unduly interfere with energy absorbing and/or dissipating features of vehicle guardrail barriers. The system comprises an elongate support post member with a slot at a bottom end, to be slid telescopically over a guardrail support post, and sleeved such that it is substantially restricted from moving laterally and/or rotating relative to the guardrail support post. Movement may be further restricted by fasteners. Handrails or other auxiliary barriers may be attached to a top end of the support post member. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203230 | FENCE SYSTEM WITH VARIABLE RAIL REINFORCEMENT - A fencing system that includes a plurality of fence rails extending between two fence posts. The fence rails may comprise a foamed material core that is enclosed by a weather resistant capping material. One or more hollow passageways may be formed in each of the fence rails to both reduce weight and to receive a metal reinforcing member. A plurality of fence pickets may be installed onto the fence rails using power driven fasteners, such as ring shank nails or staples. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203231 | FENCE SYSTEM WITH VARIABLE RAIL REINFORCEMENT - A fencing system that includes a plurality of fence rails extending between two fence posts. The fence rails may comprise a foamed material core that is enclosed by a weather resistant capping material. One or more hollow passageways may be formed in each of the fence rails to both reduce weight and to receive a metal reinforcing member. A plurality of fence pickets may be installed onto the fence rails using power driven fasteners, such as ring shank nails or staples. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203232 | RETROFIT FENCE PANELS - A retrofit panel for attachment to a land barrier comprising a base, where the base includes a front face and a back face; a set of reinforced edges surrounding the base, where the set reinforced edges include a pair of side edges, a top edge and a bottom edge; a plurality of attachment means to fasten the set of reinforced edges to the land barrier; and a veneer on the front face of the base, where the veneer has the appearance of a land barrier. The retrofit panel provides the appearance of a fence or brick wall once aligned next to each other along the entire barrier. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203233 | FENCE APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS - The present invention is directed to a fence or enclosure | 2014-07-24 |
20140203234 | VARIABLE RESISTANCE NONVOLATILE MEMORY ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A variable resistance nonvolatile memory element includes: first and second electrode layers; a first variable resistance layer between the first and second electrode layers; and a second variable resistance layer between the second electrode layer and the first variable resistance layer and having a higher resistance value than the first variable resistance layer. When viewed in a direction perpendicular to the major surface of the second variable resistance layer, an outline of the second variable resistance layer is located inwardly of the outline of any one of the second electrode layer and the first variable resistance layer, and an outline of a face of the second variable resistance layer, the face being in contact with the first variable resistance layer is located inwardly of an outline of a face of the first variable resistance layer, the face being in contact with the second variable resistance layer. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203235 | CONDUCTIVE BRIDGE RESISTIVE MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A conductive bridge resistive memory device is provided, comprising a first electrode, a memory layer electrically coupled to the first electrode, an ion-supplying layer containing a source of ions of a first metal element capable of diffusion into and out of the memory layer, a semiconductor layer disposed between the memory layer and the ion-supplying layer, and a second electrode electrically coupled to the ion-supplying layer. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203236 | ONE TRANSISTOR AND ONE RESISTIVE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (RRAM) STRUCTURE WITH SPACER - The present disclosure provides a resistive random access memory (RRAM) cells and methods of making the same. The RRAM cell includes a transistor and an RRAM structure. The RRAM structure includes a bottom electrode having a via portion and a top portion, a resistive material layer on the bottom electrode having a width that is same as a width of the top portion of the bottom electrode; a capping layer over the bottom electrode; a spacer surrounding the capping layer; and, a top electrode on the capping layer having a smaller width than the resistive material layer. The RRAM cell further includes a conductive material connecting the top electrode of the RRAM structure to a metal layer. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203237 | SELF-RECTIFIED DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND APPLICATIONS OF THE SAME - A self-rectified device is provided, comprising a bottom electrode, a patterned dielectric layer with a contact hole formed on the bottom electrode, a memory formed at the bottom electrode and substantially aligned with the contact hole, and a top electrode formed on the bottom electrode and filling into the contact hole to contact with the memory, wherein the top electrode comprises a N+ type semiconductor material or a P+ type semiconductor material, and the memory and the top electrode produce a self-rectified property. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203238 | Wire-Last Integration Method and Structure for III-V Nanowire Devices - In one aspect, a method of fabricating a nanowire FET device includes the following steps. A layer of III-V semiconductor material is formed on an SOI layer of an SOI wafer. Fins are etched into the III-V material and SOI layer. One or more dummy gates are formed over a portion of the fins that serves as a channel region of the device. A gap filler material is deposited onto the wafer. The dummy gates are removed selective to the gap filler material, forming trenches in the gap filler material. The SOI layer is removed from portions of the fins within the trenches thereby forming suspended nanowire channels in the channel regions of the device. The trenches are filled with at least one gate material to form one or more replacement gates surrounding the nanowire channels in a gate-all-around configuration. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203239 | SOLID-STATE TRANSDUCER DEVICES WITH OPTICALLY-TRANSMISSIVE CARRIER SUBSTRATES AND RELATED SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES - Semiconductor device assemblies having solid-state transducer (SST) devices and associated semiconductor devices, systems, and are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of forming a semiconductor device assembly includes forming a support substrate, a transfer structure, and a plurality semiconductor structures between the support substrate and the transfer structure. The method further includes removing the support substrate to expose an active surface of the individual semiconductor structures and a trench between the individual semiconductor structures. The semiconductor structures can be attached to a carrier substrate that is optically transmissive such that the active surface can emit and/or receive the light through the carrier substrate. The individual semiconductor structures can then be processed on the carrier substrate with the support substrate removed. In some embodiments, the individual semiconductor structures are singulated from the semiconductor device assembly and include a section of the carrier substrate attached to each of the individual semiconductor structures. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203240 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A semiconductor light emitting device includes a substrate; a base layer made of a first conductivity-type semiconductor and disposed on the substrate; a plurality of nanoscale light emitting units disposed in a region of an upper surface of the base layer and including a first conductivity-type nano-semiconductor layer protruding from the upper surface of the base layer, a nano-active layer disposed on the first conductivity-type nano-semiconductor layer, and a second conductivity-type nano-semiconductor layer disposed on the nano-active layer; and a light emitting laminate disposed in a different region of the upper surface of the base layer and having a laminated active layer. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203241 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is a semiconductor light emitting device including a first to third conductive semiconductor layers which have an n-type dopant, an active layer, and a fourth and fifth conductive semiconductor layers which have a p-type dopant. The first and third conductive semiconductor layers are a GaN semiconductor, and the second conductive semiconductor layer is an InGaN-based semiconductor layer. The fourth conductive semiconductor layer is formed of an AlGaN semiconductor and the fifth conductive semiconductor layer is formed of a GaN-based semiconductor layer. The active layer includes plurality of quantum barrier layers and plurality of quantum well layers and includes a cycle of 2 to 10. The plurality of quantum well layers include an InGaN semiconductor and at least one of the plurality of quantum barrier layers includes a GaN-based semiconductor, and at least two of the plurality barrier layers has a thickness of about 50 Å to about 300 Å. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203242 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In the nitride semiconductor device of the present invention, an active layer | 2014-07-24 |
20140203243 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM WELL TRANSISTOR AND FABRICATION METHOD - Three dimensional quantum well transistors and fabrication methods are provided. A quantum well layer, a barrier layer, and a gate structure can be sequentially formed on an insulating surface of a fin part. The gate structure can be formed over the barrier layer and across the fin part. The QW layer and the barrier layer can form a hetero-junction of the transistor. A recess can be formed in the fin part on both sides of the gate structure to suspend a sidewall spacer. A source and a drain can be formed by growing an epitaxial material in the recess and the sidewall spacer formed on both sidewalls of the gate electrode can be positioned on surface of the source and the drain. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203244 | HIGH RESOLUTION LOW POWER CONSUMPTION OLED DISPLAY WITH EXTENDED LIFETIME - Arrangements of pixel components that allow for full-color devices, while using emissive devices that emit at not more than two colors, and/or a limited number of color altering layers, are provided. Devices disclosed herein also may be achieved using simplified fabrication techniques compared to conventional side-by-side arrangements, because fewer masking steps may be required. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203245 | Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode Display Having Variable Optical Path Length for Microcavity - An organic light emitting diode display includes an array of pixels on a substrate. Each pixel includes three sub-pixels that emits light of different wavelengths from each other. The display includes thin film transistors (TFTs) for the sub-pixels on the substrate. Each TFT is separated from each other by a first pixel defining layer. The display also includes a first pixel electrode connected to the TFT for each sub-pixel, a tuning layer on the first pixel electrode, where the tuning layer has a thickness for each sub-pixel such that each sub-pixel has a optical-path length different from another sub-pixel. The display further includes an organic light emitting layer disposed over the tuning layer, and a second pixel defining layer covering a first end of the tuning layer and a second end of the tuning layer opposing to the first end of the tuning layer, and exposing the light emitting layer. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203246 | Diode and Display Panel - The present invention provides a diode and display panel, which includes: cathode and anode; wherein, cathode and anode being disposed relatively. Electron transport layer is disposed between cathode and anode. Electron transport layer is doped with alkali metal compounds, which is a material used to form electron injection layers. Alkali metal compounds comprise at least one of the materials from lithium metaborate, potassium silicate, lithium tetra (8-hydroxyquinolinato) boron, and alkali metal acetate. The present invention improves the light-emitting performance, lowers operating voltage, simplifies the manufacturing process, and increases the yield rate; as a result, to reduce the cost of diodes. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203247 | THIN LAYER DEPOSITION APPARATUS UTILIZING A MASK UNIT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A DISPLAY DEVICE - A mask unit for depositing a thin layer in a display device. The mask unit includes: a bead mask support which includes a plate; and a bead mask which is placed on the bead mask support. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203248 | OLED DISPLAY STRUCTURE AND OLED DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed are an OLED display structure and an OLED display device having the OLED display structure. The OLED display structure comprises: a substrate ( | 2014-07-24 |
20140203249 | Quasi-Surface Emission Vertical-Type Organic Light-Emitting Transistors And Method Of Manufacturing The Same - An organic light-emitting transistor may include a mesh-type source electrode having a plurality of apertures in an array pattern. The mesh-type source electrode may be located between the gate electrode and the drain electrode. The organic light-emitting transistor adopting a mesh-type source electrode may show quasi-surface emission characteristics similar to that of the organic light-emitting diode. Moreover, an aperture ratio, brightness, and light emission efficiency of the organic light-emitting transistor may be superior to those of an organic light-emitting diode. Another advantage is that the production cost may be reduced since an additional driving element such as a thin-film-transistor is not needed. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203250 | FABRICATION APPARATUS FOR FABRICATING A PATTERNED LAYER - The invention relates to a fabrication apparatus for fabricating a patterned layer ( | 2014-07-24 |
20140203251 | Novel Compound and Organic Electronic Device Comprising the Compound - Provided are a novel compound and an organic electronic device (OED) including the same. The novel compound has better hole injection and hole transport properties than a conventional material, and thus may enhance thermal stability and efficiency when used as a material for a hole injection or hole transport layer of the OED. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203252 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, AND LIGTH EMITTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIGHTING DEVICE EACH USING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - An organic electroluminescent element which has a substrate, a pair of electrodes disposed on this substrate and composed of an anode and a cathode, and at least one organic layer disposed between these electrodes and including a light-emitting layer, and in which a compound expressed by General Formula 1-1 is contained in at least one layer of the aforementioned light-emitting layer(s) exhibits high luminous efficiency, excellent blue color purity, and little change in chromaticity accompanying drive deterioration. (R | 2014-07-24 |
20140203253 | Organic Light Emitting Diode, Method for Producing an Organic Light Emitting Diode and Module Comprising at Least Two Organic Light Emitting Diodes - An organic light emitting diode includes a substrate and an organic layer sequence, which generates electromagnetic radiation during operation. The organic layer sequence is arranged in a central region of the substrate A metallization is arranged in an edge region of the substrate and is designed for making electrical contact with the organic layer sequence. A separately produced metallic contact structure is cohesively and electrically conductively connected to the metallization by a joining process based on ultrasonic technology. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203254 | Organic Electronic Component - The invention relates to an organic electron component having a first electrode, a second electrode, a channel layer comprising an organic semiconducting material and a dopant material. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203255 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE - An organic light-emitting element ( | 2014-07-24 |
20140203256 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display device includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, an organic light emitting layer disposed between the first and second electrodes, a first auxiliary structure and a second auxiliary structure both of which are disposed between the first and second electrodes. The first electrode is disposed on a substrate having a first sub-pixel region, a second sub-pixel region and a third sub-pixel region. The organic light emitting layer includes a first organic light emitting layer, a second organic light emitting layer and a third organic light emitting layer. The first auxiliary structure includes a first doping pattern, a first resonance auxiliary pattern, a second doping pattern and a second resonance auxiliary pattern. The second auxiliary structure includes a third doping pattern, a third resonance auxiliary pattern, a fourth doping pattern and a fourth resonance auxiliary pattern. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203257 | COMPOUND FOR ORGANIC OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE, ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY INCLUDING THE ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE - A compound for an organic optoelectronic device represented by Chemical Formula 1: | 2014-07-24 |
20140203258 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An electroluminescent device, comprising: a substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the substrate; and an electroluminescent layer sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein at least one of the first and second electrodes is configured to have a grating structure; and wherein the grating structure has a grating period within a range of 0.9˜1.1 times of a wavelength of a light wave generated in the electroluminescent layer. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203259 | HOST FOR ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES - A first device comprising a first organic light emitting device (OLED) is described. The first OLED includes an anode, a cathode, and an emissive layer disposed between the anode and the cathode. The emissive layer includes a phosphorescent emissive dopant and a host material. The host material includes inorganic nanocrystals where (i) at least 50% of ligands bonded to said nanocrystals are compact ligands, (ii) an average interparticle distance between adjacent nanoparticles is ≦1 nm, or (iii) both. Also described are a method of making the emissive layer and a composition that includes the phosphorescent emissive dopant with the host materials that include the electronically-coupled inorganic nanocrystal host material. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203260 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes contact holes opened in an insulating film outside of a display area in which pixels are arranged, and having a conductive film exposed in bottom portions, a first metal film formed to cover the contact holes and come in contact with the conductive film of the bottom portions, and a transparent conductive film formed on the first metal film. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203261 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Provided is an organic light emitting diode which can easily control color coordinates and improve a device's life span characteristic by using an auxiliary dopant having a higher band gap energy than that of a host, and preferably, having an absolute value of the highest occupied molecular orbital energy level equal to or higher than that of the host, or an absolute value of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level equal to or lower than that of the host. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203262 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY - An organic light emitting display (OLED) is disclosed. The OLED includes a storage capacitor formed in a first region of the substrate, a thin film transistor formed in a second region of the substrate, a first data line capacitor formed in a third region of the substrate, an organic light emitting diode formed on the storage capacitor and the thin film transistor, and a second data line capacitor formed on the data line capacitor. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203263 | SWITCHABLE MEMORY DIODES BASED ON FERROELECTRIC/CONUUGATED POLYMER HETEROSTRUCTURES AND/OR THEIR COMPOSITES - An embodiment of the present memory cell a first layer of a chosen conductivity type, and a second layer which includes ferroelectric semiconductor material of the opposite conductivity type, the layers forming a pn junction. The first layer may be a conjugated semiconductor polymer, or may also be of ferroelectric semiconductor material. The layers are provided between first and electrodes. In another embodiment, a single layer of a composite of conjugated semiconductor polymer and ferroelectric semiconductor material is provided between first and second electrodes. The various embodiments may be part of a memory array. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203264 | PATTERNING SLIT SHEET ASSEMBLY, ORGANIC LAYER DEPOSITION APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND THE ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY APPARATUS - A patterning slit sheet assembly for performing a deposition process to form a thin film on a substrate in a desired fine pattern. The patterning slit sheet assembly includes a patterning slit sheet having a plurality of slits, a frame combined with the patterning slit sheet to support the patterning slit sheet, and a support unit including an upper member that is allowed to be moved or fixed to support the patterning slit sheet when a gravitational force is applied to the patterning slit sheet and a lower member disposed more apart from the patterning slit sheet than the upper member, wherein the upper member is fixed on the lower member. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203265 | ORGANIC LUMINESCENT MATERIALS, COATING SOLUTION USING SAME FOR ORGANIC - It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic light-emitting device which can emit white light by easily controlling dopant concentrations. The organic light-emitting device has a first electrode ( | 2014-07-24 |
20140203266 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Color purity of a light emitting element is improved without an adverse effect such as reduction in voltage and luminance efficiency. The light emitting element has a light emitting laminated body including a light emitting layer between a pair of electrodes. A buffer layer is provided to be in contact with at least one of the electrodes. One of the electrodes is an electrode having high reflectance and the other is a translucent electrode. By employing a translucent electrode, light can be transmitted and reflected. An optical distance between the electrodes is adjusted in accordance with a thickness of the buffer layer, and accordingly, light can be resonated between the electrodes. The buffer layer is made of a composite material including an organic compound and a metal compound; therefore, voltage and luminance efficiency of the light emitting element is not affected even if a distance between the electrodes becomes long. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203267 | Photovoltaic Device - A photovoltaic device comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, an active layer between the two electrodes and an interlayer between the active layer and at least one of the electrodes. The interlayer is a conjugated polymer which is preferably in the amorphous phase. The device shows significantly improved voltage-current characteristics compared to prior art devices and is particularly suitable as a low light level detector. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203268 | HETEROLEPTIC IRIDIUM COMPLEX - Novel compounds comprising heteroleptic iridium complexes are provided. The compounds have a particular combination of ligands which includes a single pyridyl dibenzo-substituted ligand. The compounds may be used in organic light emitting devices, particularly as emitting dopants, to provide devices having improved efficiency, lifetime, and manufacturing. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203269 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - Provided is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) that is improved in luminous efficiency, sufficiently secures driving stability, and has a simple construction. The organic electroluminescent device includes an organic layer including a light-emitting layer between an anode and cathode laminated on a substrate, and at least one layer of the organic layer contains a carbazole compound represented by the following formula (1). It is advantageous to incorporate the carbazole compound as a host material into the light-emitting layer. In the formula (1), A represents a direct bond or an n-valent group, E represents oxygen or sulfur, and n represents an integer of 2 to 4. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203270 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT MATERIAL HAVING SILICON-CONTAINING FOUR MEMBERED RING STRUCTURE, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - Provided are a material for an organic electroluminescent element formed of a silicon-containing four-membered ring compound, and an organic electroluminescent element using the material. The material for an organic electroluminescent element is formed of a compound represented by the following formula (1) and is used for, for example, a light-emitting layer containing a phosphorescent light-emitting dopant in an organic electroluminescent element. In the formula, X represents nitrogen or phosphorus, L's each represent an (n+1)-valent aromatic hydrocarbon group or aromatic heterocyclic group, and at least one of the L's represents an aromatic heterocyclic group. A | 2014-07-24 |
20140203271 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING PANEL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - An organic light-emitting panel includes a reflective electrode, a functional layer, having a single or multi-layer structure, located on the reflective electrode, an organic light-emitting layer located on the functional layer, a transparent electrode located above the organic light-emitting layer, a low refractive index layer located on the transparent electrode, and a first thin-film sealing layer located on the low refractive index layer. The low refractive index layer has a lower refractive index than both the transparent electrode and the first thin-film sealing layer. Difference between respective refractive indices of the low refractive index layer and the transparent electrode is 0.4-1.1. Difference between respective refractive indices of the low refractive index layer and the first thin-film sealing layer is 0.1-0.8. The low refractive index layer has thickness of 20-130 nm. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203272 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE - The present invention relates to an organic light emitting diode and a method of manufacturing the same. An organic light emitting diode according to the present invention comprises an exciton blocking layer comprising a compound represented by Formula 1 to confine an exciton to a light emitting layer to prevent light emitting leakage, and thus there is an effect of implementing an organic electroluminescence diode having excellent light emitting efficiency. Further, even though there is no separate electron injection layer, electron injection and light transport characteristics are excellent by comprising an electron transport layer comprising a compound represented by Formula 2 or 3, and thus it is possible to implement an organic light emitting diode having a simple and economical manufacturing process, a low voltage, high efficiency, and a long life span as compared to the related art. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203273 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT - The present invention relates to an organic electroluminescence element including a transparent electrode, a light-reflective electrode, and an organic layer including a light-emitting layer and being between the transparent electrode and the light-reflective electrode. The organic layer includes a scattering layer for scattering light from the light-emitting layer. A standing wave results from interference of the light from the light-emitting layer. A center position of a thickness of the scattering layer is at a particular position. A maximum intensity of the standing wave at the particular position is 80% or more of a peak value of an intensity of the standing wave. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203274 | TFT STRUCTURE, LCD DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TFT - A thin film transistor (TFT) structure includes a first metal layer. The first metal layer is configured with an insulating layer, a second metal layer covers a surface of the insulating layer, an area of the second metal layer that corresponds to an area above the first metal layer is configured with a gap. An area of the insulating layer that corresponds to the gap is configured with a groove. An active layer made of an indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) covers surfaces of the second metal layer, the gap, and the groove. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203275 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A thin-film transistor includes a substrate, a gate electrode formed over the substrate, a gate insulating layer formed over the gate electrode and the substrate, an oxide semiconductor layer formed over the gate insulating layer and comprising a source section and a drain section, a first electrode formed over the substrate and electrically connected to the source section, and a second electrode formed over the substrate and electrically connected to the drain section. The thin-film transistor further includes a first barrier layer disposed between the oxide semiconductor layer and the first electrode, a second barrier layer disposed between the first barrier layer and the first electrode, and the first electrode being electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer via the first barrier layer and the second barrier layer. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203276 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - To provide a highly reliable semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first oxide layer over an insulating film; an oxide semiconductor layer over the first oxide layer; a gate insulating film over the oxide semiconductor layer; and a gate electrode over the gate insulating film. The first oxide layer contains indium. The oxide semiconductor layer contains indium and includes a channel formation region. The distance from the interface to the channel formation region is 20 nm or more, preferably 30 nm or more, further preferably 40 nm or more, still further preferably 60 nm or more. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203277 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A miniaturized transistor having high electrical characteristics can be provided with high yield. High performance, high reliability, and high productivity of a semiconductor device including the transistor can be achieved. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode over an insulating surface; a base insulating film which is over the insulating surface and from which the gate electrode protrudes; a gate insulating film over the base insulating film and the gate electrode; an oxide semiconductor film over the gate insulating film; and a source electrode and a drain electrode in contact with an oxide semiconductor film. The thickness of the oxide semiconductor film is smaller than the difference between the thickness of the gate electrode and the thickness of the base insulating film. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203278 | Chip Package Having Terminal Pads of Different Form Factors - A chip package includes an integrated circuit chip. A first group of terminal pads of the chip package is electrically connected to the integrated circuit chip and a second group of terminal pads of the chip package is electrically connected to the integrated circuit chip. The first and second groups of terminal pads are arranged on a common terminal surface of the chip package. A pad size of a terminal pad of the first group of terminal pads is greater than a pad size of a terminal pad of the second group of terminal pads. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203279 | TEST STRUCTURE AND METHOD TO FACILTIATE DEVELOPMENT/OPTIMIZATION OF PROCESS PARAMETERS - A test structure and method are provided to facilitate developing or optimizing a fabrication process by determining values of one or more lithography process parameters for use in semiconductor device fabrication. The test structure is configured to facilitate determining values of the one or more fabrication process parameters, and includes a plurality of test structure components arranged on a substrate according to a test pattern. The test pattern may be based on: varying distances between the test structure components according to a first rule; varying distances between centers of the test structure components according to a second rule; and/or varying at least one dimension of the test structure components according to a third rule. The method may further include determining dimensions of one or more components of the test structure using, for example, scatterometry, and using the dimensions of the components to ascertain one or more fabrication process parameters. | 2014-07-24 |
20140203280 | ELECTRICAL TEST STRUCTURE FOR DEVICES EMPLOYING HIGH-K DIELECTRICS OR METAL GATES - A test structure includes an active region formed in a semiconducting substrate, a first line formed above and extending over an upper surface of the active region, and a first isolation region formed in the semiconducting substrate, wherein the active region surrounds the first isolation region. The test structure further includes a first extension formed above the active region and on and in contact with an upper surface of the first isolation region, wherein the first extension extends laterally over the upper surface of the active region from a first side of the first line. Additionally, the first line and the first extension are comprised of at least one of a high-k layer of insulating material and a metal layer. | 2014-07-24 |