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20110049055 | REVERSE OSMOSIS COMPOSITE MEMBRANES FOR BORON REMOVAL - Improved methods for reducing boron concentration in seawater or brackish water, while simultaneously maintaining or improving the salt rejection of membrane and flow performance of polyamide reverse osmosis (RO) membranes include contacting the water with a composite membrane comprising moieties derived from an aromatic sulfonyl halide, a heteroaromatic sulfonyl halide, a sulfinyl halide; a sulfenyl halide; a sulfuryl halide; a phosphoryl halide; a phosphonyl halide; a phosphinyl halide; a thiophosphoryl halide; a thiophosphonyl halide, an isocyanate, a urea, a cyanate, an aromatic carbonyl halide, an epoxide or a mixture thereof. | 03-03-2011 |
20120255909 | REVERSE OSMOSIS COMPOSITE MEMBRANES FOR BORON REMOVAL - Improved methods for reducing boron concentration in seawater or brackish water, while simultaneously maintaining or improving the salt rejection of membrane and flow performance of polyamide reverse osmosis (RO) membranes include contacting the water with a composite membrane comprising moieties derived from an aromatic sulfonyl halide, a heteroaromatic sulfonyl halide, a sulfinyl halide; a sulfenyl halide; a sulfuryl halide; a phosphoryl halide; a phosphonyl halide; a phosphinyl halide; a thiophosphoryl halide; a thiophosphonyl halide, an isocyanate, a urea, a cyanate, an aromatic carbonyl halide, an epoxide or a mixture thereof. | 10-11-2012 |
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20100126566 | SURFACE PLASMON WAVELENGTH CONVERTER - A surface plasmon wavelength converter device includes a metallic film which has a plurality of nanofeatures. A wavelength conversion layer having a plurality of centers is disposed adjacent to the metallic film. The surface plasmon wavelength converter device is configured to respond to an incident electromagnetic radiation having a first wavelength by radiating away from the surface plasmon wavelength converter device an electromagnetic radiation having a second wavelength. A surface plasmon wavelength converter device having a metallic film and at least one center disposed in at least one of a plurality of nanofeatures of the metallic film is also described. A surface plasmon wavelength converter device having a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) film having a plurality of metallic nanofeatures, adjacent to a wavelength conversion layer, and a TCO film having a plurality of metallic nanofeatures with at least one center disposed therein is also described. | 05-27-2010 |
20100229943 | Asymmetric Waveguide - An asymmetric waveguide layer which includes a metal film having an array of apertures defined in the metal film. The apertures extend from a first surface of the metal film to a second surface of the metal film. A plurality of photons have a wavelength of about X propagate through the asymmetric waveguide layer in one direction, and are substantially prevented from propagating in the other direction. An integrated solar cell is also described. First and second PV layers are disposed adjacent to and optically coupled to the asymmetric waveguide layer. A reflective layer is disposed adjacent to and optically coupled to the second PV layer second surface. Light passing through the asymmetric waveguide is substantially trapped within the second PV layer by a combination of reflection from the reflective layer and reflection by the asymmetric waveguide layer. | 09-16-2010 |
20100259826 | PLANAR PLASMONIC DEVICE FOR LIGHT REFLECTION, DIFFUSION AND GUIDING - A planar plasmonic device includes a first material layer having a surface configured to receive at least one photon of incident light. A patterned plasmonic nanostructured layer is disposed adjacent and optically coupled to the first material layer. The patterned plasmonic nanostructured layer includes a selected one of: a) at least a portion of a surface of the patterned plasmonic nanostructured layer includes a textured surface, and b) at least one compound nanofeature including a first material disposed adjacent to a second material within the compound nanofeature. | 10-14-2010 |
20100288352 | INTEGRATED SOLAR CELL NANOARRAY LAYERS AND LIGHT CONCENTRATING DEVICE - An integrated energy conversion device includes a nanoarray layer having a plurality of nanofeatures disposed in a pattern. The nanoarray layer is configured to modify a selected one of a direction and a wavelength of photons of light incident on a surface of the nanoarray layer. The nanoarray layer has a surface. A first material is disposed adjacent to and optically coupled to one region of the surface of the nanoarray layer. A second material is disposed adjacent to and optically coupled to a second region of the surface of the nanoarray layer. At least a selected one of the first material and the second material includes a photovoltaic layer which is configured to provide an integrated solar cell electrical output voltage and an integrated solar cell electrical output current between an integrated solar cell positive output terminal and an integrated solar cell negative output terminal. | 11-18-2010 |
20110011455 | INTEGRATED SOLAR CELL WITH WAVELENGTH CONVERSION LAYERS AND LIGHT GUIDING AND CONCENTRATING LAYERS - The invention relates to an integrated solar cell which includes a plasmonic layer which includes a pattern configured to support plasmon waves, The plasmonic layer is configured to receive as input light energy of an incident light and at least one photon of light received from one or more layers in optical communication with the plasmonic layer and to re-emit as output a guided light to the one or more layers in optical communication with the plasmonic layer. A wavelength conversion layer is configured to receive as input at least one photon having a first wavelength and to provide as output at least one photon having a second wavelength different than the first wavelength. A photovoltaic layer is optically coupled to both the wavelength conversion layer and the plasmonic layer, the photovoltaic layer configured to convert at least one photon having the second wavelength to electrical energy. | 01-20-2011 |
20110013253 | INTEGRATED PLANAR DEVICE FOR LIGHT GUIDING, CONCENTRATING, AND WAVELENGTH SHIFTING - The invention relates to an integrated film which includes a plasmonic layer including a pattern configured to support plasmon waves. The plasmonic layer is configured to receive as input light energy of an incident light including at least one photon having a first wavelength and an at least one photon of light received from one or more layers in optical communication with the plasmonic layer and to re-emit as output a guided light to the one or more layers in optical communication with the plasmonic layer. The integrated film also includes a wavelength conversion layer optically coupled to the plasmonic layer. The wavelength conversion layer is configured to receive as input the at least one photon having a first wavelength and to provide as output at least one photon having a second wavelength different than the first wave length. | 01-20-2011 |
20110300473 | METHOD FOR NANOPATTERNING USING NANOMASKS AND LIGHT EXPOSURE - A nanomask for generating an illumination pattern includes a layer having a first surface and a second surface and a plurality of resonant nano-features disposed on at least a selected one of the first surface and the second surface. The nanomask is configured to provide an illumination pattern adjacent to the second surface. The illumination pattern has dimensions smaller than a wavelength λ of electromagnetic radiation used to illuminate the first surface of the layer in a single illumination. A nanopatterning method is also described. | 12-08-2011 |
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20120212292 | MODIFIED DYNAMIC LOAD SCALING (MDLS) TECHNIQUE FOR IMPLEMENTING HIGH EFFICIENCY LOW POWER MODE OPERATION - A power amplification circuit having three modes of operation and a single switch is disclosed. Only one switch is used to control three different load impedance levels, one load impedance level for each mode of operation. The remaining “switching” results from selectively biasing each power amplification path by turning ON or OFF amplifiers. A series L-C and a switch are used to control the load impedance. Additional modes of operation may also be created without requiring any additional switch. Further, multiple modes of operation may be implemented using no switches. | 08-23-2012 |
20150200189 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MODULE HAVING A FIRST DIE WITH A POWER AMPLIFIER STACKED WITH A SECOND DIE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - Disclosed is an integrated circuit module that includes a first die having a plurality of hot regions and at least one cool region when operating under normal conditions. The first die with a top surface includes at least one power amplifier that resides in the plurality of hot regions. The integrated circuit module also includes a second die. The second die has a bottom surface, which is adhered to the top surface of the first die, wherein any portion of the bottom surface of the second die that is adhered to the top surface of the first die resides exclusively on the at least one cool region. In at least one embodiment, the first die is an RF power amplifier die and the second die is a controller die having control circuitry configured to control the at least one power amplifier that is an RF power amplifier type. | 07-16-2015 |
20150204940 | COMPACT POWER DETECTION CIRCUIT UTILIZING GROUND VIA COUPLING - An RF electronics module includes a grounding plate, a non-conductive substrate, a number of conductive vias, RF PA circuitry, and RF power detection circuitry. The non-conductive substrate is over the grounding plate. The conductive vias extend parallel to one another from a surface of the non-conductive substrate opposite the grounding plate through the non-conductive substrate to the grounding plate. The RF PA circuitry is coupled to the grounding plate through a first one of the conductive vias. The RF power detection circuitry is coupled to a second one of the conductive vias and configured to measure a signal induced in the second one of the conductive vias due to electromagnetic coupling with the first one of conductive vias. The first one of the conductive vias is adjacent to the second one of the conductive vias. | 07-23-2015 |