01st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090002606 | Liquid Crystal Panel and Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus - Provided are a liquid crystal panel capable of constituting a liquid crystal display apparatus in which a contrast and a display color are unlikely to change depending upon a viewing angle and an azimuth, and a liquid crystal display apparatus using the liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel of the present invention at least includes a liquid crystal cell, a first polarizer placed on one side of the liquid crystal cell, a second polarizer placed on another side of the liquid crystal cell, a first optical element placed between the liquid crystal cell and the first polarizer, a second optical element placed between the liquid crystal cell and the first optical element, and a third optical element placed between the liquid crystal cell and the second polarizer, in which an absorption axis of the first polarizer is perpendicular to an absorption axis of the second polarizer, the first optical element has a relationship of nz>nx=ny, the second optical element has a relationship of nx>ny=nz and a slow axis thereof parallel to an absorption axis of the first polarizer, and the third optical element has an optical isotropy. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002607 | Liquid crystal display device - The present invention mechanically protects a surface of a miniaturized liquid crystal display device for mobile phone or the like without deteriorating image quality and without increasing a thickness of a whole display device. To achieve such an object, in the present invention, a liquid crystal display panel is constituted of a TFT substrate and a color filter substrate, a lower polarizer is adhered to a lower surface of the TFT substrate, and an upper polarizer is adhered to an upper surface of the color filter substrate. A face plate is adhered to the upper polarizer using an acrylic adhesive material which is cured by ultraviolet rays. For enhancing strength and adhesion property of the face plate, corners and side portions of the face plate are chamfered. By making a profile of the face plate smaller than a profile of the upper polarizer, the adhesion property of the face plate is enhanced. The present invention can protect the surface of the liquid crystal display panel without deteriorating image quality and without largely increasing a thickness of the display device. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002608 | Polarizer, optical film using the same, and image display device using the same - A polarizer that can be used for forming a liquid crystal display or an electroluminescent display with less display irregularities and excellent display characteristics is provided. The polarizer contains a dichroic material in a matrix, and its in-plane retardation at a measurement wavelength providing no absorption is in a range of 950 to 1350 nm. The measurement wavelength is preferably a wavelength that the dichroic material provides no absorption, and it is 1000 nm, for example. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002609 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device having a reflective part and a transmissive part in each of a plurality of pixels which are arrayed in a matrix, includes a liquid crystal display panel which is configured such that a liquid crystal layer is held between a pair of substrates, and to which an OCB mode is applied, and a pair of optical elements which are disposed on outer surfaces of the liquid crystal display panel, respectively, and optically compensate a retardation of the liquid crystal layer in a predetermined display state in which a voltage is applied to the liquid crystal layer, wherein the optical element is configured to include a circular polarization element including a polarizer and a first retardation plate which is disposed between the polarizer and the liquid crystal display panel and imparts a retardation of 1/4 wavelength, and a second retardation plate which is disposed between the circular polarization element and the liquid crystal layer, and has refractive index anisotropy with a major axis being inclined to a normal line, and the optical element has a retardation in a thickness direction thereof. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002610 | Liquid crystal panel having concaves for holding spacers - An exemplary liquid crystal panel ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090002611 | TRANSFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND PIXEL STRUCTURE THEREOF - The transflective LCD panel has many scan lines, data lines, and common electrodes, in which each data line includes a first data line section and a second data line section, and each common electrode has at least one first common electrode section. The scan lines and the second data line sections are made of a first conductive layer; and the first data line sections and the common electrodes are made of a second conductive layer. The first common electrode sections and the corresponding pixel electrodes are overlapped, thus providing the storage capacitance. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002612 | Liquid Crystal Display Panel and Fabrication Method For Liquid Crystal Display Panel - The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display panel and a fabrication method for a liquid crystal display apparatus and makes it possible to assure high productivity when compared with related art apparatus and methods and assure sufficient anchoring strength and picture quality. In the present invention, the shape of a face on which an orientation film | 2009-01-01 |
20090002613 | Retardation Compensators of Negative C-Type For Liquid Crystal Display - Disclosed is a negative C-type retardation compensator for a liquid crystal display. The negative C-type retardation compensator for the liquid crystal display includes polyarylate having a thio group or a sulfur oxide group in a polymer main chain thereof. Accordingly, the retardation compensator has an absolute value of negative retardation that is larger in a thickness direction than a retardation compensator which includes polyarylate having no thio group or sulfur oxide group in a polymer main chain thereof even though the retardation compensator having the thio group or sulfur oxide group and the retardation compensator having no thio group or sulfur oxide group are the same as each other in thickness. Thereby, the negative C-type retardation compensator for liquid crystal displays is capable of being desirably applied to the liquid crystal displays. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002614 | Liquid crystal display panel - A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel includes a first substrate, a first electrode, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The first electrode is disposed on the first substrate. The first electrode has a main slit, a first sub-slit and a first pinhole. The first sub-slit is connected to the main slit and the first pinhole is separated from the main slit. The second substrate is disposed over the first substrate. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002615 | DISPLAY DEVICE - To manufacture display devices with improved image quality and reliability or display devices with a large screen at low cost with high productivity. An electrode layer containing a conductive polymer is used as an electrode layer of a display element in a display device and an inorganic insulating film serving as a passivation film is provided between the electrode layer and a display layer. Ionic impurities in the electrode layer are easily ionized and become mobile ions and thereby deteriorating a liquid crystal material or the like which is included in a display layer in a display element. Ionic impurities in the electrode layer are prevented from moving into a display layer by the inorganic insulating film. Thus, the reliability of the display device can be improved. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002616 | OPTICAL FILM AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING THE SAME - Disclosed is an optically anisotropic film used for a liquid crystal display of a vertical alignment liquid crystal mode comprising a fatty acid cellulose aster film, a retardation value (Rt value) in the thickness direction of the fatty acid cellulose ester film is from 60 to 300 nm, and the number of luminescent points having a size exceeding 50 μm is zero per 250 mm | 2009-01-01 |
20090002617 | Bistable nematic liquid crystal device - A liquid crystal device comprises a layer ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090002618 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes a first panel having a pixel electrode, a second panel having a common electrode facing the first panel, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first panel and the second panel and having vertically-aligned liquid crystal molecules, a first alignment layer disposed on the pixel electrode, and a second alignment layer disposed on the common electrode. At least one of the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer divides the pixel electrode into a plurality of domains and is formed to have a plurality of pretilt directions which pretilt the vertically-aligned liquid crystal molecules in a domain of the plurality of domains. A sum of horizontal component directions of a pretilt direction of the plurality of pretilt directions is substantially equivalent to a sum of horizontal component directions of a fringe field at a peripheral boundary of the pixel electrode in the domain. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002619 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal dripping method has a problem in that an uncured sealant increases in width at the time of attaching a pair of substrates and thus a liquid crystal material enters the sealant and unevenness occurs in the inner periphery of the sealant. A region in which reduced is the speed of diffusion of liquid crystal at the time of attaching a pair of substrates is provided between a sealant and an orientation film. Further, time for diffusing the liquid crystal and coming in contact with the sealant is made long. Accordingly, the sealant is subjected to photo-curing before the liquid crystal comes in contact with the sealant. The region in which reduced is the speed of diffusion of the liquid crystal is formed using a material for forming a vertical orientation film, a silane coupling agent, a substance having a photocatalytic function, or the like. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002620 | Adhesive Composition For Optical Filter, Adhesive Layer Having Optical Filter Functions and Composite Filter - An adhesive layer attaining, in a single layer, both adhesiveness permitting direct attachment to a glass plate disposed on the front face of a display device and desired optical filter functions and hardly undergoing the change in spectral characteristics attributable to deterioration in a light absorbing agent, even during long-time use, particularly at high temperature under high humidity, as well as a composite filter using this adhesive layer. The adhesive layer has optical filter functions, containing a block copolymer having at least a specific triblock structure in its molecule and having a weight-average molecular weight of 50,000 or more and a molecular-weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of less than 1.5 and one or more light absorbing agents each having light absorption in a predetermined wavelength region, as well as a composite filter using this adhesive layer. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002621 | Transparent Electrode and Liquid Crystal Display Device Provided With the Same - A transparent electrode ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090002622 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal cell article includes a layer of liquid crystal material disposed between a first polymeric substrate and a second polymeric substrate. The first polymeric substrate includes a plurality of first parallel conductive traces extending in a first direction and disposed between the layer of liquid crystal material and the first substrate, and a first release liner disposed on the first polymeric substrate. The second polymeric substrate includes a plurality of second parallel conductive traces extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and disposed between the layer of liquid crystal material and the second substrate. The first polymeric substrate further includes a removable portion that is separable from the first polymeric substrate with the first release liner to expose a portion of the layer of liquid crystal material or second parallel conductive traces. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002623 | ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE - An electro-optic device includes a pixel section and a terminal section through which a semiconductor circuit or a wiring board is mounted around the pixel section. The terminal section has a multilayer structure including a terminal connection wire including an uppermost layer containing titanium, a terminal interlayer made of an electroconductive material capable of being wet-etched, and a terminal transparent electroconductive film in that order from below. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002624 | Pad of liquid crystal display device and method for manufacturing the same - A pad of a liquid crystal display and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The pad of the liquid crystal display includes an IC substrate and a lower substrate opposite each other, an IC pad metal formed on the IC substrate, a bump formed on the IC substrate to come into contact with the IC pad metal, a first transparent electrode electrically connected with the IC pad metal, an interlayer insulating layer formed between the IC pad metal and the first transparent electrode, a gate pad metal formed on the lower substrate, a second transparent electrode electrically connected with the gate pad metal, a gate insulating layer formed between the gate pad metal and the second transparent electrode, and a conductive ball to electrically connect the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode to each other. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002625 | DISPLAY APPARATUSES WITH JOINING LAYERS AND BUFFER LAYERS, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a joining layer interposed between the first and second substrates, and a buffer layer interposed between the joining layer and at least one of the first and second substrates. The buffer layer has a lower heat conductivity than the joining layer to protect the first or second substrate from the heat generated in the joining layer during fabrication. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002626 | Glasses Type Sound/Communication Device - A spectacle type audio/communication device in which the frame and temples of spectacles is used, and a plurality of parts are embeddedly provided dividedly without being exposed by effectively utilizing the limited space of the frame and temples of the spectacles, whereby a sense of strangeness in terms of appearance is eliminated. The audio/communication device includes a frame ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090002627 | OPTICAL ELEMENTS HAVING VARIABLE POWER PRISMS - Optical elements having a plurality of integral prism facets having varying prismatic power are provided. These optical elements address the disadvantages of conventional therapeutic optical prisms by addressing the undesirable variation in prismatic effect that results when conventional prisms are combined with optical lenses in binocular vision. Specifically, the present invention can equalize differential prismatic effects of right and left eye lenses over their entire aperture. The optical elements may include a plurality of prism facets having base-down and base-up prismatic power. The elements may include individual elements having variable prismatic elements, individual elements combining both conventional prisms and variable prism, or separate elements having conventional prisms and variable prism. The plurality of integral facets or a substantially continuous smooth surface may be provided, for, example, a cylindrical surface having a circular or non-circular profile. Methods of correcting binocular vision are also disclosed. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002628 | METHOD AND APPARATUS IMPROVING VISION AND THE RESOLUTION OF RETINAL IMAGES - A method of and apparatus for improving vision and the resolution of retinal images is described in which a point source produced on the retina of a living eye by a laser beam is reflected from the retina and received at a lenslet array of a Hartmann-Shack wavefront sensor such that each of the lenslets in the lenslet array forms an aerial image of the retinal point source on a CCD camera located adjacent to the lenslet array. The output signal from the CCD camera is acquired by a computer which processes the signal and produces a correction signal which may be used to control a compensating optical or wavefront compensation device such as a deformable mirror. It may also be used to fabricate a contact lens or intraocular lens, or to guide a surgical procedure to correct the aberrations of the eye. Any of these methods could correct aberrations beyond defocus and astigmatism, allowing improved vision and improved imaging of the inside of the eye. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002629 | RETINAL CAMERA FILTER FOR MACULAR PIGMENT MEASUREMENTS - Apparatus for use in measuring the density and spatial distribution of macular pigment in an eye comprises a camera ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090002630 | Eye examination device by means of tomography with a sighting device - A sighting device for an examination by in vivo tomography of an eye of a subject including a viewer controlled by a control system for displaying at least one moving target where the at least one moving target has at least one of a programmable shape and a programmable trajectory, and is visible by the eye of the subject during the examination period to allow the subject to fixate and follow the target with their eye. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002631 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY - A system measures a corneal topography of an eye. The system includes a group of first light sources arranged around a central axis, the group being separated from the axis by a radial distance defining an aperture in the group; a plurality of second light sources; a detector array; and an optical system adapted to provide light from the second light sources through the aperture to a cornea of an eye, and to provide images of the first light sources and images of the second light sources from the cornea, through the aperture, to the detector array. The optical system includes an optical element having a focal length, f. The second light sources are disposed to be in an optical path approximately one focal length, f, away from the optical element. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002632 | METHOD, DEVICE AND ARRANGEMENT FOR MEASURING THE DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF AN OPTICAL SYSTEM - A method for measuring the dynamic behavior of an optical system is aimed at rendering the dynamic behavior of the optical system objectively detectable. To this end, the optical system to be measured is stimulated by stimuli whereby causing it to react, and the reaction is detected by means of a wave front analysis. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002633 | PROJECTOR - A projector including a lighting device for emitting light including first, second and third colored light beams. A first dichroic mirror separates the light into the first colored light beam by reflecting the light in a certain wavelength range and transmitting the light in another wavelength range and transmitting the light in another wavelength range. A second dichroic mirror separates the other colored light beams into the second and third colored light beams by reflecting the light in a certain wavelength range and transmitting the light in another wavelength range. The second dichroic mirror separates the light from the lighting device into the colored light beams. The projector including a first color combining optical system for combining the colored light beams to emit a first image light beam. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002634 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND PROJECTION-TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An illumination optical system configured to guide a light flux from a light source unit onto an illuminated surface includes a compression system configured to compress the light flux at a different compression ratio in a first cross section and a second cross section which are orthogonal to each other, and a polarized light splitting unit including a polarization split surface. The second cross section includes a line normal to the polarization split surface. Where a compression ratio for compressing a light flux in the first cross section is α, a compression ratio in the second cross section is β, and an F number smaller of F numbers calculated according to a maximum angle of a light flux incident on an illuminated surface in the first and the second cross sections is Fno, the following conditions are satisfied: | 2009-01-01 |
20090002635 | COLOR SEPARATION AND SYNTHESIS SYSTEMS, COLOR SEPARATION SYSTEMS AND COLOR SYNTHESIS SYSTEMS, ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEMS, PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEMS, AND PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICES USING THESE SYSTEMS - Color separation and synthesis systems, color separation systems and color synthesis systems, illumination optical systems, projection optical systems, and projection display devices using these systems include a wavelength-splitting element that reflects linearly polarized light of one wavelength and transmits light of another wavelength; a polarization-transforming element that changes the direction of polarization of linearly polarized light of one wavelength and that is arranged adjacent and at least nearly parallel to the wavelength-splitting element; and a polarization-sensitive beam splitter that reflects light having one direction of linear polarization and transmits light with another linear polarization. These systems provide for dividing and combining three linearly polarized light beams of different wavelengths so that they provide imaging beams to and from display elements, such as LCOSs, that can produce a high quality full color image with fewer optical elements in the various systems and the projection display device. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002636 | COLOR SEPARATION AND SYNTHESIS SYSTEMS, COLOR SEPARATION SYSTEMS AND COLOR SYNTHESIS SYSTEMS, ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEMS, PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEMS, AND PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICES USING THESE SYSTEMS - Color separation and synthesis systems, color separation systems and color synthesis systems, illumination optical systems, projection optical systems, and projection display devices using these systems include a wavelength-splitting element that reflects linearly polarized light of one wavelength and transmits light of another wavelength; a polarization-transforming element that changes the direction of polarization of linearly polarized light of one wavelength and that is arranged adjacent and at least nearly parallel to the wavelength-splitting element; and a polarization-sensitive beam splitter that reflects light having one direction of linear polarization and transmits light with another linear polarization. These systems provide for dividing and combining three linearly polarized light beams of different wavelengths so that they provide imaging beams to and from display elements, such as LCOSs, that can produce a high quality full color image with fewer optical elements in the various systems and the projection display device. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002637 | Image Projection System and Image Geometric Correction Device - An image geometric correction device | 2009-01-01 |
20090002638 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection display apparatus includes: an illumination optical unit which emits beams; an image display element which modulates the beams according to image information; a spatial-beam changing unit which changes spatial positions of the beams emitted from the illumination optical unit; and a uniform-beam distribution unit, disposed between the spatial-beam changing unit and the image display element, which uniformly distributes the beams. The spatial-beam changing unit includes a moveable prism, a movement of which changes the spatial positions of the beams emitted therefrom. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002639 | Fly-Eye Lens, Optical Unit and Display Apparatus - A fly-eye lens includes multiple sub-lenses laid out in a matrix form, wherein a part of the lens surface of one sub-lens of the multiple sub-lenses has an oddly-shaped part having a different shape from the shape of the lens surface of the other sub-lenses. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002640 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD USING LASER LIGHT SOURCES AND RECORD MEDIA RECODED PROGRAM REALIZING THE SAME - A display device includes a red laser light source which irradiates light in wavelength range of 636 nm to 645 nm; and a light projector which modulates and project the light on screen. With a display device according to embodiments of the present disclosure, the projected image may be by using three laser light sources which irradiate red, green and blue light each of which wavelengths is limited to 636 nm to 645 nm, 520 nm to 532 nm or 430 nm to 454 nm. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002641 | COLOR TEMPERATURE ADJUSTING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A projector includes a projecting lens configured for projecting an image, a controlling unit configured for analyzing a color temperature of the image, and an adjusting unit electrically connected to the controlling unit. The adjusting unit adjusts the color temperature of the image to be identical to a preset color temperature of the projector by changing transmittance of light through the adjusting unit. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002642 | Housing Assembly and Projection Device Having the Same - A housing assembly which comprises a primary housing, a secondary housing and a moving mechanism is provided. The primary housing has a first external contour and an opening disposed on the primary housing. The secondary housing has a second external contour. The moving mechanism connects the secondary housing to the primary housing so that the secondary housing can move between the sheltering position and the open position. When the secondary housing is located in the open position, the primary housing can define a space within the secondary housing. When the secondary housing is located in the sheltering position, the secondary housing is adapted to at least partially cover the opening. The first external contour and the second external contour together form a third external contour, which has substantially the same or different contour as the first external contour. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002643 | Shaped Mirror on a Projection Ray Path for Display Instruments - A projection display having a projection path through a shaped mirror positioned perpendicular with the screen. The shaped mirror positioned on a projection path reduces the depth of the projection display while eliminating image distortion at the center of the screen. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002644 | INVISIBLE SCANNING SAFETY SYSTEM - An invisible scanning safety system for use with laser projection systems that includes sensors monitoring less than the entire laser accessible region such that the region monitored is reduced to almost the absolute minimum, to thereby prevent unwarranted stoppages or disturbances in projection. The system may also monitor a 360 degree region around the lens of the laser projector, a wedge-shaped region, a pyramid-shaped region or a chimney-shaped region. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002645 | LENS-SHIFTING DEVICE - A lens-shifting device including a base, two fixing rods, a sliding plate, a first and a second gear set is provided. The sliding plate is slidably mounted on the fixing rods via the fixing rods. A lens is fixed on the sliding plate and the sliding plate has a rack disposed on one side thereof. The first gear set has a first gear and a worm gear co-axial therewith. One of the fixing rods passes through the first gear such that the first gear and the worm gear may rotate relative to the fixing rod. The second gear set having a worm wheel and a second gear co-axial therewith is disposed between the fixing rod and the rack. The worm gear is for driving the worm wheel and the second gear is used for driving the rack such that the sliding plate moves relative to the fixing rods. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002646 | ANGLE-ADJUSTING ASSEMBLY AND ANGLE-ADJUSTING MECHANISM THEREOF - An angle-adjusting mechanism includes a first disk, a second disk, a fixing element and an elastic element. The first disk has a spindle hole and a plurality of positioning end notches disposed adjacent to the spindle hole. The second disk has a spindle fitting the spindle hole to enable the first disk to rotate around a rotation axis of the spindle relative to second disk, and has a positioning end bump located adjacent to the spindle to engage with one of the positioning end notches. The fixing element mounts the second disk onto the supporting bracket and limits the second disk to move along the rotation axis of the spindle within a preset range. The elastic element is mounted between the fixing element and the second disk to force the second disk to lean on the first disk. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002647 | HYDROCARBON GETTER FOR LITHOGRAPHIC EXPOSURE TOOLS - Carbon contamination of optical elements in an exposure tool is minimized by incorporating a hydrocarbon getter. Embodiments include EUV lithography tools provided with at least one hydrocarbon getter comprising a substrate and a high energy source, such as an electron gun or separate EUV source, positioned to direct an energy beam, having sufficient energy to crack heavy hydrocarbons and form carbon, on the substrate. Embodiments also include exposure tools equipped with a hydrocarbon getter comprising an energy source positioned to impinge a beam of energy on a quartz crystal thickness monitor, a residual gas analyzer, and a controller to control the electron-current and maintain the amount of hydrocarbons in the system at a predetermined low level. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002648 | Gas curtain type immersion lithography tool using porous material for fluid removal - A gas curtain type immersion lithography apparatus has a fluid removing porous region adjacent the gas inlet to prevent evaporative cooling. The apparatus includes a substrate holder which holds a substrate having an imaging surface and a projection optical system having a last optical element. The projection optical system projects an image onto a target imaging area on the substrate through an immersion fluid filled in a gap between the imaging surface of the substrate and the last optical element. An immersion element maintains the immersion fluid in the gap. Gas is provided through an inlet into the gap. A porous region is provided adjacent the gas inlet. Immersion fluid that collects near the gas inlet is removed by the porous region. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002649 | IMMERSION EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An immersion exposure apparatus which exposes a substrate through a liquid includes an illumination optical system, a projection optical system, a chuck, a liquid support plate, a stage, and a liquid repellency recovery unit. The illumination optical system illuminates an original with exposure light from exposure light sources. The projection optical system projects a pattern of the original onto the substrate. The chuck holds the substrate. The liquid support plate supports a liquid together with the substrate held by the chuck. A surface of the liquid support plate includes a surface of a metal oxide. The stage is provided with a chuck and the liquid support plate and is movable. The liquid repellency recovery unit is configured to recover the liquid repellency of the surface of the metal oxide with regard to the liquid. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002650 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus which exposes a pattern of an original onto a substrate via projection optical system in a state where a gap between the projection optical system and the substrate is filled with a liquid, comprising a liquid supply unit which supplies liquid to the gap, a front side degassing unit provided so as to perform a degassing using nitrogen gas to the liquid prior to being supplied to the gap, a dissolved gas measurement unit provided downstream side of the front side degassing unit, and a rear side degassing unit provided downstream side of the dissolved gas measurement unit, wherein the front side degassing unit has a dissolved oxygen control unit which controls supply amount of nitrogen gas so as to be the amount of dissolved oxygen, measured by the dissolved gas measurement unit, at a predetermined value. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002651 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus projects a pattern formed on an original plate onto a substrate through a projection optical system and liquid in a state where a gap between the substrate and a face of the projection optical system is filled with liquid. The apparatus includes a movable substrate stage to hold the substrate and including at least a mark unit or a measurement unit having a light-receiving unit, a determination device to determine whether the liquid is attached to the mark unit or the measurement unit, and a liquid supply device to attach liquid to at least the mark unit or the measurement unit before the attached liquid is air-dried if liquid is determined to be attached to the mark unit or the measurement unit. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002652 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method - In a lithographic projection apparatus, a structure surrounds a space between the projection system and a substrate table of the lithographic projection apparatus. A gas seal is formed between said structure and the surface of said substrate to contain liquid in the space. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002653 | Lithographic apparatus having encoder type position sensor system - A lithographic apparatus is disclosed that includes an encoder type sensor system configured to measure a position of a substrate table of the lithographic apparatus relative to a reference structure. The encoder type sensor system includes an encoder sensor head and an encoder sensor target and the lithographic apparatus comprises a recess to accommodate the encoder sensor target. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002654 | Immersion Lithography Apparatus and Method of Performing Immersion Lithography - An immersion lithography apparatus comprises an optical system having a liquid delivery unit. The liquid delivery unit is arranged to deliver a layer of an immersion liquid onto a surface of a wafer as well as an annulus of a barrier liquid adjacent an exterior wall of the immersion liquid. The presence of the barrier liquid prevents ingress to the immersion liquid of a gas external to the immersion liquid. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002655 | Exposure apparatus, exposure method, and method for producing device - A liquid immersion exposure apparatus includes an optical member through which a substrate is exposed with an exposure beam, and a liquid supply system having a supply port from which a liquid is supplied. The liquid supply system supplies the liquid from the supply port to a space between the optical member and the substrate during the exposure. The optical member has a lyophobic surface which is lyophobic for the liquid. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002656 | Device and method for transmission image detection, lithographic apparatus and mask for use in a lithographic apparatus - A device is provided for transmission image detection of an aerial image formed in a lithographic projection apparatus. The device has a structure provided with an object mark, an projection system and a detector. The object mark is arranged to form a object mark pattern upon illumination by radiation with a predetermined wavelength. The projection system is arranged to form an object mark aerial image of the object mark pattern at an image side of the projection system, where the image side has a numerical aperture larger than 1. The detector has a slit pattern and a photo-sensitive device. The slit pattern is positioned in a plane proximate to image plane of the projection system. The device can be configured to satisfy the following condition: | 2009-01-01 |
20090002657 | Exposure Apparatus Capable of Asymmetrically Adjusting Light Intensity - An exposure apparatus of a semiconductor device may include an exposure light source; an asymmetric adjustment filter for asymmetrically adjusting intensity of a light which passes through the exposure light source; a photomask for passing the light of which intensity is adjusted by the asymmetric adjustment filter; a projection lens for projecting the light passing through the photomask; and a wafer stage for mounting a wafer on which an image is formed by the light from the projection lens. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002658 | Exposure apparatus, exposure method, and method for producing device - An exposure apparatus includes: a first optical member via which an exposure beam exits; a first movable body movable while holding a substrate in a predetermined area; a first holding device releasably holding a first cover member, capable of forming a space retaining a liquid between the first optical member and the first cover member, such that when the first movable body is away from the first optical member, the first cover member is arranged at the position opposite to the exit surface of the first optical member; a second holding device arranged on the first movable body and capable of holding the first cover member released from the first holding device; and a third holding device arranged on the first movable body and releasably holding a second cover member. Deterioration of the performance due to the cover member can be suppressed while suppressing operating rate deterioration. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002659 | STAGE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - This invention discloses a stage apparatus including a first stage ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090002660 | Exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method - An exposure apparatus projects a pattern image onto a substrate via a projection optical system and a liquid, and the projection optical system has an optical member that comes into contact with the liquid and an optical group arranged between the optical member and a reticle. A holding mechanism that holds the optical member and the optical group holds the optical member so that it is movable relative to the optical group. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002661 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING AN OPTICAL IMAGING PROPERTY OF A PROJECTION OBJECTIVE OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - A method is disclosed for improving an optical imaging property, for example spherical aberration or the focal length, of a projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus. Firsts an immersion liquid is introduced into an interspace between a photosensitive surface and an end face of the projection objective. Then an imaging property of the projection objective is determined, for example using an interferometer or a CCD sensor arranged in an image plane of the projection objective. This imaging property is compared with a target imaging property. Finally, the temperature of the immersion liquid is changed until the determined imaging property is as close as possible to the target imaging property. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002662 | Lighting Apparatus, Exposure Apparatus And Microdevice Manufacturing Method - An illumination apparatus for illuminating a surface (M) to be irradiated with illumination light emitted from a light source ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090002663 | PROJECTION ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - A projection illumination system with a plurality of optical components ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090002664 | OPTICAL INTEGRATOR, ILLUMINATION OPTICAL DEVICE, ALIGNER, AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING DEVICE - An optical integrator is able to keep down a light-quantity loss in modified illumination with an illumination optical apparatus. An optical integrator of a wavefront division type according to the present invention has a plurality of refracting surface regions which refract incident light, and a plurality of deflecting surface regions provided corresponding to the plurality of refracting surface regions and adapted for changing a traveling direction of the incident light. The plurality of refracting surface regions include a plurality of first refracting surface regions includes an arcuate contour with the center projecting in a first direction, and a plurality of second refracting surface regions includes an arcuate contour with the center projecting in a second direction. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002665 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus includes a measurement system which performs exposure control measurement using a first mark arranged on an original stage and a second mark arranged on a substrate stage, and a control unit which can set, when the measurement system performs the measurement in order to expose a substrate to light under a certain illumination condition, an illumination condition different from the certain illumination condition. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002666 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - An exposure apparatus which exposes a substrate to pulsed light supplied from a light source, comprises an input device, and a controller configured to periodically change a wavelength of the pulsed light emitted by the light source, wherein the controller is configured to calculate number of pulsed light required to expose one shot region on the substrate based on a parameter input from the input device, and configured to determine a changing period of the wavelength based on the calculated number. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002667 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus which exposes a substrate with exposure light, comprises a projection optical system which projects a pattern image of an original onto the substrate; a first illumination unit which illuminates the original with the exposure light; and a second illumination unit which guides illumination light that is different from the exposure light for exposing the substrate to the projection optical system, the second illumination unit includes a modifier which modifies an illumination distribution of the illumination light entering an optical element near a pupil of the projection optical system and an optical element which is the closest to the original in the projection optical system. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002668 | Method and Device for Controlling a Plurality of Actuators and an Illumination Device for Lithography - The present invention relates to a method and a device for controlling multiple actuators with a controller and multiple actuators controllable by the controller. At least several groups of actuators are individually controllable by the controller and to each actuator or each group of actuators is assigned at least one memory storage unit, which can store at least one parameter for controlling one or more actuators. At least two parameters are assigned to each actuator or each group of actuators, with one position of the actuator(s) being assigned to each of the parameters. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002669 | ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE EXPOSURE APPARATUS FOR MICROFABRICATION - An exposure apparatus for use in optical lithography can include a holder and a plurality of UV-LED modules carried by the holder and disposed in an array. A respective plurality of collimating lenses can be disposed in an array corresponding to the array of UV-LED modules. The plurality of UV-LED modules and the respective plurality of collimating lenses can provide a respective plurality of distinct beams of UV light. The plurality of collimating lenses may be spaced from the plurality of UV-LED modules and spaced from the exposure plane and have an optical configuration providing a composite beam of UV light formed from the plurality of distinct beams of UV light in which each beam inside the periphery of the array overlaps each adjacent beam by at least 70% at the exposure plane. A method for directing light onto an exposure plane in an optical lithography procedure is provided. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002670 | Apparatus for the manipulation and/or adjustment of an optical element - The invention relates to an apparatus for the manipulation and/or adjustment of an optical element with respect to a structure, the optical element being connected to the structure by means of a number of setting members, and the setting members having as active adjusting elements screw elements or piezoceramic elements, which in each case produce an active force along one degree of freedom and by means of which the optical element is connected to the structure in such a way that it can be set in up to six degrees of freedom. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002671 | Illumination optical apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method - An illumination optical apparatus that substantially maintains a desirable profile even when changing the outer shape of light intensity distribution formed on an illumination pupil plane with an axicon system. The illumination optical system illuminates an irradiated surface based on light from an optical source and includes a prism system, which changes the interval along an optical axis between a pair of prisms to change the light intensity distribution on an illumination pupil plane. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002672 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME ID BIAS - An exposure apparatus includes an exposure light source generating light to be emitted to photomask, a projection lens for projecting the light having passed through the photomask to wafer, and a transmittance adjustment filter in projection lens the transmittance adjustment filter varies the transmittance of the light projected into the projection lens as a function of position in the projection lens. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002673 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD - The present invention provides an exposure apparatus comprising an illumination optical system configured to illuminate a reticle with a light beam from a light source, and a projection optical system configured to project a pattern of the reticle onto a substrate, the illumination optical system including a light amount adjusting unit configured to adjust an amount of the light beam, a polarization adjusting unit configured to adjust a polarization state of the light beam, and a beam splitter configured to split the incident light beam into two light beams, wherein the light amount adjusting unit, the polarization adjusting unit, and the beam splitter are set in an order from the light source side. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002674 | OPTICAL DEVICE, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - This invention effectively limits light incidence on an adhesive material fixing an optical element. An optical device includes an optical element, a supporting member connected to the optical element through an adhesive material to support the optical element, and a light shielding film formed in an unirradiated region on the surface of the optical element to limit light incidence on the adhesive material. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002675 | POLARIZATION-MODULATING OPTICAL ELEMENT - A polarization-modulating optical element consisting of an optically active crystal material has a thickness profile where the thickness, as measured in the direction of the optical axis, varies over the area of the optical element. The polarization-modulating optical element has the effect that the plane of oscillation of a first linearly polarized light ray and the plane of oscillation of a second linearly polarized light ray are rotated, respectively, by a first angle of rotation and a second angle of rotation, with the first angle of rotation and the second angle of rotation being different from each other. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002676 | Lithographic apparatus - A lithographic apparatus including means for selectively transmitting a projection beam before imaging the patterned projection beam onto a substrate. The means may include any of the following: a selectively transmitting device disposed downstream of a patterning device in the direction of the projection beam, a fixed and a moving set of masking blades in a scanning system or an array of switchable elements. The means may be provided to a mask table/holder or to a frame or structure of the lithographic projection apparatus. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002677 | TARGET LOCATOR SYSTEM - A target locator system comprises at least two target-locator cameras and a wireless communication system to communicatively couple the at least two target-locator cameras. Each target-locator camera includes a target sight to sight a target, a range finder, which is aligned with the target sight, configured to determine a distance to the target, a location sensor to determine a location associated with the range finder, at least one elevation angle sensor to determine an elevation angle of the axis of the target sight when sighting the target. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002678 | Laser radar apparatus for three-dimensional detection of objects - In a laser radar apparatus, a laser beam generator that generates a laser beam and an optical detector that detects reflected light that has been reflected by an object in a field to be observed. A deflection performing means, provided with one or more deflection means each rotatable on a given central axis thereof, for enabling the deflection means to deflect the laser beam to the field and to deflect the reflected light toward the optical detector. A drive means driven to rotate the deflection means. A direction changing means changes a direction of the laser beam from the deflection means is changed in a direction of the central axis. A control means controls an operation of the direction changing means. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002679 | SYSTEMS FOR DOPPLER TRACKING USING PHOTONIC MIXING DETECTORS - Ladar systems are provided. An exemplary ladar system includes a waveform generator for generating an arbitrary waveform, a laser for transmitting a modulated light signal toward a target, and a Doppler tracking loop for tracking the Doppler frequency shift between the transmitted light signal and a received reflected light signal. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002680 | CHIRPED AMPLITUDE MODULATION LADAR - An imaging method and apparatus using an unmodulated pulsed laser with a chirp modulated receiver is provided for producing 3D plus intensity imagery of targets in heavily cluttered locations The apparatus includes a laser for emitting a laser beam and synchronizing a receiver to receive a reflected laser signal and transform the reflected laser signal into a displayable image that includes intensity information. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002681 | Optical encoder, method for preparing the optical encoder, and moving speed controlling device and apparatus using the optical encoder - An optical encoder including a sensor module including a light emitting member, a light receiving member opposite to the light emitting member to receive the emitted light, and at least one boss extending in a first direction; a shade member located between the light emitting member and the light receiving member and having a shading pattern; a first support supporting the sensor module and including at least one recessed portion engaged with the boss, and a groove connected with the recessed portion and extending in a second direction, wherein the sensor module is attached to the first support by being moved in the second direction while the boss is guided by the groove, and wherein the recessed portion has a depth greater than the height of the boss, and a portion of the groove adjacent to the recessed portion has a depth less than the height of the boss. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002682 | Laser Microdissection Method, Control System for a Laser Microdissection Device and Carrier Device - A microdissection method for separating and taking a target zone of a biological preparation, disposed on a carrier device with a laser light-absorbent incisable layer and a carrier means, comprises cutting the preparation and the incisable layer along an edge segment of the target zone and removing of a non-excised segment of the incisable layer from the carrier means. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002683 | Small Volume in Vitro Analyte Sensor - A sensor designed to determine the amount and concentration of analyte in a sample having a volume of less than about 1 μL. The sensor has a working electrode coated with a non-leachable redox mediator. The redox mediator acts as an electron transfer agent between the analyte and the electrode. In addition, a second electron transfer agent, such as an enzyme, can be added to facilitate the electrooxidation or electroreduction of the analyte. The redox mediator is typically a redox compound bound to a polymer. The preferred redox mediators are air-oxidizable. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002684 | HIGH-SPEED SPECTROGRAPHIC SENSOR FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES - A high-speed absorption spectrographic system employs a slit-less spectroscope to obtain high-resolution, high-speed spectrographic data of combustion gases in an internal combustion engine allowing precise measurement of gas parameters including temperature and species concentration. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002685 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION IMAGING APPARATUS, BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ANALYZING METHOD, AND BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION IMAGING METHOD - A biological information imaging apparatus includes: a light source; an acoustic, wave detector that detects an acoustic wave generated from a light absorption material in a living body that has absorbed a part of energy of light irradiated from the light source to the living body, and converts it into a first electric signal; a photodetector that detects optical intensity of a portion of the light irradiated from the light source to the living body and propagating in the living body, and converts it into a second electric signal; and a calculation unit that calculates optical property distribution information on the living body by making use of an analytical result of one of the first electric signal and the second electric signal for analysis of the other electric signal. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002686 | Sheet Metal Oxide Detector - An apparatus for detecting residual oxide or scale present on a metal surface following pickling or mechanical processing of the metal surface to remove scale makes use of laser light that is reflected off of the metal surface, a reflection detector that detects the absolute reflectivity and polarization of the reflecting laser light, a roughness measurement sensor, and a computerized control system that uses combinations of the information from the three sensors to provide an indication of the scale remaining on the metal surface. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002687 | Focus determination for laser-mask imaging systems - A system and method for calibrating the focal position of the imaging plane of a sequential lateral solidification (SLS) system. A test pattern is formed on a test substrate while varying the z-position of the focal position. Information concerning the z-position of the focal position is stored by a data processing system for various positions in the test pattern. An inspection light beam is directed onto the test pattern at a predetermined angle. The reflection of the inspection light beam is detected by an optical detector. The data processing system analyzes the reflection and determines whether the reflected light is substantially specular or substantially scattered. The data processing system uses the analysis of the reflected light and the information concerning the z-position of the focal position to select an optimal focal position for calibrating the SLS system. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002688 | OPTICAL INSPECTION METHOD AND OPTICAL INSPECTION SYSTEM - An optical semiconductor wafer inspection system and a method thereof are provided for classifying and inspecting defects such as scratches, voids and particles produced in a flattening process by a polishing or grinding technique used for semiconductor manufacturing. The present invention is an optical semiconductor wafer inspection system and a method thereof characterized by obliquely illuminating a scratch, void or particle produced on the surface of a polished or ground insulating film at substantially the same velocity of light, detecting scattered light at the time of oblique illumination from the surface of an inspection target at different angles and thereby classifying the scratch, void or particle. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002689 | LOOP BACK PLUG WITH PROTECTIVE DUST CAP - A loop back device can include a dust cap with which to protect the loop back ferrule after use to facilitate reuse of the loop back device. The dust cap can be provided at a free end of the loop back device when the loop back device is secured to a tether connector. When the loop back device is removed from the tether connector, the dust cap is removed from the free end of the device and is mounted over the ferrule to protect the loop back ferrule. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002690 | Inclination detection methods and apparatus - Apparatus and methods for detecting inclination employ a point source of light from which light is emitted through a lens toward a reflective surface of a liquid contained in a vessel. Light reflected from the surface passes through the lens to form a defocused image of the point source on a two-dimensional array of detector elements. Data acquired from the array represents intensity of the light incident on each of the detector elements. A center of gravity representing inclination of the vessel is determined from the data. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002691 | Method and Apparatus for Real-Time Measurement and Calculation of a Fluorescent Lifetime - The invention comprises a real-time stroboscopic acquisition protocol for a measurement of the fluorescence decay and a method and apparatus for real-time calculation of the fluorescence lifetime from that measurement. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002692 | Method of Measuring the Laser Power of a Forward Multiple Laser Beam in a Multibeam Optical Scanning System - A method for measuring the laser power of a forward multiple beam generated by a laser diode array comprising at least two laser diodes, the method comprising a generation step, comprising generating the forward multiple beam; a separation step, comprising separating at least part of the forward multiple beam into individual beams ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090002693 | IN-PROCESS VISION DETECTION OF FLAW AND FOD CHARACTERISTICS - An inspection system ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090002694 | Optical Inspection of Surfaces Open to Different Directions in a Piece of Material - The invention relates to a device for optical inspection of the open surfaces ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090002695 | Method and Apparatus for Reviewing Defect - The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for reviewing a defect with high throughput by detecting the defect to be reviewed with high sensitivity, comprising: an optical microscope; a correction means; and a scanning electron microscope which reviews the defect existed on the sample; wherein the optical microscope has: an optical height detection system which optically detects a vertical position of an upper surface of the sample placed on the stage; an illumination optical system which illuminates the defect with light; an image detection optical system which converges and detects reflected light or scattered light generated from the defect illuminated by the illumination optical system to obtain an image signal; and a focus adjusting means which adjusts a focus position of the optical microscope based on the vertical position of the upper surface of the sample, which is detected by the optical height detection system. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002696 | STANDARD FOR WAVELENGTH AND INTENSITY FOR SPECTROMETERS - The description relates to a standard for wavelength and intensity for spectrometers, particularly for calibrating and testing measurement heads in spectrometers which are usable primarily in the near infrared region (NIR) of the spectrum. The standard comprises a holder and a plate body arranged in the holder. The plate body is made of transparent plastic with high strength and dimensional stability over a large temperature range. The plastic has distinct absorption bands throughout the entire NIR range and has a chemical structure and composition ensuring an extensive moisture barrier against water absorption and water release in a reliable and stable manner over time. The plate body advantageously comprises an amorphous, transparent copolymer based on cyclic and/or linear olefins. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002697 | Optical Analysis Systems and Methods for Dynamic, High-Speed Detection and Real-Time Multivariate Optical Computing - Multivariate optical analysis systems employ multivariate optical elements and utilize multivariate optical computing methods to determine information about a product carried by light reflected from or transmitted through the product. One method of processing and monitoring the product includes introducing the product at an inspection point; illuminating the product with a spectral-specific light though an optic lens; directing the light that has passed through at least a section of the product through at least one multivariate optical element to produce a first signal, the directed light carrying information about the product; detecting the first signal at a first detector; deflecting a portion of the directed light to produce a second signal in a direction of a second detector, the second detector configured to detect the second signal; and determining at least one property of the product at a rate of about one section of the product per second to about five sections of the product per second based upon the detector outputs. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002698 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE ELECTROSTATIC DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF THREAT AGENTS - A system and method for detecting aerosol threats comprising electrostatic collection and deposition of a threat agent onto a substrate. The threat agent deposited on the substrate is illuminated with a plurality of photons to thereby produce Raman scattered photons. The Raman scattered photons are analyzed in order to identify the threat agent. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002699 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING AN UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE - A device for identifying an unknown substance includes an optical source configured to direct a laser excitation beam at the unknown substance. A detector is configured to detect scattered light from the unknown substance and generate at least one signal representative of a scattering spectrum corresponding to at least one chemical within the unknown substance. A microprocessor is in signal communication with the detector and configured to generate a pattern representative of the at least one chemical in response to the at least one signal received from the detector to identify the chemical composition of the unknown substance. The device is configured to complete a bioassay to identify a biological nature of the unknown substance. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002700 | SOLUTION SAMPLE PLATE WITH WELLS DESIGNED FOR IMPROVED RAMAN SCATTERING SIGNAL DETECTION EFFICIENCY - Devices, methods of using the device, systems including the device that include a sample plate with sample containers (wells), wherein at least a portion of the surface of the sample plate and/or sample containers is coated with an optical reflective material. The optical reflective material, provides enhanced excitation signal intensity and enhanced Raman signal intensity. Such enhancement provides improved total signal detection capabilities, and methods of improved focusing algorithms. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002701 | Electric-field-enhancement structure and detection apparatus using same - Various aspects of the present invention are directed to electric-field-enhancement structures and detection apparatuses that employ such electric-field-enhancement structures. In one aspect of the present invention, an electric-field-enhancement structure includes a substrate having a surface. The substrate is capable of supporting a planar mode having a planar-mode frequency. A plurality of nanofeatures is associated with the surface, and each of nanofeatures exhibits a localized-surface-plasmon mode having a localized-surface-plasmon frequency approximately equal to the planar-mode frequency. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002702 | DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN RENAL ONCOCYTOMA AND CHROMOPHOBE RENAL CELL CARCINOMA USING RAMAN MOLECULAR IMAGING - A system and method to provide a diagnosis of the renal disease state of a test renal sample. A database containing a plurality of reference Raman data sets is provided where each reference Raman data set has an associated known renal sample and an associated known renal disease state. A test renal sample is irradiated with substantially monochromatic light to generate scattered photons resulting in a test Raman data set. The test Raman data set is compared to the plurality of reference Raman data sets using a chemometric technique. Based on the comparison, a diagnosis of a renal disease state of the test renal sample is provided. The renal disease state includes renal oncocytoma or chromophobe renal carcinoma disease state. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002703 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR QUANTIFYING ISOBARIC LABELS AND PEPTIDES - Methods and systems for quantifying at least two isobaric labels and/or peptides labeled with different isobaric labels are disclosed. In certain examples, the method comprises fitting a mathematical function to at least two isobaric label fragment peaks in a mass spectrum to quantify simultaneously an amount of at least one peptide present in two different samples. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002704 | Systems and methods for remote monitoring of contaminants in fluids - A system and method of monitoring contaminant particles in pipelines. The system can include a probe for extending into a pipeline, and sampling fluid in the pipeline to ensure that a representative amount of contaminants within the pipeline can subsequently be measured. An analyzer receives the sampled fluid from the probe, illuminates the sampled fluid with a light source, and collects scattered light from any contaminant particles in the illuminated sampled fluid. A detector receives the scattered light from the analyzer, and converts the scattered light into an electrical signal that is proportional to the contaminant particles size. A processor receives the electrical signal from the detector, converts the electrical signal into digital data pertaining to the contaminant particles, and transmits the digital data on an Ethernet connection, or wireless signal to a communication network for distribution to at least one digital data processor for display and evaluation. | 2009-01-01 |
20090002705 | SYSTEM METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL DIRECTIONAL DETERMINATION - A method for measuring the direction and velocity of a target in a measurement volume in a laser Doppler velocimetry system includes selecting a discrete number of grating positions for an electrically switchable grating, placing the electrically switchable grating in a light path of a laser source. The laser source outputs a laser beam along the light path. The method further includes switching the electrically switchable grating sequentially through the discrete number of grating positions at a grating frequency to generate diffracted light beams from the laser, directing the diffracted light beams through a lens, focusing the diffracted light beams on a measurement volume, passing a target through the measurement volume in a target direction at a target velocity and receiving scattered light in a detector and calculating the power spectrum of light intensity fluctuations. The power spectrum includes a maximum peak. The maximum peak occurs at a frequency shifted from the grating frequency an amount corresponding to the target velocity and in a direction corresponding to the target direction. A laser Doppler velocimetry system for measuring the direction and velocity of a target in a measurement volume is also disclosed. | 2009-01-01 |