12th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 7 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100072300 | PAINT SPRAYER - A hand-held power tool includes a housing assembly, a motor supported by the housing assembly, and a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism includes a rotational input and a reciprocating output. The power tool also includes a sprayer assembly including a cylinder and a piston reciprocable within the cylinder in response to the reciprocating output of the drive mechanism from a first direction to an opposite, second direction. The piston is configured to draw fluid into the cylinder when moving in the first direction, and to discharge the fluid from the cylinder when moving in the second direction. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072301 | Discharge device - A discharge device for a liquid pharmaceutical medium has a reservoir for storing the medium, a pressure generator for pressurizing the medium, a discharge opening for discharging the medium and a discharge valve with a valve seat and a valve body movable relative to the valve seat between an open position and a closed position. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072302 | Discharge device - The invention relates to a discharge device for a liquid pharmaceutical medium having a reservoir for storing the medium, a pressurizing device ( | 2010-03-25 |
20100072303 | SPRAYER - A sprayer capable of avoiding clogging caused in the nozzle includes liquid supplies for supplying a liquid, and a nozzle connected to the liquid supply. The nozzle includes a first internal tube and a second internal tube through which a first liquid and a second liquid supplied from the liquid supply pass, respectively, and an external tube into which respective internal tubes are inserted, and which allows a gas to pass through the gap between it and each internal tube, for ejecting the first liquid and the second liquid with the gas. At least a part of the longitudinal direction of each internal tube is formed of a coil including a helically wound wire rod, so that the gas can flow into the inside of the coil from between the adjacent portions of the wire rod of the coil. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072304 | MOBILE DRIP SYSTEM - A mobile drip irrigation system that includes a supply pipe connected at one end to a liquid source and extending therefrom. At least one tower supports the supply pipe above the ground, and includes drive means for moving the tower and supply pipe in a desired direction. A plurality of ports are positioned along the supply pipe. The system includes a plurality of vertically oriented drop line assemblies. Each drop line assembly has an upper end connected to one of the plurality of ports, and a lower end spaced above the ground. A horizontal liquid distribution system is fluidly connected to the plurality of drop line assemblies to allow a horizontally uniformly spaced drip of the liquid at a desired distance from the ground. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072305 | JET FORMER - A jet former ( | 2010-03-25 |
20100072316 | Unwind and feed system for elastomeric thread - An overend unwind system for unwinding tacky elastomeric fiber threads such as uncoated spandex thread, capturing the ballooning affect of the thread as the thread leaves the spool, applying a first-stage tension control on the thread adjacent where the thread leaves the spool, feeding the unwound thread to a nip in a downstream process, and applying a final tension increment to the thread adjacent where the thread enters the downstream process. All thread guide surfaces encountered by the thread after leaving the spool, and while the thread is under designed operating tension, are moving surfaces, such that the tensioned thread thereby experiences a reduced level of drag as the thread traverses its path of travel from the spool to the downstream process. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072317 | WIRE DISPENSING SYSTEM - A wire dispensing system for dispensing wire from a wire coil in a drum to a welding site. The system includes a wire feeder mounted on the top of the drum above the wire coil. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072318 | PROPULSION DEVICE FOR OPERATION WITH A PLURALITY OF FUELS FOR AN AIRCRAFT - The present invention relates to a propulsion device for an aircraft. The propulsion device comprises a propulsion unit and an energy converter. The energy converter is adapted for providing propulsion energy to the propulsion unit by a first fuel. Furthermore, the energy converter is adapted for providing propulsion energy to the propulsion unit by a second fuel. The propulsion unit adapted for generating forward thrust by the propulsion energy. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072319 | LANDING GEAR CASING PROVIDED WITH A BOX STRUCTURE - A reduced-volume landing gear casing for the landing gear of an aircraft including a box structure to which the landing gear is fixed and which takes up the toads acting thereon. The box structure can include, in particular, means for receiving the fixing bearings of the landing gear. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072320 | PROGRAMMABLE AERIAL REFUELING RANGE - In an aerial refueling system for refueling a receiver aircraft in flight from a tanker aircraft, wherein the refueling system includes a hose reel rotatably coupled to the tanker aircraft's fuselage, a hose wound around the reel, said hose having an outlet end, and a drogue affixed to said outlet end, a hose reel drive system including a microprocessor electrically coupled to the reel; and a machine-readable program embodied in the microprocessor for directing operation of the system, the machine-readable program including instructions for establishing a refueling range. A method including receiving information of a receiver aircraft for aerial refueling; and establishing, in flight, a refueling range for an aerial refueling system coupled to a tanker aircraft based on the received information. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072321 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A HYBRID LAUNCH SYSTEM - A system includes a gravity gradient stabilized space tether. The gravity gradient stabilized space tether includes a tether body having an upper end and a lower end. The gravity gradient stabilized space tether also includes an upper base station located at the upper end of the tether body and a lower base station located at the lower end of the tether body. The gravity gradient stabilized space tether further includes a device coupled to the lower base station. The device can be lowered to a distance below the lower base station to a rendezvous point that is proximate to an orbital path of a sub-orbital vehicle. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072322 | FULL AUTHORITY FLY-BY-WIRE PEDAL SYSTEM - A pedal system particularly tailored to a Fly-By-Wire (FBW) flight control system includes a double gradient linkage assembly. The double gradient linkage assembly includes a damper system and a spring system that improves yaw axis (azimuth) control of the aircraft. Control is only required when a change in the yaw axis state is demanded. Since only minimal displacement inputs to such a FBW flight control system is required, the travel of the pedals are exceeding compact, such that pilot workload is significantly reduced through the reduction in the frequency and magnitude of aircraft control inputs. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072323 | ARTICULATING YOKE MOUNT - An articulating yoke mount includes a support plate, a first bracket assembly mounted to the support plate, and a second bracket assembly spaced from the first bracket assembly. A positioning of the support plate is selectively adjustable relative to the first bracket assembly and the second bracket assembly to position the support plate at a desired viewing angle. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072324 | NACELLE FOR DOUBLE FLOW ENGINE - A nacelle for double-flow engine with a cowling and at least one thrust reverser, the thrust reverser having an internal door and an external door arranged in the cowling, and means for simultaneously shifting these doors between a stable retracted position in which the doors are integrated in the cowling and a stable deployed position in which the internal and external doors are positioned at least partially inside and outside of the nacelle, respectively, to deflect the secondary flow and to generate a thrust reversal. The means for simultaneously shifting the doors comprise an actuator, one extremity of which is linked to one of the doors to shift this door between the extreme positions, and at least one linkage element linked to the doors to pivot by its extremities, so that the shifting of the door entails the shifting of the other door between these extreme positions. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072325 | Forward (Upstream) Folding Rotor for a Vertical or Short Take-Off and Landing (V/STOL) Aircraft - This is an improvement of the 1968 Trailing Rotor V/STOL aircraft (Ref. 1). Rotors are mounted on wing-tip pods which can be tilted from the vertical to the horizontal aft position. Rotors are then stopped in the axial-flow condition and indexed to an azimuth position, aft of the wing trailing-edge. Rotor blades are then folded forward (blade-tips upstream of rotor-hubs) and locked into grooves in the tip-pods. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072336 | Bracket for Bulk Material Transfer Systems and Method of Using the Same - A bracket assembly comprises a bracket and a stringer of a conveyor belt assembly. The bracket comprises a center mating surface and at least two outer mating surfaces. The center mating surface lies between the outer mating surfaces and is oriented at an obtuse angle relative to each of the outer mating surfaces. The stringer comprises a center mating surface and at least two outer mating surfaces. The outer mating surfaces of the bracket are clamped against the outer mating surfaces of the stringer in manner creating a load path for carrying vertical loads through contact forces. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072337 | FIXING ASSEMBLY - A fixing assembly is adapted to be secured to a workpiece with a fastener that is struck out from a nose part of a nailer. The fixing assembly includes a fixing formed with an insertion hole through which the fastener is to be inserted, and a guide member. The guide member includes a base part fixed to the insertion hole, and a guide part adapted to be elastically engaged with the nose part. An outer diameter of a distal end portion of the guide part is larger than an inner diameter of the nose part. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072338 | FISHING ROD HOLDER DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A fishing rod holder device includes a mounting strap having a center portion and spaced apart end portions extending outwards from the center portion. The center portion has an opening extending therethrough. A pivot extends through the opening of the mounting strap, and has a first end adjacent an underside of the mounting strap and a second end adjacent a topside of the mounting strap. A cradle is coupled to the second end of the pivot and configured to receive a fishing rod. The cradle is rotatable with respect to the mounting strap for positioning the fishing rod in a desired direction. A safety strap is coupled to the cradle for securing the fishing rod within the cradle. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072339 | Habitat Mount For Wall Mounted Taxidermy Mannequin - A habitat mount for a wall mounted taxidermy mannequin includes a habitat piece having a three dimensional first side with the appearance of one or more natural elements and an opposing generally planar second side. A tab extends outwardly from and generally parallel to a plane defined by the second side of the habitat piece. The tab is sized and shaped to mount directly to a rear side of the wall mounted taxidermy mannequin. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072340 | INTERLOCKING BRACKETS FOR FILTER CAPSULES AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - Interlocking brackets for filter capsules are provided. According to one embodiment, a filter capsule bracket includes a first bracket portion including a first side having a concave surface and at least one plug; and a second bracket portion including a first side having a concave surface corresponding to the concave surface of the first bracket portion and at least one socket for receiving the at least one plug of the first side of the first bracket, wherein the concave surfaces of the first and second bracket portions are configured to retain a filter capsule when the at least one plug of the first side of the first bracket portion is received by the at least one socket of the first side of the second bracket portion. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072341 | Tool hanger - A tool hanger has a rail and multiple hanging blocks. The rail is an elongated bar and has at least one hole. Each hanging block has a hanging body, an arm and a hook. The hanging body has a sliding slot being slidably mounted on the rail. The arm protrudes from the hanging body and has a cylinder. The hook is attached to the arm. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072342 | RETRACTABLE SUPPORT AND DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - A display having retractable support is provided which includes a body and two struts. The body has a display panel disposed on a front surface of the body. Moreover, the body has two chambers defined in the body and two openings respectively communicate the two chambers with the exterior of the body. Each of the struts is movably inserted into one of the chambers via the corresponding opening respectively, for being moved between a contained position and a support position by hands or by elastic members. When each strut is moved to the contained position, the strut is accommodated in the corresponding chamber. When each strut is move to the support position, at least one part of each strut is protruded out of the body for supporting the display above a placement plane. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072343 | Multiple-compartmented platform capable of holding dispensers and interchangeable towel holders | 2010-03-25 |
20100072344 | Vibration reduction support apparatus - Representative embodiments include a support apparatus that can be positioned between a load element and a support element to cushion the load element against vibration with respect to the support element. The apparatus includes a base member and a receiving member. The receiving member has an element engaging surface facing away from the base member to receive the load element. A vibration reduction device is mounted between the base member and the receiving member to yieldably resist relative movement of the members toward one another along an axis of movement which is substantially normal to the element engaging surface. A load element securing device is attached to the receiving member to allow the load element to be secured to the element engaging surface. One of the base member or the receiving member is partially received within the other member for sliding motion along the axis. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072345 | Cone support - A cone support for use with a stud, the cone support includes a hollow truncated cone with an apex and a base. The hollow truncated cone includes an apex aperture disposed at the apex and a base aperture disposed at the base. The apex aperture has a threaded internal diameter. The apex aperture and base aperture communicate with a cone chamber, the cone chamber is disposed within the interior of the cone and between the apex aperture and the base aperture. The stud is placeable within the apex aperture, the cone chamber and the base aperture such that the cone support protects the stud from shear forces when the stud is stressed perpendicular to its axis. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072356 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING NOISE FROM MASS SPECTRA - Systems and methods for reducing background noise in a mass spectrum. The method includes the following steps of: (a) obtaining an original mass spectrum; (b) determining a noise mass spectrum corresponding to background noise in the original mass spectrum; and (c) determining a corrected mass spectrum by subtracting the noise mass spectrum from the original mass spectrum. Step (b) of the method may include the steps of: A) effecting a transformation of the original mass spectrum into the frequency domain to obtain an original frequency spectrum; B) identifying at least one dominant frequency in the original frequency spectrum; C) generating a noise frequency spectrum by selectively filtering for said dominant frequencies; and D) determining the noise mass spectrum by effecting a transformation of the noise frequency spectrum into the mass domain. Preferably for each correlated pair of original and noise intensity data points, the minimum value is determined and the noise mass spectrum is modified by making the noise intensity data point equal to the minimum value. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072357 | ELECTROSPRAY ION SOURCE WITH REDUCED ANALYTE ELECTROCHEMISTRY - An electrospray ion (ESI) source and method capable of ionizing an analyte molecule without oxidizing or reducing the analyte of interest. The ESI source can include an emitter having a liquid conduit, a working electrode having a liquid contacting surface, a spray tip, a secondary working electrode, and a charge storage coating covering partially or fully the liquid contacting surface of the working electrode. The liquid conduit, the working electrode and the secondary working electrode can be in liquid communication. The electrospray ion source can also include a counter electrode proximate to, but separated from, said spray tip. The electrospray ion source can also include a power system for applying a voltage difference between the working electrodes and a counter-electrode. The power system can deliver pulsed voltage changes to the working electrodes during operation of said electrospray ion source to minimize the surface potential of the charge storage coating. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072358 | PORTABLE LOEB-EIBER MASS SPECTROMETER - A portable mass spectrometer including an ion source, an ion detector, and a Loeb-Eiber style high-pass ion separator comprising an array of wires. The array can have first and second sets of wires where the distance between adjacent wires is less than the diameter of each of the wires. An electrical generator can be configured to create an electrical current and supply the electrical current to the first set of wires while the second set of wires remains grounded. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072359 | PORTABLE LIGHT EMITTING SAMPLING PROBE - An apparatus for heating a surface to liberate at least one analyte for detection thereof includes a source of energy to irradiate the surface and a collector to collect at least one gas from the surface, the at least one gas being capable of including the a least one liberated analyte. The apparatus further includes a detector linked to the collector to detect the presence of the at least one liberated analyte wherein the detection is used to control the power of the energy source by utilizing feedback relating to at least one condition of the surface. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072360 | Mass Spectrometer - A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising an Electron Transfer Dissociation cell ( | 2010-03-25 |
20100072361 | SECURITY INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR PERSONS - The invention provides a security inspection system for inspecting persons, characterized in that it comprises: a passageway which provides an inspection space isolated or partially isolated from an ambient environment, in which at least one sub-passageway allowing persons to be inspected to pass is provided in the inspection space, and each of the sub-passageways is provided with at least one millimeter wave imaging device for millimeter wave imaging of persons being inspected; and an ion mobility spectrometer for ionizing particles of substance or gases that are released or volatilized from the inspected persons into the air in the passageway and then measuring a mobility rate thereof under the action of the electric field to effect identification of substances. At least one radioactive substance inspection device may also be provided in the passageway to detect whether the person being inspected carries radioactive substances. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072362 | TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER AND A METHOD OF ANALYSING IONS IN A TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER - A time-of-flight mass spectrometer ( | 2010-03-25 |
20100072363 | CO-AXIAL TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER - A co-axial time-of-flight mass spectrometer having a longitudinal axis and first and second ion mirrors at opposite ends of the longitudinal axis. Ions enter the spectrometer along an input trajectory offset from the longitudinal axis and after one or more passes between the mirrors ions leave along an output trajectory offset from the longitudinal axis for detection by an ion detector. The input and output trajectories are offset from the longitudinal axis by an angle no greater than formula (I): where D | 2010-03-25 |
20100072364 | Method for regulating scanning sample surface charge in continuous and leap-and-scan scanning mode imaging process - A method for regulating sample surface charge has been proposed in this invention. The processes of applying a charged particle beam to a first area and applying a flood energized beam gun with gaseous molecules to a second area are executed in the method when the sample is in both continuous and Leap & Scan movements. The second area is located at a predetermined distance from the first area behind or ahead of the first area being scanned with respect to the movement of the sample. Thus, the surface of the sample may be regulated. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072365 | VARIABLE RATE SCANNING IN AN ELECTRON MICROSCOPE - A method for imaging a surface, including scanning a first region of the surface with a primary charged particle beam at a first scan rate so as to generate a first secondary charged particle beam from the first region, and scanning a second region of the surface with the primary charged particle beam at a second scan rate faster than the first scan rate so as to generate a second secondary charged particle beam from the second region. The method also includes receiving the first secondary charged particle beam and the second secondary charged particle beam at a detector configured to generate a signal in response to the beams, and forming an image of the first and the second regions in response to the signal. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072386 | Non-Invasive Determination of Characteristics of a Sample - Systems and methods for non-invasively scanning and analyzing one or more characteristics of a sample utilizing electromagnetic radiation are described. More particularly, the systems and methods utilize an electromagnetic radiation source connected to a transmitter and an analyzer connected to a receiver. A sample to be analyzed is placed between the transmitter and receiver in a variety of different manners and a frequency sweep of electromagnetic radiation is transmitted through the sample to create a series of spectral data sets that are used to create one or more composite spectrograms, which are then analyzed to determine one or more characteristics of the sample. A magnetic field can alternatively be applied around the transmitter, receiver and sample to enhance some characteristic analysis applications. Samples include inert and living items, and the characteristics include a wide variety of different applications. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072387 | Aberration Corrector and Charged-Particle Beam System Equipped Therewith - An aberration corrector has two stages of dodecapole (12-pole) elements each of which has first through twelfth poles arranged in this order. Exciting coils of the (4n+1)th poles and the exciting coils of the (4n+2)th poles are alternately connected in series (where n=0, 1, or 2) to produce magnetic fields which are identical in absolute value but mutually opposite in sense relative to the optical axis within a plane perpendicular to the axis. The exciting coils of the (4n+3)th poles and the exciting coils of the (4n+4)th poles are alternately connected in series to produce magnetic fields which are identical in absolute value but mutually opposite in sense relative to the optical axis within the plane perpendicular to the axis. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072388 | Particle beam and crabbing and deflecting structure - A new type of structure for the deflection and crabbing of particle bunches in particle accelerators comprising a number of parallel transverse electromagnetic (TEM)-resonant) lines operating in opposite phase from each other. Such a structure is significantly more compact than conventional crabbing cavities operating the transverse magnetic TM mode, thus allowing low frequency designs. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072389 | Charged particle beam irradiating apparatus - The present invention provides a charged particle beam irradiating apparatus capable of simply preventing unevenness or reduction in a peripheral portion of the dose distribution of a charged particle beam. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072390 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention provides a charged particle beam writing apparatus and a charged particle beam writing method capable of shortening the time necessary to generate shot data and improving writing throughput. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072391 | NANO-PARTICLE TRAP USING A MICROPLASMA - A system and method employing a microplasma to electrically charge nano- or micro-particles in a gas phase and, subsequently, trap the charged particles within the microplasma using the microplasma's built-in electric fields are disclosed. Confinement of the particles allows their density to be increased over time such that very low concentrations of particles can be detected, e.g., by methods such as laser scattering and/or detection of the plasma-induced charge on the particles. Preferably, charge detection methods are employed when nano-particles are to be trapped and detected. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072392 | Charged particle beam profile measurement - According to an embodiment, an apparatus for measuring the uniformity of a beam of charged particles at an exposure location includes a plurality of Faraday cups, each cup including an electrometer for determining the current collected by said cup, at least one multi-channel low current scanner card electrically coupled to the electrometers, a processor electrically coupled to said at least one scanner card, computational analysis software for receiving signals from said processor and calculating beam parameters, and display software for generating a graphical representation of the beam parameters calculated by said computational analysis software. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072393 | SELF-BIASING ACTIVE LOAD CIRCUIT AND RELATED POWER SUPPLY FOR USE IN A CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM PROCESSING SYSTEM - A load circuit device having a self-biasing active load circuit, and a related high voltage power supply configured to bias an optical element in a charged particle beam processing system, such as a gas cluster ion beam (GCIB) processing system. The high voltage power supply comprises a variable voltage supply having a load terminal at a load potential and a reference terminal at a reference potential, and a self-biasing active load circuit connected between the load terminal and the reference terminal, and configured to sustain a variable voltage drop between the load potential and the reference potential while maintaining a substantially constant current. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072394 | PULSED VOLTAGE ELECTROSPRAY ION SOURCE AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING ANALYTE ELECTROLYSIS - An electrospray ion source and method of operation includes the application of pulsed voltage to prevent electrolysis of analytes with a low electrochemical potential. The electrospray ion source can include an emitter, a counter electrode, and a power supply. The emitter can include a liquid conduit, a primary working electrode having a liquid contacting surface, and a spray tip, where the liquid conduit and the working electrode are in liquid communication. The counter electrode can be proximate to, but separated from, the spray tip. The power system can supply voltage to the working electrode in the form of a pulse wave, where the pulse wave oscillates between at least an energized voltage and a relaxation voltage. The relaxation duration of the relaxation voltage can range from 1 millisecond to 35 milliseconds. The pulse duration of the energized voltage can be less than 1 millisecond and the frequency of the pulse wave can range from 30 to 800 Hz. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072395 | VESSEL STERILIZATION APPARATUS - Nitrogen oxide generated in an irradiation chamber | 2010-03-25 |
20100072396 | CONCURRENT MONITORING OF A PLURALITY OF SAMPLES BY AN ARRAY OF BIOSENSING ELEMENTS - A system and method are presented for monitoring detectable responses from multiple biosensing elements while in contact with multiple samples located in an array. The system ( | 2010-03-25 |
20100072397 | SUB WAVELENGTH APERTURE - There is provided a method of detecting a presence of a luminophore in a detection volume comprising providing excitation radiation in said detection volume. A luminophore is provided in said detection volume being excitable by said excitation radiation. The luminescent radiation is detected to identify the presence of said luminophore in said detection volume. In one aspect of the invention, said luminophore is selected to emit luminescent radiation having a wavelength in said medium that is larger than twice said smallest dimension; and wherein said luminophore is selected to be excitable by excitation radiation having a wavelength in said medium that is smaller than twice said smallest dimension. Accordingly, luminescent radiation is blocked from entering the detector but for the portion present on an interface of the aperture. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072398 | METHOD OF FORMING A SCINTILLATOR DEVICE - A method of forming a scintillator device includes inserting a window into a lumen of a window support ring. The window support ring has an annular structure defining the lumen. The lumen extends between first and second ends of the window support ring. The method also includes inserting a scintillator material into a cavity of a housing defined by an annular sidewall of the housing. The housing has an anterior end and a posterior end. The sidewall defines an opening at the anterior end of the housing. The scintillator material is inserted into the cavity via the opening. The method further includes adhering the window to a front face of the scintillator material and coupling the first end of the window support ring to the annular sidewall of the housing at the anterior end to close the opening. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072399 | Portable Photodynamic Disinfection Light Delivery Device for Catheter - The present invention provides a portable photodynamic disinfection light delivery device comprising: two opposing light sources, an energy source to supply energy to the light sources, and a housing for receiving the two light sources and the energy source; wherein (i) the housing includes two members each having a clamp portion for receiving one of the two light sources and an attachment mean connecting the clamp portions; (ii) the clamp portions during photodynamic disinfection surround a catheter disinfection site; and (iii) the two light sources together provide circumferential illumination at least one wavelength that can activate at least one photosensitizer so as to reduce microbes located at the catheter disinfection site. The present invention provides a catheter disinfection method comprising: applying circumferential illumination at a wavelength that activates a photosensitizer located at a catheter disinfection site so as to reduce microbes located at the catheter disinfection site using the portable photodynamic disinfection light device described above. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072400 | METHOD FOR CLEANING A HIGH RESOLUTION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE SAMPLE WITH A LOW POWER ION BEAM - A method for cleaning a high resolution electron microscope sample with a low power ion beam includes the following steps. One sample is transmitted to a dual beam system to perform the milling operation. The sample includes at least one cross-sectional area. The cross-sectional area includes a plurality of active areas (AA), a plurality of gates, and a plurality of gate oxides (GOx). During the milling process, re-deposition is generated, and the re-deposition covers the active area of the cross-sectional area and the gate oxide in the middle of the gate. An ion beam is applied to the cross-sectional area to remove the re-deposition. An oxide etching operation is performed to the surface of the cross-sectional area to generate surface topography. A high resolution scanning electron microscope is used to obtain an image from the cross-sectional area. The active area and the gate oxide are checked and analyzed. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072401 | HYDROGEN ION IMPLANTER USING A BROAD BEAM SOURCE - Ion implanters incorporating multibeam ion sources are used to meet process dose and energy demands associated with fabricating a thin lamina for use in photovoltaic devices. The thin lamina are formed by ion implantation followed by cleaving. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072402 | EXTRACTION ELECTRODE MANIPULATOR - An extraction electrode manipulator system, comprising an ion source, a suppression electrode and a ground electrode, wherein the two electrode are supported by coaxially arranged two water cooled support tubes. A high voltage insulator ring is located on the other end of the coaxial support tube system to act as a mechanical support of the inner tube and also as a high voltage vacuum feedthrough to prevent sputtering and coating of the insulating surface. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072403 | PATTERN FORMING APPARATUS AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD - A pattern forming apparatus using lithography technique includes a stage configured to allow a target object to be placed thereon; a plurality of columns configured to form patterns on the target object by using a charged particle beam while moving relatively to the stage; a pattern forming rule setting unit configured to set a pattern forming rule depending on a position of broken one of the plurality of columns; a region setting unit configured to set regions so that unbroken ones of the plurality of columns respectively form a pattern in one of the regions; a plurality of control circuits each configured to control any one of the plurality of columns different from others of the plurality of columns controlled by others of the plurality of control circuits; and a pattern forming data processing unit configured to perform a converting process on pattern forming data for the regions set to output a corresponding data generated by the converting process to the control circuit of a corresponding one of the unbroken ones of the plurality of columns respectively. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072404 | Method and Apparatus for Precipitation of Nano-Structured Carbon Solids - An apparatus for forming nano-structures of carbon solids includes a reactor chamber into which extends a plasma torch configured to generate a plasma plume that extends into the interior of the reactor chamber. CO | 2010-03-25 |
20100072405 | Compact, short-pulse X-ray and T-ray fused source - A pulse source generates both terahertz radiation (T-rays) and X-rays consecutively at high peak intensity using the same electron beam generated in an RF photoinjector and two different extractors/radiators for the T- and X-rays. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072406 | GLASS COMPOSITION FOR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT AND OPTICAL DEVICE USING THE SAME - A glass composition for ultraviolet light is provided. The glass composition for ultraviolet light contains Lu, Si, and O in an amount of 99.99 weight % or more in total. The glass composition contains Lu in an amount of 26% or more and 39% or less in cation percent and Si in an amount of 61% or more and 74% or less in cation percent. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072407 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING RADIATION - A device and method for managing terahertz and/or microwave radiation are provided. The device can comprise one or more field effect transistors (FETs) that each include at least one channel contact to a central region of the device channel of the FET. The frequency of the radiation managed by the device can be tuned/adjusted by applying a bias voltage to the FET. The radiation can be impinged on the device, and can be detected by measuring a voltage that is induced by the radiation. Further, the device can generate terahertz and/or microwave radiation by, for example, inducing a voltage between two edge contacts on either side of the device channel and applying the voltage to the channel contact. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072408 | MULTIPLEXING CONTROL VALVE - A multiplexing valve assembly includes a valve slidably disposed within a valve body, hydraulic module, or packaged in a stand alone solenoid cartridge. A plurality of fluid passages communicate with the multiplexing valve assembly. The valve includes a plurality of lands. Radial fluid passages disposed in the lands and a longitudinal fluid passage disposed in the valve allow hydraulic fluid within the fluid passages to be selectively exhausted via a single exhaust port. Movement of the valve within the valve body directs hydraulic fluid from one or more input fluid passages to a plurality of outlet fluid passages. The valve is actuated directly by an armature in the solenoid directly acting on the valve or through hydraulic fluid controlled by a solenoid. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072409 | RECLOSABLE VACUUM-TIGHT PRESSURE-RELIEF DEVICE HAVING A DEFORMABLE SEAL MEMBER - A pressure-relief valve assembly is improved in that sealing surfaces on both the valve seat and valve head are confrontationally disposed annular planar surfaces oriented substantially perpendicular to the valve axis. A resilient valve seal is formed of a material which deforms to a predetermined extent into sealing engagement against both sealing surfaces when compressed by the spring biasing force. When a vacuum exists the combination of the spring force and a holding force created by a pressure differential acts to increase the extent of compression between the resilient valve seal and both sealing surfaces sufficient to create a vacuum-tight seal. The magnitude of the spring biasing force in discrete increments may be adjusted by varying the degree of threaded engagement between members forming the valve housing. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072410 | ACTUATOR FOR OPERATING VALVES SUCH AS DIAPHRAGM VALVES - An actuator for operating a valve comprises a housing, a cap, a ring and a piston. The housing has a connecting interface for being mounted on the valve. The cap substantially covers a first portion of the housing. Both the cap and the housing define a substantially enclosed space inside the housing. The ring sealably covers a second portion of the housing. The ring is equipped with two ports that are in fluid communication with the enclosed space. The piston is slidably located inside the housing. Advantageously, an actuator assembly may include the actuator as previously described and one bonnet, one of the connecting interfaces of the actuator being connected to the bonnet. The bonnet is adapted to be mounted to a valve body. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072411 | DOUBLE SEAT VALVE APPARATUS AND METHOD - A valve assembly has a valve body having an upper portion defining an upper chamber having an upper valve seat, and a lower portion defining a lower chamber having a lower valve seat, with an intermediate seat region between the upper valve seat and the lower valve seat. An upper valve stem is movable between a closed position seated against the upper valve seat and an open position spaced apart from the upper valve seat, and a lower valve stem is movable between a closed position seated against the lower valve seat and an open position spaced apart from the lower valve seat. A blocking ring is disposed in between the upper valve stem and the lower valve stem, and in contact with the intermediate valve seat. When the upper valve stem is open and the lower valve stem is closed, fluid escaping the upper chamber impinges on the blocking ring. When the upper valve stem is closed and the lower valve stem is open, fluid escaping the lower chamber impinges on the blocking ring. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072412 | VALVE BLOCK - A valve block includes at least a first connection and a second connection. Both connections are connected to each other inside the valve block to temporarily change flow paths in a coolant device and/or to fill the coolant device and/or empty the coolant device. The valve block may be made of a coolant and pressure-resistant plastic and may be manufactured by an injection molding method. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072413 | FLUID CONTROLLER - There is provided a fluid controller having an enhanced vibration preventing characteristic without affecting pressure controlling operations. A valve element | 2010-03-25 |
20100072414 | MICROFLUIDIC VALVE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present disclosure provides a microfluidic valve with a liquid-film-core to open and close one or more dispensing orifices of an ejection nozzle of a microfluidic system, such as an inkjet printhead, to prevent nozzle-clogging. The microfluidic valve employs a non-volatile liquid to control ambient air exposure at a liquid-air interface. Particularly, the microfluidic valve utilizes a microfluidic driving mechanism, such as electrowetting principles or magnetic fields, to control movement of the non-volatile liquid in order to control the ambient air exposure at a liquid-air interface. The valve comprises a non-volatile liquid-film-core, a valve housing including a valve channel and a pair of aligned openings, and a valve control subsystem, whereas the liquid-film-core is movably confined within the valve channel, and the valve control subsystem controls movements of the liquid-film-core within the valve channel to Open and Close the aligned openings. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072415 | PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FLUOROPROPANES AND HALOPROPENES AND AZEOTROPIC COMPOSITIONS OF 2-CHLORO-3,3,3-TRIFLUORO-1-PROPENE WITH HF AND OF 1,1,1,2,2-PENTAFLUOROPROPANE WITH HF - A process is disclosed for making CF | 2010-03-25 |
20100072426 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING RF POWDER AND RF POWDER-CONTAINING LIQUID - Provided are a method for providing an RF powder that is easily handled because it is used as a powder (powdery state), not used as individual elements, and is high in applicability and extensibility, extremely low in manufacturing cost in respect of the unit price of each particle, and extremely high in practicability; and an RF powder-containing liquid. In the method for providing an RF powder, an RF powder composed of a large number of RF powder particles | 2010-03-25 |
20100072427 | ADDITIVE FORMULATION SUITABLE FOR ANTISTATIC MODIFICATION AND IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY OF INANIMATE ORGANIC MATERIAL - An additive formulation suitable for antistatic modification and improving the electrical conductivity of inanimate organic material, consisting essentially of
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20100072428 | SPINNING, DOPING, DEDOPING AND REDOPING POLYANILINE FIBER - A composition of matter suitable for spinning polyaniline fiber, a method for spinning electrically conductive polyaniline fiber, a method for exchanging dopants in polyaniline fibers, and methods for dedoping and redoping polyaniline fibers are described. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072429 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING NANOTUBES - The invention relates to an apparatus for producing nanotubes, the apparatus being adapted to produce doped and/or undoped single-walled or multi-walled nanotubes, the apparatus comprising at least a thermal reactor. In accordance with the invention, the reactor is at least of the hottest part thereof and at least partly manufactured from a material that is at least partly sublimed into the thermal reactor as a result of the thermal reactor being heated, and the sublimed material at least partly participates in the growth of the nanotubes. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072430 | Compositions of carbon nanosheets and process to make the same - This invention relates to free-flowing compositions of carbon nanosheets and core-shell particles, and to a plasma-torch process for making them. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072431 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITIONS/SHAPED ARTICLES COMPRISING POLYAMIDE MATRICES - Polyamide matrix-based compositions containing electrically conductive fillers are molded into plastic shaped articles, e.g., automotive body parts, which are improvedly painted by electrostatic deposition processing. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072432 | CARBON NANOTUBE REINFORCED POLYMER AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME - Carbon nanotube reinforced polymers include a polymer and carbon nanotubes reinforcing the polymer. The carbon nanotube reinforced polymer exhibits a conductivity percolation threshold of less than 10 | 2010-03-25 |
20100072433 | RESIN PACKAGE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The method for producing a resin package according to the present invention includes a step of forming a copper oxide layer by oxidizing the surface of a lead frame in which at least the surface is made of copper, and a step of forming a resin package main unit by allowing a resin to adhere to the copper oxide layer on the lead frame surface by resin molding for package, and then removing a predetermined area of the copper oxide layer with an acidic solution. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072434 | METHOD FOR PREPARING METAL NANOPARTICLES USING MATAL SEED AND METAL NANOPARTICLES COMPRISING METAL SEED - It provides a method for preparing metal nanoparticles using a metal seed and metal nanoparticles including the metal seed, the method including: preparing a solution by adding a polymer surfactant in an alcohol solvent; heating the solution; forming a metal seed by adding a first metal salt of at least one metal salt selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium and iridium in the heated solution; and adding a second metal salt into the solution including the metal seed. This method allows the production of uniform-sized nanoparticles under high concentration conditions in high yield and mass production in which the metal nanoparticles have high dispersion stability so that they are suitable for various application. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072435 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF METAL OXIDE PRECURSOR LAYER, PRODUCTION METHOD OF METAL OXIDE LAYER, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A production method of a metal oxide precursor layer provided with a substrate, a solution containing a metal ion as a metal oxide precursor, and a process to coat the solution while the temperature of the substrate is adjusted in the temperature range of 50%-150% of the boiling point (° C.) of a main solvent of the solution. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072446 | Phase-change semiconductor device and methods of manufacturing the same - In a phase-change semiconductor device and methods of manufacturing the same, an example method may include forming a metal layer pattern on a substrate, the metal layer pattern including an opening that exposes a portion of the substrate, forming an etch stop layer on the metal layer pattern, a sidewall of the opening and the exposed portion of the substrate, the etch stop layer formed with a thickness less than an upper thickness threshold, and reducing at least a portion of the etch stop layer, the reduced portion of the etch stop layer forming an electrical connection with the substrate. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072447 | PHASE CHANGE MEMORY CELL HAVING INTERFACE STRUCTURES WITH ESSENTIALLY EQUAL THERMAL IMPEDANCES AND MANUFACTURING METHODS - A memory device as described herein includes a memory member contacting first and second interface structures. The first interface structure electrically and thermally couples the memory member to access circuitry and has a first thermal impedance therebetween. The second interface structure electrically and thermally couples the memory member to a bit line structure and has a second thermal impedance therebetween. The first and second thermal impedances are essentially equal such that applying a reset pulse results in a phase transition of an active region of the memory member spaced away from both the first and second interface structures. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072448 | PLANAR PROGRAMMABLE METALLIZATION MEMORY CELLS - Programmable metallization memory cells that have an inert electrode and an active electrode positioned in a non-overlapping manner in relation to a substrate. A fast ion conductor material is in electrical contact with and extends from the inert electrode to the active electrode, the fast ion conductor including superionic clusters extending from the inert electrode to the active electrode. A metal layer extends from the inert electrode to the active electrode, yet is electrically insulated from each of the inert electrode and the active electrode by the fast ion conductor material. Methods for forming programmable metallization cells are also disclosed. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072449 | RRAM WITH IMPROVED RESISTANCE TRANSFORMATION CHARACTERISTIC AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A method for fabricating an RRAM is provided. First, a bottom electrode is formed. A resistive layer is formed on the bottom electrode. A top electrode is then formed on the resistive layer, wherein the top electrode is selected from the group consisting of indium tin oxide (ITO) and indium zinc oxide (IZO). Finally, the top electrode is irradiated with UV light. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072450 | PHASE CHANGE MEMORY DEVICE WITH HEATER ELECTRODES HAVING FINE CONTACT AREA AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A phase change memory device includes a semiconductor substrate having a conductive region, a heater electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate and including a connection element which is composed of carbon nanotubes electrically connected with the conductive region, and a phase change pattern layer contacting the connection element of the heater electrode. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072451 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A recording layer | 2010-03-25 |
20100072452 | Non-volatile memory device - Provided is a non-volatile memory device having a stacked structure that is easily highly integrated and a method of economically fabricating the non-volatile memory device. The non-volatile memory device may include at least one first electrode and at least one second electrode that cross each other. At least one data storage layer may be disposed on a section where the at least one first electrode and the at least one second electrode cross each other. The at least one first electrode may include a first conductive layer and a first semiconductor layer. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072453 | Phase-Changeable Fuse Elements and Memory Devices Containing Phase-Changeable Fuse Elements and Memory Cells Therein - Non-volatile memory devices include an array of phase-changeable memory cells, which have first phase-changeable material patterns therein, and at least one phase-changeable fuse element. This phase-changeable fuse element includes a second phase-changeable material pattern therein with a higher crystallization temperature relative to the first phase-changeable material patterns in the array of phase-changeable memory cells. This higher crystallization temperature may be greater than about 300° C. According to additional embodiments of the present invention, the at least one phase-changeable fuse element includes a composite of the second phase-changeable material pattern and a third phase-changeable material pattern, which is formed of the same material at the first phase-changeable material patterns. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072454 | EXPOSURE METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An exposure method includes an exposure process for exposing a substrate through a halftone mask with quadrupole illumination to form plural columnar portions that are disposed into a matrix shape in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The halftone mask includes a first pattern that is extended in the first direction and disposed at predetermined pitches in the second direction; and a second pattern that is extended in the second direction and disposed at predetermined pitches in the first direction such that an intersection portion intersecting the first pattern is formed. The pitches and widths of the patterns on the halftone mask are configured such that zero-order diffracted light intensity and first-order diffracted light intensity, diffracted by the halftone mask, are substantially matched with each other and such that a first-order diffracted light phase is inverted with respect to a zero-order diffracted light phase. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072455 | Well-Structure Anti-Punch-through Microwire Device - A well-structure anti-punch-through microwire device and associated fabrication method are provided. The method initially forms a microwire with alternating highly and lightly doped cylindrical regions. A channel ring is formed external to the microwire outer shell and surrounding a first dopant well-structure region in the microwire, between source and drain (S/D) regions of the microwire. The S/D regions are doped with a second dopant, opposite to the first dopant. A gate dielectric ring is formed surrounding the channel ring, and a gate electrode ring is formed surrounding the gate dielectric ring. The well-structure, in contrast to conventional micro or nanowire transistors, helps prevent the punch-through phenomena. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072496 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A semiconductor light emitting device (A | 2010-03-25 |
20100072497 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE CHIP - A light emitting diode chip includes a permanent substrate having a holding space formed on the permanent substrate; an insulating layer and a metal layer sequentially formed on the permanent substrate and the holding spacer; a die having a eutectic layer and a light-emitting region and bonded to the metal layer within the holding space via the eutectic layer coupling to the metal layer; a filler structure filled between the holding space and the die; and an electrode formed on the die and in contact with the light-emitting region. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072498 | Lithium-containing sialon phosphor and method of manufactring the same - According to the invention, a highly crystalline α-sialon is synthesized to emit highly intense light and a white LED showing an excellent color rendering characteristic is provided by shifting emitted light to the short wavelength side (blue shift). Such an α-sialon is designed so as to be expressed by general formula (Li | 2010-03-25 |
20100072499 | LED PACKAGE - The present invention has an object to provide a LED package having a means capable of precisely limiting a region in which a resin containing a phosphor is dotted on a member on which an LED chip is supported. To this end, an LED package according to the present invention comprises a package body having an inner space with an LED chip mounted therein, the inner space being open toward a light emission direction; a chip support member mounted to the inner space of the package body to support the LED chip; a phosphor resin member formed by dotting resin containing a phosphor onto the LED chip; and a region limitation means provided on the chip support member and defining a region in which the phosphor resin member is formed. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072500 | Thin-Film Light Emitting Diode Chip and Method for Producing a Thin-Film Light Emitting Diode Chip - A thin-film light-emitting diode chip with a layer stack having a first emission surface and an opposite second emission surface, so that the thin-film light-emitting diode chip has at least two main emission directions. Measures for improving the outcoupling of the light generated in the layer sequence are provided on both the first and the second main emission surface. A method is disclosed for manufacturing a thin-film light-emitting diode chip. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072501 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A semiconductor light emitting device which includes at least one concave on a light extraction surface opposite to a surface on which a semiconductor stack comprising a light emitting layer between a n-type semiconductor layer and a p-type semiconductor layer is mounted. The concave has not less than two slopes each having a different slope angle in a direction that a diameter of the concave becomes narrower toward a bottom of the concave from an opening of the concave and a slope having a gentle slope angle is provided with irregularities and a slope having a steep slope angle is a flat surface. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072502 | LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE - A light-emitting diode includes a circuit board, a pair of electrodes provided on the circuit board, at least one light-emitting diode element electrically connected to the pair of electrodes, a central electrode for heat-dissipation, provided between the pair of electrodes on the circuit board, and a heat-dissipation plate disposed on the central electrode for heat-dissipation and including a reflection surface. The central electrode for heat-dissipation includes an upper central electrode disposed on the upper surface of the circuit board and a lower central electrode disposed on the lower surface of the circuit board and the upper central electrode thermally connected to the lower central electrode. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072503 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes a semiconductor layer including a channel region having a channel length along one of a first direction and a second direction, a source region having a source length along the second direction and electrically connected to a data line, a drain region having a drain length including a portion along the first direction and electrically connected to a pixel electrode, and a junction region formed between the channel region and the drain region, and bent in the drain region in plan view; a gate electrode including a main body portion facing the channel region with a gate insulating film interposed therebetween and an enclosure portion including an L-shaped portion enclosing the junction region along the portion bent in the drain region; and a sidewall portion rising or falling from the enclosure portion and including a portion arranged along the side of the second junction region. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072504 | Light-Emitting Device and Method for Manufacturing the Same - Provided are a light-emitting device and a method for manufacturing the same. The light-emitting device includes a substrate, a light-emitting device, a protection device, and a connecting line. The light-emitting device is formed on one part of the substrate, and includes a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer. The protection device is formed on another part of the substrate, and includes a fourth semiconductor layer and a fifth semiconductor layer. The connecting line electrically connects the light-emitting device and the protection device. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072505 | LED INTERCONNECT ASSEMBLY - A light-emitting device assembly which can be used in many applications has a contact carrier, at least one light-emitting device, a heat sink and at least one securing member. The contact carrier has a light-emitting device receiving region and resilient contacts which are provided proximate to the light-emitting device receiving region. The at least one light-emitting device has leads which extend therefrom to mechanically and electrically engage the resilient contacts. The heat sink is thermally coupled to the at least one light-emitting device. The at least one securing member extends through the contact carrier and into the heat sink to releasably retain the contact carrier and the at least one light-emitting device in position relative to each other and relative to the heat sink. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072516 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A nitride semiconductor device includes an active layer formed between an n-type cladding layer and a p-type cladding layer, and a current confining layer having a conductive area through which a current flows to the active layer. The current confining layer includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and a third semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer is formed on and in contact with the first semiconductor layer and has a smaller lattice constant than that of the first semiconductor layer. The third semiconductor layer is formed on and in contact with the second semiconductor layer and has a lattice constant that is smaller than that of the first semiconductor layer and larger than that of the second semiconductor layer. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072517 | Bipolar/dual FET structure including enhacement and depletion mode fets with isolated channels - According to an exemplary embodiment, a bipolar/dual FET structure includes a bipolar transistor situated over a substrate. The bipolar/dual FET structure further includes an enhancement-mode FET and a depletion-mode FET situated over the substrate. In the bipolar/dual FET structure, the channel of the enhancement-mode FET is situated above the base of the bipolar transistor and the channel of the depletion-mode FET is situated below the base of the bipolar transistor. The channel of the enhancement-mode FET is isolated from the channel of the depletion-mode FET so as to decouple the enhancement-mode FET from the depletion mode FET. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072518 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING SAME - Methods of fabricating semiconductor devices using electrode-less wet-etching techniques to reduce defect densities on etched group III-nitride semiconductor surfaces are described herein. The methods generally involve contacting an etched surface of a component of a semiconductor device with a solution comprising a metal hydroxide and an oxidizing agent effective to reduce a roughness of the etched surface, wherein the etched surface is formed from a composition comprising a nitride of a group III element. Improved semiconductor devices are also disclosed. | 2010-03-25 |
20100072519 | P-CHANNEL POWER MIS FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND SWITCHING CIRCUIT - In a P-channel power MIS field effect transistor formed on a silicon surface having substantially a (110) plane, a gate insulation film is used which provides a gate-to-source breakdown voltage of 10 V or more, and planarizes the silicon surface, or contains Kr, Ar, or Xe. | 2010-03-25 |