36th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 11 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110215213 | Device for Supporting Photovoltaic Cell Panels, Support System and Installed Assembly - Device for supporting photovoltaic cell panels, which is formed from a section with a height between 5 and 25 cm, comprising a central portion ( | 2011-09-08 |
20110215214 | HOLDER DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - The invention provides holder devices and methods of making and using the same. The holder devices described may be used to hold a wide variety of personal electronic devices, as well as other items. Illustratively, the holder device may include a body portion, at least two holder sides, and an extension portion. Each of the holder sides may be disposed in slots in the body portion. The holder sides may be in the form of an elephant head, for example. The extension portion may be selectively positioned in either a stowed position, an extended position, or some interim position. In the extended position, or partially extended position, the extension portion provides enhanced stability to the holder device. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215215 | Securement of Laparoscopic Instruments on the Sterile Surgical Field - Apparatus and associated methods involve holding apparatus that provide non-visual feedback to confirm securement of a surgical tool or instrument at a location in the sterile field. In an illustrative example, a surgical team member may be able to securely load and/or unload a laparoscopic instrument in some embodiments with a single hand by manipulating a proximal handle of the instrument. In some examples, the holding apparatus may provide an audible, visual, or tactile feedback when an instrument is securely loaded or when it is successfully disengaged. In some embodiments, the holding apparatus may store more than one instrument. Accordingly, instruments may be securely stored within a sterile field for convenient access during an operation. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215216 | Enhanced green / eco-friendly coasters and related apparatus/ accoutrements for adding value to the same - Improved coaster products feature die-cut apertures of many shapes and Sizes alone or in combination with scalloped or mountain-top emulating upper peripheral surface designs and kits for children to build their own coasters. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215217 | Stands for Mobile Communication Devices - Stands for mobile communication devices are provided. In one embodiment, a stand for a mobile communication device includes a backing adapted to at least partially cover a back side of a mobile communication device. The backing has a cutout portion formed by at least one inner edge of the backing. The stand also includes a support flap pivotably coupled to the at least one inner edge of the backing. The support flap is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The cutout portion of the backing receives the support flap when the support flap is in the retracted position. The support flap is adapted to support the mobile communication device in a standing position when the support flap is in the extended position. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215218 | SUPPORT APPARATUS - A support apparatus may be formed from a single sheet of generally planar material that is cut to define the requisite frame and subparts, and the spaces to position those subparts during use and storage of the apparatus. The support apparatus, which may function as a sawhorse, may be purchased and/or delivered on site as a generally planar unit, the legs and pegs broken out from the frame and the whole apparatus assembled for use. Following use, the apparatus may then be dissembled and reconfigured back into a generally planar configuration for storage and/or transport. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215219 | ROTATING STRUCTURES - An embodiment of the present invention is a rotating structure. An outer ring is placed on a first surface of a trench in a foundation having a ground surface. An inner ring is positioned inside the outer ring on the first surface. A bar assembly is positioned between the outer ring and the inner ring. A plurality of rollers supports the bar assembly. A plurality of motors engages to the bar assembly to cause the bar assembly to rotate when activated. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215220 | CATALYTIC CONVERTER FASTENING FOR A COMBUSTION ENGINE - A catalytic converter fastening is provided for a combustion engine. The catalytic converter fastening includes, but is not limited to an engine block bracket that is releasably connected to an engine block. The engine block bracket fixes the catalytic converter at a distance to the engine block. A catalytic converter support is materially connected to the catalytic converter, and connecting elements releasably connect the engine block bracket to the engine block. The catalytic converter support comprises at least one arm angled-off towards the engine block bracket, while on the arm at least one angled-off strap is arranged. The strap is materially connected to a catalytic converter housing. Here, the catalytic converter fastening of engine block bracket and catalytic converter support is of the unitary type. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215221 | PHOTOELECTRIC SENSOR AND METHOD FOR AIDING OPERATIONAL CHECKING OF PHOTOELECTRIC SENSOR - A photoelectric sensor comprises a control unit which is configured to store in a memory data on the amount of received light input from a light-receiving unit or measurement data obtained by a measuring process, and to perform a sampling process in which the data stored in the memory are read at fixed intervals as sampling data, the sampling process being performed within a limited reading period. Further, the control unit outputs the thus read sampling data so as to correspond to the order in which they are stored in the memory. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215222 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BACKSIDE ILLUMINATED IMAGE SENSORS USING CAPACITIVELY COUPLED READOUT INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - The images sensor includes a readout circuit capacitatively coupled to a memory circuit. The readout circuit includes: (i) a photon detector to receive a plurality of photons and to provide a charge signal corresponding to the received photons, (ii) a resettable integrator that is reset multiple times over a single exposure time and provides an analog representation of the incident photons during the last integration cycle, and (iii) a comparator that monitors the integrator output and generates a reset pulse when the integrator reaches a built-in threshold value. The memory circuit includes: (i) a receiver circuit that detects the output of the digital driver in the front-end readout circuit via capacitive coupling and generates a digital voltage pulse for each received signal, and (ii) a digital counting memory to count the received pulses to provide a coarse digital representation of how many times the integrator is reset. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215223 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device including a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arranged at a preset pitch in a semiconductor substrate is provided. Each of the pixels is configured to include first and second photodiodes that photoelectrically convert incident light and store signal charges obtained by conversion, a first micro-lens that focuses light on the first photodiode, and a second micro-lens that focuses light on the second photodiode. The saturation charge amount of the second photodiode is larger than that of the first photodiode. Further, the aperture of the second micro-lens is smaller than that of the first micro-lens. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215224 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a first photoelectric conversion element configured to convert light into a current by a photoelectric conversion, a first current amplification unit configured to amplify the current, a first current monitoring unit configured to monitor the amplified current amplified and output a monitor signal, and a first bias voltage setting unit configured to gain the monitor signal by a factor less than 1 and apply a reverse bias voltage to the first photoelectric conversion element according to the gained monitor signal. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215225 | OPTICAL RECEIVER DEVICE - An optical receiver device including: a light-receiving element having a first electrode acting as an outputting electrode and a second electrode coupled to a potential that is different from a ground potential; an amplifier device having an amplifier element, a connection terminal including a signal electrode and a ground electrode on an upper face thereof; a first conductor coupling a potential of the first electrode of the light-receiving element to the signal electrode, the first conductor being introduced from the upper face side of the amplifier device; and a second conductor coupling a potential of the second electrode of the light-receiving element to the ground electrode, the second conductor introduced from the upper face side of the amplifier device. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215226 | PHOTOSENSITIVE STRUCTURE WITH CHARGE AMPLIFICATION - Presented invention describes the approach for manufacturing of the pixels for solid state imaging devices possessing a photon detection efficiency superior to those currently available. Formation of a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) in close vicinity of the photodiode in such a way that accumulation area of the photodiode also represents its collector region allows for conversion of the photo carriers which cannot be accumulated in a regular 4T pixel, usually holes, into complimentary type carriers, usually electrons, that can be stored, read out and converted to electric signal. This transistor can be formed, for example, by creating a n+ region inside the surface p layer of the pinned photodiode. In the described structure the accumulation region is isolated from the surface and operation of the new pixel is otherwise similar to the 4T pixel operation. As a result, both main advantages of 4T pixel: low dark current and kTC noise cancellation are, therefore, preserved. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215227 | Photosensitive Detector with Composite Dielectric Gate MOSFET Structure and Its Signal Readout Method - The present invention relates to a photosensitive detector with a composite dielectric gate MOSFET structure and its signal readout method. The MOSFET structure detector is formed on a p-type semiconductor substrate. N-type semiconductor regions locate on the two sides of the top part of the p-type semiconductor substrate to form a source and a drain. An underlying dielectric layer, a photo-electron storage layer, a top dielectric layer, and a control gate are stacked on the substrate in sequence. The top insulating dielectric layer can prevent the photoelectrons stored in the photo-electron storage layer from leaking into the control gate. The source and the drain are floating when photoelectrons are collected and injected into the photoelectron storing layer to be held therein. There is a transparent or semi-transparent window for detecting incident light forming on the substrate or gate surface. This invented detector has excellent scalability, basic compatibility with the flash memory fabricating technology, low leakage current, higher imaging speed than CCD, non-sensitivity to processing defects, larger dynamic range than other structures and higher accuracy of signal readout. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215228 | LARGE AREA PHOTO DETECTOR - The invention discloses a photo detector with first and second groups of electrodes. The electrodes of each group are connected to a first common conductor for the group, and are located on a layer of photosensitive material. The electrodes are parallel to and interlaced with each other. The first common conductors are essentially plane, arranged at the same end of their group of electrodes, and arranged as upper and lower conductors parallel to and overlapping each other separated by a dielectric material, and form a signal electrode and a ground plane of a first microstrip line. The first microstrip line acts as a first combiner for currents induced in the electrodes of the two groups and as a matching network for the electrodes and for a load which can be connected to the photo detector. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215229 | IDENTIFICATION DEVICE - An identification device | 2011-09-08 |
20110215230 | OPTICAL ENCODER - The invention relates to optical encoders providing binary logic signals representing increments of relative position of two elements of the encoder, the two elements being mobile with respect to one another. The encoder includes at least one pair formed of a luminous emitter and of a luminous detector which are secured to the fixed element, the emitter producing a luminous radiation that the detector can detect, and at least one mark secured to the movable element, during the motion of the movable element with respect to the fixed element, the mark being able to place itself in the path of the luminous radiation so as to be detected by the detector. The encoder further includes a plane printed circuit, secured to the fixed element and on which the pair of emitter and detector is arranged. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215231 | PHOTODIODE MODULE AND APPARATUS INCLUDING MULTIPLE PHOTODIODE MODULES - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a photodiode module including a structure configured to selectively couple light to a dielectric-surface mode of a photonic crystal of the photodiode module. In one embodiment of the present invention, a photodiode module includes a semiconductor structure having a p-region and an n-region. The photodiode module further includes a photonic crystal having a surface positioned adjacent to the semiconductor structure. A diffraction grating of the photodiode module may be positioned and configured to selectively couple light incident on the diffraction grating to a dielectric-surface mode associated with the surface of the photonic crystal. In another embodiment of the present invention, a photodiode apparatus includes multiple, stacked photodiode modules, each of which is configured to selectively absorb light at a selected wavelength or range of wavelengths. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215232 | SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING AN EVEN TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION ACROSS A LASER DETECTOR - Embodiments of a system to maintain an even temperature distribution across a laser detector are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the system includes a multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB) assembly that includes a first layer comprising a thermally-conductive ring provided circumferentially around a thermally-conductive detector region for mounting the laser detector, a second layer comprising a plurality of resistive elements aligned with the thermally-conductive detector region to generate heat, and a fourth layer comprising a thermally-conductive heat-distribution region aligned with the thermally-conductive detector region. A plurality of thermally-conductive vias is provided to couple the thermally-conductive ring of the first layer to the thermally-conductive heat-distribution region of the fourth layer. The thermally-conductive vias transfer heat between the thermally-conductive heat-distribution region and the thermally-conductive ring to provide an even distribution of heat across the laser detector. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215233 | SUBCELLULAR ANALYSIS BY LASER ABLATION ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY - In various embodiments, a method of laser ablation electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LAESI-MS) may generally comprise micro-dissecting a cell comprising at least one of a cell wall and a cell membrane to expose at least one subcellular component therein, ablating the at least one subcellular component by an infrared laser pulse to form an ablation plume, intercepting the ablation plume by an electrospray plume to form ions, and detecting the ions by mass spectrometry. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215234 | DOWNHOLE DEPLOYABLE TOOLS FOR MEASURING TRACER CONCENTRATIONS - Downhole deployable tools for measuring tracer concentrations are disclosed. According to one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a support cable configured to allow the apparatus to be lowered into and raised from a wellbore. A housing is attached to the support cable. The housing includes a detector window on the exterior of the housing. A detector system within the housing includes a detector that measures tracer concentrations. The detector is operably connected to the detector window to direct energy or particles from the detector window to the detector. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215235 | Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer With Enhanced Sensitivity And Mass Resolving Power - A novel method and mass spectrometer apparatus is introduced to spatially and temporally resolve images of one or more ion exit patterns of a multipole instrument. In particular, the methods and structures of the present invention measures the ion current as a function of time and spatial displacement in the beam cross-section of a quadrupole mass filter via an arrayed detector. The linearity of the detected quadrupole ion current in combination with it reproducible spatial-temporal structure enables the deconvolution of the contributions of signals from individual ion species in complex mixtures where both sensitivity and mass resolving power are essential. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215236 | Electron Cooling System and Method for Increasing the Phase Space Intensity and Overall Intensity of Ion Beams in Multiple Overlap Regions - An electron cooling system and method for increasing the phase space intensity and overall intensity of ion beams in multiple overlap regions, including a vacuum chamber to allow a single electron beam to be merged and separated with multiple ion beams, an electron supply device including a cathode to generate the electron beam, an electron collector device including a collection plate to collect the electron beam, multiple magnetic field generation devices to guide the electrons on their desired trajectories, and multiple electrodes to set the velocity of the electron beam independently in each overlap region. By overlapping the electron and ion beams, thermal energy is transferred from the ion beams to the electron beam, which allows an increase in the phase space density and overall density of the ion beams. Advantageously, the electron cooling system uses multiple magnetic field generation devices to guide the electrons into and out of multiple, separate, ion beam overlap regions, allowing the single electron beam to cool an ion beam in more than one overlap region. Advantageously, the electron cooling system uses electrodes to control the mean electron beam velocity in each overlap region, allowing for mitigation of electron beam emittance growth caused by scattering that occurs exterior to the overlap regions. Advantageously, the electrodes used to control the mean electron beam velocity in each overlap region allow for a single electron beam to achieve different velocities to match different desired ion beam velocities in the multiple overlap regions. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215237 | Mass Analysis Using Alternating Fragmentation Modes - A method for the analysis of mixtures of components includes separating or partially separating different components of a mixture of a sample by means that causes the components to elute sequentially over a period of time, forming precursor ions from the components in the eluent, repeatedly switching, altering or varying an Electron Capture Dissociation fragmentation device back and forth between a hi-fragmentation mode and a low-fragmentation mode to alternately produce product ions from the precursor ions in the hi-fragmentation mode and to produce substantially fewer product ions in the low-fragmentation mode, and obtaining mass spectra during the period of time from the precursor and product ions received from the Electron Capture Dissociation fragmentation device. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215238 | Mass-Analyzing Method and Mass Spectrometer - In a time-of-flight spectrum obtained when the overtaking of ions of different kinds has occurred, mass-to-charge ratios M | 2011-09-08 |
20110215239 | Mass Spectrometer - Ions originating from sample components are made to fly along a loop orbit (P) multiple times, and are deviated from the loop orbit (P) when a predetermined period of time has elapsed after the ejection of the ions. A time-of-flight spectrum recording unit ( | 2011-09-08 |
20110215240 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND PROTON CONDUCTIVITY EVALUATION METHOD FOR POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE - The present invention provides a polymer electrolyte membrane with excellent proton conductivity in its thickness direction. Preferably, the polymer electrolyte membrane contains a polymer compound comprising an ionic segment having an ionic functional group and a nonionic segment having substantially no ionic functional group, and the phase containing ionic segments as a main component and the phase containing nonionic segments as a main component are phase-separated, and in the surface region thereof, the change in the amount of the ionic segment from the surface toward the interior substantially decreases monotonically. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215241 | Charged Particle Beam Detection Unit with Multi Type Detection Subunits - A detection unit of a charged particle imaging system includes a multi type detection subunit in the charged particle imaging system, with the assistance of a Wien filter (also known as an E×B charged particle analyzer). The imaging system is suitable for a low beam current, high resolution mode and a high beam current, high throughput mode. The unit can be applied to a scanning electron inspection system as well as to other systems that use a charged particle beam as an observation tool. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215242 | Particle beam device and method for operation of a particle beam device - A particle beam device and a method for operation of a particle beam device are disclosed. The particle beam device has a sample chamber, a sample arranged in the sample chamber, a first particle beam column, a second particle beam column and at least one detector arranged in a first cavity in a first hollow body. The first cavity has a first inlet opening. The first particle beam column and the second particle beam column are arranged on one plane, while the detector is not arranged on that plane. At least one control electrode is arranged on the first particle beam column. The second particle beam column has a terminating electrode. A first hollow body voltage, a control electrode voltage and/or a terminating electrode voltage are/is chosen such that first interaction particles and/or second interaction particles enter the first cavity in the first hollow body through the first inlet opening. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215243 | METHOD FOR INSPECTING AND MEASURING SAMPLE AND SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE - As an aspect for realizing accurate observation, inspection, or measurement of the contact hole with large aspect ratio, a method and a device to scan a second electron beam after scanning a first electron beam to a sample to charge the sample are proposed wherein the beam diameter of the first electron beam is made larger than the beam diameter of the second electron beam. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215244 | Thermal imaging camera and method for the determination of the lens parameters of an IR interchangeable lens of a thermal imaging camera - In a thermal imaging camera ( | 2011-09-08 |
20110215245 | OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND OPTICAL DEVICE AND TERAHERTZ TIME-DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical element includes a semiconductor layer having an energy band gap larger than a photon energy of light, and a plurality of electrodes in electrical contact with the semiconductor layer. At least one of the electrodes forms a Schottky junction between the electrode and the semiconductor layer; the Schottky junction has a barrier height smaller than the photon energy of the light. At least part of a junction surface between the electrode that forms the Schottky junction and the semiconductor layer includes a light irradiation surface arranged to be irradiated with the light from a surface of the semiconductor layer without the electrodes, and a portion of a coupling structure arranged to be coupled to a terahertz wave that is generated or detected through the irradiation with the light. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215246 | PHOTOCONDUCTIVE ELEMENT - A photoconductive element for performing at least one of generation and detection of terahertz radiation includes a photoconductive layer formed of a semiconductor material and configured to generate photoexcited carriers by being irradiated with excitation light, and a plurality of electrodes provided on the photoconductive layer. The material of the photoconductive layer is a material that makes a depletion layer produced in the photoconductive layer have a thickness smaller than an optical absorption length of the photoconductive layer for a wavelength of the excitation light. A film thickness of the photoconductive layer is adjusted so that the depletion layer is formed over an entirety in a direction of the film thickness within at least a portion of the photoconductive layer between the plurality of electrodes. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215247 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE GAS QUALITY OF A SAMPLE GAS MIXED AT LEAST IN PART WITH BIOGAS OR PROCESSED BIOGAS - The invention relates to a method for determining the gas quality of a sample gas mixed at least in part with biogas, having the main components CH | 2011-09-08 |
20110215248 | IMPROVED DATA-PROCESSING ELECTRONICS FOR USE IN A POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM - Improved processing electronic hardware are disclosed that facilitate the efficient processing of PET system data, while enhancing accuracy and compatibility of PET systems with other analytical methods (e.g., magnetic resonance imaging). Improvements include the use of an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for summing, by row, column, and diagonal, the output signals from an array of photodetectors in the PET system | 2011-09-08 |
20110215249 | SIGNAL LIGHT DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF DETECTING SIGNAL LIGHT - An electric signal produced by a photo-electric conversion element( | 2011-09-08 |
20110215250 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - A radiographic image according to an embodiment includes two radiation detectors and a light blocking layer. Each of the radiation detectors includes a light generation layer that generates light due to irradiation of radiation, and a substrate that accumulates charge by receiving light generated at the light generation layer and includes switch elements for reading the charge. The two radiation detectors are superimposed on each other. The light blocking layer is disposed between the two radiation detectors, and blocks light generated by each of the light generation layers of the two radiation detectors from the other light generation layer. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215251 | IONIZING RADIATION DETECTOR - An ionizing radiation detector has conductive tubes arranged in parallel and containing a pressurized gas mixture, a conductive wire being pulled tight at the center of each tube and capable of being biased with respect thereto. Each tube is divided into isolated longitudinal sections. All the tube sections of a same transverse slice are electrically connected. Each group of sections of a same slice includes means for being connected to an elementary detector, wherein each slice is formed of a grid of blades. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215252 | PHOTON GENERATOR - A photon generator incorporates a fiber optic element placed in a magnetic field such as that generated by an electric motor or an electric generator for generating a stream of photons. The fiber optic element is coated with a magnetically reactive material such as mercury or a mercury compound, whereby photons are released when the fiber optic element is placed in the electromagnetic field. The photons may be directed by controlling the cross section of the fiber optic element. A collector may be utilized for collecting the stream of photons for conversion into useable energy. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215253 | Measurement Apparatus and Method for Detecting Contamination on a Moving Object - A method for detecting contamination on a moving object moving in a longitudinal direction past a plurality of detectors, wherein
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20110215254 | NUCLEAR MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - A PET apparatus comprises a plurality of detector units in the circumferential direction, wherein the detector unit includes a plurality of unit substrates therein, and wherein the unit substrate includes: a plurality of detectors upon which a γ-ray is incident; and an analog ASIC and digital ASIC for processing a γ-ray detection signal outputted by each of the detectors. The analog ASIC includes two slow systems having mutually different time constants, each of which outputs a pulseheight value. A noise determination part of the digital ASIC determines whether a relevant detection signal is an intended γ-ray detection signal or a noise based on a correlation between the pulseheight values, and a noise counting part counts the number of times of noise determination, and a detector output signal processing control part controls the signal processing with respect to an output signal from a relevant detector based on the count. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215255 | ASSAYING OF WASTE - A method for investigating a volume of material at an investigation location for radioactive material includes: detecting signals from a first detector caused by the interaction of one or more types of emission from the radioactive material with the first detector; detecting signals from a second detector caused by the interaction of cosmic rays and/or one or more types of particle generated by cosmic rays with the second detector; processing the signals from the first detector to provide information on the amount of radioactive material associated with the volume of material; processing the signals from the second detector to provide information on the amount of cosmic rays and/or one or more types of particle generated by cosmic rays incident on the investigation location; and correcting the information on the amount of radioactive material associated with the volume of material using the amount of cosmic rays and/or one or more types of particle generated by cosmic rays incident on the investigation location, thereby providing corrected information on the amount of radioactive material associated with the volume of material. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215256 | Focused ion beam apparatus - A focused ion beam apparatus includes an ion gun unit having an emitter tip, a gas supply unit including an ion source gas nozzle configured to supply gas to the tip and an ion source gas supply source. An extracting electrode ionizes the gas adsorbed onto the surface of the tip and extracts ions by applying a voltage between the extracting electrode and the tip. A cathode electrode accelerates the ions toward a sample, and a gun alignment electrode positioned on the side of the sample with respect to the ion gun unit and adjusts the direction of irradiation of the ion beam ejected from the ion gun unit. A lens system includes a focusing lens electrode and an objective lens electrode to focus the ion beam onto the sample. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215257 | Separation Device - A separation device for preparing biological samples for cytological, cytohistological and histological analysis includes a series of communicating chambers, means for moving a fluid through the chambers and one or more separating units for separating material contained in the fluid, wherein the separator units are arranged along the path of the fluid between the chambers. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215258 | Method and Arrangement for Collimated Microscopic Imaging - A method and arrangement for collimated microscopic imaging, including a first illumination of a sample in at least one region for exciting fluorescence, and a spatially resolving detection of the sample light by detector elements, the detection being associated with the region, wherein by means of a second illumination a sub-division of the region into separate fluorescent partial regions occurs, which are associated with the detector elements. The separation of the partial regions is carried out by the spatial separation of the fluorescent regions by means of intermediate regions having reduced fluorescence or no fluorescence, and/or by means of different spectral properties of the fluorescence from the partial regions. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215259 | DRIVING TYPE PATIENT PLATFORM, CONTROL DEVICE FOR DRIVING TYPE PATIENT PLATFORM, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR DRIVING TYPE PATIENT PLATFORM, AND PARTICLE BEAM THERAPY SYSTEM UTILIZING THESE ITEMS - The objective is to obtain a driving type patient platform that can efficiently perform positioning work for making the position and the posture of a diseased site coincide with those established when a treatment plan is generated. There are provided translation units that translate a top board in the X direction, the Y direction, and the Z direction, respectively, in a fixed coordinate system; rotation units that rotate the top board in the θ direction around the X axis, the φ direction around the Y axis, and the ξ direction around the Z axis, respectively; and a control device that controls the translation units and the rotation units, based on an inputted desired rotation center point and an inputted desired rotation angle. The control device is provided with a rotation drive signal generation unit that generates a rotation drive signal for moving the top board in a rotating manner from the reference state “a” of the translation units and the rotation units to a desired rotation angle; and a translation drive signal generation unit that generates a translation drive signal for translating the translation units in such a way that the amount of translation movement, of the desired rotation center point, that is caused by the rotation movement becomes the same as or smaller than a predetermined value. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215260 | Applicator means for radiation therapy as well as radiation therapy device - An applicator means ( | 2011-09-08 |
20110215261 | Hard-Surface Disinfection System - UV hard-surface disinfection system that is able to disinfect the hard surfaces in a room, while minimizing missed areas due to shadows by providing multiple UV light towers that can be placed in several areas of a room such that shadowed areas are eliminated and that can be transported by a cart that is low to the ground such that the towers may be loaded and unloaded easily by a single operator. The system is able to be controlled remotely, such that during activation of the system, no operator is present, and to automatically cut power to all towers in the event that a person enters the room. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215262 | Method for Improving Implant Uniformity During Photoresist Outgassing - A method and apparatus is provided for improving implant uniformity of an ion beam experiencing pressure increase along the beam line. The method comprises generating a main scan waveform that moves an ion beam at a substantially constant velocity across a workpiece. A compensation waveform (e.g., quadratic waveform), having a fixed height and waveform, is also generated and mixed with the main scan waveform (e.g., through a variable mixer) to form a beam scanning waveform. The mixture ratio may be adjusted by an instantaneous vacuum pressure signal, which can be performed at much higher speed and ease than continuously modifying scan waveform. The mixture provides a beam scanning waveform comprising a non-constant slope that changes an ion beam's velocity as it moves across a workpiece. Therefore, the resultant beam scanning waveform, with a non-constant slope, is able to account for pressure non-uniformities in dose along the fast scan direction. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215263 | ION IMPLANTATION METHOD AND ION IMPLANTATION APPARATUS - An ion implantation method and the like by which a circular implantation region and a peripheral implantation region surrounding it and the dose amount of which is different from that of the circular implantation region can be formed within the surface of the substrate without the use of the step rotation of the substrate. The ion implantation method is forms a circular implantation region and a peripheral implantation region surrounding it and a dose amount of which is different from that of the circular implantation region within a surface of the substrate by making variable a scanning speed of the ion beam | 2011-09-08 |
20110215264 | Radiation-Shielding Assemblies And Methods of Using The Same - In one characterization, the present invention relates to a radiation-shielding assembly for holding a container having a radioactive material disposed therein. The assembly may, at least in one regard, be referred to as an elution shield and/or a dispensing shield. The assembly includes a body at least partially defining a cavity. There is at least one opening through the body into the cavity. The assembly may include a cap that at least generally hinders escape of radiation from the assembly through the opening. The cap may be releasably attached to the body in one orientation and may establish non-attached engagement with the body in another orientation. The assembly may include an adjustable spacer system for adapting the assembly for use with containers having different heights. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215265 | Radiation-Shielding Assemblies And Methods of Using The Same - In one characterization, the present invention relates to a radiation-shielding assembly for holding a container having a radioactive material disposed therein. The assembly may, at least in one regard, be referred to as an elution shield and/or a dispensing shield. The assembly includes a body at least partially defining a cavity. There is at least one opening through the body into the cavity. The assembly may include a cap that at least generally hinders escape of radiation from the assembly through the opening. The cap may be releasably attached to the body in one orientation and may establish non-attached engagement with the body in another orientation. The assembly may include an adjustable spacer system for adapting the assembly for use with containers having different heights. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215266 | Radiation-Shielding Assemblies And Methods of Using The Same - In one characterization, the present invention relates to a radiation-shielding assembly for holding a container having a radioactive material disposed therein. The assembly may, at least in one regard, be referred to as an elution shield and/or a dispensing shield. The assembly includes a body at least partially defining a cavity. There is at least one opening through the body into the cavity. The assembly may include a cap that at least generally hinders escape of radiation from the assembly through the opening. The cap may be releasably attached to the body in one orientation and may establish non-attached engagement with the body in another orientation. The assembly may include an adjustable spacer system for adapting the assembly for use with containers having different heights. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215267 | Radiation-Shielding Assemblies And Methods of Using The Same - In one characterization, the present invention relates to a radiation-shielding assembly for holding a container having a radioactive material disposed therein. The assembly may, at least in one regard, be referred to as an elution shield and/or a dispensing shield. The assembly includes a body at least partially defining a cavity. There is at least one opening through the body into the cavity. The assembly may include a cap that at least generally hinders escape of radiation from the assembly through the opening. The cap may be releasably attached to the body in one orientation and may establish non-attached engagement with the body in another orientation. The assembly may include an adjustable spacer system for adapting the assembly for use with containers having different heights. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215268 | MICRO-POWER GENERATOR FOR VALVE CONTROL APPLICATIONS - A micro-power generator is integrated in a pneumatic valve controller, such that the micro-power generator is powered by the same compressed air supply used to operate the valve. The micro-power generator includes a micro-turbine connected to a DC power generator, and a source of compressed air is used to drive the micro-turbine to generate power via the generator. The system may include a valve controller pneumatically connected to the compressed air supply. The valve controller may include electronics for displaying a condition of the controller. The system can include an electronic field device in communication with the valve controller for displaying a condition of the valve controller. The micro-turbine generator can be electrically connected to the field device to provide power to the electronic field device. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215269 | PRESSURE CONTROL VALVE - A switchable valve assembly is provided with a housing having a longitudinal bore with a spool disposed therein. The spool is selectively positioned within the longitudinal bore for controlling the flow of working fluid between a supply port and a control port and between the control port and a vent port. An actuator assembly is provided for selectively positioning the spool in the longitudinal bore. The actuator assembly includes a connecting rod for mechanically transmitting linear motion to the spool when switching from at least one valve mode to another valve mode. The connecting rod is structurally separate from the spool. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215270 | Solenoid Valve for Controlling a Fluid - A solenoid valve for controlling a fluid includes an armature having a base region, a lateral region and a head region. The solenoid valve includes a valve member connected to the armature. The solenoid valve further includes an armature casing component in which the armature is positioned. A flow path is formed between the armature and the armature casing component, the flow path extending from a lower armature space to an upper armature space and back to the lower armature space. A junction region is arranged between the head region and the lateral region. The junction region has at least one groove formed therein to facilitate an overflow between the lateral region and the head region. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215271 | SOLENOID VALVE, IN PARTICULAR FOR SLIP-CONTROLLED MOTOR-VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEMS - Disclosed is a solenoid valve, the valve housing of which has a thick-walled tubular body ( | 2011-09-08 |
20110215272 | EXHAUST VALVE STRUCTURE - An exhaust valve structure includes: an inner cylindrical portion that forms an introducing passage of exhaust gas and that has a stay member; a valve element that closes or opens the introducing passage; and a wire mesh that is fixed to the stay member and that contacts the valve element when the introducing passage is closed. The wire mesh is formed in a shape such that a diameter of the wire mesh gradually increases toward a downstream side of the introducing passage and a load exerted on the stay member when the valve element contacts the wire mesh is distributed in a diameter-increasing direction in which the diameter of the wire mesh increases. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215273 | Hydrofluoroolefins, manufacture of hydrofluoroolefins and methods of using hydrofluoroolefins - A hydrofluoroolefin and hydrofluoroolefin isomers and a process for manufacture them comprising eliminating HF from a fluorinated precursor compound are described. The fluorinated precursor compound may be provided by fluorinating a chlorinated precursor. The fluorinated precursor compound may be a fluorinated alkane. The hydroolefines are suitable as blowing agents, heat transfer fluids, or drying agents or degreasing solvents. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215274 | FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL MIXTURE WITH ORGANIC ION PAIR COMPOUND - Ferroelectric liquid crystal compositions including organic ion pair compounds wherein image sticking is reduced or eliminated. Use of the ferroelectric liquid crystal compositions in a ferroelectric liquid crystal display device allows for rapid image refresh rates without required a DC-balancing algorithm. The organic ion pair compounds provide electrical resistivity values for the compositions that result in reduced image sticking when the compositions are used in FLC display devices. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215275 | METHODS USING SURFACTANTS TO CONTROL UNINTENTIONAL DOPANT IN SEMICONDUCTORS - The use of surfactants that do not themselves act as dopants and are isoelectronic with either the group III or group V host atoms during OMVPE growth significantly reduces the incorporation of background impurities such as carbon, oxygen, sulfur and/or silicon. For example, the use of the surfactants Sb or Bi significantly reduces the incorporation of background impurities such as carbon, oxygen, sulfur and/or silicon during the OMVPE growth of III/V semiconductor materials, for example GaAs, GaInP, and GaP layers. As a result, an effective method for controlling the incorporation of impurity atoms is adding a minute amount of surfactant during OMVPE growth. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215276 | Phosphorescent light-emitting material - The present invention relates to light emitting materials including a novel Ir complex, where the Ir is provided with a primary ligand selected from phenyl pyridine ligands substituted with at least one Cl atom. Such light emitting materials have been found to have a significantly enhanced photoluminescence quantum yield over other Ir complexes with a phenyl pyridine ligand having no Cl atom, or even over those with a phenyl pyridine ligand having a halogen atom other than Cl, such as a Br or F atom, and as a result specifically improve the efficiency of a light emitting device. The present invention further relates to the use of such light emitting materials and an organic light emitting device including such light emitting materials. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215277 | METHOD OF SYNTHESIZING COLLOIDAL NANOPARTICLES - There is provided a method for synthesizing colloidal nanoparticles comprising the step of creating a reactive three-phase foam containing reactants therein for synthesizing the colloidal nanoparticles. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215278 | SEMICONDUCTING COMPOSITION - An improved conductor shielding composition for power cables is disclosed. The composition includes a base polymer, conductive carbon black, polyethylene glycol and a waxy additive. Cable shields prepared from the composition exhibit improved aging performance in accelerated cable life tests (ACLT). | 2011-09-08 |
20110215279 | COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING TIN NANOPARTICLES AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF - Compositions containing tin nanoparticles and electrically conductive particles are described herein. The tin nanoparticles can have a size below about 25 nm so as to make the compositions fusable at temperatures below that of bulk tin (m.p.=232° C.). Particularly, when the tin nanoparticles are less than about 10 nm in size, the compositions can have a fusion temperature of less than about 200° C. The compositions can contain a whisker suppressant to inhibit or substantially minimize the formation of tin whiskers after tin nanoparticle fusion. In some embodiments, the compositions contain tin nanoparticles, electrically conductive particles comprising copper particles, and a whisker suppressant comprising nickel particles. Methods for using the present compositions are also described herein. The present compositions can be used as a lead solder replacement that allows rework to be performed. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215280 | COMPOSITE NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIALS - Composite particles that include an electrochemically active metal phase, an insulating phase, and a conducting phase are provided that are useful active materials in negative electrodes for lithium-ion electrochemical cells. The electrochemically active phase includes silicon. Lithium-ion electrochemical cells are provided that include the provided composite composite particles as active materials in negative electrodes as well as methods of making the provided composite particles. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215281 | METHOD FOR PREPARING CIGS INKS WITHOUT SURFACTANT - A method for preparing a CIGS ink without a surfactant or a binder is provided. In accordance with the method of the present invention, an initial CIGS mixture powder is obtained by mixing two component powder, three component powder or four component powder of copper, indium, gallium, and selenium in predetermined proportions. Then additional selenide powder is added and mixed into the initial CIGS mixture powder to form a final CIGS mixture powder. Then, a certain proportion of solvent is added into the final CIGS mixture powder, and the mixture powder is then stirred to obtain a CIGS ink in a predetermined copper/indium/gallium/selenium ratio as desired. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215282 | METHOD OF ADSORBING DYE TO METAL OXIDE PARTICLE BY USING SUPERCRITICAL FLUID - A method of adsorbing dye to a metal oxide particle by using a supercritical fluid, and a solar cell prepared using the method. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215283 | PHOTOCHROMIC POLYMER WITH BINDER - The present disclosure relates to the process of making a photochromic composite having a photochromic polymer and a binder polymer. The photochromic polymer is made by solution polymerization of the photochromic monomer and two monomers in the presence of a base and the binder polymer is made by solution polymerization of the two monomers in the presence of a base. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215284 | Color composition for color filter, color filter using the composition and liquid crystal display device - A color filter and a liquid crystal display device with the color filter that includes a substrate; and a color layer formed on the substrate and constituting color pixels of a plurality of colors, wherein the color layer is formed through a curing of a color composition comprising at least acrylic resin and a coloring agent, wherein the acrylic resin contains a copolymer formed of a first vinyl monomer having a benzyl group and a second vinyl monomer having a carboxyl group, the first vinyl monomer having a function of regulating a retardation of a color layer, the copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of 3000 to 11000 and an acid value of solid matter falling within the range of 30 to 85. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215285 | GAS POWERED SELF CONTAINED PORTABLE WINCH - The invention is directed to a gas powered self-contained winch comprising an external casing including a first side wall, a second side wall, a top wall, a bottom wall and a stabilizing bar. The invention includes a combustion engine; a transmission assembly, a gear assembly and a clutch assembly that connect to a spool capable of winding and unwinding a cable wire. A hand controller can communicate with the clutch assembly through a cable wire sufficient to control the winding and unwinding of the cable. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215286 | JACK FOOT RETRACTION SYSTEM - A system for supporting a vehicle. The system may include a vehicle jack in mechanical communication with a jack foot and a striker plate. The jack foot is rotatable relative to the vehicle jack on a rotation axis disposed on the vehicle jack and perpendicular to a long axis of the vehicle jack. The jack foot includes a base at a distal end of the jack foot. The jack foot also includes a cam surface at least in part at a proximal end of the jack foot. The cam surface is aligned with the striker plate and interacts with the striker plate to rotate the jack foot in response to movement of the vehicle jack from a lowered position to a raised position. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215287 | SECURITY BARRIER - A security barrier ( | 2011-09-08 |
20110215288 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Since a chalcogenide material has low adhesion to a silicon oxide film, there is a problem in that it tends to separate from the film during the manufacturing step of a phase change memory. In addition, since the chalcogenide material has to be heated to its melting point or higher during resetting (amorphization) of the phase change memory, there is a problem of requiring extremely large rewriting current. An interfacial layer includes an extremely thin insulator or semiconductor having the function as both an adhesive layer and a high resistance layer (thermal resistance layer) is inserted between chalcogenide material layer/interlayer insulative film and between chalcogenide material layer/plug. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215289 | ULTRAHIGH DENSITY PATTERNING OF CONDUCTING MEDIA - A reconfigurable device and a method of creating, erasing, or reconfiguring the device are provided. At an interface between a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer, an electrically conductive, quasi one- or zero-dimensional electron gas is present such that the interface presents an electrically conductive region that is non-volatile. The second insulating layer is of a thickness to allow metal-insulator transitions upon the application of a first external electric field. The electrically conductive region is subject to erasing upon application of a second external electric field. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215290 | ANTI-REFLECTED HIGH EFFICIENCY LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DEVICE - The present invention is related to a light emitting diode device in which a fine prominence and depression is formed on a semiconductor layer to make an anti-reflection region. The light emitting diode device comprises, a substrate; a N-type semi-conductor layer; an active layer for generating light; P-type semiconductor layer; a first exposed region formed by etching the active layer and the P-type semiconductor layer to partly expose the N-type semiconductor layer; a first ohmic contact formed on the first exposed layer; a second ohmic contact formed on the P-type semiconductor layer, and having an opening to partly form a second exposed region on the P-type semiconductor layer, said second exposed layer being formed to partly have a ultra-fine prominence and depression. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215291 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light-emitting device using an ITON layer for a transparent conductor and realizing low drive voltage, high luminance efficiency, and uniformed light emission intensity distribution is provided. The semiconductor light-emitting device includes: a substrate; an n-type semiconductor layer formed on the substrate; an active layer formed on the n-type semiconductor layer; a p-type semiconductor layer formed on the active layer and whose uppermost part is a p-type GaN layer; an ITON (Indium Tin Oxynitride) layer formed on the p-type GaN layer; an ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) layer formed on the ITON layer; a first metal electrode formed on a part on the ITO layer; and a second metal electrode formed in contact with the n-type semiconductor layer. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215292 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Certain embodiments provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor light emitting device, including: providing a first stack film on a first substrate, the first stack film being formed by stacking a p-type nitride semiconductor layer, an active layer having a multiquantum well structure of a nitride semiconductor, and an n-type nitride semiconductor layer in this order; forming an n-electrode on an upper face of the n-type nitride semiconductor layer; and forming a concave-convex region on the upper face of the n-type nitride semiconductor layer by performing wet etching on the upper face of the n-type nitride semiconductor layer with the use of an alkaline solution, except for a region in which the n-electrode is formed. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215293 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Certain embodiments provide a semiconductor light emitting device including: a first metal layer; a stack film including a p-type nitride semiconductor layer, an active layer, and an n-type nitride semiconductor layer; an n-electrode; a second metal layer; and a protection film protecting an outer circumferential region of the upper face of the n-type nitride semiconductor layer, side faces of the stack film, a region of an upper face of the second metal layer other than a region in contact with the p-type nitride semiconductor layer, and a region of an upper face of the first metal layer other than a region in contact with the second metal layer. Concavities and convexities are formed in a region of the upper face of the n-type nitride semiconductor layer, the region being outside the region in which the n-electrode is provided and being outside the regions covered with the protection film. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215294 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device, including a light emission portion including a first semiconductor layer with a first conductive type, a light emission layer on the first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer with a second conductive type on the light emission layer and a transparent electrode on the second semiconductor layer, and a plurality of light outlet holes inside the light emission portion, the plurality of light outlet holes communicating with the first semiconductor layer from a surface side of the transparent electrode, at least a part of light emitted from the light emission layer being extracted from the plurality of the outlet holes to outside. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215295 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A RADIATION-EMITTING THIN FILM COMPONENT AND RADIATION-EMITTING THIN FILM COMPONENT - A method of producing a radiation-emitting thin film component includes providing a substrate, growing nanorods on the substrate, growing a semiconductor layer sequence with at least one active layer epitaxially on the nanorods, applying a carrier to the semiconductor layer sequence, and detaching the semiconductor layer sequence and the carrier from the substrate by at least partial destruction of the nanorods. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215296 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A semiconductor light-emitting element, a method of manufacturing same, and a light-emitting device enabling an increase in light emission efficiency is provided. The semiconductor light-emitting element | 2011-09-08 |
20110215297 | Formation of Nanowhiskers on a Substrate of Dissimilar Material - A method for forming a nanowhisker of, e.g., a III-V semiconductor material on a silicon substrate, comprises: preparing a surface of the silicon substrate with measures including passivating the substrate surface by HF etching, so that the substrate surface is essentially atomically flat. Catalytic particles on the substrate surface are deposited from an aerosol; the substrate is annealed; and gases for a MOVPE process are introduced into the atmosphere surrounding the substrate, so that nanowhiskers are grown by the VLS mechanism. In the grown nanowhisker, the crystal directions of the substrate are transferred to the epitaxial crystal planes at the base of the nanowhisker and adjacent the substrate surface. A segment of an optically active material may be formed within the nanowhisker and bounded by heterojunctions so as to create a quantum well wherein the height of the quantum well is much greater than the thermal energy at room temperature, whereby the luminescence properties of the segment remain constant without quenching from cryogenic temperatures up to room temperature. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215298 | ULTRAFAST AND ULTRASENSITIVE NOVEL PHOTODETECTORS - A photodetector is provided that includes a FET structure with a channel structure having one or more nanowire structures. Noble metal nanoparticles are positioned on the channel structure so as to produce a functionalized channel structure. The functionalized channel structure exhibits pronounced surface plasmon resonance (SPR) absorption near the SPR frequency of the noble metal nanoparticles. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215299 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING A SUPERLATTICE AND DOPANT DIFFUSION RETARDING IMPLANTS AND RELATED METHODS - A semiconductor device may include a substrate and at least one MOSFET adjacent the substrate. The MOSFET may include a superlattice channel including a plurality of stacked groups of layers, a source and a drain adjacent the superlattice channel, and a gate adjacent the superlattice channel. Each group of layers of the superlattice channel may include a plurality of stacked base semiconductor monolayers defining a base semiconductor portion and at least one non-semiconductor monolayer constrained within a crystal lattice of adjacent base semiconductor portions. A first dopant may be in at least one region adjacent at least one of the source and drain, and a second dopant may also be in the at least one region. The second dopant may be different than the first dopant and reduce diffusion thereof. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215300 | GRAPHENE BASED THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - A three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuit (IC) structure includes a first layer of graphene formed over a substrate; a first level of one or more active devices formed using the first layer of graphene; an insulating layer formed over the first level of one or more active devices; a second layer of graphene formed over the insulating layer; and a second level of one or more active devices formed using the second layer of graphene, the second level of one or more active devices electrically interconnected with the first level of one or more active devices. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215301 | Organic Light Emitting Device Having Multiple Separate Emissive Layers - An organic light emitting device having multiple separate emissive layers is provided. Each emissive layer may define an exciton formation region, allowing exciton formation to occur across the entire emissive region. By aligning the energy levels of each emissive layer with the adjacent emissive layers, exciton formation in each layer may be improved. Devices incorporating multiple emissive layers with multiple exciton formation regions may exhibit improved performance, including internal quantum efficiencies of up to 100%. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215302 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (OLED) DISPLAY - An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate main body; an organic light emitting element on the substrate main body; an encapsulation substrate covering the organic light emitting element and coupled to the substrate main body; a translucent insulating layer filter formed on the encapsulation substrate; and a microcavity between the translucent insulating layer filter and the encapsulation substrate. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215303 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CURED FILM - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer provided on the conductive substrate, and an outermost surface layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a cured film of a composition containing a charge transporting material having a chain polymerizable functional group and at least one selected from a nitroso compound, a nitrone compound or a nitro compound. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215304 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE, DISPLAY AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, there is provided an organic light-emitting diode including an anode and a cathode arranged apart from each other, and an emissive layer interposed between the anode and the cathode and including a host material and an emitting dopant. The emitting dopant includes a copper complex represented by the formula (1): | 2011-09-08 |
20110215305 | Organic light emitting display apparatus - An organic light emitting display apparatus includes a substrate, a light conversion layer on the substrate, the light conversion layer including an oxide semiconductor, a passivation layer covering the light conversion layer, a first electrode on the passivation layer, an intermediate layer on the first electrode, the intermediate layer including an organic emission layer, and a second electrode on the intermediate layer. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215306 | ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT AND ORGANIC ELECTRODE - To provide an organic semiconductor element, containing: a source electrode containing a first organic compound layer and a second organic compound layer, at least one of the layers having an organic semiconductor active region; and a drain electrode containing the first organic compound layer and the second organic compound layer, as well as providing an organic electrode, containing: a laminated film, in which a layer of a tetrathiafulvalene derivative expressed by the following general formula I and a layer of an electron accepting compound are laminated: | 2011-09-08 |
20110215307 | Light-Emitting Element, Light-Emitting Device, Electronic Device, and Lighting Device - A light-emitting element includes an EL layer between an anode and a cathode, and a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer between the cathode and the EL layer. The first layer provided between the cathode and the second layer is in contact with the cathode and the second layer, and includes a substance having a hole-transport property and an acceptor substance. The second layer provided between the first layer and the third layer is in contact with the first layer and the third layer, and includes a phthalocyanine-based material. The third layer provided between the second layer and the EL layer is in contact with the second layer and the EL layer, and includes an alkali metal, an alkaline-earth metal, a rare-earth metal, an alkali metal compound, an alkaline-earth metal compound, or a rare-earth metal compound. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215308 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic light-emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same. The organic light-emitting device includes a substrate, a first electrode formed on the substrate, a second electrode, an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, a hole transport layer between the first electrode and the emission layer, and an electron transport layer between the second electrode and the emission layer. The hole transport layer includes a first hole transport unit comprising: a first hole transport layer comprising a hole transporting material, a third hole transport layer formed on the first hole transport layer and comprising a charge generating material; and a fifth hole transport layer formed on the third hole transport layer and comprising the hole transporting material. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215309 | WHITE PHOSPHORESCENT ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES - A device is provided. The device includes an anode, a cathode and a double emissive layer disposed between the anode and the cathode. The double emissive layer includes a first organic emissive layer and a second organic emissive layer. The first organic emissive layer includes a first phosphorescent material having a concentration of 15-35 wt % in the first organic emissive layer, and a peak emissive wavelength in the visible spectrum at a wavelength between 400 nm and 500 nm; and a first host material having a triplet energy at least 0.2 eV and not more than 1.0 eV greater than the triplet energy of the first phosphorescent material. The second organic emissive layer includes a second phosphorescent material having a concentration of 15-35 wt % in the second organic emissive layer, and a peak emissive wavelength in the visible spectrum at a wavelength between 500 nm and 600 nm, and a third phosphorescent material having a concentration of 0.1-3 wt % in the second organic emissive layer, and a peak emissive wavelength in the visible spectrum at a wavelength between 600 nm and 700 nm. The second host material has a triplet energy greater than that of the third phosphorescent emissive material. The second organic emissive layer is disposed between the anode and the cathode, and is adjacent to the first organic emissive layer. The device also includes a blocking layer disposed adjacent to the second organic emissive layer and between the second organic emissive layer and the anode. The blocking layer has a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital that is at least 0.1 eV greater than the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of the second host material. The device also includes a hole transport layer disposed between the blocking layer and the anode. At least one of the anode and the cathode is transmissive. | 2011-09-08 |
20110215310 | ELECTRON TRANSPORT MATERIAL AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE USING THE SAME - A compound represented by the following Formula (1) is useful as an electron transport material of an organic EL device, and an organic EL device comprising the compound in the electron transport layer is long in life, and low in drive voltage: | 2011-09-08 |
20110215311 | Electrode Device for Organic Device and Electronic Device Having the Same - To provide an electrode for an organic device which can be widely applied to organic devices by having both hole injection function and electron injection function. A carrier injection electrode layer | 2011-09-08 |
20110215312 | ORGANIC ELECTRIC FIELD LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND PRODUCTION THEREFOR - A composition for an organic electroluminescent device is a composition for forming an organic light emitting layer of an organic electroluminescent device by wet coating process. The composition contains a phosphorescent material, a charge transport material, and a solvent, in which the phosphorescent material and the charge transport material are each an unpolymerized organic compound, and the first oxidation potential of the phosphorescent material E | 2011-09-08 |