44th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 15 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080265140 | SEMICONDUCTOR PIXEL ARRAYS WITH REDUCED SENSITIVITY TO DEFECTS - A pixel structure is described, comprising at least two selection switches coupled in series to improve the yield of the pixel. Also an array comprising such pixel structures logically organized in rows and columns is described, as well as a method for selecting a row or column of pixel structures in such an array. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265141 | Seed Counting and Frequency Measurement Apparatus and Method - An improved device for measuring the count and frequency of seeds in a stream of seeds is described. The device is useful for measuring the frequency and accuracy of seed planting devices. A seed counting system can include an imaging region, an image sensing device, and a lens between the imaging region and the image sensing device. An optical distance extender between the imaging region and the lens, creates an effective optical distance between the imaging region and the lens that is substantially greater than the physical distance between the imaging region and the lens, thereby providing a substantial depth of field. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265142 | DYNAMIC LASER POWER CONTROL FOR GAS SPECIES MONITORING - A gas species monitoring system includes a laser, a fiber amplifier configured to receive an input signal from the laser and generate an amplified signal, and a variable optical attenuation system configured to receive at least a portion of the amplified signal and generate an attenuated signal for delivery to a measurement point, where the measurement point includes a gaseous fluid. The system further includes a detector configured to receive and process a signal from the measurement point so as to obtain a measured signal that correlates with the presence of a gas species within the gaseous fluid at the measurement point, and a processor in communication with at least the variable optical attenuation system and the detector. The processor controls the variable optical attenuation system based upon the measured signal. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265143 | Method for Control of a Device - The invention describes a method for control of a device (D | 2008-10-30 |
20080265144 | Deflected Light Beam Network Barrier - A system (FIG. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265145 | Optical Element and Optical Measurement Device Using the Optical Element - Provided is an optical element in which a groove for a sample to make contact can be formed without machining or etching a material for an optical element, and in which the scattering of a light at the groove does not decrease the precision in an optical measurement. The optical element is formed with a light-emitting prism including a light-output face from which a light to be emitted to a sample is outputted, a light-receiving prism including a light-receiving face which receives the light returned from the sample, and a light intensity-reducing part provided between the light-emitting prism and the light-receiving prism. The light-emitting prism and the light-receiving prism are combined to form a recessed part for the sample to make contact, so that the light outputted from the light-output face travels straight in the sample in contact with the recessed part and enters the light-receiving face. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265146 | INTEGRATED SENSING MODULE FOR HANDHELD SPECTRAL MEASUREMENTS - An integrated spectral sensing engine featuring energy sources and detectors within a single package includes sample interfacing optics and acquisition and processing electronics. The miniaturized sensor is optimized for specific laboratory and field-based measurements by integration into a handheld format. Design and fabrication components support high volume manufacturing. Spectral selectivity is provided by either continuous variable optical filters or filter matrix devices. The sensor's response covers the range from 200 nm to 25 μm based on various solid-state detectors. The wavelength range can be extended by the use of filter-matrix devices. Measurement modes include transmittance/absorbance, turbidity (light scattering) and fluorescence (emission). On board data processing includes raw data acquisition, data massaging and the output of computed results. Sensor applications include water and environmental, food and beverage, chemical and petroleum, and medical analyses. These can be expanded into various field and consumer-based applications. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265147 | POROUS MICROSPHERE RESONATORS - There are several different applications where it is desirable to increase the amount of material that can be introduced to the surface of a microresonator that has whispering gallery modes. The use of a porous surface on the microresonator permits greater amounts of the material to be captured on or near the surface of the microresonator, resulting in an increased optical interaction between the material and the light propagating in the whispering gallery mode(s) of the microresonator. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265148 | Determining an operational state of a MEMS based laser scanner - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, an operational state of a MEMS device of a scanner system may be determined. In the event it is determined that the MEMS device is possibly operating in an unsafe mode, the laser may be turned off and/or the MEMS device may be shut down. An operational state of the MEMS device may be determined for example by obtaining a MEMS drive voltage sense signal and/or a MEMS drive current sense signal, and a potentially unsafe mode of operation may be identified if one or more of such signals are not at proper values with respect to predetermined threshold values. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265149 | Optical Device, Method for Producing Master for Use in Producing Optical Device, and Photoelectric Conversion Apparatus - In an optical device, a number of structures having higher portions or lower portions are arranged at a fine pitch equal to or shorter than a wavelength of visible light on a surface of a base. Each of the structures is arranged to form a plurality of arc track rows on the surface of the base, and to form a quasi-hexagonal lattice pattern, and the structure has an elliptical cone or truncated elliptical cone shape having a major axis in a circumferential direction of the arc tracks. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265150 | Optical measuring system - Apparatus and methods are described for measuring amplitude and phase variations in a spatially coherent beam of light. A beam of coherent light is made incident upon a spatial array of phase modulating elements displaying a pixelated first phase distribution. In a measuring region of said spatial array, the phase distribution is changed to a new value while retaining the first phase distribution outside the measuring region, for example by flashing a single pixel. The change in intensity resulting from the change in phase distribution is then determined. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265151 | Method and system for stabilizing gain of a photomultipler used with a radiation detector - A method for controlling voltage applied to a photomultiplier used in a scintillation counter radiation detector includes determining numbers of voltage pulses having each of a plurality of predetermined amplitudes generated by the photomultiplier in response to radiation events being imparted to a scintillation detector. The numbers of voltage pulses at each of the predetermined amplitudes is conducted to a trained artificial neural network. The artificial neural network generates a signal corresponding to an amount of adjustment to the voltage applied to the photomultiplier. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265152 | Mass Spectrometer - A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising a High Pressure Liquid Chromatography system ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080265153 | METHOD OF COATING AN ELECTROSPRAY EMITTER - The present invention provides a method of coating an electrospray emitter with silver and then gold utilizing wet-coating processes. First, the electrospray emitter is immersed in a silver-containing liquid solution to coat the electrospray emitter in a layer of silver. Next, the silver-coated electrospray emitter is removed from the silver solution and rinsed with water. The silver-coated electrospray emitter is then annealed to stabilize the silver layer. Once the silver layer has been stabilized, the silver-coated electrospray emitter is immersed into a gold-containing liquid solution and a voltage is applied. This voltage serves to electrochemically deposit a gold layer onto the silver layer. The gold- and silver-coated electrospray emitter is then removed from the gold-containing liquid solution and rinsed with water and, preferably, with nitric acid. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265154 | MASS SPECTROMETER ION GUIDE PROVIDING AXIAL FIELD, AND METHOD - An ion guide includes a plurality of rods, arranged about an axis that extends lengthwise from one end to the other of the guide. The rods guide ions in a guide region along and about the axis. A conductive casing surrounds the rods. The casing and the rods are geometrically arranged to produce an axial electric field along the axis. Specifically, the geometry is such that a first constant applied DC voltage (U | 2008-10-30 |
20080265155 | Separation and axial ejection of ions based on m/z ratio - A mass spectrometer includes a multipole having a main RF field for radially containing ions generally on a central axis. The multipole has first and second axial DC fields in opposite first and second direction along a length of the multipole. The first and second axial DC fields approach or add substantially to zero on the central axis. The multipole has an excitation voltage applied thereto for selectively exciting the ions of desired m/z ratios off the central axis. The excitation voltage thus causes excursion of the ions into a region where either the first or second axial DC field is strong. Thus, excitation of the ions and the DC fields cause ion drift toward a front end or a back end of the multipole. Further excitation moves the ions into regions of the DC fields that overcome barriers and causes axial ejection of the ions from the multipole. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265156 | Measuring momentum for charged particle tomography - Methods, apparatus and systems for detecting charged particles and obtaining tomography of a volume by measuring charged particles including measuring the momentum of a charged particle passing through a charged particle detector. Sets of position sensitive detectors measure scattering of the charged particle. The position sensitive detectors having sufficient mass to cause the charged particle passing through the position sensitive detectors to scatter in the position sensitive detectors. A controller can be adapted and arranged to receive scattering measurements of the charged particle from the charged particle detector, determine at least one trajectory of the charged particle from the measured scattering; and determine at least one momentum measurement of the charged particle from the at least one trajectory. The charged particle can be a cosmic ray-produced charged particle, such as a cosmic ray-produced muon. The position sensitive detectors can be drift cells, such as gas-filled drift tubes. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265157 | Scanning Ion Probe Systems and Methods of Use Thereof - Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure, among others, include scanning ion probe systems, methods of use thereof, scanning ion source systems, methods of use thereof, scanning ion probe mass spectrometry systems, methods of use thereof, methods of simultaneous ion analysis and imaging, and methods of simultaneous mass spectrometry and imaging. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265158 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS - A charged particle beam instrument is offered which comprises an irradiation mechanism for irradiating a sample with a charged particle beam (FIB/EB), a detection mechanism for detecting secondary charged particles produced by the irradiation by the charged particle beam, a storage portion for previously storing three-dimensional data about the irradiation mechanism and detection mechanism in an interrelated manner to the stage coordinate system W, a conversion portion for converting three-dimensional data about the sample into the stage coordinate system, and a decision portion for simulating the positional relationships among the sample, irradiation mechanism, and detection mechanism based on data converted by the conversion portion and on data stored in the storage portion when a certain position on the sample is placed into a measurement point and for previously making a decision as to whether the sample will interfere and making a report of the result of the decision. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265159 | Sample surface inspection apparatus and method - The present invention provides a surface inspection method and apparatus for inspecting a surface of a sample, in which a resistive film is coated on the surface, and a beam is irradiated to the surface having the resistive film coated thereon, to thereby conduct inspection of the surface of the sample. In the surface inspection method of the present invention, a resistive film having an arbitrarily determined thickness t | 2008-10-30 |
20080265160 | Observation Method With Electron Beam - For the purpose of repeatedly observing the bottom of a contact hole with a high aspect ratio, the potential of an electrostatic charge in each of a pattern to be observed and a vicinity of a range to be observed is stabilized by pre-charging a range on which to irradiate a beam of electrons while changing the range on a step-by-step basis. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265161 | Electron Microscope And Electron Beam Inspection System - An electron microscope includes an electron source, a stage for mounting a specimen, an illuminating lens system that illuminates an electron beam onto the specimen, an imaging lens system that forms a specimen image using a reflecting electron beam of the illuminating electron beam, a beam separator that separates the illuminating electron beam and the reflecting electron beam, a control unit that controls current to be supplied to the beam separator; and a switching unit which enables switching between a first mode and a second mode. The control unit changes a value of the current to be supplied to the beam separator when switching from the first mode to the second mode. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265162 | Method for displaying a thermal image in a IR camera and an IR camera - The invention is achieved by using a method for displaying a thermal image in an infrared (IR) thermal camera, comprising the steps of registering an outdoor temperature value, registering an indoor temperature value, calculating an isotherm level by using the registered temperature values and a temperature color alarm level, imaging a surface area to create an image of the temperature distribution in at least a part of the surface area, comparing the surface area temperature in at least one image point of the thermal image to the isotherm level, adjusting the color of the at least one image point in dependence of the relation between the surface area temperature in said at least one image point and the isotherm level and displaying the colored thermal image. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265163 | OPTICAL IMAGING PEN HAVING A FORCE SENSOR - Provided is an optical imaging pen configured to detect information encoded with infrared ink on a page. The pen includes a housing with an ink pen cartridge and a stylus. The ink cartridge and stylus are configured to be individually brought forward through an open end of the housing by rotation of a pen top rotatably mounted on an end of the housing. The pen also includes an infrared LED inside the housing for providing infrared radiation for projection onto the page, and an image sensor for receiving reflected radiation from the surface. Also included is a radio frequency circuit having a radio frequency (RF) transmitter and receiver, and a controller for controlling operation of the LED, sensor and radio frequency circuits. The controller includes a force sensor configured to detect displacement of the stylus or cartridge to enable a determination of a force being applied to a nib of either the cartridge or stylus. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265164 | THERMAL DETECTOR FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION AND INFRARED DETECTION DEVICE USING SUCH DETECTORS - A thermal detector comprising a sensitive material having at least one electrical property of which varies with temperature; an electromagnetic radiation absorber which is in contact with the sensitive material; a substrate providing the function of support; and electrically conductive elements providing electrical continuity between sensitive material and substrate. The sensitive material is wholly or partly in the form of a sheet extending in a direction which is essentially perpendicular to the plane of the substrate. The sensitive material is suspended above the substrate by the absorber which is fixed to the sensitive material in the upper region of the sheet. The absorber is suspended by fixing means which is mechanically connected to the substrate. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265165 | Phase-matched terahertz emitter - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for directing optical radiation to make multiple passes across an extended region of an electro-optic material, where during each pass the electro-optic material converts a portion of the optical radiation into terahertz radiation, and where the optical radiation is directed into the electro-optic material to cause an amplitude of the terahertz radiation generated from one or more earlier passes of the optical radiation to be constructively enhanced by the terahertz radiation generated from a later pass of the optical radiation. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265166 | Techniques for 3-D Elastic Spatial Registration of Multiple Modes of Measuring a Body - Techniques for registration of multiple measurement modes of a body include receiving first and second data from different modes. Each includes measured values with coordinate values. For two mechanically aligned modes, any nonrigid registration is performed. For some modes, the nonrigid registration includes a coarse transformation and multiple fine scale transformations. The coarse transformation maximizes a coarse similarity measure. The second data is subdivided into contiguous subregions. Fine transformations are determined between the subregions and corresponding portions of the first data to maximize a fine similarity measure. Subdividing and determining fine transformations repeats until stop conditions are satisfied. Transformations between the last divided subregions are interpolated. Any of the fine similarity measure, a search region, interpolation method, sub-division location, and the use of rigid or non-rigid fine transformations are adaptive to properties of the first or second data so that the registration is automatic without human intervention. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265167 | ACHIEVING ACCURATE TIME-OF-FLIGHT CALIBRATIONS WITH A STATIONARY COINCIDENCE POINT SOURCE - A method for calibrating an imaging system includes coincident detecting scatter radiation events from a calibration source located within a bore of the imaging system. The scatter radiation events are subsequently used to compute calibration time offsets for each detector channel in the imaging system. Each detector channel is then calibrated with respective calibration time adjustments. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265168 | Radiation sensor element, method for producing a radiation sensor element and sensor field - A radiation sensor element and a method for producing it, as well as a sensor field having a plurality of such radiation sensor elements, the radiation sensor element having a substrate and a planar sensor structure disposed above the substrate in a first plane, and a lead structure being disposed in a second plane between the substrate and the sensor structure. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265169 | Multi-functional radiation/photon identifying and processing application specific integrated circuit and device - A radiation device includes a detector connected to a multi-functional radiation identifying and processing application specific integrated circuit. The detector includes a plurality of individual imaging cells, each imaging cell generating a charge in response to incident radiation events and outputting the generated charge at an imaging cell output. The application specific integrated circuit includes a different circuit connected respectively to a corresponding one of the imaging cell outputs, each circuit receiving and processing the generated charge received from the corresponding one imaging cell output. Each circuit includes a preamplifier for generating a voltage or current amplitude in response to the received charge, a counter, and a mode logic configured for setting the counter to perform, selectively, at least two of a) photon counting, b) analog to digital conversion of the one of the voltage amplitude and the current amplitude, and c) timing measurement of incident radiation events. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265170 | UV detection devices and methods - A portable UV detection apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiment, the UV detection apparatus includes a UV detection device integrated with a skin type measuring device. A controller can be included in the apparatus that is in communication with the skin type measuring device and the UV detection device. The controller can provide information to the user regarding the amount of ultraviolet radiation present in the environment. In an alternative embodiment, the UV detection apparatus includes a UV detection device in conjunction with a light sensor. The light sensor can be configured to activate the UV detection device should light at a particular intensity be present in the environment. The UV detection device as described above can be configured to measure UVA radiation, UVB radiation, and/or UVC radiation. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265171 | HE-3 NEUTRON PROPORTIONAL COUNTER WITH INTERNAL LEAKAGE DETECTION AND RELATED METHOD - A radiation detector includes a pressure-tight housing having a peripheral, cylindrically-shaped wall and opposite end closures. An electrode wire extends through a center of the housing, spaced from the cylindrically-shaped wall. A pressurized detector gas fills the housing, and circuit connections to the electrode wire and the housing permits application of an electric potential thereto. The electrode wire is composed of a material providing a source of alpha particles for ionizing the gas within the housing, generating an alpha peak on the output spectrum distinct from the peak generated by incident neutrons. A related method is also disclosed. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265172 | Electron-Optical Corrector for an Aplanatic Imaging System - An electron-optical corrector for rendering superfluous both the third-order opening error and the anisotropic part of the extra-axial third-order coma, using round lenses and hexapole fields, the corrector includes at least three coaxially arranged hexapole fields with at least one round lens field is arranged between adjacent hexapole fields, so that the hexapole fields are imaged onto each other in pairs. The intensities of the hexapole fields are selected so that the image error coefficient of the three-fold astigmatism is equal to 0, and at least three hexapole fields in the Larmor reference system are rotated in relation to each other at an angle about the optical axis. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265173 | Microfabricated miniature grids - A grid structure and method for manufacturing the same. The grid is used for gating a stream of charged particles in certain types of particle measurement instruments, such as ion mobility spectrometers and the like. The methods include various microfabrication techniques for etching and/or depositing grid structure materials on a silicon substrate. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265174 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes an unit configured to irradiate a beam, a deflector configured to deflect the beam, a stage, on which a target is placed, configured to perform moving continuously, an lens configured to focus the beam onto the target, an unit configured to calculate a correction amount for correcting positional displacement of the beam on a surface of the target resulting from a first magnetic field caused by the lens and a second magnetic field caused by an eddy current generated by the first magnetic field and the moving of the stage, an unit configured to calculate a correction position where the positional displacement on the surface of the target has been corrected using the correction amount, and an unit configured to control the deflector so that the beam may be deflected onto the correction position. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265175 | Device for Detection of Excitation Using a Multiple Spot Arrangement - The invention relates to a device ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080265176 | COMPOSITION, METHOD OF AUTHENTICATING, METHODS OF MAKING AUTHENTICATABLE COMPOSITIONS, AUTHENTICATABLE ARTICLES MADE THERE FROM - A composition comprising compound of formula I, a process for preparing the composition comprising compound of formula I, methods of authentication for an article comprising compound of formula I or compound of formula II, authentication technology for polymer based articles comprising compound of formula I or formula II, methods of facilitating such authentication and method of making articles capable of authentication. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265177 | Fluorescence Detection - A fluorescence detection system comprises a light source ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080265178 | Driving scanning fiber devices with variable frequency drive signals - Methods of moving or vibrating cantilevered optical fibers of scanning fiber devices are disclosed. In one aspect, a method may include vibrating the cantilevered optical fiber at an initial frequency that is substantially displaced from a resonant frequency of the cantilevered optical fiber. Then, the frequency of vibration of the cantilevered optical fiber may be changed over a period of time toward the resonant frequency. Light may be directed through an end of the cantilevered optical fiber while the cantilevered optical fiber is vibrated. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265179 | Sterilization apparatus - Embodiments of a sterilization apparatus and methods of using a sterilization system are disclosed in the present application. The sterilization apparatus can take the form of a sterilization chamber comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, end walls and side walls which define the interior of the chamber. Throughout the interior of the chamber, multiple ultraviolet light emitting diodes (UVLEDs) irradiate energy at wavelengths for destroying pathogenic substances and achieving an efficient level of sterilization. A UV transparent plate located within the interior of the chamber can support one or more target devices, and can be proportionally sized to accommodate placement of a target device for the simultaneous and uniform distribution of UV sterilizing energy to the surfaces of a target. The sterilization chamber can provide the necessary decontamination and sterilization measures to effectively eliminate any residual biological contaminants on the exposed or hard-to-reach crevices or features of a medical device. Furthermore, one or more interior surfaces of the chamber may comprise a UV reflective material for distributing UV radiation upon substantially all surfaces of a target. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265180 | Ion beam inspection apparatus, ion beam inspecting method, semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, and ion source apparatus - The central axis of a source head and an extraction electrode is aligned on a line, and confirmed by a laser beam whether the line is coaxial with the ion beam axis. Thus, a light emitting unit that emits the laser beam on the ion beam axis is fitted to a housing instead of the source head, and a reflector that reflects the laser beam is fitted to the extraction electrode. A light emitting apparatus also has a function of detecting the laser beam to detect the laser beam that is reflected by the reflector, and sends the intensity of the detected laser beam to a control unit. The extraction electrode is positionally adjusted so that the intensity of the laser beam becomes maximum, whereby the ion beam axis can coincide with the central axes of the ion source and the extraction electrode. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265181 | MODULAR HEADREST AND MULTI- LIGHT APPARATUS - A multi-light apparatus ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080265182 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ADDITIONAL RADIATION SHIELDING TO A CONTAINER HOLDING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME TO HANDLE AND/OR PROCESS RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS - A system, method and apparatus for providing additional radiation shielding to a container holding radioactive materials. The invention utilizes a sleeve-like structure that is slid over a container holding high level radioactive materials to add radiation shielding protection. Because the sleeve-like structure and container are non-unitary and slidably separable from one another, crane lifting capacity is not affected. In one aspect, the invention is an apparatus comprising: a tubular shell constructed of a gamma radiation absorbing material and having an inner surface that forms a cavity having an axis, the cavity having an open top end and an open bottom end; a plurality of spacers extending from the inner surface of the shell toward the axis of the cavity, the spacers extending a first height from the inner surface of the tubular shell; and one or more flange members located at or near the open top end of the cavity extending from the tubular shell toward the axis of the cavity, the flange member extending a second height from the inner surface of the shell, the second height being greater than the first height. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265183 | Method and Device for Handling a Container with Radioactive Material - Embodiments of the present invention relate to reducing exposure to radiation while handling a radiopharmaceutical capsule. Specifically, in some embodiments, a substantially elongated handling device is disclosed that may be inserted into a radiation shielding enclosure that holds a radiopharmaceutical container having the radiopharmaceutical capsule disposed therein. The handling device may be connected to the radiopharmaceutical container, and the radiopharmaceutical container may then be removed from the radiation shielding enclosure via the handling device. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265184 | ION BEAM BLOCKING COMPONENT AND ION BEAM BLOCKING DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - An ion beam blocking component suitable for blocking an ion beam generated by an ion source of an ion implanter is provided. The blocking component includes a front plate, a back plate, and a plurality of side plates. The front plate has at least one opening. The back plate is behind the front plate, and has a plurality of grooves formed on one surface thereof facing the front plate. The side plates are connected between the front plate and the back plate, and a receiving space is formed between these plates. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265185 | LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING SAME - A light emitting apparatus includes: a light emitting device with one terminal connected to a power supply terminal; a voltage detector connected between the power supply terminal and a ground terminal; a driver circuit unit connected between an input terminal receiving a signal as input and the ground terminal; a first switch connected between another terminal of the light emitting device and the driver circuit unit; a second switch connected between the input terminal and the other terminal of the light emitting device; and a switch controller. The switch controller is operable to perform an operation mode in which the first switch is connected and the second switch is disconnected in response to an output from the voltage detector having detected that a power supply voltage applied to the power supply terminal is within a range from a first voltage to a second voltage, and to perform an inspection mode in which the first switch is disconnected and the second switch is connected in response to an output from the voltage detector having detected that the power supply voltage is outside the range from the first voltage to the second voltage. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265186 | Image inputting apparatus - Disclosed is an image inputting apparatus including: a base; a sensor main body coupled with the base so as to be able to move in a vertical direction on the base; a switch provided on either one of an upper surface side of the base or a lower surface side of the sensor main body; and a convex part provided on another one of the upper surface side of the base or the lower surface side of the sensor main body at a position facing to the switch. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265187 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING FOCUS OF A SCANNING SYSTEM - A non-imaging tool for assisting in determining a focus in a scanning system that scans a planar object with a scanning beam in a fast scan direction, while the planar object is moved under the scanning beam in a slow scan direction perpendicular to the fast scan direction. The tool includes a plate having a planar surface; a focusing wedge mounted on the plate; and a ramped grating which forms part of the focusing wedge and which has a tilted surface which extends from above the plate surface to below the plate surface; the ramped grating including alternating parallel first stripes and second stripes, wherein the first and second stripes are one of, respectively, fluorescent and non-fluorescent stripes, storage phosphor and non-storage phosphor stripes, and reflective and non-reflective stripes. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265188 | Ram locking blowout preventer - A blowout preventer including, in certain aspects, a main body, a bonnet movably connected to the main body, the bonnet having a bonnet channel with interior threading, a ram shaft with a first portion extending through the main body and a second portion extending through the bonnet, the ram shaft having a ram shaft channel therein and an outer end, a ram connected to the ram shaft for selectively engaging a pipe, a locking assembly for selectively locking the ram shaft, the locking assembly including a torquing shaft with a portion within the ram shaft channel, the torquing shaft having an external end projecting beyond the bonnet, a locking shaft secured to the torquing shaft, the locking shaft having exterior threading for threadedly engaging the interior threading of the bonnet channel, and the locking shaft rotatable within the bonnet channel to abut the outer end of the ram shaft to releasably lock the ram shaft in position. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265189 | PNEUMATIC POWERED COAXIAL VALVE WITH MAGNETIC ENTRAINMENT - The invention concerns a coaxial valve, particularly for the delivery of chemically aggressive fluids in the pharmaceutical and medical sectors and also for use in the food industry. The opening and closing of the valve is achieved in a combined pneumatic and magnetic actuating system, realised with the help of a pneumatic piston-actuator and an obturator positioned in parallel chambers, separated and constrained one to the other by means of permanent magnets for the movements of the obturator in opposite opening and closing directions in response to the movements of the piston-actuator caused by a fluid under pressure. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265190 | Electromagnetic Pressure Regulating Valve Device Having an Integrated Pressure Sensor - An electromagnetic pressure regulating valve device for regulating a hydraulic pressure including at least one pressure regulating valve which includes a solenoid part having at least one bobbin holding an electric coil, a coil core and a movably guided armature; a valve part having at least one supply connection, one return connection, one load connection and one actuating element operated by the armature and cooperating with a valve seat; and an electronic part having at least one pressure sensor for measuring the hydraulic pressure present at the load connection. At least the pressure sensor is situated on an end of the solenoid part facing the valve part upstream from the electronic part. Positioning the pressure sensor close to the valve part may substantially reduce the filter effect of the transmission link, and the hydraulic pressure to be measured is therefore transmittable free of errors up to a much higher cutoff frequency. This may result in a higher measurement accuracy, and therefore also a higher regulation accuracy, of the pressure regulating valve. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265191 | Electronically activated access valve - An electrically activated access valve arrangement having a male connector, a female connector, and a valve. In certain embodiments, the male connector includes a conductive element, and the female connector includes contacts. Insertion of the male into the female connector completes a circuit and sends an electrical signal to the valve. This transitions the valve from the normally closed position to the opened position. In certain embodiments, the male connector has a connection port that connects to a connection port of the female connector. A pump, such as an infusion pump, sends an electrical signal through the connection ports, which causes the valve to transition from the normally closed position to the opened position. The electrically activatable valve of the connectors is prevented from opening if mated with conventional male and female luers. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265192 | High Pressure Isolation Valve System - An isolation valve system includes a main body ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080265193 | Automatic flush actuation apparatus - An automatic flush actuation apparatus, which is incorporated with a flushing system having a water inlet, a water outlet, and a water chamber communicating therebetween, that includes a valve member being moved by a flush lever for releasing the water pressure within the water chamber to allow the water passing from the water inlet to the water outlet, and a sensor-operated powering assembly including a relief valve provided at the valve member for controlling the water flowing to the water outlet and an actuator arranged in such a manner that while sensing a presence of a user of the flushing system, the actuator is driven to move the relief valve to an opened position for releasing the water pressure within the water chamber to allow the water passing to said water outlet. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265194 | Arrangement with a Solenoid Coil and Method for the Production Thereof - An arrangement with a solenoid coil and a solenoid valve includes a yoke housing arranged in a housing. The yoke housing has a first yoke base and a second yoke base. The solenoid coil is arranged between the first yoke base and the second yoke base. The solenoid coil including a coil wound about a coil former. The coil former has a fixing member that fixes the coil former to the housing. The solenoid valve includes a valve housing with a valve base plate connected to the housing. A displaceably mounted valve closing member extends into the solenoid coil from the valve housing. At least one resilient member is provided on an outer face of the second yoke base on a side of the second yoke base remote from the solenoid coil. The resilient member rests on the valve base plate and is compressed thereby. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265195 | Flow connector for a valve - A flow connector for a valve, including a body in which a flow channel is formed that is made up of a first port, a second port and an opening area to receive a movable plug, whereby the ports can be flow-connected through the opening area. An objective of the present invention is to configure and refine a valve having a flow connector in such a way that the volume of fluid that flows through the flow channel per unit of time can be set without any problem wherein the cross section surface area of the flow channel in the opening area is configured to be constant along a first height of lift and to be variable along a second height of lift. A solenoid valve includes the flow connector according to an embodiment of the present invention. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265196 | VALVES INCLUDING AN INSULATING MEMBER AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - Valves are provided that include a flowbody, a sealing element, and an insulating member. The flowbody has a channel and an outer surface. The sealing element is disposed in the flowbody channel. The insulating member surrounds the flowbody and includes an inner surface and an annular spacer extending radially inwardly therefrom and integrally formed therewith. The annular spacer is in contact with the flowbody outer surface to thereby form an airgap between the insulating member inner surface and the flowbody outer surface. Methods of manufacturing the valves are also provided. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265197 | GATE VALVE FOR A SYSTEM FOR CIRCULATING COOLING AIR THROUGH A TURBOMACHINE - Gate valve ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080265198 | Metering Valves for Dispensers - A metering valve ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080265199 | ZERO LEAKAGE BALANCE VALVE SYSTEM - A valve assembly for a hydraulic device. The valve assembly has a valve seat within a valve passageway used in combination with a spool. The spool has a first section wherein a flexible element is disposed within a cavity of the first section such that in a first position the spool and specifically the flexible element engages the valve seat to provide zero leakage from the valve passageway into a tank passageway. Additionally, the spool is designed to have an additional section at a second end to provide equal sealing areas at both the first and second ends of the spool to balance the forces within the valve passageway. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265200 | CHANGE VALVE FOR AN AIR COMPRESSOR - A change valve for an air compressor is combined with the vent tube of an air compressor, including a connector, a valve base, a valve body, an anti-leak gasket, a sleeve and a button. The valve base has at least two connect tubes, with a guide tube connected to each of the connect tubes. The button can be turned to rotate the valve base together with the valve body, so the vent hole of the valve body can be aligned to the air hole of either of the two connect tubes. If the air compressor operates, compresses air may flow in the valve body via the air hole into the guide tube via the vent hole of the connect tubes, and finally into an object. In this way, interchanging the position of the vent hole of the valve body enables the change valve connected to objects having different air valves. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265201 | LOW-TEMPERATURE-CURABLE POLYURETHANE COMPOSITIONS WITH URETDIONE GROUPS, CONTAINING POLYMERS BASED ON POLYOLS THAT CARRY SECONDARY OH GROUPS - Low-temperature-curable polyurethane compositions with uretdione groups, containing polymers based on polyols that carry secondary OH groups. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265202 | Thermally conductive and electrically resistive liquid crystalline polymer composition - A thermally conductive polymer composition comprising liquid crystalline polymer; metal alloy having a melting point of between about 200° C. and about 500° C.; and thermally conductive filler other than the metal alloy. The composition has a volume resistivity of at least about 1×10 | 2008-10-30 |
20080265203 | Refrigerating Machine Oil of a Compressor - There is provided a refrigerating machine oil for a compressor. The oil includes a lubricating oil applied on frictional surfaces to reduce friction thereon and less than 1.0 wt % of a carbon nano particles. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265204 | REFRIGERANT COMPOSITIONS - Disclosed is a non-flammable refrigerant composition consisting of pentafluoroethane in an amount from 62% to 67% based on the weight of the composition; a second component selected from 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane, and mixtures thereof in an amount from 26% to 36% by weight based on the weight of the composition; and an ethylenically unsaturated or saturated hydrocarbon compound that is at least 80% isobutane in an amount of from 3% to 4% by weight of the composition. Optionally, the composition may include at least one lubricant, at least one additive or combinations thereof. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265205 | Polishing Composition - A polishing composition contains a protective film forming agent, an oxidant, and an etching agent. The protective film forming agent includes at least one type of compound selected from benzotriazole and a benzotriazole derivative and at least one type of compound selected from the compounds represented by the general formula ROR′COOH and a general formula ROR′OPO | 2008-10-30 |
20080265206 | Method for the Enzymatic Production of 5-Norbornen-2-Carboxylic Acid - The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of 5-norbornene-2-carboxylic acid from 5-norbornene-2-endo-carbonitrile and/or 5-norbornene-2-exo-carbonitrile. The invention relates in particular to a process which enables 5-norbornene-2-carboxylic acid to be prepared at a high substrate concentration. The invention furthermore relates to a polypeptide suitable for enzymatic conversion of 5-norbornene-2-carbonitrile to give 5-norbornene-2-carboxylic acid, in particular also with a high substrate concentration, and to a nucleic acid encoding said polypeptide, to a composition comprising 5-norbornene-2-carbonitrile to 5-norbornene-2-endo-carboxylic acid and 5-norbornene-2-exo-carboxylic acid, and to the use of said polypeptide. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265207 | Phosphor Composition for a Low-Pressure Discharge Lamp with High Color Temperature - A phosphor composition for a low-pressure discharge lamp with a high light yield and a high color temperature contains phosphors which emit in the red wavelength region, including yttrium oxide doped with europium or gadolinium-zinc-magnesium pentaborate doped with cerium and manganese, phosphors which emit in the green wavelength region including lanthanum phosphate doped with cerium and terbium and/or cerium-magnesium aluminate doped with terbium and/or cerium-magnesium pentaborate doped with terbium, and optionally a phosphor which emits in the blue wavelength region of the barium-magnesium aluminate doped with europium type. The phosphor composition additionally contains at least one phosphor which emits in the blue or blue-green wavelength region selected from the group consisting of manganese-strontium-barium-magnesium aluminate doped with manganese and europium or barium-magnesium aluminate doped with europium and manganese and strontium aluminate doped with europium and strontium-barium-calcium chloroapatite doped with europium and strontium borophosphate doped with europium. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265208 | Functional infrared flourescent particle - An infrared fluorescent particle comprising a functional group or a substance that is capable of binding to an analyte, wherein fluorescence at infrared wavelength is emitted from the particle upon exposure of the particle to excitation light at infrared wavelength. The infrared fluorescent particle of the present invention is capable of binding to the analyte. Due to a high penetration of the fluorescence and the excitation light into biological substances, the infrared fluorescent particle of the present invention can reduce an influence of luminescence, light absorption or light scattering which is occurred due to the analyte and the surrounding substances. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265209 | RED PHOSPHOR COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - The invention relates to a red phosphor composition and a method of preparing the same, and more particularly, a red phosphor which includes Al | 2008-10-30 |
20080265210 | Electroluminescent Materials and Devices - Lithium quinolate is a host material for organometallic electroluminescent materials to form an electroluminescent layer in an electroluminescent device. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265211 | Shipping, handling, and testing fluids for ink dispensing systems - Shipping, handling, and testing fluids, ink dispensing systems, and the like are disclosed. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265212 | Sulfur-tolerant and carbon-resistant catalysts - The invention relates to novel bimetallic and trimetallic catalysts, their manufacture and use in both steam reforming and oxidative steam reforming of liquid fuels such as jet fuels, diesel fuels and gasoline to produce synthesis gas and/or hydrogen for fuel cell applications. The invention further relates to manufacture of synthesis gas and/or hydrogen gas for chemicals synthesis and fuel processing. The catalysts have high sulfur tolerance and carbon resistance when used in steam reforming and/or oxidative steam reforming of heavy hydrocarbon fuels. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265213 | Enhanced Leak Detection Dye Carrier - A leak detection dye carrier is formed using a two-stage process ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080265214 | Solutions of Organic Semiconductors - Solutions comprising: (i) at least one organic semiconductor, (ii) at least one organic solvent A having a boiling point, and (iii) at least one organic solvent B having a boiling point; wherein the at least one organic semiconductor comprises at least one high molecular weight component, wherein the at least one organic solvent A is a good solvent for the at least one organic semiconductor, wherein the at least one organic solvent B is a poor solvent for the at least one organic semiconductor; and wherein the boiling point of the at least one solvent A is greater than the boiling point of the at least one solvent B; and the use of such solutions in processes for forming organic semiconductor layers on substrates and devices formed by such processes. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265215 | Conductive Polymers Consisting of Anisotropic Morphology Particles - The present invention relates to a conductive polymer or organic metal which is characterized in that nanoscopic particles formed from same with a particle size of less than 100 nm have an anisotropic morphology which is not spherical and has a length-to-diameter (“L/D”) ratio greater than 1.2. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of such polymers and their use in the preparation of shaped parts, self-supporting foils or coatings with electrical conductivity, in particular on anisotropic substrates or in anisotropic media and fields. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265216 | OXOCARBON-, PSEUDOOXOCARBON- AND RADIALENE COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USE - The present invention relates to oxocarbon-, pseudooxocarbon- and radialene compounds as well as to their use as doping agent for doping an organic semiconductive matrix material, as blocker material, as charge injection layer, as electrode material as well as organic semiconductor, as well as electronic components and organic semiconductive materials using them. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265217 | Cathodic Protection Compounds - A cathodic protection compound is disclosed. The coating includes sacrificial metallic particles less noble than metal in the metal substrate to be protected. The coating also includes inherently conductive polymer in an amount of less than 1 weight percent of total solids of the coating. A concentrate of the metallic particles and inherently conductive polymer can also be prepared. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265218 | Composite layer and method of forming same | 2008-10-30 |
20080265219 | Method for Fabricating Intrinsically Conducting Polymer Nanorods - A method for synthetizing nanorods, comprising using self-assembled defect free nanotubes formed in water at room temperature and the nanorods are synthesised within the nanotubes in water at room temperature. The size of the nanorods obtained is well defined due to the well-defined size of the self-assembled nanotubes. In addition, the nanorods synthesised by this method may be doped to improve the conductivity and to obtain p and n nanowires. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265220 | Process for Producing Capacitors - The invention relates to a process for producing capacitors based on niobium suboxide, and having an insulator layer of niobium pentoxide. Also described is a powder mixture suitable for production of capacitors. Pressed bodies produced from the powder mixture, and capacitors having specific properties are also disclosed. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265221 | TEMPLATED SEMICONDUCTOR PARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING - Composite particles of a semiconductor particle such as a metal chalcogenide within a crosslinked, cored dendrimer are described. Additionally, methods of making the composite particles and compositions that contain the composite particles are described. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265222 | Cellulose-Containing Filling Material for Paper, Tissue, or Cardboard Products, Method for the Production Thereof, Paper, Tissue, or Carboard Product Containing Such a Filling Material, or Dry Mixture Used Therefor - Multifunctional surface-modified cellulose-containing fibers, especially for producing paper and cardboard packagings, are provided with numerous specific advantages regarding production and the product. The invention particularly relates to cellulose compounds and microcomposites in which solid materials, liquids, and dispersed or amorphous additives, for example, are coated onto the surface of the cellulose, and methods for the production of said compounds. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265223 | Fire-retardant compositions and methods of making and using same - The present invention provides fire-retardant compositions for treatment of wood products comprising a guanidine phosphate compound and a boron compound, such as boric acid. The present invention also provides a method for using the compositions for preparing a fire-retardant cellulosic material, such as wood, comprising the step of applying a fire-retardant composition comprising an aqueous solution of guanidine phosphate and a boron-containing compound to a cellulosic material, thereby rendering the cellulosic material fire retardant. The present invention also provides a method of preparing a fire-retardant composition comprising mixing a guanidine phosphate and a boron-containing compound. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265224 | Lifting Mechanism for Players - This Utility Model Invention discloses a lifting mechanism for players, including the main body frame and the player installed on the main body frame. The bottom of the said player is fixed on the connection dock, while the connection dock is connected with a worm coupling support. Inside the main body frame is installed the worm shaft, and the worm coupling frame is coupled with the worm shaft. At the bottom of the said main body frame is installed the gearbox base, and in the gearbox base is installed gear cluster and motor. The bottom end of the worm shaft is connected to the motor via the said gear cluster. This utility model features the maximum protection of the player from being damaged as well as keeping integrity and good appearance of the whole product. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265225 | Control System for Transfer Means - A control system comprising a force measuring means ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080265226 | Winch Assembly - A winch assembly ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080265227 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REACHING FROM OUTSIDE AN UPPER LEVEL OF A TALL STRUCTURE - An embodiment of the invention is directed to a system having a pulley attached to a building. A closed loop of cable is installed around the pulley. The loop is of sufficient length so as to reach, when deployed outside of the building, below the pulley to where emergency personnel gather in an area next to a base of the building (when responding to a disaster situation in the building). A winch around which the loop is to be operatively installed is located in the area next to the base. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265228 | Paling Fences - A palisade or fence comprises vertical pales ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080265229 | WOODEN ONE-PIECE FENCE POST CAP - A one piece fence post cap is disclosed. The fence post cap includes a roof wall and a plurality of side walls formed from a single piece of wood. The side walls are defined by a recess formed in the piece of wood. The recess is shaped to closely receive a top end of a fence post. The recess can be formed by machining the recess into the piece of wood. The fence post cap can be press-fit, nailed, screwed, adhesively, or otherwise secured to the top end of the fence post. The recess can be suitably shaped to receive fence posts of various shapes. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265230 | Animal Barrier Device - An animal barrier device comprising one or more rotating bodies and fixture means, in which in use the fixture means rotatably supports the one or more rotating bodies on a construction with which the animal barrier is used, in which each rotating body is an elongate body which rotates in use about a longitudinal axis, and in which the longitudinal axis is located at any point on a line between a centre of the rotating body and a point below the rotating body. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265231 | Guard rail mounting block and guard rail system incorporating the same - An improved guard rail system spacer block having a front face, a rear face and an outer circumferential undulating surface surrounding a plurality of individual spaced apart cavities that extend from one of such faces to the other. Lugs project from the rear face to support the block on a post of a roadway guard rail system and align it with the post during installation of the system and a lug projects from the front face to temporarily support a guard rail strip during installation of the guard rail system. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265232 | Railing Assembly with Detachable and Upgradeable Components - A railing system includes an upper core member having a cap connector. In a first embodiment, a railing system includes a cap member having a cap flange that detachably couples with the cap connector on the upper core member. The cap member forms an enclosed conduit between the cap member and the upper core member. In a second embodiment, a kit for fabricating a railing span is contained in a packaging. The kit includes an upper core member and lower core member having selected lengths and a plurality of balusters for connection between the upper and lower core members. In a third aspect of the invention, a method of routing an opening for a baluster used in an inclined railing structure includes the step of plunging a router bit into a side of a component at an angle based on the installed angle of the inclined railing structure. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265233 | Two-action gate requiring two steps to open - To open the two-action gate, a sliding of a latch and a lifting to disengage a double stop is required. Performing one step without the other fails to open the gate. The gate is engaged in a frame which may in turn be engaged in a partition or “inside the home” fence or other barrier. Via a thumb tab with the rest of the hand holding onto the top tube of the gate, a portion of the latch can be slid out of the frame. Then the hand may lift up the gate to lift a double stop up and clear of a lower portion of the frame such that the gate is swingable. Once the double stop is clear of the lower portion of the frame and the gate has been swung several degrees, the gate may be lowered and then swung at will. The two steps of sliding and lifting minimize the chance that children can open the gate. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265234 | Method of Forming Phase Change Memory Cell With Reduced Switchable Volume - A memory cell is fabricated by forming a dielectric layer and patterning a hole in the dielectric layer. Patterning the hole is accomplished at least in part by contacting the dielectric layer with a catalytic material in the presence of a reactant under conditions effective to remove those areas of the dielectric layer in contact with the catalytic material. A phase change feature is then formed in contact with the dielectric layer such that a portion of the phase change feature at least partially fills the hole in the dielectric layer. At least a portion of the patterned dielectric layer remains in the ultimate memory cell. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265235 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a first stacked structure in which a plurality of electrode layers are stacked on a substrate via insulating layers, a first resistance changing layer provided on a side surface of the first stacked structure and in contact with the first electrode layers, the first resistance changing layer having a resistance value changing on the basis of an applied voltage, a second electrode layer provided on a side surface of the first resistance changing layer, and a bit line provided on the first stacked structure and electrically connected to the second electrode layer. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265236 | VARIABLE RESISTANCE NON-VOLATILE MEMORY CELLS AND METHODS OF FABRICATING SAME - Methods of fabricating integrated circuit memory cells and integrated circuit memory cells are disclosed. Formation of an integrated circuit memory cell include forming a first electrode on a substrate. An insulation layer is formed on the substrate with an opening that exposes at least a portion of a first electrode. An amorphous variable resistivity material is formed on the first electrode and extends away from the first electrode along sidewalls of the opening. A crystalline variable resistivity material is formed in the opening on the amorphous variable resistivity material. A second electrode is formed on the crystalline variable resistivity material. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265237 | Phase-Change Memory Cell Having Two Insulated Regions - A phase-change-memory cell is provided which comprises two insulated regions formed in a first phase-change material connected by a region formed in a second phase-change material. The crystallization temperature of the second phase-change material is below the crystallization temperature of the first phase-change material. By locally changing the material properties using a second PCM material, which switches phase at a lower temperature, a localized “hot spot” is obtained. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265238 | PHASE CHANGE MEMORY DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Phase change memory devices and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. An exemplary embodiment of a phase change memory device includes a first electrode disposed in a first dielectric layer. A second dielectric layer is disposed over the first dielectric layer and the first electrode. A phase change material layer disposed in the second dielectric layer to electrically contact the first electrode. A third dielectric layer is disposed over the second dielectric layer. A second electrode is disposed in the third dielectric layer to electrically connect the phase change material layer and at least one gap disposed in the first dielectric layer or the second dielectric layer to thereby isolate portions of the phase change material layer and portions of the first or second dielectric layer adjacent thereto. | 2008-10-30 |
20080265239 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING SPACER MATERIAL LAYER - An integrated circuit includes a first electrode and a dielectric material layer contacting a first portion of the first electrode. The integrated circuit includes a spacer material layer contacting a sidewall portion of the dielectric material layer and a second portion of the first electrode. The second portion is within the first portion. The integrated circuit includes resistivity changing material contacting the spacer material layer and a third portion of the first electrode. The third portion is within the second portion. The integrated circuit includes a second electrode contacting the resistivity changing material. | 2008-10-30 |