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20100226949 | INSECT REPELLENT AND ATTRACTANTS - The disclosure provides compounds useful as insect repellents and compositions comprising such repellents. The disclosure further provides insect traps. | 09-09-2010 |
20130236417 | LIGANDS FOR ODOR RECEPTORS AND OLFACTORY NEURONS - The disclosure provides compounds useful as insect repellents and compositions comprising such repellents. The disclosure further provides insect traps and method for identifying ligands and cognates for biological molecules. | 09-12-2013 |
20140322159 | ODORS FOR PSYLLID TRAPPING, REPELLING AND CONTROL - The disclosure provides methods and compositions for modifying psyllid behavior. In addition, the disclosure provides methods and volatile odorants useful for repelling or attracting psyllids. | 10-30-2014 |
20150126437 | METHODS FOR ASSESSING REPELLANT QUALITY OF ORGANIC MATERIALS AND METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REPELLING ARTHROPODS - The disclosure provides compounds useful as insect repellents, compositions comprising such repellents, and methods of repelling an arthropod using such compounds and compositions. The disclosure further provides insect traps and method for identifying ligands and cognates for biological molecules. | 05-07-2015 |
20150223458 | LIGANDS FOR ODOR RECEPTORS AND OLFACTORY NEURONS - The disclosure provides compounds useful as insect repellents and compositions comprising such repellents. The disclosure further provides insect traps and method for identifying ligands and cognates for biological molecules. | 08-13-2015 |
20150377897 | METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING ARTHROPOD REPELLENTS BASED ON MODULATION OF SPECIFIC IONOTROPIC RECEPTORS, AND COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS IDENTIFIED BY SUCH METHODS - Provided herein are screening methods for identifying arthropod repellent compounds based on modulation of ionotropic receptors, including an Ir40a receptor, an Ir93a receptor and an Ir25a receptor. Further provided are screening systems related to these methods. Such systems may include a sample that has one or more of the ionotropic receptors; and one or more compounds that each is a repellent for at least one arthropod species, wherein the one or more compound each modulates the activity of such ionotropic receptor(s). Further provided are one or more compounds identified using the screening methods described herein, and compositions containing such compounds. | 12-31-2015 |
20160003805 | METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING ARTHROPOD REPELLENTS AND ATTRACTANTS, AND COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS IDENTIFIED BY SUCH METHODS - Provided herein are screening methods for identifying compounds for use as an arthropod repellent based on the masking or inhibition of the detection of the skin odor by a cpA neuron. Provided herein are also screening methods for identifying compounds for use as an arthropod attractant based on activation of the cpA neuron. Further provided are one or more compounds identified using the screening methods described herein, and compositions containing such compounds. | 01-07-2016 |
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20080262619 | INTERSPINOUS PROCESS CUSHIONED SPACER - An implantable dorsal spinous process spacer device including an implant body having a central portion, opposed superior legs, and opposed inferior legs. The central portion defines a lateral passage extending between, and exteriorly open to, left and right sides thereof. Optional cushions are affixed to opposite faces of the central portion, within receiving zones defined thereby. The implant body is attached to adjacent spinous processes. The implanted device spreads apart the posterior vertebral structures relieving a variety of disabling spine problems that have resulted from degenerative disc collapse. A narrow non-absorbable woven band, strap or plurality of suture filaments is passed around the two spinous processes, crossing through a lateral passage provided in the implant, stabilizing the spinal segment. | 10-23-2008 |
20090090795 | SURFACE PAINTING SYSTEM - Systems and methods for painting a surface are disclosed. The method includes securing a track relative to a surface to be painted. A traveling control unit is mounted to the track. The spray head is suspended from the traveling control unit and in front of the surface to be painted. The spray head is moved relative to the surface by moving the traveling control unit along the track to move the spray head along a first painting axis and moving the spray head relative to the control unit along a second painting axis. A painting plan for a design to be painted is executed by emitting a spray of paint from the spray head at various coordinates. An image of the surface can be scanned and overlayed with a virtual representation of the design for evaluation prior to painting. | 04-09-2009 |
20090138091 | TAPERED BONE FUSION CAGES OR BLOCKS, IMPLANTATION MEANS AND METHOD - Methods for fusion inside a forward widely tapering human disc space. A stabilizing/guiding system is driven into and against the disc space. The device is further stabilized by spreading and gripping means inside both vertebral end plates. Rod retaining members hold calibrated rod units whose adapted tips perform reaming and threading of the disc space. Subsequently, the tapered cage or implant can be inserted by a free-hand method under direct vision into the prepared and tapered bed. Rod unit divergent angulation is set to match that of the disc space as well as the implants so they obtain optimal distributed purchase of vertebral bone. In one embodiment, inserts are confluent with parallel medial walls rather than their long axes, increasing torsional or lateral translational stability and simplifying placement of additional bone chips. No tubular guide means are required. | 05-28-2009 |
20100253469 | MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR SYSTEM - A user-operated system for interactive vehicle door opening and closing. The system detects vehicle position (gravity) and external force (such as wind) and provides an assistive force in effortlessly opening or closing the door. In some embodiments, the system provides a fail safe mode of operation in case of power failure and/or limit stops to minimize or prevent damage to external objects in the event the door is inadvertently brought into contact with the external object. | 10-07-2010 |
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20140160044 | DYNAMIC TACTILE INTERFACE - One variation of a dynamic tactile interface includes: a substrate defining a fluid channel and a fluid conduit fluidly coupled to the fluid channel; a tactile layer comprising a peripheral region and a deformable region, the peripheral region coupled to the substrate, and the deformable region arranged over the fluid conduit, disconnected from the substrate, and operable between a retracted setting and an expanded setting, the deformable region elevated above the peripheral region in the expanded setting; a tube comprising a first end fluidly coupled to the fluid channel and constrained relative to the substrate; a volume of fluid within the tube; and a rotary actuator coupled to the tube remote from the first end and configured to transition the deformable region from the retracted setting to the expanded setting by winding the tube to displace a portion of the volume of fluid within the tube into the fluid channel. | 06-12-2014 |
20150138110 | DYNAMIC TACTILE INTERFACE - A dynamic tactile interface including a tactile layer defining a first region and a deformable region adjacent the first region; a substrate coupled to the tactile layer at the first region, defining a variable volume adjacent the deformable region and defining a fluid channel fluidly coupled to the variable volume; a set of rigid structures distributed across the tactile layer defining an anti-reflective coating over the tactile layer; and a displacement device fluidly coupled to the fluid channel, the displacement device displacing fluid into the fluid channel to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting to an expanded setting, the deformable region tactilely distinguishable from the first region in the expanded setting, the set of rigid structures conforming to the tactile layer, each rigid structure in the set of rigid structures shifting relative to an adjacent rigid structure in the set of rigid structures. | 05-21-2015 |
20150205368 | DYNAMIC TACTILE INTERFACE - A dynamic tactile interface includes a tactile layer including an attachment surface, a peripheral region, and a deformable region adjacent the peripheral region, the deformable region operable between a retracted setting and an expanded setting; a substrate coupled to the attachment surface at the peripheral region and defining a fluid conduit and a fluid channel fluidly coupled to the fluid conduit, the fluid conduit adjacent the deformable region; a first magnet coupled to the substrate proximal the deformable region; and a second magnet coupled to the tactile layer at the deformable region and magnetically coupled to the first magnet, the first magnet and the second magnet cooperating to yield a nonlinear displacement of the deformable region in the expanded setting toward the substrate in response to a force applied to the tactile surface at the deformable region. | 07-23-2015 |
20150205416 | DYNAMIC TACTILE INTERFACE - A dynamic tactile interface including a tactile layer including an attachment surface, a peripheral region, and a deformable region adjacent the peripheral region, the deformable region operable between a retracted setting and an expanded setting tactilely distinguishable from the peripheral region; a substrate coupled to the attachment surface at the peripheral region and defining a fluid conduit and a fluid channel fluidly coupled to the fluid conduit, the fluid conduit adjacent the deformable region; a first electromagnetic element coupled to the substrate proximal the deformable region and outputting a first electromagnetic field; and a second electromagnetic element coupled to the tactile layer at the deformable region and outputting a second electromagnetic field, the second electromagnetic element attracted to the first electromagnetic element in a first setting and repelling the first electromagnetic element in a second setting. | 07-23-2015 |
20150205417 | DYNAMIC TACTILE INTERFACE - A dynamic tactile interface includes a tactile layer including a peripheral region and a deformable region adjacent the peripheral region, the deformable region operable between an expanded setting and a retracted setting; a substrate coupled to the peripheral region and defining a fluid conduit and a fluid channel fluidly coupled to the fluid conduit, the fluid conduit adjacent the deformable region; and a spring element coupled to the substrate between the tactile layer and the substrate, arranged substantially over the fluid conduit, and operable in a first distended position and a second distended position, the spring element at a local minimum of potential energy in the expanded setting and in the first distended position and at a second potential energy greater than the local minimum of potential energy between the first distended position and the second distended position, the spring element defining a nonlinear displacement response to an input displacing the deformable region in the expanded setting toward the substrate. | 07-23-2015 |
20150205419 | DYNAMIC TACTILE INTERFACE - One variation of a dynamic tactile interface includes a tactile layer defining a peripheral region and a deformable region adjacent the peripheral region; a substrate coupled to the peripheral region, a fluid conduit adjacent the deformable region, a fluid channel fluidly coupled to the fluid conduit, and a via fluidly coupled to the fluid channel and passing through the back surface; a bladder fluidly coupled to the via and the substrate; a structure adjacent a first side of the bladder; and a platen adjacent a second side of the bladder opposite the first side and compressing the bladder against the structure substantially perpendicular the longitudinal axis of the bladder and substantially parallel the substrate to displace fluid from the bladder and into the fluid channel to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting into an expanded setting. | 07-23-2015 |
20150205420 | DYNAMIC TACTILE INTERFACE - The dynamic tactile interface includes: a tactile layer defining a peripheral region and a deformable region adjacent the peripheral region and operable between a retracted setting and an expanded setting; a substrate including an attachment surface and coupled to the peripheral region and defining a fluid conduit adjacent the deformable region and a fluid channel fluidly coupled to the fluid conduit; a border region proximal a periphery of the substrate and defining a cavity configured to receive an instrument, the cavity supporting the instrument in a first configuration and releasing the instrument in a second configuration; and a bladder fluidly coupled to the fluid channel and coupled to the cavity, the instrument compressing a portion of the bladder in the first configuration to displace fluid from the bladder into the fluid channel to transition the deformable region from the retracted setting to the expanded setting. | 07-23-2015 |
20150293633 | DYNAMIC TACTILE INTERFACE - One variation of a dynamic tactile interface includes: a tactile layer including a deformable region and a peripheral region adjacent the deformable region; a substrate coupled to the tactile layer, the substrate defining fluid channel and cooperating with the deformable region to define a variable volume fluidly coupled to the fluid channel; a displacement device coupled to the bladder, displacing fluid into the variable volume to transition the deformable region from the retracted setting to the expanded setting, and displacing fluid out of the variable volume to transition the deformable region from the expanded setting to the retracted setting, the displacement device defining a equilibrium range of fluid pressures within the fluid channel; a reservoir fluidly coupled to the fluid channel and supporting a reserve volume of fluid; and a valve selectively controlling transfer of fluid from the reservoir to the fluid channel. | 10-15-2015 |
20150331525 | DYNAMIC TACTILE INTERFACE - One variation of a dynamic tactile interface includes: a substrate defining a fluid channel and a fluid conduit fluidly coupled to the fluid channel; a tactile layer comprising a peripheral region and a deformable region, the peripheral region coupled to the substrate, and the deformable region arranged over the fluid conduit, disconnected from the substrate, and operable between a retracted setting and an expanded setting, the deformable region elevated above the peripheral region in the expanded setting; a tube comprising a first end fluidly coupled to the fluid channel and constrained relative to the substrate; a volume of fluid within the tube; and a rotary actuator coupled to the tube remote from the first end and configured to transition the deformable region from the retracted setting to the expanded setting by winding the tube to displace a portion of the volume of fluid within the tube into the fluid channel. | 11-19-2015 |
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20140132532 | DYNAMIC TACTILE INTERFACE AND METHODS - One variation of a dynamic tactile interface includes: a substrate including a first transparent material and defining an attachment surface, an open channel opposite the attachment surface, and a fluid conduit intersecting the open channel and passing through the attachment surface; a tactile layer including a second transparent material and defining a tactile surface, a peripheral region bonded to the attachment surface opposite the tactile surface, and a deformable region adjacent the fluid conduit and disconnected from the attachment surface; a closing panel bonded to the substrate opposite the attachment surface and enclosing the open channel to define a fluid channel; a working fluid; and a displacement device configured to displace the working fluid into the fluid channel and through the fluid conduit to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting to an expanded setting. | 05-15-2014 |
20150293591 | DYNAMIC TACTILE INTERFACE AND METHODS - One variation of a dynamic tactile interface includes: a substrate including a first transparent material and defining an attachment surface, an open channel opposite the attachment surface, and a fluid conduit intersecting the open channel and passing through the attachment surface; a tactile layer including a second transparent material and defining a tactile surface, a peripheral region bonded to the attachment surface opposite the tactile surface, and a deformable region adjacent the fluid conduit and disconnected from the attachment surface; a closing panel bonded to the substrate opposite the attachment surface and enclosing the open channel to define a fluid channel; a working fluid; and a displacement device configured to displace the working fluid into the fluid channel and through the fluid conduit to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting to an expanded setting. | 10-15-2015 |
20160139698 | DYNAMIC TACTILE INTERFACE AND METHODS - A dynamic tactile interface includes: a substrate including a first transparent material and defining an attachment surface, an open channel opposite the attachment surface, and a fluid conduit intersecting the open channel and passing through the attachment surface; a tactile layer including a second transparent material and defining a tactile surface, a peripheral region bonded to the attachment surface opposite the tactile surface, and a deformable region adjacent the fluid conduit and disconnected from the attachment surface; a closing panel bonded to the substrate opposite the attachment surface and enclosing the open channel to define a fluid channel; a working fluid; and a displacement device configured to displace the working fluid into the fluid channel and through the fluid conduit to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting to an expanded setting. | 05-19-2016 |
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20120095607 | Method, Apparatus, and System for Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation Through Dynamic Management of Memory and Input/Output Subsystems - According to one embodiment of the invention, an integrated circuit device comprises an interconnect, at least one compute engine and a control unit. Coupled to the at least one compute engine via the interconnect, the control unit to analyze heuristic information from the at least one compute engine and to increase or decrease a bandwidth of the interconnect based on the heuristic information. | 04-19-2012 |
20140071784 | FREQUENCY SELECTION GRANULARITY FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - Clock signal generation circuitry. A frequency multiplier is coupled to receive a clock signal and to generate a frequency-multiplied clock signal. A switching circuit is coupled to receive at least two reference clock signals. The switching circuit provides one of the reference clock signals in response to a reference select signal. A phase locked loop (PLL) is coupled to receive the frequency-multiplied clock signal and the selected reference clock signal. The PLL generates an output clock signal. | 03-13-2014 |
20150082002 | DYNAMIC HETEROGENEOUS HASHING FUNCTIONS IN RANGES OF SYSTEM MEMORY ADDRESSING SPACE - Dynamic heterogeneous hashing function technology for balancing memory requests between multiple memory channels is described. A processor includes functional units and multiple memory channels, and a memory controller unit (MCU) coupled between them. The MCU includes a dynamic heterogeneous hashing module (DHHM) that includes multiple specific-purpose hashing function blocks that define different interleaving sequences for memory requests to alternately access the multiple memory channels. The DHHM also includes a hashing-function selection block. The hashing-function selection block is operable to identify a requesting functional unit originating a current memory request and to select one of the specific-purpose hashing function blocks for the current memory request in view of the requesting functional unit. | 03-19-2015 |
20150178203 | OPTIMIZED WRITE ALLOCATION FOR TWO-LEVEL MEMORY - Systems and methods for write allocation by a two-level memory controller. An example processing system comprises: a processing core; a memory controller communicatively coupled to the processing core; and a system memory communicatively coupled to the memory controller, the system memory comprising a first level memory and a second level memory; wherein the memory controller is configured, responsive to determining that a memory block referenced by a memory write request is not present in the first level memory, to allocate a new first level memory block without retrieving the memory block referenced by the request from the second level memory, wherein the memory write request is represented by an overwrite type memory write request. | 06-25-2015 |
20150178204 | COMMON PLATFORM FOR ONE-LEVEL MEMORY ARCHITECTURE AND TWO-LEVEL MEMORY ARCHITECTURE - Technologies for one-level memory (1LM) and two-level memory (2LM) configurations in a common platform are described. A processor includes a first memory interface coupled to a first memory device that is located off-package of the processor and a second memory interface coupled to a second memory device that is located off-package of the processor. The processor also includes a multi-level memory controller (MLMC) coupled to the first memory interface and the second memory interface. The MLMC includes a first configuration and a second configuration. The first memory device is a random access memory (RAM) of a one-level memory (1LM) architecture in the first configuration. The first memory device is a first-level RAM of a two-level memory (2LM) architecture in the second configuration and the second memory device is a second-level non-volatile memory (NVM) of the 2LM architecture in the second configuration. | 06-25-2015 |
20150186282 | REPRESENTING A CACHE LINE BIT PATTERN VIA META SIGNALING - A cache controller with a pattern recognition mechanism can identify patterns in cache lines. Instead of transmitting the entire data of the cache line to a destination device, the cache controller can generate a meta signal to represent the identified bit pattern. The cache controller transmits the meta signal to the destination in place of at least part of the cache line. | 07-02-2015 |
20150186313 | Managing Shared Resources Between Multiple Processing Devices - In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there is provided systems and methods for managing shared resources between multiple processing devices. The processor may include a first processing device comprising a first non-coherent hardware block (hb) including a non-coherent data and a second processing device comprising a second non-coherent hb including the non-coherent data. The processor may also include a first hb in communication with the first non-coherent hb and the second non-coherent hb to track and share the non-coherent data between the first and the second processing devices. | 07-02-2015 |
20160019936 | ULTRA LOW POWER ARCHITECTURE TO SUPPORT ALWAYS ON PATH TO MEMORY - An apparatus with an ultra low power architecture is described herein. The apparatus includes a first power supply rail, wherein a plurality of subsystems are to be powered by the first power supply rail. The apparatus also includes a second power supply rail, wherein a plurality of autonomous subsystems are to be powered by the power supply rail, wherein the second power supply rail is to be always on, always available, and low power. | 01-21-2016 |
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20140046243 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CLOT DISRUPTION AND EVACUATION - The apparatus includes a catheter having a combined infusion/aspiration lumen, a three lumen proximal portion and a two lumen distal portion. An infusion/aspiration valve located at the distal end of the catheter facilitates performing infusion and aspiration through the same lumen, which in turn reduces the number of lumens, and enables the combined infusion/aspiration lumen to be made larger without the need to increase the diameter of the catheter. Differing material properties in the proximal and distal portions of the catheter enable the proximal portion to be made stiffer for pushability, while the distal portion is more flexible to navigate tortuous vasculature and enable a greater amplitude agitator to be received within the catheter. | 02-13-2014 |
20140046244 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CLOT DISRUPTION AND EVACUATION - The apparatus includes a catheter having a combined infusion/aspiration lumen, a three lumen proximal portion and a two lumen distal portion. An infusion/aspiration valve located at the distal end of the catheter facilitates performing infusion and aspiration through the same lumen, which in turn reduces the number of lumens, and enables the combined infusion/aspiration lumen to be made larger without the need to increase the diameter of the catheter. Differing material properties in the proximal and distal portions of the catheter enable the proximal portion to be made stiffer for pushability, while the distal portion is more flexible to navigate tortuous vasculature and enable a greater amplitude agitator to be received within the catheter. | 02-13-2014 |
20140102461 | Adhesive Earplugs Useful for Sealing the Ear Canal - Systems and methods are provided for sealing an ear canal for retaining a solution in the ear canal. Adhesive earplugs are provided through which the solution can be delivered, and which, following delivery, retain the fluid in the ear canal. The systems and methods may also be useful for delivering an anesthetizing solution to the ear canal of a human patient and for maintaining the solution therein for use with an iontophoresis system for anesthetizing the tympanic membrane. | 04-17-2014 |
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20100160945 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STORAGE AND/OR INTRODUCTION OF IMPLANT FOR HOLLOW ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE - An apparatus for introducing an implant into a hollow anatomical structure. The apparatus comprises a storage unit; an elongate vascular implant stored inside the storage unit and having a distal end; and a pushrod at least partially stored inside the storage unit and having a distal end coupled to the distal end of the implant. The implant diverges from adjacency with the pushrod as the implant extends away from the distal end of the pushrod, such that the pushrod forms a force application region near the distal end of the pushrod. The force application region is accessible for force application but separated from the implant. | 06-24-2010 |
20100160946 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STORAGE AND/OR INTRODUCTION OF IMPLANT FOR HOLLOW ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE - An apparatus for introducing an implant into a hollow anatomical structure. The apparatus comprises a storage unit having an exit opening and defining a chamber in communication with the exit opening; an elongate, self-expanding vascular implant having an expanded condition and stored within the chamber in the expanded condition, proximal of the exit opening; and a pushrod having a distal end aligned with and proximal of the exit opening. The pushrod is pre-assembled to a distal end of the implant. Associated methods, and other apparatus and methods, are also disclosed. | 06-24-2010 |
20110313506 | Methods and Apparatus for Storage and/or Introduction of Implant for Hollow Anatomical Structure - One embodiment of the apparatus comprises a housing with a sheath portion projecting distally therefrom. The sheath portion has a sheath with a lumen, and a bearing surface in the sheath lumen or aligned with the sheath lumen, and located at or near a distal end of the sheath. The implant is at least partially positioned in the apparatus, and comprises an implant body and a tether connected to the implant body. The tether extends from the implant body distally within the sheath portion and around the bearing surface, where the tether changes direction, and extends back proximally from the bearing surface along and within the sheath portion. The apparatus is configured to move the first tether portion proximally and thereby draw the implant body distally along and within the sheath lumen. | 12-22-2011 |
20110313507 | Methods and Apparatus for Storage and/or Introduction of Implant for Hollow Anatomical Structure - One embodiment of the apparatus comprises a housing with a sheath portion projecting distally therefrom. The sheath portion has a sheath with a lumen, and a bearing surface in the sheath lumen or aligned with the sheath lumen, and located at or near a distal end of the sheath. The implant is at least partially positioned in the apparatus, and comprises an implant body and a tether connected to the implant body. The tether extends from the implant body distally within the sheath portion and around the bearing surface, where the tether changes direction, and extends back proximally from the bearing surface along and within the sheath portion. The apparatus is configured to move the first tether portion proximally and thereby draw the implant body distally along and within the sheath lumen. | 12-22-2011 |
20120277756 | Methods and Apparatus for Storage and/or Introduction of Implant for Hollow Anatomical Structure - One embodiment of the apparatus comprises a housing with a sheath portion projecting distally therefrom. The sheath portion has a sheath with a lumen, and a bearing surface in the sheath lumen or aligned with the sheath lumen, and located at or near a distal end of the sheath. The implant is at least partially positioned in the apparatus, and comprises an implant body and a tether connected to the implant body. The tether extends from the implant body distally within the sheath portion and around the bearing surface, where the tether changes direction, and extends back proximally from the bearing surface along and within the sheath portion. The apparatus is configured to move the first tether portion proximally and thereby draw the implant body distally along and within the sheath lumen. | 11-01-2012 |
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20130104236 | PERVASIVE, DOMAIN AND SITUATIONAL-AWARE, ADAPTIVE, AUTOMATED, AND COORDINATED ANALYSIS AND CONTROL OF ENTERPRISE-WIDE COMPUTERS, NETWORKS, AND APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OF BUSINESS AND OPERATIONAL RISKS AND ENHANCEMENT OF CYBER SECURITY - Real time security, integrity, and reliability postures of operational (OT), information (IT), and security (ST) systems, as well as slower changing security and operational blueprint, policies, processes, and rules governing the enterprise security and business risk management process, dynamically evolve and adapt to domain, context, and situational awareness, as well as the controls implemented across the operational and information systems that are controlled. Embodiments of the invention are systematized and pervasively applied across interconnected, interdependent, and diverse operational, information, and security systems to mitigate system-wide business risk, to improve efficiency and effectiveness of business processes and to enhance security control which conventional perimeter, network, or host based control and protection schemes cannot successfully perform. | 04-25-2013 |
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20090122106 | Movable Fluid Receiver - A printer and method include a first receiver configured to receive fluid ejected by one or more print heads on a first side of a media and a second receiver configured to receive fluid ejected by the one or more print heads on a second side of the media, wherein the second receiver is movable relative to the first receiver. | 05-14-2009 |
20090122107 | Print Head Service Shuttle - A printer includes a first print head support carrying a plurality of print heads. The first print head support is movable towards and away from the media support and includes one or more guides movably supporting a first print head service shuttle along the media support. | 05-14-2009 |
20090122126 | Web flow path - An apparatus and method relating to a web flow path between print heads and a dryer are disclosed. | 05-14-2009 |
20090295866 | Printbar Support Mechanism - A web press printer includes a printbar supporting an array of printheads extending across a media web. The printbar includes a support member coupled to the printbar via one or more biasing mechanisms to locally counteract a deflection of the printbar at a location of one or more of the respective printheads along the printbar. | 12-03-2009 |
20090295872 | Replaceable Printbar Assembly - A web press printer includes a frame spaced above a media support and at least one printbar removably secured to the frame. The at least one printbar supports an array of printheads extending generally transverse to the media support. The at least one printbar also includes a connector and a routing mechanism. The connector is configured to releasably connect to an element supply that is external to the at least one printbar. The routing mechanism is in communication with the element supply via the connector and configured to separately route the supplied element to each respective printhead. | 12-03-2009 |
20090297245 | Web Flow Path - Various embodiments and methods relating to moving a printed upon web along bowed segments of a web path through at least three consecutive turns in a same direction are disclosed. | 12-03-2009 |
20110149004 | PRINTER INCLUDING POSITIONABLE PRINTING UNITS - A printer includes an array of rollers, an array of printing elements, and a positioning structure. The array of rollers is arranged in a first arc configuration to rollingly support a media web in a first orientation. The array of printing elements is arranged in a second arc configuration along the first orientation and movable relative to the array of rollers to selectively modify a space there between. Each respective printing element is aligned directly above one of the respective rollers to define a printing unit. A positioning structure is configured to releasably secure each printing unit at one position of a plurality of positions along the respective first and second arc configurations. | 06-23-2011 |
20110170101 | CAMERA WEB SUPPORT - Web supports ( | 07-14-2011 |
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20080234943 | COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DIABETES MANAGEMENT - A diabetes management system or process is provided herein that may be used to analyze and recognize patterns for a large amount of blood glucose concentration measurements and other physiological parameters related to the glycemia of a patient. In particular, a method of monitoring glycemia in a patient may include storing a patient's data on a suitable device, such as, for example, a glucose meter. The patient's data may include blood glucose concentration measurements. The diabetes management system or process may be installed on, but is not limited to, a personal computer, an insulin pen, an insulin pump, or a glucose meter. The diabetes management system or process may identify a plurality of pattern types from the data including a testing/dosing pattern, a hypoglycemic pattern, a hyperglycemic pattern, a variability pattern, and a comparative pattern. After identifying a particular pattern with the data management system or process, a warning message may be displayed on a screen of a personal computer or a glucose meter. Other messages can also be provided to ensure compliance of any prescribed diabetes regiments or to guide the patient in managing the patient's diabetes. | 09-25-2008 |
20080234992 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PATTERN RECOGNITION IN DIABETES MANAGEMENT - A diabetes management system or process is provided herein that may be used to analyze and recognize patterns for a large number of blood glucose concentration measurements and other physiological parameters related to the glycemia of a patient. In particular, a method of monitoring glycemia in a patient may include storing a patient's data on a suitable device, such as, for example, a blood glucose meter. The patient's data may include blood glucose concentration measurements. The diabetes management system or process may be installed on, but is not limited to, a personal computer, an insulin pen, an insulin pump, or a glucose meter. The diabetes management system or process may identify a plurality of pattern types from the data including a testing/dosing pattern, a hypoglycemic pattern, a hyperglycemic pattern, a blood glucose variability pattern, and a comparative pattern. After identifying a particular pattern with the data management system or process, a warning message may be displayed on a screen of a personal computer or a glucose meter. Other messages can also be provided to ensure compliance of any prescribed diabetes regiments or to guide the patient in managing the patient's diabetes. | 09-25-2008 |
20080235053 | COMMUNICATION MEDIUM FOR DIABETES MANAGEMENT - A diabetes management system or process is provided herein that may be used to analyze and recognize patterns for a large amount of blood glucose concentration measurements and other physiological parameters related to the glycemia of a patient. In particular, a communication medium is provided. The communication medium includes first, second, third, fourth and fifth display areas. The second through fifth display areas can be disposed in the first display area. The second display area has identification information of a patient. The third display area has a plurality of textual messages indicative of glycemic status of the patient. The fourth display area includes a chart indicative of a variability of the glucose concentration of the patient over a predetermined time period. Other messages can also be provided to ensure compliance of any prescribed diabetes regiments or to guide the patient in managing the patient's diabetes. | 09-25-2008 |
20090240127 | METHODS OF DETERMINING PRE OR POST MEAL TIME SLOTS OR INTERVALS IN DIABETES MANAGEMENT - A diabetes management system or process is provided herein that may be used to analyze and recognize patterns for a large number of blood glucose concentration measurements and other physiological parameters related to the glycemia of a patient. In particular, a method of monitoring glycemia in a patient may include storing a patient's data on a suitable device, such as, for example, a blood glucose meter. The patient's data may include blood glucose concentration measurements. The diabetes management system or process may be installed on, but is not limited to, a personal computer, an insulin pen, an insulin pump, or a glucose meter. The diabetes management system or process may identify a plurality of pattern types from the data including a testing/dosing pattern, a hypoglycemic pattern, a hyperglycemic pattern, a blood glucose variability pattern, and a comparative pattern. After identifying a particular pattern with the data management system or process, a warning message may be displayed on a screen of a personal computer or a glucose meter. Other messages can also be provided to ensure compliance of any prescribed diabetes regiments or to guide the patient in managing the patient's diabetes. | 09-24-2009 |
20100332445 | ANALYTE TESTING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A system and method of detecting a flagged glucose concentration pattern with the use of medians having a common type of flag collected over discrete time periods so that whenever significant differences between the medians arise, the user or a caretaker of a diabetic user is notified. | 12-30-2010 |
20110184653 | ANALYTE TESTING METHOD AND SYSTEM - Various methods and systems to manage diabetes using data relating to testing compliance, bolus dosing, or cannula usage are described and illustrated. | 07-28-2011 |
20110184752 | DIABETES MANAGEMENT UNIT, METHOD, AND SYSTEM - A system and method are shown and described for outputting a customized health data report with minimal usage of a user interface. | 07-28-2011 |
20110245634 | Methods, Systems, and Devices for Analyzing Patient Data - Described herein is a method of analyzing an analyte distribution from discrete, quasi-continuous or continuous measurements to determine a glycemic state of a patient in order to understand how often, and for how long, a patient's post-prandial glucose is out of control without requiring laboratory blood test and especially post-prandial levels laboratory analysis. The systems, devices, and methods assist in predicting risk levels of developing diabetes-associated complications. Therefore applicants have recognized also a need for a tool which facilitates stratification of patients for risk of and/or onset of one or more complications having the same HbA1c level. | 10-06-2011 |
20140365138 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PATTERN RECOGNITION IN DIABETES MANAGEMENT - A diabetes management system or process is provided herein that may be used to analyze and recognize patterns for a large number of blood glucose concentration measurements and other physiological parameters related to the glycemia of a patient. In particular, a method of monitoring glycemia in a patient may include storing a patient's data on a suitable device, such as, for example, a blood glucose meter. The patient's data may include blood glucose concentration measurements. The diabetes management system or process may be installed on, but is not limited to, a personal computer, an insulin pen, an insulin pump, or a glucose meter. The diabetes management system or process may identify a plurality of pattern types from the data including a testing/dosing pattern, a hypoglycemic pattern, a hyperglycemic pattern, a blood glucose variability pattern, and a comparative pattern. After identifying a particular pattern with the data management system or process, a warning message may be displayed on a screen of a personal computer or a glucose meter. Other messages can also be provided to ensure compliance of any prescribed diabetes regiments or to guide the patient in managing the patient's diabetes. | 12-11-2014 |
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20100211446 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ADVERTISEMENT MIXINGI N A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus for advertisement mixing in a communication system. A method operable by a network node includes determining an advertisement associated with a communication device, mixing the advertisement with a call service to be provided to the communication device, and transmitting the advertisement and the call service to the communication device. An apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a call service, processing module configured to obtain an advertisement associated with the call service, and rendering module configured to render the advertisement. | 08-19-2010 |
20110021180 | Methods and Apparatus for Context-Based Communications Through Visualization - Apparatus and methods for providing visualization, which may be provided with Augmented Reality, illustrating information for a procedure on a wireless device include identifying and presenting a visualization scenario, such as a video and/or an animation illustrating the desired procedure to educate an user or provide guidance to an user to help him deal with his current context. The apparatus and methods also include revising the visualization scenario based upon an occurrence of an event that changes and/or alters the visualization scenario in a dynamic and adaptive manner. | 01-27-2011 |
20110029988 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING APPLICATION INTER-COMMUNICATIONS - A method and apparatus for facilitating communication amongst a plurality of applications associated with at least one device is provided. The method may comprise receiving, by an extension module, a request from a first application to communicate with one or more applications, establishing a communication link between the first and at least one of the one or more applications, wherein the communication link allows the first and the at least one of the one or more applications to communicate at least one of data or control information, and storing, by the extension module, at least a portion of data communicated between the communicating applications. | 02-03-2011 |
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20090181008 | METHODS OF TREATING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - The invention provides biomarkers that are modulated in Alzheimer's disease including IL-1α, PDGF-BB, TNF-α, M-CSF, G-CSF, GNDF, eotaxin 2, MCP-3, PARC, AgRP, MSP-α, and BTC. Described are methods for preventing, treating, alleviating symptoms of, or delaying the development of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) in an individual diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease or at risk for developing the disease by modulating the biological activity of, or the levels of any one or more of these AD-associated biomarkers. Modulation of biomarker levels by administration of biomarker proteins, biologically active fragments thereof, agonists, antagonists and antibodies are provided. | 07-16-2009 |
20090239241 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DIAGNOSIS, STRATIFICATION, AND MONITORING OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND OTHER NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS IN BODY FLUIDS - The inventors have discovered a collection of proteinaceous biomarkers (“AD biomarkers) which can be measured in peripheral biological fluid samples to aid in the diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders, particularly Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The invention further provides methods of identifying candidate agents for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease by testing prospective agents for activity in modulating AD biomarker levels. | 09-24-2009 |
20100124756 | COLLECTION OF BIOMARKERS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IN BODY FLUIDS - The inventors have discovered sets of proteinaceous biomarkers (“AD biomarkers”) which can be measured in peripheral biological fluid samples to aid in the diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders, particularly Alzheimer's disease. The invention further provides methods of identifying candidate agents for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease by testing prospective agents for activity in modulating the levels of the AD biomarkers. | 05-20-2010 |
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20120014269 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENTION-BASED UPLINK ACCESS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatus for contention-based access in a wireless communication system are disclosed. A base station may determine a contention-based resource allocation comprising a subset of available system resources. Information related to the contention-based resources may be sent to a user device. In addition, state information may be provided to the UE. The UE may generate and send a contention-based uplink transmission consistent with the allocated resources and state information. | 01-19-2012 |
20120147759 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A COMMUNICATION QUALITY FEEDBACK OF AN END-TO-END COMMUNICATION PATH - The apparatus and methods described herein are used to provide a communication quality feedback of an end-to-end communication path between an application transmitter and an application receiver. One method includes transmitting data from the application transmitter to the application receiver via the end-to-end communication path, the end-to-end communication path having at least one wireless link with a wireless transmitter and a wireless receiver, generating, at the wireless transmitter, a first communication quality feedback message, and transmitting the first communication quality feedback message from the wireless transmitter to the application transmitter in a standardized format. | 06-14-2012 |
20120147936 | UNIVERSAL REAL-TIME INTERFACE FOR WIRELESS MODEMS - The apparatus and methods described herein are used to provide data between an application and a modem. One method includes providing data in application data units from the application to the modem, transmitting the data from the modem to a receiver, and reporting by the modem to the application, whether each application data unit has been successfully transmitted from the modem to the receiver. | 06-14-2012 |
20140064083 | LOAD DISTRIBUTION IN A NETWORK OF SMALL-CELL BASE STATIONS - A network device may make a determination that a first backhaul connection, which serves a first base station, is congested and that a second backhaul connection, which serves a second base station, is not congested. This determination may be made based on a first periodic data cap imposed (on the first backhaul connection, a traffic load on the first backhaul connection, a second periodic data cap imposed on the second backhaul connection, and a traffic load on the second backhaul connection. In response to the determination, the network device may configure a value of a cellular communication parameter utilized by one or both of the base stations. The configuration may comprise periodic adjustments of the value of the cellular communication parameter. The periodic adjustments may cause one or more mobile devices to be cyclically handed-over between the first base station and the second base station. | 03-06-2014 |
20140066006 | TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT FOR BASE STATIONS BACKHAULED OVER DATA-CAPPED NETWORK CONNECTIONS - A network device connected to a base station via a backhaul connection may be operable to determine whether the backhaul connection is congested. The determination may be based on a periodic data cap imposed on the backhaul connections. In response to a determination that the backhaul connection is congested, the network device may configure one or more cellular communication parameters of one or more of the plurality of base stations. The determination may be based on one or more of: a total amount of data consumed over the backhaul connection during a current time period, a traffic load on the backhaul connection, and an amount of time remaining in the current time period. | 03-06-2014 |
20140247724 | Load Distribution in a Network of Small-Cell Base Stations - A network device may make a determination that a first backhaul connection, which serves a first base station, is congested and that a second backhaul connection, which serves a second base station, is not congested. This determination may be made based on a first periodic data cap imposed on the first backhaul connection, a traffic load on the first backhaul connection, a second periodic data cap imposed on the second backhaul connection, and a traffic load on the second backhaul connection. In response to the determination, the network device may configure a value of a cellular communication parameter utilized by one or both of the base stations. The configuration may comprise periodic adjustments of the value of the cellular communication parameter. The periodic adjustments may cause one or more mobile devices to be cyclically handed-over between the first base station and the second base station. | 09-04-2014 |
20150109920 | Traffic Management for Base Stations Backhauled over Data-Capped Network Connections - A method includes receiving a connection request from a mobile device at a network device to allow connection of the mobile device to a core network of the first service provider through a first base station and determining whether a backhaul connection between the core network of the first service provider and the first base station is congested by the network device. The backhaul connection is determined to be congested when L is greater than (D−B)/T. When the first backhaul connection is determined to be congested, the method also includes preventing the first base station from connecting the mobile device to the core network. | 04-23-2015 |
20160135088 | Load Distribution in a Network of Small-Cell Base Stations - A network device may make a determination that a first backhaul connection, which serves a first base station, is congested and that a second backhaul connection, which serves a second base station, is not congested. This determination may be made based on a first periodic data cap imposed on the first backhaul connection, a traffic load on the first backhaul connection, a second periodic data cap imposed on the second backhaul connection, and a traffic load on the second backhaul connection. In response to the determination, the network device may configure a value of a cellular communication parameter utilized by one or both of the base stations. The configuration may comprise periodic adjustments of the value of the cellular communication parameter. The periodic adjustments may cause one or more mobile devices to be handed-over between the first base station and the second base station. | 05-12-2016 |
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20120084288 | CRIMINAL RELATIONSHIP ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION - Systems and methods of organizing a set of information associated with a record in a centralized database are disclosed. The record may be associated with a criminal investigation and/or a person of interest (POI). In one embodiment, the method includes creating a profile for the record and a corresponding set of data associated with the profile. The method also includes graphically clustering the set of information associated with the profile. In another embodiment, the method includes linking a data associated with a particular profile to another data associated with another profile based on a set of predetermined association factors. The method also includes generating a set of links and connections between a particular profile and a set of other profiles in the database. The method further includes visually representing the set of connections to a user of the system. | 04-05-2012 |
20120331126 | DISTRIBUTED COLLECTION AND INTELLIGENT MANAGEMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND TRANSACTION DATA FOR ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION - Systems and methods of collecting, storing and transmitting a set of communication and transaction data across a distributed system spanning multiple networks are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method may include distributing a set of collection servers throughout a distributed network to collect a set of communication and transaction data. The method may also include processing the set of communication and transaction data to extract metadata and a content. The method may include storing the content in the collection server. The method may also include automatically transmitting the metadata to a service platform to be used by an analyst at a workstation. The method may also include transmitting the content to the service platform to be used by the analyst, for analysis and reconstruction purposes when specifically requested by the analyst. | 12-27-2012 |
20130145289 | REAL-TIME DUPLICATION OF A CHAT TRANSCRIPT BETWEEN A PERSON OF INTEREST AND A CORRESPONDENT OF THE PERSON OF INTEREST FOR USE BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENT - Systems and methods of automatic notification, collection and real-time replication of online chat conversations between a POI and a correspondent of the POI are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method may include automatically notifying an analyst when an online chat conversation associated with the POI has commenced. The method may also include generating a real-time viewable version of the online chat conversation in a duplicate transcript. The method may further include screening and organizing a set of online chat conversations associated with the POI based on a set of predetermined screening criteria. | 06-06-2013 |
20130162648 | CONSOLIDATION AND VISUALIZATION OF A SET OF RAW DATA CORRESPONDING TO A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A PERSON OF INTEREST AND A CORRESPONDENT ACROSS A PLURALITY OF MEDIUMS OF COMMUNICATION - Systems and methods of consolidation and visualization of a set of communication and transaction data associated with a person of interest (POI) and a set of correspondents of the POI are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method may include consolidating the set of communication and transaction data associated with communications between the POI and the correspondent of the POI across a plurality of mediums of communication in an organized reconstruction folder. The method may also include a graphical representation of the communication between the POI and the correspondent of the POI A when the organized reconstruction folder has been created. The method also includes embedding the organized reconstruction folder under the communication link such that the organized reconstruction folder is immediately viewable when an analyst selects the communication link between the POI and the correspondent of the POI A. | 06-27-2013 |
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20090123942 | Electrophysiological assays using oocytes that express human enac and the use of phenamil to improve the effect of enac enhancers in assays using membrane potential reporting dyes - In one aspect, the present invention relates to a mammalian cell-based high-throughput assay for the profiling and screening of human epithelial sodium channel (hENaC) cloned from a human kidney c-DNA library and is also expressed in other tissues including human taste tissue. The present invention further relates to amphibian oocyte-based medium-throughput electrophysiological assays for identifying human ENaC modulators, preferably ENaC enhancers. Compounds that modulate ENaC function in a cell-based ENaC assay are expected to affect salty taste in humans. The assays described herein have advantages over existing cellular expression systems. In the case of mammalian cells, such assays can be run in standard 96 or 384 well culture plates in high-throughput mode with enhanced assay results being achieved by the use of a compound that inhibits ENaC function, preferably an amiloride derivative such as Phenamil. In the case of the inventive oocyte electrophysiological assays (two-electrode voltage-clamp technique), these assays facilitate the identification of compounds which specifically modulate human ENaC. The assays of the invention provide a robust screen useful to detect compounds that facilitate (enhance) or inhibit hENaC function. Compounds that enhance or block human ENaC channel activity should thereby modulate salty taste in humans. | 05-14-2009 |
20120070857 | ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL ASSAYS USING OOCYTES THAT EXPRESS HUMAN ENaC AND THE USE OF PHENAMIL TO IMPROVE THE EFFECT OF ENaC ENHANCERS IN ASSAYS USING MEMBRANE POTENTIAL REPORTING DYES - In one aspect, the present invention relates to a mammalian cell-based high-throughput assay for the profiling and screening of human epithelial sodium channel (hENaC) cloned from a human kidney c-DNA library and is also expressed in other tissues including human taste tissue. The present invention further relates to amphibian oocyte-based medium-throughput electrophysiological assays for identifying human ENaC modulators, preferably ENaC enhancers. Compounds that modulate ENaC function in a cell-based ENaC assay are expected to affect salty taste in humans. | 03-22-2012 |
20160069899 | Electrophysiological assays using oocytes that express human enac and the use of phenamil to improve the effect of enac enhancers in assays using membrane potential reporting dyes - In one aspect, the present invention relates to a mammalian cell-based high-throughput assay for the profiling and screening of human epithelial sodium channel (hENaC) cloned from a human kidney c-DNA library and is also expressed in other tissues including human taste tissue. The present invention further relates to amphibian oocyte-based medium-throughput electrophysiological assays for identifying human ENaC modulators, preferably ENaC enhancers. Compounds that modulate ENaC function in a cell-based ENaC assay are expected to affect salty taste in humans. The assays described herein have advantages over existing cellular expression systems. In the case of mammalian cells, such assays can be run in standard 96 or 384 well culture plates in high-throughput mode with enhanced assay results being achieved by the use of a compound that inhibits ENaC function, preferably an amiloride derivative such as Phenamil. In the case of the inventive oocyte electrophysiological assays (two-electrode voltage-clamp technique), these assays facilitate the identification of compounds which specifically modulate human ENaC. The assays of the invention provide a robust screen useful to detect compounds that facilitate (enhance) or inhibit hENaC function. Compounds that enhance or block human ENaC channel activity should thereby modulate salty taste in humans. | 03-10-2016 |
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20110012239 | Barrier Layer On Polymer Passivation For Integrated Circuit Packaging - A barrier layer deposited on the passivation layer of a semiconductor die decreases adhesion of glue used during stacking of semiconductor dies by altering chemical or structural properties of the passivation layer. During detachment of a carrier wafer from a wafer, the barrier layer reduces glue residue on the wafer by modifying the surface of the passivation layer. The barrier layer may be insulating films such as silicon dioxide, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, polytetrafluoroethylene, organic layers, or epoxy and may be less than two micrometers in thickness. Additionally, the barrier layer may be used to reduce topography of the semiconductor die to decrease adhesion of glues. | 01-20-2011 |
20110227230 | THROUGH-SILICON VIA FABRICATION WITH ETCH STOP FILM - For a semiconductor wafer substrate having an inter layer dielectric, a through-silicon via may be formed in the substrate by first depositing an etch stop film on top of the inter layer dielectric, followed by etching an opening through the etch stop film, the interlayer dielectric, and into the substrate. A dielectric liner is then deposited over the etch stop film and into the opening. For some embodiments, the dielectric liner may be etched away except for those portions adhering to the sidewall of the opening. Then a conductive material may be deposited into the opening and on the etch stop film. The excess conductive material may then be removed, and for some embodiments the etch stop film may also be removed. | 09-22-2011 |
20140264836 | SYSTEM-IN-PACKAGE WITH INTERPOSER PITCH ADAPTER - An integrated circuit package is disclosed that includes a first-pitch die and a second-pitch die. The second-pitch die interconnects to the second-pitch substrate through second-pitch substrates. The first-pitch die interconnects through first-pitch interconnects to an interposer adapter. The pitch of the first-pitch interconnects is too fine for the second-pitch substrate. But the interposer adapter interconnects through second-pitch interconnects to the second-pitch substrate and includes through substrate vias so that I/O signaling between the first-pitch die and the second-pitch die can be conducted through the second-pitch substrate and through the through substrate vias in the interposer adapter. | 09-18-2014 |
20150250058 | INTEGRATED INTERPOSER WITH EMBEDDED ACTIVE DEVICES - An integrated interposer between a first component and a second component includes a substrate. The substrate may have thermal and/or mechanical properties with values lying between the thermal and/or mechanical properties of the first component and the second component. Active devices are disposed on a first surface of the substrate. A contact layer is coupled to the active devices and configured to couple at least the first component and a third component to the integrated interposer. At least one through via(s) is coupled to the contact layer and extends through the substrate to a second surface of the substrate. An interconnect layer is disposed on the second surface of the substrate and coupled to the at least one through via(s). The interconnect layer is configured to couple the second component to the integrated interposer. | 09-03-2015 |
20160095221 | INTEGRATION OF ELECTRONIC ELEMENTS ON THE BACKSIDE OF A SEMICONDUCTOR DIE - Systems and methods include a first semiconductor die with a substrate having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. A first set of electronic elements is integrated on the first side. A second set of electronic elements is integrated on the second side. One or more through-substrate vias through the substrate are used to couple one or more of the first set of electronic elements and one or more of the second set of electronic elements. The through-substrate vias may be through-silicon vias (TSVs) or a through-glass vias (TGVs). The first semiconductor die may be stacked with a second semiconductor die, with the first side or the second side of the first semiconductor die interfacing an active side of the second semiconductor die. | 03-31-2016 |
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20100155931 | Embedded Through Silicon Stack 3-D Die In A Package Substrate - An integrated circuit package has a die or die stack with through silicon vias embedded in a package substrate. A method of producing an integrated circuit package embeds at least one die with a through silicon via in a package substrate. The package substrate provides a protective cover for the die or die stack. | 06-24-2010 |
20100314725 | Stress Balance Layer on Semiconductor Wafer Backside - A semiconductor component (such as a semiconductor wafer or semiconductor die) includes a substrate having a front side and a back side. The semiconductor die/wafer also includes a stress balance layer on the back side of the substrate. An active layer deposited on the front side of the substrate creates an unbalanced stress in the semiconductor wafer/die. The stress balance layer balances stress in the semiconductor wafer/die. The stress in the stress balance layer approximately equals the stress in the active layer. Balancing stress in the semiconductor component prevents warpage of the semiconductor wafer/die. | 12-16-2010 |
20110147895 | Apparatus and Method for Controlling Semiconductor Die Warpage - A semiconductor die has through silicon vias arranged to reduce warpage. The through silicon vias adjust the coefficient of thermal expansion of the semiconductor die, permit substrate deformation, and also relieve residual stress. The through silicon vias may be located in the edges and/or corners of the semiconductor die. The through silicon vias are stress relief vias that can be supplemented with round corner vias to reducing warpage of the semiconductor die. | 06-23-2011 |
20110193211 | Surface Preparation of Die for Improved Bonding Strength - A surface preparation method for improved adhesion in an electronic package system. The method of improving adhesion in the electronic package system includes depositing a passivation layer on a bonding surface and roughening at least a portion of the passivation layer. A coating material is deposited on the passivation layer. The bonding surface can be part of a semiconductor or package substrate. The roughening process can be performed by a chemical or mechanical process. In another embodiment, an electronic package system includes a bonding surface of a semiconductor or package substrate. A passivation layer is deposited on the bonding surface and a portion of the passivation layer is roughened for improved adhesion. A coating material is deposited on the roughened portion of the passivation layer. | 08-11-2011 |
20110193212 | Systems and Methods Providing Arrangements of Vias - A semiconductor chip includes an array of electrical contacts and multiple vias coupling at least one circuit in the semiconductor chip to the array of electrical contacts. A first one of the electrical contacts of the array of electrical contacts is coupled to N vias, and a second one of the electrical contacts of the array of electrical contacts is coupled to M vias. M and N are positive integers of different values. | 08-11-2011 |
20140306349 | LOW COST INTERPOSER COMPRISING AN OXIDATION LAYER - Some implementations provide an interposer that includes a substrate, a via in the substrate, and an oxidation layer. The via includes a metal material. The oxidation layer is between the via and the substrate. In some implementations, the substrate is a silicon substrate. In some implementations, the oxidation layer is a thermal oxide formed by exposing the substrate to heat. In some implementations, the oxidation layer is configured to provide electrical insulation between the via and the substrate. In some implementations, the interposer also includes an insulation layer. In some implementations, the insulation layer is a polymer layer. In some implementations, the interposer also includes at least one interconnect on the surface of the interposer. The at least one interconnect is positioned on the surface of the interposer such that the oxidation layer is between the interconnect and the substrate. | 10-16-2014 |
20150048497 | INTERPOSER WITH ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION - A photovoltaic (PV) substrate includes a grooved die-facing surface to form a channel for a bypass diode. The die-facing surface supports a screen-printed metal interconnect layer to form a first terminal for the bypass diode. | 02-19-2015 |
20150206837 | TOROID INDUCTOR IN REDISTRIBUTION LAYERS (RDL) OF AN INTEGRATED DEVICE - Some features pertain to an integrated device that includes a substrate, several metal layers coupled to the substrate, several dielectric layers coupled to the substrate, a first metal redistribution layer coupled to one of the metal layers, and a second metal redistribution layer coupled to the first metal redistribution layer. The first and second metal redistribution layers are configured to operate as a toroid inductor in the integrated device. In some implementations, the integrated device also includes a third metal redistribution layer. The third metal redistribution layer is coupled to the first and second metal redistribution layers. The third metal redistribution layer is a via. In some implementations, the first, second, and third metal redistribution layers are configured to operate as a toroid inductor in the integrated device. In some implementations, the first, second, and third redistribution layers form a set of windings for the toroid inductor. | 07-23-2015 |
20150235988 | INTEGRATED DEVICE COMPRISING STACKED DIES ON REDISTRIBUTION LAYERS - Some features pertain to an integrated device that includes a dielectric layer configured as a base for the integrated device, several redistribution metal layers in the dielectric layer, a first wafer level die coupled to a first surface of the dielectric layer, and a second wafer level die coupled to the first wafer level die. The dielectric layer includes several dielectric layers. In some implementations, the first wafer level die is coupled to the redistribution metal layers through a first set of interconnects. In some implementations, the first wafer level die includes several through substrate vias (TSVs). In some implementations, the second wafer level die is coupled to the redistribution metal layers through a first set of interconnects, the TSVs, a second set of interconnects, and a set of solder balls. In some implementations, the integrated device includes an encapsulation layer that encapsulates the first and second wafer level dies. | 08-20-2015 |
20160049340 | STRESS SENSOR FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In a particular embodiment, an apparatus includes a stress sensor located on a first side of a semiconductor device. The apparatus further includes circuitry located on a second side of the semiconductor device. The stress sensor is configured to detect stress at the semiconductor device. In another particular embodiment, a method includes receiving data from a stress sensor located on a first side of a packaged semiconductor device. The packaged semiconductor device includes circuitry located on a second side of the packaged semiconductor device. The data indicates stress detected by the stress sensor. The method further includes performing a test associated with the packaged semiconductor device based on the data. | 02-18-2016 |