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20110180795 | ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electro-optic device is disclosed. The electro-optic device includes an insulating layer, a first semiconducting region disposed above the insulating layer and being doped with doping atoms of a first conductivity type, a second semiconducting region disposed above the insulating layer and being doped with doping atoms of a second conductivity type and an electro-optic active region disposed above the insulating layer and between the first semiconducting region and the second semiconducting region. The electro-optic active region includes a first semiconducting partial active region being doped with doping atoms of the first conductivity type, a second semiconducting partial active region being doped with doping atoms of the second conductivity type and an insulating structure between the first semiconducting partial active region and the second semiconducting partial active region, wherein the insulating structure extends perpendicular to the surface of the insulating layer such that there is no overlap of the first semiconducting partial active region and the second semiconducting partial active region in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the insulating layer. A method for manufacturing an electro-optic device is also disclosed. | 07-28-2011 |
20120194803 | Optical Sensing System And A Method Of Determining A Change In An Effective Refractive Index Of A Resonator Of An Optical Sensing System - According to embodiments of the present invention, an optical sensing system is provided. The optical sensing system includes a resonator arrangement including a first resonator, wherein an effective refractive index of the first resonator is changeable in response to a change in a refractive index of a cladding of the first resonator, and a second resonator to which a current or voltage being adjustable in response to a change in the effective refractive index of the first resonator is applied, wherein the optical sensing system is configured to determine the change in the effective refractive index of the first resonator based on a change in the current or voltage applied to the second resonator. Further embodiments provide a method of determining a change in an effective refractive index of a resonator of an optical sensing system. | 08-02-2012 |
20140153600 | Optical Light Source - An optical light source is provided. The optical light source includes a waveguide including two reflectors arranged spaced apart from each other to define an optical cavity therebetween, an optical gain medium, and a coupling structure arranged to couple light between the optical cavity and the optical gain medium. | 06-05-2014 |
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20130098877 | AUTOMATIC WIRE TAIL ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM FOR WIRE BONDERS - A capillary is utilized to form the wedge wire bond comprised in a wire interconnection. A wire holding device is located above a wire clamp and the capillary to secure the wire while the wire clamp is open and not clamping onto the wire. The wire clamp and the capillary may be lifted relative to the wire in a direction away from the wedge wire bond and towards the wire holding device so as to pay out a length of wire from the capillary. At a predetermined height of the capillary, the wire clamp is closed to clamp onto the wire, and thereafter, the capillary and wire clamp may be moved further away from the wedge wire bond to cause the wire to break away from the wedge wire bond and to form the wire tail with a desired length extending from the capillary. | 04-25-2013 |
20140209663 | WIRE BONDER AND METHOD OF CALIBRATING A WIRE BONDER - Disclosed is a wire bonder comprising: a processor; a bond head coupled to the processor, the processor being configured to control motion of the bond head; a bonding tool mounted to the bond head, the bonding tool being drivable by the bond head to form an electrical interconnection between a semiconductor die and a substrate to which the semiconductor die is mounted using a bonding wire; and a measuring device coupled to the bond head, the measuring device being operable to measure a deformation of a bonding portion of the bonding wire as the bonding tool is driven by the bond head to connect the bonding wire to the semiconductor die via the bonding portion. Specifically, the processor is configured to derive at least one correlation between the measured deformation of the bonding portion and an operating parameter of the wire bonder; compare the at least one derived correlation against a predetermined correlation between the operating parameter of the wire bonder and a desired deformation of the bonding portion; and calibrate the operating parameter of the wire bonder based on the comparison between the at least one derived correlation and the predetermined correlation of the deformation of the bonding portion against the operating parameter of the wire bonder. A method of calibrating a wire bonder is also disclosed. | 07-31-2014 |
20150008251 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING A FREE AIR BALL SIZE DURING WIRE BONDING - Disclosed is a method of measuring a free air ball size during a wire bonding process of a wire bonder, which comprises a position sensor and a bonding tool for forming an electrical connection between a semiconductor device and a substrate using a bonding wire. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of: forming a free air ball from a wire tail of the bonding wire; using the position sensor to determine a positional difference between a first and a second position of the bonding tool with respect to a reference position, wherein the first position of the bonding tool is a position of the bonding tool with respect to the reference position when the free air ball contacts a conductive surface; and measuring the free air ball size based on the positional difference of the bonding tool as determined by the position sensor. A wire bonder configured to perform such a method is also disclosed. | 01-08-2015 |
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20090146202 | ORGANIC MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - An organic memory device is disclosed that has an active layer, at least one charge storage layer of a film of an organic dielectric material, and nanostractures and/or nano-particles of a charge-storing material on or in the film of dielectric material. Each of the nanostructures and/or nano-particles is separated from the others of the nanostractures and/or nano-particles by the organic dielectric material of the organic dielectric film. A method of manufacturing the organic memory device is also disclosed. | 06-11-2009 |
20090267058 | SOLUTION-PROCESSED INORGANIC FILMS FOR ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTORS - A method for fabricating a sol-gel film composition for use in a thin film transistor is disclosed. The method BB includes fabricating the sol-gel dielectric composition by solution processing at a temperature in the range 60° C. to 225° C. The sol-gel film made by the method, and an organic thin-film Si wafer Si wafer transistor incorporating the sol-gel film are also disclosed. | 10-29-2009 |
20130230649 | Process for Tinting Articles, and Tintable Compositions for Use in Said Process - The present invention concerns a process for tinting an article, comprising providing an article having a substrate and an ink receptive coating applied thereon, applying on said ink receptive coating a tinting solution containing at least one dye through ink jet printing, said ink receptive coating being obtained by curing an ink receptive coating composition comprising the at least partial hydrolyzate of a component A consisting of one or more compounds containing at least one polyalkylene oxide segment having at least three alkylene oxide units, said segment being chosen from polyethylene oxide, polypropylene oxide and polyethylene oxide-co-polypropylene oxide segments and at least one —Si(X)n hydrolyzable group, in which n is an integer ranging from 1 to 3, and the X groups, identical or different, represent OH groups or precursors of OH groups, and optionally, at least one silane component B, components A and optional component B being chosen such that a cross-linked structure is generated upon polymerization of said composition. The invention also concerns an ink receptive coating composition for use in the above process. | 09-05-2013 |
20130244045 | METHOD FOR TINTING AN OPTICAL FILM BY THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTING - The present invention relates to a method for tinting optical films comprising: (a) coating onto an optical film a liquid coating composition comprising, in a water miscible organic solvent, 1 part of cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB), from 0.1 to 2 parts by weight of dicyclohexyl phthalate, from 0.1 to 1 part by weight of isocyanato-alkyltrialcoxysilane, and at least 0.5 moles of H | 09-19-2013 |
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20120161871 | CMOS Push-Pull Power Amplifier With Even-Harmonic Cancellation - A power amplifier includes a push-pull pair of transistors including a first transistor inductively coupled to a voltage source and coupled to a ground, and a second transistor inductively coupled to the ground and coupled to the voltage source. Gates of the first and the second transistors are AC inputs configured to receive an AC signal having a fundamental frequency. Drain regions of the first and the second transistors are, respectively, first and second output nodes. The power amplifier further includes a capacitor coupled between the first output node and the second output node and where the capacitor is configured as a pathway for cancellation of even harmonic signals of the fundamental frequency of the AC signal. | 06-28-2012 |
20120161879 | TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE THE STRESS ISSUE IN CASCODE POWER AMPLIFIER DESIGN - An amplifier includes a first transistor, and a first inductor disposed between the first transistor and a voltage source. A first output node is between the first transistor and the first inductor. The amplifier further includes a second inductor disposed between the first transistor and ground. The amplifier further includes a second transistor, and a third inductor disposed between the second transistor and a ground. A second output node is between the second transistor and the third inductor. The amplifier further includes a fourth inductor disposed between the second transistor and the voltage source. The amplifier further includes a first capacitor disposed between the first output node and the second output node, and a second capacitor disposed between a first mid-node, which is between the first transistor and the first inductor, and a second mid-node, which is between the second transistor and fourth inductor. | 06-28-2012 |
20120161880 | TECHNIQUES ON INPUT TRANSFORMER TO PUSH THE OP1dB HIGHER IN POWER AMPLIFIER DESIGN - A power amplifier includes a first transistor and a first inductor disposed between the first transistor and a voltage source. A first node between the first transistor and the first inductor is an output node. The power amplifier further includes a second inductor disposed between the first transistor and ground The power amplifier further includes a third inductor coupled to a gate of the first transistor and configured as a first AC input. The power amplifier further includes a first phase conditioner inductively coupled to the second inductor and the third inductor and configured to set phases of AC signals across the first inductor and the second inductor in phase. The second inductor is configured to release energy into the first inductor to raise a voltage of the AC signal and raise a power output at the output node. | 06-28-2012 |
20140125417 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BOOSTING A RECEIVED AC SIGNAL USING A POWER AMPLIFIER INCLUDING PHASE CONDITIONERS - A power amplifier configured to boost an AC signal. The power amplifier includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a first inductor connected between the first transistor and a voltage source, and a second inductor connected between the second transistor and ground. A first phase conditioner arranged at an input of the first transistor is configured to condition a phase of the AC signal such that the AC signal as received by the first transistor is out of phase with respect to the AC signal as received by the first inductor. A second phase conditioner arranged at an input of the second transistor is configured to condition a phase of the AC signal such that the AC signal as received by the second transistor is out of phase with respect to the AC signal as received by the second inductor. | 05-08-2014 |
20140203874 | POWER AMPLIFIERS WITH PUSH-PULL TRANSISTORS, CAPACITIVE COUPLING FOR HARMONIC CANCELLATION, AND INDUCTIVE COUPLING TO PROVIDE DIFFERENTIAL OUTPUT SIGNALS - A differential power amplifier including a push-pull pair of transistors, a capacitance, a first inductance, and a second inductance. The push-pull pair of transistors includes first and second transistors. The first transistor includes control and output terminals. The second transistor includes input and control terminals. The control terminals of the first and second transistors collectively receive a differential input signal. The output and input terminals collectively provide a differential output signal. The capacitance is connected to the output and input terminals. The first capacitance cancels first harmonics at the output terminal of the first transistor with second harmonics at the input terminal of the second transistor. The first transistor and the first inductance are connected in series between a voltage source and a reference terminal. The second transistor and the second inductance are connected in series between the voltage source and the reference terminal. | 07-24-2014 |
20140240046 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING A POWER AMPLIFIER - A power amplifier configured to receive an AC input signal and output, based on the AC input signal, an output voltage via a first output voltage terminal and a second output voltage terminal. The power amplifier includes a first transistor and a second transistor connected in a push-pull configuration, a first inductor, a second inductor, and a first capacitor. The first output voltage terminal is located between the first inductor and the first transistor. The second output voltage terminal is located between the second transistor and ground. The first capacitor is configured to provide a first circuit path between the first output voltage terminal and the second output voltage terminal. The first circuit path functions as a short circuit for even harmonics of a fundamental frequency of the AC input signal but does not function as a short circuit for the fundamental frequency of the AC input signal. | 08-28-2014 |
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20100173372 | Recombinant Halohydrin Dehalogenase Polypeptides - The present disclosure provides engineered halohydrin dehalogenase (HHDH) polypeptides having improved enzyme properties as compared to the wild-type HHDH enzyme HheC and other reference engineered HHDH polypeptides. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered HHDH enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered HHDH enzymes, and methods of using the engineered HHDH enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds including chiral epoxides and chiral alcohols. | 07-08-2010 |
20120220002 | Recombinant Halohydrin Dehalogenase Polypeptides - The present disclosure provides engineered halohydrin dehalogenase (HHDH) polypeptides having improved enzyme properties as compared to the wild-type HHDH enzyme HheC and other reference engineered HHDH polypeptides. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered HHDH enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered HHDH enzymes, and methods of using the engineered HHDH enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds including chiral epoxides and chiral alcohols. | 08-30-2012 |
20130017580 | Synthesis of Prazole Compounds - The present disclosure relates to non-naturally occurring monooxygenase polypeptides useful for preparing prazole compounds, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides. | 01-17-2013 |
20130260426 | BIOCATALYSTS AND METHODS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF ARMODAFINIL - The present invention relates to non-naturally occurring polypeptides useful for preparing armodafinil, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides. The non-naturally occurring polypeptides of the present invention are effective in carrying out biocatalytic conversion of the (i) 2-(benzhydrylsulfinyl)acetamide to (−)-2-[(R)-(diphenyl-methyl)sulfinyl]acetamide (armodafinil), or (ii) benzhydryl-thioacetic acid to (R)-2-(benzhydrylsulfinyl)acetic acid, which is a pivotal intermediate in the synthesis of armodafinil, in enantiomeric excess. | 10-03-2013 |
20150056668 | SYNTHESIS OF PRAZOLE COMPOUNDS - The present disclosure relates to non-naturally occurring monooxygenase polypeptides useful for preparing prazole compounds, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides. | 02-26-2015 |
20150072383 | BIOCATALYSTS AND METHODS FOR SYNTHESIZING DERIVATIVES OF TRYPTAMINE AND TRYPTAMINE ANALOGS - The present disclosure provides engineered transaminase polypeptides for the production of amines, polynucleotides encoding the engineered transaminases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered transaminases, and methods of using the engineered transaminases to prepare compounds useful in the production of active pharmaceutical agents. The present disclosure provides engineered polypeptides having transaminase activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, methods of the making the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides for the biocatalytic conversion of ketone substrates to amine products. The present enzymes have been engineered to have one or more residue differences as compared to the amino acid sequence of the naturally occurring transaminase of | 03-12-2015 |
20150218527 | BIOCATALYSTS FOR EZETIMIBE SYNTHESIS - The present disclosure relates to non-naturally occurring polypeptides useful for preparing Ezetimibe, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides. | 08-06-2015 |
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20090148649 | NOVEL PHASE CHANGE MAGNETIC MATERIAL - The invention relates to a phase change magnetic composite material for use in an information recording medium, said material comprising a phase change material component, and a ferromagnetic material component, wherein said material exhibits both magnetic effects and phase change effects, and is usable for optical media, phase change random access memory (PCRAM) devices, magnetic random access memory (MRAM) devices, solid state memory devices, sensor devices, logical devices, cognitive devices, artificial neuron network, three level device, control device, SOC (system on chip) device, and semiconductors. | 06-11-2009 |
20120147668 | Diode and Memory Device Having a Diode - A diode and a memory device having a diode are provided. The diode includes a semiconductor layer and phase change material layer. The semiconductor layer and the phase change material layer have different energy bandgaps and different carrier concentrations such that an isotype heterojunction is formed at a boundary interface between the semiconductor layer and the phase change material layer. | 06-14-2012 |
20130093419 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THERMAL MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF MAGNETIC MEDIA - An apparatus and method of testing a magnetic medium at temperatures of interest is disclosed. Properties of the magnetic medium are determined by focusing light from a source of polarized light on a magnetic surface of the magnetic medium; measuring polarization of resulting reflected light due to the magneto-optical Kerr effect, using, for example a measuring subsystem; and varying the light source to heat the magnetic material where incident to pre-defined temperatures, thereby allowing determination of the magnetic properties using the magneto-optical Kerr effect at said pre-defined temperatures. | 04-18-2013 |
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20150243807 | GLASS COMPRISING TUNGSTEN AND LEAD IN A SOLAR CELL PASTE - In general, the invention relates to electro-conductive pastes comprising a glass which comprises Tungsten and Lead as a constituent of a solar cell paste, and the use of such in the preparation of photovoltaic solar cells. More specifically, the invention relates to electroconductive pastes, precursors, processes for preparation of solar cells, solar cells and solar modules. | 08-27-2015 |
20150243808 | GLASS COMPRISING MOLYBDENUM AND LEAD IN A SOLAR CELL PASTE - In general, the invention relates to electro-conductive pastes comprising a glass which comprises molybdenum and lead as a constituent of a solar cell paste, and the use of such in the preparation of photovoltaic solar cells. More specifically, the invention relates to electroconductive pastes, precursors, processes for preparation of solar cells, solar cells and solar modules. | 08-27-2015 |
20150243809 | TUNGSTEN-CONTAINING GLASS FRIT FOR ELECTROCONDUCTIVE PASTE COMPOSITION - An electroconductive paste composition including metallic particles, glass frit including lead oxide, silicon dioxide, and tungsten or a tungsten-containing compound, and an organic vehicle is provided. The invention also provides a solar cell produced by applying the electroconductive paste according to the invention to a silicon wafer and firing the silicon wafer. The invention further provides a solar cell module comprising electrically interconnected solar cells according to the invention. The invention also provides a method of producing a solar cell, including the steps of providing a silicon wafer having a front surface and a back surface, applying an electroconductive paste according to the invention to the silicon wafer, and firing the silicon wafer. | 08-27-2015 |
20150243810 | MOLYBDENUM-CONTAINING GLASS FRIT FOR ELECTROCONDUCTIVE PASTE COMPOSITION - An electroconductive paste composition including metallic particles, glass frit including lead oxide, silicon dioxide, and molybdenum or a molybdenum-containing compound, and an organic vehicle is provided. The invention also provides a solar cell produced by applying the electroconductive paste according to the invention to a silicon wafer and firing the silicon wafer. The invention further provides a solar cell module comprising electrically interconnected solar cells according to the invention. The invention also provides a method of producing a solar cell, including the steps of providing a silicon wafer having a front surface and a back surface, applying an electroconductive paste according to the invention to the silicon wafer, and firing the silicon wafer. | 08-27-2015 |
20150243811 | SILVER-LEAD-SILICATE GLASS FOR ELECTROCONDUCTIVE PASTE COMPOSITION - An electroconductive paste composition including metallic particles, glass frit including lead oxide, silicon dioxide, and silver or a silver-containing compound, and an organic vehicle is provided. The invention also provides a solar cell produced by applying the electroconductive paste according to the invention to a silicon wafer and firing the silicon wafer. The invention further provides a solar cell module comprising electrically interconnected solar cells according to the invention. The invention also provides a method of producing a solar cell, including the steps of providing a silicon wafer having a front surface and a back surface, applying an electroconductive paste according to the invention to the silicon wafer, and firing the silicon wafer. | 08-27-2015 |
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20110177555 | CHINESE HAMSTER OVARY CELL LINES - We provide a Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell which is capable of higher protein sialylation compared to a wild type Chinese Hamster Ovary cell, such as in the presence of functional GnT 1, in which the CHO cell is obtainable by selection with | 07-21-2011 |
20130129755 | METHOD OF PRODUCING RECOMBINANT PROTEINS WITH MANNOSE-TERMINATED N-GLYCANS - We describe a method of expressing a recombinant protein comprising mannose-terminated N-glycans from a host cell, the method comprising: (a) introducing a nucleic acid encoding a recombinant protein into a Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell comprising a mutation in the GnT 1 gene (GenBank Accession Number AF343963) leading to loss of GnT 1 function; and (c) expressing the recombinant protein from the host cell, in which the expressed recombinant protein comprises a mannose-terminated glycan structure, and in which the method does not include a step of introducing functional GnT-1 into the host cell. The method may be used for producing recombinant glucocerebrosidase with a mannose-terminated glycan structure, suitable for treatment or prevention of Gaucher's Disease. | 05-23-2013 |
20150119558 | CHO-GMT RECOMBINANT PROTEIN EXPRESSION - The present invention provides modified cells for producing proteins with modified glycosylation patterns. Proteins produced in such cells, and the use of such proteins in medicine, and particularly in the treatment of cancer, is also provided. | 04-30-2015 |
20150152402 | METHOD OF PRODUCING RECOMBINANT PROTEINS WITH MANNOSE-TERMINATED N-GLYCANS - We describe a method of expressing a recombinant protein comprising mannose-terminated N-glycans from a host cell, the method comprising: (a) introducing a nucleic acid encoding a recombinant protein into a Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell comprising a mutation in the GnT 1 gene (GenBank Accession Number AF343963) leading to loss of GnT 1 function; and (c) expressing the recombinant protein from the host cell, in which the expressed recombinant protein comprises a mannose-terminated glycan structure, and in which the method does not include a step of introducing functional GnT-I into the host cell. The method may be used for producing recombinant glucocerebrosidase with a mannose-terminated glycan structure, suitable for treatment or prevention of Gaucher's Disease. | 06-04-2015 |
20150184135 | CHINESE HAMSTER OVARY CELL LINES - We provide a Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell which is capable of higher protein sialylation compared to a wild type Chinese Hamster Ovary cell, such as in the presence of functional GnT 1, in which the CHO cell is obtainable by selection with | 07-02-2015 |
20150225482 | OPTIMISED HEAVY CHAIN AND LIGHT CHAIN SIGNAL PEPTIDES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RECOMBINANT ANTIBODY THERAPEUTICS - Antibodies of interest comprising a heavy chain signal peptide and/or a light chain signal peptide or combination thereof and compositions are described. The method of determining the signal peptide including creating data set of antibodies signal peptides, clustering, selecting and creating recombinant antibodies for enhanced expression and secretion are described. | 08-13-2015 |