Mani, CA
Ali Mani, Palo Alto, CA US
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20110308953 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DESALINATION AND PURIFICATION - A liquid electrolyte can be desalinated and purified using a system that includes a first electrode and a configuration selected from (a) a second electrode and at least one distinct ion-selective boundary and (b) a second electrode that also serves as the ion-selective boundary. The ion-selective boundary is contained in the liquid conduit adjacent to a porous medium that defines pore channels filled with the liquid and that have a surface charge, and the charge of the ion-selective boundary and the surface charge of the pore channels share the same sign. A liquid including at least one charged species flows through the pore channels, forming a thin diffuse electrochemical double layer at an interface of the liquid and the charged surface of the pore channels. A voltage differential is applied between the electrodes across the porous medium to draw ions in the liquid to the electrodes to produce brine at the electrodes and to create a shock in the dissolved-ion concentration in the bulk volume of the liquid within the pore channels, wherein a depleted zone with a substantially reduced concentration of dissolved ions forms in the liquid bulk volume between the shock and the ion-selective boundary. | 12-22-2011 |
20140318972 | DESALINATION AND PURIFICATION SYSTEM - A liquid electrolyte can be desalinated and purified using a system that includes a first electrode and a configuration selected from (a) a second electrode and at least one distinct ion-selective boundary and (b) a second electrode that also serves as the ion-selective boundary. The ion-selective boundary is contained in the liquid conduit adjacent to a porous medium that defines pore channels filled with the liquid and that have a surface charge, and the charge of the ion-selective boundary and the surface charge of the pore channels share the same sign. A liquid including at least one charged species flows through the pore channels, forming a thin diffuse electrochemical double layer at an interface of the liquid and the charged surface of the pore channels. A voltage differential is applied between the electrodes across the porous medium to draw ions in the liquid to the electrodes to produce brine at the electrodes and to create a shock in the dissolved-ion concentration in the bulk volume of the liquid within the pore channels, wherein a depleted zone with a substantially reduced concentration of dissolved ions forms in the liquid bulk volume between the shock and the ion-selective boundary. | 10-30-2014 |
Deepti Mani, San Diego, CA US
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20140169244 | INCREASED POWER SAVINGS THROUGH COLLABRATIVE SEARCH - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for wirelessly communicating with a wireless station. In one implementation, a mobile device comprises a memory unit configured to store communication information associated with communicating on at least one channel of a wireless network. The mobile device further comprises a processing system that is configured to establish communications with the wireless station via a communication link, retrieve the communication information from the memory unit, and to provide at least a portion of the communication information to the wireless station. | 06-19-2014 |
20140297883 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALTERING BANDWIDTH CONSUMPTION - A method for altering bandwidth consumption when receiving content in a user device includes determining a first user device status where the first user device status indicates whether content, which is being accessed by a content-rendering application, is viewable on a display of the user device, based on the first user device status, selecting one of a plurality of available alternative content segments, and receiving the selected content segment. | 10-02-2014 |
20150045041 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING TRANSCODER-FREE COMMUNICATION PATHS WITH MULTI-SIM DEVICES - Multi-subscription access terminals are adapted to facilitate establishment of a transcoder-free communication path. According to at least one example, an access terminal can initiate a call with a terminating communication device using a first subscription, including attempting to establish a transcoder-free communication path. If a transcoder-free communication path cannot be established using the first subscription, the access terminal can switch to using a second subscription. The access terminal can then initiate a call with the terminating communication device using the second subscription module, including attempting again to establish a transcoder-free communication path. | 02-12-2015 |
20150057046 | System and Methods for improving Page Decode Performance During Reading of System Information on a Multi-SIM Wireless Communication Device - Methods and devices are disclosed for enabling improved performance for page decodes on a SIM of a multi-SIM wireless communication device in which a shared radio frequency (RF) resource is used to read system information for a different SIM. After determining that a first SIM is using the shared RF resource to decode SIBs, the wireless device may receive information about an upcoming page decode time for monitoring a paging channel associated with the second SIM. The wireless device may obtain system information block (SIB) scheduling information associated with the first SIM, and may create a RF resource release gap during the system information read period based on the SIB scheduling information and the upcoming page decode time. Control of the RF resource may be released from the modem stack associated within the first SIM, and gained by a modem stack associated with the second SIM during the RF resource release gap. | 02-26-2015 |
20150074195 | INCREASING POWER SAVINGS THROUGH INTELLIGENT SYNCHRONIZING OF DATA - The disclosure relates to wireless communication performed by various user devices. A user device determines whether or not it is an active user device, transmits a notification to the one or more user devices indicating that it is not the active user device, and receives, from the active user device, updated application data for one or more applications installed on both the user device and the active user device, wherein a same user is logged in to the one or more applications on both the user device and the active user device. The active user device transmits a notification to the one or more user devices indicating that it is the active user device, receives, from a remote server, updated application data for the one or more applications, and transmits the updated application data to the one or more user devices. | 03-12-2015 |
20150271805 | INTELLIGENT ROUTING OF PACKET SESSION DATA IN A MULTI-SIM USER EQUIPMENT - A method for selecting a data subscription on a multi-SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) mobile device includes: associating a plurality of application category groups with a plurality of active subscriptions; selecting an application to run; determining a category of the application; classifying the application into one of the plurality of category groups based on the category of the application; and automatically establishing a packet session for the application on the active subscription associated with the category group into which the application is classified. | 09-24-2015 |
Goutham Mani, Cupertino, CA US
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20150346801 | METHOD AND APPARTUS FOR DISTRIBUTED POWER ASSERTION - A method and an apparatus for a power assertion management are described. A power assertion indicator may be maintained for a device component having a power level. The power assertion indicator can indicate whether the power level of the device component is allowed to be lowered. A power assertion request may be sent from a first process to prevent lowering the power level of the device component before a data processing task is completed. A second process can receive a request from the first process to perform operations for the data processing task. The power level of the device component may not be allowed to be lowered before the second process completes the operations for the data processing task. The power level of the device component may be lowered after the data processing task is completed. | 12-03-2015 |
Inderjeet Mani, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20150279390 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUMMARIZING A MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ITEM - A multimedia content item is summarized based on its audio track and a desired compression budget. The audio track is extracted and processed by an automatic speech recognizer to obtain a time-aligned text transcript. The text-transcript is partitioned into a plurality of segment sequences. An informativeness score based on a salience score and a diversity score is computed for each of the segments. A coherence score is also computed for the segments in the plurality of sequences. A subsequence of one of the segment sequences that optimizes for informativeness and coherence is selected for generating a new content item summarizing the multimedia content item. | 10-01-2015 |
Jai John Mani, San Francisco, CA US
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20140101570 | SELECTION OF CLIPS FOR SHARING STREAMING CONTENT - A method for sharing digital media may include receiving an indication from a first user for sharing a clip selection from a digital media item (DMI) with a second user. A start point and an end point of the clip selection may be determined. The determination may be based on a number of times the first user has previously consumed the digital media item. An indication of the clip selection may be communicated to the second user. The indication for the sharing may be received in response to a sharing query. The query may be displayed to the first user during a consumption of the DMI by the first user. If the first user has not previously consumed the DMI, then during the consumption, the end point may be set as a current location in the digital media item at a time when the indication for the sharing was received. | 04-10-2014 |
20150081924 | Streaming Media - Systems and techniques are provided for intelligently streaming portions of media at higher quality over a limited bandwidth connection. Media may be received. The media may be one of a video and an audio track. The media may be divided into sections with a section start and a section end. Each section of the media may be scored based on an attribute of the section to obtain a priority score for each section. A first section of the media may be sent to be rendered on a remote device at a first quality. A second section of the media may be sent to be rendered on the remote device at a second quality. A portion of the second section may be sent concurrently with the first section. The second section may have a higher priority score than the first section. The second quality may be higher than the first quality. | 03-19-2015 |
Karthik Mani, San Jose, CA US
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20090024450 | LOST SALES DETECTION AND ESTIMATION USING RETAIL STORE DATA - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for detecting and estimating lost sales. A demand distribution for a product provided by a retail presence is determined. A probability of a lost sales occurrence is evaluated, including determining a predetermined time period and a probability of no sales over the predetermined time period. A determination of whether no sales have occurred over a time period corresponding in length to the predetermined time period is made. If the probability of no sales is below a threshold, an estimate of lost sales is determined. | 01-22-2009 |
Krishnakumar Mani, Santa Clara, CA US
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20140254250 | MAGNETIC MEMORY CIRCUIT WITH STRESS INDUCING LAYER - Memory circuit comprising an addressable magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack, forming a magnetic storage element in the circuit. The MTJ stack comprises a tunnel oxide layer between a free layer and a fixed layer. A stress inducing layer is disposed adjacent to the free layer to provide tensile or compressive stress to the free layer, in order to manipulate a magnetic field that is required to write a bit into the MTJ stack. Method of using the memory circuit is also proposed. | 09-11-2014 |
20150055410 | MEMORY CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR DISSIPATING EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD - Memory circuit and method for at least partially dissipating an external magnetic field before the magnetic field affects operation of an array of addressable magnetic storage element stacks in the memory circuit. Multiple dummy magnetic storage element stacks are provided around the periphery of the array. Each of the dummy stacks is substantially circular for orienting along the external magnetic field, thereby causing the dissipation. Each of the addressable and the dummy stacks may be formed with a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ). | 02-26-2015 |
Mahalingam Mani, Cupertino, CA US
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20080307519 | PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK OVER A VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK - The present invention provides a new network topology. More specifically, a peer-to-peer network is defined on a virtual private network. The peer-to-peer network comprises a set of specified users within a virtual private network that are allowed to communicate according to predetermined rules enforced by the peer-to-peer network itself. This affords secure communication between the specified users of the peer-to-peer network independent of the virtual private network. | 12-11-2008 |
20090254970 | MULTI-TIER SECURITY EVENT CORRELATION AND MITIGATION - The present invention is directed to the use of a multi-tiered security architecture that includes vendor-operated global security services and policy servers able to exchange security events and mitigation measures. | 10-08-2009 |
20110033034 | High-Assurance Teleconference Authentication - A method is provided for authorizing an authenticated user into a teleconference session as a participant that avoids some of the costs and disadvantages of doing so in the prior art. The authorization is a combination of the enterprise user's authentication at work and cryptographic authorization to the teleconference system by the inviter. When a user goes to work and connects with his or her office computer to the network of the user's employer, a secure single sign-on (SSO) access control procedure is executed. In a secure single sign-on (SSO) access control procedure, the user submits authentication information, such as a user name and password, to an identity provider and receives back a credential token when the identity provider determines that the user name/password pair is valid. The credential token is saved on the user's computer and used for further authentication. | 02-10-2011 |
20110041166 | Method of Password Assignment - A method is provided in which a user registers a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) address with a server that uses digest access authentication; If the user has another address already registered with the server, the server requests the user name and password for the existing address. The user enters the user name and password into a client application. The client application transmits the user name and password to the registration server as clear text over an encrypted channel. The registration server generates a digest from the received user name and password and compares the generated digest with the digest stored on the registration server for the existing address in order to determine whether the user submitted a valid user name and password. If the generated and stored digests match, the registration server sets the password for the existing email account of the user as the password for the new email. | 02-17-2011 |
20110072430 | ENHANCED SOLID-STATE DRIVE MANAGEMENT IN HIGH AVAILABILITY AND VIRTUALIZATION CONTEXTS - The present invention is directed to a virtualization system using a solid-state drive for disaster recovery. | 03-24-2011 |
20110072504 | Policy-Based Virtualization Method Involving Adaptive Enforcement - A method is provided in which a permission for running a system software instance alongside another system software instance is issued on the basis of a first policy rule concerning the operation of a first software application and a second policy rule concerning the execution of second software application. | 03-24-2011 |
20110235530 | DLP-BASED WIRELESS DOCKING FOR WIFI-BASED ENDPOINTS WITH DESKTOP - Methods, devices, and systems for automatically controlling the establishment and/or termination of inter-client Data Link Protocol (DLP) communication channels. More specifically, methods, devices, and systems are provided for establishing an inter-client DLP communication channel on demand for communication sessions and terminating the same upon completion of such communication sessions. | 09-29-2011 |
20120057565 | DLS-ASSISTED WIRED TO WIRELESS HANDOVER - Solutions are proposed to enable a seamless handover/handback of a communication between a docked state and an undocked state. The transfer is effected by performing a transfer between a docked persona of a user and an undocked persona of that same user. By utilizing certain SIP transfer mechanisms or H.323 bridged-appearances, in-progress call sessions and media can be sustained during handover and/or handback. | 03-08-2012 |
20130111042 | ROUTE LOOKUP RESOLUTION | 05-02-2013 |
20130111064 | FEDERATION ROUTE CACHE BASED ON DYNAMIC DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM SERVER | 05-02-2013 |
20130111573 | SINGLE SIGN-ON FOR APPLICATIONS | 05-02-2013 |
20140280595 | Cloud Based Elastic Load Allocation for Multi-media Conferencing - Disclosed herein is a technique for providing cloud based scaleable videoconferencing infrastructure in a variety of ways. A combination of hardware based conferencing and software emulation of hardware conferencing equipment is disclosed. The disclosed systems and methods include load balancing algorithms and a software control architecture to allow for flexible and elastic scaling of each component individually or as a group. The disclosed systems and methods are also agnostic to the underlying hardware infrastructure utilized for any given conference. | 09-18-2014 |
Maheswaran Mani, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20120076797 | Modulation of kit signaling and hematopoietic cell development by IL-4 receptor modulation - Methods and compositions are provided for modulating Kit/stem cell factor receptor (SCFR)/CD117 and interleukin 4 receptor (IL-4R) signaling in a cell in vitro and in vivo, and for identifying candidate agents with activity in modulating Kit and IL-4R signaling. These methods find particular use in treating disorders of the hematopoietic system and in modulating hematopoietic stem cell expansion. | 03-29-2012 |
Meera Mani, San Jose, CA US
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20090061403 | RATING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS - The invention describes a method for evaluating educational programs which, firstly, develops criteria which will address the strengths and weaknesses of the educational program. The second step of the method is to observe the criteria, chosen in step one, in the educational program. The third step is to assign a numerical value to each of the criteria observed in step two. The next step is to assign an overall rating to the educational program based on the numerically valued criteria. The personnel involved in the educational program can then decide what steps in addition to the assessment can be done to improve or maintain the educational program. | 03-05-2009 |
20100167245 | RATING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS - The invention describes a method for evaluating educational programs which, firstly, develops criteria which will address the strengths and weaknesses of the educational program. The second step of the method is to observe the criteria, chosen in step one, in the educational program. The third step is to assign a numerical value to each of the criteria observed in step two. The next step is to assign an overall rating to the educational program based on the numerically valued criteria. The personnel involved in the educational program can then decide what steps in addition to the assessment can be done to improve or maintain the educational program. | 07-01-2010 |
20120183936 | Childhood Educational Program Rating System and Method - The invention describes a method for evaluating educational programs which, firstly, develops criteria which will address the strengths and weaknesses of the educational program. The second step of the method is to observe the criteria, chosen in step one, in the educational program. The third step is to assign a numerical value to each of the criteria observed in step two. The next step is to assign an overall rating to the educational program based on the numerically valued criteria. The personnel involved in the educational program can then decide what steps in addition to the assessment can be done to improve or maintain the educational program. | 07-19-2012 |
Neelakandha Mani, Sang Diego, CA US
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20090143591 | SCALABLE SYNTHESIS OF IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVES - Imidazole derivatives, compositions containing them, methods of preparing them, including regioselective scale-up synthetic methods, and methods of using them. | 06-04-2009 |
Neelakandha Mani, San Diego, CA US
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20090105220 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF NONPEPTIDE SUBSTITUTED SPIROBENZOAZEPINE DERIVATIVES - Novel spirobenzoazepine compounds, novel processes for the preparation of nonpeptide substituted spirobenzoazepine derivatives, and novel processes for the preparation of intermediates in the preparation of such derivatives. Novel intermediates in the preparation of nonpeptide substituted spirobenzoazepine derivatives. | 04-23-2009 |
20090270370 | FUSED HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS - Certain fused pyrrole- and pyrazole-containing heterocyclic compounds are serotonin modulators useful in the treatment of serotonin-mediated diseases. | 10-29-2009 |
20100274015 | SYNTHESIS OF 4/5-PYRIMIDINYLIMIDAZOLES VIA SEQUENTIAL FUNCTIONALIZATION OF 2,4-DICHLOROPYRIMIDINE - This invention relates to methods of making pyrimidinyl-substituted imidazole compounds by sequential substitution of the 4- and 2-chloro groups of 2,4-dichloropyrimidine, nucleophilic substitution to form pyrimidinylalkyne derivatives, oxidation to the corresponding 1,2-diketones, and cyclocondensation reactions. | 10-28-2010 |
20100274016 | SYNTHESIS OF 4/5-PYRIMIDINYLIMIDAZOLES VIA SEQUENTIAL FUNCTIONALIZATION OF 2,4-DICHLOROPYRIMIDINE - This invention relates to methods of making pyrimidinyl-substituted imidazole compounds by sequential substitution of the 4- and 2-chloro groups of 2,4-dichloropyrimidine, nucleophilic substitution to form pyrimidinylalkyne derivatives, oxidation to the corresponding 1,2-diketones, and cyclocondensation reactions. | 10-28-2010 |
20110040088 | FUSED HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS - Certain fused pyrrole- and pyrazole-containing heterocyclic compounds are serotonin modulators useful in the treatment of serotonin-mediated diseases. | 02-17-2011 |
Prakash Mani, Fremont, CA US
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20120216378 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A PIEZOELECTRIC MULTILAYER - A method and system for fabricating a piezoelectric multilayer are described. The method and system include providing conductive layers. Alternating conductive layers are electrically connected. A first plurality of alternating conductive layers is electrically isolated from a second plurality of alternating conductive layers. Piezoelectric layers are interleaved with the conductive layers. Apertures are provided in the piezoelectric layers. A first conductive plug electrically connects the first plurality of alternating conductive layers, includes a first plurality of segments, and is in apertures in the piezoelectric layers. Each of the first plurality of segments extends through one of the piezoelectric layers. A second conductive plug electrically connects the second plurality of alternating conductive layers, includes a second plurality of segments, and is in a second portion of the plurality of apertures. Each of the second plurality of segments extends through one of the plurality of piezoelectric layers. | 08-30-2012 |
Premkumar Mani, Santa Clarita, CA US
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20160112394 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING A PERSONALIZED PROVIDER RECOMMENDATION ENGINE - Techniques for making personalized provider recommendations in related categories include identifying a first entity category from a plurality of entity categories based on context information. A first category relationship is identified from a plurality of category relationships based on the first entity category. The first category relationship indicates that the first entity category and a second entity category are related. A first provider specific profile is identified from a plurality of provider specific profiles based on user profile data associated with a user account. The first provider specific profile is associated with the first entity category. A second provider specific profile associated with the second entity category is identified from the plurality of provider specific profiles based on the user profile data. A plurality of providers including a first provider associated with the first provider specific profile and a second provider associated with the second provider specific profile is displayed. | 04-21-2016 |
Radhika Mani, San Jose, CA US
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20090170333 | SHALLOW TRENCH ISOLATION ETCH PROCESS - Methods for fabricating one or more shallow trench isolation (STI) structures are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for fabricating one or more shallow trench isolation (STI) structures may include providing a substrate having a patterned mask layer disposed thereon to define one or more STI structures. The substrate may be etched using a plasma formed from a process gas mixture to form one or more STI structures on the substrate, wherein the process gas mixture comprises a fluorine-containing gas and either a fluorocarbon-containing gas or a hydrofluorocarbon-containing gas. | 07-02-2009 |
Radhika Mani, Fremont, CA US
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20140302678 | INTERNAL PLASMA GRID APPLICATIONS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION - The embodiments disclosed herein pertain to improved methods and apparatus for etching a semiconductor substrate. A plasma grid assembly is positioned in a reaction chamber to divide the chamber into upper and lower sub-chambers. The plasma grid assembly may include one or more plasma grids having slots of a particular aspect ratio, which allow certain species to pass through from the upper sub-chamber to the lower sub-chamber. In some cases, an electron-ion plasma is generated in the upper sub-chamber. Electrons that make it through the grid to the lower sub-chamber are cooled as they pass through. In some cases, this results in an ion-ion plasma in the lower sub-chamber. The ion-ion plasma may be used to advantage in a variety of etching processes. | 10-09-2014 |
20160086795 | INTERNAL PLASMA GRID APPLICATIONS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION - The embodiments disclosed herein pertain to improved methods and apparatus for etching a semiconductor substrate. A plasma grid assembly is positioned in a reaction chamber to divide the chamber into upper and lower sub-chambers. The plasma grid assembly may include one or more plasma grids having slots of a particular aspect ratio, which allow certain species to pass through from the upper sub-chamber to the lower sub-chamber. In some cases, an electron-ion plasma is generated in the upper sub-chamber. Electrons that make it through the grid to the lower sub-chamber are cooled as they pass through. In some cases, this results in an ion-ion plasma in the lower sub-chamber. The ion-ion plasma may be used to advantage in a variety of etching processes. | 03-24-2016 |
Radhika C. Mani, San Jose, CA US
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20130087174 | METHODS FOR IN-SITU CHAMBER CLEAN UTILIZED IN AN ETCHING PROCESSING CHAMBER - Embodiments of the invention include methods for in-situ chamber dry cleaning a plasma processing chamber utilized for gate structure fabrication process in semiconductor devices. In one embodiment, a method for in-situ chamber dry clean includes supplying a first cleaning gas including at least a boron containing gas into a processing chamber in absence of a substrate disposed therein, supplying a second cleaning gas including at least a halogen containing gas into the processing chamber in absence of the substrate, and supplying a third cleaning gas including at least an oxygen containing gas into the processing chamber in absence of the substrate. | 04-11-2013 |
20140199849 | POLYSILICON OVER-ETCH USING HYDROGEN DILUTED PLASMA FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL GATE ETCH - Methods of polysilicon over-etch using hydrogen diluted plasma for three-dimensional gate etch are described. In an example, a method of forming a three-dimensional gate structure includes performing a main plasma etch on a masked polysilicon layer formed over a semiconductor fin. The method also includes, subsequently, performing a plasma over etch on the masked polysilicon layer based on a plasma generated from gaseous composition including hydrogen gas (H | 07-17-2014 |
Rajesh Mani, San Jose, CA US
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20080274626 | METHOD FOR DEPOSITING A HIGH QUALITY SILICON DIELECTRIC FILM ON A GERMANIUM SUBSTRATE WITH HIGH QUALITY INTERFACE - In certain embodiments methods for depositing materials on substrates, and more particularly, methods for depositing dielectric layers, such as silicon oxides or silicon oxynitrides, on germanium substrates are provided. The methods involve depositing a barrier layer on the germanium substrate to prevent oxidation of the germanium substrate when forming a dielectric layer on the germanium substrate. In certain embodiments, a silicon layer is deposited on the germanium substrate to form a barrier layer. In certain embodiments, nitridation of the germanium substrate forms a Ge | 11-06-2008 |
20090233453 | METHODS FOR OXIDATION OF A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Methods of fabricating an oxide layer on a semiconductor substrate are provided herein. The oxide layer may be formed over an entire structure disposed on the substrate, or selectively formed on a non-metal containing layer with little or no oxidation of an exposed metal-containing layer. The methods disclosed herein may be performed in a variety of process chambers, including but not limited to decoupled plasma oxidation chambers, rapid and/or remote plasma oxidation chambers, and/or plasma immersion ion implantation chambers. In some embodiments, a method may include providing a substrate comprising a metal-containing layer and non-metal containing layer; and forming an oxide layer on an exposed surface of the non-metal containing layer by exposing the substrate to a plasma formed from a process gas comprising a hydrogen-containing gas, an oxygen-containing gas, and at least one of a supplemental oxygen-containing gas or a nitrogen-containing gas. | 09-17-2009 |
20090311877 | POST OXIDATION ANNEALING OF LOW TEMPERATURE THERMAL OR PLASMA BASED OXIDATION - Embodiments of the present invention provide methods of forming oxide layers on semiconductor substrates. In some embodiments, a method of forming an oxide layer on a semiconductor substrate includes forming an oxide layer on a substrate using an oxidation process having a first process gas at a first temperature less than about 800 degrees Celsius; and annealing the oxide layer formed on the substrate in the presence of a second process gas and at a second temperature. The oxidation process may be a plasma or thermal oxidation process performed at a temperature of about 800 degrees Celsius or below. In some embodiments, the post oxidation annealing process may be a spike or soak rapid thermal process, a laser anneal, or a flash anneal performed at a temperature of at least about 700 degrees Celsius, at least about 800 degrees Celsius, or at least about 950 degrees Celsius. | 12-17-2009 |
20110217850 | METHODS FOR OXIDATION OF A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Methods of fabricating an oxide layer on a semiconductor substrate are provided herein. The oxide layer may be formed over an entire structure disposed on the substrate, or selectively formed on a non-metal containing layer with little or no oxidation of an exposed metal-containing layer. The methods disclosed herein may be performed in a variety of process chambers, including but not limited to decoupled plasma oxidation chambers, rapid and/or remote plasma oxidation chambers, and/or plasma immersion ion implantation chambers. In some embodiments, a method may include providing a substrate comprising a metal-containing layer and non-metal containing layer; and forming an oxide layer on an exposed surface of the non-metal containing layer by exposing the substrate to a plasma formed from a process gas comprising a hydrogen-containing gas, an oxygen-containing gas, and at least one of a supplemental oxygen-containing gas or a nitrogen-containing gas. | 09-08-2011 |
Ramesh Mani, Fremont, CA US
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20100088404 | MONITORING RELATED CONTENT REQUESTS - Multiple transaction components that comprise a transaction are correlated using a GUID generated at a browser application. The transaction components may occur asynchronously or synchronously between a network browser and one or more applications. An identifier is generated for a set of network browser requests corresponding to a single user input or some other event and the identifier is included in each request. Server traffic and the servers processing the request are monitored and data which includes the identifier is generated. Data for the transaction with multiple transaction components is reported using the GUID associated with the transaction. | 04-08-2010 |
20110167156 | MONITORING RELATED CONTENT REQUESTS - Multiple transaction components that comprise a transaction are correlated using a GUID generated at a browser application. The transaction components may occur asynchronously or synchronously between a network browser and one or more applications. An identifier is generated for a set of network browser requests corresponding to a single user input or some other event and the identifier is included in each request. Server traffic and the servers processing the request are monitored and data which includes the identifier is generated. Data for the transaction with multiple transaction components is reported using the GUID associated with the transaction. | 07-07-2011 |
20140108463 | DATA STRUCTURE FOR EFFICIENTLY IDENTIFYING TRANSACTIONS - A technique for monitoring software which efficiently communicates transaction trace data, including static and dynamic data, from an agent to a manager is disclosed. A tree data structure describes transactions as a sequence of transaction elements. Each branch may correspond to one type of transaction. The nodes along a branch may be associated with components of monitored software that are invoked to perform the transaction. A provisional branch may be constructed when an agent is unable to initially identify the transaction. Transaction data may be stored in association with the nodes in the provisional branch during the monitoring. After information needed to identify the transaction becomes available to the agent, the provisional branch is updated. The transaction data is reported in response to determining the branch in the tree data structure that matches the provisional branch. | 04-17-2014 |
20160062868 | AUTOMATED INSTRUMENTATION OF APPLICATIONS - Methods for automatically identifying and instrumenting application classes and methods for a particular application are described. In some embodiments, application code (e.g., bytecode or source code) associated with the particular application may be parsed to identify classes and methods within the application code and to identify terminal components (e.g., methods or function calls) and non-terminal components (e.g., control flow statements). Once the terminal components and non-terminal components have been identified, a complexity model and a corresponding score for each of the classes and methods within the application code may be determined. The complexity model may be used to estimate the number of computations that may be required if a particular class or method is used by the particular application. Application classes and methods corresponding with a score that is greater than a threshold may be instrumented by inserting probes into the identified classes and methods. | 03-03-2016 |
Sanjay Mani, Los Altos Hills, CA US
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20110026768 | Tracking a Spatial Target - Apparatuses and methods for tracking a dermatological feature are disclosed. One method includes establishing an imaging reference proximate to an identified dermatological feature, wherein the imaging reference has a known color spectrum and known physical dimensions. A digital image sequence is obtained containing one or more images of the identified dermatological feature and the imaging reference. At least one trait of the identified dermatological feature is estimated using the imaging reference and at least one image of the digital image sequence. | 02-03-2011 |
20110299853 | PRECISION TIME TRANSFER OVER OPTICAL FIBER - A clock at a first network element that is connected to a second network element over an optical fiber link is aligned using bursts of timing information exchanged between the two network elements. According to one method, the bursts from the first network element to the second network element and the bursts from the second network element to the first network element are transmitted over the same wavelength channel of the optical fiber link, in which case zero asymmetry in the transit delays can be assumed during the alignment procedure. According to another method, the bursts from the first network element to the second network element and the bursts from the second network element to the first network element are transmitted over different wavelength channels of the optical fiber link, in which case the asymmetry in the transit delays can be quantified and applied during the alignment procedure. | 12-08-2011 |
20140270805 | Asymmetry Correction for Precise Clock Synchronization Over Optical Fiber - A clock at a first network element that is connected to a second network element over an optical fiber link is aligned in time/phase using packet protocols such as PTP. The invention discloses how to correct the asymmetry error inherent in traditional packet-based time-transfer methods. | 09-18-2014 |
Sanjay Mani, Lost Altos Hills, CA US
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20130077964 | PRECISE CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION OVER OPTICAL FIBER - A clock at a first network element that is connected to a second network element over first and second optical links that are physically distinct from each other is aligned using optical timing signals having different wavelengths. Transit delays between the first and second network elements may be determined using the same optical timing signals. | 03-28-2013 |
Sankar Mani, Fremont, CA US
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20140095644 | PROCESSING OF WRITE REQUESTS IN APPLICATION SERVER CLUSTERS - An application server of a server cluster may store a payload of a write request in a local cache and thereafter serve read requests based on payloads in the local cache if the corresponding data is present when such read requests are received. The payloads are however later propagated to respective data stores at a later suitable time. Each application server in the server cluster retrieves data from the data stores if the required payload is unavailable in the respective local cache. According to another aspect, an application server signals to other application servers of the server cluster if a required payload is unavailable in the local cache. In response, the application server having the specified payload (in local cache) propagates the payload with a higher priority to the corresponding data store, such that the payload is available to the requesting application server. | 04-03-2014 |
Sathishkumar Mani, San Diego, CA US
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20160111093 | EFFICIENT LOAD SHARING AND ACCELERATING OF AUDIO POST-PROCESSING - Provided are a method and device for audio post-processing. The method may comprise receiving, at a first processor, an audio signal, detecting, at the first processor, a plurality of post-processing modules for altering the audio signal, and creating, based on information identifying functions of the plurality of post-processing modules, an optimized acceleration module. It may further comprise sending, through the optimized acceleration module, a buffer packet of the audio signal along a single data path to a second processor and post-processing, at the second processor, the buffer packet of the audio signal through each of a plurality of associated post-processing modules that correspond to the post-processing modules on the first processor, controlling each associated post-processing module via control paths from each corresponding post-processing module, and receiving, at the first processor, a post-processed buffer packet of the audio signal via a single return data path. | 04-21-2016 |
Sathya Mani, Fremont, CA US
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20110104884 | HOT EDGE RING WITH SLOPED UPPER SURFACE - A hot edge ring with extended lifetime comprises an annular body having a sloped upper surface. The hot edge ring includes a step underlying an outer edge of a semiconductor substrate supported in a plasma processing chamber wherein plasma is used to process the substrate. The step includes a vertical surface which surrounds the outer edge of the substrate and the sloped upper surface extends upwardly and outwardly from the upper periphery of the vertical surface. | 05-05-2011 |
Sathyanarayanan Mani, Fremont, CA US
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20110073257 | UNITIZED CONFINEMENT RING ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS THEREOF - An arrangement for performing pressure control in a plasma processing chamber comprising an upper electrode, a lower electrode, a unitized confinement ring arrangement wherein the upper electrode, the lower electrode and the unitized confinement ring arrangement are configured at least for surrounding a confined chamber region to facilitate plasma generation and confinement therein. The arrangement further includes at least one plunger configured for moving the unitized confinement ring arrangement in a vertical direction to adjust at least one of a first gas conductance path and a second gas conductance path to perform the pressure control, wherein the first gas conductance path is formed between the upper electrode and the unitized confinement ring arrangement and the second gas conductance path is formed between the lower electrode and the single unitized ring arrangement. | 03-31-2011 |
20150325414 | UNITIZED CONFINEMENT RING ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS THEREOF - An arrangement for performing pressure control in a plasma processing chamber comprising an upper electrode, a lower electrode, a unitized confinement ring arrangement wherein the upper electrode, the lower electrode and the unitized confinement ring arrangement are configured at least for surrounding a confined chamber region to facilitate plasma generation and confinement therein. The arrangement further includes at least one plunger configured for moving the unitized confinement ring arrangement in a vertical direction to adjust at least one of a first gas conductance path and a second gas conductance path to perform the pressure control, wherein the first gas conductance path is formed between the upper electrode and the unitized confinement ring arrangement and the second gas conductance path is formed between the lower electrode and the single unitized ring arrangement. | 11-12-2015 |
Somnath Mani, Santa Clara, CA US
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20140304698 | Methods and Apparatus for Performing In-Service Software Upgrade for a Network Device Using System Virtulization - A method and/or network system is able to perform an in-service software upgrade (“ISSU”) using virtualization technology while ongoing network service is maintained. After receipt of an upgrade signal such as a command of software upgrade, a new or second virtual machine (“VM”) is created in response to the upgrade signal. After downloading the new version of program to the second VM while maintaining the first version of program running on the first VM, the process for providing network management begins to migrate from the first version of program to the new version of program. The process simultaneously facilitates ISSU for a data-path module such as a line card to convert from the previous version of software to the new version of the software. | 10-09-2014 |
Vasanthan Mani, Fremont, CA US
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20110081561 | METHODS OF PRODUCING HYDROCHLORIC ACID FROM HYDROGEN GAS AND CHLORINE GAS - A method of producing HCl from H | 04-07-2011 |
20110086247 | REDOX FLOW CELL REBALANCING - A redox cell rebalance system is provided. In some embodiments, the rebalance system includes electrochemical cell and a photochemical cell. In some embodiments, the photochemical cell contains a source of ultraviolet radiation for producing HCl from H | 04-14-2011 |