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20090303961 | METHOD, TRANSCEIVER AND TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR GENERATING REFERENCE SEQUENCE MATRICES AND FOR MAPPING ELEMENTS THEREOF - An method for, in a cellular telecommunication system, generating reference sequence matrices and for mapping elements of said reference sequence matrices to reference signal positions having predetermined locations in two-dimensional multi-carrier time-frequency symbol spaces is provided. According to the method, a matrix S | 12-10-2009 |
20100185743 | Encoding Method and Apparatus for Frame Synchronization Signal - An encoding method for a frame synchronization signal includes: encoding a predetermined intermediate variable corresponding to a cell ID or cell group ID to obtain short codes corresponding to the cell ID or cell group ID; and generating SCH codewords according to the said short codes, instead of directly encoding the cell ID or cell group ID, thereby ensuring that a first short code in each generated S-SCH codeword is larger than a second short code, or a first short code in each generated S-SCH codeword is smaller than a second short code, and a short code distance thereof is relatively small, so as to enhance the reliability of the frame synchronization. An encoding apparatus for a frame synchronization signal is further provided. | 07-22-2010 |
20130022003 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR SIGNALING RESOURCE PARTITION - Signaling resource partition of a component carrier in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The number of primary resource blocks and the number of extension resource blocks of the component carrier is encoded and signaled to a UE, so the UE can obtain the resource partition of the component carrier. | 01-24-2013 |
20130022007 | Uplink Control Information Transmission - Uplink control information transmission method, and a network node and a UE implementing the method are disclosed. According to an embodiment of the invention, uplink control information is transmitted from a UE to a network node by defining a set including at least one of the of uplink component carriers being usable for carrier aggregation for the UE. For this set, a priority indication is assigned to each one of the at least one uplink component carrier included in the set. Then, if this set includes at least one uplink component carrier comprising an uplink shared channel, one of these at least one uplink component carrier comprising an uplink shared channel is selected for transmission of uplink control information in that uplink shared channel. Selection based on at least one of the at least one assigned priority indication, when selecting uplink component carrier, is disclosed. | 01-24-2013 |
20130022008 | Method and Apparatus of Communication - In a radio communication system, a number of downlink component carriers can be aggregated for communication between a network node and a User Equipment (UE). A set of downlink component carriers is determined from the number of downlink component carriers. A downlink control channel for the UE is arranged to include information being usable for identifying at least one downlink component carrier of the set of downlink component carriers. A channel quality report is to be provided for each one of the at least one identified downlink component carrier. | 01-24-2013 |
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20110103333 | CARRIER AGGREGATION - Carrier aggregation in a radio communication system is disclosed, in which at least two Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) carriers are aggregated, each of the at least two OFDM carriers comprising subcarriers being spaced in accordance with a subcarrier spacing of the radio communication system, transmission on the at least two OFDM carriers being synchronized in time. | 05-05-2011 |
20110274076 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE, AND WIRELESS SYSTEM - A resource allocation method, a network device and a wireless system are disclosed. The method includes: sorting Resource Blocks (RBs) used by a terminal of a first system and a terminal of a second system according to a use situation of the RBs used by the terminal of the first system and the terminal of the second system; and allocating the sorted RBs. When some RBs are available to a Long Term Evolution (LTE) terminal, coexistence of an LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) terminal and the LTE terminal is enabled, and compatibility between the LTE-A terminal and the LTE terminal is ensured. | 11-10-2011 |
20110286423 | METHOD FOR GENERATING REFERENCE SIGNALS - The present disclosure relates to a method for generating reference signals in a cellular wireless communication system having a set of resource blocks. Each resource block includes a plurality of resource elements. Each reference signal is associated with an antenna port in a cell. At least one reference signal in a cell is transmitted on at least one resource element only in resource blocks belonging to a subset of said set of resource blocks. The method includes shifting frequency in the resource blocks in the subset of resource blocks. The frequency shifting of the resource blocks belonging to said subset of resource blocks is cell-specific and is determined from an integer sequence having a length less than or equal to a total number of cell identities in said cellular wireless communication system. The disclosure also relates to methods and devices for transmitting and receiving such reference signals; and to a device for generating reference signals. | 11-24-2011 |
20120039342 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING HARQ FEEDBACK IN TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method for execution on an apparatus configured to operate in a telecommunications network comprising a processor, wherein said processor is configured to execute said method, said method comprising encoding a plurality of uplink feedback information elements for carrier aggregation, by a set of codewords where each codeword comprises a channel, wherein at least two information elements have the same channel distribution. | 02-16-2012 |
20120039409 | POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNALS - An improved generation and use of Positioning Reference Signals (PRS) generates PRS to be used in a wireless Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) communication system. A time-frequency pattern of Resource Elements (REs) is determined and used for transmitting the PRS, wherein the time-frequency pattern includes at least two OFDM symbols. Each one of the at least two OFDM symbols is assigned a value to each one of a number of the REs being within that OFDM symbol. The values being assigned to the number of REs correspond to elements in a modulation sequence having a length being equal to the number of REs, and are to be used for modulating OFDM subcarriers corresponding to the REs within that OFDM symbol. | 02-16-2012 |
20120046047 | POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNALS - An improved generation and use of Positioning Reference Signals (PRS) generates a PRS to be used in a wireless Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) communication system. A time-frequency pattern of Resource Elements (REs) is determined and used for transmitting the PRS, wherein the time-frequency pattern includes at least two OFDM symbols. Each one of the at least two OFDM symbols is assigned a value to each one of a number of the REs being within that OFDM symbol. The values being assigned to the number of REs correspond to elements in a modulation sequence having a length being equal to the number of REs, and are to be used for modulating OFDM subcarriers corresponding to the REs within that OFDM symbol. | 02-23-2012 |
20120087365 | ENCODING AND DETECTING CELL-SPECIFIC INFORMATION IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Method and apparatus are provided for encoding cell-specific information in a telecommunication system. Cell-specific information is encoded by a synchronization code. A synchronization signal including the synchronization code is sent, wherein the synchronization code includes a first repetitive cyclically permutable codeword generated from a first codeword | 04-12-2012 |
20120238310 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RESOURCE CONFIGURATION - The embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and a device for resource configuration. The method includes: determining an extra resource block existing in a wireless resource, where the extra resource block is a resource that cannot be identified by a long term evolution system; configuring transmission power of a resource element in the extra resource block according to a power configuration rule; and sending a signal on the resource element in the extra resource block according to configured transmission power. With the preceding technical solution, an extra resource block can be used for transmitting a signal, so that a resource utilization rate may be improved. | 09-20-2012 |
20130148610 | FEEDBACK INFORMATION RELATING TO A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM USING CARRIER AGGREGATION - The invention relates to a method for encoding a number of feedback information messages in a mobile radio communications system using carrier aggregation, the method comprising:encoding the number of feedback information messages by a set of codewords, where each feedback information message can be of at least a first kind or a second kind. The method is distinguished by that for at least one feedback information message there is at least one codeword corresponding to information of the first kind and at least one codeword corresponding to information of the second kind, wherein the modulation symbol of one of said at least one codeword corresponding to information of the first kind and the modulation symbol of one of said at least one codeword corresponding to information of the second kind have a maximum distance. The invention also relates to a mobile terminal and radio basestation for a communications system. | 06-13-2013 |
20130176963 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING HARQ FEEDBACK IN TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method for execution on an apparatus configured to operate in a telecommunications network comprising a processor, wherein said processor is configured to execute said method, said method comprising encoding a plurality of uplink feedback information elements for carrier aggregation, by a set of codewords where each codeword comprises a channel, wherein at least two information elements have the same channel distribution. | 07-11-2013 |
20130230039 | FACILITATING SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN A BASE STATION AND A USER EQUIPMENT - Methods and apparatus are provided for facilitating synchronization between a base station (BS) and a user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system. The UE receives a synchronization signal originated by the BS. The synchronization signal is encoded with a selected cyclically permutable (CP) codeword, the selected CP codeword being selected from a set of CP codewords. Encoding of the synchronization signal is facilitated by a repetitive cyclically permutable (RCP) codeword derivable from the selected CP codeword. The RCP codeword has a plurality of codeword elements each associated with a value, the value of at least one codeword element in the RCP codeword being repeated in another codeword element position in the RCP codeword. And the synchronization signal is decoded in accordance with repetitive structure of the RCP codeword. | 09-05-2013 |
20130315176 | FEEDBACK INFORMATION RELATING TO A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM USING CARRIER AGGREREGATION - The invention relates to a method for encoding a number of feedback information messages in a mobile radio communications system using carrier aggregation, the method comprising: encoding the number of feedback information messages by a set of codewords, where each feedback information message can be of at least a first kind or a second kind. The method is distinguished by that for at least one feedback information message there is at least one codeword corresponding to information of the first kind and at least one codeword corresponding to information of the second kind, wherein the modulation symbol of one of said at least one codeword corresponding to information of the first kind and the modulation symbol of one of said at least one codeword corresponding to information of the second kind have a maximum distance. The invention also relates to a mobile terminal and radio basestation for a communications system. | 11-28-2013 |
20140105114 | Facilitating Synchronization Between a Base Station and a User Equipment - Methods and apparatus are provided for facilitating synchronization between a base station (BS) and a user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system. The UE receives a synchronization signal originated by the BS. The synchronization signal is encoded with a selected cyclically permutable (CP) codeword. The selected CP codeword is selected from a set of CP codewords. Encoding of the synchronization signal is facilitated by a repetitive cyclically permutable (RCP) codeword derivable from the selected CP codeword. The RCP codeword has a plurality of codeword elements each associated with a value, the value of at least one codeword element in the RCP codeword being repeated in another codeword element position in the RCP codeword. And the synchronization signal is decoded in accordance with repetitive structure of the RCP codeword. | 04-17-2014 |
20140112303 | METHOD FOR ARRANGING TRANSMISSIONS ON A DOWNLINK CARRIER - A method is provided for arranging transmissions on a downlink carrier c, spanning a frequency range Fc, in a mobile radio communications system, wherein a bandwidth of Fc belongs to a set of predefined channel bandwidths in the communications system, and wherein the carrier c comprises a reference signal defined in the communications system. A configurable frequency range FRS comprising a set of time-frequency resources for comprising the reference signal of the carrier c is provided. Information associated with the configuration of said frequency range FRS is signaled to a receiver in the communications system, such that c can be deployed over a frequency range F smaller than Fc when the frequency range FRS is configured within F and any other transmissions on the carrier c are arranged to be within F. | 04-24-2014 |
20140126568 | Cell Search in Wireless Communication System - A receiver performs synchronization to a secondary component carrier in a wireless communication system. The secondary component carrier is aggregated with a primary component carrier in the wireless communication system. Side information of the secondary component carrier is utilized to reduce occurrences of a number of synchronization hypotheses in a hypothesis test in the case that synchronization to the secondary component carrier is performed. Symbol timing synchronization of the secondary component carrier is determined in accordance with the reduced occurrences of the number of synchronization hypotheses. | 05-08-2014 |
20140211740 | SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION - To facilitate transmission of a sounding reference signal (SRS) on an uplink carrier of a telecommunication system, a shifted SRS is created, wherein a predefined frequency domain position of a SRS is shifted for creation of the shifted SRS, thereby creating an extended SRS region including at least one additional RB being separate from the predefined frequency domain position of the SRS. | 07-31-2014 |
20140211752 | GENERATING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNALS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - The present disclosure relates to a method for facilitating synchronization in a wireless communication system. A number sequence of length L is defined. The number sequence is mapped on a first set of discrete Fourier frequency coefficients. A second set of discrete Fourier frequency coefficients is generated by frequency shifting the first set of discrete Fourier frequency coefficients. The second set of discrete Fourier frequency coefficients is transformed into a time domain signal. | 07-31-2014 |
20140219372 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING HARQ FEEDBACK IN TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method for execution on an apparatus configured to operate in a telecommunications network comprising a processor, wherein said processor is configured to execute said method, said method comprising encoding a plurality of uplink feedback information elements for carrier aggregation, by a set of codewords where each codeword comprises a channel, wherein at least two information elements have the same channel distribution. | 08-07-2014 |
20140241311 | METHOD FOR TRANSMIT DIVERSITY OF HARQ-ACK INFORMATION FEEDBACK - The present invention relates to a method for transmit diversity of HARQ-ACK information feedback in a wireless communication system, said system being adapted to employ transmit diversity and non-transmit diversity transmissions of HARQ-ACK information feedback, said method comprising: assigning uplink control channel resources and modulation symbols to HARQ-ACK states for at least two antenna ports such that said HARQ-ACK states are abled to be transmitted when associated uplink control channel resources are implicitly reserved, wherein at least one of said uplink control channel resources is assigned to more than one of said at least two antenna ports, and wherein uplink control channel resources and modulation symbols assigned to HARQ-ACK states for one of said at least two antenna ports is the same as when non-transmit diversity of HARQ-ACK information feedback is employed; and transmitting HARQ-ACK states assigned according to said assignment step on said at least two antenna ports. | 08-28-2014 |
20150063286 | METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION OF CONTROL CHANNEL SIGNALS - The present invention relates to a method in a network control node for transmission of control channel signals in a wireless communication system, the wireless communication system employing scheduling of physical resource blocks (PRBs) used for each new transmission of a control channel signal, wherein each control channel signal is related to one or more control channel elements (CCEs); the method comprising the steps of: removing user specific reference signals in associated physical resource blocks (PRBs) if the associated physical resource blocks (PRBs) comprises at least one control channel signal; inserting control channel signals in the associated physical resource blocks (PRBs); and transmitting the associated physical resource blocks (PRBs). Furthermore, the invention also relates to a computer program, a computer program product, and a network control node device thereof. | 03-05-2015 |
20150103810 | Facilitating Synchronization Between a Base Station and a User Equipment - Methods and apparatus are provided for facilitating synchronization between a base station (BS) and a user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system. The UE receives a synchronization signal originated by the BS. The synchronization signal is encoded with a selected cyclically permutable (CP) codeword. Encoding of the synchronization signal is facilitated by a repetitive cyclically permutable (RCP) codeword derivable from the selected CP codeword. The RCP codeword has a plurality of codeword elements each associated with a value, the value of at least one codeword element in the RCP codeword being repeated in another codeword element position in the RCP codeword. And the synchronization signal is decoded in accordance with repetitive structure of the RCP codeword. | 04-16-2015 |
20150124579 | System and Method for Transmitting a Synchronization Signal - A method for device-to-device (D2D) communications includes generating, by a synchronization source, a primary device-to-device synchronization signal that is different from a primary synchronization signal (PSS) sent by an Evolved NodeB (eNodeB) and an existing uplink (UL) signal sent by device-to-device communications devices, and transmitting, by the synchronization source, the primary device-to-device synchronization signal in a single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) waveform. | 05-07-2015 |
20150155993 | METHODS AND NODES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Methods and nodes are provided for transmission of information, over at least one antenna port, in a subframe, which information is received by a receiver in a wireless communication system. Demodulation of the information entity by the receiver is enabled by also transmitting a Demodulation Reference Signal, DM-RS, comprising a DM-RS pattern, wherein positions in the DM-RS pattern are associated with at least one antenna port for transmission of the information entity. The method includes defining, for at least one subframe, a set of at least two distinct DM-RS patterns, assigning one DM-RS pattern, from the defined set of DM-RS patterns, to the receiver, and transmitting the information entity on the at least one antenna port associated with the assigned DM-RS pattern. | 06-04-2015 |
20150208408 | METHODS AND NODES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Methods and nodes, for assignment of uplink control channel resources for providing HARQ feedback for data transmitted on a downlink data channel associated with a downlink control channel. The downlink control channel comprises at least a set of downlink control channel resources, which is configurable over a subset of available time frequency resources. The method comprises dividing the set of downlink control channel resources into at least two subsets of references, comprising indices to the respective downlink control channel resources. Also, the method comprises defining, for each such subset of references, an associated subset of references comprising indices to unique uplink control channel resources. Furthermore, the method comprises associating each element in the subset of references with a subframe and an element in the subset of references. Additionally, the method further comprises transmitting data on the downlink data channel associated with the downlink control channel. | 07-23-2015 |
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20080223717 | Wettability Switch - The present invention relates to a wettability switch that comprises an electrochemically active element having a wetting surface with switchable wetting properties. The electrochemically active element comprises an electrochemically active polymer, and surface active molecules each having a lyophobic portion and a lyophilic portion. In the wettability switch, each of said surface active molecules exposes one of said lyophobic portion and said lyophilic portion towards said wetting surface, and the identity of said portion depends on an electrochemical state of said polymer. | 09-18-2008 |
20090090907 | Electrochemical device - An electrochemical device is provided, comprising a source contact connected to a first antenna pad, a drain contact connected to a second antenna pad, at least one gate electrode, an electrochemically active element arranged between, and in direct electrical contact with, the source and drain contacts, which electrochemically active element comprises a transistor channel and is of a material comprising an organic material having the ability of electrochemically altering its conductivity through change of redox state thereof, and a solidified electrolyte in direct electrical contact with the electrochemically active element and the at least one gate electrode and interposed between them in such a way that electron flow between the electrochemically active element and the gate electrode(s) is prevented. In the device, flow of electrons between source contact and drain contact is controllable by means of a voltage applied to the gate electrode(s). | 04-09-2009 |
20100081049 | Electrochemical Element - A battery having at least one positive and at least one negative electrode arranged alongside one another on a flat, electrically nonconductive substrate and connected to one another via an electrolyte which conducts ions. | 04-01-2010 |
20110011179 | Moister sensor - A moister sensor, for measuring moister in a building without leaving visible scars to the building surface, is provided. The moister sensor includes a flexible carrier carrying an antenna for receiving EM-radiation between 9 kHz and 11 MHz and a resonant circuit including a moister reactive element. The moister reactive element includes a hygroscopic electrolyte arranged between a first and a second electrode, wherein the electrolyte in the presence of moister forms mobile ions and provides a complex impedance at least in response to the alternating voltage, which complex impedance varies with the moister content of the electrolyte. | 01-20-2011 |
20110105997 | ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED ION TRANSPORT DEVICE - A device for electrically controlled of ions, comprises a first electrolyte; a first electrode, which is arranged in direct or indirect contact with the first electrolyte, an encapsulation; and an ion conductor, which is arranged to receive and/or deliver ions from/to the first electrolyte. The encapsulation is arranged to effectively enclose the first electrolyte, and the ion conductor is arranged to transport ions from/to an outside of the encapsulation. | 05-05-2011 |
20120031757 | SELECTIVE ION TRANSPORT DEVICE - A device for controlled transport of ions comprising a first source element arranged to receive ions of a first class from an ion source, a first target element arranged to release ions of said first class to an ion target, wherein each of said first source element and said first target element comprises an ion selective material, which conducts said first class of ions, a first control element comprising ion selective material, which conducts a second class of ions, wherein said first class is one of cations and anions, and said second class is the other one of cations and anions, a first ion transport element arranged in direct ionic contact with all of said first source element, said first target element and said first control element, wherein said first control element, in use, is arranged to receive a first electrochemical potential which increases the concentration of ions of said second class in said ion transport element, and wherein said first ion transport element, in use, is further arranged to receive ions of said first class from said first source element in response to said increased concentration of ions of said second class, to release ions of said first class to said first target element, in response to a second electrochemical potential difference provided across said ion transport element and said first source element, and to provide an ionic connection for said ions of said first class between said first source element and said first target element. | 02-09-2012 |
20130078701 | DEVICE COMPRISING A CONDUCTIVE SURFACE AND A CONDUCTIVE POLYMER FOR ADHESION OF CELLS AND TISSUE - The present disclosure relates to a device comprising a conductive substrate surface ( | 03-28-2013 |
20130128332 | ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE - An embodiment of the present invention relates to electrochemical devices including an electrochemically active layer having the ability of electrochemically altering its redox state. By providing a portion of an electrode of corrosion resistant material between an electrolyte and an electrochemically active layer, undesired discoloration due to the electrochemical reaction of an electrochemical device is reduced. | 05-23-2013 |
20130210070 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INTERACTION BETWEEN LIQUIDS - A microfiuidic device comprises a valve having electrically controllable wetting properties. The valve comprises a valve surface arranged in a closed valve space defined by at least the valve surface, a first liquid opening for leading a first liquid to the valve and a second liquid opening for leading a second liquid to the valve. The valve surface, in a first state, is sufficiently hydrophobic to prevent contact between the first liquid and the second liquid. The valve surface, in a second state, is sufficiently hydrophilic to allow contact between the first liquid and the second liquid. A ventilation outlet is provided for allowing gas to escape from the valve space. | 08-15-2013 |
20130270533 | ORGANIC FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR DEVICE - The invention relates to a organic field effect transistor device comprising: an organic semiconductor layer; a source electrode arranged in electronic contact with the said organic semiconductor; a drain electrode arranged in electronic contact with the said organic semiconductor; a gate electrode; an electrolyte layer arranged between said gate electrode and said organic semiconductor layer; wherein the organic semiconductor layer comprises a semiconducting polymeric material comprising one or more blocks of conjugated polymer combined with one or more blocks of copolymer; preferably an amphiphilic copolymer. Also a method of producing the device, and a polyanionic polymer is provided by the invention. | 10-17-2013 |
20130276850 | THERMOELECTRIC DEVICE - The present invention provides thermoelectric device comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, a first electrolyte composition capable of transporting cations, a second electrolyte composition capable of transporting anions and a connector comprising mobile cations and mobile anions, wherein the first electrolyte composition is connected to said first electrode by being in ionic contact and the second electrolyte composition is connected to said second electrode by being in ionic contact and said connector is in ionic contact with said first and said second electrolyte composition, such that an applied temperature difference over said electrolyte compositions or an applied voltage over said electrodes facilitate transport of ions to and/or from said electrodes via said electrolyte compositions. There is also provided a method for generating electric current and a method for generating a temperature difference. | 10-24-2013 |
20130276851 | THERMOELECTRIC DEVICE - The present invention provides a thermoelectric device comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and conducting composition capable of conducting ions, wherein the first and second electrodes are ionically coupled via said conducting composition such that an applied temperature difference over said conducting composition or an applied voltage over said electrodes facilitate transport of ions to and/or from said electrodes via said conducting composition, and wherein said conducting composition capable of conducting ions comprises a polymeric electrolyte. There is also provided a method for generating electric current and a method for generating a temperature difference. | 10-24-2013 |
20130293031 | Diode, Use Thereof, And A Method For Producing The Same - High frequency currents may be rectified by means of a printable diode comprising a first and a second electrode, between which a semiconducting layer comprising semiconducting particles embedded in an inert matrix, and a conducting layer comprising conducting particles embedded in an inert matrix are arranged. | 11-07-2013 |
20140264515 | FERROELECTRIC FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR - A ferroelectric field-effect transistor device includes: a semiconductor layer; a ferroelectric layer; and an ion conductor layer arranged between the semiconductor layer and the ferroelectric layer and in contact with the semiconductor layer. Methods for producing the ferroelectric field-effect transistor device and using the ferroelectric field-effect transistor device in non-volatile memory devices are also disclosed. | 09-18-2014 |