Scuderi
Andrea C. Scuderi, Rochester, NY US
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20100120197 | METHODS OF MAKING THIN FILM TRANSISTORS COMPRISING ZINC-OXIDE-BASED SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS - A thin film transistor comprises a zinc-oxide-containing semiconductor material. Such transistors can further comprise spaced apart first and second contact means or electrodes in contact with said material. Further disclosed is a process for fabricating a thin film transistor device, wherein the substrate temperature is no more than 300° C. during fabrication. | 05-13-2010 |
Angelo Scuderi, Nicolosi IT
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20110267725 | PROTECTION APPARATUS AGAINST ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGES FOR AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND RELATED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - There is described a protection apparatus against electrostatic discharges for an integrated circuit; said integrated circuit comprises a radiofrequency or higher frequencies internal circuit. The internal circuit has a first and a second terminals for the output or the input of a radiofrequency or higher frequencies signal. The apparatus comprises first means for electrically connecting said first and second terminals of the internal circuit to at least a PAD and the integrated circuit comprises at least a first and a second supply circuital lines and at least a first and a second protection devices against electrostatic discharges connected to said first and second supply lines. First means have a resistive component and each of said first and second protection devices against the electrostatic discharges have a parasitic capacitive component. The apparatus comprises second means configured to connect said first means and said first and second protection devices against the electrostatic discharges to at least a common circuital point preventing the resistive component of said first means or said internal circuit from combining with the parasitic capacitive components of said first and second protection devices against the electrostatic discharges. | 11-03-2011 |
20150381186 | OSCILLATOR CIRCUITS AND METHODS TO COMPENSATE FREQUENCY PULLING - An oscillator circuit may include a local oscillator to generate a carrier signal having a tunable frequency, a first modulator and a power amplifier coupled in cascade to the local oscillator to generate an output signal. The first modulator may be activated from a first modulating signal having a first frequency alternatively defining ON and OFF states of the first modulator. An estimator unit may receive the carrier signal during a time window and detect an estimated frequency variation of the carrier signal during the ON and OFF states. A compensation unit may include a second modulator to generate a compensation signal proportional to the estimated frequency variation and modulated with a second modulating frequency. The second modulating frequency may be substantially the same as the first modulating frequency, and the compensation signal may be added to a bias signal of the local oscillator to tune the tunable frequency. | 12-31-2015 |
Antonino Scuderi, Misterbianco IT
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20100109789 | Radio frequency amplifier with digital amplitude modulation and method for controlling the delivering of power - A digital amplitude modulator is configured to modulate the amplitude of an input carrier signal based on input digital data and generate a corresponding output signal. The digital amplitude modulator includes a first variable gain amplifier for receiving the input carrier signal and generating a corresponding first amplified carrier signal, a second variable gain amplifier for receiving the input digital data and generating corresponding digital amplitude control data and a plurality of selectively activatable amplifier stages. Each amplifier stage receives a replica of the first amplified carrier signal and generates a corresponding second amplified carrier signal when activated. The output signal corresponds to a combination of the second amplified carrier signals generated by the activated amplifier stages. The digital amplitude modulator further includes a driving circuit configured to receive the digital amplitude control data and activate a corresponding set of selected amplifier stages based on the digital amplitude control data, and a power controller unit configured to adjust the power delivered by the digital amplitude modulator by setting a first amplifying gain of the first variable gain amplifier and a second amplifying gain of the second variable gain amplifier. | 05-06-2010 |
20110115525 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE PEAK VALUE OF A SIGNAL - A device for detecting the peak value of a signal with crest factor not known a priori includes a pair of peak detectors, each of which includes a rectifier element and a discharge-current generator and generates a respective output signal that is a function of the ratio between a physical dimension of the rectifier element and the intensity of discharge current produced by the generator. The ratio is different for the two detectors, and a combination network combines the output signals of the two peak detectors with one another and produces a combined signal indicating the peak value sought with high accuracy. | 05-19-2011 |
20120256290 | MICROSTRUCTURE DEVICE COMPRISING A FACE TO FACE ELECTROMAGNETIC NEAR FIELD COUPLING BETWEEN STACKED DEVICE PORTIONS AND METHOD OF FORMING THE DEVICE - A galvanic-isolated coupling of circuit portions is accomplished on the basis of a stacked chip configuration. The semiconductor chips thus can be fabricated on the basis of any appropriate process technology, thereby incorporating one or more coupling elements, such as primary or secondary coils of a micro transformer, wherein the final characteristics of the micro transformer are adjusted during the wafer bond process. | 10-11-2012 |
20120325639 | TOUCH SENSOR AND METHOD OF FORMING A TOUCH SENSOR - A touch sensor includes a substrate having a substrate surface and first electrode sets. Each first electrode set has a plurality of electrodes formed over the substrate surface and arranged in a row along a first direction, the electrodes being transparent and formed of a first material, the first material being electrically conductive and light transmissive. Each first electrode set also has connection elements. Each connection element provides an electrical connection between a pair of adjacent ones of the plurality of electrodes. The connection elements are formed of a second material having a smaller specific electric resistance than the first material. Each of the connection elements comprises a first portion, a second portion and a third portion. The third portion provides an electrical connection between the first portion and the second portion. | 12-27-2012 |
20130033323 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM COMPRISING A SENSOR STRUCTURE AND AN ANALOG INTERFACE CONNECTED THERETO WITH SENSOR INDEPENDENT OPERATING RANGE - An electronic system comprises a resistive sensor structure and an electronic circuit portion whose design is selected such that different resistive sensor structures may be combined within the same electronic circuit. To this end, the resistive sensor structure is used as a voltage/current converter that provides input currents to a current amplifier, which in turn provides an amplified output voltage on the basis of a difference of the input currents. The operating range of the current amplifier is adjusted on the basis of a programmable current source irrespective of the configuration of the resistive sensor structure. | 02-07-2013 |
20130102064 | RT-PCR CHIP WITH OPTICAL DETECTION - An apparatus ( | 04-25-2013 |
Antonino Scuderi, San Diego, CA US
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20160079378 | TRANSISTOR DEVICES AND METHODS - The present disclosure includes transistor devices and methods. In one embodiment, a transistor includes a gate, a source, and a drain. According to one aspect of the disclosure, different resistive paths in the drain are compensated using different gate-to-drain capacitances. According to another aspect of the disclosure, current enters a drain at a center tap point and flows symmetrically outward under two adjacent gates to two adjacent sources. | 03-17-2016 |
Francesca Scuderi, Catania IT
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20110129493 | COMBINED MEASLES-HUMAN PAPILLOMA VACINE - The present invention relates to combined vaccines against measles and human papilloma virus (HPV). In particular, the invention relates to recombinant measles virus vectors containing heterologous nucleic acid encoding single or several antigens derived from HPV, preferably, the major capside antigen L1, the minor capside antigen L2, the early gene E6 and the early gene E7 oncoproteins of HPV type 16, and optionally of types 18, 6 and 11. In a first embodiment, prophylactic vaccines are generated expressing HPV antigens, preferably L1 and/or L2 such that they induce a potent long-lasting immune response in mammals, preferably humans, to protect against HPV and MV infection. In another embodiment, therapeutic vaccines are generated expressing E6 and E7 proteins, and optionally L1 and L2, such that they induced strong immune responses will resolve persistent HPV infections at early or late stages, including HPV-induced cervical carcinoma. In a preferred embodiment, the combined vaccines are easy to produce on a large scale and can be distributed at low cost. | 06-02-2011 |
Gaetano J. Scuderi, Jupiter, FL US
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20080299110 | Methods and kits for diagnosing and treating acute joint injury - The present invention provides methods, reagents and kits for diagnosing and/or for the prognosis of non-autoimmune acute joint inflammation by detecting cytokine biomarkers in a sample obtained from an individual thought to be suffering from joint injury. The cytokine biomarkers used with the methods and kits of the present invention are IL-6, MIP-1β, MCP1 and IFNγ. | 12-04-2008 |
20100098684 | BIOMARKERS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND TREATING SPINAL AND JOINT PAIN - Biomarkers, including isolated fibronectin-aggrecan complexes that correlate with spinal or joint pain and inflammation, and methods for their detection are provided. Also provided are methods for identifying treatment sites in the spine or joint for treatment of pain and inflammation by detecting the presence of, or increased levels of, fibronectin-aggrecan complexes. Methods for treating spinal or joint pain and inflammation are also provided. | 04-22-2010 |
20130078246 | BIOMARKERS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND TREATING SPINAL AND JOINT PAIN - Biomarkers, including isolated fibronectin-aggrecan complexes that correlate with spinal or joint pain and inflammation, and methods for their detection are provided. Also provided are methods for identifying treatment sites in the spine or joint for treatment of pain and inflammation by detecting the presence of, or increased levels of, fibronectin-aggrecan complexes. Methods for treating spinal or joint pain and inflammation are also provided. | 03-28-2013 |
Giuseppe Scuderi, Catania IT
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20120091810 | AUTOMATIC SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONOUS ENABLEMENT-DISABLEMENT OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS OF AN ENERGY PRODUCTION PLANT WITH DISTRIBUTED DC/DC CONVERSION - A solar energy plant may include a DC bus, photovoltaic panels coupled in parallel to the DC bus, each photovoltaic panel having a DC/DC converter, and a first controller controlling the DC/DC converter depending on whether a voltage on the DC bus is equal to or greater than a first threshold and lower than or equal to a second threshold. The solar energy plant may include a DC/AC inverter coupled to the DC bus and outputting an output AC voltage, an auxiliary start-up power supply charging a parasitic capacitance on the DC bus up to the first threshold, and a second controller turning on the auxiliary start-up power supply based upon a start command, and turning off the auxiliary start-up power supply and simultaneously turning on the DC/AC inverter. | 04-19-2012 |
Nicolò Scuderi, Roma IT
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20100056626 | COSMETIC PRODUCT FOR THE TREATMENT OF CICATRICIAL TISSUES - A method for cosmetic treatment of cicatricial tissues comprising the step of applying to the cicatricial tissue a cosmetic product which contains one or more cyanoacrylates. | 03-04-2010 |
Philip Scuderi, Chapel Hill, NC US
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20090022746 | Complexes for transferring nucleic acids into cells - The invention relates to complexes of cationic polymers and nucleic acids, to the use of such complexes for introducing nucleic acids into cells and organisms, to the use of the complexes as pharmaceuticals, and to novel polymers which can be used to prepare the complexes. | 01-22-2009 |
20110002909 | METHOD, COMPOSITION, AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR PROVIDING ALPHA-1 ANTITRYPSIN - The present invention provides a method for providing alpha-1 antitrypsin (α1-AT) to a subject, in particular a method for treating or preventing a disorder or disease associated with α1-AT deficiency in the subject, wherein the method comprises providing, subcutaneously, a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of α1-AT to the subject. Also provided is a composition and article of manufacture comprising α1-AT, in particular a formulation suitable for subcutaneous administration of α1-AT. | 01-06-2011 |