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20090072822 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTION OF PARTS - An inspection system for detecting a flaw in a part is provided. The inspection system includes a generally C-shaped core having an opening for receiving the part. The system also includes a driver coil wrapped around the core for creating a magnetic field in the opening. The system further includes at least one single element or multiple element eddy current sensor disposed in the opening. | 03-19-2009 |
20090115411 | FLEXIBLE EDDY CURRENT ARRAY PROBE AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A method of assembling an eddy current probe for use in nondestructive testing of a sample is described. The method includes positioning at least one substantially planar spiral drive coil within the eddy current probe, such that the drive coil is at least one of adjacent to and at least partially within a flexible material. The method further includes coupling at least one unpackaged solid-state magnetic field sensor to the at least one drive coil. | 05-07-2009 |
20100207619 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATING EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION WITH A COORDINATE MEASURING DEVICE - A method for integrating a measurement device for use in measuring a machine component includes providing a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) and combining eddy current (EC) capabilities and CMM capabilities to form an inspection probe. The method further includes installing the inspection probe on the CMM so that the inspection probe measures external boundaries of the machine component with the CMM capabilities and substantially simultaneously measures at least one of internal boundaries, internal defects, surface defects, and material properties of the machine component with the EC capabilities, which are directly linked to actual component dimensional information provided by CMM. The inspection data can be simultaneously linked to and/or displayed with a CAD model to enable a direct comparison between the inspection data and the nominal requirements specified on the CAD model. | 08-19-2010 |
20110068784 | EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A multi-frequency eddy current (MFEC) inspection system is provided for inspection of case hardening depth on a part. The MFEC inspection system comprises a generator configured to generate one or more multi-frequency excitation signals and an eddy current probe configured to be disposed at one side of the part. The eddy current probe comprises one or more drivers and one or more pickup sensors. The one or more drivers are configured to receive the one or more multi-frequency excitation signals to induce eddy currents in the part. The one or more pickup sensors are configured to detect the induced eddy currents within a local area of the part to generate one or more multi-frequency response signals. The MFEC system further comprises a processor configured to receive the one or more multi-frequency response signals for processing to determine a case hardening depth of the local area of the part. A pulse eddy current inspection system and an eddy current inspection method are also presented. | 03-24-2011 |
20120043962 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION OF CASE-HARDENDED METAL COMPONENTS - A method for determining a case depth of a hardened layer in a surface of a metal object includes: (a) placing an eddy current probe at a location adjacent the surface; (b) using the eddy current probe, generating a time-varying eddy current in the object; (c) using the eddy current probe, outputting a measured eddy current and providing a signal representative of the measured eddy current to a computer; (d) using the computer, comparing the time-varying measured eddy current to a correlation of measured eddy currents to known case depths; and (e) determining the case depth at the location of the probe based on the correlation. | 02-23-2012 |
20130173183 | COLLECTOR MONITORING SYSTEM - A collector monitoring system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the collector monitoring system includes: a sensor connected to an interior surface of a dynamoelectric machine housing, the sensor for sensing a condition of a collector during operation of a dynamoelectric machine; and a diagnostic system operably connected to the sensor, the diagnostic system configured to: obtain data about the condition of the collector from the sensor; compare the data about the condition of the collector with a predetermined condition threshold; and provide an indicator of a collector fault in response to the data about the condition of the collector exceeding the predetermined condition threshold. | 07-04-2013 |
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20080300920 | HEALTH DATA MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A device for managing health data provides a first housing portion including a data storage system that stores health data and a second housing portion including a data communications element. The data communications element provides data communications between the data storage system and a processing device that processes the health data according to a data-management software. The first housing portion and the second housing portion are connected by a cable that communicates signals between the data communications element and other components in the first housing portion. Another device for managing health data provides a first housing portion including a health data management system and a data communications element that provides data communications between the health data management system and an external processing device. The second housing portion is removably coupled to the first housing portion, and includes at least one component used by the health data management system. | 12-04-2008 |
20080301158 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING HEALTH DATA - A portable data-management system may be easily employed with multiple processing devices by eliminating the need to pre-install additional programs, agents, device drivers, or other software components on the hosts. A portable storage device contains software for a data-management application, which receives and processes test data from a meter that measures an analyte. The portable device may employ an interface protocol that makes the portable device immediately compatible with different operating systems and hardware configurations. Once the portable device is connected to the host, the data-management application can be automatically launched. The convenience and portability of a data-management system may be enhanced by integrating advanced data processing and display features with the portable device. The users may access some advanced presentations of health data without having to launch the data-management application on a separate host. | 12-04-2008 |
20080301665 | ARCHITECTURE FOR FIELD UPGRADE OF A HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM - An architecture allows individual system components to be developed and tested individually, i.e., as distinct modules, and to be subsequently combined through standardized electrical and communication interfaces. Any combination of these modules can be implemented to form different products that provide any number of functions, such as an integrated system for monitoring a health condition and/or delivering a medication. The architecture also provides an approach for dynamically updating the product and offering its users the latest generation of technology even after the users have already purchased the product. In particular, the embodiments employ the communication interfaces to also provide connection to a remote network that can update or upgrade the product's software when the product is out in the field. | 12-04-2008 |
20090042306 | System and Method for Automatic Calibration - A device includes a sensor array and a processor is automatically calibrated. The sensor array collects data from a pattern using at least one of a capacitive measurement and a radio frequency measurement. The pattern is included on a calibration storage device. The processor receives the data from the sensor array and calibrates the device in accordance with the data. | 02-12-2009 |
20100159610 | METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR DETERMINING THE TEMPERATURE OF A TEST SENSOR - An assembly determines an analyte concentration in a sample of body fluid. The assembly includes a test sensor having a fluid-receiving area for receiving a sample of body fluid, where the fluid-receiving area contains a reagent that produces a measurable reaction with an analyte in the sample. The assembly also includes a meter having a port or opening configured to receive the test sensor; a measurement system configured to determine a measurement of the reaction between the reagent and the analyte; and a temperature-measuring system configured to determine a measurement of the test-sensor temperature when the test sensor is received into the opening. The meter determines a concentration of the analyte in the sample according to the measurement of the reaction and the measurement of the test-sensor temperature. | 06-24-2010 |
20100298679 | SEMICONDUCTOR BASED ANALYTE SENSORS AND METHODS - An analyte sensor is provided that comprises a substrate which includes a semiconductor material. Embodiments may include a core of a conductive material, and a cladding of a semiconductor material, in which the cladding may form at least a portion of a conducting path for a working electrode of the analyte sensor. Method of manufacturing and using the analyte sensor are described, as are numerous other aspects. | 11-25-2010 |
20100309947 | METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR DETERMINING THE TEMPERATURE OF A TEST SENSOR - Methods and systems accurately determine an analyte concentration in a fluid sample. In an example embodiment, a receiving port receives a test sensor. The test sensor includes a fluid-receiving area for receiving a fluid sample. The fluid-receiving area contains a reagent that produces a measurable reaction with an analyte in the fluid sample. The test sensor has a test-sensor temperature and the reagent has a reagent temperature. A measurement system measures the reaction between the reagent and the analyte. A temperature-measuring system measures the test sensor temperature when the test sensor is received into the receiving port. A concentration of the analyte in the fluid sample is determined according to the measurement of the reaction and the measurement of the test sensor temperature. A diagnostic system determines an accuracy of the temperature-measuring system. The calculation of the analyte concentration may be adjusted according to the accuracy of temperature-measuring system. | 12-09-2010 |
20110171071 | Analyte Sensors, Testing Apparatus and Manufacturing Methods - In some aspects, an analyte sensor is provided for detecting an analyte concentration level in a bio-fluid sample. The analyte sensor may include a first sensor member coupled to a base, wherein the first sensor member includes a semiconductor material, a second sensor member coupled to the base; and an active region in contact with at least the first sensor member. In some aspects, the first sensor member may be a fiber, and may have a conductive core and a semiconducting cladding surrounding the core. Manufacturing methods and apparatus utilizing the sensors are provided, as are numerous other aspects. | 07-14-2011 |
20110172559 | Lancet Analyte Sensors and Methods of Manufacturing - In some aspects, an analyte sensor is provided for obtaining and detecting an analyte concentration level in a bio-fluid sample. The analyte sensor has a sensor body including a semiconductor material, an active region coupled to the sensor body, and a lancet provided on the analyte sensor. The conductor may include a fiber having a core of a conductive material and a semiconductor cladding surrounding the core. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 07-14-2011 |
20110191059 | Systems and Methods for Predicting Ambient Temperature in a Fluid Analyte Meter - A system for a meter configured to determine an analyte concentration of a fluid sample includes a housing and a temperature sensor disposed within the housing. The system also includes a processor configured to receive temperature data from the temperature sensor upon the meter entering one of a charge state and a discharge state. The processor is further configured to predict a temperature value that approximates the ambient temperature outside of the housing. The predicted temperature value is based on historical temperature data received from the temperature sensor such that the predicted temperature value remains constant if a recently received temperature value remains within predetermined upper and lower temperature thresholds and the recently received temperature value exceeds the at least one predicted temperature value. | 08-04-2011 |
20120123227 | Apparatus, Systems, and Methods Adapted to Transmit Analyte Data Having Common Electronic Architecture - Embodiments provide apparatus, systems, and methods adapted to communicate analyte data and/or related information. In a first aspect, the apparatus includes a transmitter/receiver unit which is configurable as either a transmitter or a receiver. The transmitter/receiver unit may be coupled to an on-body sensor and may be configured as a transmitter, or may be coupled to a management unit and may be configured as a receiver as part of a continuous analyte monitoring system. Analyte data communication systems and methods are provided, as are other aspects. | 05-17-2012 |
20140273270 | DIRECT TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT OF A TEST STRIP - An optical lateral flow fluid analyte testing device includes a test strip having at least one zone for measuring the concentration of a target analyte in a fluid sample. Devices and methods for facilitating a reliable reading are disclosed. | 09-18-2014 |
20140314117 | Method and Assembly For Determining The Temperature Of A Test Sensor - Methods and systems accurately determine an analyte concentration in a fluid sample. In an example embodiment, a receiving port receives a test sensor. The test sensor includes a fluid-receiving area for receiving a fluid sample. The fluid-receiving area contains a reagent that produces a measurable reaction with an analyte in the fluid sample. The test sensor has a test-sensor temperature and the reagent has a reagent temperature. A measurement system measures the reaction between the reagent and the analyte. A temperature-measuring system measures the test sensor temperature when the test sensor is received into the receiving port. A concentration of the analyte in the fluid sample is determined according to the measurement of the reaction and the measurement of the test sensor temperature. A diagnostic system determines an accuracy of the temperature-measuring system. The calculation of the analyte concentration may be adjusted according to the accuracy of temperature-measuring system. | 10-23-2014 |
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20110202484 | ANALYZING PARALLEL TOPICS FROM CORRELATED DOCUMENTS - Access is obtained to a parallel corpus including a problem corpus and a solution corpus. A first plurality of topics are mined from the problem corpus and a second plurality of topics are mined from the solution corpus. A transition probability from the first plurality of topics to the second plurality of topics is determined, to identify a most appropriate one of the topics from the solution corpus for a given one of the topics from the problem corpus. | 08-18-2011 |
20120041277 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING NEAR-TERM PATIENT TRAJECTORIES - A system and method for predicting near term measurements of a patient includes a stream processor configured to summarize raw measurements from patients into signatures and construct optimal prediction models based on previously obtained signatures. A similar patient tracker is configured to monitor similar patient information for a query patient. The similar patient information is determined based on a similarity between the query patient and signatures of other patients. A model analyzer is configured to employ retrofitted optimal prediction models from similar patients to predict near term measurements of the query patient. | 02-16-2012 |
20120041772 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING LONG-TERM PATIENT OUTCOME - A system and method for predicting patient prognosis includes a similarity module configured in program storage media to provide a similarity function for a data source and compute similarity scores for pairs of patients. An alignment module is configured to align a query patient to a best anchor timestamp of a similar patient or patients so that a comparison between the query patient and at least one similar patient is provided. A prediction module is configured to predict a long-term outcome measure of the query patient based on data from the at least one similar patient. | 02-16-2012 |
20120089551 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPOSITE DISTANCE METRIC LEVERAGING MULTIPLE EXPERT JUDGMENTS - A system and method for a composite distance metric leveraging multiple expert judgments includes inputting a data distribution of multiple expert judgments stored on a computer readable storage medium. Base distance metrics are converted into neighborhoods for comparison, wherein each base distance metric represents an expert. The neighborhoods are combined to leverage the local discriminalities of all base distance metrics by applying at least one iterative process to output a composite distance metric. | 04-12-2012 |
20120130987 | Dynamic Data Aggregation from a Plurality of Data Sources - A method for dynamically aggregating data is provided. A server device receives a subscriber request for a report based on a subset of metadata contained in a data dimensions catalog. The server device analyzes data aggregation requirements from a plurality of data sources for the report based on the subset of metadata defined in the subscriber request. The server device generates a data access plan for movement of data from the plurality of data sources based on the data aggregation requirements for the report. Then, the server device executes the data access plan to fetch the data from the plurality of data sources based on the data aggregation requirements for the report. A computer system and computer program product for dynamically aggregating data are also provided. | 05-24-2012 |
20120191640 | MINING TEMPORAL PATTERNS IN LONGITUDINAL EVENT DATA USING DISCRETE EVENT MATRICES AND SPARSE CODING - Methods and systems for event pattern mining are shown that include representing longitudinal event data in a measurable geometric space as a temporal event matrix representation (TEMR) using spatial temporal shapes, wherein event data is organized into hierarchical categories of event type and performing temporal event pattern mining with a processor by locating visual event patterns among the spatial temporal shapes of said TEMR using a constraint sparse coding framework. | 07-26-2012 |
20120290988 | Multifaceted Visualization for Topic Exploration - A multifaceted visualization technique is provided for visually exploring topics in multi-relational data. A data set is visualized by obtaining the data set comprising a plurality of entities, facets and relations, wherein the entities are instances of a particular concept, the facets are classes of entities and the relations are connections between pairs of the entities; obtaining a selection of one of the facets as a topic facet, wherein entities in the topic facet are topic entities, wherein facets in the plurality of facets other than the topic facet are keyword facets; generating a visualization comprising the topic entities rendered as nodes arranged within a central region; and generating one or more surrounding shapes around the central region, wherein each of the surrounding shapes corresponds to one of the keyword facets, wherein entities within the corresponding keyword facet of a given one of the surrounding shapes are rendered as keyword entities. | 11-15-2012 |
20120311496 | Visual Analysis of Multidimensional Clusters - Visualization techniques are provided for a clustered multidimensional dataset. A data set is visualized by obtaining a clustering of a multidimensional dataset comprising a plurality of entities, wherein the entities are instances of a particular concept and wherein each entity comprises a plurality of features; and generating an icon for at least one of the entities, the icon having a plurality of regions, wherein each region corresponds to one of the features of the at least one entity, and wherein a size of each region is based on a value of the corresponding feature. Each icon can convey statistical measures. A stabilized Voronoi-based icon layout algorithm is optionally employed. Icons can be embedded in a visualization of the multidimensional dataset. A hierarchical encoding scheme can be employed to encode a data cluster into the icon, such as a hierarchy of cluster, feature type and entity. | 12-06-2012 |
20130231953 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR AGGREGATING POPULATION DATA - A system, method and program product for matching members of a population, e.g., patients, based on member similarities. Patients are mapped to a bipartite graph with patient nodes connected by weighted edges to clustered factor nodes, are clustered categorically. As a new patient query is received, a similarity measure for each other patient is generated for each cluster by comparing cluster edges. The cluster similarity measures are aggregated for each patient to provide a global closeness measure to every other patient. Based on the global closeness measure, a list of the closest patients is displayed and measurement feedback may be provided. | 09-05-2013 |
20130268251 | MEASURING PROCESS MODEL PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCING PROCESS PERFORMANCE POLICY - Common sub-process patterns in a plurality of deployed process models may be discovered, and performance measures associated with the sub-process patterns may be computed based on runtime events of the deployed process models. Positive or negative performance patterns among sub-process patterns may be identified and used for creating new process models or improving existing process models. | 10-10-2013 |
20130282390 | COMBINING KNOWLEDGE AND DATA DRIVEN INSIGHTS FOR IDENTIFYING RISK FACTORS IN HEALTHCARE - Systems and methods for risk factor identification include identifying a first set of risk factors from personal data. A second set of risk factors is identified from at least one of a user input and a knowledge source. The first set is combined with the second set, using a processor, by selecting a number of risk factors from the first set that augment the second set of risk factors to determine a combined list of risk factors that predict a condition of interest. | 10-24-2013 |
20130282393 | COMBINING KNOWLEDGE AND DATA DRIVEN INSIGHTS FOR IDENTIFYING RISK FACTORS IN HEALTHCARE - Systems and methods for risk factor identification include identifying a first set of risk factors from personal data. A second set of risk factors is identified from at least one of a user input and a knowledge source. The first set is combined with the second set, using a processor, by selecting a number of risk factors from the first set that augment the second set of risk factors to determine a combined list of risk factors that predict a condition of interest. | 10-24-2013 |
20140025617 | DETERMINING SOFT GRAPH CORRESPONDENCE - A method for determining a correspondence between a first node set of a first graph and a second node of a second graph includes building a feature representation for each of the first graph and the second graph, and inferring the correspondence between the first node set and the second node set based on the feature representations. | 01-23-2014 |
20140025618 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPOSITE DISTANCE METRIC LEVERAGING MULTIPLE EXPERT JUDGMENTS - A system and method for a composite distance metric leveraging multiple expert judgments includes inputting a data distribution of multiple expert judgments stored on a computer readable storage medium. Base distance metrics are converted into neighborhoods for comparison, wherein each base distance metric represents an expert. The neighborhoods are combined to leverage the local discriminalities of all base distance metrics by applying at least one iterative process to output a composite distance metric. | 01-23-2014 |
20140025689 | DETERMINING A SIMILARITY BETWEEN GRAPHS - A method for determining a similarity between a plurality of graphs includes inferring a low-rank representation of a first graph, inferring a low-rank representation of a second graph, wherein the low-rank representations of the first and second graphs are stored in memory, estimating a left interaction between the first and second graphs, estimating a middle interaction between the first and second graphs, estimating a right interaction between the first and second graphs, wherein the estimations are based on the low-rank representations of the first and second graphs stored in memory, and aggregating the left interaction, the middle interaction and the right interaction into a kernel, wherein the kernel is indicative of the similarity between the first and second graphs. | 01-23-2014 |
20140095184 | IDENTIFYING GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL RISK FACTORS VIA RISK-DRIVEN PATIENT STRATIFICATION - Systems and methods for individual risk factor identification include identifying common risk factors for one or more risk targets from population data. Individuals are stratified into clusters based upon the common risk factors. A discriminability of each of the common risk factors is determined, using a processor, for a target cluster using individual data of the target cluster to provide re-ranked common risk factors as individual risk factors for the target cluster, such that the discriminability is a measure of how a risk factor discriminates its cluster from other clusters. | 04-03-2014 |
20140095186 | IDENTIFYING GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL RISK FACTORS VIA RISK-DRIVEN PATIENT STRATIFICATION - Systems and methods for individual risk factor identification include identifying common risk factors for one or more risk targets from population data. Individuals are stratified into clusters based upon the common risk factors. A discriminability of each of the common risk factors is determined, using a processor, for a target cluster using individual data of the target cluster to provide re-ranked common risk factors as individual risk factors for the target cluster, such that the discriminability is a measure of how a risk factor discriminates its cluster from other clusters. | 04-03-2014 |
20140236544 | DYNAMIC IDENTIFICATION OF THE BIOMARKERS LEVERAGING THE DYNAMICS OF THE BIOMARKER - A system and method for providing a temporally dynamic model parameter include building a model parameter by minimizing a loss function based on patient measurements taken at a plurality of time points. Temporally related values of the model parameter are identified, using a processor, having a same type of patient measurement taken at different time points. At least one value of the model parameter and temporally related values of the at least one value are selected to provide a temporally dynamic model parameter. | 08-21-2014 |
20140236545 | DYNAMIC IDENTIFICATION OF THE BIOMARKERS LEVERAGING THE DYNAMICS OF THE BIOMARKER - A system and method for providing a temporally dynamic model parameter include building a model parameter by minimizing a loss function based on patient measurements taken at a plurality of time points. Temporally related values of the model parameter are identified, using a processor, having a same type of patient measurement taken at different time points. At least one value of the model parameter and temporally related values of the at least one value are selected to provide a temporally dynamic model parameter. | 08-21-2014 |
20150019232 | IDENTIFYING TARGET PATIENTS FOR NEW DRUGS BY MINING REAL-WORLD EVIDENCE - Systems and methods for patient identification include identifying a set of mature drugs similar to a target drug using a processor based on a drug similarity measure. A plurality of outcome models are constructed for each mature drug in the set based on real-world evidence, the plurality of outcome models representing a patient response to each mature drug. A patient response to the target drug is predicted based on the outcome models to identify patients for the target drug. | 01-15-2015 |
20150019239 | IDENTIFYING TARGET PATIENTS FOR NEW DRUGS BY MINING REAL-WORLD EVIDENCE - Systems and methods for patient identification include identifying a set of mature drugs similar to a target drug using a processor based on a drug similarity measure. A plurality of outcome models are constructed for each mature drug in the set based on real-world evidence, the plurality of outcome models representing a patient response to each mature drug. A patient response to the target drug is predicted based on the outcome models to identify patients for the target drug. | 01-15-2015 |
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20110111961 | SURFACTANT BLENDS USEFUL IN AGRICULTURE - The present invention teaches a surfactant blend composition of at least one nonionic alkoxylate and at least one sugar-based surfactant, and its use as an adjuvant for pesticides. The pesticidal composition employing the surfactant blend composition of the invention realizes an efficacy that is unexpectedly superior to similar pesticidal compositions which employ only the individual surfactant components. The composition of the present invention is useful as a tank side additive, or as a component in herbicidal formulations. In addition the compositions of the present invention are useful as adjuvants for other pesticides, such as, fungicides, insecticides, plant growth regulators, acaracides and the like. | 05-12-2011 |
20110118121 | NOVEL SOLVENTS FOR 2,4-D ACID AND ACID PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS - The invention relates to a method of solubilizing a plant growth regulating agent, and method comprising contacting said agricultural active with a solubilizing effective amount of at least one solubilizing agent, wherein said solubilizing agent comprises at least one alkyl quaternary ammonium surfactant, or at least one alkoxylated quaternary ammonium surfactant, or a mixture thereof. Plant growth regulating formulations are also claimed. | 05-19-2011 |
20110166235 | VISCOELASTIC SYSTEM FOR DRIFT REDUCTION - The invention relates to a viscoelastic system for drift reduction for pesticidal formulations, and the use thereof, wherein said formulation comprising at least one nitrogen-based cationic surfactant and at least one pesticide, wherein said pesticide contains at least one acid functional group associating with said cationic surfactant thereby forming a viscoelastic formulation. | 07-07-2011 |
20120316065 | SURFACTANT BLENDS FOR AUXIN ACTIVITY HERBICIDES - The present invention teaches a surfactant blend composition of at least one alcohol alkoxylate and at least one alkoxylated quaternary, and its use as an adjuvant for auxin-based pesticides. The pesticidal composition employing the surfactant blend composition of the invention realizes an efficacy that is unexpectedly superior to similar pesticidal compositions which employ only the individual surfactant components. The composition of the present invention is useful as a tank side additive, or as a component in the mention pesticidal formulations. | 12-13-2012 |
20130261083 | ADJUVANTS FOR INSECTICIDES - The invention relates to additives enhancing the activity of certain insecticides, to significantly increase the effect of such insecticides when applied to the exterior foliage of a plant, thus increasing the kill rate of feeding insects that are normally protected deep within other tissue structures of the plant. | 10-03-2013 |
20140378304 | Macrostructure Forming Surfactants Useful as Spray Drift Control Agents in Pesticide Spraying Applications - The present invention relates to an aqueous agrochemical spray solution containing an agrochemical active and a surfactant. The spray solution comprises a dispersed phase comprising dispersed particles which have an average particle size between 1 to 100 microns and the concentration of said dispersed particles is from about 0.001 to 5 wt %. The aqueous agrochemical spray solution is capable of reducing the volume of the fine droplets in mist whose size is less than 150 microns during spraying by at least 20% compared to the same aqueous spray solution without the presence of the surfactant. The present invention also relates to a method of reducing the spray drift of an aqueous agrochemical spray solution upon spraying with a spraying apparatus. The method includes adding the surfactant to the aqueous agrochemical spray solution in an amount effective to form the dispersed phase. | 12-25-2014 |
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20110169111 | OPTIMIZED FREE LAYER FOR SPIN TORQUE MAGNETIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY - A magnetic tunnel junction stack that includes a pinned magnetic layer, a tunnel barrier layer formed of magnesium oxide (MgO), and a free magnetic layer formed adjacent to the tunnel barrier layer and of a material having a magnetization perpendicular to an MgO interface of the tunnel barrier layer and with a magnetic moment per unit area within a factor of 2 of approximately 2 nanometers (nm)×300 electromagnetic units per cubic centimeter (emu/cm | 07-14-2011 |
20110171493 | SPIN-TORQUE BASED MEMORY DEVICE USING A MAGNESIUM OXIDE TUNNEL BARRIER - A magnetic tunnel junction stack including a pinned magnetic layer, a tunnel barrier layer formed of magnesium oxide (MgO), a free magnetic layer adjacent to the tunnel barrier layer, and a layer of vanadium (V) adjacent to the free magnetic layer. | 07-14-2011 |
20110194341 | SPIN-TORQUE BASED MEMORY DEVICE WITH READ AND WRITE CURRENT PATHS MODULATED WITH A NON-LINEAR SHUNT RESISTOR - A spin-torque based memory device includes a write portion including a fixed ferromagnetic spin-polarizing layer, a spin-transport layer having a spin accumulation region formed above the fixed ferromagnetic spin-polarizing layer. The memory device further includes a read portion in electrical contact with the spin-transport layer. The read portion includes a free layer magnet, a read non-magnetic layer, and a reference layer. The memory device further includes a metal contact region formed overlying the read portion and a nonlinear resistor formed between an upper surface of the spin transport layer and the metal contact region and modulating write and read current paths depending on an applied voltage, thereby creating different current paths for write and read processes. | 08-11-2011 |
20120288964 | SPIN-TORQUE BASED MEMORY DEVICE WITH READ AND WRITE CURRENT PATHS MODULATED WITH A NON-LINEAR SHUNT RESISTOR - A fabrication method includes forming a spin-polarizing layer, a spin transport layer on the spin polarizing layer on a substrate, a free layer magnet on the spin transport layer, a non-magnetic layer on the spin polarizing layer, a reference layer on the non-magnetic layer, and a hard mask layer on the reference layer, etching the hard mask layer and forming a read portion including the reference layer, the nonmagnetic layer and the free layer magnet, forming a nonlinear resistor layer on surfaces of the spin transport layer, the spacers, and the hard mask layer, etching the nonlinear resistor layer, the spin transport layer, and the spin polarizing layer and forming a write portion including the spin transport layer and the spin polarizing layer, forming an interlevel dielectric layer, forming a trench, exposing an upper surface of the reference layer of the read and write portions. | 11-15-2012 |
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20090091037 | Methods for Fabricating Contacts to Pillar Structures in Integrated Circuits - A pillar structure that is contacted by a vertical contact is formed in an integrated circuit. A hard mask is formed and utilized to pattern a least a portion of the pillar structure. The hard mask comprises carbon. Subsequently, the hard mask is removed. A conductive material is then deposited in a region previously occupied by the hard mask to form the vertical contact. The hard mask may, for example, comprise diamond-like carbon. The pillar structure may have a width or diameter less than about 100 nanometers. | 04-09-2009 |
20090317923 | SPIN-CURRENT SWITCHED MAGNETIC MEMORY ELEMENT SUITABLE FOR CIRCUIT INTEGRATION AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE MEMORY ELEMENT - A magnetic memory element switchable by current injection includes a plurality of magnetic layers, at least one of the plurality of magnetic layers having a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy component and including a current-switchable magnetic moment, and at least one barrier layer formed adjacent to the plurality of magnetic layers (e.g., between two of the magnetic layers). The memory element has the switching threshold current and device impedance suitable for integration with complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuits. | 12-24-2009 |
20100320550 | Spin-Torque Magnetoresistive Structures with Bilayer Free Layer - Magnetoresistive structures, devices, memories, and methods for forming the same are presented. For example, a magnetoresistive structure includes a ferromagnetic layer, a ferrimagnetic layer coupled to the ferromagnetic layer, a pinned layer and a nonmagnetic spacer layer. A free side of the magnetoresistive structure comprises the ferromagnetic layer and the ferrimagnetic layer. The nonmagnetic spacer layer is at least partly between the free side and the pinned layer. A saturation magnetization of the ferromagnetic layer opposes a saturation magnetization of the ferrimagnetic layer. The nonmagnetic spacer layer may include a tunnel barrier layer, such as one composed of magnesium oxide (MgO), or a nonmagnetic metal layer. | 12-23-2010 |
20110124133 | SPIN-CURRENT SWITCHABLE MAGNETIC MEMORY ELEMENT AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE MEMORY ELEMENT - A method of fabricating a magnetic memory element includes forming a plurality of magnetic layers having a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy component, in which the plurality of magnetic layers includes a first magnetic layer having an alloy of a rare-earth metal and a transition metal, and a second magnetic layer. | 05-26-2011 |
20110147866 | SPIN-CURRENT SWITCHED MAGNETIC MEMORY ELEMENT SUITABLE FOR CIRCUIT INTEGRATION AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE MEMORY ELEMENT - A method of fabricating a spin-current switched magnetic memory element includes providing a wafer having a bottom electrode, forming a plurality of layers, such that interfaces between the plurality of layers are formed in situ, in which the plurality of layers includes a plurality of magnetic layers, at least one of the plurality of magnetic layers having a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy component and including a current-switchable magnetic moment, and at least one barrier layer formed adjacent to the plurality of magnetic layers, lithographically defining a pillar structure from the plurality of layers, and forming a top electrode on the pillar structure. | 06-23-2011 |
20120329177 | SPIN-TORQUE MAGNETORESISTIVE STRUCTURES WITH BILAYER FREE LAYER - Magnetoresistive structures, devices, memories, and methods for forming the same are presented. For example, a magnetoresistive structure includes a ferromagnetic layer, a ferrimagnetic layer coupled to the ferromagnetic layer, a pinned layer and a nonmagnetic spacer layer. A free side of the magnetoresistive structure comprises the ferromagnetic layer and the ferrimagnetic layer. The nonmagnetic spacer layer is at least partly between the free side and the pinned layer. A saturation magnetization of the ferromagnetic layer opposes a saturation magnetization of the ferrimagnetic layer. The nonmagnetic spacer layer may include a tunnel barrier layer, such as one composed of magnesium oxide (MgO), or a nonmagnetic metal layer. | 12-27-2012 |
20130009261 | SPIN-CURRENT SWITCHABLE MAGNETIC MEMORY ELEMENT AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE MEMORY ELEMENT - A spin-current switchable magnetic memory element includes a plurality of magnetic layers including a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy component, at least one of the plurality of magnetic layers including an alloy of a rare-earth metal and a transition metal, and at least one barrier layer formed adjacent to at least one of the plurality of magnetic layers. | 01-10-2013 |
20140008743 | SPIN-CURRENT SWITCHED MAGNETIC MEMORY ELEMENT SUITABLE FOR CIRCUIT INTEGRATION AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE MEMORY ELEMENT - A spin-current switched magnetic memory element includes a plurality of magnetic layers, at least one of the plurality of magnetic layers having a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy component and including a current-switchable magnetic moment, and at least one barrier layer formed adjacent to the plurality of magnetic layers. The plurality of magnetic layers includes at least one composite layer. | 01-09-2014 |
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20130029253 | EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET MASKS HAVING ANNEALED LIGHT-ABSORPTIVE BORDERS AND ASSOCIATED FABRICATION METHODS - Embodiments of a method for fabricating an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask having a die pattern area are provided, as are embodiments of a method for fabricating an integrated circuit utilizing an EUV mask and embodiments of an EUV mask. In one embodiment, the EUV mask fabrication method includes obtaining an EUV mask blank including a substrate and a multi-layer (ML) reflector disposed over the substrate, and annealing localized portions of the ML reflector to produce an EUV light-absorptive border extending at least partially around an outer perimeter of the die pattern area. | 01-31-2013 |
20140170533 | EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY (EUVL) ALTERNATING PHASE SHIFT MASK - An alternating phase shift mask for use with extreme ultraviolet lithography is provided. A substrate with a planar top surface is used as a base for the phase shift mask. A spacer layer serves as a Fabry-Perot cavity for controlling the phase shift difference between two adjacent surfaces of the phase shift mask and controlling the reflectivity from the top of the second multilayer. A protective layer serves as an etch stop layer to protect a first multilayer region in certain regions of the phase shift mask, while other regions of the phase shift mask utilize a second multilayer region for achieving a phase shift difference. Some embodiments may further include an absorber layer region to provide areas with no reflectance, in addition to the areas of alternating phase shift. Embodiments of the present invention may be used to monitor the focus and aberration of a lithography tool. | 06-19-2014 |
20140254001 | FABRY-PEROT THIN ABSORBER FOR EUV RETICLE AND A METHOD OF MAKING - A Fabry-Perot thin absorber for an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) reticle and a method of making is disclosed. Embodiments include forming a molybdenum/silicon (Mo/Si) multilayer on an upper surface of a substrate; forming a ruthenium (Ru) capping layer over the Mo/Si multilayer; forming an absorber cavity layer over the Ru layer; forming two or more pairs of a silicon (Si) layer and an absorbing layer over the absorber cavity layer; and etching the Si layers, absorbing layers, and the absorber cavity layer to form a stack. | 09-11-2014 |
20140254018 | SCATTERING ENHANCED THIN ABSORBER FOR EUV REFLECTIVE RETICLE AND A METHOD OF MAKING - A scattering enhanced thin absorber for a EUV reticle and a method of making thereof is disclosed. Embodiments include forming a multilayer on the upper surface of a substrate, forming a capping layer over the multilayer, forming one or more diffuse scattering layers over the capping layer, and etching the diffuse scattering layers to form a stack. | 09-11-2014 |
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20150036978 | BLAZED GRATING SPECTRAL PURITY FILTER AND METHODS OF MAKING SUCH A FILTER - A novel blazed grating spectral filter disclosed herein includes a multilayer stack of materials that is formed on a wedge-shaped substrate wherein the upper surface of the substrate is oriented at an angle relative the bottom surface of the substrate and wherein the angle corresponds to the blaze angle of the blazed grating filter. Various methods of forming such a filter are also disclosed such as, for example, performing a planarization process in a CMP tool to define the wedge-shaped substrate, thereafter forming the multilayer stack of materials above the upper planarized surface of the substrate and etching recesses into the multilayer stack. | 02-05-2015 |
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20090191611 | Methods and Compositions for the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disorders - The present invention features compositions and related methods for treating IBS and other gastrointestinal disorders and conditions (e.g., gastrointestinal motility disorders, functional gastrointestinal disorders, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), duodenogastric reflux, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, Inflammatory bowel disease, functional heartburn, dyspepsia (including functional dyspepsia or nonulcer dyspepsia), gastroparesis, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (or colonic pseudo-obstruction), and disorders and conditions associated with constipation, e.g., constipation associated with use of opiate pain killers, post-surgical constipation (post-operative ileus), and constipation associated with neuropathic disorders as well as other conditions and disorders using peptides and other agents that activate the guanylate cyclase C (GC-C) receptor. | 07-30-2009 |
20090253634 | Methods and Compositions for the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disorders - The present invention features compositions and related methods for treating IBS and other gastrointestinal disorders and conditions (e.g., gastrointestinal motility disorders, functional gastrointestinal disorders, gastnoesophageal reflux disease (GERD), duodenogastric reflux, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, Inflammatory bowel disease, functional heartburn, dyspepsia (including functional dyspepsia or nonulcer dyspepsia), gastroparesis, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (or colonic pseudo-obstruction), and disorders and conditions associated with constipation, e.g. constipation associated with use of opiate pain killers, post-surgical constipation (post-operative ileus), and constipation associated with neuropathic disorders as well as other conditions and disorders using peptides and other agents that activate the guanylate cyclase C (GC-C) receptor. | 10-08-2009 |
20100234301 | Methods and Compositions for the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disorders - Compositions and related methods for treating IBS and other gastrointestinal disorders and conditions (e.g., gastrointestinal motility disorders, functional gastrointestinal disorders, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), duodenogastric reflux, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, functional heartburn, dyspepsia (including functional dyspepsia or nonulcer dyspepsia), gastroparesis, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (or colonic pseudoobstruction), and disorders and conditions associated with constipation, e.g., constipation associated with use of opiate pain killers, post-surgical constipation, and constipation associated with neuropathic disorders as well as other conditions and disorders are described. The compositions feature peptides that activate the guanylate cyclase C (GC-C) receptor. | 09-16-2010 |
20120108525 | Methods and Compositions for the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disorders - Compositions and related methods for treating IBS and other gastrointestinal disorders and conditions (e.g., gastrointestinal motility disorders, functional gastrointestinal disorders, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), duodenogastric reflux, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, functional heartburn, dyspepsia (including functional dyspepsia or nonulcer dyspepsia), gastroparesis, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (or colonic pseudoobstruction), and disorders and conditions associated with constipation, e.g., constipation associated with use of opiate pain killers, post-surgical constipation, and constipation associated with neuropathic disorders as well as other conditions and disorders are described. The compositions feature peptides that activate the guanylate cyclase C (GC-C) receptor. | 05-03-2012 |
20120196797 | Methods and Compositions for the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disorders - Compositions and related methods for treating IBS and other gastrointestinal disorders and conditions (e.g., gastrointestinal motility disorders, functional gastrointestinal disorders, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), duodenogastric reflux, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, functional heartburn, dyspepsia (including functional dyspepsia or nonulcer dyspepsia), gastroparesis, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (or colonic pseudoobstruction), and disorders and conditions associated with constipation, e.g., constipation associated with use of opiate pain killers, post-surgical constipation, and constipation associated with neuropathic disorders as well as other conditions and disorders are described. The compositions feature peptides that activate the guanylate cyclase C (GC-C) receptor. | 08-02-2012 |
20130338063 | Methods and Compositions for the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disorders - Compositions and related methods for treating IBS and other gastrointestinal disorders and conditions (e.g., gastrointestinal motility disorders, functional gastrointestinal disorders, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), duodenogastric reflux, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, functional heartburn, dyspepsia (including functional dyspepsia or nonulcer dyspepsia), gastroparesis, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (or colonic pseudoobstruction), and disorders and conditions associated with constipation, e.g., constipation associated with use of opiate pain killers, post-surgical constipation, and constipation associated with neuropathic disorders as well as other conditions and disorders are described. The compositions feature peptides that activate the guanylate cyclase C (GC-C) receptor. | 12-19-2013 |
20140296163 | Methods and Compositions for the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disorders - Compositions and related methods for treating IBS and other gastrointestinal disorders and conditions (e.g., gastrointestinal motility disorders, functional gastrointestinal disorders, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), duodenogastric reflux, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, functional heartburn, dyspepsia (including functional dyspepsia or nonulcer dyspepsia), gastroparesis, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (or colonic pseudoobstruction), and disorders and conditions associated with constipation, e.g., constipation associated with use of opiate pain killers, post-surgical constipation, and constipation associated with neuropathic disorders as well as other conditions and disorders are described. The compositions feature peptides that activate the guanylate cyclase C (GC-C) receptor. | 10-02-2014 |
20140329765 | Methods and Compositions for the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disorders - Compositions and related methods for treating IBS and other gastrointestinal disorders and conditions (e.g., gastrointestinal motility disorders, functional gastrointestinal disorders, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), duodenogastric reflux, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, functional heartburn, dyspepsia (including functional dyspepsia or nonulcer dyspepsia), gastroparesis, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (or colonic pseudoobstruction), and disorders and conditions associated with constipation, e.g., constipation associated with use of opiate pain killers, post-surgical constipation, and constipation associated with neuropathic disorders as well as other conditions and disorders are described. The compositions feature peptides that activate the guanylate cyclase C (GC-C) receptor. | 11-06-2014 |
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20120256678 | Variable Impedance Single Pole Double Throw CMOS Switch - A single pole double throw (SPDT) semiconductor switch includes a series connection of a first transmitter-side transistor and a first reception-side transistor between a transmitter node and a reception node. Each of the two first transistors is provided with a gate-side variable impedance circuit, which provides a variable impedance connection between a complementary pair of gate control signals. Further, the body of each first transistor can be connected to a body bias control signal through a body-side variable impedance circuit. In addition, the transmitter node is connected to electrical ground through a second transmitter-side transistor, and the reception node is connected to electrical ground through a second reception-side transistor. Each of the second transistors can have a body bias that is tied to the body bias control signals for the first transistors so that switched-off transistors provide enhanced electrical isolation. | 10-11-2012 |
20130044838 | LOAD TOLERANT VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR (VCO), IC AND CMOS IC INCLUDING THE VCO - A voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), IC and CMOS IC including the VCO. The VCO includes an LC tank circuit, a pair of cross-coupled devices connected to the tank circuit and driving a pair of buffers. Each of the pair of cross-coupled devices includes a field effect transistor (FET) with an independently controllable body, e.g., the surface layer of a Silicon on Insulator (SOI) chip or the surface well of a multi-well chip. Diodes in the multi-well structure are biased off in each device. The tank circuit is coupled to the buffers solely through the FET drain to body capacitance | 02-21-2013 |
20130088403 | Low Phase Variation CMOS Digital Attenuator - A low phase variation attenuator uses a combined attenuation path and a phase network to significantly reduce a phase error between a reference signal and an attenuated signal without degrading the insertion loss. A grounded parallel connection of a resistor and a capacitor is employed in series with an attenuation transistor, which is connected to a middle of a two resistor voltage divider. The two resistor voltage divider includes two resistors of equal resistance that are connected in a series connection. The two resistor voltage divider is connected in a parallel connection with a reference transistor, which functions as a main switch for the transmission or attenuation of a radio frequency (RF) signal. | 04-11-2013 |
20130193584 | ON-CHIP RADIAL CAVITY POWER DIVIDER/COMBINER - Disclosed is a chip with a power divider/combiner, a module incorporating the chip and associated methods. The divider/combiner comprises first and second metal layers on opposite sides of a substrate. Interconnects extend through the substrate and comprise: a first interconnect, second interconnects annularly arranged about the first interconnect and third interconnects annularly arranged about the second interconnects. Each interconnect comprises one or more through silicon vias lined/filled with a conductor. For a power divider, an opening in the first metal layer at the first interconnect comprises an input port for receiving power and openings in the first or second metal layer at the second interconnects comprise output ports for applying power to other devices. For a power combiner, openings in the first or second metal layer at the second interconnects comprise the input ports and an opening in the first metal layer at the first interconnect comprises an output port. | 08-01-2013 |
20140139295 | LOW POWER VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR - An enhanced negative resistance voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) is provided, in which the body of each transistor within a pair of cross-coupled transistors is coupled to the gate of the same transistor through a resistor. The body transconductance is employed to enhance the negative resistance of the cross-coupled pair of transistors. At the same time, a forward body bias voltage reduces the threshold voltage of the cross-coupled pair to allow the VCO to operate at a low power supply voltage. Further, the resistor connected between the body and the drain of each transistor voids the leakage in the substrate, and thus, reduces power consumption of the VCO further. This VCO provides low power operation with enhanced figure of merit without employing any extra inductors besides the inductors that are part of the LC tank. | 05-22-2014 |
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20110316565 | SCHOTTKY JUNCTION SI NANOWIRE FIELD-EFFECT BIO-SENSOR/MOLECULE DETECTOR - A Schottky junction silicon nanowire field-effect biosensor/molecule detector with a nanowire thickness of 10 nanometer or less and an aligned source/drain workfunction for increased sensitivity. The nanowire channel is coated with a surface treatment to which a molecule of interest absorbs, which modulates the conductivity of the channel between the Schottky junctions sufficiently to qualitatively and quantitatively measure the presence and amount of the molecule. | 12-29-2011 |
20130200443 | Interface Engineering to Optimize Metal-III-V Contacts - Techniques for fabricating self-aligned contacts in III-V FET devices are provided. In one aspect, a method for fabricating a self-aligned contact to III-V materials includes the following steps. At least one metal is deposited on a surface of the III-V material. The at least one metal is reacted with an upper portion of the III-V material to form a metal-III-V alloy layer which is the self-aligned contact. An etch is used to remove any unreacted portions of the at least one metal. At least one impurity is implanted into the metal-III-V alloy layer. The at least one impurity implanted into the metal-III-V alloy layer is diffused to an interface between the metal-III-V alloy layer and the III-V material thereunder to reduce a contact resistance of the self-aligned contact. | 08-08-2013 |
20140217468 | PLANAR SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH ON III-V MATERIAL - A semiconductor structure includes a III-V monocrystalline layer and a germanium surface layer. An interlayer is formed directly between the III-V monocrystalline layer and the germanium surface layer from a material selected to provide stronger nucleation bonding between the interlayer and the germanium surface layer than nucleation bonding that would be achievable directly between the III-V monocrystalline layer and the germanium surface layer such that a continuous, relatively defect-free germanium surface layer is provided. | 08-07-2014 |
20140220766 | PLANAR SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH ON III-V MATERIAL - A semiconductor structure includes a III-V monocrystalline layer and a germanium surface layer. An interlayer is formed directly between the III-V monocrystalline layer and the germanium surface layer from a material selected to provide stronger nucleation bonding between the interlayer and the germanium surface layer than nucleation bonding that would be achievable directly between the III-V monocrystalline layer and the germanium surface layer such that a continuous, relatively defect-free germanium surface layer is provided. | 08-07-2014 |
20140264446 | III-V FINFETS ON SILICON SUBSTRATE - A method for forming fin field effect transistors includes forming a dielectric layer on a silicon substrate, forming high aspect ratio trenches in the dielectric layer down to the substrate, the high aspect ratio including a height to width ratio of greater than about 1:1 and epitaxially growing a non-silicon containing semiconductor material in the trenches using an aspect ratio trapping process to form fins. The one or more dielectric layers are etched to expose a portion of the fins. A barrier layer is epitaxially grown on the portion of the fins, and a gate stack is formed over the fins. A spacer is formed around the portion of the fins and the gate stack. Dopants are implanted into the portion of the fins. Source and drain regions are grown over the fins using a non-silicon containing semiconductor material. | 09-18-2014 |
20140264607 | III-V FINFETS ON SILICON SUBSTRATE - A method for forming fin field effect transistors includes forming a dielectric layer on a silicon substrate, forming high aspect ratio trenches in the dielectric layer down to the substrate, the high aspect ratio including a height to width ratio of greater than about 1:1 and epitaxially growing a non-silicon containing semiconductor material in the trenches using an aspect ratio trapping process to form fins. The one or more dielectric layers are etched to expose a portion of the fins. A barrier layer is epitaxially grown on the portion of the fins, and a gate stack is formed over the fins. A spacer is formed around the portion of the fins and the gate stack. Dopants are implanted into the portion of the fins. Source and drain regions are grown over the fins using a non-silicon containing semiconductor material. | 09-18-2014 |
20140374800 | OVERLAPPED III-V FINFET WITH DOPED SEMICONDUCTOR EXTENSIONS - A semiconductor structure that includes a semiconductor fin comprising an III-V compound semiconductor material. A functional gate structure straddles a portion of the semiconductor fin. A semiconductor channel material having an electron mobility greater than silicon and comprising a different semiconductor material than the semiconductor fin and is located beneath the functional gate structure. The semiconductor channel material is present on at least each vertical sidewall of the semiconductor fin. A dielectric spacer is located on each vertical sidewall surface of the functional gate structure. A doped semiconductor is located on each side of the functional gate structure and underneath each dielectric spacer. A portion of the doped semiconductor material located beneath each dielectric spacer directly contacts a sidewall surface of semiconductor channel material located on each vertical sidewall of the semiconductor fin. | 12-25-2014 |
20140377918 | OVERLAPPED III-V FINFET WITH DOPED SEMICONDUCTOR EXTENSIONS - A semiconductor structure that includes a semiconductor fin comprising an III-V compound semiconductor material. A functional gate structure straddles a portion of the semiconductor fin. A semiconductor channel material having an electron mobility greater than silicon and comprising a different semiconductor material than the semiconductor fin and is located beneath the functional gate structure. The semiconductor channel material is present on at least each vertical sidewall of the semiconductor fin. A dielectric spacer is located on each vertical sidewall surface of the functional gate structure. A doped semiconductor is located on each side of the functional gate structure and underneath each dielectric spacer. A portion of the doped semiconductor material located beneath each dielectric spacer directly contacts a sidewall surface of semiconductor channel material located on each vertical sidewall of the semiconductor fin. | 12-25-2014 |
20150014778 | MULTIPLE VIA STRUCTURE AND METHOD - A method for forming a device with a multi-tiered contact structure includes forming first contacts in via holes down to a first level, forming a dielectric capping layer over exposed portions of the first contacts and forming a dielectric layer over the capping layer. Via holes are opened in the dielectric layer down to the capping layer. Holes are opened in the capping layer through the via holes to expose the first contacts. Contact connectors and second contacts are formed in the via holes such that the first and second contacts are connected through the capping layer by the contact connectors to form multi-tiered contacts. | 01-15-2015 |
20150021662 | III-V SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING SELF-ALIGNED CONTACTS - A method including forming a III-V compound semiconductor-containing heterostructure, forming a gate dielectric having a dielectric constant greater than 4.0 positioned within a gate trench, the gate trench formed within the III-V compound semiconductor-containing heterostructure, and forming a gate conductor within the gate trench on top of the gate dielectric, the gate conductor extending above the III-V compound semiconductor heterostructure. The method further including forming a pair of sidewall spacers along opposite sides of a portion of the gate conductor extending above the III-V compound semiconductor-containing heterostructure and forming a pair of source-drain contacts self-aligned to the pair of sidewall spacers. | 01-22-2015 |
20150028387 | III-V FET Device with Overlapped Extension Regions Using Gate Last - A structure and method for fabricating a III-V compound semiconductor-containing heterostructure field-effect transistor (FET) with self-aligned and overlapped extensions using a gate last process is disclosed. The a III-V compound semiconductor-containing heterostructure field-effect transistor (FET) structure may be formed by forming a III-V compound semiconductor-containing heterostructure having at least one layer; forming a doped contact layer on the III-V compound semiconductor-containing heterostructure; and forming a gate structure having a bottom surface substantially below an upper surface of the III-V compound semiconductor-containing heterostructure and an upper surface above the doped contact layer. An undoped region may be formed below the bottom surface of the T-shaped gate structure on a layer of the III-V compound semiconductor-containing heterostructure. | 01-29-2015 |
20150028388 | III-V Device with Overlapped Extension Regions Using Replacement Gate - A structure and method for fabricating a III-V compound semiconductor-containing heterostructure field-effect transistor (FET) with self-aligned and overlapped extensions using a replacement gate process is disclosed. The a III-V compound semiconductor-containing heterostructure field-effect transistor (FET) structure may be formed by forming a III-V compound semiconductor-containing heterostructure having multiple layers and a T-shaped gate structure using a gate replacement process. The T-shaped gate structure may be formed with a bottom surface substantially below an upper surface of the III-V compound semiconductor-containing heterostructure and an upper surface above the III-V compound semiconductor-containing heterostructure. An undoped region may be formed below the bottom surface of the T-shaped gate structure on a layer of the III-V compound semiconductor-containing heterostructure. | 01-29-2015 |
20150048422 | A METHOD FOR FORMING A CRYSTALLINE COMPOUND III-V MATERIAL ON A SINGLE ELEMENT SUBSTRATE - A method for forming a crystalline compound material on a single element substrate includes etching a high aspect ratio trench in a single element crystalline substrate and forming a dielectric layer over the substrate and on sidewalls and a bottom of the trench. The dielectric is removed from the bottom of the trench to expose the substrate at the bottom of the trench. A crystalline compound material is selectively grown on the substrate at the bottom of the trench. | 02-19-2015 |
20150048423 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A III-V CRYSTALLINE COMPOUND MATERIAL SELECTIVELY GROWN ON THE BOTTOM OF A SPACE FORMED IN A SINGLE ELEMENT SUBSTRATE. - A method for forming a crystalline compound material on a single element substrate includes etching a high aspect ratio trench in a single element crystalline substrate and forming a dielectric layer over the substrate and on sidewalls and a bottom of the trench. The dielectric is removed from the bottom of the trench to expose the substrate at the bottom of the trench. A crystalline compound material is selectively grown on the substrate at the bottom of the trench. | 02-19-2015 |
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20110087785 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING WORK AMONG A PLURALITY OF WORKERS - Systems and methods for distributing work among a plurality of workers in a distributed environment using a granularity determinator module to determine a desired granularity of a data to be worked-on whereby each one of a plurality of document subcomponents individually maintains a level of security based on a security policy. The data is separated out into a plurality of subcomponents which are transmitted to respective workers. A consolidator module can be used to consolidate subcomponents worked on by the respective workers into one worked-on document or file for validation purposes. The system and methods provide an efficient and cost effective way to distribute confidential work to workers without compromising the confidentiality of the information contained in the document or file being worked on. | 04-14-2011 |
20110119104 | INDIVIDUALIZED BEHAVIOR-BASED SERVICE BUNDLING AND PRICING - A method and system analyze service applications being utilized within a computerized network environment using an analytics module of a computerized device to produce operational information of the service applications and usage information of the service applications. The operational information is analyzed using an application behavior analysis module of the computerized device to produce application behavior profiles. The usage information is analyzed using an application association analysis module of the computerized device to produce bundles of the services applications. The application behavior profiles and the bundles of the service applications are analyzed using a pricing module of the computerized device to produce price ranges for each bundle of service applications and cost profiles for each bundle of service applications. | 05-19-2011 |
20110184818 | TRUTH SIGNALS - A method and apparatus for paying for an existing report are provided. In the method, an existing report for which a first structure of entities is identified is received. Thereafter, a set of other reports for which respective second structures of entities are identified is received. A weighting for other reports in the set of other reports is assigned, based on the respective structures. A payment for the existing report is extracted based on the weighting, a selected scoring rule, and the set of other reports. | 07-28-2011 |
20110246433 | RANDOM NUMBER BASED DATA INTEGRITY VERIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED CLOUD STORAGE - A data integrity verification method and system based on a root random number to ensure secure distributed data storage on a public cloud. A new root random number can be generated in response to receiving a file for storage to the public cloud. A unique random number tag for each data chunk associated with the file can be calculated via a shift operation and the tag can be added to the data chunk. A hash function (message digests) can be then generated and concatenated with the data chunk and the random number tag. The data chunk in conjunction with the hash and the random number tag can be encrypted by an encryption module and stored to the public cloud in order to provide multiple levels of security with respect to the distributed public cloud storage. Upon file retrieval, the encryption module decrypts all data chunks and recalculates the hash in order to verify the data integrity of the file. | 10-06-2011 |
20110282736 | METHOD OF PROVIDING TARGETED COMMUNICATIONS TO A USER OF A PRINTING SYSTEM - According to one aspect of the disclosure, provided are methods of providing user requested printed material, including one or more targeted communications to the user. According to one exemplary embodiment, the targeted communications are associated with an auction, whereby an optimal reserve price is determined to maximize profits. | 11-17-2011 |
20120316922 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING SIMILARITY-BASED OVERLAY NETWORK OF MICRO-MARKETS - A method and system for creating a similarity-based overlay network of micro-markets. One or more distributed micro-markets can be operatively connected via a self-organizing overlay network to exchange data between distributed micro-markets in the network. A market similarity function can be computed by applying a filtering function with respect to a network protocol that is defined over particular attributes in order to enable decentralized clustering of similar markets. The data can be further advertised with respect to a set of neighbor markets in order to avoid selfish and rational behaviors between the markets. Such an approach dynamically evolves a structure of the micro-markets over time in order to optimize a desired market interaction in the network. | 12-13-2012 |
20130036236 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING PEER-TO-PEER GEOGRAPHICAL ROUTING AND MULTI-ATTRIBUTE SIMILARITY ROUTING - A system and method for creating a peer-to-peer geographical routing overlay network and a multi-attribute similarity routing overlay network. The geographical overlay network can be generated utilizing a geographical routing protocol to organize connections between one or more distributed micro-markets depending on a geographical location of each market and to detect a geographically close neighbor in a decentralized manner. The multi-attribute similarity overlay network can be computed by applying a filtering function based on a multi-attribute routing protocol defined over at least one attribute in order to enable decentralized clustering of the distributed micro-markets. The multi-attribute similarity protocol can be combined with the geographic overlay protocol to route messages to a target set of similarity-based attributes and a target geographic location thereby dynamically evolve a structure of distributed micro-markets over time and optimize a market interaction in the overlay network. | 02-07-2013 |
20130085842 | DATA CENTER-LESS DISTRIBUTED SOCIAL NETWORK FOR ONLINE MARKETPLACES - In accordance with one aspect illustrated herein, a system is provided comprising a plurality of devices implementing a plurality of peer nodes coupled to a data-center-less network, wherein each of the plurality of devices implements at least one peer node. At least one of the plurality of peer nodes is configured as a publisher peer node for a plurality of contents cached on the respective peer node. Each publisher peer node is configured to publish one or more advertisements on the network. The data-center-less network can be built automatically from user interactions in the markets and includes proactive replication of advertisements to relevant micro-markets. The system still further provides automatic suggesting of the advertisements to a bidder, which are located in a different market, but are relevant to the bid. The automatic suggesting is based upon a computed strength of a connection between the publisher and the bidder using prior interactions. | 04-04-2013 |
20130117070 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MARKET SIMULATION SERVICE - A method of providing a market simulation service includes: a) receiving a request for predictive information regarding a subsequent competitive bidding process in an existing marketplace, the existing marketplace having been previously used for like competitive bidding processes, the request being received from a user device associated with a prospective participant in the subsequent competitive bidding process, the request including auction parameters and simulation parameters; b) obtaining historical marketplace data from a data storage device, the historical marketplace data associated with the existing marketplace and the plurality of like competitive bidding processes; c) processing the historical marketplace data using a statistical sampling algorithm and a resampling technique based on the auction parameters to determine a distribution function for the like competitive bidding processes; and d) simulating the subsequent competitive bidding process using an evolutionary algorithm based on the simulation parameters and the distribution function to derive the predictive information. | 05-09-2013 |
20130117077 | PARKING AVAILABILITY DETECTION WITH HUMAN SENSING - Providing means for people to input their observations can reduce the need for sensor deployments because humans have excellent sensing abilities. One thing people tend to observe carefully is parking availability. Parking meters and pay stations can request people to enter their observations of parking availability and other environmental factors. The observations, being numerical in nature, can be processed to determine reasonable parking fees, likelihood of violators in an area, and the statistical, observed, or estimated dispersion of available parking with a geographic region. | 05-09-2013 |
20130151625 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TOURNAMENT SELECTION-BASED QUALITY CONTROL - Embodiments relate generally to systems and methods for improving crowdsourcing results via a selection technique. In particular, a processing module or other component can distribute or provide a computation task to a set of people. Each person of the set of people can complete the computation task, and provide the respective results to the processing module or other component. Two of the results can be selected, and an additional set of people can be polled to select one of the two results. The selecting and polling can be repeated until a set of selections is compiled. In embodiments, the processing module can perform a merging algorithm to merge or consolidate the set of selections. | 06-13-2013 |
20130185168 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED POST-AUCTION CHANGE ORDER OPTIMIZATION IN AUCTIONS - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for providing an optimized change order during the post-auction period of a completed auction. After the completion of an initial auction, one or more parties to the initial auction may request a change to the terms of the initial auction agreement in the form of a change order comprising a change price and a change quantity. Prior to committing to the change order the parties may subject the terms of the change order to a change auction having a reserve price equal to the change price. If the change auction concludes with a bid that is better than the reserve price, the change order may be canceled and the original winning bidder may receive a portion of the winning bid associated with the change auction. | 07-18-2013 |
20130226663 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INTER-MARKET COLLABORATIVE SERVICES USING SOCIAL NETWORKS - Methods and systems for propagating requests for proposal via a collaborative services framework are provided. The methods include receiving a request for proposal from a first user in a first market that implements at least one peer node in the collaborative services framework and maintains lists of market neighbors and potential neighbors. The methods further include propagating the request for proposal to potential neighboring markets that are selected from a list of potential neighbors of the first market. The methods also include receiving a notification that the first user has accepted a bid from a second user responsive to the request for proposal, the second user being in a second market different from the first market, and then updating the lists of market neighbors and potential neighbors of the first market based on the accepted bid. | 08-29-2013 |
20130290128 | Methods and Systems to Evaluate and Rank Bids Based At Least in Part on the Provider's Past Performance - The application discloses systems and methods for evaluating bids submitted by providers in response to a reverse auction process initiated by a buyer. The disclosed system determines an attribute utility score of the bid and total performance scores of providers based on the past performance records of the providers. The total performance scores of providers are determined by computing a positive deviation score, a negative deviation score, a performance among peers score, and a bid performance score of the provider. The system further sums the determined attribute utility score and the total performance score to obtain a rank of the submitted bid. | 10-31-2013 |
20140039870 | METHOD FOR TRANSLATING DOCUMENTS USING CROWDSOURCING AND LATTICE-BASED STRING ALIGNMENT TECHNIQUE - A method, a system, and a computer program product for translating a document are disclosed. A document in a source language is received and text snippets are extracted from the same. The text snippets are sent to a first set of remote workers for translation and a second set of remote workers for validation. The words in the validated text snippets are assigned a probability score. The words with the highest probability score are combined to generate the translated document. | 02-06-2014 |
20140046874 | REAL TIME DYNAMIC VEHICLE PARKING PRICE MANAGEMENT METHODS, SYSTEMS AND PROCESSOR-READABLE MEDIA - A real time dynamic vehicle parking price management method, system and processor-readable medium. Two factors can be considered in determining the parking price: the real time occupancy level and the historic parking demand. An assured price that follows from a background schedule can be pre-determined based on a historic parking data. Future demand can be estimated based on the historic occupancy data and price and the assured price can be made proportional to the estimated demand. The assured price can be simplified to be intuitive and easy to remember. A real time parking price can be determined by an occupancy feedback control. A controller can be employed to track the occupancy and to suggest the parking price in real time based on an occupancy set point to improve economic efficiency and reduce cruising for parking. | 02-13-2014 |
20140122375 | PARKING PRICING SYSTEM - A parking pricing with occupancy feedback control for achieving an optimal occupancy level for a parking space area, so that at least one space is available and circling is not necessary. The parking pricing with occupancy feedback control system proposes to implement a market based parking pricing from an occupancy control approach. The parking price system seeks to maintain a desired occupancy level by measuring real-time parking space occupancy and using controller to automatically adjust parking rates to change with real-time demand. Occupancy feedback control is used to adjust parking space pricing so that the occupancy level approaches a target capacity level. Parking space sensors measure the presence of the vehicles, a parking control engine compares the real-time occupancy of the parking spaces to the target occupancy of the parking spaces, and adjusts the parking pricing to regulate the demand, so that the parking space occupancy converges to its target. | 05-01-2014 |
20140279133 | FAULT TOLERANT COMBINATORIAL AUCTIONS FOR TASKS HAVING TIME AND PRECEDENCE CONSTRAINTS WITH BONUSES AND PENALTIES - There is disclosed a method of conducting an auction under execution uncertainty to satisfy incentive compatibility, individual rationality, and efficiency by leveraging bonuses and penalties. A buyer posts a task including multiple sub-tasks. The buyer specifies temporal and precedence relationships among the sub-tasks. The buyer also specifies the time interval for the sub-tasks. Suppliers submit bids including their interested sub-tasks, prices, and proposed schedules. A winner determination problem is formulated based on bid prices, suppliers' success probabilities in delivering the sub-tasks, and the suppliers' schedules of undertaking sub-tasks. Having decided the winners, suppliers who delivered with success will be granted bonuses and those who were not able to deliver will be imposed penalties. The bonuses and penalties are formulated under a verification assumption. The combinatorial mechanism using the formulated winner determination rule and payment rule including bonuses and penalties satisfy economic properties such as incentive compatibility, individual rationality, and efficiency. | 09-18-2014 |
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20130236836 | MULTIPLE PATTERNING PROCESS FOR FORMING TRENCHES OR HOLES USING STITCHED ASSIST FEATURES - One illustrative method disclosed herein involves identifying an overall target pattern comprised of at least one hole-type feature, decomposing the overall target pattern into at least a first sub-target pattern and a second sub-target pattern, wherein the first sub-target pattern and the second sub-target pattern each comprise at least one common hole-type feature, generating a first set of mask data information corresponding to the first sub-target pattern, and generating a second set of mask data information corresponding to the second sub-target pattern. | 09-12-2013 |
20140173533 | LOCALLY OPTIMIZED COLORING FOR CLEANING LITHOGRAPHIC HOTSPOTS - Approaches for cleaning/resolving lithographic hotspots (e.g., during a simulation phase of semiconductor design) are provided. Typically, a hotspot will be identified in a first polygon (having a first color) of a lithographic pattern or contour. Once a hotspot has been identified, a location (e.g., another portion of the first polygon or in a second polygon of the lithographic pattern having the first color) proximate the hotspot will be identified to place a stitch marker. Once the location has been identified, a stitch marker will be placed at that location. Then, a color of the stitch marked location will be changed to a second color, and the resulting lithographic pattern can be further processed to clean/resolve the hotspot. | 06-19-2014 |
20140223390 | RETARGETING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE SHAPES FOR MULTIPLE PATTERNING PROCESSES - A method includes receiving a design layout file for an integrated circuit device in a computing apparatus. The design layout file specifies dimensions of a plurality of features. The design layout file is decomposed to a plurality of colored layout files, each colored layout file representing a particular reticle in a multiple patterning process. Each of the colored layout files is retargeted separately in the computing apparatus to generate a plurality of retargeted colored layout files. Retargeting each of the colored layout files includes increasing dimensions of a first plurality of features based on spacings between the first plurality of features and adjacent features. The retargeted layout files are combined to generate a combined layout file. Features in the combined layout file are retargeted in the computing apparatus to increase dimensions of a second plurality of features based on spacings between the second plurality of features and adjacent features. | 08-07-2014 |
20140235055 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING A SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH A LITHO-ETCH, LITHO-ETCH PROCESS FOR ETCHING TRENCHES - Methods are provided for fabricating semiconductor integrated circuits including isolated trench features. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a semiconductor substrate with an overlying process layer. A trench pattern to be etched into the process layer is determined and that trench pattern is decomposed into first and second patterns, the second pattern including an isolated trench. First and second lithographic masks are formed to implement the first and second patterns, the second mask implementing the second pattern, the isolated trench, and a plurality of density balancer patterns symmetrically positioned with respect to the isolated trench. A first resist layer is patterned with the first lithographic mask and the process layer is etched with the first resist layer. A second resist layer is patterned with the second lithographic mask and the process layer is etched with the second resist layer to implement the required trench pattern in the process layer. | 08-21-2014 |
20140253902 | MULTIPLE PATTERNING PROCESS FOR FORMING TRENCHES OR HOLES USING STITCHED ASSIST FEATURES - One illustrative method disclosed herein involves identifying an overall target pattern comprised of at least one hole-type feature, decomposing the overall target pattern into at least a first sub-target pattern and a second sub-target pattern, wherein the first sub-target pattern and the second sub-target pattern each comprise at least one common hole-type feature, generating a first set of mask data information corresponding to the first sub-target pattern, and generating a second set of mask data information corresponding to the second sub-target pattern. | 09-11-2014 |
20150046887 | RETARGETING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE SHAPES FOR MULTIPLE PATTERNING PROCESSES - A method includes receiving a design layout file for an integrated circuit device in a computing apparatus. The design layout file specifies dimensions of a plurality of features. The design layout file is decomposed to a plurality of colored layout files, each colored layout file representing a particular reticle in a multiple patterning process. Each of the colored layout files is retargeted separately in the computing apparatus to generate a plurality of retargeted colored layout files. Retargeting each of the colored layout files includes increasing dimensions of a first plurality of features based on spacings between the first plurality of features and adjacent features. The retargeted layout files are combined to generate a combined layout file. Features in the combined layout file are retargeted in the computing apparatus to increase dimensions of a second plurality of features based on spacings between the second plurality of features and adjacent features. | 02-12-2015 |
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20080306705 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A DEFECT AND/OR OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC OF A SYSTEM - An apparatus and methods for identifying a defect and/or an operating characteristic of a system being monitored (and/or one or more of the system's components) are described. In an embodiment, orthogonally related data monitored by two or more detectors may be fused to determine whether a component of a system is defective and/or malfunctioning. Additionally or alternatively, data from a first detector may be determined to be accurate using non-orthogonally related data outputted by a second detector. Both types of determinations may be made with minimal or no false indications, which lowers the cost of operating the system being monitored. Embodiments of the invention may also be configured to forecast and/or prevent accidents and/or damage to the system being monitored by predicting whether a defect and/or a malfunction will occur | 12-11-2008 |
20090158821 | DEVICES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING ONE OR MORE CHARACTERISTICS OF A SUSPENSION - A device, method and system for measuring one or more ultrasound parameters of a suspension comprising particles dispersed in a liquid carrier comprising, an immersible devices, comprising, one or more ultrasonic probes; a reflector having staggered reflective; a housing having an opening into the housing to allow the suspension to flow into the space between the probe surface and the reflective surface; an ultrasound wave generator/receiver device; and a signal processing device. | 06-25-2009 |
20090158822 | DEVICES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING ONE OR MORE CHARACTERISTICS OF A BIOMATERIAL IN A SUSPENSION - A system for measuring one or more ultrasound parameters of a suspension comprising particulate biomaterial dispersed in a liquid carrier comprising, a bioprocessor for processing the particulate biomaterial; an immersible device comprising an ultrasound probes and a reflector; a housing, that fixes the probe and the reflector at positions with a space in between the probe surface and the reflective surface, comprising an opening into the housing that is of a size sufficient to allow the suspension to flow into the space between the probe surface and the reflective surface; an ultrasound wave generator/receiver device; and a signal processing device. | 06-25-2009 |
20100018311 | ULTRASOUND INSPECTION METHODS FOR NOISY CAST MATERIALS AND RELATED PROBES - Ultrasound inspection methods for noisy materials and related probes are disclosed to inspect a defect in a cast material that use polycarbonate delay layers having a first surface configured to be disposed on a surface of the cast material; and an acoustic crystal element disposed on a second surface of the polycarbonate delay layer. | 01-28-2010 |
20100141441 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A DEFECT AND/OR OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC OF A SYSTEM - An apparatus and methods for identifying a defect and/or an operating characteristic of a system being monitored (and/or one or more of the system's components) are described. In an embodiment, orthogonally related data monitored by two or more detectors may be fused to determine whether a component of a system is defective and/or malfunctioning. Additionally or alternatively, data from a first detector may be determined to be accurate using non-orthogonally related data outputted by a second detector. Both types of determinations may be made with minimal or no false indications, which lowers the cost of operating the system being monitored. Embodiments of the invention may also be configured to forecast and/or prevent accidents and/or damage to the system being monitored by predicting whether a defect and/or a malfunction will occur | 06-10-2010 |