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20130071629 | METHOD OF APPLYING A LUBRICANT TO A MICROMECHANICAL DEVICE - According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of applying a lubricant to a micromechanical device is provided. The method includes: positioning a dispensing portion of a lubricant liquid dispenser over a surface portion of a micromechanical device; and controlling the dispenser such that a single lubricant liquid droplet of a predefined volume is forced out of the dispensing portion and impinges onto the surface portion. | 03-21-2013 |
20140285905 | MINIATURIZED OPTICAL ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - The present application provides a micromechanical (MEMS) based zoom lens system, for use in miniature device applications, such as miniature electronic imaging devices. The MEMS-based zoom lens system comprises at least four optical elements, or two Alvarez or Lohmann lenses, that are configured for passage of optical signals therethrough along an optical signal path. Each optical element is MEMS-driven and displaceable in a direction substantially transverse to the optical signal path. In use, the transverse displacement of the optical elements vary an overall focal length of the MEMS zoom lens system such as to provide an optical zoom function. A method of manufacturing a MEMS zoom lens system is also provided in a further aspect. | 09-25-2014 |
20140354856 | MEMS-BASED ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - The present application provides a micromechanical (MEMS) based zoom lens system, for use in miniature device applications, such as miniature electronic imaging devices. The MEMS-based zoom lens system comprises at least four optical elements, or two Alvarez or Lohmann lenses, that are configured for passage of optical signals therethrough along an optical signal path. Each optical element is MEMS-driven and displaceable in a direction substantially transverse to the optical signal path. In use, the transverse displacement of the optical elements vary an overall focal length of the MEMS zoom lens system such as to provide an optical zoom function. A method of manufacturing a MEMS zoom lens system is also provided in a further aspect. | 12-04-2014 |
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20100198589 | AUDIO CODING APPARATUS, AUDIO DECODING APPARATUS, AUDIO CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS, AND TELECONFERENCING SYSTEM - The delay in a multi-channel audio coding apparatus and a multi-channel audio decoding apparatus is reduced. The audio coding apparatus includes: a downmix signal generating unit ( | 08-05-2010 |
20110029113 | COMBINATION DEVICE, TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMBINING METHOD - A combination device ( | 02-03-2011 |
20110051940 | DECODING DEVICE, CODING AND DECODING DEVICE, AND DECODING METHOD - There was no method of positioning virtual sound sources of object signals obtained from received coded object information, in a listening space on a receiving site side. Provided are an object decoding unit ( | 03-03-2011 |
20110182432 | CODING APPARATUS AND DECODING APPARATUS - A coding apparatus which suppresses an extreme increase in a bit rate, includes: a downmixing and coding unit ( | 07-28-2011 |
20110268279 | AUDIO ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, METHOD, CIRCUIT, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an encoding device ( | 11-03-2011 |
20120022676 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, AUDIO CODING APPARATUS, AND AUDIO DECODING APPARATUS - To provide an audio signal processing apparatus which can perform, with low operation amount, audio signal processing that is either time stretch and/or compression processing or frequency modulation processing. The audio signal processing apparatus is intended to transform an input audio signal sequence using a predetermined adjustment factor. The audio signal processing apparatus includes a filter bank ( | 01-26-2012 |
20120136670 | BANDWIDTH EXTENSION METHOD, BANDWIDTH EXTENSION APPARATUS, PROGRAM, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND AUDIO DECODING APPARATUS - To provide a bandwidth extension method which allows reduction of computation amount in bandwidth extension and suppression of deterioration of quality in the bandwidth to be extended. In the bandwidth extension method: a low frequency bandwidth signal is transformed into a QMF domain to generate a first low frequency QMF spectrum; pitch-shifted signals are generated by applying different shifting factors on the low frequency bandwidth signal; a high frequency QMF spectrum is generated by time-stretching the pitch-shifted signals in the QMF domain; the high frequency QMF spectrum is modified; and the modified high frequency QMF spectrum is combined with the first low frequency QMF spectrum. | 05-31-2012 |
20130090929 | HYBRID AUDIO ENCODER AND HYBRID AUDIO DECODER - Provided are a new hybrid audio decoder and a new hybrid audio encoder having block switching for speech signals and audio signals. Currently, very low bitrate audio coding methods for speech and audio signal are proposed. These audio coding methods cause very long delay. Generally, in coding an audio signal, algorithm delay tends to be long to achieve higher frequency resolution. In coding a speech signal, the delay needs to be reduced because the speech signal is used for telecommunication. To balance fine coding quality for these two kinds of input signals with very low bitrate, this invention provides a combination of a low delay filter bank like AAC-ELD and a CELP coding method. | 04-11-2013 |
20150248894 | BANDWIDTH EXTENSION METHOD, BANDWIDTH EXTENSION APPARATUS, PROGRAM, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND AUDIO DECODING APPARATUS - To provide a bandwidth extension method which allows reduction of computation amount in bandwidth extension and suppression of deterioration of quality in the bandwidth to be extended. In the bandwidth extension method: a low frequency bandwidth signal is transformed into a QMF domain to generate a first low frequency QMF spectrum; pitch-shifted signals are generated by applying different shifting factors on the low frequency bandwidth signal; a high frequency QMF spectrum is generated by time-stretching the pitch-shifted signals in the QMF domain; the high frequency QMF spectrum is modified; and the modified high frequency QMF spectrum is combined with the first low frequency QMF spectrum. | 09-03-2015 |
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20090003146 | SERVO GAIN ADJUSTMENT BASED ON BIAS FORCE ERROR - Apparatus and related methods are described for adjusting servo gain. In an exemplary apparatus, a circuit determines a bias force error that occurs between an estimated bias force and an actual bias force on an actuator during movement by a servo motor. The circuit adjusts a servo gain in response to the bias force error, and regulates movement of the actuator by the servo motor in response to the servo gain. | 01-01-2009 |
20090089603 | STORAGE DEVICE MAINTENANCE IN A PORTABLE DEVICE BASED ON A POWER EVENT - The disclosure is related to monitoring a portable electronic device to detect an occurrence of a power event. A command can be sent to a data storage device to initiate a maintenance procedure on the data storage device. In a particular embodiment, a method includes monitoring a portable electronic device to detect an occurrence of a power event. The method also includes selectively sending a command to a data storage device to initiate a maintenance procedure on the data storage device when the occurrence of the power event is detected. | 04-02-2009 |
20090128945 | DATA PROTECTION BASED ON SYSTEM VIBRATION MODES - An aspect of the present disclosure relates to implementing a data protection mode based on system vibration modes in a data supported system. An exemplary system vibration mode is associated with an operating mode of the data supported system. The data protection mode operates to limit, or prevent, errors caused by the vibration. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is provided for operating a data supported system. The method includes receiving an indication that a vibration associated with an operating mode of the system will occur and, in response, implementing a data protection mode in the system. | 05-21-2009 |
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20110208972 | METHOD OF SIGNING A MESSAGE - A method of signing a message, a base station for a wireless sensor network, a node for a wireless sensor network and a wireless sensor network are provided. The method comprises, generating a secret key for signing the message, the secret key being based on an identity of a signer; generating an offline signature; generating an online signature based on at least the offline signature and the secret key; and wherein the online signature is verifiable using a verification algorithm that does not require a pairing operation. | 08-25-2011 |
20110268274 | Authentication and Key Establishment in Wireless Sensor Networks - A wireless sensor network (WSN) and a method for establishing a communication key between devices in a WSN. The WSN comprises a first device configured for sending a request message to a second device, the request identifying at least a third device for communication with which a communication key is intended, a first random number, and a first authentication code generated using a first secret key shared between the first and second devices; the second device configured for authenticating the first authentication code based on the first secret key, for generating the communication key based on the first secret key, the first random number, and a second random number using a hash function, for sending an approval message to the third device, the approval message comprising, in encrypted form based on a second secret key shared between the second and third device, the communication key and the first and second random numbers; the third device configured for decrypting the communication key and the first and second random numbers based on the second secret key and for sending a notice message to the first device, the notice message comprising the first and the second random numbers; and the first device configured for recalculating the communication key, based on the first secret key and said received first and second random numbers using said hash function. | 11-03-2011 |
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20090088002 | METHOD OF FABRICATING A NITROGENATED SILICON OXIDE LAYER AND MOS DEVICE HAVING SAME - A method for fabricating a nitrogen-containing dielectric layer and semiconductor device including the dielectric layer in which a silicon oxide layer is formed on a substrate, such that an interface region resides adjacent to substrate and a surface region resides opposite the interface region. Nitrogen is introduced into the silicon oxide layer by applying a nitrogen plasma. After applying nitrogen plasma, the silicon oxide layer is annealed. The processes of introducing nitrogen into the silicon oxide layer and annealing the silicon oxide layer are repeated to create a bi-modal nitrogen concentration profile in the silicon oxide layer. In the silicon oxide layer, the peak nitrogen concentrations are situated away from the interface region and at least one of the peak nitrogen concentrations is situated in proximity to the surface region. A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is incorporating the nitrogen-containing silicon oxide layers also disclosed. | 04-02-2009 |
20090132992 | STATISTICAL OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION - An optical proximity correction (OPC) model incorporates inline process variation data. OPC is performed by adjusting an input mask pattern with a mask bias derived from the OPC model to correct errors in the input mask pattern. | 05-21-2009 |
20090179307 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SYSTEM EMPLOYING FEED-FORWARD CONTROL - An integrated circuit system that includes: providing a substrate and a material layer; measuring a parameter of the material layer; and correlating the thickness of an anti-reflective layer to the measured parameter of the material layer for critical dimension control. | 07-16-2009 |
20090250762 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SYSTEM EMPLOYING SACRIFICIAL SPACERS - An integrated circuit system that includes: providing a substrate including a first device and a second device; configuring the first device and the second device to include a first spacer, a first liner made from a first dielectric layer, and a second spacer made from a sacrificial spacer material; forming a second dielectric layer over the integrated circuit system; forming a first device source/drain and a second device source/drain adjacent the second spacer and through the second dielectric layer; removing the second spacer without damaging the substrate; forming a third dielectric layer over the integrated circuit system before annealing; and forming a fourth dielectric layer over the integrated circuit system that promotes stress within the channel of the first device, the second device, or a combination thereof. | 10-08-2009 |
20100109045 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SYSTEM EMPLOYING STRESS-ENGINEERED LAYERS - An integrated circuit system that includes: providing a substrate including an active device; forming a trench within the substrate adjacent the active device; forming a first layer with a first lattice constant within the trench; and forming a second layer with a second lattice constant over the first layer, the second lattice constant differing from the first lattice constant. | 05-06-2010 |
20100221926 | LASER ANNEALING - A system for and method of processing an article such as a semiconductor wafer is disclosed. The wafer includes first and second surface which are segmented into a plurality of first and second zones. The first surface of the wafer, for example, on which devices or ICs are formed is processed by, for example, laser annealing while the second surface is heated with a backside heating source. Corresponding zones on the first and second surfaces are processed synchronously to reduce variations of post laser anneal thermal budge across the wafer. | 09-02-2010 |
20100301461 | RELIABLE INTERCONNECTION - Embodiments relate to a method for forming reliable interconnects by the use of a device layer that can serve as a barrier or an etch stop layer, among other applications. The device layer is UV resistant in that its dielectric constant and stress remain stable or relatively stable when subjected to UV curing. | 12-02-2010 |
20110157567 | LIQUID IMMERSION SCANNING EXPOSURE SYSTEM USING AN IMMERSION LIQUID CONFINED WITHIN A LENS HOOD - A liquid immersion scanning exposure system utilizes an immersion liquid confined within a watertight lens hood having a base portion formed from a solid optical element. During operation, a bottom portion of a lens assembly is disposed within the immersion liquid and the solid optical element is placed upon a photoresist material or layer (to be patterned). The lens assembly moves laterally through the immersion liquid parallel to the photoresist material. Because the solid optical element separates the immersion liquid from the photoresist material and does not move relative to the photoresist material, the photoresist material does not contact with the immersion liquid and the solid optical element and is not susceptible to damage or scratching by the solid optical element. | 06-30-2011 |
20110316166 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SYSTEM WITH VIA AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit system includes: forming an etch stop layer over a bulk substrate; forming a buffer layer on the etch stop layer; forming a hard mask on the buffer layer; forming a through silicon via through the etch stop layer with the hard mask detected and the buffer layer removed with a low down force; and forming a passivation layer on the through silicon via and the etch stop layer. | 12-29-2011 |
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20130200336 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for producing an organic semiconductor device ( | 08-08-2013 |
20150126751 | PHENACENE COMPOUNDS FOR ORGANIC ELECTRONICS - Phenacene compounds of formula (I) are disclosed. All the variables in the formula are the same as defined in the description. A thin film semiconductor comprising the above compounds, and a field effect transistor device, a photovoltaic device, an organic light emitting diode device and a unipolar or complementary circuit device comprising the thin film are also disclosed. | 05-07-2015 |
20150318496 | HETEROACENE COMPOUNDS FOR ORGANIC ELECTRONICS - The present invention provides compounds of formula (1) wherein o is 1, 2 or 3, p is 0, 1 or 2, n is 0, 1 or 2, m is 0, 1 or 2, and A is a mono- or polycyclic ring system, which may contain at least one heteroatom, and an electronic device comprising the compounds as semiconducting material. | 11-05-2015 |
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20110211271 | TRAPPING ELECTRON ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for trapping electron assisted magnetic recording is disclosed. A magnetic recording system comprises a magnetic storage media, a read/write head, and a power supply for applying a negative DC electrical bias to the magnetic storage media in order to reduce the media switching field during the writing process. Recording is performed by applying an AC magnetic field produced by a write pole and a DC electrical field to assist in the writing. An embodiment of the invention uses a high electrical field to trap free electrons into an unfilled electronic shell of magnetic particles of the magnetic storage media, in particular, (3d) shell of transition elements, (4f) shell of rare earths of lanthanides series, and (5f) shell of actinides series. The trapped electron decreases anisotropy of magnetic particles due to reduced number of Bohr magnetron. As a result, a conventional head is able to write very high anisotropy magnetic storage media. | 09-01-2011 |
20140043712 | METHOD AND DATA STORAGE DEVICE FOR LASER FREE HEAT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING - A data storage device with a heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) system, a magnetic recording medium, and method for data storage are provided. The data storage device includes a magnetic recording medium, a magnetic recording head, a power supply, a controller and a switching device. The magnetic recording head includes a main pole having a surface area facing the magnetic recording medium. The controller is coupled to the magnetic recording head for controlling writing information to and reading information from the magnetic recording medium. The switching device electrically couples the power supply between the main pole and the magnetic recording medium in response to a signal provided from the controller when writing information to the magnetic recording medium. The magnetic recording medium comprises a plurality of layers, including a heating layer, a field enhanced conduction layer, and an electrode layer. The electrode layer is electrically coupleable to the power supply and the magnetic recording head for heating a portion of the heating layer opposite the magnetic recording head during writing of data by the magnetic recording head to the magnetic recording medium, the portion of the heating layer defined by an electric field applied to the field enhanced conduction layer. | 02-13-2014 |
20140099517 | RECORDING MEDIUM FOR HEAT-ASSISTED-MAGNETIC-RECORDING (HAMR) AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to embodiments of the present invention, a method for manufacturing a recording medium for heat-assisted-magnetic-recording (HAMR) is provided. The method includes forming an underlayer on a substrate, the underlayer including a precursor material, epitaxially depositing an interlayer on the underlayer, forming a recording layer over the interlayer, and converting the precursor material to a converted material having a thermal conductivity that is higher than a thermal conductivity of the recording layer. According to further embodiments of the present invention, another method for manufacturing a recording medium for heat-assisted-magnetic-recording (HAMR) and a recording medium for heat-assisted-magnetic-recording (HAMR) are also provided. | 04-10-2014 |
20150146322 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE - According to an embodiment of the present invention, a data storage device comprising a motor having a stator is disclosed. The stator may include a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a n-phase winding arrangement having n phase windings; wherein each phase winding comprises m flat fractional-pitch coils arranged on the first surface of the substrate such that the coils are spaced apart uniformly along a closed loop and connected in series; wherein each coil together with an angular section of the substrate between the coil and an adjacent coil of the same phase winding defines a stator pole-pair; and wherein m is an integer larger than 1. | 05-28-2015 |
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20090132992 | STATISTICAL OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION - An optical proximity correction (OPC) model incorporates inline process variation data. OPC is performed by adjusting an input mask pattern with a mask bias derived from the OPC model to correct errors in the input mask pattern. | 05-21-2009 |
20090179307 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SYSTEM EMPLOYING FEED-FORWARD CONTROL - An integrated circuit system that includes: providing a substrate and a material layer; measuring a parameter of the material layer; and correlating the thickness of an anti-reflective layer to the measured parameter of the material layer for critical dimension control. | 07-16-2009 |
20110157567 | LIQUID IMMERSION SCANNING EXPOSURE SYSTEM USING AN IMMERSION LIQUID CONFINED WITHIN A LENS HOOD - A liquid immersion scanning exposure system utilizes an immersion liquid confined within a watertight lens hood having a base portion formed from a solid optical element. During operation, a bottom portion of a lens assembly is disposed within the immersion liquid and the solid optical element is placed upon a photoresist material or layer (to be patterned). The lens assembly moves laterally through the immersion liquid parallel to the photoresist material. Because the solid optical element separates the immersion liquid from the photoresist material and does not move relative to the photoresist material, the photoresist material does not contact with the immersion liquid and the solid optical element and is not susceptible to damage or scratching by the solid optical element. | 06-30-2011 |
20130325395 | CO-OPTIMIZATION OF SCATTEROMETRY MARK DESIGN AND PROCESS MONITOR MARK DESIGN - An automated method for co-optimizing a scatterometry mark and a process monitoring mark is provided. Embodiments include generating a series of pattern profiles on a photoresist on a wafer; providing the series of pattern profiles, resist process parameters, and scatterometry critical dimension parameters as inputs for a scatterometry measurement; performing scatterometry measurement to generate spectra from the series of pattern profiles; and optimizing a sensitivity precision correlation for the resist process parameter. | 12-05-2013 |
20140170539 | DETERMINATION OF LITHOGRAPHY TOOL PROCESS CONDITION - A method for forming an integrated circuit (IC) is presented. The method includes providing a wafer having a substrate prepared with a photoresist layer. The photoresist layer is processed by passing a radiation from an exposure source of a lithography tool through a mask having a pattern. The process parameters of the lithography tool are determined by performing a pattern matching process. The photoresist layer is developed to transfer the pattern on the mask to the photoresist layer. | 06-19-2014 |
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20090258445 | MULTI-VARIABLE REGRESSION FOR METROLOGY - A method for assessing metrology tool accuracy is described. Multi-variable regression is used to define the accuracy of a metrology tool such that the interaction between different measurement parameters is taken into account. A metrology tool under test (MTUT) and a reference metrology tool (RMT) are used to measure a set of test profiles. The MTUT measures the test profiles to generate a MTUT data set for a first measurement parameter. The RMT measures the test profiles to generate RMT data sets for the first measurement parameter, and at least a second measurement parameter. Multi-variable regression is then performed to generate a best-fit plane for the data sets. The coefficient of determination (R | 10-15-2009 |
20130181259 | STEP-LIKE SPACER PROFILE - Interlayer dielectric gap fill processes are enhanced by forming gate spacers with a step-like or tapered profile. Embodiments include forming a gate electrode on a substrate, depositing a spacer material over the gate electrode, etching the spacer material to form a first spacer on each side of the gate electrode, and pulling back the first spacers to form second spacers which have a step-like profile. Embodiments further include depositing a second spacer material over the gate electrode and the second spacers, and etching the second spacer material to form a third spacer on each second spacer, the second and third spacers forming an outwardly tapered composite spacer. | 07-18-2013 |
20130187202 | SPACER PROFILE ENGINEERING USING FILMS WITH CONTINUOUSLY INCREASED ETCH RATE FROM INNER TO OUTER SURFACE - Interlayer dielectric gap fill processes are enhanced by forming gate spacers with a tapered profile. Embodiments include forming a gate electrode on a substrate, depositing a spacer material over the gate electrode and substrate, the spacer layer having a first surface nearest the gate electrode and substrate, a second surface furthest from the gate electrode and substrate, and a continuously increasing etch rate from the first surface to the second surface, and etching the spacer layer to form a spacer on each side of the gate electrode. Embodiments further include forming the spacer layer by depositing a spacer material and continuously decreasing the density of the spacer material during deposition or depositing a carbon-containing spacer material and causing a gradient of carbon content in the spacer layer. | 07-25-2013 |
20130328201 | RELIABLE INTERCONNECT FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Semiconductor devices and methods of making thereof are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a substrate prepared with a first dielectric layer formed thereon. The dielectric layer includes at least first, second and third contact regions. A second dielectric layer is disposed over the first dielectric layer. The device also includes at least first, second and third via contacts disposed in the second dielectric layer. The via contacts are coupled to the respective underlying contact regions and the via contacts do not extend beyond the underlying contact regions. | 12-12-2013 |
20140050439 | LITHO SCANNER ALIGNMENT SIGNAL IMPROVEMENT - A method and a device are provided for diffracting incident light from a lithographic scanner in an IC process flow. Embodiments include forming a diffraction grating in a first layer on a semiconductor substrate; and forming a plurality of lithographic alignment marks in a second layer, overlying the first layer, wherein the diffraction grating has a width and a length greater than or equal to a width and length, respectively, of the plurality of lithographic alignment marks. | 02-20-2014 |
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20110116093 | SENSOR CHIP FOR BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL SENSING - A sensor chip comprising:
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20110164253 | METHOD OF MODIFYING A SUBSTRATE FOR DEPOSITION OF CHARGED PARTICLES THEREON - A method of modifying a substrate for deposition of charged particles thereon, the method comprising the steps of: providing a substrate that is incapable of bonding to a polyelectrolyte coating that has a charge that is opposite to the charge of the particles that are to be deposited thereon; modifying the surface of the substrate to provide a layer of silicon thereon or therein; and coating the silicon layered surface of the substrate with the polyelectrolyte coating, the polyelectrolyte coating containing functional groups that are capable of forming bonds with said silicon layer and wherein said polyelectrolyte coating enables a substantially even distribution of said charged particles to be deposited thereon. | 07-07-2011 |
20130112857 | Sensor and Method of Detecting a Target Analyte - A sensor and a method of detecting a target analyte are provided. The sensor includes a substrate; a layer comprising a plurality of through holes, wherein the layer is disposed above the substrate; a first element configured to detect a target analyte; a second element that can produce a detectable signal; wherein the first element and the second element are configured to couple the target analyte between the first element and the second element. | 05-09-2013 |
20150219643 | METHOD FOR DETECTING A TARGET ANALYTE - There is method for detecting the presence or absence of a target analyte in a sample comprising the steps of: allowing an inorganic fluorescent particle to conjugate with a detection biomolecule that is bound to said target analyte, if present in said sample, said target analyte additionally being bound by a capture biomolecule immobilized on or within a nanostructure; and detecting the fluorescence emitted by said inorganic fluorescent particle, said nanostructure being capable of generating a surface plasmon resonance effect when excited by a light source to substantially increase the fluorescence emitted by said inorganic fluorescent particle, wherein the detected fluorescence indicates the presence of said target analyte in said sample. | 08-06-2015 |
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20090100004 | System And Methodology For Automatic Tuning Of Database Query Optimizer - System and methodology for automatic tuning of database query optimizer is described. In one embodiment, in a database system having an optimizer for selecting a query plan for executing a database query, a method of the present invention is described for automatically tuning query performance to prevent query performance regression that may occur during upgrade of the database system from a prior version to a new version, the method comprises steps of: in response to receiving a given database query for execution, specifying a query plan generated by the prior version's optimizer as a baseline best plan for executing the given database query; generating at least one new query plan using the new version's optimizer; learning performance for each new query plan generated by recording corresponding query execution metrics; if a given new query plan is observed to have better performance than the best plan previously specified, specifying that given new query plan to be the best plan for executing the given database query; if a given new query plan is observed to have worse performance than the best plan previously specified, specifying that given new query plan to be a bad plan to be avoided in the future; and automatically tuning future execution of the given database query by using the query plan that the system learned was the best plan. | 04-16-2009 |
20100325169 | Representing Markup Language Document Data in a Searchable Format in a Database System - Systems, methods, computer program product embodiments for representing markup language document data in a searchable format in a database system are provided. An embodiment includes parsing a markup language document into a data stream, the data stream including a plurality of fields in a predefined format having a symbol table for at least one field of the data stream, and optimized field size based on a maximum value of data within each field, and storing the data stream in data storage. | 12-23-2010 |
20110131200 | COMPLEX PATH-BASED QUERY EXECUTION - Systems, methods, computer program product embodiments are provided for executing a function in a path-based query when extracting data from a markup language document for return as a relational table, the markup language document organized hierarchically into nodes. An embodiment includes receiving a path-based query including a complex row pattern and column definition, forming multiple sets of nodes based on a simplified row pattern and column definition, determining ancestor-descendent pairings for the nodes in the column definition set, and utilizing the ancestor-descendent pairings with the simplified row pattern to return a relational table satisfying the complex path-based query. An embodiment further includes extensible markup language (XML) as the markup language, and an XPath query expression as the complex path-based query. | 06-02-2011 |
20150286683 | DEFERRING AND/OR ELIMINATING DECOMPRESSING DATABASE DATA - Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for deferring or eliminating a need to decompress database data. An embodiment operates by decompressing a column of a database. The column may be represented by a predicate of a query. A row of the database may be determined to satisfy the predicate based on decompressed information from the column. Decompression of an additional column of the row may be deferred during execution the query until the row is determined to satisfy the predicate. The additional column may satisfy the query. | 10-08-2015 |
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20140334368 | ADDRESSING MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION TERMINALS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - The present invention is directed to a communication device of a wireless communication network, the communication device including a message generator configured to generate a beacon message having a traffic indication map (TIM) information element (IE), wherein the TIM IE includes a partial virtual bitmap field including at least one cluster; a determiner configured to determine for at least one cluster information indicating whether data is available in the communication device to be transmitted to a plurality of communication terminals of the wireless communication network; an encoder configured to determine an encoding mode for the information depending on the information and to encode the information based on the encoding mode; and a transmitter configured to broadcast the beacon message to the plurality of communication terminals corresponding to the at least one cluster. Methods of simultaneously addressing a plurality of communication terminals in the wireless communication network are also disclosed. | 11-13-2014 |
20150296532 | Access Points, Radio Communication Devices, Methods for Controlling an Access Point, and Methods for Controlling a Radio Communication Device - According to various embodiments, an access point may be provided. The access point may include: a transmitter configured to transmit scheduling information for a page. The page may include one or more segments of a Traffic Indication Map (TIM). The scheduling information may include at least one of the following information: an explicit indication of an interval of one or more recurrences of subsequent transmissions of the scheduling information for the page; or information indicating scheduling of transmission of segments of the page including at least: an offset between the transmission of the first segment included in the page scheduling and the transmission of the scheduling information; and the number of blocks in each segment of the page, wherein a block contains a predetermined number of bits of the TIM. | 10-15-2015 |
20150382283 | Access Points, Radio Communication Devices, Methods for Controlling an Access Point, and Method for Controlling a Radio Communication Device - According to various embodiments, an access point may be provided. The access point may include: a transmitter configured to transmit restricted access window parameters. The restricted access window parameters may include at least one parameter selected from a list of parameters consisting of: a type parameter indicating which type of restricted access window parameters is represented by the restricted access window parameters; a same group indicator parameter indicating whether a group field is present; and a channel indication presence parameter indicating whether a channel indication is present. | 12-31-2015 |
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20080261052 | COATED SUBSTRATES AND POLYMER DISPERSIONS SUITABLE FOR USE IN MAKING THE SAME - A coated substrate comprises a substrate and a coating on at least one surface of the substrate. The coating comprises a prepolymer, polymer, or resin produced, for example, by the reaction of (i) an isocyanate (e.g., a polyisocyanate), (ii) an active hydrogen-terminated colorant, and optionally (iii) at least one reactant selected from the group consisting of chain extenders, polyols, internal surfactants, and combinations thereof. Polymer dispersions suitable for use in making such coated substrates comprise such a prepolymer, polymer, or resin. | 10-23-2008 |
20090253322 | SYNTHETIC LEATHER ARTICLES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Novel synthetic leather articles comprise a substrate and a coating applied to a surface of the substrate. The coating comprises a resin and a polymeric colorant. The polymeric colorant comprises a chromophore and an oligomeric constituent bound to the chromophore. Novel methods for producing synthetic leather articles using polymeric colorants are also provided. | 10-08-2009 |
20110111657 | COATED SUBSTRATES AND POLYMER DISPERSIONS SUITABLE FOR USE IN MAKING THE SAME - A coated substrate comprises a substrate and a coating on at least one surface of the substrate. The coating comprises a prepolymer, polymer, or resin produced, for example, by the reaction of (i) an isocyanate (e.g., a polyisocyanate), (ii) an active hydrogen-terminated colorant, and optionally (iii) at least one reactant selected from the group consisting of chain extenders, polyols, internal surfactants, and combinations thereof. Polymer dispersions suitable for use in making such coated substrates comprise such a prepolymer, polymer, or resin. | 05-12-2011 |
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