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20090237503 | ESTIMATING MOTION OF AN EVENT CAPTURED USING A DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA - An event aware video system (EAVS) is to capture video frames during a first time period and process events in the video frames before transferring the processed data to a central computing system. The EAVS may establish a present no-event frame from the video frames by marking the last frame as the present no-event frame if the difference between adjacent pair of video frames is less than a threshold value. The EAVS may establish an event frame, wherein a present frame captured after establishing the no-event frame is marked as the event frame if the difference between the present frame and a previous frame is greater than the threshold value. The EAVS may provide event information including motion vectors to a central computing system by performing one-dimensional search on a moving object of the event frame, wherein the motion vectors may represent displacement of objects moving within the moving object. | 09-24-2009 |
20090238411 | ESTIMATING MOTION OF AN EVENT CAPTURED USING A DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA - An event aware video system (EAVS) is to capture video frames during a first time period and process events in the video frames before transferring the processed data to a central computing system. The EAVS may establish a no-event frame by marking a last frame as the no-event frame if the difference between adjacent pair of video frames is less than a threshold value. The EVAS may mark a present frame captured after establishing the no-event frame as the event frame if the difference between the present and a previous frame is greater than the threshold value. The EAVS may provide event information to the central computing system by performing temporal blending, which includes linearly combining the movement of objects within the moving object in adjacent event frames to generate blurred images. The difference between the blurred images may represent displacement of objects moving within the moving object. | 09-24-2009 |
20090238542 | CAPTURING EVENT INFORMATION USING A DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA - An event aware video system (EAVS) is to capture video frames during a first time period and process event portion of the video frames before transferring the processed data to a central computing system. The EAVS may establish a present no-event frame from the video frames, wherein a last frame of the video frames is marked as the present no-event frame if the difference between adjacent pair of frames of the video frames is less than a threshold value. The EVAS may establish an event frame, wherein a present frame captured after establishing the no-event frame is marked as the event frame if the difference between the present frame and a previous frame captured prior to the present frame is greater than the threshold value. The EAVS may generate the processed data by processing the event of the event frame. | 09-24-2009 |
20110153798 | Method and apparatus for providing a remotely managed expandable computer system - A remotely managed expandable multi-user computer system is provided. The computer system includes a removable compute cartridge and a removable storage cartridge allowing easy upgrade of the computer system. The computer system self-configures when powered on to allow remote management by another system over a network. Automatic failover support is provided without the need for a separate compute element. A self-configurable removable secure-to-wireless converter to couple to a client computer system allows secure communications between the multi-user system and the client computer system via a wireless network. | 06-23-2011 |
20140281072 | LINK LAYER VIRTUALIZATION IN SATA CONTROLLER - A SATA-compatible storage controller that can be configured to allow computers assigned to multiple different computer domains connected by at least one switch fabric to share resources of a common set of storage devices. The storage controller includes a plurality of virtual storage controllers, each providing an interface to a respective computer domain connected to the switch fabric, a virtualization mechanism configured to implement link layer virtualization for the common set of storage devices, and a split serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) protocol stack, the processing of which is partitioned between the respective virtual storage controllers and the virtualization mechanism. | 09-18-2014 |
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20080296374 | RECYCLING KIOSK SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a system and method of providing incentive to recycle recyclable materials by providing financial incentives to consumers for recycling at a recycling kiosk. In one embodiment, a method of providing incentive to recycle recyclable materials comprises providing a recycling kiosk having a load determining device for receiving a quantity of recyclable materials from at least a first entity, obtaining identification data associated with the first entity, measuring the quantity of recyclable material received by the recycling kiosk, calculating a reward based on a measurement of the quantity of recyclable material disposed at least proximate to the recycling kiosk by the at least one entity, and associating the reward to the at least one entity. | 12-04-2008 |
20090014363 | DROP-OFF RECYCLING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a system and method of providing incentive to recycle recyclable materials by providing financial incentives to consumers for recycling at a central drop-off recycling facility. In one embodiment of the present invention, a method of providing incentive to recycle recyclable materials comprises creating an account for at least a first entity, providing a drop-off recycling center for receiving a plurality of recyclable materials from at least the first entity, receiving the recyclable materials at the drop-off center for processing, measuring and recording quantitative or qualitative data for the recyclable materials, calculating a reward correlating to the quantitative or qualitative data recorded for the recyclable materials and crediting the account for the first entity with the reward. | 01-15-2009 |
20090024479 | COMMUNITY-BASED RECYCLING SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF - Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a community-based recycling system and methods of utilizing same. In one embodiment of the present invention, a community-based recycling system comprises a first entity, providing recyclable material, a second entity, providing recyclable material, a load determining device for obtaining a qualitative or quantitative measurement of the recyclable material accumulated from both the first entity and the second entity, and a reward granted equally to each of the first entity and the second entity, wherein the reward corresponds to a value generated from the measurement of the recyclable material. | 01-22-2009 |
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20080305557 | Novel Applications of Acridinium Compounds and Derivatives in Homogeneous Assays - Chemiluminescent acridinium compounds are used in homogeneous assays to determine the concentration of an analyte in a sample without strong acid or strong base treatment. The chemiluminescent acridinium compounds include acridinium esters with electron donating functional groups at the C2 and/or C7 position on the acridinium nucleus to inhibit pseudo-base formation, or acridinium sulfonamides with or without electron donating functional groups at the C2 and/or C7 position on the acridinium nucleus. | 12-11-2008 |
20090029349 | Novel Applications of Acridinium Compounds and Derivatives in Homogeneous Assays - Chemiluminescent acridinium compounds are used in homogeneous assays to determine the concentration of an analyte in a sample without strong acid or strong base treatment. The chemiluminescent acridinium compounds include acridinium esters with electron donating functional groups at the C2 and/or C7 position on the acridinium nucleus to inhibit pseudo-base formation, or acridinium sulfonamides with or without electron donating functional groups at the C2 and/or C7 position on the acridinium nucleus. | 01-29-2009 |
20100048483 | POLYMERIC BENZYL CARBONATE-DERIVATIVES - The present invention relates to polymeric derivatives, which can be conjugated to an amino-containing drug to improve its in vivo properties. The polymeric derivative can subsequently be released to yield the drug in its native form. Methods of preparing and using these polymeric derivatives and drug conjugates are described. | 02-25-2010 |
20110046052 | Excipients for Protein Stabilization - This invention is a method of using a class of excipients for protein formulation to reduce and/or eliminate protein aggregation in solutions or solids. This class of compounds contains carbonyl group(s) to form Schiff base(s) with amino groups of proteins and also contains moieties to keep protein molecules spatially separated. This method has never been disclosed anywhere in the literature. | 02-24-2011 |
20140024582 | STABLE INSULIN FORMULATIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF - The invention provides methods for improving the physical and chemical stabilities of therapeutic proteins in solutions by reducing or eliminating protein degradation, aggregation and precipitation using small molecule stabilizing agents such as proline, arginine and/or compounds capable of forming a Schiff bond with amino groups of the protein. The invention further provides liquid formulations of a monomeric insulin stabilized by one of more stabilizing agents such as proline, arginine and/or acetone. Also provided are methods of making and using the stabilized monomeric insulin formulations. | 01-23-2014 |
20140128445 | POLYMERIC BENZYL CARBONATE-DERIVATIVES - The present invention relates to polymeric derivatives, which can be conjugated to an amino-containing drug to improve its in vivo properties. The polymeric derivative can subsequently be released to yield the drug in its native form. Methods of preparing and using these polymeric derivatives and drug conjugates are described. | 05-08-2014 |
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20100192130 | AUTOMATED VERIFICATION OF A TYPE-SAFE OPERATING SYSTEM - An “Automated, Static Safety Verifier” uses typed assembly language (TAL) and Hoare logic to achieve highly automated, static verification of type and memory safety of an operating system (OS). Various techniques and tools mechanically verify the safety of every assembly language instruction in the OS, run-time system, drivers, and applications, except the boot loader (which can be separately verified). The OS includes a “Nucleus” for accessing hardware and memory, a kernel that builds services running on the Nucleus, and applications that run on top of the kernel. The Nucleus, written in verified assembly language, implements allocation, garbage collection, multiple stacks, interrupt handling, and device access. The kernel, written in C# and compiled to TAL, builds higher-level services, such as preemptive threads, on top of the Nucleus. A Hoare-style verifier with automated theorem prover verifies safety and correctness of the Nucleus. A TAL checker verifies safety of the kernel and applications. | 07-29-2010 |
20140282837 | PRIVACY VERIFICATION TOOL - Systems and methods for protecting the privacy of users by controlling access to the users' data. In particular, some embodiments provide for a higher-level declarative language for expressing privacy policies which can be verified using a computer-aided verification tool. The verification tool uses the expressed privacy policies along with language-level assumptions and assertions in the verification process. For example, high-level models of the privacy policies can be reduced to a simpler verification representation (e.g., a Boolean representation) based on a set of assertions. This verification representation can then be submitted to a constraint solver (e.g., Satisfiability Modulo Theories solver) for verification. | 09-18-2014 |
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20110198714 | PACKAGES AND METHODS FOR PACKAGING MEMS MICROPHONE DEVICES - Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microphone devices and methods for packaging the same include a package housing, an interior lid, and an integrated MEMS microphone die. The package housing includes a sound port therethrough for communicating sound from outside the package housing to an interior of the package housing. The interior lid is mounted to an interior surface of the package housing to define an interior lid cavity, and includes a back volume port therethrough. The MEMS microphone die is mounted on the interior lid over the back volume port, and includes a movable membrane. The back volume port is configured to allow the interior lid cavity and the MEMS movable membrane to communicate, thereby increasing the back volume of the MEMS microphone die and enhancing the sound performance of the packaged MEMS microphone device. | 08-18-2011 |
20120126347 | PACKAGES AND METHODS FOR PACKAGING - Packaged integrated devices and methods of forming the same are provided. In one embodiment, a packaged integrated device includes a package substrate, a package lid, and an integrated circuit or microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device. The package lid is mounted to a first surface of the package substrate using an epoxy, and the package lid and the package substrate define a package interior. The package lid includes an interior coating suited to good adhesion with the epoxy, and an exterior coating suited to RF shielding, where the materials of the interior and exterior coatings are different. In one example, the interior lid coating is nickel whereas the exterior lid coating is tin. | 05-24-2012 |
20120237073 | PACKAGES AND METHODS FOR PACKAGING MEMS MICROPHONE DEVICES - Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microphone devices and methods for packaging the same include a package substrate having an acoustic pathway therethrough that opens to an interior of the device. A MEMS microphone die having an integrated filter and a movable membrane is positioned within the interior of the device. The package substrate includes a conductive layer facing the interior of the device, and a package filter formed from the conductive layer is provided along the acoustic pathway, resulting in increased packaged MEMS microphone device yield. | 09-20-2012 |
20130093031 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIR-RELEASE IN CAVITY PACKAGES - A housing for integrated devices that includes an air-release mechanism is disclosed. This is achieved, in various embodiments, by forming a vent hole in a package substrate, and arranging a package lid over the package substrate. The vent hole allows air to be released from within the cavity package, thereby ensuring that the package lid remains stably affixed to the package substrate despite increased temperatures during processing. The vent hole may be sealed upon mounting the package onto a mounting substrate. | 04-18-2013 |
20130195284 | Microphone System with Offset Apertures - A microphone system has a base forming a base aperture, and a lid coupled to the base to form a package having an interior chamber. The system also has a member coupled with the base within the interior chamber, and a microphone die coupled to the member within the interior chamber. The member is positioned between the base and the microphone die and has a member aperture that is laterally offset from the base aperture. The member aperture, member, and base together form an acoustic path between the base aperture and the microphone die. | 08-01-2013 |
20130241045 | PACKAGES AND METHODS FOR PACKAGING - Integrated devices and methods for packaging the same can include an external housing, an internal housing positioned within the external housing, and an external cavity formed between the external housing and the internal housing. An integrated device die can be positioned within the external cavity in fluid communication with an internal cavity formed by the internal lid. An air way can extend through the external cavity to the internal cavity, and can further extend from the internal cavity to the external cavity. The air way can provide fluid communication between the package exterior and the integrated device die, while reducing contamination of the integrated device die. | 09-19-2013 |
20140307909 | Microphone System with a Stop Member - A microphone system has a package with an interior chamber and an inlet aperture for receiving an acoustic signal, and a microphone die having a backplate and a diaphragm. The microphone is positioned within the package interior to form a front volume between the diaphragm and the inlet aperture. Accordingly, the microphone is positioned to form a back volume defined in part by the diaphragm within the interior chamber. The system also has a stop member positioned in the back volume so that the diaphragm is between the stop member and the backplate. | 10-16-2014 |
20140332947 | PACKAGES AND METHODS FOR PACKAGING - Packaged integrated devices and methods of forming the same are provided. In one embodiment, a packaged integrated device includes a package substrate, a package lid, and an integrated circuit or microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device. The package lid is mounted to a first surface of the package substrate using an epoxy, and the package lid and the package substrate define a package interior. The package lid includes an interior coating suited to good adhesion with the epoxy, and an exterior coating suited to RF shielding, where the materials of the interior and exterior coatings are different. In one example, the interior lid coating is nickel whereas the exterior lid coating is tin. | 11-13-2014 |
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20080224743 | SEQUENCE INDEPENDENT NON-OVERLAPPING DIGITAL SIGNAL GENERATOR WITH PROGRAMMABLE DELAY - A circuit for generating non-overlapping clock signals includes a programmable delayed reference clock signals circuit to produce a plurality of delayed reference clock signals and a plurality of delay clock signal generators, operatively connected to the programmable delayed reference clock signals circuit, to generate non-overlapping clock signals. Each delay clock signal generator includes a latch or flip-flop to control a delay in a rising edge of a clock signal and to output a first signal, another latch or flip-flop to control a delay in a falling edge of a delayed clock signal and to output a first signal, and a logic circuit to generate the clock signal from the first and second signals. The latches or flip-flops independently control a delay in the rising edge of the clock signal in response to one of the plurality of delayed reference clock signals. | 09-18-2008 |
20120001779 | SERIALIZER CIRCUIT - The described embodiments may provide a chemical detection circuit. The chemical detection circuit may comprise a pixel array, a pair of analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit blocks, a pair of input/output (I/O) circuit blocks coupled to the pair of ADC circuit blocks respectively, and a plurality of serial link terminals coupled to the pair of IO circuit blocks. The pixel array may comprise a plurality of chemically-sensitive pixels formed in columns and rows. Each chemically-sensitive pixel may comprise: a chemically-sensitive transistor, and a row selection device. | 01-05-2012 |
20120074956 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELTA DOUBLE SAMPLING - An array of sensors arranged in matched pairs of transistors with an output formed on a first transistor and a sensor formed on the second transistor of the matched pair. The matched pairs are arranged such that the second transistor in the matched pair is read through the output of the first transistor in the matched pair. The first transistor in the matched pair is forced into the saturation (active) region to prevent interference from the second transistor on the output of the first transistor. A sample is taken of the output. The first transistor is then placed into the linear region allowing the sensor formed on the second transistor to be read through the output of the first transistor. A sample is taken from the output of the sensor reading of the second transistor. A difference is formed of the two samples. | 03-29-2012 |
20140368250 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELTA DOUBLE SAMPLING - An array of sensors arranged in matched pairs of transistors with an output formed on a first transistor and a sensor formed on the second transistor of the matched pair. The matched pairs are arranged such that the second transistor in the matched pair is read through the output of the first transistor in the matched pair. The first transistor in the matched pair is forced into the saturation (active) region to prevent interference from the second transistor on the output of the first transistor. A sample is taken of the output. The first transistor is then placed into the linear region allowing the sensor formed on the second transistor to be read through the output of the first transistor. A sample is taken from the output of the sensor reading of the second transistor. A difference is formed of the two samples. | 12-18-2014 |
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20080267963 | Methods of Cancer Treatment/Prevention Using Cancer Cell-Specific Surface Antigens - The invention relates to methods and reagents for immunizing and treating individual with cancer to elicit specific cellular and humoral immune-responses against specific cancer cell surface antigens, including those cancer cell surface antigens expressed only in cancer cells and in non-cancer cells normally located in one or more immune-privileged sites or tissues of the individual. The invention provides methods of using specifically prepared immunogen in fresh or lyophilized liposome, proper routes of administration of the immunogen, proper doses of the immunogen, and specific combinations of heterologous immunization including DNA priming in one administration route followed by liposome-mediated protein antigen boost in a different route to tailor the immune responses in respects of enhancing cell mediated immune response, cytokine secretion, humoral immune response, especially skewing T helper responses to be Th1 or a balanced Th1 and Th2 type. | 10-30-2008 |
20120027841 | NOVEL MUCOSAL VACCINATION APPROACH FOR HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE-2 - The invention provides methods and kits for immunizing animals (e.g. mammals) against viral antigens, including herpes-simplex virus type 2. The protective immune response elicited by the methods and kits of the invention is characterized by robust humoral, cellular, and mucosal immunity. In particular, the invention provides a heterologous immunization method comprising a priming DNA vaccine encoding an antigen and a boosting protein vaccine, in which the protein form of the antigen is encapsulated in liposomes. Methods of preventing primary acute, latent and recurrent viral infections, such as that caused by HSV-2 virus, and methods of providing passive protective immunity against a viral pathogen such as HSV-2 virus to a mammal are also disclosed. | 02-02-2012 |
20130195961 | NOVEL MUCOSAL VACCINATION APPROACH FOR HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE-2 - Methods and kits for immunizing animals (e.g. mammals) against viral antigens, including herpes-simplex virus type 2 are provided. The protective immune response elicited by the methods and kits is characterized by robust humoral, cellular, and mucosal immunity. In particular, a heterologous immunization method comprising a priming DNA vaccine encoding an antigen and a boosting protein vaccine, in which the protein form of the antigen is encapsulated in liposomes is provided. Methods of preventing primary acute, latent and recurrent viral infections, such as that caused by HSV-2 virus, and methods of providing passive protective immunity against a viral pathogen such as HSV-2 virus to a mammal are also disclosed. | 08-01-2013 |
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20090294879 | Method for Capping a MEMS Wafer - A method for capping a MEMS wafer to form a hermetically sealed device. The method includes applying a glass bonding agent to the cap wafer and burning off organic material in the glass bonding agent. The cap wafer/glass bonding agent combination is then cleaned to reduce lead in the combination. The cleaning is preferably accomplished using an oxygen plasma. The MEMS device is coated with a WASA agent. The cap wafer is then bonded to the MEMS wafer by heating this combination in a capping gas atmosphere of hydrogen molecules in a gas such as nitrogen, argon or neon. This method of capping the MEMS wafer can reduce stiction in the MEMS device. | 12-03-2009 |
20100242604 | MEMS Device with Opposite Polarity Spring Bimorph - A MEMS device has a mass supported at least in part by a spring. Among other things, the spring has first and second layers, and first and a second electrodes. The first and second layers are between the first and second electrodes, and the first and second layers, which are oppositely polarized, form a bimorph. | 09-30-2010 |
20110073967 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FORMING A MEMS ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER WITH LAYER TRANSFER PROCESSES - A method of forming a MEMS microphone forms circuitry and first MEMS microstructure on a first wafer in a first process, and second MEMS microstructure on a second wafer in a second process. The first process is thermally isolated from the second process. The method also layer transfers the second MEMS microstructure onto the first wafer. The first MEMS microstructure and second MEMS microstructure thus form a variable capacitor that communicates with the circuitry on the first wafer. | 03-31-2011 |
20130157005 | Method for Wafer-Level Surface Micromachining to Reduce Stiction - An array of microbumps with a layer or coating of non-superhydrophobic material yields a superhydrophobic surface, and may also have a contact angle hysteresis of 15 degrees or less. A surface with such an array may therefore be rendered superhydrophobic even though the surface structure and materials are not, by themselves, superhydrophobic. | 06-20-2013 |
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20090320557 | MEMS Stiction Testing Apparatus and Method - A MEMS stiction testing method applies a first electrical signal to a MEMS device having two opposing surfaces to cause the two opposing surfaces to make physical contact. The two opposing surfaces produce a second electrical signal when in physical contact. The method then substantially mitigates the first electrical signal after detecting that the second electrical signal has reached a prescribed maximum value. | 12-31-2009 |
20100283138 | Nickel-Based Bonding of Semiconductor Wafers - A nickel-based material is used on one or both wafers to be bonded, and the two wafers are bonded at low temperature and pressure through interdiffusion of the nickel-based material with either another nickel-based material or aluminum. In various embodiments, nickel-based walls are formed on one wafer, and corresponding walls are formed on the other wafer from a nickel-based material or aluminum. The walls of the two wafers are placed in contact with one another under sufficient pressure and temperature to cause bonding of the walls through interdiffusion. | 11-11-2010 |
20110073859 | Reduced Stiction MEMS Device with Exposed Silicon Carbide - A MEMS device has a first member that is movable relative to a second member. At least one of the first member and the second member has exposed silicon carbide with a water contact angle of greater than about 70 degrees. | 03-31-2011 |
20110075865 | Dual Single-Crystal Backplate Microphone System and Method Of Fabricating Same - A dual backplate MEMS microphone system includes a flexible diaphragm sandwiched between two single-crystal silicon backplates. Such a MEMS microphone system may be formed by fabricating each backplate in a separate wafer, and then transferring one backplate from its wafer to the other wafer, to form two separate capacitors with the diaphragm. | 03-31-2011 |
20120111113 | BAW Gyroscope with Bottom Electrode - A bulk acoustic wave gyroscope has a primary member in a member plane, and an electrode layer in an electrode plane spaced from the member plane. The electrode layer has a first portion that is electrically isolated from a second portion. The first portion, however, is mechanically coupled with the second portion and faces the primary member (e.g., to actuate or sense movement of the primary member). For support, the second portion of the electrode is directly coupled with structure in the member plane. | 05-10-2012 |
20130065343 | METHOD FOR ETCHING MATERIAL LONGITUDINALLY SPACED FROM ETCH MASK - A micromachining process forms a plurality of layers on a wafer. This plurality of layers includes both a support layer and a given layer. The process also forms a mask, with a mask hole, at least in part on the support layer. In this configuration, the support layer is positioned between the mask hole and the given layer, and longitudinally spaces the mask hole from the given layer. The process also etches a feature into the given layer through the mask hole. | 03-14-2013 |
20130257456 | System and Method for Detecting Surface Charges of a MEMS Device - A method for measuring retained surface charges within a MEMS device includes performing an initial voltage sweep on the MEMS device, and recording the capacitance between a first and second electrode of the MEMS device. The method may then (1) apply a stress signal to the MEMS device that causes a first and/or second electrode within the MES device to retain a surface charge, and (2) perform at least one additional voltage sweep on the MEMS device. The method may record the capacitance during the additional voltage sweep(s), and calculate a C-V center voltage shift based upon the data obtained during the initial voltage sweep and additional voltage sweep. The voltage shift is representative of the retained surface charge. | 10-03-2013 |
20130320466 | Package for Damping Inertial Sensor - A capped micromachined accelerometer with a Q-factor of less than 2.0 is fabricated without encapsulating a high-viscosity gas with the movable mass of the micromachined accelerometer by providing small gaps between the movable mass and the substrate, and between the movable mass and the cap. The cap may be an silicon cap, and may be an ASIC smart cap. | 12-05-2013 |
20140001577 | MEMS Device with Improved Charge Elimination and Methods of Producing Same | 01-02-2014 |
20140072150 | Microphone with Parasitic Capacitance Cancelation - A microelectromechanical microphone and method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The microphone has a moveable diaphragm and a fixed backplate that create a variable capacitance. A fixed anchor electrically coupled to the diaphragm has an electrode that measures the variable capacitance, but also measures an unwanted, additive, parasitic capacitance. Various embodiments include a reference electrode, manufactured in the same deposition layer as the diaphragm or anchor, that measures only the parasitic capacitance. A circuit is provided either on-chip or off-chip that subtracts the capacitance measured at the reference electrode from that measured at the anchor, thereby producing only the desired variable capacitance as output. Because the reference electrode is deposited at the same time as the diaphragm or anchor, only minimal changes are required to existing manufacturing techniques. | 03-13-2014 |
20140072152 | Dual Single-Crystal Backplate Microphone System and Method Of Fabricating Same - A dual backplate MEMS microphone system includes a flexible diaphragm sandwiched between two single-crystal silicon backplates. Such a MEMS microphone system may be formed by fabricating each backplate in a separate wafer, and then transferring one backplate from its wafer to the other wafer, to form two separate capacitors with the diaphragm. | 03-13-2014 |
20140131850 | MICROCHIP WITH BLOCKING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING MICROCHIP - A microchip has a base die with a conductive interconnect and an isolation trench around at least a portion of the conductive interconnect, and a cap die secured to the base die. A seal, formed from a metal material, is positioned between the base die and the cap die to secure them together. The microchip also has a blocking apparatus, between the isolation trench and the metal seal, that at least in part prevents the metal material from contacting the interconnect. | 05-15-2014 |
20140133685 | Microphone System with Mechanically-Coupled Diaphragms - A microphone system has two diaphragms and are mechanically interconnected such that they respond in antiphase to an acoustic signal impinging on one of the diaphragms. The two diaphragms produce two variable capacitances that vary proportionately but inversely to one another. Voltage signals produced by the two variable capacitances are summed to provide an output signal proportional to the acoustic signal, but with greater sensitivity than a single-diaphragm microphone. | 05-15-2014 |
20140203422 | Microchip with Blocking Apparatus and Method of Fabricating Microchip - A microchip has a base die with a conductive interconnect and an isolation trench around at least a portion of the conductive interconnect, and a cap die secured to the base die. A seal, formed from a metal material, is positioned between the base die and the cap die to secure them together. The microchip also has a blocking apparatus, between the isolation trench and the metal seal, that at least in part prevents the metal material from contacting the interconnect. | 07-24-2014 |
20140220723 | Methods and Structures for Using Diamond in the Production of MEMS - A MEMS device with movable MEMS structure and electrodes is produced by fabricating electrodes and shielding the electrodes with diamond buttons during subsequent fabrication steps, such as the etching of sacrificial oxide using vapor HF. In some embodiments, the diamond buttons are removed after the movable MEMS structure is released. | 08-07-2014 |
20140264650 | Low Frequency Response Microphone Diaphragm Structures And Methods For Producing The Same - A microphone system includes a diaphragm suspended by springs and including a sealing layer that seals passageways which, if left open, would degrade the microphone's frequency response by allowing air to pass from one side of the diaphragm to the other when the diaphragm is responding to an incident acoustic signal. In some embodiments, the sealing layer may include an equalization aperture to allow pressure to equalize on both sides of the diaphragm. | 09-18-2014 |
20140356989 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MEMS DEVICES WITH RELIABLE HERMETIC SEAL - Manufactured capped MEMS device wafers are tested for hermeticity on a vacuum prober at differing pressures or on a wafer prober at differing temperatures. Resonant frequency testing is conducted. Leaking MEMS devices are distinguished from the remaining MEMS devices on the basis of quality factor (“Q”) measurements obtained from the resonant frequency testing. | 12-04-2014 |
20140374850 | Apparatus and Method for Shielding and Biasing in MEMS Devices Encapsulated by Active Circuitry - One or more conductive shielding plates are formed in a standard ASIC wafer top metal layer, e.g., for blocking cross-talk from MEMS device structure(s) on the MEMS wafer to circuitry on the ASIC wafer when the MEMS device is capped directly by the ASIC wafer in a wafer-level chip scale package. Generally speaking, a shielding plate should be at least slightly larger than the MEMS device structure it is shielding (e.g., a movable MEMS structure such as an accelerometer proof mass or a gyroscope resonator), and the shielding plate cannot be in contact with the MEMS device structure during or after wafer bonding. Thus, a recess is formed to ensure that there is sufficient cavity space away from the top surface of the MEMS device structure. The shielding plate is electrically conductive and can be biased, e.g., to the same voltage as the opposing MEMS device structure in order to maintain zero electrostatic attraction force between the MEMS device structure and the shielding plate. | 12-25-2014 |
20140374856 | Apparatus and Method for Preventing Stiction of MEMS Devices Encapsulated by Active Circuitry - One or more stopper features (e.g., bump structures) are formed in a standard ASIC wafer top passivation layer for preventing MEMS device stiction vertically in integrated devices having a MEMS device capped directly by an ASIC wafer. A TiN coating may be used on the stopper feature(s) for anti-stiction. An electrical potential may be applied to the TiN anti-stiction coating of one or more stopper features. | 12-25-2014 |
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20110123435 | COMPOUNDS FOR INHIBITING KSP KINESIN ACTIVITY - The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), below, (wherein X, R1, R2, R3, p, E, ring A, and ring B are as defined herein). The present invention also relates to compositions (including pharmaceutically acceptable compositions) comprising these compounds, alone and in combination with one or more additional therapeutic agents, and to methods for their use in inhibiting KSP kinesin activity, and for treating cellular proliferative diseases or disorders associated with KSP kinesin activity. Formula I | 05-26-2011 |
20110150757 | COMPOUNDS FOR INHIBITING KSP KINESIN ACTIVITY - The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), below, (wherein R1, R2, R3, R27, R28, R29, p, E, ring A, and ring B are as defined herein). The present invention also relates to compositions (including pharmaceutically acceptable compositions) comprising these compounds, alone and in combination with one or more additional therapeutic agents, and to methods for their use in inhibiting KSP kinesin activity, and for treating cellular proliferative diseases or disorders associated with KSP kinesin activity. | 06-23-2011 |
20110171172 | COMPOUNDS FOR INHIBITING KSP KINESIN ACTIVITY - The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), below, (wherein R | 07-14-2011 |
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20080293856 | Stabilized polyolefin compositions - Disclosed are compositions comprising antioxidants and stabilizers, such as, acid scavengers or organic phosphorus stabilizers, and optionally further comprising co-stabilizers. The disclosed compositions are useful as stabilizers for polyolefins and other polymeric materials. The disclosed compositions and methods generally provide longer shelf lives and better oxidative resistance to materials than currently available antioxidants. | 11-27-2008 |
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20120004150 | Lubricant Oil Compositions - Compositions comprise first antioxidants and first additives, such as, a surface additives, performance enhancing additives and lubricant protective additives and optionally second additives and/or second antioxidants. The compositions are useful to improve lubricants, lubricant oils and other lubricant materials. The compositions and methods generally provide longer shelf lives, increased oxidative resistance, improved quality and/or enhanced performance to lubricants or lubricant oils. | 01-05-2012 |
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20090251347 | Methods and apparatus for rotating a thermometer code - In one aspect, an apparatus for data conversion is provided. The apparatus comprises a plurality of inputs whose values together define a thermometer code to be converted to an analog output signal on each of a plurality of successive time increments, a plurality of conversion elements, each configured to convert one of the values at the plurality of inputs into an output signal, a shift circuit having a plurality of outputs connected to the plurality of conversion elements, the shift circuit coupled between the plurality of inputs and the plurality of conversion elements, the shift circuit selectively providing the values at the plurality of inputs to the plurality of conversion elements on the plurality of outputs to apply a rotation on each of the plurality of successive time increments, the rotation being indicated by a rotation pointer, and a pointer circuit coupled to the shift circuit and adapted to generate the rotation pointer on each of the successive time increments based on the values at the plurality of outputs during a preceding time increment, the pointer circuit indicating to the shift circuit which of the values at the plurality of inputs are to be provided to which of the plurality of conversion elements on a current time increment. | 10-08-2009 |
20130033291 | MULTI-OUTPUT-RESISTANCE SWITCH DRIVER CIRCUITS - A switch circuit can include an impedance selection switch and a multi-output-resistance switch driver. The impedance selection switch can electrically connect an impedance to an input of an amplifier in response to a driver output signal, and include at least one transistor. The multi-output-impedance switch driver may provide the driver output signal to the switch, and have a first, relatively higher output resistance when providing a first logic state of the driver output signal to turn on the switch, and a second, relatively lower output resistance when providing a second logic state of the driver output signal to turn off the switch. The ratio of the first output resistance to the second output resistance can be greater than a selected predetermined ratio value. | 02-07-2013 |
20130113569 | CROSS-COUPLED MULTIPATH FEEDFORWARD OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS - An operational amplifier can include a plurality of amplifiers connected to form a plurality of amplification paths extending from an input terminal to an output terminal of the operational amplifier. An amplifier in one of the amplification paths can include an intrinsic amplification-transistor capacitance connected between a first amplifier input and a first amplifier output, and a cross-coupling capacitor connected between the first amplifier input and a second amplifier output. A plurality of the amplification paths can include series-connected amplifiers connected in parallel with the cross-coupled amplifier. The cross-coupling capacitor can have a capacitance value selected as a function of the intrinsic capacitance and a gain experienced between the amplifier inputs and outputs. The operational amplifier can include an AC coupling capacitor connected in series with the cross-coupled amplifier. The operational amplifier can be arranged in feedback configuration. | 05-09-2013 |