Zuo, US
Baifang Zuo US
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20100170255 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO ENHANCE FLAME HOLDING IN A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A fuel nozzle including a swirler assembly that includes a shroud, a hub, and a plurality of vanes extending between the shroud and the hub. Each vane includes a pressure sidewall and an opposite suction sidewall coupled to the pressure sidewall at a leading edge and at a trailing edge. At least one suction side fuel injection orifice is formed adjacent to the leading edge and extends from a first fuel supply passage to the suction sidewall. A fuel injection angle is oriented with respect to the suction sidewall. The suction side fuel injection orifice is configured to discharge fuel outward from the suction sidewall. At least one pressure side fuel injection orifice extends from a second fuel supply passage to the pressure sidewall and is substantially parallel to the trailing edge. The pressure side fuel injection orifice is configured to discharge fuel tangentially from the trailing edge. | 07-08-2010 |
Baifang Zuo, Greenville, SC US
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20110061389 | Radial Inlet Guide Vanes for a Combustor - The present application thus provides a combustor. The combustor may include an interior flow path therethrough, a number of nozzles in communication with the interior flow path, and an inlet guide vane system positioned about the interior flow path to create a swirled flow therein. | 03-17-2011 |
20120011854 | FLAME TOLERANT SECONDARY FUEL NOZZLE - A combustor for a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of primary nozzles configured to diffuse or premix fuel into an air flow through the combustor; and a secondary nozzle configured to premix fuel with the air flow. Each premixing nozzle includes a center body, at least one vane, a burner tube provided around the center body, at least two cooling passages, a fuel cooling passage to cool surfaces of the center body and the at least one vane, and an air cooling passage to cool a wall of the burner tube. The cooling passages prevent the walls of the center body, the vane(s), and the burner tube from overheating during flame holding events. | 01-19-2012 |
Balfang Zuo, Simpsonville, SC US
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20130199192 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GAS TURBINE NOX EMISSION IMPROVEMENT - In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a gas turbine system for NOx emission reduction and part load efficiency improvement is described. The system includes a gas turbine having a compressor which receives inlet-air. A direct-contact heat exchanger heats and humidifies the inlet-air before the inlet-air flows to the compressor. Heating the inlet-air reduces an output of the gas turbine and extends the turndown range. Humidifying the inlet-air can lower NOx emissions from the gas turbine unit. | 08-08-2013 |
Biao Zuo, Beacon, NY US
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20090098706 | Methods of Forming Integrated Circuit Devices Having Ion-Cured Electrically Insulating Layers Therein - Methods of forming integrated circuit devices include forming a trench in a surface of semiconductor substrate and filling the trench with an electrically insulating region having a seam therein. The trench may be filled by depositing a sufficiently thick electrically insulating layer on sidewalls and a bottom of the trench. Curing ions are then implanted into the electrically insulating region at a sufficient energy and dose to reduce a degree of atomic order therein. The curing ions may be ones selected from a group consisting of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), boron (B), arsenic (As), carbon (C), argon (Ar), germanium (Ge), helium (He), neon (Ne) and xenon (Xe). These curing ions may be implanted at an energy of at least about 80 KeV and a dose of at least about 5×10 | 04-16-2009 |
Chengjie Zuo, Santee, CA US
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20120268440 | WIDENING RESONATOR BANDWIDTH USING MECHANICAL LOADING - This disclosure provides systems, apparatus and techniques by which electromechanical resonators are implemented. In one aspect, by mechanically loading the resonator body in specific ways, multiple resonance modes are created within the resonator body resulting in wider bandwidths. | 10-25-2012 |
20130082799 | CROSS-SECTIONAL DILATION MODE RESONATORS AND RESONATOR-BASED LADDER FILTERS - Electromechanical systems dilation mode resonator (DMR) structures are disclosed. The DMR includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a piezoelectric layer formed of a piezoelectric material. The piezoelectric layer has dimensions including a lateral distance (D), in a plane of an X axis and a Y axis perpendicular to the X axis, and a thickness (T), along a Z axis perpendicular to the X axis and the Y axis. A numerical ratio of the thickness and the lateral distance, T/D, is configured to provide a mode of vibration of the piezoelectric layer with displacement along the Z axis and along the plane of the X axis and the Y axis responsive to a signal provided to one or more of the electrodes. Ladder filter circuits can be constructed with DMRs as series and/or shunt elements, and the resonators can have spiral configurations. | 04-04-2013 |
20130083044 | CROSS-SECTIONAL DILATION MODE RESONATORS - Electromechanical systems dilation mode resonator (DMR) structures are disclosed. The DMR includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a piezoelectric layer formed of a piezoelectric material. The piezoelectric layer has dimensions including a lateral distance (D), in a plane of an X axis and a Y axis perpendicular to the X axis, and a thickness (T), along a Z axis perpendicular to the X axis and the Y axis. A numerical ratio of the thickness and the lateral distance, T/D, is configured to provide a mode of vibration of the piezoelectric layer with displacement along the Z axis and along the plane of the X axis and the Y axis responsive to a signal provided to one or more of the electrodes. Ladder filter circuits can be constructed with DMRs as series and/or shunt elements, and the resonators can have spiral configurations. | 04-04-2013 |
20130120081 | COMBINED RESONATORS AND PASSIVE CIRCUIT COMPONENTS FOR FILTER PASSBAND FLATTENING - This disclosure provides implementations of electromechanical systems combined resonator and passive circuit components. In one aspect, passband flattened filter apparatus includes a resonator structure and input and output passband flattening components. The resonator structure has a first input, a second input coupled to a ground terminal, a first output, and a second output coupled to the ground terminal. The input passband flattening component includes a first inductor having an output coupled to the first input of the resonator structure, and a second inductor having an input coupled to the first input of the resonator structure and an output coupled to the ground terminal. The output passband flattening component includes a first inductor having an input coupled to the first output of the resonator structure, and a second inductor having an input coupled to the first output of the resonator structure and an output coupled to the ground terminal. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120415 | COMBINED RESONATORS AND PASSIVE CIRCUIT COMPONENTS ON A SHARED SUBSTRATE - This disclosure provides implementations of electromechanical systems combined resonator and passive circuit component structures, devices, apparatus, systems, and related processes. In one aspect, the device includes a piezoelectric resonator structure formed over an insulating substrate. A portion of the piezoelectric resonator structure is spaced apart from the substrate by a first gap. A passive circuit component structure such as an inductor or a capacitor is formed over the insulating substrate. A portion of the passive circuit component structure is spaced apart from the substrate by a second gap. The first gap and the second gap are defined by removal of a sacrificial (SAC) layer. | 05-16-2013 |
20130134838 | PIEZOELECTRIC MEMS TRANSFORMER - This disclosure provides implementations of electromechanical systems piezoelectric resonator transformers, devices, apparatus, systems, and related processes. In one aspect, a transformer includes a piezoelectric layer; a first conductive layer arranged over a first surface of the piezoelectric layer including a first set of electrodes and a second set of electrodes interdigitated with the first set. The transformer includes a second conductive layer arranged over a second surface including at least a third set of electrodes. In some implementations, the transformer includes a first port capable of receiving an input signal and to which the first set of electrodes are coupled, and a second port capable of being coupled to a load and of outputting an output signal, the second set of electrodes being coupled to the second port. Generally, a ratio of the number of electrodes of the second set to the first set characterizes a transformation ratio. | 05-30-2013 |
20130222060 | MUTUALLY COUPLED MATCHING NETWORK - An impedance matching circuit is disclosed. The impedance matching circuit includes two or more mutually coupled inductors. A total self inductance of the impedance matching circuit is less than a corresponding impedance matching circuit that includes inductors that are not mutually coupled. The two or more mutually coupled inductors may have known current ratios that match current ratios in the corresponding impedance matching circuit. | 08-29-2013 |
20130235001 | PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR WITH AIRGAP - This disclosure provides implementations of electromechanical systems (EMS) piezoelectric resonator structures, transformers, devices, apparatus, systems, and related processes. In one aspect, a piezoelectric resonator structure includes a first conductive electrode layer, a second conductive electrode layer, and a piezoelectric layer arranged between the first and second conductive layers. In some implementations, the surface of the piezoelectric layer adjacent to the first conductive layer is separated from the first conductive layer by a first gap, and the surface of the piezoelectric layer adjacent to the second conductive layer is separated from the second conductive layer by a second gap. In some implementations, the resonator structure further includes an encapsulation layer arranged over the second conductive layer and providing physical support to the second conductive layer. | 09-12-2013 |
20130293336 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MULTILAYER SOLENOID TRANSFORMER - This disclosure provides implementations of inductors, transformers, and related processes. In one aspect, a device includes a substrate having first and second surfaces. A first inducting arrangement includes a first set of vias, a second set of vias, a first set of traces arranged over the first surface connecting the first and second vias, and a second set of traces arranged over the second surface connecting the first and second vias. A second inducting arrangement is inductively-coupled and interleaved with the first inducting arrangement and includes a third set of vias, a fourth set of vias, a third set of traces arranged over the first surface connecting the third and fourth vias, and a fourth set of traces arranged over the second surface connecting the third and fourth vias. One or more sets of dielectric layers insulate portions of the traces from one another. | 11-07-2013 |
20130293337 | HIGH QUALITY FACTOR PLANAR INDUCTORS - This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to inductors. In one aspect, a planar inductor may include a substrate with a spacer in the shape of a planar spiral coil on a surface of the substrate. Disposed on the spacer may be a line of metal formed as a planar inductor in the shape of the planar spiral coil. The spacer may be between the line of metal and the surface of the substrate. The spacer may elevate the line of metal above the surface of the substrate. | 11-07-2013 |
20140028543 | COMPLEX PASSIVE DESIGN WITH SPECIAL VIA IMPLEMENTATION - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for vias in an integrated circuit structure such as a passive device. In one aspect, an integrated passive device includes a first conductive trace and a second conductive trace over the first conductive trace with an interlayer dielectric between a portion of the first conductive trace and the second conductive trace. One or more vias are provided within the interlayer dielectric to provide electrical connection between the first conductive trace and the second conductive trace. A width of the vias is greater than a width of at least one of the conductive traces. | 01-30-2014 |
20140035702 | HYBRID FILTER INCLUDING LC- AND MEMS-BASED RESONATORS - This disclosure provides implementations of filters and filter topologies, circuits, structures, devices, apparatus, systems, and related processes. In one aspect, a device includes one or more LC resonant circuit stages. In some implementations, each LC stage includes an inductor and a capacitor. Each LC stage also has a corresponding resonant frequency. The one or more LC stages are arranged to produce an unmodified passband over a range of frequencies having a corresponding bandwidth. One or more microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) resonators are arranged with the one or more LC stages. The one or more MEMS resonators are arranged with the one or more LC stages so as to modify characteristics of the unmodified passband such that the hybrid filter produces a modified passband having a modified bandwidth and one or more other modified band characteristics. | 02-06-2014 |
20140055214 | MULTI-MODE BANDPASS FILTER - A multi-mode bandpass filter is described. The bandpass filter includes a first multi-directional vibrating microelectromechanical systems resonator. The bandpass filter also includes a second multi-directional vibrating microelectromechanical systems resonator. The first multi-directional vibrating microelectromechanical systems resonator is in a parallel configuration. The second multi-directional vibrating microelectromechanical systems resonator is in a series configuration. | 02-27-2014 |
20140111064 | COMPOSITE DILATION MODE RESONATORS - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus related to acoustic resonators that include composite transduction layers for enabling selective tuning of one or more acoustic or electromechanical properties. In one aspect, a resonator structure includes one or more first electrodes, one or more second electrodes, and a transduction layer arranged between the first and second electrodes. The transduction layer includes a plurality of constituent layers. In some implementations, the constituent layers include one or more first piezoelectric layers and one or more second piezoelectric layers. The transduction layer is configured to, responsive to signals provided to the first and second electrodes, provide at least a first mode of vibration of the transduction layer with a displacement component along the z axis and at least a second mode of vibration of the transduction layer with a displacement component along the plane of the x axis and they axis. | 04-24-2014 |
20140125432 | SELECTIVE TUNING OF ACOUSTIC DEVICES - This disclosure provides implementations of methods, apparatus and systems for producing acoustic wave devices and for selectively modifying one or more acoustic or electromechanical characteristics of such devices. In one aspect, a method includes depositing a structural layer over a substrate. The structural layer includes a plurality of structural portions, each being positioned over a corresponding device region. The method also includes arranging a mask layer over the structural layer. The mask layer includes a plurality of mask portions, each including a number of mask openings that expose a corresponding region of the structural portion. The method also includes accelerating dopant particles toward the mask layer. The accelerated dopant particles that proceed through the mask openings are impacted into the corresponding structural portion. The impacted dopant particles modify material properties in the structural portion, which then effect a change in the acoustic or electromechanical characteristics of the acoustic wave device. | 05-08-2014 |
20140167273 | LOW PARASITIC PACKAGE SUBSTRATE HAVING EMBEDDED PASSIVE SUBSTRATE DISCRETE COMPONENTS AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - One feature pertains to a multi-layer package substrate of an integrated circuit package that comprises a discrete circuit component (DCC) having at least one electrode. The DCC is embedded within an insulator layer, and a via coupling component electrically couples to the electrode. A first portion of the via coupling component extends beyond a first edge of the electrode, and a plurality of vias each having a first end couple to the first via coupling component. At least a first via of the plurality of vias couples to the first portion of the via coupling component that extends beyond the first edge of the electrode. Moreover, the plurality of vias each have a second end that electrically couple to a first outer metal layer, and at least a second portion of the via coupling component is positioned within a first inner metal layer. | 06-19-2014 |
20140197902 | DIPLEXER DESIGN USING THROUGH GLASS VIA TECHNOLOGY - A diplexer includes a substrate having a set of through substrate vias. The diplexer also includes a first set of traces on a first surface of the substrate. The first traces are coupled to the through substrate vias. The diplexer further includes a second set of traces on a second surface of the substrate that is opposite the first surface. The second traces are coupled to opposite ends of the set of through substrate vias. The through substrate vias and the traces also operate as a 3D inductor. The diplexer also includes a capacitor supported by the substrate. | 07-17-2014 |
20140247269 | HIGH DENSITY, LOW LOSS 3-D THROUGH-GLASS INDUCTOR WITH MAGNETIC CORE - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for three-dimensional (3-D) through-glass via inductors. In one aspect, the through-glass via inductor includes a glass substrate with a first cavity, a second cavity, and at least two through-glass vias. The through-glass vias include metal bars that are connected by a metal trace. The metal bars and the metal trace define the inductor, and each cavity is at least partially filled with magnetic material. The magnetic material can include a plurality of particles having an average diameter of less than about 20 nm. The first cavity can be inside the inductor and the second cavity can be outside inductor. In some implementations, the first and the second cavity can be vias that extend only partially through the glass substrate. | 09-04-2014 |
20140268615 | TWO-STAGE POWER DELIVERY ARCHITECTURE - A two-stage power delivery network includes a voltage regulator and an interposer. The interposer includes a packaging substrate having an embedded inductor. The embedded inductor includes a set of traces and a set of through substrate vias at opposing ends of the traces. The interposer is coupled to the voltage regulator. The two-stage power delivery network also includes a semiconductor die supported by the packaging substrate. The two-stage power delivery network also includes a capacitor that is supported by the packaging substrate. The capacitor is operable to provide a decoupling capacitance associated with the semiconductor die and a capacitance to reduce a switching noise of the voltage regulator. | 09-18-2014 |
20140268616 | CAPACITOR WITH A DIELECTRIC BETWEEN A VIA AND A PLATE OF THE CAPACITOR - In a particular embodiment, a device includes a substrate, a via that extends at least partially through the substrate, and a capacitor. A dielectric of the capacitor is located between the via and a plate of the capacitor, and the plate of the capacitor is external to the substrate and within the device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140322435 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MULTILAYER SOLENOID TRANSFORMER - This disclosure provides implementations of inductors, transformers, and related processes. In one aspect, a device includes a substrate having first and second surfaces. A first inducting arrangement includes a first set of vias, a second set of vias, a first set of traces arranged over the first surface connecting the first and second vias, and a second set of traces arranged over the second surface connecting the first and second vias. A second inducting arrangement is inductively-coupled and interleaved with the first inducting arrangement and includes a third set of vias, a fourth set of vias, a third set of traces arranged over the first surface connecting the third and fourth vias, and a fourth set of traces arranged over the second surface connecting the third and fourth vias. One or more sets of dielectric layers insulate portions of the traces from one another. | 10-30-2014 |
20140327496 | TUNABLE DIPLEXERS IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (IC) (3DIC) AND RELATED COMPONENTS AND METHODS - Tunable diplexers in three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuits (IC) (3DIC) are disclosed. In one embodiment, the tunable diplexer may be formed by providing one of either a varactor or a variable inductor in the diplexer. The variable nature of the varactor or the variable inductor allows a notch in the diplexer to be tuned so as to select a band stop to eliminate harmonics at a desired frequency as well as control the cutoff frequency of the pass band. By stacking the elements of the diplexer into three dimensions, space is conserved and a variety of varactors and inductors are able to be used. | 11-06-2014 |
20140327510 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING ASYMMETRICAL THROUGH GLASS VIAS - An electronic device includes a structure. The structure includes a first set of through glass vias (TGVs) and a second set of TGVs. The first set of TGVs includes a first via and the second set of TGVs includes a second via. The first via has a different cross-sectional shape than the second via. | 11-06-2014 |
20140354372 | SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING MAGNETIC COUPLING IN INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (ICS), AND RELATED COMPONENTS AND METHODS - Systems for reducing magnetic coupling in integrated circuits (ICs) are disclosed. Related components and methods are also disclosed. The ICs have a plurality of inductors. Each inductor generates a magnetic flux that has a discernible axis. To reduce magnetic coupling between the inductors, the flux axes are designed so as to be non-parallel. In particular, by making the flux axes of the inductors non-parallel to one another, magnetic coupling between the inductors is reduced relative to the situation where the flux axes are parallel. This arrangement may be particularly well suited for use in diplexers having a low pass and a high pass filter. | 12-04-2014 |
20140354378 | DESIGN FOR HIGH PASS FILTERS AND LOW PASS FILTERS USING THROUGH GLASS VIA TECHNOLOGY - A filter includes a glass substrate having through substrate vias. The filter also includes capacitors supported by the glass substrate. The capacitors may have a width and/or thickness less than a printing resolution. The filter also includes a 3D inductor within the substrate. The 3D inductor includes a first set of traces on a first surface of the glass substrate coupled to the through substrate vias. The 3D inductor also includes a second set of traces on a second surface of the glass substrate coupled to opposite ends of the through substrate vias. The second surface of the glass substrate is opposite the first surface of the glass substrate. The through substrate vias and traces operate as the 3D inductor. The first set of traces and the second set of traces may also have a width and/or thickness less than the printing resolution. | 12-04-2014 |
20140361854 | COMPACT 3-D COPLANAR TRANSMISSION LINES - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for a compact 3-D coplanar transmission line (CTL). In one aspect, the CTL has a proximal end and a distal end separated, in a first plane, by a distance D, the first plane being parallel to a layout area of a substrate. The plane is defined by mutually orthogonal axes x and z The CTL provides a conductive path having pathlength L. D is substantially aligned along axis z, L is at least 1.5×D, and the CPW is configured such that at least one third of the pathlength L is disposed along one or more directions having a substantial component orthogonal to the first plane. Less than one third of the pathlength L is disposed in a direction having a substantial component parallel to axis x. | 12-11-2014 |
20140374914 | STRESS COMPENSATION PATTERNING - An apparatus includes a device that includes at least one layer. The at least one layer includes an inter-device stress compensation pattern configured to reduce an amount of inter-device warpage prior to the device being detached from another device. | 12-25-2014 |
20150014812 | THICK CONDUCTIVE STACK PLATING PROCESS WITH FINE CRITICAL DIMENSION FEATURE SIZE FOR COMPACT PASSIVE ON GLASS TECHNOLOGY - An integrated circuit device includes a substrate, and a first interlayer dielectric layer on the substrate that includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. The integrated circuit device also includes a first conductive stack including a third conductive layer coupled to a portion of the second conductive layer with a first via. The integrated circuit device further includes a second conductive stack comprising a fourth conductive layer directly on a portion of the third conductive layer that is isolated from the substrate. The integrated circuit device also includes a second interlayer dielectric layer surrounding the third conductive layer and the fourth conductive layer. | 01-15-2015 |
20150035162 | INDUCTIVE DEVICE THAT INCLUDES CONDUCTIVE VIA AND METAL LAYER - An inductive device that includes a conductive via and a metal layer are disclosed. A particular method of forming an electronic device includes forming a metal layer that contacts a surface of a substrate. The substrate, including the surface, is formed from a substantially uniform dielectric material. The metal layer contacts a conductive via that extends at least partially within the substrate. The metal layer and the conductive via form at least a portion of an inductive device. | 02-05-2015 |
20150048480 | INTEGRATED PASSIVE DEVICE (IPD) ON SUBTRATE - Some novel features pertain to a semiconductor device that includes a substrate, a first cavity that traverses the substrate. The first cavity is configured to be occupied by a interconnect material (e.g., solder ball). The substrate also includes a first metal layer coupled to a first side wall of the first cavity. The substrate further includes a first integrated passive device (IPD) on a first surface of the substrate, the first IPD coupled to the first metal layer. In some implementations, the substrate is a glass substrate. In some implementations, the first IPD is one of at least a capacitor, an inductor and/or a resistor. In some implementations, the semiconductor device further includes a second integrated passive device (IPD) on a second surface of the substrate. The second IPD is coupled to the first metal layer. | 02-19-2015 |
20150061813 | VARYING THICKNESS INDUCTOR - A particular device includes a substrate and a spiral inductor coupled to the substrate. The spiral inductor includes a first conductive spiral and a second conductive spiral overlaying the first conductive spiral. A first portion of an innermost turn of the spiral inductor has a first thickness in a direction perpendicular to the substrate. The first portion of the innermost turn includes a first portion of the first conductive spiral and does not include the second conductive spiral. A second portion of the innermost turn includes a first portion of the second conductive spiral. A portion of an outermost turn of the spiral inductor has a second thickness in the direction perpendicular to the substrate that is greater than the first thickness. A portion of the outermost turn includes a second portion of the first conductive spiral and a second portion of the second conductive spiral. | 03-05-2015 |
20150070863 | LOW PACKAGE PARASITIC INDUCTANCE USING A THRU-SUBSTRATE INTERPOSER - An interposer for a chipset includes multilayer thin film capacitors incorporated therein to reduce parasitic inductance in the chipset. Power and ground terminals are laid out in a staggered pattern to cancel magnetic fields between conductive vias to reduce equivalent series inductance (ESL). | 03-12-2015 |
20150092314 | CONNECTOR PLACEMENT FOR A SUBSTRATE INTEGRATED WITH A TOROIDAL INDUCTOR - A system includes a first connector coupled to a first surface of a substrate. The first connector enables the system to be electrically coupled to a first device external to the substrate. The system includes a second connector coupled to a second surface of the substrate. The system also includes a plurality of conductive vias extending through the substrate from the first surface to the second surface. The plurality of conductive vias surrounds the first connector and the second connector. The plurality of conductive vias is electrically coupled together to form a toroidal inductor. A first lead of the toroidal inductor is electrically coupled to the first connector. A second lead of the toroidal inductor is electrically coupled to the second connector. | 04-02-2015 |
20150115403 | TOROID INDUCTOR IN AN INTEGRATED DEVICE - Some novel features pertain to an integrated device that includes a substrate, a first cavity through the substrate, and a toroid inductor configured around the first cavity of the substrate. The toroid inductor includes a set of windings configured around the first cavity. The set of windings includes a first set of interconnects on a first surface of the substrate, a set of though substrate vias (TSVs), and a second set of interconnects on a second surface of the substrate. The first set of interconnects is coupled to the second set of interconnects through the set TSVs. In some implementations, the integrated device further includes an interconnect material (e.g., solder ball) located within the first cavity. The interconnect material is configured to couple a die to a printed circuit board. In some implementations, the interconnect material is part of the toroid inductor. | 04-30-2015 |
20150115405 | WIRELESS INTERCONNECTS IN AN INTERPOSER - Some implementations provide an interposer that includes a substrate, a first passive device in the substrate, and a second passive device. The first passive device includes a first set of through substrate vias (TSVs) in the substrate. The second passive device is configured to wirelessly couple to the first passive device. In some implementations, the second passive device includes a second set of through substrate vias (TSVs) in the substrate. In some implementations, the second passive device is configured to inductively couple to the first passive device. In some implementations, the first passive device is a first inductor and the second passive device is a second inductor. In some implementations, the interposer further includes a first set of interconnects coupled to the first set of TSVs, and a second set of interconnects coupled to the second set of TSVs. | 04-30-2015 |
20150115777 | ASYMMETRIC UNBALANCED ACOUSTICALLY COUPLED RESONATORS FOR SPURIOUS MODE SUPPRESSION - A resonator includes a piezoelectric core, a set of electrodes, and at least one ground terminal. The electrodes are arranged on the piezoelectric core and also includes at least one input electrode having a first width and at least one output electrode having a second width that differs from the first width. The ground terminal is also on the piezoelectric core. | 04-30-2015 |
20150118819 | METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER BONDING FOR HIGH-Q DEVICES - Methods and apparatus for metal semiconductor wafer bonding for high-Q devices are provided. An exemplary capacitor includes a first plate formed on a glass substrate, a second plate, and a dielectric layer. No organic bonding agent is used between the first plate and the glass substrate, and the dielectric layer can be an intrinsic semiconductor. A extrinsic semiconductor layer that is heavily doped contacts the dielectric layer. The dielectric and extrinsic semiconductor layers are sandwiched between the first and second plates. An intermetallic layer is formed between the first plate and the dielectric layer. The intermetallic layer is thermo compression bonded to the first plate and the dielectric layer. The capacitor can be coupled in a circuit as a high-Q capacitor and/or a varactor, and can be integrated with a mobile device. | 04-30-2015 |
20150130579 | MULTI SPIRAL INDUCTOR - An apparatus includes a multi spiral inductor that includes a first spiral and a second spiral. The first spiral includes a first turn, a second turn, and a third turn. The first turn is adjacent to and separated from the second turn by first spacing. The second turn is adjacent to and separated from the third turn by second spacing. The first spacing is different from the second spacing. | 05-14-2015 |
20150180437 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL WIRE BOND INDUCTOR - An inductor is provided on a substrate that includes a capacitor. The inductor comprises a series of wire loops. An end of the wire loop is wire bonded to the capacitor. | 06-25-2015 |
20150200049 | NESTED THROUGH GLASS VIA TRANSFORMER - A 3D nested transformer includes a substrate having a set of through substrate vias daisy chained together with a set of traces. At least some of the through substrate vias have first and second conductive regions. The set of traces also includes a first set of traces coupling together at least some of the first conductive regions of the through substrate vias, and a second set of traces coupling together at least some of the second conductive regions of the through substrate vias. | 07-16-2015 |
20150200245 | LATERAL METAL INSULATOR METAL (MIM) CAPACITOR WITH HIGH-Q AND REDUCED AREA - A lateral metal insulator metal (MIM) capacitor includes a first conductive plate, and a dielectric layer on a sidewall(s) and a first surface of the first conductive plate adjacent to the sidewall(s). The capacitor also includes a second conductive plate on a portion of the dielectric layer that is on the sidewall(s) and on a portion of the dielectric layer that covers a portion of the first surface of the first conductive plate. A sidewall capacitance is also greater than a surface capacitance of the capacitor. | 07-16-2015 |
20150201495 | STACKED CONDUCTIVE INTERCONNECT INDUCTOR - An integrated circuit device includes a first substrate supporting a pair of conductive interconnects, for example pillars. The device also includes a second substrate on the pair of conductive interconnects. The pair of conductive interconnects is arranged to operate as a first 3D solenoid inductor. The device further includes a conductive trace coupling the pair of conductive interconnects to each other. | 07-16-2015 |
20150215026 | RADIO FREQUENCY SWITCH FOR DIVERSITY RECEIVER - A diversity receiver switch includes at least one second stage switch configured to communicate with a transceiver. The diversity receiver switch may also include at least one first stage switch coupled between a diversity receiver antenna and the second stage switch(es). The first stage switch(es) may be configured to handle a different amount of power than the second stage switch(es). The diversity receiver switch may include a bank of second stage switches configured to communicate with a transceiver. A first stage switch may be configured to handle more power than each switch in the bank of second stage switches. Alternatively, the diversity receiver switch include a bank of first stage switches coupled between the diversity receiver antenna and a second stage switch. The second stage switch may be configured to handle more power than each of the first stage switches. | 07-30-2015 |
20150228712 | HIGH QUALITY FACTOR CAPACITORS AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING HIGH QUALITY FACTOR CAPACITORS - Provided are space-efficient capacitors that have a higher quality factor than conventional designs and improve coupling of electrical energy from a through-glass via (TGV) to a dielectric. For example, provided is a TGV having a non-rectangular cross-section, where one end of the TGV is coupled to a first metal plate. A dielectric material is formed on the first metal plate. A second metal plate is formed on the dielectric material in a manner that overlaps at least a portion of the first metal plate to form at least one overlapped region of the dielectric material. At least a part of the perimeter of the overlapped region is non-planar. The overlapped region can be formed in a shape of a closed ring, in a plurality of portions of a ring shape, in substantially a quarter of a ring shape, and/or in substantially a half of a ring shape. | 08-13-2015 |
20150237732 | LOW-PROFILE PACKAGE WITH PASSIVE DEVICE - A low-profile passive-on-package is provided that includes a plurality of recesses that receive corresponding interconnects. Because of the receipt of the interconnects in the recesses, the passive-on-package has a height that is less than a sum of a thickness for the substrate and an interconnect height or diameter. | 08-20-2015 |
20150256143 | RESONATOR WITH A STAGGERED ELECTRODE CONFIGURATION - An integrated circuit device includes a piezoelectric substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The device also includes a first electrode and a second electrode on the first surface of the piezoelectric substrate, the first electrode having a first width and the second electrode having a second width. The device further includes a third electrode and a fourth electrode on the second surface of the piezoelectric substrate, the third electrode having a third width that is substantially the same as the second width, and the fourth electrode having a fourth width that is substantially the same as the first width. The first and third electrodes operate as part of a first portion of a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) resonator, and the second and fourth electrodes operate as part of a second portion of the MEMS resonator. | 09-10-2015 |
20150271920 | FACE-UP SUBSTRATE INTEGRATION WITH SOLDER BALL CONNECTION IN SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE - Systems and methods relate to a semiconductor package comprising a first substrate or a 2D passive-on-glass (POG) structure with a passive component and a first set of one or more package pads formed on a face of a glass substrate. The semiconductor package also includes a second or laminate substrate with a second set of one or more package pads formed on a face of the second or laminate substrate. Solder balls are dropped, configured to contact the first set of one or more package pads with the second set of one or more package pads, wherein the first substrate or the 2D POG structure is placed face-up on the face of the second or laminate substrate. A printed circuit board (PCB) can be coupled to a bottom side of the second or laminate substrate. | 09-24-2015 |
20150279920 | 3D PILLAR INDUCTOR - Base pads are spaced by a pitch on a support surface. Conducting members, optionally Cu or other metal pillars, extend up from the base pads to top pads. A top pad interconnector connects the top pads in a configuration establishing an inductor current path between the base pads. | 10-01-2015 |
20150287677 | STRESS MITIGATION STRUCTURE FOR WAFER WARPAGE REDUCTION - An integrated circuit device includes a substrate. The integrated circuit device also includes a first conductive stack including a back-end-of-line (BEOL) conductive layer at a first elevation with reference to the substrate. The integrated circuit device also includes a second conductive stack including the BEOL conductive layer at a second elevation with reference to the substrate. The second elevation differs from the first elevation. | 10-08-2015 |
20150303148 | DIE PACKAGE COMPRISING DIE-TO-WIRE CONNECTOR AND A WIRE-TO-DIE CONNECTOR CONFIGURED TO COUPLE TO A DIE PACKAGE - Some novel features pertain to an integrated device package (e.g., die package) that includes a package substrate, a die, an encapsulation layer and a first set of metal layers. The package substrate includes a first surface and a second surface. The die is coupled to the first surface of the package substrate. The encapsulation layer encapsulates the die. The first set of metal layers is coupled to a first exterior surface of the encapsulation layer. In some implementations, the first set of metal layers is configured to operate as a die-to-wire connector of the integrated device package. In some implementations, the integrated device package includes a second set of metal layers coupled to the second surface of the package substrate. In some implementations, the integrated device package includes a second set of metal layers coupled to a second exterior surface of the encapsulation layer. | 10-22-2015 |
20150304059 | FREQUENCY MULTIPLEXER - An apparatus is disclosed that includes a frequency multiplexer circuit coupled to an input node and configured to receive an input signal via the input node. The frequency multiplexer circuit comprises a first filter circuit, a second filter circuit, and a third filter circuit. The apparatus also includes a switching circuit that is configurable to couple at least two of a first output of the first filter circuit, a second output of the second filter circuit, or a third output of the third filter circuit to a single output port. | 10-22-2015 |
20150334847 | TWO-STAGE POWER DELIVERY ARCHITECTURE - A two-stage power delivery network includes a voltage regulator and an interposer. The interposer includes a packaging substrate having an embedded inductor. The embedded inductor includes a set of traces and a set of through substrate vias at opposing ends of the traces. The interposer is coupled to the voltage regulator. The two-stage power delivery network also includes a semiconductor die supported by the packaging substrate. The two-stage power delivery network also includes a capacitor that is supported by the packaging substrate. The capacitor is operable to provide a decoupling capacitance associated with the semiconductor die and a capacitance to reduce a switching noise of the voltage regulator. | 11-19-2015 |
20150371751 | VERTICAL SPIRAL INDUCTOR - Methods and apparatuses, wherein the method forms a first plurality of vias in a substrate, further comprising forming the first plurality of vias to be substantially the same height. The method forms a plurality of conductive traces external to the substrate and couples the plurality of conductive traces to the first plurality of vias: wherein the plurality of conductive traces and the first plurality of vias comprise a plurality of conductive turns and wherein the plurality of conductive turns are in a spiral configuration substantially within a first plane. | 12-24-2015 |
Chengjie Zuo, San Diego, CA US
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20130021304 | PIEZOELECTRIC LATERALLY VIBRATING RESONATOR STRUCTURES WITH ACOUSTICALLY COUPLED SUB-RESONATORS - This disclosure provides implementations of electromechanical systems resonator structures, devices, apparatus, systems, and related processes. A resonator structure generally includes a first conductive layer with an input electrode, an output electrode, and a ground electrode. The ground electrode is disposed between the input electrode and the output electrode. In some implementations, the second conductive layer includes an input electrode, an output electrode, and a ground electrode. In some other implementations, a second conductive layer includes a pair of ground electrodes and a signal electrode in the form of an input or output electrode disposed between the ground electrodes. A piezoelectric layer is disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. Sub-resonators can be defined in different regions of the structure, such that the piezoelectric layer is capable of moving to produce an output signal having frequencies at a first resonant frequency and a second resonant frequency. | 01-24-2013 |
20130021305 | PIEZOELECTRIC LATERALLY VIBRATING RESONATOR STRUCTURE GEOMETRIES FOR SPURIOUS FREQUENCY SUPPRESSION - This disclosure provides implementations of electromechanical systems resonator structures, devices, apparatus, systems, and related processes. In one aspect, a resonator structure includes a first conductive layer of electrodes and a second conductive layer of electrodes. A piezoelectric layer including a piezoelectric material is disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. One or more trenches can be formed in the piezoelectric layer on one or both sides in space regions between the electrodes. In some implementations, a process for forming the resonator structure includes removing an exposed portion of the piezoelectric layer to define a trench, for instance, by partial etching or performing an isotropic release etch using a XeF | 01-24-2013 |
20130076209 | PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR HAVING COMBINED THICKNESS AND WIDTH VIBRATIONAL MODES - A method and apparatus for a piezoelectric resonator having combined thickness and width vibrational modes are disclosed. A piezoelectric resonator may include a piezoelectric substrate and a first electrode coupled to a first surface of the piezoelectric substrate. The piezoelectric resonator may further include a second electrode coupled to a second surface of the piezoelectric substrate, where the first surface and the second surface are substantially parallel and define a thickness dimension of the piezoelectric substrate. Furthermore, the thickness dimension and the width dimension of the piezoelectric substrate are configured to produce a resonance from a coherent combination of a thickness vibrational mode and a width vibrational mode when an excitation signal is applied to the electrodes. | 03-28-2013 |
20130113076 | METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER BONDING FOR HIGH-Q DEVICES - Methods and apparatus for metal semiconductor wafer bonding for high-Q devices are provided. An exemplary capacitor includes a first plate formed on a glass substrate, a second plate, and a dielectric layer. No organic bonding agent is used between the first plate and the glass substrate, and the dielectric layer can be an intrinsic semiconductor. A extrinsic semiconductor layer that is heavily doped contacts the dielectric layer. The dielectric and extrinsic semiconductor layers are sandwiched between the first and second plates. An intermetallic layer is formed between the first plate and the dielectric layer. The intermetallic layer is thermo compression bonded to the first plate and the dielectric layer. The capacitor can be coupled in a circuit as a high-Q capacitor and/or a varactor, and can be integrated with a mobile device. | 05-09-2013 |
20130120074 | MULTI-FREQUENCY RECONFIGURABLE VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR (VCO) AND METHOD OF PROVIDING SAME - A multiple frequency reconfigurable voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) ( | 05-16-2013 |
20130120082 | TWO-PORT RESONATORS ELECTRICALLY COUPLED IN PARALLEL - Systems and method for wideband filter designs comprising two-port piezoelectric resonators electrically coupled in parallel. A resonating circuit comprises a first piezoelectric resonator formed of a first configuration, and a second piezoelectric resonator formed of a second configuration such that outputs of the first and second piezoelectric resonators have a 180-degree phase difference for a same input. The first piezoelectric resonator and the second piezoelectric resonator are coupled electrically in parallel. The first and second piezoelectric resonators have different resonating frequencies respectively controlled by lateral dimensions of the piezoelectric resonators. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120951 | STACKED CMOS CHIPSET HAVING AN INSULATING LAYER AND A SECONDARY LAYER AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME - A chipset includes a sheet of glass, quartz or sapphire and a first wafer having at least one first circuit layer on a first side of a first substrate layer. The first wafer is connected to the sheet such that the at least one first circuit layer is located between the first substrate layer and the sheet. A second wafer having at least one second circuit layer on a first side of a second substrate layer is connected to the first substrate layer such that the at least one second circuit layer is located between the second substrate layer and the first substrate layer. Also a method of forming a chipset. | 05-16-2013 |
20130207745 | 3D RF L-C FILTERS USING THROUGH GLASS VIAS - Three-dimensional (3D) Radio Frequency (RF) inductor-capacitor (LC) band pass filters having through-glass-vias (TGVs). One such L-C filter circuit includes a glass substrate, a first portion of a first inductor formed on a first surface of the glass substrate, a second portion of the first inductor formed on a second surface of the glass substrate, and a first set of TGVs configured to connect the first and second portions of the first inductor. Additionally the L-C filter circuit can include a second inductor similar to the first inductor, and a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor formed between the first and second inductor, such that the first and second inductor are coupled through the MIM capacitor. | 08-15-2013 |
20130214643 | COMPOSITE PIEZOELECTRIC LATERALLY VIBRATING RESONATOR - A resonator is described. The resonator includes multiple electrodes. The resonator also includes a composite piezoelectric material. The composite piezoelectric material includes at least one layer of a first piezoelectric material and at least one layer of a second piezoelectric material. At least one electrode is coupled to a bottom of the composite piezoelectric material. At least one electrode is coupled to a top of the composite piezoelectric material. | 08-22-2013 |
20130295866 | RADIO FREQUENCY SWITCH FOR DIVERSITY RECEIVER - A diversity receiver switch includes at least one second stage switch configured to communicate with a transceiver. The diversity receiver switch may also include at least one first stage switch coupled between a diversity receiver antenna and the second stage switch(es). The first stage switch(es) may be configured to handle a different amount of power than the second stage switch(es). The diversity receiver switch may include a bank of second stage switches configured to communicate with a transceiver. A first stage switch may be configured to handle more power than each switch in the bank of second stage switches. Alternatively, the diversity receiver switch include a bank of first stage switches coupled between the diversity receiver antenna and a second stage switch. The second stage switch may be configured to handle more power than each of the first stage switches. | 11-07-2013 |
Dajun Zuo, Rochester Hills, MI US
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20100166903 | Elevated temperature forming die apparatus - An elevated temperature forming die apparatus comprising a lower die part having a first upper surface positioned to engage a lower surface of a first region of such a workpiece, an upper die part supported for reciprocal motion relative to the lower die part, the upper die part having a lower surface that engages an upper surface of a second region of a sheet material workpiece, heaters in thermal communication with the die parts, and a third die part having an upper surface that engages a lower surface of the second region of a sheet material workpiece whose first portion is positioned between the upper and lower die parts, the third die part being supported for reciprocal motion relative to the upper die part such that closure of the upper die part along the first stroke portion against the third die part will clamp the first portion of the workpiece between the upper and third die parts, and the third die part being supported for reciprocal motion relative to the lower die part such that, once the first portion of a workpiece has been clamped between the upper and third die parts a draw region of the workpiece extending adjacent an interface between the first and second portions of the workpiece can be drawn by displacing the lower die part relative to the clamped-together upper and third die parts along a second portion of the die set stroke. | 07-01-2010 |
Delong Zuo, Lubbock, TX US
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20150276786 | YAW AND PITCH ANGLES - Methods for determining a yaw angle and a pitch angle cycle for a wind turbine are disclosed. The methods comprise measuring during a measuring time a wind speed and a wind direction at a plurality of measuring heights between the maximum and minimum height at the wind site, determining an average wind speed and an average wind direction for each of the measuring heights during the measuring time, and determining a wind speed distribution and wind direction distribution between the maximum height and the minimum height, and determining one or more yaw-pitch combinations of yaw angle and pitch angle cycles as a function of an azimuth position of a rotor blade that lead to a desired angle of attack along the rotor swept area. The present disclosure further relates to methods of operating a wind turbine and suitable wind turbines. | 10-01-2015 |
Feng Zuo, Stony Brook, NY US
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20110033647 | NOVEL IONIC LIQUIDS, FUNCTIONALIZED PARTICULATES, AND FLUOROPOLYMER COMPOSITES - The present invention relates to (i) novel fluoroionic compounds capable of dispersing particulate filler compositions into a fluoropolymer; (ii) novel particulate compositions in which particulates are surface-functionalized with a fluoroionic compound; (iii) fluoropolymer composite materials containing the surface-functionalized particulates of (ii) incorporated into a fluoropolymer; (iv) crosslinked versions of (iii); v) methods for producing the crosslinked material of (iv); and (vi) articles of manufacture containing the compositions (iii) and (iv). | 02-10-2011 |
20140045977 | NOVEL IONIC LIQUIDS, FUNCTIONALIZED PARTICULATES, AND FLUOROPOLYMER COMPOSITES - The present invention relates to (i) novel fluoroionic compounds capable of dispersing particulate filler compositions into a fluoropolymer; (ii) novel particulate compositions in which particulates are surface-functionalized with a fluoroionic compound; (iii) fluoropolymer composite materials containing the surface-functionalized particulates of (ii) incorporated into a fluoropolymer; (iv) crosslinked versions of (iii); v) methods for producing the crosslinked material of (iv); and (vi) articles of manufacture containing the compositions (iii) and (iv). | 02-13-2014 |
Hong Zuo, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20110096471 | MOBILE DEVICE SHUTTER DOOR - A mobile device has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a body and a first magnet member. The second portion may be movably connected with the first portion and includes a body, a shutter door and a second magnet member. An opening is defined in the body of the second portion and the shutter door is operable to move from an open position to a closed position to cover at least a portion of the opening when the shutter door. The second magnet member is connected to the shutter door so that, when the second magnet member is aligned with the first magnet member, the shutter door is positioned in the closed position. | 04-28-2011 |
Huigang Zuo, Eden Prairie, MN US
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20150100594 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FINANCIAL RESEARCH MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods are provided to enable robust content-based database storage, searching, retrieval, analysis, processing, and collaboration. According to one embodiment of the invention, a system and method are provided for facilitating data management and analysis in connection with financial data. | 04-09-2015 |
Jian Zuo, Memphis, TN US
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20160030445 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS OF P27KIP1 TRANSCRIPTIONAL MODULATORS - In one aspect, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising agents that activate the expression of Atoh1, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, or polymorphs thereof; and agents that inhibit the expression of p27 | 02-04-2016 |
Jiangkai Zuo, Chandler, AZ US
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20140054694 | Semiconductor Device with HCI Protection Region - A device includes a semiconductor substrate, a drift region in the semiconductor substrate and having a first conductivity type, an isolation region within the drift region, and around which charge carriers drift on a path through the drift region during operation, and a protection region adjacent the isolation region in the semiconductor substrate, having a second conductivity type, and disposed along a surface of the semiconductor substrate. | 02-27-2014 |
20140061858 | Semiconductor Device with Diagonal Conduction Path - A method of fabricating a bipolar transistor including emitter and base regions having first and second conductivity types, respectively, includes forming an isolation region at a surface of a semiconductor substrate, the isolation region having an edge that defines a boundary of an active area of the emitter region, and implanting dopant of the second conductivity type through a mask opening to form the base region in the semiconductor substrate. The mask opening spans the edge of the isolation region such that an extent to which the dopant passes through the isolation region varies laterally to establish a variable depth contour of the base region. | 03-06-2014 |
Jian-Min Zuo, Champaign, IL US
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20090297422 | Machining nanometer-sized tips from multi-walled nanotubes - The invention provides sharpened multi-walled nanotubes and methods for sharpening multi-walled nanotubes. The methods of the invention use an electron beam to machine the multi-walled nanotube to the desired dimensions. The invention provides sharpened boron nitride nanotubes where the radius of the end of the sharpened tip is less than about 10 nm. | 12-03-2009 |
Jianru Zuo, New York, NY US
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20100169997 | PROMOTION OF SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS IN PLANTS BY WUSCHEL GENE EXPRESSION - The present invention relates to methods for promoting somatic embryogenesis from a tissue or organ of a plant, by overexpressing a Wuschel gene in said tissue or organ. In one embodiment, such overexpression can be used as a silent selectable marker for transgenic plants. In another embodiment, such expression can be used to confer apomixis to a plant. In another embodiment, such overexpression can be used to create haploid plants, which can be used to produce dihaploid plants. | 07-01-2010 |
20110078823 | PROMOTION OF SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS IN PLANTS BY WUSCHEL GENE EXPRESSION - The present invention relates to methods for promoting somatic embryogenesis from a tissue or organ of a plant, by overexpressing a Wuschel gene in said tissue or organ. In one embodiment, such overexpression can be used as a silent selectable marker for transgenic plants. In another embodiment, such expression can be used to confer apomixis to a plant. In another embodiment, such overexpression can be used to create haploid plants, which can be used to produce dihaploid plants. | 03-31-2011 |
20110252506 | PROMOTION OF SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS IN PLANTS BY WUSCHEL GENE EXPRESSION - The present invention relates to methods for promoting somatic embryogenesis from a tissue or organ of a plant, by overexpressing a Wuschel gene in said tissue or organ. In one embodiment, such overexpression can be used as a silent selectable marker for transgenic plants. In another embodiment, such expression can be used to confer apomixis to a plant. In another embodiment, such overexpression can be used to create haploid plants, which can be used to produce dihaploid plants. | 10-13-2011 |
20120102594 | PROMOTION OF SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS IN PLANTS BY WUSCHEL GENE EXPRESSION - The present invention relates to methods for promoting somatic embryogenesis from a tissue or organ of a plant, by overexpressing a Wuschel gene in said tissue or organ. In one embodiment, such overexpression can be used as a silent selectable marker for transgenic plants. In another embodiment, such expression can be used to confer apomixis to a plant. In another embodiment, such overexpression can be used to create haploid plants, which can be used to produce dihaploid plants. | 04-26-2012 |
20130205442 | PROMOTION OF SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS IN PLANTS BY WUSCHEL GENE EXPRESSION - The present invention relates to methods for promoting somatic embryogenesis from a tissue or organ of a plant, by overexpressing a Wuschel gene in said tissue or organ. In one embodiment, such overexpression can be used as a silent selectable marker for transgenic plants. In another embodiment, such expression can be used to confer apomixis to a plant. In another embodiment, such overexpression can be used to create haploid plants, which can be used to produce dihaploid plants. | 08-08-2013 |
Jingyan Zuo, San Jose, CA US
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20090293029 | SYSTEMATIC APPROACH FOR PERFORMING CELL REPLACEMENT IN A CIRCUIT TO MEET TIMING REQUIREMENTS - An improved, systematic approach is provided for automatically determining which cells in a circuit should be replaced to satisfy timing adjustment requirements (TAR's), and automatically replacing the cells with replacement cells to meet the TAR's. With the improved approach, there is a high likelihood that an optimal replacement scheme will be found which requires the fewest number of cells to be replaced while still satisfying all of the TAR's. | 11-26-2009 |
20130086534 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING WIRE LENGTHS BETWEEN NODES USING A RECTILINEAR STEINER MINIMUM TREE (RSMT) WITH EXISTING PRE-ROUTES ALGORITHM - A method for the creation of rectilinear Steiner minimum trees includes determining a set of candidate connections from a terminal node to a different terminal node or to a graph edge. The length of each candidate connection may be used to determine the set of candidate connections that span the graph with a minimum total length. | 04-04-2013 |
Jinyu Zuo, Hawthorne, NY US
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20100046805 | REGISTRATION-FREE TRANSFORMS FOR CANCELABLE IRIS BIOMETRICS - A system and method for generating a cancelable biometric includes shifting at least one pixel region in a biometric image comprised of pixel regions. The at least one pixel region is combined with at least one other pixel region to form a replacement region for the at least one pixel region to form a transformed image. The biometric image is reused to generate another transformed image if the transformed image is to be canceled. | 02-25-2010 |
20100046808 | SALTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CANCELABLE IRIS BIOMETRIC - A system and method for generating a cancelable biometric includes providing at least one pattern and combining the at least one pattern with a biometric image by employing a transform pixel operation to generate a transformed enrollment such that information about the transform pixel operation and the at least one pattern form a security key for protecting the biometric image. The biometric image is reused to generate another security key in the event that the security key is to be canceled. | 02-25-2010 |
Lei Zuo, Nesconset, NY US
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20120119620 | Multistage Force Amplification of Piezoelectric Stacks - Embodiments of the disclosure include an apparatus and methods for using a piezoelectric device, that includes an outer flextensional casing, a first cell and a last cell serially coupled to each other and coupled to the outer flextensional casing such that each cell having a flextensional cell structure and each cell receives an input force and provides an output force that is amplified based on the input force. The apparatus further includes a piezoelectric stack coupled to each cell such that the piezoelectric stack of each cell provides piezoelectric energy based on the output force for each cell. Further, the last cell receives an input force that is the output force from the first cell and the last cell provides an output apparatus force In addition, the piezoelectric energy harvested is based on the output apparatus force. Moreover, the apparatus provides displacement based on the output apparatus force. | 05-17-2012 |
20130008157 | HIGH-EFFICIENCY ENERGY GENERATOR FOR HARNESSING MECHANICAL VIBRATION POWER - An energy generating device utilizing mechanical vibration power is provided. The energy generating device includes a first body for reciprocating according to vibration motions; an anchored second body; a rack coupled to one of the first body and the anchored second body; a gear assembly engaged with the rack and coupled to the other one of the first body and the anchored second body such that the gear assembly drives a generator via a rotational movement in a single direction according to each of upward and downward movement of the rack relative to the gear assembly; and the generator engaged with the gear assembly for receiving the rotational movement output from the gear assembly and outputting a direct current according to the rotational input from the gear assembly. | 01-10-2013 |
20130127175 | ELECTRICITY GENERATING SHOCK ABSORBERS - An electricity generating shock absorber includes a coil assembly having a length of electrically conducting material wrapped around an outside perimeter, and along a length, of a hollow tube formed of electrically resistant material; a magnet unit formed of at least one annular axial magnet; a central shaft having a magnetic reluctance on which a plurality of the magnet units are mounted, the central shaft dimensioned for insertion through a central opening of the at least one annular axial magnet, the central shaft combined with the plurality of magnet units forming a magnet assembly dimensioned to slideably insert into a central cavity of the hollow tube; and a cylindrical shell having a first end attached to a terminal end of the magnet assembly, the cylindrical shell extending a length of the magnet assembly, the cylindrical shell having an inner diameter sized to slideably accommodate an outside diameter of the coil assembly. | 05-23-2013 |
20130344612 | ULTRASENSITIVE, SUPERFAST, AND MICROLITER-VOLUME DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING NANOCALORIMETER FOR DIRECT CHARACTIZATION OF BIOMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS - Disclosed is a differential scanning nanocalorimeter device, methods of fabricating such a device, and methods of use thereof. The nanocalorimeter contains thermal equilibrium areas for sample and reference liquids, with thermometers, compensation heater, and electric trace elements fabricated on a free-standing polymer diaphragm membrane. | 12-26-2013 |
20150090545 | ELECTRICITY GENERATING SHOCK ABSORBERS - An electricity generating shock absorber includes a coil assembly having a length of electrically conducting material wrapped around an outside perimeter, and along a length, of a hollow tube formed of electrically resistant material; a magnet unit formed of at least one annular axial magnet; a central shaft having a magnetic reluctance on which a plurality of the magnet units are mounted, the central shaft dimensioned for insertion through a central opening of the at least one annular axial magnet, the central shaft combined with the plurality of magnet units forming a magnet assembly dimensioned to slideably insert into a central cavity of the hollow tube; and a cylindrical shell having a first end attached to a terminal end of the magnet assembly, the cylindrical shell extending a length of the magnet assembly, the cylindrical shell having an inner diameter sized to slideably accommodate an outside diameter of the coil assembly. | 04-02-2015 |
20150322914 | HIGH-EFFICIENCY ENERGY GENERATOR FOR HARNESSING MECHANICAL VIBRATION POWER - An energy generating device utilizing mechanical vibration power is provided. The energy generating device includes a first body for reciprocating according to vibration motions; an anchored second body; a rack coupled to one of the first body and the anchored second body; a gear assembly engaged with the rack and coupled to the other one of the first body and the anchored second body such that the gear assembly drives a generator via a rotational movement in a single direction according to each of upward and downward movement of the rack relative to the gear assembly; and the generator engaged with the gear assembly for receiving the rotational movement output from the gear assembly and outputting a direct current according to the rotational input from the gear assembly. | 11-12-2015 |
Liang Zuo, San Jose, CA US
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20140072308 | Circuit Architecture and System for Implantable Multi-Function and Multi-Analyte Biosensing Device - An implantable bio-sensing platform architecture that enables the wireless selection, calibration and reading of multiple sensors, as well as checking the power levels of the solar powering source energizing various electronic and optoelectronic devices and circuits embedded in the platform. It also permits checking the operation of the potentiostats interfacing with each amperometric analyte sensor. The platform is flexible to include FET based sensors for protein sensing as well as other applications including pH sensing. In addition, other physiological sensors can be integrated in the platform. | 03-13-2014 |
Peter Zuo, Kirkland, WA US
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20150334139 | SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING COLLABORATIVE INTERACTION - A method for providing collaborative interaction between a receiver computing device and a sender computing device is provided. The method includes at the receiver computing device, establishing a local peer-to-peer wireless connection with a sender computing device, receiving from the sender computing device via the local peer-to-peer wireless connection data for a GUI of a remotely executed application program that is executed on the sender computing device, displaying the GUI on a display associated with the receiver computing device, receiving user input from an input device associated with the receiver computing device indicating a user interaction with the GUI, sending the user input to the sender computing device, receiving from the sender computing device data indicating an updated state of the GUI generated by the sender computing device based on the user input, and displaying the updated state of the GUI on the display associated with the receiver computing device. | 11-19-2015 |
Peter Du-Hai Zuo, Fremont, CA US
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20100195098 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING LIGHT ABSORPTION OF LIQUID SAMPLES - Techniques for measuring light absorption of liquid samples are described herein. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes an upper arm having a first measuring surface and a lower arm having a second measuring surface coupled to the lower arm via a hinge. The upper arm is capable of swinging via the hinge. One of the measuring surfaces is coupled to a light source while the other is coupled to a detector. The apparatus further includes an actuator configured to position the upper arm into a first measuring position. The first measuring surface of the upper arm and the second measuring surface of the lower arm are spaced approximately to contact and sandwich a liquid sample in between to form an optical path, such that light generated from the light source is received and detected through the light path by the detector for measuring light absorption by the liquid sample. Other methods and apparatuses are also described. | 08-05-2010 |
Peter X. Zuo, Kirkland, WA US
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20090213933 | TEXTURE SENSITIVE TEMPORAL FILTER BASED ON MOTION ESTIMATION - Architecture that employs texture sensitive temporal filtering to reuse motion estimation information in a realtime encoder. The temporal filter is applied for classified static areas. The architecture reuses the motion estimation results on motion vectors, cost estimates (e.g., sum of absolute difference (SAD)), and edge awareness texture information to apply the temporal filter on the current picture. Filtering can be applied at the pixel level, block level or macroblock level. | 08-27-2009 |
20140169473 | TEXTURE SENSITIVE TEMPORAL FILTER BASED ON MOTION ESTIMATION - Architecture that employs texture sensitive temporal filtering to reuse motion estimation information in a realtime encoder. The temporal filter is applied for classified static areas. The architecture reuses the motion estimation results on motion vectors, cost estimates (e.g., sum of absolute difference (SAD)), and edge awareness texture information to apply the temporal filter on the current picture. Filtering can be applied at the pixel level, block level or macroblock level. | 06-19-2014 |
Qi Zuo, Milpitas, CA US
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20140181570 | SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUITRY WITH FRONTEND AND BACKEND CIRCUITRY CONTROLLED BY SEPARATE CLOCKS - An apparatus comprises read channel circuitry and associated signal processing circuitry comprising frontend processing circuitry and backend processing circuitry. The frontend processing circuitry comprises a loop detector and equalizer configured to determine an equalized read channel signal from a read channel signal and a decoding module configured to apply verification and scrambling processing on a decoded read channel signal. The backend processing circuitry comprises a backend detector, an interleaver, a backend decoder, and a de-interleaver configured to perform an iterative decoding process on the equalized read channel signal to determine the decoded read channel signal. The frontend processing circuitry is controlled by a first clock having an associated first clock rate and the backend processing circuitry is controlled by a selected one of the first clock and a second clock having an associated second clock rate determined at least in part by the first clock rate and a maximum clock rate. | 06-26-2014 |
20150161045 | Slice Formatting and Interleaving for Interleaved Sectors - A storage system and method for interleaving a plurality of logical sectors in the storage system is disclosed. The method includes: dividing each logical sector into a predetermined number of slices; sequentially indexing the logical sectors, wherein each logical sector is identified by a logical sector index; sequentially indexing the predetermined number of slices in each logical sector, wherein each slice of the predetermined number of slices is identified by a slice index within each logical sector; and interleaving the logical sectors according to a slice interleaving process. The interleaving step further includes: a) identifying a first indexed slice of a first indexed logical sector as an initial slice; and b) identifying a subsequent slice by advancing the slice index to a subsequent index in the slice index sequence and advancing the logical sector index to a subsequent index in the logical sector index sequence. | 06-11-2015 |
20150269097 | System and Method for Elastic Despreader Memory Management - The disclosure is directed to a system and method of managing memory resources in a communication channel. According to various embodiments, incoming memory slices associated with a plurality of data sectors are de-interleaved and transferred sequentially through a buffer to a decoder for further processing. To prevent buffer overflow or degraded decoder performance, the memory availability of the buffer is monitored, and transfers are suspended when the memory availability of the buffer is below a threshold buffer availability. | 09-24-2015 |
Songlin Zuo, San Diego, CA US
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20090206868 | METHODOLOGIES AND TOOL SET FOR IDDQ VERIFICATION, DEBUGGING AND FAILURE DIAGNOSIS - Quiescent supply current (I | 08-20-2009 |
20110231720 | DATA RECIRCULATION IN CONFIGURED SCAN PATHS - An Automated Test Equipment (ATE) system is configured to test a Device Under Test (DUT). The ATE system stores a Procedure Description Language program. The ATE system interprets the program, thereby causing a configured scan path to be set up in the DUT and causing bit values to be loaded into that scan path. During testing, it is sometimes desirable to change only bit values in certain scan path bit locations. In a data recirculation operation, the ATE system shifts bit values, on a bit-by-bit basis, out of the configured scan path via the TDO terminal of the DUT and shifts back in either the shifted out bit value or a replacement bit value. The shift back into the configured scan path occurs via the TDI terminal of the DUT so that each bit value in the scan path is replaced with its previous value or a replacement value. | 09-22-2011 |
20110270548 | AUTOMATED VERIFICATION AND ESTIMATION OF QUIESCENT POWER SUPPLY CURRENT - Procedures are disclosed to automate constraint and power mode (PM) setup determination for quiescent power supply current (I | 11-03-2011 |
Tao Zuo, Columbus, OH US
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20090325868 | Materials And Methods For FOXP3 Tumor Suppression - Provided herein are methods of treating a cancer in a subject comprising administering a FOXP3 protein, a nucleic acid encoding a FOXP3 protein, or an inducing compound which induces FOXP3 protein expression. Methods of altering a phenotype of a cancer cell or tumor cell, methods of inhibiting growth of such cells, and methods of inducing apoptosis of these cells are also provided herein. These methods comprise contacting the cell with a FOXP3 protein, a nucleic acid encoding a FOXP3 protein, or an inducing compound which induces FOXP3 protein expression. Further provided herein are diagnostic methods, comprising comparing the expression or structure of a FOXP3 protein or FOXP3 gene in a test sample to that of a normal or prior sample. A method of screening a test compound for anti-cancer activity comprising administering to cells the test compound and measuring FOXP3 protein or FOXP3 gene expression is moreover provided herein. | 12-31-2009 |
Tianming Zuo, Harrisonburg, VA US
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20080279745 | Endohedral Metalloheterofullerenes - The present invention is directed to a family of endohedral metalloheterofullerenes representative generally as AX@C | 11-13-2008 |
20090250661 | Trimetallic Nitride Clusters Entrapped Within CnN Heteroatom Cages - The present invention is directed to a family of trimetallic nitride endohedral metalloheterofullerenes having the formula A | 10-08-2009 |
Vincent Zuo, Boston, MA US
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20150223975 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AFFECTING PIGMENTATION OF TISSUE - Exemplary apparatus and method can be provided for cooling a skin tissue. For example, it is possible to use a contact arrangement comprising a distal surface to contact a surface of the skin tissue, and also to utilize a cooling arrangement. The cooling arrangement can be configured to cool at least one portion of the contact arrangement to a temperature that is less than about −4 degrees Celsius. The distal surface of the contact arrangement can comprise a plurality of dimples provided therein. | 08-13-2015 |
Xiaobin Zuo, Lawrence, KS US
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20140343305 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING BOTH BIOBASED SUCCINIC ACID AND 2,5-FURANDICARBOXYLIC ACID - A process is provided for carrying out an oxidation on a feed including levulinic acid and/or a levulinic acid oxidation precursor to succinic acid, one or more furanic oxidation precursors of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid and a catalytically effective combination of cobalt, manganese, and bromide components for catalyzing the oxidation of the levulinic acid component and of the one or more furanic oxidation precursors to produce both succinic acid and 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid products, which process comprises supplying the feed to a reactor vessel, supplying an oxidant, reacting the levulinic acid component and the one or more furanic oxidation precursors with the oxidant to produce both succinic acid and 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and then recovering the succinic acid and FDCA products. A crude dehydration product from the dehydration of fructose, glucose or both, including 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, can be directly oxidized by the process to produce 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid and succinic acid. | 11-20-2014 |
20150183755 | SPRAY OXIDATION PROCESS FOR PRODUCING 2,5-FURANDICARBOXYLIC ACID FROM HYDROXYMETHYLFURFURAL - A process is provided for carrying out an oxidation on a sprayable feed including a furanic substrate to be oxidized and a catalytically effective combination of cobalt, manganese, and bromide components for catalyzing the oxidation of the furanic substrate, which process comprises spraying the feed into a reactor vessel as a mist, supplying an oxidant, reacting the furanic substrate and the oxidant, and managing the exothermic temperature rise due to the reaction through a selection and control of the operating pressure within the reactor vessel. A crude dehydration product from the dehydration of fructose, glucose or both, including 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, can be directly oxidized by the process to produce 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid in surprisingly increased yields. | 07-02-2015 |
Xiaoshan Zuo, Fremont, CA US
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20120131253 | PCIE NVRAM CARD BASED ON NVDIMM - A memory system controller includes one or more sockets for accommodating NVDIMM cards produced by different NVDIMM providers; a PCIe interface for coupling the memory system controller to a host; and a controller coupled to the PCIe interface over a PCIe-compliant connection and to the one or more sockets over respective DDR2 connections. The controller is configured to manage data transfers between the host and a specified one of the NVDIMM sockets in which an NVDIMM card is accommodated as DMA reads and writes, format data received from the PCIe interface for transmission to the specified NVDIMM socket over the corresponding one or more DDR2 interfaces, and initiate save and restore operations on the NVDIMM card accommodated within the specified NVDIMM socket in response to power failure and power restoration indications. | 05-24-2012 |
20150121137 | STORAGE DEVICE INTERFACE AND METHODS FOR USING SAME - A memory system controller includes one or more sockets for accommodating NVDIMM cards produced by different NVDIMM providers; a PCIe interface for coupling the memory system controller to a host; and a controller coupled to the PCIe interface over a PCIe-compliant connection and to the one or more sockets over respective DDR2 connections. The controller is configured to manage data transfers between the host and a specified one of the NVDIMM sockets in which an NVDIMM card is accommodated as DMA reads and writes, format data received from the PCIe interface for transmission to the specified NVDIMM socket over the corresponding one or more DDR2 interfaces, and initiate save and restore operations on the NVDIMM card accommodated within the specified NVDIMM socket in response to power failure and power restoration indications. | 04-30-2015 |
Xiping Zuo, Kirkland, WA US
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20080240250 | Regions of interest for quality adjustments - Quality settings established by an encoder are adjusted based on information associated with regions of interest (“ROIs”). For example, quantization step sizes can be reduced (to improve quality) or increased (to reduce bit rate). ROIs can be identified and quality settings can be adjusted based on input received from a user interface. An overlap setting can be determined for a portion of a picture that corresponds to an ROI overlap area. For example, an overlap setting is chosen from step sizes corresponding to a first overlapping ROI and a second overlapping ROI, or from relative reductions in step size corresponding to the first ROI and the second ROI. ROIs can be parameterized by information (e.g., using data structures) that indicates spatial dimensions of the ROIs and quality adjustment information (e.g., dead zone information, step size information, and quantization mode information). | 10-02-2008 |
20080260278 | Encoding adjustments for animation content - Techniques and tools are described for encoding animation video. In some embodiments, a video encoder designates animation video for encoding as animation content, which typically involves changing one or more encoder settings or rules to improve encoding performance for the animation content. When the encoder encodes the animation video, the encoder detects edges in the animation video using texture and changes settings for areas that include detected edges so as to improve encoding quality for the areas. In some embodiments, a video encoder adjusts differential quantization rules and quantizes animation video according to the adjusted differential quantization rules. | 10-23-2008 |
20100153822 | Constructing Forward Error Correction Codes - Construction and use of forward error correction codes is provided. A systematic MDS FEC code is obtained having a property wherein any set of contiguous or non-contiguous r packets can be lost during a data transmission of k data packets and r encoded packets and the original k packets can be recovered unambiguously. The systematic MDS FEC code is transformed into a (k+r, k) systematic MDS FEC code that guarantees at least one of the encoded packets is a parity packet. The starting systematic MDS FEC code may be Cauchy-based, and the transformation code derived from the starting Cauchy-based MDS FEC code allows for very efficient initialization, encoding and decoding operations. | 06-17-2010 |
20110255595 | QUANTIZATION ADJUSTMENT BASED ON TEXTURE LEVEL - A video encoder identifies a current smooth region of a current picture in a sequence and performs temporal analysis by determining whether a corresponding region in at least one previous and/or future picture is smooth. Based at least in part on the temporal analysis, the encoder adjusts quantization in the current smooth region. An encoder determines a differential quantization interval for a sequence, the interval comprising an interval number. The interval constrains the encoder to skip differential quantization for at least the interval number of predicted pictures after a predicted differentially quantized picture. An encoder analyzes texture in a current picture and sets a smoothness threshold. The encoder compares texture data with the smoothness threshold and adjusts differential quantization for at least part of the current picture based on a finding of at least one smooth region in the current picture according to the smoothness threshold. | 10-20-2011 |
20120150577 | MEETING LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT - A meeting lifecycle management service manages various aspects of a meeting lifecycle. An indication of a newly scheduled meeting is received at the meeting lifecycle management service, and information related to the meeting is managed, via the meeting lifecycle management service, prior to the meeting, during the meeting, and after the meeting. | 06-14-2012 |
20120159347 | MEETING-SPECIFIC STATE INDICATORS - A state client is configured to allow a user to specify a meeting-specific state, such as that the user is running late for a meeting, checked in to the meeting, or unable to attend the meeting. A state service stores data identifying the user's meeting-specific state. The state service also responds to requests for the state of the user. In one implementation, when such a request is received, the state service determines whether the user is an invitee to the same meeting as the user requesting the state. If not, the state service returns a general-purpose state indicator for the user. If both users are invitees to the same meeting, the state service returns the meeting-specific state indicator, which may then be displayed by a state client. | 06-21-2012 |
20120269266 | REGIONS OF INTEREST FOR QUALITY ADJUSTMENTS - Quality settings established by an encoder are adjusted based on information associated with regions of interest (“ROIs”). For example, quantization step sizes can be reduced (to improve quality) or increased (to reduce bit rate). ROIs can be identified and quality settings can be adjusted based on input received from a user interface. An overlap setting can be determined for a portion of a picture that corresponds to an ROI overlap area. For example, an overlap setting is chosen from step sizes corresponding to a first overlapping ROI and a second overlapping ROI, or from relative reductions in step size corresponding to the first ROI and the second ROI. ROIs can be parameterized by information (e.g., using data structures) that indicates spatial dimensions of the ROIs and quality adjustment information (e.g., dead zone information, step size information, and quantization mode information). | 10-25-2012 |
20130346084 | Enhanced Accuracy of User Presence Status Determination - Technologies are described herein for enhancing a user presence status determination. Visual data may be received from a depth camera configured to be arranged within a three-dimensional space. A current user presence status of a user in the three-dimensional space may be determined based on the visual data. A previous user presence status of the user may be transformed to the current user presence status, responsive to determining the current user presence status of the user. | 12-26-2013 |
Xu Zuo, Prior Lake, MN US
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20090154018 | SHROUDING A DATA STORAGE DISC WITH DISC FACING SURFACES THAT DEFINE PROTUBERANT FEATURES - Shrouding a disc to attenuate excitation energy of windage created by rotating the disc, with a shroud defining an edge-wise gap between the shroud and the disc, and the shroud further defining surface-wise gaps between the shroud and opposing disc surfaces, wherein the surface-wise gaps are characterized by opposing parallel surfaces having protuberant features depending therefrom toward each other that define minimum clearances with the disc surfaces. | 06-18-2009 |
20100183423 | Injecting Processing Fluid While Writing Data - An apparatus and associated method is provided for injecting a processing fluid in a device that operably rotates a disc stack. A fluid injector has a nozzle defining an outlet sized to longitudinally span the disc stack to operably direct the processing fluid toward the disc stack. The nozzle also has a flow rate feature that operably directs a first flow rate of the processing fluid from the nozzle into a space adjacent a storage surface of a first disc of the disc stack and that directs a substantially different second flow rate of the processing fluid from the nozzle into another space adjacent a storage surface of a second disc of the disc stack. | 07-22-2010 |
Xun Zuo, Malvern, PA US
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20100008851 | ANTI-GD2 ANTIBODIES AND METHODS AND USES RELATED THERETO - Described herein are antibodies that specifically bind ganglioside GD2. Also described are nucleotides encoding such antibodies, cells expressing such antibodies, methods of use for such antibodies, and methods for using the antibodies to treat diseases associated with ganglioside GD2. In addition, tissue culture media supplements are described as are methods of use for the supplements. Described herein are albumin-ganglioside conjugates and corresponding methods for producing such conjugates. Methods of purifying or isolating antibodies are also described. | 01-14-2010 |
20100021987 | Compositions, Methods, and Kits for Enhancing Protein Expression - The inventive subject matter relates to novel compositions, methods, and kits for enhancing the expression, solubility, and isolation of heterologous proteins. Further, the inventive subject matter relates to methods for generating proteins with novel N-terminal amino acids, unlike wild-type proteins which always are translated from mRNA with methionine at the N-terminus. | 01-28-2010 |
Yanijia Zuo, Webster, NY US
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20150321921 | Silica Aerogels And Their Preparation - Silica aerogels with improved properties are disclosed together with methods for synthesizing such aerogels. The improved properties include lower thermal conductivity (better insulating capacity), lower acoustic velocity, lower dielectric constant and improved ductility. Greater tunability of the refractive index can also be achieved. The silica aerogels are prepared by a sol-gel processing method that provides better control of the formation or aerogel structures. Generally speaking, the improvements arise from control of the synthesis to create a morphology of primary clusters and diverse-sized secondary clusters of dense silica aerogels separated by less densely packed regions. By providing a broader range of secondary clusters and/or pore sizes and loose connectivity between clusters, reductions can be achieved in thermal conductivity and flexural modulus. | 11-12-2015 |
Yanjia Zuo, Webster, NY US
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20130135391 | MULTI-FILM ADHESIVE DESIGN FOR INTERFACIAL BONDING PRINTHEAD STRUCTURES - In accordance with aspects of the present disclosure, a printhead assembly arranged to dispense ultraviolet curable ink or gel ink and method thereof is disclosed. The printhead assembly includes a plurality of functional plates stacked together; a first adhesive layer arranged between adjacent functional plates to provide bonding between the plates; and a second adhesive layer arranged between adjacent function plates to provide chemical resistance to the ultraviolet curable ink or the gel ink. | 05-30-2013 |
20130222486 | USING SATURATED MESH TO CONTROL ADHESIVE BOND LINE QUALITY - In some aspects of the present application, a printhead assembly is disclosed that comprise a plurality of functional plates stacked together; an adhesive confinement structure comprising an adhesive-coated mesh substrate arranged between adjacent functional plates to provide bonding between the plates. | 08-29-2013 |
20140002548 | PRINTHEAD AND METHOD OF MAKING THE PRINTHEAD | 01-02-2014 |
20140292930 | PROCESSING AND APPLICATION OF LIQUID EPOXY ADHESIVE FOR PRINTHEAD STRUCTURES INTERSTITIAL BONDING IN HIGH DENSITY PIEZO PRINTHEADS FABRICATION - A method for forming an ink jet printhead comprises processing an epoxy adhesive such that negative effects from physical contact with particular inks are reduced or eliminated. Conventional adhesives processed using conventional techniques are known to gain weight, swell, and/or oxidize when exposed to certain inks such as ultraviolet inks and pigmented inks. An embodiment of the present teachings can include processing of an adhesive including a processes a particular adhesive comprising a cresol novolac resin and a dicydiandiamide curing agent using a particular process, such that the resulting epoxy adhesive is suitable for printhead applications. | 10-02-2014 |
20140338833 | PROCESS FOR BONDING INTERSTITIAL EPOXY ADHESIVE FOR FABRICATION OF PRINTHEAD STRUCTURES IN HIGH DENSITY PRINTHEADS - A method for forming an ink jet printhead comprises processing an epoxy adhesive such that negative effects from physical contact with particular inks are reduced or eliminated. Conventional adhesives processed using conventional techniques are known to gain weight and squeeze out when exposed to certain inks such as ultraviolet inks and pigmented inks. An embodiment of the present teachings can include processing of a particular adhesive such that the resulting epoxy adhesive is suitable for printhead applications. | 11-20-2014 |
20150344750 | USE OF EPOXY FILM ADHESIVE WITH HIGH INK COMPATIBILITY AND THERMAL OXIDATIVE STABILITY FOR PRINTHEAD INTERSTITIAL BONDING IN IN HIGH DENSITY PRINTHEADS - An adhesive compound can include an uncured epoxy film having a curing temperature between about 80° C. and about 300° C. The uncured epoxy film can include a cresol novolac resin and a bisphenol A epoxy resin. The uncured epoxy film can have a thickness between about 0.1 mil and about 5 mil. | 12-03-2015 |
Yanjia Zuo, Rochester, NY US
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20140342160 | B-STAGE FILM ADHESIVE COMPATIBLE WITH AQUEOUS INK FOR PRINTHEAD STRUCTURES INTERSTITIAL BONDING IN HIGH DENSITY PIEZO PRINTHEADS FABRICATION FOR AQUEOUS INKJET - A method for forming an ink jet printhead comprises processing an epoxy adhesive such that negative effects from physical contact with particular inks are reduced or eliminated. Conventional adhesives processed using conventional techniques are known to gain weight and squeeze out when exposed to certain inks such as ultraviolet inks, solid inks, and aqueous inks. An embodiment of the present teachings can include processing of a particular adhesive such that the resulting epoxy adhesive is suitable for printhead applications. | 11-20-2014 |
20150035903 | Inkjet Printheads Containing Epoxy Adhesives and Methods for Fabrication Thereof - Inkjet printheads containing a first plate, a second plate, and a cured adhesive composition disposed between and bonding the first plate and the second plate. The cured adhesive composition has a glass transition temperature of greater than about 115° C. and is stable when exposed to acrylate monomer. Also, inkjet printheads having a first plate, a second plate, and a cured thin film adhesive disposed between and bonding to both of the first plate and the second plate. The cured thin film adhesive contains a polyimide film disposed between a cured first adhesive layer and a cured second adhesive layer. Methods of preparing such inkjet printheads. | 02-05-2015 |
20150158298 | PRINTHEAD HAVING TWO ADHESIVES - The present teachings describe a printhead assembly. The printhead assembly includes a first plate and a second plate stacked together. The printhead assembly includes a first adhesive between the first plate and the second plate for bonding the plates together. The printhead assembly includes a second adhesive surrounding an outer edge of the first adhesive wherein the second adhesive has an oxygen migration rate lower than an oxygen migration rate of the first adhesive. An oxygen sensitive component is contained within the outer edge of the first adhesive. | 06-11-2015 |
20150291860 | SOLVENT SYSTEM ENABLING THIN FILM DEPOSITION OF EPOXY ADHESIVES FOR HIGH DENSITY PIEZO PRINTHEAD INTERSTITIAL BONDING - The disclosure provides a solvent system for dissolving an epoxy adhesive such as I2300L epoxy adhesive. The solvent system includes a dialkyl ether solvent and an alkyl alcohol solvent. The disclosure also provides methods for preparing a uniform thin film deposit of an epoxy adhesive for printhead interstitial bonding during their fabrication. | 10-15-2015 |
Yanjia Zuo US
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20120128958 | SILICA AEROGELS AND THEIR PREPARATION - Silica aerogels with improved properties are disclosed together with methods for synthesizing such aerogels. The improved properties include lower thermal conductivity (better insulating capacity), lower acoustic velocity, lower dielectric constant and improved ductility. Greater tunability of the refractive index can also be achieved. The silica aerogels are prepared by a sol-gel processing method that provides better control of the formation of aerogel structures. Generally speaking, the improvements arise from control of the synthesis to create a morphology of primary clusters and diverse-sized secondary clusters of dense silica aerogels separated by less densely packed regions. By providing a broader range of secondary clusters and/or pore sizes and loose connectivity between clusters, reductions can be achieved in thermal conductivity and flexural modulus. | 05-24-2012 |
Yi Zuo, San Ramon, CA US
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20150352609 | BIOREMEDIATION OF HYDROCARBON-CONTAMINATED SOIL - A method for using a bioelectrochemical system for the remediation of contaminated substrates is disclosed. The system is partially submerged into the contaminated substrates and stimulates electron transfer by microbial species in order to degrade contaminating hydrocarbons in the substrate, including vadose zone substrates. A method for the generation of electricity using bioelectrochemical reaction in contaminated substrates is also disclosed. | 12-10-2015 |
Ying Zuo, San Jose, CA US
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20140173329 | CASCADING FAILOVER OF BLADE SERVERS IN A DATA CENTER - Cascading failover of blade servers in a data center implemented by transferring by a system management server a data processing workload from a failing blade server to an initial replacement blade server, with the data processing workload characterized by data processing resource requirements and the initial replacement blade server having data processing resources that do not match the data processing resource requirements; and transferring by the system management server the data processing workload from the initial replacement blade server to a subsequent replacement blade server, where the subsequent replacement blade server has data processing resources that better match the data processing resource requirements than do the data processing resources of the initial replacement blade server. | 06-19-2014 |
20140173332 | Cascading Failover Of Blade Servers In A Data Center - Cascading failover of blade servers in a data center implemented by transferring by a system management server a data processing workload from a failing blade server to an initial replacement blade server, with the data processing workload characterized by data processing resource requirements and the initial replacement blade server having data processing resources that do not match the data processing resource requirements; and transferring by the system management server the data processing workload from the initial replacement blade server to a subsequent replacement blade server, where the subsequent replacement blade server has data processing resources that better match the data processing resource requirements than do the data processing resources of the initial replacement blade server. | 06-19-2014 |
20140278085 | DETERMINING AN OPTIMAL VEHICULAR TRANSPORTATION ROUTE - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for determining an optimal vehicular transportation route using location based services. A computing device receives a point of origin and destination. The computing device determines a plurality of vehicular transportation routes between the starting point and destination. The computing device also determines an optimal vehicular transportation route included in the plurality of vehicular transportation routes by comparing two vehicular transportation routes included in the plurality of transportation routes that each have a proprietary point of interest within a predetermined distance. Each vehicular transportation route includes the respective proprietary point of interest. Further, each proprietary point of interest is associated with the computing device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140317602 | Graphical User Interface Debugger with User Defined Interest Points - A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for debugging a web application. The mechanism loads a web application having a plurality of source code files in a browser with an associated debugger executing in the data processing system. Responsive to receiving user selection of a record function, the debugger records user actions and changes in the source code files to a recording file. The mechanism replays the recording file in the browser and presenting debug information to the user in panels of the debugger. | 10-23-2014 |
Yongrong Zuo, Chelmsford, MA US
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20130324062 | POWER DETECTOR WITH TEMPERATURE COMPENSTATION - Power detectors with temperature compensation and having improved accuracy over temperature are disclosed. In an aspect of the disclosure, variations of a power detector gain over temperature is reduced by varying both the gate and drain voltages of MOS transistors within a power detector. In an exemplary design, an apparatus includes at least one MOS transistor, which receives an input signal, detects the power of the input signal based on a power detection gain, and provides an output signal indicative of the power of the input signal. The at least one MOS transistor is applied a variable gate bias voltage and a variable drain bias voltage in order to reduce variations of the power detection gain over temperature. At least one additional MOS transistor may receive a second variable gate bias voltage and provide the variable drain bias voltage for the at least one MOS transistor. | 12-05-2013 |
Youxiang Zuo, Sugar Land, TX US
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20130112406 | Methods for Characterizing Asphaltene Instability in Reservoir Fluids - A methodology for reservoir understanding that performs investigation of asphaltene instability as a function of location in a reservoir of interest. In the preferred embodiment, results derived as part of the investigation of asphaltene instability are used as a workflow decision point for selectively performing additional analysis of reservoir fluids. The additional analysis of reservoir fluids can verify the presence of asphaltene flocculation onset conditions and/or determine the presence and location of phase-separated bitumen in the reservoir of interest. | 05-09-2013 |
20130197808 | Methods And Apparatus For Characterization Of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs - A methodology performs downhole fluid analysis at multiple measurement stations within a wellbore traversing a reservoir to determine gradients of compositional components and other fluid properties. A model is used to predict concentrations of a plurality of high molecular weight solute part class-types at varying reservoir locations. Such predictions are compared against downhole measurements to identify the best matching solute part class-type. If the best-matching class type corresponds to at least one predetermined asphaltene component, phase stability of asphaltene in the reservoir fluid at a given depth is evaluated using equilibrium criteria involving an oil rich phase and an asphaltene rich phase of respective components of the reservoir fluid at the given depth. The result of the evaluation of asphaltene rich phase stability is used for reservoir analysis. The computational analysis that evaluates asphaltene rich phase stability can also be used in other reservoir understanding workflows and in reservoir simulation. | 08-01-2013 |
20140200810 | Methods For Reservoir Evaluation Employing Non-Equilibrium Compositional Gradients - A method for determining reservoir architecture using modeling of a non-equilibrium distribution of at least one analyte in reservoir fluids. The analyte(s) of the analysis preferably has (have) significant compositional variation in the reservoir. For example, the analyte can be a later charging single gas component (such as methane, carbon dioxide, or hydrogen sulfide) in a multi-component fluid system. In this case, the model can assume that the components of the early charge are in a stationary state or in equilibrium, whereas the later charge is in a state of non-equilibrium. The non-equilibrium distribution of the analyte(s) derived from the model is compared to the distribution of the analyte(s) derived from downhole or laboratory fluid analysis of reservoir fluid, and the architecture of the reservoir is determined based upon such comparison. | 07-17-2014 |
20140202237 | Method Of Analyzing A Petroleum Reservoir - A method of evaluating a gradient of a composition of materials in a petroleum reservoir, comprising sampling fluids from a well in the petroleum reservoir in a logging operation, measuring an amount of contamination in the sampled fluids, measuring the composition of the sampling fluids using a downhole fluid analysis, measuring an asphaltene content of the sampling fluids at different depths; and fitting the asphaltene content of the sampling fluids at the different depths to a simplified equation of state during the logging operation to determine the gradient of the composition of the materials in the petroleum reservoir. | 07-24-2014 |
20140238667 | Downhole Fluid Analysis Methods - Fluid analysis measurements may be performed during withdrawal of a downhole tool to the surface. Fluid may be collected within a fluid analysis system of the downhole tool and the collected fluid may be exposed to the wellbore pressure during withdrawal of the downhole tool. Measurements for the collected fluid, such as optical density, the gas oil ratio, fluid density, fluid viscosity, fluorescence, temperature, and pressure, among other, may be recorded continuously or at intervals as the downhole tool is brought to the surface. The measurements may be employed to determine properties of the collected fluid, such as the saturation pressure and the asphaltene onset pressure. | 08-28-2014 |
20140316705 | Oil Based Drilling Mud Filtrate Contamination Monitoring Using Gas To Oil Ratio - A method for monitoring oil based mud filtrate contamination is provided including steps of analytically dividing a fluid stream into two parts, determining a gas/oil ratio for a native fluid determining an apparent gas/oil ratio for the contaminated fluid and determining on a volume fraction, an oil based contamination level based upon the gas/oil ratio for the native fluid and the apparent gas/oil ratio for the contaminated fluid. | 10-23-2014 |
20150135814 | Method And Apparatus For Water-Based Mud Filtrate Contamination Monitoring In Real Time Downhole Water Sampling - A method and apparatus for performing water based mud-filtrate contamination monitoring in real time through evaluation of downhole water sampling. | 05-21-2015 |
20150142317 | Method And Apparatus For Consistent And Robust Fitting In Oil Based Mud Filtrate Contamination Monitoring From Multiple Downhole Sensors - A method for performing contamination monitoring through estimation wherein measured data for optical density, gas to oil ratio, mass density and composition of fluid components are used to obtain plotting data and the plotting data is extrapolated to obtain contamination levels. | 05-21-2015 |
20150142321 | Flow Rate From Displacement Unit Piston Position - A method to detect flow rate from a displacement unit entailing locating the displacement unit in a fluid path, monitoring a piston position in the displacement unit for a stroke direction change, starting a timer upon a stroke direction change, monitoring at least one check valve position for an alteration of position, stopping the timer upon the alteration of position, calculating a time between the stroke direction change and the alternation of position, calculating a volume of the displacement unit and calculating the flow rate from the displacement unit by dividing the volume of the displacement unit by the calculated time. | 05-21-2015 |
20150211357 | Prediction of Asphaltene Onset Pressure Gradients Downhole - A method for predicting asphaltene onset pressure in a reservoir is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes performing downhole fluid analysis of formation fluid via a downhole tool at a measurement station at a first depth in a wellbore and determining an asphaltene gradient for the formation fluid at the measurement station. Asphaltene onset pressure for a second depth in the wellbore may then be predicted based on the downhole fluid analysis and the determined asphaltene gradient. Additional methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed. | 07-30-2015 |
20150211361 | Flow Regime Identification With Filtrate Contamination Monitoring - Implementations of the present disclosure relate to apparatuses, systems, and methods for determining when a well cleanup process has established developed flow and then extrapolating out modeled fluid parameter values to determine parameter values for a formation fluid. The model fluid parameter values may be modeled using a power law function having a specified exponent value. | 07-30-2015 |
20150226059 | Determining Properties of OBM Filtrates - Methods and apparatus for operating a downhole tool within a wellbore adjacent a subterranean formation to pump contaminated fluid from the formation into the downhole tool while measuring first and second fluid properties of the contaminated fluid. The contaminated fluid comprises native fluid from the formation and a contaminant. The downhole tool is in communication with surface equipment located at surface. The downhole tool and/or surface equipment is operated to estimate a formation volume factor of the contaminated fluid based on at least one of the first and second fluid properties of the contaminated fluid. A linear relationship is then estimated between the first fluid property and a function that relates the first fluid property to the second fluid property and the estimated formation volume factor of the contaminated fluid. A fluid property of the contaminant is then estimated based on the estimated linear relationship. | 08-13-2015 |
20150292324 | Estimation of Mud Filtrate Spectra and Use in Fluid Analysis - A method for using an optical spectrum of mud filtrate for analysis of fluid drawn from a formation is provided. The method includes performing downhole fluid analysis of formation fluid drawn at a wellbore measurement station and determining an optical spectrum of mud filtrate in the formation fluid drawn at the wellbore measurement station. The method also includes performing downhole fluid analysis of formation fluid drawn at an additional wellbore measurement station, and performing the downhole fluid analysis of formation fluid drawn at the additional wellbore measurement station includes using the determined optical spectrum of the mud filtrate in the formation fluid previously drawn at the wellbore measurement station. Additional methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed. | 10-15-2015 |
20150308261 | Determining Formation Fluid Variation With Pressure - A downhole tool is operated to pump fluid from a subterranean formation while obtaining fluid property measurements pertaining to the pumped fluid. The downhole tool is in communication with surface equipment located at the wellsite surface. The downhole tool and/or surface equipment is operated to estimate a first linear, exponential, logarithmic, and/or other relationship between compressibility and pressure of the pumped fluid based on the fluid property measurements. The downhole tool and/or surface equipment may also be operated to estimate a second linear, exponential, logarithmic, and/or other relationship between formation volume factor and pressure of the pumped fluid based on the first relationship. The downhole tool and/or surface equipment may also be operated to measure and correct optical density of the pumped fluid based on the first relationship. | 10-29-2015 |
Yue Zuo, Redmond, WA US
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20110119668 | MANAGING VIRTUAL HARD DRIVES AS BLOBS - Cloud computing platforms having computer-readable media that perform methods to manage virtual hard drives as blobs are provided. The cloud computing platform includes fabric computers and blob stores. The fabric computers execute virtual machines that implement one or more applications that access virtual hard drives. The data in the virtual hard drives is accessed, via a blob interface, from blobs in the blob stores. The blob stores interface with a driver that translates some application input/output (I/O) requests destined to the virtual hard drives to blob commands when accessing data in the virtual hard drives. | 05-19-2011 |
20110225458 | GENERATING A DEBUGGABLE DUMP FILE FOR AN OPERATING SYSTEM KERNEL AND HYPERVISOR - Cloud computing platforms having computer-readable media that perform methods to generate debuggable dump files are provided. The cloud computing platform includes server devices running operating system kernels. Optionally, the server may include a hypervisor. The operating system kernel receives a command to generate a debuggable dump file. In response, the operating system estimates memory requires to store the requested memory pages, allocates an appropriately sized buffer, and freezes computation. A hypervisor is present and if its memory pages are requested, the hypervisor freezes its computation. The hypervisor stores its memory pages in the buffer and resumes computation. The operating system kernel stores its pages to the buffer in priority order and resumes its computation. The contents of the buffer are written out as a debuggable dump file. | 09-15-2011 |
20110225459 | GENERATING A DEBUGGABLE DUMP FILE FOR A VIRTUAL MACHINE - Cloud computing platforms having computer-readable media that perform methods to generate debuggable dump files are provided. The cloud computing platform includes at least one server having a host virtual machine, guest virtual machine, and hypervisor. The host virtual machine receives a command to generate the debuggable dump file. In response, it suspends all virtual processors executing on the guest virtual machine. The memory pages of the suspended virtual machine are written into a debuggable dump file, and the suspended processors are resumed at an appropriate time. | 09-15-2011 |
20110292792 | Applying Policies to Schedule Network Bandwidth Among Virtual Machines - Computerized methods, systems, and computer-storage media for allowing virtual machines (VMs) residing on a common physical node to fairly share network bandwidth are provided. Restrictions on resource consumption are implemented to ameliorate stressing the network bandwidth or adversely affecting the quality of service (QoS) guaranteed to tenants of the physical node. The restrictions involves providing a scheduler that dynamically controls networking bandwidth allocated to each of the VMs as a function of QoS policies. These QoS policies are enforced by controlling a volume of traffic being sent from the VMs. Controlling traffic includes depositing tokens into token-bucket queues assigned to the VMs, respectively. The tokens are consumed as packets pass through the token-bucket queues. Upon consumption, packets are held until sufficient tokens are reloaded to the token-bucket queues. | 12-01-2011 |
20130132057 | THROTTLE DISK I/O USING DISK DRIVE SIMULATION MODEL - Computerized methods, systems, and computer-storage media for throttling requests from virtual machines (VMs) to a hard-disk drive (HDD) are provided. When a request for disk I/O is received from a VM, a disk-drive model that simulates performance characteristics of the HDD is accessed. During access, the disk-drive model's estimation of HDD parameters and the disk-drive model's estimation of a current state of a disk head of the HDD are gathered. A projected execution time to carry out the request is computed as a function of the estimated HDD parameters and the estimated current state of the disk head. Also, an actual execution time to carry out the request is measured upon allowing the request to pass to the HDD. Using a comparison of the projected execution time and the actual execution time, the traffic of the requests from the VMs is throttled. | 05-23-2013 |
20130254766 | OFFLOADING PACKET PROCESSING FOR NETWORKING DEVICE VIRTUALIZATION - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for offloading packet processing for networking device virtualization. A host maintains rule set(s) for a virtual machine, and a physical network interface card (NIC) maintains flow table(s) for the virtual machine. The physical NIC receives and processes a network packet associated with the virtual machine. Processing the network packet includes the physical NIC comparing the network packet with the flow table(s) at the physical NIC. When the network packet matches with a flow in the flow table(s) at the physical NIC, the physical NIC performs an action on the network packet based on the matching flow. Alternatively, when the network packet does not match with a flow in the flow table(s) at the physical NIC, the physical NIC passes the network packet to the host partition for processing against the rule set(s). | 09-26-2013 |
20130298123 | APPLYING POLICIES TO SCHEDULE NETWORK BANDWIDTH AMONG VIRTUAL MACHINES - Computerized methods, systems, and computer-storage media for allowing virtual machines (VMs) residing on a common physical node to fairly share network bandwidth are provided. Restrictions on resource consumption are implemented to ameliorate stressing the network bandwidth or adversely affecting the quality of service (QoS) guaranteed to tenants of the physical node. The restrictions involves providing a scheduler that dynamically controls networking bandwidth allocated to each of the VMs as a function of QoS policies. These QoS policies are enforced by controlling a volume of traffic being sent from the VMs. Controlling traffic includes depositing tokens into token-bucket queues assigned to the VMs, respectively. The tokens are consumed as packets pass through the token-bucket queues. Upon consumption, packets are held until sufficient tokens are reloaded to the token-bucket queues. | 11-07-2013 |
20130305005 | MANAGING CIRTUAL HARD DRIVES AS BLOBS - Cloud computing platforms having computer-readable media that perform methods for facilitating communications with storage. A request having a first-interface format to access storage is intercepted. The first interface format of the request supports access to a virtual hard drive (VHD). The request is translated to a blob request having a blob interface format. The blob interface format of the blob request supports access to a plurality of blobs of data in a blob store. The blob request is communicated to a blob interface such that the blob request is executed in managing the plurality of blobs. | 11-14-2013 |
Zhengping Zuo, Sammamish, WA US
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20130111541 | POLICY ENFORCEMENT OF CLIENT DEVICES | 05-02-2013 |
20130314491 | MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCE ENDPOINT TRANSFER SYSTEM - A system for providing a trusted peer-based information verification system may include one or more processors and a memory. The one or more processors may provide a multimedia conference to participant devices, and may receive a request to transfer a session of the multimedia conference of a participant device that is characterized by a first multimedia conference capability. The one or more processors may provide a list of target devices associated with the participant device to the participant device, and may receive an indication of a target device from the participant device. The one or more processors may transfer the session of the multimedia conference from the participant device to the target device, wherein the target device is characterized by a second multimedia conference capability that is different than the first multimedia conference capability of the participant device. | 11-28-2013 |
20130335196 | USING TOUCH PAD TO REMOTE CONTROL HOME ELCTRONICS LIKE TV - Apparatus and methods of a remote control device are provided. The remote control device includes a switch and a power input. The remote control device also includes a touch panel configured to operate in an absence of backlight. The touch panel is configured to receive a first input at a first area of the touch panel and a second input at a second area of the touch panel. The remote control device includes a processing unit configured to provide first control data representing the first input and second control data representing the second input. The first control data can control movement of a cursor on the electronic device. The second control data can identify text corresponding to the second input. The remote control device includes a transmitter configured to provide the control data to the electronic device. | 12-19-2013 |
20150042750 | MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCE ENDPOINT TRANSFER SYSTEM - A system for providing a trusted peer-based information verification system may include one or more processors and a memory. The one or more processors may provide a multimedia conference to participant devices, and may receive a request to transfer a session of the multimedia conference of a participant device that is characterized by a first multimedia conference capability. The one or more processors may provide a list of target devices associated with the participant device to the participant device, and may receive an indication of a target device from the participant device. The one or more processors may transfer the session of the multimedia conference from the participant device to the target device, wherein the target device is characterized by a second multimedia conference capability that is different than the first multimedia conference capability of the participant device. | 02-12-2015 |
20150156205 | POLICY ENFORCEMENT OF CLIENT DEVICES - A method may include sending, by a client device, an access request to an authentication server device. The access request may include a request to access an administered resource. The method may include in response to the client device not complying with an administrative policy associated with the administered resource, receiving, from the authentication server device, one or more instructions regarding installation of a client application, receiving, by the client device, a client application in accordance with the instructions, and installing the client application on the client device. | 06-04-2015 |
Zhenyu Zuo, Suisun City, CA US
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20100217313 | SYSTEMS FOR VENOUS OCCLUSION FOR THE TREATMENT OF VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY - Methods, devices and systems are described for treating venous insufficiency in which the vein is compressed at least partially along a treatment zone. A system can be provided including an injection device, such as a glue gun, that is operably connected to a delivery catheter that can be advanced across a treatment zone in the vein. The delivery catheter can be used to deliver one, two, or more boluses of media (e.g., cyanoacrylate) to occlude the vein along different spaced-apart sections of the treatment zone. External compression can also be applied to the vein by a compression element, such as a hand or multifunctional ultrasound transducer, to occlude portions of the vein along the treatment zone prior to or during the introduction of the boluses of media. | 08-26-2010 |
20150265264 | SYSTEMS FOR VENOUS OCCLUSION FOR THE TREATMENT OF VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY - Methods, devices and systems are described for treating venous insufficiency in which the vein is compressed at least partially along a treatment zone. A system can be provided including an injection device, such as a glue gun, that is operably connected to a delivery catheter that can be advanced across a treatment zone in the vein. The delivery catheter can be used to deliver one, two, or more boluses of media (e.g., cyanoacrylate) to occlude the vein along different spaced-apart sections of the treatment zone. External compression can also be applied to the vein by a compression element, such as a hand or multifunctional ultrasound transducer, to occlude portions of the vein along the treatment zone prior to or during the introduction of the boluses of media. | 09-24-2015 |
Zhuang Zuo, Houston, TX US
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20120128651 | ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA (ALL) BIOMARKERS - The present invention concerns the use of biomarkers for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) to prognose or evaluate a patient with ALL who is Ph+. Methods and compositions are provided that concern these ALL biomarkers. In specific embodiments, methods for determining whether an ALL patient should be treated with standard chemotherapy are provided. | 05-24-2012 |