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20090148933 | INTEGRATED NUCLEIC ACID ASSAYS - Integrated microfluidic cartridges for nucleic acid extraction, amplification, and detection from clinical samples are disclosed. The devices are single-entry, sanitary, and disposable. The devices enable simplex or multiplex nucleic acid target detection, as for example: assay panels for multiple infectious agents, or assay panels for cancerous cell types. Methods for use of microfluidic cartridges in a fully automated, pneumatically controlled apparatus are also disclosed. | 06-11-2009 |
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20120064597 | MICROFLUIDIC MIXING AND ANALYTICAL APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a device comprising a pair of bellows pumps configured for efficient mixing at a microfluidic scale. By moving a fluid sample and particles in suspension through an aperture between the paired bellows pump mixing chambers, molecular collisions leading to binding between the particles and ligands in the sample are enhanced. Such devices provide an alternative for mixing that does not use a vent and can be used with a variety of particles in suspension such as magnetic beads to capture or purify useful cells and molecules. | 03-15-2012 |
20120142070 | REHYDRATABLE MATRICES FOR DRY STORAGE OF TAQ POLYMERASE IN A MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE - Formulations for dry storage of PCR reagents are described. These formulations find use in manufacture of self-contained microfluidic card devices for PCR clinical testing in which the reagents are reconstituted at the point of testing. In these cards, TAQ polymerase is stored “on-board” in vitrified dry form without lyophilization or freezing, and is reconstituted by either the sample or a sample eluate during the assay. | 06-07-2012 |
20120156750 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DEHYDRATED STORAGE OF ON-BOARD REAGENTS IN MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES - Manufacturing methods and compositions are described for production of self-contained microfluidic cartridge devices with on-board reagents for molecular biological testing. Sensitive reagents are stored in dry form without lyophilization or freezing, and reconstituted at the point of use with either a biological sample or a sample eluate at the point of use. Manufacturing methods include sheet and roll fabrication processes where the reagents are printed in place and sealed within individual microfluidic cartridges before gel vitrification. | 06-21-2012 |
20120164627 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MICROFLUIDIC POINT-OF-CARE IMMUNOASSAYS - Microfluidic methods and devices for heterogeneous binding and agglutination assays are disclosed, with improvements relating to mixing and to reagent and sample manipulation in systems designed for safe handling of clinical test samples. | 06-28-2012 |
20120329142 | INTEGRATED NUCLEIC ACID ASSAYS - Integrated microfluidic cartridges for nucleic acid extraction, amplification, and detection from clinical samples are disclosed. The devices are single-entry, sanitary, and disposable. The devices enable simplex or multiplex nucleic acid target detection, as for example: assay panels for multiple infectious agents, or assay panels for cancerous cell types. Methods for use of microfluidic cartridges in a fully automated, pneumatically controlled apparatus are also disclosed. | 12-27-2012 |
20150152481 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DEHYDRATED STORAGE OF ON-BOARD REAGENTS IN MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES - Manufacturing methods and compositions are described for production of self-contained microfluidic cartridge devices with on-board reagents for molecular biological testing. Sensitive reagents are stored in dry form without lyophilization or freezing, and reconstituted at the point of use with either a biological sample or a sample eluate at the point of use. Manufacturing methods include sheet and roll fabrication processes where the reagents are printed in place and sealed within individual microfluidic cartridges before gel vitrification. | 06-04-2015 |
20150158026 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MICROFLUIDIC POINT-OF-CARE IMMUNOASSAYS - Microfluidic methods and devices for heterogeneous binding and agglutination assays are disclosed, with improvements relating to mixing and to reagent and sample manipulation in systems designed for safe handling of clinical test samples. | 06-11-2015 |
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20090259825 | MULTI-CORE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A system has a first plurality of cores in a first coherency group. Each core transfers data in packets. The cores are directly coupled serially to form a serial path. The data packets are transferred along the serial path. The serial path is coupled at one end to a packet switch. The packet switch is coupled to a memory. The first plurality of cores and the packet switch are on an integrated circuit. The memory may or may not be on the integrated circuit. In another aspect a second plurality of cores in a second coherency group is coupled to the packet switch. The cores of the first and second pluralities may be reconfigured to form or become part of coherency groups different from the first and second coherency groups. | 10-15-2009 |
20100107037 | MEMORY SYSTEM WITH ERROR CORRECTION AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A method is provided for error correction of a memory. The method includes: providing a first memory and a second memory; initiating a read operation of the first memory to retrieve data; performing an error correction code (ECC) processing on the data, wherein the ECC processing for determining that at least a portion of the data is erroneous and for providing corrected data; and determining if an address of the erroneous data is stored in the second memory, if the address of the erroneous data is stored in the second memory, storing the corrected data in the second memory, and if the address of the erroneous data is not stored in the second memory, storing the address in the second memory. | 04-29-2010 |
20100208537 | DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (DRAM) REFRESH - A method for refreshing a Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) includes performing a refresh on at least a portion of the DRAM at a first refresh rate, and performing a refresh on a second portion of the DRAM at a second refresh rate. The second portion includes one or more rows of the DRAM which do not meet a data retention criteria at the first refresh rate, and the second refresh rate is greater than the first refresh rate. | 08-19-2010 |
20110093660 | MULTI-CORE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A system has a first plurality of cores in a first coherency group. Each core transfers data in packets. The cores are directly coupled serially to form a serial path. The data packets are transferred along the serial path. The serial path is coupled at one end to a packet switch. The packet switch is coupled to a memory. The first plurality of cores and the packet switch are on an integrated circuit. The memory may or may not be on the integrated circuit. In another aspect a second plurality of cores in a second coherency group is coupled to the packet switch. The cores of the first and second pluralities may be reconfigured to form or become part of coherency groups different from the first and second coherency groups. | 04-21-2011 |
20110255357 | DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (DRAM) REFRESH - A method for refreshing a Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) includes performing a refresh on at least a portion of the DRAM at a first refresh rate, and performing a refresh on a second portion of the DRAM at a second refresh rate. The second portion includes one or more rows of the DRAM which do not meet a data retention criteria at the first refresh rate, and the second refresh rate is greater than the first refresh rate. | 10-20-2011 |
20130290753 | MEMORY COLUMN DROWSY CONTROL - In accordance with at least one embodiment, column level power control granularity is provided to control a low power state of a memory using a drowsy column control bit to control the low power state at an individual column level to protect the memory from weak bit failure. In accordance with at least one embodiment, a method of using a dedicated row of bit cells in a memory array is provided wherein each bit in the row controls the low power state of a respective column in the array. A special control signal is used to access the word line, and the word line is outside of the regular word line address space. A mechanism is provided to designate the weak bit column and set the control bit corresponding to that particular column to disable the drowsy/low power state for that column. | 10-31-2013 |
20140003172 | MEMORY WITH WORD LINE ACCESS CONTROL | 01-02-2014 |
20140201597 | ERROR CORRECTION WITH EXTENDED CAM - A memory system includes a memory and a content addressable memory (CAM). The memory includes a plurality of address locations, wherein each address location configured to store data and one or more error correction bits corresponding to the data. The CAM includes a plurality of entries, wherein each entry configured to store an address value of an address location of the memory and one or more extended error correction bits corresponding to the data stored at the address location of the memory. | 07-17-2014 |
20140269131 | MEMORY WITH POWER SAVINGS FOR UNNECESSARY READS - A memory device includes a plurality of sense amplifiers, an array of memory cells including a first subset of memory cells, and a plurality of word lines. Each word line is coupled to each memory cell in a respective row of the memory cells and each row of the memory cells includes one memory cell of the first subset of memory cells. Each of a plurality of control word lines is coupled to a respective one of the memory cells in the first subset of memory cells and each of the memory cells in the first subset of memory cells generates a sense amplifier control signal coupled to control operation of a respective one of the plurality of sense amplifiers. | 09-18-2014 |
20150199233 | Memory ECC with Hard and Soft Error Detection and Management - A method and apparatus are provided for error correction of a memory by using a first memory ( | 07-16-2015 |
20150242269 | Memory Redundancy to Replace Addresses with Multiple Errors - A method and apparatus are provided for error correction of a memory by using a first memory ( | 08-27-2015 |
20150244375 | TEMPERATURE THRESHOLD CIRCUIT WITH HYSTERESIS - A circuit for determining a threshold indication of temperature with respect to a threshold temperature. The circuit includes a timer circuit and a temperature sensor circuit having an counter whose output has a relationship to temperature. At the end of a period determined by the timer circuit, a comparator circuit compares the count of the counter with an indication of the threshold temperature to determine a state of the threshold indication. In response to a change in state of the threshold indication, the circuit changes one of the count time or the counter output's relationship to temperature to provide a hysteresis for the threshold indication. | 08-27-2015 |
20150302939 | MEMORY WITH REDUNDANCY - Structures for substituting single bits in an array may include a first array having a plurality of word lines, and for each of the plurality of word lines a memory operable to store a bit substitution column value, and a first data output line operable to communicate the bit substitution column value to a write data shifter. The bit substitution column value may be associated with a bit substitution column in a second array, and the write data shifter may be operable to substitute the bit by shifting data to a redundancy column in the first array. | 10-22-2015 |
20150318871 | ERROR CORRECTION WITH SECONDARY MEMORY - A memory system includes a memory having a plurality of address locations, each address location configured to store data and one or more error correction bits corresponding to the data. A secondary memory includes a plurality of entries, and each entry configured to store an address value of an address location of the memory and one or more error correction bits corresponding to the data stored at the address location of the memory. The error correction bits in the secondary memory can be used to correct errors in a subset of the memory having a different number of storage bits than the error correction bits in the memory. | 11-05-2015 |
20160034344 | Error Repair Location Cache - A method for repairing a memory includes executing an Error Correction Code (ECC) for a page of the memory. The page includes a plurality of bits having an inherent number of failed bits equal to or greater than zero. The ECC is configured to correct a correctable number of failed bits from the plurality of bits. A location of a failure prone bit in the page is determined from a cache in response to the correctable number of failed bits being less than the inherent number of failed bits. A state of the failure prone bit is changed to a new state in response to determining the location of the failure prone bit. The ECC is executed in response to the state of the failure prone bit being changed to the new state. | 02-04-2016 |
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20160080002 | ADAPTIVE ERROR CORRECTION CODES (ECCs) FOR ELECTRONIC MEMORIES - Systems and methods for adaptive error correction codes (ECCs) for electronic memories. In some embodiments, a memory device, may include a first memory having a plurality of address locations, each of the plurality of address locations having a number of storage bits configured to store data and one or more error correction bits corresponding to the data; and a second memory distinct from the first memory, the second memory having a plurality of entries, each of the plurality of entries configured to store one or more operation code bits relating to data stored at a corresponding address location in the first memory, the one or more operation code bits identifying an error correction scheme used to generate the one or more error correction bits at the corresponding address location in the first memory. | 03-17-2016 |
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20140189246 | MEASURING APPLICATIONS LOADED IN SECURE ENCLAVES AT RUNTIME - Embodiments of an invention for measuring applications loaded in secure enclaves at runtime are disclosed. In one embodiment, a processor includes an instruction unit and an execution unit. The instruction unit is to receive an instruction to extend a first measurement of a secure enclave with a second measurement. The execution unit is to execute the instruction after initialization of the secure enclave. | 07-03-2014 |
20140282935 | TECHNIQUES FOR SECURING USE OF ONE-TIME PASSWORDS - Various embodiments are generally directed to the provision and use of a secure enclave defined within a storage of a computing device by a processor element thereof to store executable instructions of an OTP component implementing logic to generate and use one-time passwords (OTPs) to enable access to services provided by another computing device. An apparatus includes a storage; a first processor element; and first logic to receive a one-time password (OTP) routine, store the OTP routine within a first secure enclave defined by the first processor element within the storage, obtain a measure of the contents of the first secure enclave with the OTP routine stored therein, transmit the first measure to a computing device, and receive an OTP seed. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 09-18-2014 |
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20130105100 | Method And Composition For Enzymatic Treatment Of Fiber For Papermaking, And Paper Products Made Therewith | 05-02-2013 |
20140069599 | Method And Composition For Enzymatic Treatment Of Fiber For Papermaking, And Paper Products Made Therewith - A method is provided for controlling organic contaminants, such as xylans, pitch or both, that interfere with bleaching of fibers and/or cause other interference(s) in papermaking systems. The method includes contacting fibers before any bleaching thereof with a composition which contains a hemicellulolytic enzyme and an organic contaminant removal adjuvant to liberate the organic contaminants from the fibers. The treated fibers can then be bleached and further used, for example, in making paper. The present invention also relates to the treatment compositions and to paper products made with fiber materials treated with these compositions. A method of enhancing enzymatic degradation of a substrate as well as formulations and systems for achieving the same are also provided. Various substrates can be degraded or otherwise processed, including biomass, paper mill sludge, and animal hides. Enzymatic degradation can be enhanced by including one or more polymeric surfactants. | 03-13-2014 |
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20150291557 | METALLOENZYME INHIBITOR COMPOUNDS AS FUNGICIDES - The instant invention describes compounds of Formula I having metalloenzyme modulating activity, and methods of treating diseases, disorders or symptoms thereof mediated by such metalloenzymes. | 10-15-2015 |
20150291632 | METALLOENZYME INHIBITOR COMPOUNDS AS FUNGICIDES - The instant invention describes compounds of Formula I having metalloenzyme modulating activity, and methods of treating diseases, disorders or symptoms thereof mediated by such metalloenzymes. | 10-15-2015 |
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