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Michael A. Smith

Michael A. Smith, Boise, ID US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090072347Semiconductor Constructions, and Electronic Systems - The invention includes methods of forming oxide structures under corners of transistor gate stacks and adjacent trenched isolation regions. Such methods can include exposure of a semiconductor material to steam and H03-19-2009
20090218638NAND FLASH PERIPHERAL CIRCUITRY FIELD PLATE - A high voltage device for use in periphery circuitry of a NAND flash memory device comprising a field plate.09-03-2009
20090278227ISOLATION TRENCH STRUCTURE - Among structures, methods, devices, and systems for isolation trenches, a semiconductor device is provided that includes a substrate and an isolation trench structure. One such isolation trench structure includes a first isolation trench portion associated with a surface of the substrate and having a first pair of opposing sidewalls that are each substantially perpendicular to the surface of the substrate. A second isolation trench portion includes a second pair of sidewalls within the substrate that are each angled obliquely with respect to the surface of the substrate, where the second isolation trench portion has a separation between the second pair of sidewalls that decreases as a distance from the first isolation trench portion increases. A third isolation trench portion includes a third pair of sidewalls within the substrate that are each substantially perpendicular to the surface of the substrate.11-12-2009
20100276781Semiconductor Constructions - The invention includes methods of forming oxide structures under corners of transistor gate stacks and adjacent trenched isolation regions. Such methods can include exposure of a semiconductor material to steam and H11-04-2010
20110140227Depletion mode circuit protection device - A non-volatile microelectronic memory device that includes a depletion mode circuit protection device that prevents high voltages, which are applied to bitlines during an erase operation, from being applied to and damaging low voltage circuits which are electrically coupled to the bitlines.06-16-2011

Patent applications by Michael A. Smith, Boise, ID US

Michael A. Smith, San Gabriel, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080199060Distortion compensated imaging - Certain aspects can relate to responsive to the at least some input compensating information, imaging the at least the portion of the individual in a manner to limit at least some distorting effects of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature associated with the at least the portion of the individual at least partially by modifying a non-optical electromagnetic output from an imaging modality as applied to the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature associated with the at least the portion of the individual. Certain aspects can relate to creating at least one conformal absence of a non-optical electromagnetic output to limit distortion to an imaging of an at least a portion of an individual resulting at least partially from at least one distorting feature associated with the at least the portion of the individual.08-21-2008
20080207983Coded-sequence activation of surgical implants - Implants responsive to spatiotemporal signal sequences, and methods of operating implants by transmitting spatiotemporal signal sequences.08-28-2008
20080208010Coded-sequence activation of surgical implants - Implants responsive to spatiotemporal signal sequences, and methods of operating implants by transmitting spatiotemporal signal sequences.08-28-2008
20100218315Medical displaceable contouring mechanism - One aspect relates to reducing a pressure differential across one or more supporting surfaces of a body surface of an individual at least partially by displacing at least one displaceable contouring unit to at least partially conform to one or more contours of the body surface of the individual. Certain aspects can relate to stabilizing at least the one or more supporting surfaces of the body surface of the individual at least partially with at least one of the at least one displaceable contouring unit Other aspects can relate to relatively displacing at least one displaceable contouring unit with respect to a medical device portion based at least in part on a contour of an individual to support at least a portion of the individual while limiting pressure applied to the individual.09-02-2010
20110188777Input compensating for imaging distortion - Certain aspects can relate to obtaining at least some input compensating information at least partially based on the distortion characterizing imaging information that when applied to an imaging modality used to obtain the at least one image information can limit distortions to the at least the portion of the at least one image information resulting from at least a portion of at least one distorting feature, wherein the at least some input compensating information is characterized based at least in part on the at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information.08-04-2011
20120014581Distortion compensated imaging - Certain aspects can relate to responsive to the at least some input compensating information, imaging the at least the portion of the individual in a manner to limit at least some distorting effects of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature associated with the at least the portion of the individual at least partially by modifying a non-optical electromagnetic output from an imaging modality as applied to the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature associated with the at least the portion of the individual. Certain aspects can relate to creating at least one conformal absence of a non-optical electromagnetic output to limit distortion to an imaging of an at least a portion of an individual resulting at least partially from at least one distorting feature associated with the at least the portion of the individual.01-19-2012

Patent applications by Michael A. Smith, San Gabriel, CA US

Michael A. Smith, Bartlesville, OK US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090081397System and method for creating high gloss plastic items via the use of styrenic copolymers as a coextruded layer - The present techniques provide multi-layer plastic structures and methods for making such. The multi-layer plastic structures include an inner surface made from a polyolefin resin, and resistant to environmental stress cracking, and an outer surface that includes a styrenic copolymer. The outer surface has a kinetic coefficient of friction with itself of 0.42 and a static coefficient of friction with itself of 0.44.03-26-2009

Michael A. Smith, San Jose, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120116454SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACET JOINT STABILIZATION - In one form, a method for stabilization of a facet joint of the spinal column includes forming a cavity between adjacent bones defining the facet joint and positioning an implant in the cavity between the adjacent bones. In one aspect of this form, the method also includes positioning a bone anchor across the facet joint and engaging the bone anchor with each of the adjacent bones to force the bones toward one another and clamp the implant therebetween. In a further aspect of this form, the implant is a cancellous bone dowel and becomes fractured into a plurality of fragments upon being clamped between the adjacent bones and/or otherwise interacting with the bone anchor. In another form, systems and devices for performing percutaneous facet joint stabilization and/or fusion are provided. However, different forms and applications are also envisioned.05-10-2012

Michael A. Smith, Austin, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120144389OPTIMIZING VIRTUAL IMAGE DEPLOYMENT FOR HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE AND RESOURCES - A method of optimally deploying virtual images in a system of servers having different architectures and resources automatically deploys a first virtual image to each of a plurality of servers in the heterogeneous system of servers. The method monitors performance of the first virtual image on each of the servers. The method calculates a quality of service metric for the first virtual image on each server. The method ranks the servers in terms of said quality of service metric for the first virtual image. The method automatically deploys the first virtual image to a highest ranked server in terms of quality of service metric for the first virtual image.06-07-2012