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| 20100250166 | Methods And Devices For Evaluating The Operating Characteristics Of A DBR Laser Diode - In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of evaluating the operating characteristics of a DBR laser diode is provided. According to the method, a diagnostic electrical current is injected into the wavelength tuning section of the DBR laser to generate amplified spontaneous emission of light in the wavelength tuning section. Light emitted from the wavelength tuning section is absorbed by the gain section and photo current generated by the light absorbed in the gain section is measured. The photo current measured in the gain section can be correlated with an evaluation of the operating characteristics of the DBR laser diode. For example, the measured photo current can be correlated with a substandard operating characteristic when it departs from a given photo current metric by more than an acceptable amount. Alternatively, the measured photo current can be correlated with a certified operating characteristic when it departs from the given photo current metric by an acceptable amount. Additional embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100260215 | Split Control Of Front And Rear DBR Grating Portions - A method is provided for controlling a DBR laser diode wherein front and rear DBR section heating elements are controlled such that the reflectivity of the rear grating portion of the DBR section is lower than the reflectivity of the front grating portion of the DBR section. In this manner, lasing mode selection is dominated by the front grating portion and the front DBR section heating element can be controlled for wavelength tuning. In addition, the rear DBR section heating element can be controlled to narrow the spectral bandwidth of the DBR reflection spectra. Additional embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20110255567 | Laser Diodes Comprising QWI Output Window and Waveguide Areas and Methods of Manufacture - In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a process of manufacturing a semiconductor laser diode comprising a gain section, a QWI output window, and QWI waveguide areas is provided. The QWI waveguide areas are fabricated using quantum well intermixing and define a QWI waveguide portion in the QWI output window of the laser diode. The QWI output window is transparent to the lasing wavelength λ | 10-20-2011 |
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| 20100246016 | GLASS HAVING ANTI-GLARE SURFACE AND METHOD OF MAKING - A glass article having an anti-glare surface. The anti-glare surface has a distinctness-of-reflected image of less than 95, and a haze of less than or equal to 50%. In one embodiment, the glass article further includes a smudge-resistant surface disposed on the anti-glare surface. Methods of making the glass article and anti-glare surface are also described. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100304513 | METHOD FOR FORMING AN ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DEVICE - A method for sealing an organic light emitting diode (OLED) device is disclosed wherein the OLED device comprises a color filter. A color filter is deposited on a first glass plate or substrate and a glass-based frit is then deposited in a loop around the color filter, The deposited fit loop is then heated by electromagnetic energy to evaporate organic constituents and to sinter the fit in a pre-sintering step. An OLED device may then be assembled by positioning a second glass plate comprising an organic light emitting material deposited thereon in overlying registration with the first glass plate, with the color filer and the organic light emitting material positioned between the plates. The fit is then heated with a laser to form a hermetic seal between the first and second glass plates. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110014731 | METHOD FOR SEALING A PHOTONIC DEVICE - Methods for sealing a photonic device are disclosed. The photonic device may, for example, comprise a display device, a lighting device or a photovoltaic device. The device is sealed with a glass frit that is heated with a laser from both sides of the device (through both glass substrate plates), either sequentially or simultaneously. The methods can facilitate wider seal widths, and wider overall frit wall widths for increased device strength. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110062849 | GLASS AND DISPLAY HAVING ANTI-GLARE PROPERTIES - A glass article that is ion-exchangeable and has at least one roughened surface. The roughened surface has a distinctness-of-reflected image DOI of less than 90 when measured at an incidence angle of 20°. A pixelated display system that includes such a glass article is also provided. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110267697 | ANTI-GLARE SURFACE AND METHOD OF MAKING - A glass article including: at least one anti-glare surface having haze, distinctness-of-image, surface roughness, and uniformity properties, as defined herein. A method of making the article having an anti-glare surface includes, for example, forming a protective film on selected portions of at least one surface of the article; contacting the at least one surface with a liquid etchant; and removing the protective film from the surface of the article to form the anti-glare surface. A display system that incorporates the glass article, as defined herein, is also disclosed. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267698 | ANTI-GLARE SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD AND ARTICLES THEREOF - A glass article including: at least one anti-glare surface having haze, distinctness-of-image, surface roughness, and uniformity properties, as defined herein. A method of making the glass article includes, for example, depositing sacrificial particles on a surface of the article; and contacting the resulting particulated surface with an etchant. A display system that incorporates the glass article, as defined herein, is also disclosed. | 11-03-2011 |
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| 20080197513 | BEOL INTERCONNECT STRUCTURES WITH IMPROVED RESISTANCE TO STRESS - A chip is provided which includes a back-end-of-line (“BEOL”) interconnect structure. The BEOL interconnect structure includes a plurality of interlevel dielectric (“ILD”) layers which include a dielectric material curable by ultraviolet (“UV”) radiation. A plurality of metal interconnect wiring layers are embedded in the plurality of ILD layers. Dielectric barrier layers cover the plurality of metal interconnect wiring layers, the dielectric barrier layers being adapted to reduce diffusion of materials between the metal interconnect wiring layers and the ILD layers. One of more of the dielectric barrier layers is adapted to retain compressive stress while withstanding UV radiation sufficient to cure the dielectric material of the ILD layers, making the BEOL structure better capable of avoiding deformation due to thermal and/or mechanical stress. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20100028695 | LOW k DIELECTRIC CVD FILM FORMATION PROCESS WITH IN-SITU IMBEDDED NANOLAYERS TO IMPROVE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES - A low k dielectric stack having an effective dielectric constant k, of about 3.0 or less, in which the mechanical properties of the stack are improved by introducing at least one nanolayer into the dielectric stack. The improvement in mechanical properties is achieved without significantly increasing the dielectric constant of the films within the stack and without the need of subjecting the inventive dielectric stack to any post treatment steps. Specifically, the present invention provides a low k dielectric stack that comprises at least one low k dielectric material and at least one nanolayer present within the at least one low k dielectric material. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20110012238 | ENGINEERED INTERCONNECT DIELECTRIC CAPS HAVING COMPRESSIVE STRESS AND INTERCONNECT STRUCTURES CONTAINING SAME - A dielectric capping layer having a dielectric constant of less than 4.2 is provided that exhibits a higher mechanical and electrical stability to UV and/or E-Beam radiation as compared to conventional dielectric capping layers. Also, the dielectric capping layer maintains a consistent compressive stress upon post-deposition treatments. The dielectric capping layer includes a tri-layered dielectric material in which at least one of the layers has good oxidation resistance, is resistance to conductive metal diffusion, and exhibits high mechanical stability under at least UV curing. The low k dielectric capping layer also includes nitrogen content layers that contain electron donors and double bond electrons. The low k dielectric capping layer also exhibits a high compressive stress and high modulus and is stable under post-deposition curing treatments, which leads to less film and device cracking and improved device reliability. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110108992 | AIR GAP INTERCONNECT STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME - A metal interconnect structure includes at least a pair of metal lines, a cavity therebetween, and a dielectric metal-diffusion barrier layer located on at least one portion of walls of the cavity. After formation of a cavity between the pair of metal lines, the dielectric metal-diffusion barrier layer is formed on the exposed surfaces of the cavity. A dielectric material layer is formed above the pair of metal lines to encapsulate the cavity. The dielectric metal-diffusion barrier layer prevents diffusion of metal and impurities from one metal line to another metal line and vice versa, thereby preventing electrical shorts between the pair of metal lines. | 05-12-2011 |
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| 20110193230 | FORMATION OF AIR GAP WITH PROTECTION OF METAL LINES - A method is provided for fabricating a microelectronic element having an air gap in a dielectric layer thereof. A dielectric cap layer can be formed which has a first portion overlying surfaces of metal lines, the first portion extending a first height above a height of a surface of the dielectric layer and a second portion overlying the dielectric layer surface and extending a second height above the height of the surface of the dielectric layer, the second height being greater than the first height. After forming the cap layer, a mask can be formed over the cap layer. The mask can have a multiplicity of randomly disposed holes. Each hole may expose a surface of only the second portion of the cap layer which has the greater height. The mask may fully cover a surface of the first portion of the cap layer having the lower height. Subsequently, an etchant can be directed towards the first and second portions of the cap layer to form holes in the cap layer aligned with the holes in the mask. Material can be removed from the dielectric layer where exposed to the etchant by the holes in the cap layer. At such time, the mask can protect the first portion of the cap layer and the metal lines from being attacked by the etchant. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20120032311 | MULTI COMPONENT DIELECTRIC LAYER - An in-situ process is described incorporating plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition comprising flowing at least one of a Si, Si+C, B, Si+B, Si+B+C, and B+C containing precursor, and a N containing precursors at first times and removing the N precursor at second times and starting the flow of an oxidant gas and a porogen gas into the chamber. A dielectric layer is described comprising a network having inorganic random three dimensional covalent bonding throughout the network which contains at least one SiCN, SiCNH, SiN, SiNH, BN, BNH, CBN, CBNH, BSiN, BSiNH, SiCBN and SiCBNH as a first component and a low k dielectric as a second component adjacent thereto. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120111825 | AIR GAP INTERCONNECT STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME - A metal interconnect structure includes at least a pair of metal lines, a cavity therebetween, and a dielectric metal-diffusion barrier layer located on at least one portion of walls of the cavity. After formation of a cavity between the pair of metal lines, the dielectric metal-diffusion barrier layer is formed on the exposed surfaces of the cavity. A dielectric material layer is formed above the pair of metal lines to encapsulate the cavity. The dielectric metal-diffusion barrier layer prevents diffusion of metal and impurities from one metal line to another metal line and vice versa, thereby preventing electrical shorts between the pair of metal lines. | 05-10-2012 |
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| 20080215459 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR META-SHOPPING AND DYNAMIC SETUP OF B2B ECOMMERCE - A method, apparatus, and computer implemented instructions for generating a customized catalog for an entity or organization. Items from a base catalog are presented to a user located at a remote data processing system. One or more items are selected by a user through a process of “meta-shopping”. The selected items are placed in a set, also referred to as a “meta-shopping cart”, used to generate the customized catalog. Terms for purchasing items in the customized catalog are associated with the customized catalog. Further, a protocol for purchasing items from the customized catalog may be established, and the customized catalog is then placed on a Web site. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080260287 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDING SIGNATURE INFORMATION TO ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for adding signature information to electronic documents. One embodiment of the inventive method involves adding the signature information into a signature data field template corresponding to the electronic document, converting the signature data field template, including the added signature information, to an image file, and superimposing the image file over the electronic document to produce a signed electronic document. The inventive method substantially eliminates the potential for human error and security breaches in the signing of electronic documents. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080263438 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING AND EDITING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for creating and editing electronic documents. One embodiment of the inventive method involves generating an electronic document in a first document format type, in accordance with one or more user-specified parameters, and converting the electronic document from the first document format type into a second document format type, in accordance with a user instruction to finalize the electronic document. In one embodiment, the first document format type is a structured document format type, such as hypertext markup language or extensible markup language, while the second document format type is a secure document format type such as portable document format. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090106271 | SECURE SEARCH OF PRIVATE DOCUMENTS IN AN ENTERPRISE CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An enterprise content management system such as an electronic contract system manages a large number of secure documents for many organizations. The search of these private documents for different organizational users with role-based access control is a challenging task. A content-based extensible mark-up language (XML)-annotated secure-index search mechanism is provided that provides an effective search and retrieval of private documents with document-level security. The search mechanism includes a document analysis framework for text analysis and annotation, a search indexer to build and incorporate document access control information directly into a search index, an XML-based search engine, and a compound query generation technique to join user role and organization information into search query. By incorporating document access information directly into the search index and combining user information in the search query, search and retrieval of private contract documents can be achieved very effectively and securely with high performance. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20100005443 | System and Methods to Create a Multi-Tenancy Software as a Service Application - A method for providing multi-tenant services includes receiving a request from a user, establishing tenancy information for the user, wherein the tenancy information is selected which corresponds to a tenant of the user from among multiple tenants, customizing the request according to the tenancy information established for the user, forwarding the request to an application that is not multi-tenant aware, receiving results of the request from the application, customizing the results according to the tenancy information established for the user and corresponding to the tenant of the user, and returning customized results to the user. | 01-07-2010 |
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| 20110150557 | PRODUCT DISPENSER - A product dispenser assembly for dispensing a liquid or gel composition, the assembly including a container housing having a head portion and an internal chamber for holding a composition, the head portion including a plurality of apertures, a moveable member structured to enable a user to selectively deploy the composition from within the internal chamber through the plurality of apertures, a cap assembly, a first absorbent pad arranged on top of the head portion for receiving the composition as it is deployed from the container, a plurality of absorbent pads arranged in a stacked configuration within cap assembly, each of the plurality of pads being adapted to be sequentially arranged on top of the head portion after the first removable pad has used to apply the composition and then removed by the user. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110150558 | PRODUCT DISPENSER AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE KIT - A kit including a product dispenser assembly and an absorbent article, the assembly including a container housing having a head portion and an internal chamber for holding a composition, the head portion including a plurality of apertures, a moveable member structured to enable a user to selectively deploy the composition from within the internal chamber through the plurality of apertures, a cap assembly, a first absorbent pad arranged on top of the head portion for receiving the composition as it is deployed from the container, a plurality of absorbent pads arranged in a stacked configuration within cap assembly, each of the plurality of pads being adapted to be sequentially arranged on top of the head portion after the first removable pad has used to apply the composition and then removed by the user. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110152398 | COMPOSITIONS FOR REPELLING FLUID AND USES THEREOF - Provided are compositions for repelling fluids comprising a volatile liquid carrier, a powder-feel agent and less than 5 weight % of an ester selected from the group consisting of formula I, formula II, formula III, and combinations of two or more thereof: | 06-23-2011 |
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| 20080300919 | ARCHITECTURE FOR HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEMS - An architecture allows individual system components to be developed and tested individually, i.e., as distinct modules, and to be subsequently combined through standardized electrical and communication interfaces. Any combination of these modules can be implemented to form different products that provide any number of functions, such as an integrated system for monitoring a health condition and/or delivering a medication. The architecture also provides an approach for dynamically updating the product and offering its users the latest generation of technology even after the users have already purchased the product. In particular, the embodiments employ the communication interfaces to also provide connection to a remote network that can update or upgrade the product's software when the product is out in the field. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080301665 | ARCHITECTURE FOR FIELD UPGRADE OF A HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM - An architecture allows individual system components to be developed and tested individually, i.e., as distinct modules, and to be subsequently combined through standardized electrical and communication interfaces. Any combination of these modules can be implemented to form different products that provide any number of functions, such as an integrated system for monitoring a health condition and/or delivering a medication. The architecture also provides an approach for dynamically updating the product and offering its users the latest generation of technology even after the users have already purchased the product. In particular, the embodiments employ the communication interfaces to also provide connection to a remote network that can update or upgrade the product's software when the product is out in the field. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090098657 | METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR DETERMINING THE TEMPERATURE OF A TEST SENSOR - An assembly determines an analyte concentration in a sample of body fluid. The assembly includes a test sensor having a fluid-receiving area for receiving a sample of body fluid, where the fluid-receiving area contains a reagent that produces a measurable reaction with an analyte in the sample. The assembly also includes a meter having a port or opening configured to receive the test sensor; a measurement system configured to determine a measurement of the reaction between the reagent and the analyte; and a temperature-measuring system configured to determine a measurement of the test-sensor temperature when the test sensor is received into the opening. The meter determines a concentration of the analyte in the sample according to the measurement of the reaction and the measurement of the test-sensor temperature. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090211989 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONVEYING MULTIPLE BLOOD COMPONENTS TO A RECIPIENT - Systems and methods are provided for conveying an amount of red blood cells and an amount of plasma to a blood source. Blood is conveyed from a blood source into a separation device and the separation device is operated to separate the blood into a layer containing red blood cells and a layer containing plasma. Red blood cells and plasma are removed from the separation device and volumes of the red blood cells and plasma are conveyed to the blood source. The volumes of red blood cells and plasma are alternately conveyed to the blood source for said amounts of red blood cells and plasma. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20120100625 | Method and Assembly for Determining the Temperature of a Test Sensor - An assembly determines an analyte concentration in a sample of body fluid. The assembly includes a test sensor having a fluid-receiving area for receiving a sample of body fluid, where the fluid-receiving area contains a reagent that produces a measurable reaction with an analyte in the sample. The assembly also includes a meter having a port or opening configured to receive the test sensor; a measurement system configured to determine a measurement of the reaction between the reagent and the analyte; and a temperature-measuring system configured to determine a measurement of the test-sensor temperature when the test sensor is received into the opening. The meter determines a concentration of the analyte in the sample according to the measurement of the reaction and the measurement of the test-sensor temperature. | 04-26-2012 |
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| 20090325939 | 1H-INDAZOLES, BENZOTHIAZOLES, 1,2-BENZOISOXAZOLES, 1,2-BENZOISOTHIAZOLES, AND CHROMONES AND PREPARATION AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates generally to the field of ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR), activation of nAChRs, and the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain. Further, this invention relates to novel compounds (indazoles and benzothiazoles), which act as ligands for the α7 nAChR subtype, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100137288 | INDAZOLES, BENZOTHIAZOLES, BENZOISOTHIAZOLES, BENZISOXAZOLES, PYRAZOLOPYRIDINES, ISOTHIAZOLOPYRIDINES, AND PREPARATION AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates generally to the field of ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nACh receptors), activation of nACh receptors, and the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain. Further, this invention relates to novel compounds (e.g., indazoles and benzothiazoles), which act as ligands for the α7 nACh receptor subtype, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof. | 06-03-2010 |
