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| 20110281093 | DAMAGE-RESISTANT GLASS ARTICLES AND METHOD - A strengthened glass article has opposing first and second compressively stressed surface portions bound to a tensilely stressed core portion, with the first surface portion having a higher level of compressive surface stress than the second surface portion for improved resistance to surface damage, the compressively stressed surface portions being provided by lamination, ion-exchange, thermal tempering, or combinations thereof to control the stress profiles and limit the fracture energies of the articles. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20120129293 | METHODS OF MAKING AN UNSUPPORTED ARTICLE OF A SEMICONDUCTING MATERIAL USING THERMALLY ACTIVE MOLDS - The invention relates to methods of making unsupported articles of semiconducting material using thermally active molds having an external surface temperature, T | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120299218 | COMPOSITE ACTIVE MOLDS AND METHODS OF MAKING ARTICLES OF SEMICONDUCTING MATERIAL - The disclosure relates to a substrate mold comprising a shell material having an external surface configured to engage with molten semiconducting material, and an internal surface configured as a thermal transfer surface to transfer heat therethrough, and a core defined within the shell material and configured to remove heat from the shell material through the thermal transfer surface of the shell material. The substrate mold is configured to be immersed into the molten semiconducting material, and the external surface of the shell material is configured to have solidified molten semiconducting material formed thereon. | 11-29-2012 |
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| 20100219549 | METHODS OF MAKING AN UNSUPPORTED ARTICLE OF SEMICONDUCTING MATERIAL BY CONTROLLED UNDERCOOLING - The invention relates to methods of making articles of semiconducting material and semiconducting material articles formed thereby, such as semiconducting material that may be useful in making photovoltaic cells. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20110033643 | METHODS OF MAKING AN UNSUPPORTED ARTICLE OF PURE OR DOPED SEMICONDUCTING MATERIAL - The invention relates to methods of making articles of semiconducting material and semiconducting material articles formed thereby, such as articles of semiconducting material that may be useful in making photovoltaic cells. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110048109 | Method And Apparatus For Inspecting Ceramic Wall Flow Filters - Methods are disclosed for inspecting a cylindrical porous ceramic body by positioning a diffuser near, and spaced apart from, the first end of a ceramic body; flowing a tracer flow toward the diffuser, wherein a first portion of the tracer flow passes through the diffuser, and a second portion of the tracer flow does not pass through the diffuser, the first and second portions of the tracer flow then entering the first end of the ceramic body, wherein the average velocity of the first portion of the tracer flow entering the ceramic body V | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110101281 | METHOD OF MAKING AN ARTICLE OF SEMICONDUCTING MATERIAL - A method of making an article of a semiconducting material involves withdrawing from a melt of molten semiconducting material a solid mold having already formed on an external surface of the mold a solid layer of the semiconducting material. During the act of withdrawal, one or more of a temperature, a force, and a relative rate of withdrawal are controlled in order to achieve one or more desired attributes in a solid overlayer of semiconductor material that is formed over the solid layer during the withdrawal. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110133202 | HIGH THROUGHPUT RECRYSTALLIZATION OF SEMICONDUCTING MATERIALS - Methods for making and/or treating articles of semiconducting material are disclosed. In various methods, a first article of semiconducting material is provided, the first article of semiconducting material is heated sufficiently to melt the semiconducting material, and the melted semiconducting material is solidified in a direction substantially parallel to a shortest dimension of the melted article of semiconducting material. Articles of semiconducting materials made by methods described herein are also disclosed. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110135902 | METHOD OF EXOCASTING AN ARTICLE OF SEMICONDUCTING MATERIAL - A method of making an article of a semiconducting material involves selecting a target thickness for the article and then submerging a mold into a molten semiconducting material for a submersion time effective to form a solid layer of semiconducting material over an external surface of the mold where the thickness of the solid layer is substantially equal to the target thickness. The submersion time is selected to be substantially equal to a transition time, which is determined from a plot of solid layer thickness versus submersion time for a mold having particular attributes, including mold composition, mold thickness and initial mold temperature. The transition time, and thus the submersion time, corresponds to a maximum in solid layer thickness in the solid layer thickness versus submersion time curve for the particular mold. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20120027996 | MOLD SHAPE TO OPTIMIZE THICKNESS UNIFORMITY OF SILICON FILM - A method of making a solid layer of a semiconducting material involves selecting a mold having a leading edge thickness and a different trailing edge thickness such that in respective plots of solid layer thickness versus effective submersion time for submersion of the leading and trailing edges into molten semiconducting material, a thickness of the solid layer adjacent to the leading and trailing edges are substantially equal. The mold is submersed into and withdrawn from the molten semiconducting material to form a solid layer of semiconducting material over an external surface of the mold. | 02-02-2012 |
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| 20110267180 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AN AUDIO NOTIFICATION FILE - A method and apparatus for generating an audio notification file for a computing device are provided. A first audio file associated with a first mental state is selected as a first section of the audio notification file. The audio notification file enabled for storage in a memory. The audio notification file is further enabled for processing by a processing unit to control a speaker. A final state of the audio notification file is determined, the final state designated as a final section of the audio notification file, the final state associated with a second mental state. At least one intermediate section of the audio notification file is generated, between the first section and the second section, by morphing the first audio file to the final state by processing the first audio file using a digital signal processor. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120066201 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A SEARCH - The described embodiments relate generally to methods and systems for generating a search on an electronic device. The method includes receiving a multimedia object, determining metadata corresponding to the multimedia object and generating a search query corresponding to the metadata. The system includes an input interface configured to select a multimedia object, a metadata determining module configured to determine metadata associated with the multimedia object and a query generating module configured to generate a search query corresponding to the metadata. The electronic device may include a portable device where the search query is generated upon detection of the movement of the portable device. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120119110 | APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR DETECTING CONTAMINATION OF AN OBJECT - An apparatus, and an associated method, for a portable electronic device, such as a wireless device, to determine luminescence of an object of interest. Ultraviolet A (UVA), or other appropriate, light energy is cause to be generated at a flicker rate. Images of the object of interest are recorded both when the UVA light energy is incident on the object of interest and in the absence of incidence of the UVA light energy on the object of interest. The images are compared, and a determination is made of the luminescence of the object of interest. | 05-17-2012 |
