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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110311227 | Systems and Methods for Transferring Single-Ended Burst Signal Onto Differential Lines, Especially for Use in Burst-Mode Receiver Systems and methods for transferring incoming single-ended burst signals of which at least one characteristic varies widely from burst to burst onto a pair of differential lines. The systems comprise an input for receiving an incoming burst signal, a signal adaptation b... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110309457 | Method for Forming a Notched Gate Insulator for Advanced MIS Semiconductor Devices and Devices Thus Obtained Methods of providing a semiconductor device with a control electrode structure having a controlled overlap between control electrode and first and second main electrode extensions without many spacers are disclosed. A preferred method provides a step of etching back an ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110230172 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A COMBINED MULTIMEDIA-TELECOM SYSTEM Presented is a method of managing the operation of a system including a processing subsystem configured to run a multimedia application and a telecommunication subsystem. The method includes determining telecom environment conditions, and selecting a working point from ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110026921 | Systems and Methods for Transferring Single-Ended Burst Signal Onto Differential Lines, Especially for Use in Burst-Mode Receiver Systems and methods for transferring incoming single-ended burst signals of which at least one characteristic varies widely from burst to burst onto a pair of differential lines. The systems comprise an input for receiving an incoming burst signal, a signal adaptation b... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100285656 | FORMATION OF METAL-CONTAINING NANO-PARTICLES FOR USE AS CATALYSTS FOR CARBON NANOTUBE SYNTHESIS The present invention relates to a method for forming metal-silicide catalyst nanoparticles with controllable diameter. The method according to embodiments of the invention leads to the formation of ‘active’ metal-suicide catalyst nanoparticles, with which is meant ... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100225369 | Devices Comprising Delay Line for Applying Variable Delay to Clock Signal The disclosure relates to a device comprising at least one delay line for applying a variable delay to a clock signal and a controller for controlling the variable delay of the delay line. Each delay line comprises a plurality of concatenated delay banks which provide d... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100164487 | Method for Ultra-Fast Controlling of a Magnetic Cell and Related Devices The present invention relates to a device and corresponding method for ultrafast controlling of the magnetization of a magnetic element. A device (100) includes a surface acoustic wave generating means (102), a transport layer (104), which is typica... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100127233 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLED FORMATION OF THE RESISTIVE SWITCHING MATERIAL IN A RESISTIVE SWITCHING DEVICE AND DEVICE OBTAINED THEREOF The present disclosure provides a method for controlled formation of the resistive switching layer in a resistive switching device. The method comprises providing a substrate (2) comprising the bottom electrode (10), providing on the substrate a dielectric... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100096618 | DOPING OF NANOSTRUCTURES A catalyst particle for use in growth of elongated nanostructures, such as e.g. nanowires, is provided. The catalyst particle comprises a catalyst compound for catalyzing growth of an elongated nanostructure comprising a nanostructure material without substantially diss... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100090251 | SURFACE TREATMENT AND PASSIVATION OF AIGaN/GaN HEMT In the preferred embodiments, a method to reduce gate leakage and dispersion of group III-nitride field effect devices covered with a thin in-situ SiN layer is provided. This can be obtained by introducing a second passivation layer on top of the in-situ SiN-layer, in c... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100090192 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLED FORMATION OF THE RESISTIVE SWITCHING MATERIAL IN A RESISTIVE SWITCHING DEVICE AND DEVICE OBTAINED THEREOF For improved scalability of resistive switching memories, a cross-point resistive switching structure is disclosed wherein the plug itself is used to store the resistive switching material and where the top electrode layer is self-aligned to the plug using, for example,... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100032812 | Method for forming silicon germanium layers at low temperatures, layers formed therewith and structures comprising such layers A method is provided for controlling the average stress and the strain gradient in structural silicon germanium layers as used in micromachined devices. The method comprises depositing a single silicon germanium layer on a substrate and annealing a predetermined part of... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20090325424 | Connecting Scheme for Orthogonal Assembly of Microstructures In the present disclosure a device for sensing and/or actuation purposes is presented in which microstructures (20) comprising shafts (2) with different functionality and dimensions can be inserted in a modular way. That way, out-of-plane connectivity, mec... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090308456 | Photovoltaic Structures and Method to Produce the Same The present disclosure relates to the field of organic optoelectronics. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to photovoltaic structures and to methods to produce the same. One aspect of the disclosure is a photovoltaic structure comprising: 12/17/2009 | |
| 20090270575 | METHOD OF PREPARING DERIVATIVES OF POLYARYLENE VINYLENE AND METHOD OF PREPARING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME A technique is described for the preparation of polymers according to a process in which the starting compound of formula (I) is polymerized in the presence of a base in an organic solvent. No end chain controlling agents are required during the polymerisation to obtain... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090262043 | Self-Actuating RF MEMS Device by RF Power Actuation Systems and methods for controlling a micro electromechanical device using power actuation are disclosed. The disclosed micro electromechanical systems comprise at least one electrostatically actuatable micro electromechanical device and an actuation device. The micro e... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090221446 | Polymer Replicated Interdigitated Electrode Array for (Bio) Sensing Applications Interdigitated electrode arrays are very promising devices for multi-parameter (bio)sensing, for example the label-free detection of nucleic acid hybridisation for diagnostic applications. The current disclosure provides an innovative method for the affordable manufactu... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090195424 | A/D Converter Comprising a Voltage Comparator Device The present invention is related to an analogue-to-digital (A/D) converter comprising at least two voltage comparator devices. Each of the voltage comparator devices is arranged for being fed with a same input signal and for generating an own internal voltage reference.... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090195319 | Large Time Constant Steering Circuit and Instrumentation Amplifier Implementing Same The present invention relates to a large time constant steering circuit for slowly changing a voltage on a node between at least two discrete voltage levels. The present invention further relates to a slow steering current DAC comprising said large time constant steerin... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090187756 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HARDWARE-SOFTWARE MULTITASKING ON A RECONFIGURABLE COMPUTING PLATFORM A platform supporting reconfigurable computing, enabling the introduction of reconfigurable hardware into portable devices is described. Dynamic hardware/software multitasking methods for a reconfigurable computing platform including reconfigurable hardware devices such... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090183767 | METHOD OF PREPARING DERIVATIVES OF POLYARYLENE VINYLENE AND METHOD OF PREPARING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME A technique is described for the preparation of polymers according to a process in which the starting compound of formula (I) is polymerized in the presence of a base in an organic solvent. No end chain controlling agents are required during the polymerisation to obtain... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090180747 | Method for Effective Refractive Index Trimming of Optical Waveguiding Structures and Optical Waveguiding Structures A method for trimming an effective refractive index of optical waveguiding structures made for example in a high refractive index contrast material system. By compaction of cladding material in a compaction area next to patterns or ridges that are formed in the core mat... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090166715 | Scalable Interpoly Dielectric Stacks With Improved Immunity To Program Saturation A method for manufacturing a non-volatile memory device is described. The method comprises growing a layer in a siliconoxide consuming material, e.g. DyScO, on top of the upper layer of the layer where charge is stored. A non-volatile memory device is also described. In... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090140317 | Multiple Layer floating gate non-volatile memory device The disclosed systems and methods relate to floating gate non-volatile memory cells, with a floating gate comprising at least two layers constructed in different conductive or semiconductive materials. At least two of the layers of the floating gate are separated by an ... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090131245 | CONTROLLED AND SELECTIVE FORMATION OF CATALYST NANAOPARTICLES A method for forming catalyst nanoparticles on a substrate and a method for forming elongate nanostructures on a substrate using the nanoparticles as a catalyst are provided. The methods may advantageously be used in, for example, semiconductor processing. The methods a... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090129281 | QUALITY-ENERGY SCALABILITY TECHNIQUE FOR TRACKING SYSTEMS A method of managing the operation of a system is presented. The system includes a processing subsystem configured to run a multimedia application and a telecommunication subsystem. The method includes determining telecom environment conditions, and selecting a configur... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090117750 | Methods of Forming a Semiconductor Device The present disclosure relates to methods for forming a high-k gate dielectric, the methods comprising the steps of providing a semiconductor substrate, cleaning the substrate, performing a thermal treatment, and performing a high-k dielectric material deposition, where... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090091011 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING INTERCONNECTED CONTACT GROUPS The present invention is related to a method of producing a semiconductor device and the resulting device. The method is suitable in the first place for producing high power devices, such as High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMT), in particular HEMT-devices with mult... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090073621 | Fast Triggering ESD Protection Device and Method for Designing Same A method and apparatus for designing an ESD protection circuit comprising a main ESD device and a triggering device connected to a triggering node of the main ESD device by means of which the main ESD device can be triggered for conducting ESD current at a reduced volta... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090050982 | Method for Modulating the Effective Work Function A new MOSFET device is described comprising a metal gate electrode, a gate dielectric and an interfacial layer. The interfacial layer comprises a lanthanum hafnium oxide material for modulating the effective work function of the metal gate. The gate dielectric material ... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090035597 | FUNCTIONALIZATION OF POLY(ARYLENEVINYLENE) POLYMERS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS A method is provided for modifying a poly(arylene vinylene) or poly(heteroarylene vinylene) precursor polymer having dithiocarbamate moieties by reacting it with an acid and further optionally reacting the acid-modified polymer with a nucleophilic agent. Also provided a... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20090032811 | FUNCTIONALIZATION OF POLY(ARYLENE-VINYLENE) POLYMERS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES A method is provided for modifying a poly(arylene vinylene) or poly(heteroarylene vinylene) precursor polymer having dithiocarbamate moieties by reacting it with an acid and further optionally reacting the acid-modified polymer with a nucleophillic agent. Also provided ... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20090027681 | Method for determining an analyte in a sample In one aspect of the invention, a method or apparatus is described for determining concentration(s) of one or more analytes in a sample using plasmonic excitations. In another aspect, a method relates to designing systems for such concentration determination, wherein me... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20090027063 | Method for Calibrating an Electrostatic Discharge Tester The present disclosure relates to a method for calibrating transient behaviour of an electrostatic discharge (ESD) test system. The system includes an ESD pulse generator and probe needles for applying a predetermined pulse on a device under test. The probe needles are ... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20090019847 | Stepping Actuator and Method of Fabrication The current invention provides a stepping actuator, achieving large range up to ±35 μm with low operating voltages of 15V or lower and large output forces of up to ±110 μN. The actuator has an in-plane-angular deflection conversion which allows achieving step sizes ... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20090016340 | System with Distributed Analogue Resources The present disclosure relates to a system comprising at least a first and a second essentially analogue portion and an essentially digital portion, the analogue portions forming a part of a unidirectional circular network. First communication means is provided between ... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20090012759 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULATION PHYSICAL FIELDS In order to design on-chip interconnect structures in a flexible way, a CAD approach is advocated in three dimensions, describing high frequency effects such as current redistribution due to the skin-effect or eddy currents and the occurrence of slow-wave modes. The ele... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20090004975 | Electrical device comprising analog frequency conversion circuitry and method for delivering characteristics thereof An electrical device comprises analog conversion circuitry having an input and an output. The electrical device is essentially provided for converting a first input signal within a first frequency range applied to the input to a first output signal within a second frequ... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20090002212 | Digital-to-Analogue Converter System with Increased Performance The invention relates to an N-bit digital-to-analogue converter (DAC) system, comprising—a DAC unit comprising an N-bit master DAC and a slave DAC, yielding a master DAC unit output signal and a slave DAC unit output signal, respectively, said N-bit master DAC having ... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20090001483 | Method for Forming a Nickelsilicide FUSI Gate Ni3Si2 FUSI gates can be formed inter alia by further reaction of NiSi/Ni2Si gate stacks. Ni3Si2 behaves similarly to NiSi in terms of work function values, and of modulation with dopants on SiO2, in cont... | 01/01/2009 |
