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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8076820 | High energy density electro-osmotic pump and actuator An electro-osmotic pump includes a pump chamber having a wall fabricated of an electric double layer material, the surface area of the electric double layer material being high relative to the volume of the chamber. An electric potential applied across the material ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8019703 | Bayesian approach for sensor super-resolution Bayesian super-resolution techniques fuse multiple low resolution images (possibly from multiple bands) to infer a higher resolution image. The super-resolution and fusion concepts are portable to a wide variety of sensors and environmental models. The procedure is ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8016987 | Evaluation of the corrosion inhibiting activity of a coating The corrosion inhibiting activity of a coating is determined from the effect of corrosion inhibiting species released by the coating on the oxygen reduction current for a cathode placed very close to the coating. A rotating disk electrode or pumped solution flow is ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014462 | Apparatus for performing alternating quadratures differential binary phase shift keying modulation and demodulation Methods, apparatus, and systems for alternating quadratures differential binary phase shift keying (AQDBPSK) modulation and demodulation radically increase overall energy efficiency of a communication system due to the combined effect of efficient utilization of tra... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7989915 | Vertical electrical device A vertical electrical device includes a region in a substrate extending from a surface of the substrate, the region having an inner wall and an outer wall circumscribing the inner wall. An inner electrically conductive layer is disposed on the inner wall and an oute... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7961369 | Large-angle agile laser beam steering apparatus and method A laser beam steering apparatus includes a beam steering cell with an adjustable shape, with the cell having opposing Fabry-Perot filters, and a steering mechanism coupled to the cell to adjust its shape so that the direction of a laser beam emitted from the cell is... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7952635 | Low noise readout apparatus and method with snapshot shutter and correlated double sampling A low noise readout apparatus and method for CMOS image sensors having a photosensitive element configured to collect charge when light strikes the photosensitive element, a reset gate adjacent the photosensitive element and configured to drain excess charge from th... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7948542 | Fast-settling line driver design for high resolution video IR and visible imagers A fast-settling line driver circuit capable of high-speed operation. The line driver is particularly well-suited for operation in a high-resolution imaging system. The line driver circuit comprises a signal amplifier that is configured in a negative feedback loop an... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7940994 | Multi-scale image fusion A multi-scale filter pyramid is applied to one or more components of a multi-component input image to produce a fused and enhanced image that can be mapped to a display, such as a color display. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7923763 | Two-dimensional time delay integration visible CMOS image sensor A two dimensional time delay integration CMOS image sensor having a plurality of pinned photodiodes, each pinned photodiode collects a charge when light strikes the pinned photodiode, a plurality of electrodes separating the plurality of pinned photodiodes, the plur... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7829462 | Through-wafer vias A through-wafer via interconnect region is in a circuit portion of a wafer, the circuit portion including at least one electrically conducting metal layer and configured for use, after dicing of the wafer, as one of a plurality of layers stacked vertically to form a... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7820541 | Process for forming low defect density heterojunctions A method for forming a low defect density heterojunction between a first and a second compound, the first and second compounds each includes a group III element combined with a group V element in the periodic table, the method includes the steps of introducing in th... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7813028 | Manufacturing method for stress compensated X-Y gimbaled MEMS mirror array A wafer-level manufacturing method produces stress compensated x-y gimbaled comb-driven MEMS mirror arrays using two SOI wafers and a single carrier wafer. MEMS structures such as comb drives, springs, and optical surfaces are formed by processing front substrate la... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7809200 | Dynamic range compression of high dynamic range imagery An improved apparatus and method adaptively compresses the dynamic range of an image from a sensor by rescaling the value of every pixel to fit within the dynamic range of a low dynamic range display while preserving local image contrast and global scene appearance.... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7808016 | Heterogeneous integration of low noise amplifiers with power amplifiers or switches A transistor heterogeneously integrating a power amplifier or switch with a low-noise amplifier having a substrate wafer selected from a group consisting of Gallium Arsenide (GaAs), Indium Phosphate (InP) and Gallium Antimonide (GaSb), the substrate wafer having a f... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7791657 | Dynamic range enhancement scheme for imagers An imaging system implementing a scheme for enhancing the dynamic range of the device. An array of radiation detecting pixels produces an output in response to a stimulus. The signal from each pixel is read once for evaluation. If the voltage at an individual pixel ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7790608 | Buried via technology for three dimensional integrated circuits A three dimensional integrated circuit and method for making the same. The three dimensional integrated circuit has a first and a second active circuit layers with a first metal layer and a second metal layer, respectively. The metal layers are connected by metal in... | 09/07/2010 |
| RE41626 | Multiple magnet transducer with differential magnetic strengths A dynamic magnet system, particularly useful for electrical generation, employs multiple magnets in polar opposition to each other for individual movement relative to a support structure. The magnets have a critical angle of displacement from a horizontal static pos... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7786911 | Resettable high order delta-sigma analog to digital converter A high-order delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter. A plurality of stages are connected to accept an analog input signal and produce a digital output signal. Each stage has a resettable Δ-Σ converter of second order or higher. Resetting each stage before accepti... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7768703 | Dual field of view sighting system A dual field of view sighting system uses liquid crystals, flip-polarizers and/or flip-mirrors to select between at least two fields of view. ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7755689 | Imaging system with low noise pixel array column buffer An imaging system includes a row and column array of active pixels, each having an associated pitch. In response to respective control signals, each pixel outputs a reset level which includes noise components, or a signal level which includes signal and noise compon... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7735362 | Thermomechanical sensor for fluid diagnostics A method for diagnosing a fluid includes sensing a property of the fluid and the temperature of the fluid at the time the property is sensed, then determining the status of the fluid from the sensing. The sample volume may be small in comparison to the total fluid v... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7671460 | Buried via technology for three dimensional integrated circuits A three dimensional integrated circuit and method for making the same. The three dimensional integrated circuit has a first and a second active circuit layers with a first metal layer and a second metal layer, respectively. The metal layers are connected by metal in... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7608906 | Simultaneous unipolar multispectral integrated technology (SUMIT) detectors A multi-color photo sensor having a first photodiode with a first p-type layer and a first n-type layer, the first photodiode generates charge when illuminated with photons of a first wavelength range, a second photodiode with a second p-type layer and a second n-ty... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7576454 | Multiple magnet coil in gap generator The present invention is an improved energy harvester or generator based on a yoked magnet array design based on a plurality of magnets arranged into at least two spaced apart linear or circular magnet arrays. The spaced apart magnet arrays are juxtaposed with each ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7518165 | Epitaxial nucleation and buffer sequence for via-compatible InAs/AlGaSb HEMTs A metamorphic high electron mobility transistor having a plurality of high electron mobility transistor layers, a semi-insulating substrate, a ternary metamorphic buffer layer positioned between the semi-insulating substrate and the plurality of high electron mobili... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7473896 | Negative luminescence cold shield (NLCS) with microlenses to magnify the effective area of sparsely populated negative luminescence regions and method of fabrication An array of microlenses magnifies the effective negative luminescence regions of a sparsely populated NLCS so that the NLCS appears cold to a FPA. This approach reduces the total diode area with minimal effect on device processing. The microlenses are fabricated on ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7436342 | Numerical full well capacity extension for photo sensors with an integration capacitor in the readout circuit using two and four phase charge subtraction A detector circuit having an integration capacitor coupled to an amplifier via a switch matrix and a comparator coupled to the amplifier, the integration capacitor operable in two or more phases, the switch matrix is configured to phase switch the integration capaci... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7422678 | Evaluation of the corrosion inhibiting activity of a coating The corrosion inhibiting activity of a coating is determined from the effect of corrosion inhibiting species released by the coating on the oxygen reduction current for a cathode placed very close to the coating. A rotating disk electrode or pumped solution flow is ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7414491 | Method and apparatus for changing the polarization of a signal A method and apparatus for changing the polarization of an input signal includes propagating a polarized input signal having orthogonal E-field components by at least one surface each having a respective surface impedance and varying at least one of the surface impe... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7390735 | High temperature, stable SiC device interconnects and packages having low thermal resistance A method of forming packages containing SiC or other semiconductor devices bonded to other components or conductive surfaces utilizing transient liquid phase (TLP) bonding to create high temperature melting point bonds using in situ formed ternary or quaternary mixt... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385199 | Microbolometer IR focal plane array (FPA) with in-situ mirco vacuum sensor and method of fabrication A microbolometer IR FPA is provided with in-situ vacuum sensing capability by realizing that the IR sensor microbolometer pixel element itself may be used as a vacuum sensor. The application of an electrical signal to the resistive element heats the bolometer materi... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7375948 | Variable charge packet integrated circuit capacitor A variable IC capacitor includes a semiconductor layer doped to contain mobile charge carriers. Capacitor electrodes C1 and C2 are disposed adjacent to each other on the layer's surface, gate electrodes G1 and G2 are disposed on opposite ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7368762 | Heterojunction photodiode The present invention provides a heterojunction photodiode which includes a pn or Schottky-barrier junction formed in a first material region having a bandgap energy Eg1. When reverse-biased, the junction creates a depletion region which expands towards a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7354820 | Heterojunction bipolar transistor with dielectric assisted planarized contacts and method for fabricating A method for fabricating an HBT is disclosed, wherein successive emitter, base, collector and sub-collector epitaxial layers are deposited on a substrate, with the substrate being adjacent to the sub-collector layer. The epitaxial layers are etched to provide locati... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7346981 | Method for fabricating microelectromechanical system (MEMS) devices A process for fabricating a MEMS device comprises the steps of depositing and patterning on one side of a wafer a layer of material having a preselected electrical resistivity; bonding a substrate to the one side of the wafer using an adhesive bonding agent, the sub... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7333783 | Mobile device with manually operated power source A mobile device with a manually operated power source which generates power sufficient to operate the device when shaken by a user. A cable connected between the power source and mobile device carries the generated power from the power source to the mobile device su... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328604 | Microelectromechanical (MEM) fluid health sensing device and fabrication method A microelectromechanical (MEM) fluid health sensing device comprises a viscosity sensor which provides an output that varies with the viscosity of a fluid in which it is immersed, and at least one other sensor which provides an output that varies with another predet... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329932 | Microelectromechanical (MEM) viscosity sensor and method A MEM viscosity sensor comprises a substrate, with first and second support structures affixed to the substrate and spaced-apart. A compliant member is affixed to the support structures such that it is suspended above and can flex vertically with respect to the subs... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7319560 | Partitioned-cavity tunable fabry-perot filter A tunable Fabry-Perot filter that is less sensitive to angle of incidence is formed by replacing the cavity (air gap) with a partitioned cavity that has an effective refractive index greater than one. The partitioned cavity includes a pair of partitioned cavity diel... | 01/15/2008 |
