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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7102184 | Image device and photodiode structure The invention provides a photodiode with an increased charge collection area, laterally spaced from an adjacent isolation region. Dopant ions of a first conductivity type with a first impurity concentration form a region surrounding at least part of the isolation re... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7081191 | Capillary electrophoresis device The capillary electrophoresis device using one pressure-resistant syringe (125) is capable of automatically suctioning in polymer solution and injecting polymer solution into a capillary array (100). An electric hook (131) is installed for pulli... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7070988 | Oligosaccharide synthesizer After various sugar nucleotide solutions and glycosyltransferases (or primers) have been mixed, they are introduced into a reaction tank (column) with primers (or glycosyltransferases) immobilized thereon. Then solutions coming out of the reaction tank are led to an... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7071021 | PCRAM memory cell and method of making same An inverted PCRAM cell is formed by plating the bottom electrode, made of copper for example, with a conductive material, such as silver. Chalcogenide material is disposed over the plated electrode and subjected to a conversion process so that ions from the plated m... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7016210 | Longest match detection in a CAM An apparatus and method for a CAM priority match detection circuit that identifies one or more CAM words from a group of CAM words having a “longest match” that matches the bits in a corresponding comparand register. A decoder uses n input lines and m complement... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7015494 | Assemblies displaying differential negative resistance The invention includes a device displaying differential negative resistance characterized by a current-versus-voltage profile having a peak-to-valley ratio of at least about 9. The invention also includes a semiconductor construction comprising a substrate, and a fi... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6946081 | Desalination system The invention provides methods and an apparatus for more efficiently and economically producing purified water from sea water or some other salty or brackish water source. The efficiency is derived from the co-location with a power plant or other thermal generating ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6924815 | Image generating system and image generation method for the same A graphical system includes a first, second, and third controllers. The first controller stores a first texture in texture memory. The second controller generates as a second texture, images of environment things except ambient light emitting sources. The second con... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922751 | Reading or writing while searching in a CAM The present invention provides a content addressable memory (CAM) match search circuit that permits searching of the search circuit while accessing for reading from, writing to, or refreshing a match detection circuit within the search circuit. In accordance with an... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6870496 | Low voltage analog-to-digital converters with internal reference voltage and offset An A-to-D converter system having programmed reference signal levels using only supply signal provided by a power supply is disclosed. The converter system includes a comparator configured to provide comparison of an analog input signal with an adjustable reference ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6841629 | Modified polyphenylene ether resin Provided is a modified polyphenylene ether resin which is a reaction product of 100 parts by weight of (A) a polyphenylene ether having a main chain structure of the following formula (1): (wherein R1 and R | 01/11/2005 |
| 6756301 | Method of forming a metal seed layer for subsequent plating A method of forming a metal seed layer, preferably a copper layer, for subsequent electrochemical deposition. The metal seed layer is formed by the oxidation-reduction reaction of a metal salt with a reducing agent present in a layer on the substrate to be plated. M... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6756293 | Combined gate cap or digit line and spacer deposition using HDP A method for fabricating gate electrodes and gate interconnects with a protective silicon oxide or silicon nitride cap and spacer formed by high density plasma chemical vapor deposition (HDPCVD). Silicon oxide or silicon nitride is deposited in a reaction zone of a ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6734510 | Technique to mitigate short channel effects with vertical gate transistor with different gate materials This invention relates to a process of forming a transistor with three vertical gate electrodes and the resulting transistor. By forming such a transistor it is possible to maintain an acceptable aspect ratio as MOSFET structures are scaled down to sub-micron sizes.... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6731243 | Planar antenna device A planar antenna device comprises a ground plane, a planar antenna element having a principal plane mounted above the ground plane, and a cavity, having an opening partially exposing the antenna element, placed on the ground plane in order to cover the entire antenn... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6719793 | Method of restructuring bone A method of producing reconstructed bone. The method includes providing an implant structure having a calcium phosphate component, and stabilizing the implant adjacent the healthy bone until tissue can recover, bond to the implant and support the normal required loa... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6713875 | Barrier layer associated with a conductor layer in damascene structures The present invention is directed to a simplified, CVD-less method of forming a barrier layer for a metal layer which prevents metal contamination in an integrated circuit. The invention utilizes a sacrificial multilayer dielectric structure and selective etching to... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6693498 | SPDT switch and communication unit using the same An SPDT switch used for a communication unit includes first and second terminals, a common terminal, and first and second FETs with Schottky connection gates. The drain of the first FET is connected to the first terminal, and the source of the second FET ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6689624 | Method of forming self-aligned, trenchless mangetoresitive random-access memory (MRAM) structure with sidewall containment of MRAM structure This invention pertains to a method of fabricating a trenchless MRAM structure and to the resultant MRAM structure. The MRAM structure of the invention has a pinned layer formed within protective sidewalls formed over a substrate. The protective sidewalls... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6664159 | Mixed metal nitride and boride barrier layers Mixed metal aluminum nitride and boride diffusion barriers and electrodes for integrated circuits, particularly for DRAM cell capacitors. Also provided are methods for CVD deposition of Mx Aly Nz Bw alloy diffus... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6649545 | Photo-assisted remote plasma apparatus and method The present invention provides a plasma processing system comprising a remote plasma activation region for formation of active gas species, a transparent transfer tube coupled between the remote activation region and a semiconductor processing chamber, an... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6600439 | Reference voltage circuit for differential analog-to-digital converter A reference voltage circuit for a differential analog-to-digital converter wherein a first reference voltage source is connected to a midpoint of a resistive ladder for the analog-to-digital converter. A master module may regulate the voltage over an auxi... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6578679 | Brake system and method The invention relates to a brake system for railway equipment. More particularly, the invention relates to brake devices and systems for pneumatically and manually actuating such devices on railroad train cars such as freight cars. The brake system can be... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6545297 | High density vertical SRAM cell using bipolar latchup induced by gated diode breakdown Area efficient static memory cells and arrays containing p-n-p-n transistors which can be latched in a bistable on state. Each transistor memory cell includes a gate which is pulse biased during the write operation to latch the cell. Also provided is a CM... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6525625 | Dielectric duplexer and communication apparatus A dielectric duplexer has first and second filters passing two adjacent bands and is not influenced by signals in bands that are outwardly adjacent to the two passing bands. The space between small sectional area portions on short-circuit-end sides of fir... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6522161 | Method and apparatus for properly disabling high current parts in a parallel test environment A parallel test system and method for testing integrated circuit devices which can reliably prevent devices that should not be active due to a blown fuse from generating random data signals which can adversely impact the test results of other chips being ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6518678 | Apparatus and method for reducing interposer compression during molding process A method for inhibiting damage caused to semiconductor die packages during a molding process, and the semiconductor die packages formed therefrom, is described. One or more openings are provided in a die carrier which are filled with a material which is m... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6506666 | Method of fabricating an SrRuO3 film A method of fabricating an SrRuO3 thin film is disclosed. The method utilizes a multi-step deposition process for the separate control of the Ru reagent, relative to the Sr reagent, which requires a much lower deposition temperature than the Sr... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6503790 | High density vertical SRAM cell using bipolar latchup induced by gated diode breakdown Area efficient static memory cells and arrays containing p-n-p-n transistors which can be latched in a bistable on state. Each transistor memory cell includes a gate which is pulse biased during the write operation to latch the cell. Also provided is a CM... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6495994 | Regulator circuit for independent adjustment of pumps in multiple modes of operation A regulator circuit with at least two independently selectable and adjustable adjustment circuits. Each adjustment circuit may be connected across a standard voltage divider circuit used to create a reference voltage for operating a voltage pump. Between ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6441230 | Triphos polymer compounds and acylation agent useful in their preparation Material and process of preparing such material, of the formula ##STR1## where R1 is a linker and C(R2 P(R3)2)3 group is a triphos moiety; and wherein R1 is selected from branched and linear ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6430257 | Method and apparatus for determining the position of an elongated object relative the surface of an obstructing body by means of electromagnetic radiation The invention refers to a method for determining the position of an elongated narrow object relative the surface of an obstructing disk-like body in front of said object and oriented at an angle thereto, by means of electromagnetic ionizing radiation, for... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6410385 | ROM-embedded-DRAM A ROM is embedded within an array of DRAM cells by changing a single mask in a DRAM fabrication process to selectively short circuit the DRAM capacitor lower electrode to its own wordline to create a read-only "1" or to the wordline of an adjacent cell to... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6383665 | Polarizable photoactive and electroactive polymers and light emitting devices The invention relates to poly(phenylene vinylene) polymers substituted with dendritic sidechains to enhance main-chain separation in the solid state. The polymers are synthesized by the Heck polymerization and have a weight-average molecular weight of 20,... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6270403 | Ski simulator A ski game machine executes a game program in response to a control signal given by rotating imitation skis by a player to display an object of a skier corresponding to the player on a display device. The ski game machine comprises: a ski rotation detecto... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6153529 | Photo-assisted remote plasma apparatus and method The present invention provides a plasma processing system comprising a remote plasma activation region for formation of active gas species, a transparent transfer tube coupled between the remote activation region and a semiconductor processing chamber, an... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6060351 | Process for forming capacitor over bit line memory cell A stacked capacitor memory cell and method for its fabrication including providing a layer of insulation glass over word lines on a silicon semiconductor substrate; self-aligning contact holes at the storage nodes and bit line contact location; providing ... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5967898 | Tablet unit A tablet unit 10 for a vehicle includes a dashboarded-shaped body 36, a handle 42, and a touch pen hold unit 50. The dashboard-shaped body 36 includes a receiving antenna 138 which is interlocked with an operation of the handle and is moved on a tablet op... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5950192 | Relational database mangement system for chemical structure storage, searching and retrieval A chemical structure search system and method are disclosed which expand the capabilities of existing systems by capitalizing on the strengths of relational database technology. The system allows the user to optimally store and search chemical structure i... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5828051 | Optical scanner and bar code reader employing same An optical scanner is disclosed which, in one embodiment, uses a reflection surface on a vibrating element having at least two modes of vibration in at least two respective planes to produce an image scanning beam. Each of the modes has an associated reso... | 10/27/1998 |
