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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8093094 | Blocking contacts for N-type cadmium zinc telluride A process for applying blocking contacts on an n-type CdZnTe specimen includes cleaning the CdZnTe specimen; etching the CdZnTe specimen; chemically surface treating the CdZnTe specimen; and depositing blocking metal on at least one of a cathode surface and an anode... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092031 | Systems and methods for mirror mounting with minimized distortion A method for mounting a mirror for use in a telescope includes attaching the mirror to a plurality of adjustable mounts; determining a distortion in the mirror caused by the plurality adjustable mounts, and, if the distortion is determined to be above a predetermine... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8044332 | Hybrid architecture active wavefront sensing and control system, and method According to various embodiments, provided herein is an optical system and method that can be configured to perform image analysis. The optical system can comprise a telescope assembly and one or more hybrid instruments. The one or more hybrid instruments can be con... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8035081 | High precision electric gate for time-of-flight ion mass spectrometers A time-of-flight mass spectrometer having a chamber with electrodes to generate an electric field in the chamber and electric gating for allowing ions with a predetermined mass and velocity into the electric field. The design uses a row of very thin parallel aligned... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7935297 | Method of forming pointed structures A method of forming an array of pointed structures comprises depositing a ferrofluid on a substrate, applying a magnetic field to the ferrofluid to generate an array of surface protrusions, and solidifying the surface protrusions to form the array of pointed structu... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7924126 | High field superconducting magnets A superconducting magnet includes an insulating layer disposed about the surface of a mandrel; a superconducting wire wound in adjacent turns about the mandrel to form the superconducting magnet, wherein the superconducting wire is in thermal communication with the ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7830224 | Compact Magic-T using microstrip-slotline transitions The design of a compact low-loss Magic-T is described. The planar Magic-T incorporates a compact microstrip-slotline tee junction and small microstrip-slotline transition area to reduce slotline radiation. The Magic-T produces broadband in-phase and out-of-phase pow... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7762523 | Miniaturized double latching solenoid valve A valve includes a generally elongate pintle; a spacer having a rounded surface that bears against the pintle; a bulbous tip fixed to the spacer; and a hollow, generally cylindrical collar fixed to the pintle, the collar enclosing the spacer and the tip and includin... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7762155 | Partial tooth gear bearings A partial gear bearing including an upper half, comprising peak partial teeth, and a lower, or bottom, half, comprising valley partial teeth. The upper half also has an integrated roller section between each of the peak partial teeth with a radius equal to the gear ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7697759 | Split-remerge method for eliminating processing window artifacts in recursive hierarchical segmentation A method, computer readable storage, and apparatus for implementing recursive segmentation of data with spatial characteristics into regions including splitting-remerging of pixels with contagious region designations and a user controlled parameter for providing a p... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7635832 | Hybrid diversity method utilizing adaptive diversity function for recovering unknown aberrations in an optical system A method of recovering unknown aberrations in an optical system includes collecting intensity data produced by the optical system, generating an initial estimate of a phase of the optical system, iteratively performing a phase retrieval on the intensity data to gene... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7465926 | Device system and method for miniaturized radiation spectrometer A device/system for radiation sensing is configured to detect high and low LET radiation. The radiation sensing system may include a high LET detector and a low LET detector coupled to the high LET detector by a CPU, wherein the high LET detector and the low LET det... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7464006 | Analyzing nonstationary financial time series via hilbert-huang transform (HHT) An apparatus, computer program product and method of analyzing non-stationary time varying phenomena. A representation of a non-stationary time varying phenomenon is recursively sifted using Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD) to extract intrinsic mode functions (IMF... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7251229 | Systems and techniques for measuring relative power Systems and techniques for a signal having a first set of channels separated in a first format, and a second set of channels separated in a second format wherein a first parameter for a first one of the channels from the first set is measured, a second parameter fro... | 07/31/2007 |
| 6792289 | Non-bandlimiting antenna sharing method and apparatus for base stations A method and apparatus for sharing antennas between bases stations that is non-band limiting. A transmit signal is received at a first port coupled to a base station. The transmit signal travels from the first port through a plurality of circulators prior to being t... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6690938 | System and method for reducing dropped calls in a wireless communications network A system and method for managing wireless communications system resources. The system includes a first mechanism that determines currently available wireless communications system traffic resources and provides a signal in response thereto. A second mecha... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6639906 | Multichannel demodulator A system and method for performing the digital receive processing for multiple signals received over the same RF band is described. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, digital RF samples are stored in a queue which is accessed by a searcher and de... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6243430 | Noise cancellation circuit in a quadrature downconverter A noise cancellation circuit and quadrature downconverter for used in conjunction with a bandpass receiver. The noise cancellation uses at least one bandpass decimator and a summer. The output from each loop of a sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter (Í... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6181785 | Method and apparatus in a communications system for providing automated post call charges A method and apparatus in a communications system for providing post call information to a caller using a data processing system within the communications system. The processes of the present invention are implemented in a data processing system within th... | 01/30/2001 |
| 5966661 | Method and apparatus for a radiotelephone system optimized for cell boundary coverage reliability A robust method for determining the boundaries of cells and the associated reliability of the RF coverage within these boundaries is presented. The invention accurately determines the average range from the base station to the cell edge from RF signal str... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5557278 | Airport integrated hazard response apparatus An apparatus for monitoring the position of multiple objects in a space including a target supervisor, a location supervisor, and a hazard monitoring supervisor. The tracking supervisor receives target data from a sensor, characterizes and tracks selected... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5489916 | Helical antenna having adjustable beam angle A quadrifilar helical antenna including four conductive helices having a common central axis, a common direction of turn about said axis, a common pitch, and a common length between opposite ends, the helices being uniformly spaced from each other by 90°... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5470761 | Process for fabricating a front surface resonant mesh array detector A process for fabricating a front surface resonant mesh array detector produces a detector of reduced size. The reduced size results in enhanced responsivity, and minimizes thermal stress between the detector and typical array substrates, enabling fabrica... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5453748 | Method and apparatus for responding to an interrogation signal A transponder receives a stable reference frequency transmitted from an interrogator and compares the stable reference frequency to a local oscillator frequency that has short term stability. A comparison signal is provided to a synchronous oscillator for... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5445899 | Color thin film electroluminescent display A multi-color TFEL display includes a low ohm metal assist structure in electrical contact with the transparent electrodes to improve display brightness, and a light absorbing dark layer to increase display contrast.... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5433654 | Pressurized ferrofluid paint removal system using an electromagnet and eddy current encircling coil to adjust weight percentage of magnetic particles A process for removing paint by high pressure waterjet blasting of painted surfaces wherein the waterjet comprises a ferrofluid or other liquid containing tiny magnetic particles suspended therein. The particles may be in colloidal suspension or be suspen... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5434578 | Apparatus and method for automatic antenna beam positioning A system for automatically forming a receive beam being positioned in the direction of a corresponding incoming signal, the system having a known signal corresponding to the incoming signal. The system comprises a plurality, M, of channels, each of the ch... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5420826 | Optical correlator and method of using same An apparatus including a first light modulator for modulating a first light beam with a signal, a second light modulator for modulating a second light beam with a reference signal, first lens means, positioned in an optical path of the second light beam, ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5415548 | System and method for simulating targets for testing missiles and other target driven devices In an improved system and method for simulating targets in which a target is moved across a background, background information and target information are stored in separate memories. Selected target information is supplied to selected background to create... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5404375 | Process and apparatus for satellite data communication A system for transmitting and receiving outbound and inbound data signals through a satellite communications network, the system having a network data rate and including a satellite and an end user transceiver, the system comprising a half-duplex mobile t... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5392894 | Transport/stacker module for improving sorting throughout of a mail processing system In a mail sorting system, a transport/stacker module comprises a plurality of mailpiece carriers included in a conveyor moving in an endless serpentine path through a plurality of distributed sorting sites. Each carrier is provided with a door at each of ... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5367136 | Non-contact two position microeletronic cantilever switch A microelectrostatic cantilever switch that has a thin impermeable oxide layer on the surface of a contact pad which is engaged by an unsupported portion of a cantilever beam when the switch is in a closed position. The switch in the open position exhibit... | 11/22/1994 |
