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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178457 | Ceramic antenna module and methods of manufacture thereof Circuit modules and methods of construction thereof that contain composite meta-material dielectric bodies that have high effective values of real permittivity but which minimize reflective losses, through the use of host dielectric (organic or ceramic), materials h... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174258 | Method and system for measurement of parameters of a flat material A system and method for measurement of parameters of a conductive material, include generating an oscillating electromagnetic field (EMF) interacting with a sample portion from a remotely positioned source; measuring values of components of impedance of the electrom... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8118509 | Automatic substance applicator system This invention relates generally to assistive devices, and more particularly refers to an automatic substance applicator system for applying or administering a substance to a receiving surface. ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7923055 | Method of manufacturing a drug delivery system A method of manufacturing a drug delivery system uses gas cluster ion beam irradiation on an outer surface of a member to determine one or more characteristics of the drug delivery system. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7799683 | Copper interconnect wiring and method and apparatus for forming thereof Capping layer or layers on a surface of a copper interconnect wiring layer for use in interconnect structures for integrated circuits and methods and apparatus for forming improved integration interconnection structures for integrated circuits by the application of ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7763917 | Photovoltaic devices with silicon dioxide encapsulation layer and method to make same A photovoltaic device and method of manufacture provides a P-N junction formed between doped semiconductor materials and adapted to produce photovoltaic current in response to radiant energy reaching the P-N junction, and a silicon dioxide protective window layer lo... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7759251 | Dual damascene integration structure and method for forming improved dual damascene integration structure Methods for forming a dual damascene dielectric structure in a porous ultra-low-k (ULK) dielectric material by using gas-cluster ion-beam processing are disclosed. These methods minimize hard-mask layers during dual damascene ULK processing and eliminate hard-masks ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7677760 | Efficient and uniformly distributed illumination from multiple source luminaires Light projecting devices for integrating the light output from multiple light emitting quasi point sources into unified predetermined light patterns. The multiple light emitting quasi point sources (such as LEDs [Light Emitting Diodes]) are generally stacked with a ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7666462 | Method of controlling a drug release rate A method of controlling the drug release rate of a drug coated endovascular stent by depositing a drug material layer on the stent and then modifying the drug material using gas cluster ion beam irradiation to create a carbon matrix with interstices containing the o... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7616849 | Illuminating devices including uniform light distribution, multiple light sources, and multiple types of light sources An optical device for collecting and distributing light from a quasi point light source which includes a planar light guide having surfaces through which optical axes are periodically spaced. There is at least one quasi point light source, the optical axis of each b... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7405698 | Ceramic antenna module and methods of manufacture thereof Circuit modules and methods of construction thereof that contain composite meta-material dielectric bodies that have high effective values of real permittivity but which minimize reflective losses, through the use of host dielectric (organic or ceramic), materials h... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7396745 | Formation of ultra-shallow junctions by gas-cluster ion irradiation Method of forming one or more doped regions in a semiconductor substrate and semiconductor junctions formed thereby, using gas cluster ion beams. ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7350690 | Method and apparatus for containing mail articles deposited in a mail drop box A mail box configured to contain and reduce exposure to hazardous particulates, which includes a container having a deposit port at an upper end and a collection chamber at a lower end. There is at least one door at the upper end for mail to be placed into the depos... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7345856 | Method and apparatus for arc suppression in scanned ion beam processing equipment In an ion bean acceleration system, transient electrical arc suppression and ion beam accelerator biasing circuitry. Two-terminal circuitry, connectable in series, for suppressing arcs by automatically sensing arc conditions and switch from at least a first operatin... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7318548 | Apparatus and method for isolating deposited items A mail depository apparatus includes a rigid housing forming a channel adapted for directing deposited mail items and an interface member adapted to attach a flexible container to the housing for receiving deposited mail items from the channel, wherein the interface... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7293473 | Method and apparatus for sampling biological particles in an air flow A method and apparatus for sampling potential biohazard particles in an air flow tests for biological particles in the air flow; collects a sample of particulate matter from a specific portion of the air flow in response to an indication in the step of sensing of th... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291558 | Copper interconnect wiring and method of forming thereof Capping layer or layers on a surface of a copper interconnect wiring layer for use in interconnect structures for integrated circuits and methods of forming improved integration interconnection structures for integrated circuits by the application of gas-cluster ion... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7259036 | Methods of forming doped and un-doped strained semiconductor materials and semiconductor films by gas-cluster-ion-beam irradiation and materials and film products Methods and apparatus are described for irradiating one or more substrate surfaces with accelerated gas clusters including strain-inducing atoms for blanket and/or localized introduction of such atoms into semiconductor substrates, with additional, optional introduc... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7236568 | Miniature x-ray source with improved output stability and voltage standoff An x-ray source includes an insulating tube having a cylindrical inside surface defining a cylindrical vacuum cavity, a cathode located near a first end of the insulating tube and adapted to be optically heated for emitting electrons, an anode adapted for a voltage ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7177286 | System and method for processing digital audio packets for telephone conferencing Telephone conferencing with processing of sequential audio input packets from connections of the conference with assignment of input packets from each connection to a sequence of output sending periods, determination of applicability to each output period of using a... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173252 | Ionizer and method for gas-cluster ion-beam formation An ionizer for forming a gas-cluster ion beam is disclosed including inlet and outlet ends partially defining an ionization region traversed by a gas-cluster jet and one or more plasma electron source(s) for providing electrons to the ionizing region for ionizing at... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7162098 | System and method for increasing temporal and spatial capacity of systems that amplitude quantize data prior to processing A system and method for collecting relatively high resolution amplitude data with a conventional sensing device from a signal source that is sampled at a relatively low characteristic scan resolution, and then generating relatively high scan resolution, relatively l... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159762 | Public drop box for isolating received items A publicly accessible drop box for isolating items deposited therein, includes a securable enclosure, a depository port, a closeable container having an opening and located within the securable enclosure, and a closure device for closing the opening prior to removal... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7145883 | System and method for gain control of audio sample packets Determining gain factors for a sequential multiplicity of audio sample packets by first determining a comparison peak value for a present such packet by multiplying a highest sample value by a previously predetermined gain factor, determining a hysteretic peak value... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7105199 | Methods of adhering drugs to the surface of medical devices through ion beam surface modification Methods of implanting, applying, or adhering various drug molecules directly into or onto the surface of medical devices through gas cluster ion beam (GCIB) and/or monomer ion beam surface modification of the medical devices before or after depositing the various dr... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6317388 | Thermoacoustic bi-static sonar system This invention is a thermoacoustic sonar system for detecting a target that is located at or beneath the surface of the water. The foregoing system comprises a laser or particle accelerator that is located above the water and a plurality of passive receiv... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6316771 | Superlattice tunable detector system An electromagnetic radiation detector system is disclosed which includes a detector of semiconductor material in the form of a superlattice having a plurality of layers of a first conductivity type spaced by alternate layers of a second conductivity type ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6313716 | Slow wave meander line having sections of alternating impedance relative to a conductive plate A meander line includes a electrically conductive plate, a plurality of transmission line sections supported with respect to the conductive plate, wherein the plurality of sections includes a first section located relatively closer and parallel to the con... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6204088 | Glue-free backside illuminated photodiode apparatus and fabrication process Apparatus and method for fabricating a backside illuminated photodiode array is described which does not use epoxy, and therefore has better transmission characteristics. The method uses indium or other coldweldable metal to fasten the detectors to the tr... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6199794 | Multi-color, multi-pulse laser A multi-color, multi-pulse laser target designator is disclosed in which the target is illuminated with pulses of preselected colors and interpulse spacings so as to uniquely identify the target. Inter-pulse spacing may be varied down to an arbitarily sma... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6140658 | Combustion heated honeycomb mantle infrared radiation An infrared radiation source is provided by directing combustion gases through a honeycomb mantle along the axis of symmetry thereof. The honeycomb mantle is formed of individual tubes disposed at an angle to the axis of symmetry of the mantle and is clos... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6100838 | Multiple source jamming signal cancellation system Suppression of jamming from multiple sources is achieved by detecting the AM difference frequency produced by the beating of a desired signal and the smaller of the multiple jamming signal with the stronger jamming signal and applying same to one input of... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6078606 | Multi-color, multi-pulse laser A multi-color, multi-pulse laser operating at a number of wavelengths is provided with a like number of cavities to produce a like number of output pulses from a single pumping pulse. The spacing between the pulses is easily controlled by controlling the ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6029053 | Apparatus and method for reducing co-channel radio interference An apparatus and method reducing interference between multiple frequency modulated, FM, voice transmissions present in the same frequency bandwidth by receiving a radio signal which includes a first FM voice signal to be demodulated along with one or more... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5790080 | Meander line loaded antenna An antenna includes one or more conductive elements for acting as radiating antenna elements, and a slow wave meander line adapted to couple electrical signals between the conductive elements, wherein the meander line has an effective electrical length wh... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5625364 | Apparatus and method for finding a signal emission source An apparatus and method are described for direction finding the source of emf emissions including a monotone signal by detecting the phase changes of the monotone signal during movement relative to the source. A software embodiment measures the amount of ... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5611856 | Method for growing crystals The present invention provides a method for producing single crystals of a group II-IV-V2 and group I-III-VI2 compounds by synthesizing compound material from its constituents and separately melting and refreezing the material in a t... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5596209 | Photoconductive semiconductor control device The present invention provides a radiant energy activated semiconductor control device having N+ ion implanted regions exposed to the radiant energy for switching purposes.... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5512908 | Apparatus and method for locating cellular telephones A method for determining the time difference of arrival, tdoa, of signals from a cellular telephone, includes determining tdoas for a plurality of channels, averaging the tdoas from the channels, subtracting the average tdoa from the individual channel td... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5469407 | Parachute array This invention is a parachute array in which a plurality of hydrophones are attached to the skin of a planar or volumetric parachute or affixed to strings that are positioned around a planar or volumetric parachute. When the parachute is moved through wat... | 11/21/1995 |
