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| 8153930 | Apparatus and methods for improving the intensity profile of a beam image used to process a substrate Methods and apparatuses are provided for improving the intensity profile of a beam image used to process a semiconductor substrate. At least one photonic beam may be generated and manipulated to form an image having an intensity profile with an extended uniform regi... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152262 | Means for higher speed inkjet printing A method and apparatus for subdividing and printing regions of a substrate with multiple print heads or multiple print head assemblies which substantially decreases printing time is described. The method includes a feathering method which reduces overlap artifacts w... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8104404 | Ignition element mounting capacitor, header assembly, squib and gas generator for air bag and gas generator for seat belt pretensioner An ignition element mounting capacitor having an ignition element mounted on a capacitor, includes therein a first capacitor section and a second capacitor section, and first external terminal electrodes electrically connected to the first capacitor section and seco... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104403 | Header assembly, squib and gas generator for air bag and gas generator for seat belt pretensioner A header assembly includes a header holding a plurality of electrode pins to be insulated from one another, an ignition element mounting capacitor having at the center of its outer circumferential surfaces external terminal electrodes for electrically connecting to ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103034 | Mounting device and speaker assembly having the same A mounting device includes a positioning frame mounted with an electronic device, and two clamping mechanisms. Each clamping mechanism includes a sliding member movable vertically relative to the positioning frame, a clamping member movable horizontally relative to ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096242 | Squib, gas generator for air bag and gas generator for seat belt pretensioner A squib includes a cup body and a closure plug for holding a plurality of electrode pins insulated from one another and closing the opening of the cup body, and further includes, in the cup body, ignition powder and an ASIC component formed by molding a resin around... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8071908 | Edge with minimal diffraction effects Apparatuses and methods are provide thermally processing of the central portion of a substrate surface using a scanned photonic beam. Such thermal processing is carried out using a shield to block the beam from illuminating the side wall or peripheral portion of the... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8067305 | Electrically conductive structure on a semiconductor substrate formed from printing Provided are methods for forming an electrically conductive structure of a desired three-dimensional shape on a substantially planar surface of a substrate, e.g., a semiconductor wafer. Typically, the particulate matter is deposited in a layer-by-layer manner and ad... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8017424 | Dual-sided substrate measurement apparatus and methods An apparatus for measuring the relative positions of frontside and backside alignment marks located on opposite sides of a substrate is disclosed. The apparatus includes upper and lower optical systems that allow for simultaneous imaging of frontside and backside al... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7988158 | Driving device for adjusting an orientation of a vehicle wheel A driving device for adjusting an orientation of a wheel attached to a vehicle body includes: a driving unit; a lifting shaft extending along a first axis and capable of moving axially when driven by the driving unit; a suspension arm extending along a transverse di... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7947968 | Processing substrates using direct and recycled radiation Provided are apparatuses for processing a surface of a substrate using direct and recycled radiation reflected from the substrate. The apparatus includes a radiation source positioned to direct a radiation beam toward a beam image forming system that forms a beam im... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7902040 | Dual-sided substrate measurement apparatus and methods An apparatus for measuring the relative positions of frontside and backside alignment marks located on opposite sides of a substrate is disclosed. The apparatus includes upper and lower optical systems that allow for simultaneous imaging of frontside and backside al... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7882873 | Run-flat tire A run-flat tire of improved load bearing capacity after being punctured is disclosed. The tire has two circumferential sidewalls, at least one circumferential intermediate wall interposed between the sidewalls, and a transverse base extending from one sidewall to th... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7881670 | Non-capture one-tuner smart antenna In one-tuner smart antennas, a constant amplitude representation of the antenna element wideband signal is correlated with a representation of the smart antenna output signal to give a measure of the selected channel bandpass power and desired signal power. Since on... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7847227 | Optical measuring system Apparatus and methods are described for measuring amplitude and phase variations in a spatially coherent beam of light. A beam of coherent light is made incident upon a spatial array of phase modulating elements displaying a pixellated first phase distribution. In a... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7847213 | Method and apparatus for modifying an intensity profile of a coherent photonic beam A coherent beam source, e.g., a laser having a cavity that is unstable in at least one direction, is used to produce a coherent beam having an initial intensity profile. The beam is passed through a relay having a Fourier plane containing a spatial filter that serve... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7879741 | Laser thermal annealing of lightly doped silicon substrates Apparatus and method for performing laser thermal annealing (LTA) of a substrate using an annealing radiation beam that is not substantially absorbed in the substrate at room temperature. The method takes advantage of the fact that the absorption of long wavelength ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7859144 | Low frequency electromagnetic motor to create or cancel a low frequency vibration Electromagnetic motor with a piston that moves linearly with respect to the stator in either direction. Embodiments include a piston internal or external the stator. The piston includes one or more magnetic flux producing elements in all embodiments, with some embod... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7857018 | Carrier of a wood planer for carrying a cutter and a motor A light weight carrier movable along vertical guide posts of a wood planer includes left and right mounting seats having front and rear support blocks projecting oppositely and inwardly therefrom, front and rear guide holes adapted for extension of the guide posts, ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7831059 | Self-cooled electro-magnetic audio transducer An electro-magnetic audio transducer that is self-cooling by inhaling and exhausting an area that is separated from the reminder of the transducer by an instantaneous decrease or increase, respectively, of the pressure within that area by the movement of a coil when... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7781981 | Circuit arrangement for a starting unit of a discharge lamp The invention relates to a switching arrangement for an ignition device of a discharge lamp (1), comprised of a spark gap formed by three or more electrodes (11) and connected in series with the primary winding (8) of a superimposed transformer ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7768160 | Electromagnetic motor to create a desired low frequency vibration or to cancel an undesired low frequency vibration Electromagnetic motor with a slider that moves linearly with respect to the stator in either direction. Embodiments include slider internal or external the stator. Slider includes one magnetic flux producing element in all embodiments. Internal slider embodiments st... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7767927 | Methods and apparatus for remote temperature measurement of a specular surface Methods and apparatus for remotely measuring temperature of a specular surface. Method takes two measurements of P-polarized radiation emitted at or near Brewster angle from the surface. First measurement (SA) collects and detects first amount of radiation emitted d... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7763828 | Laser thermal processing with laser diode radiation A method and apparatus for performing laser thermal processing (LTP) using a two-dimensional array of laser diodes to form a line image, which is scanned across a substrate. The apparatus includes a two-dimensional array of laser diodes, the radiation from which is ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7751067 | Substrate-alignment using detector of substrate material Methods and apparatuses are provided for positioning a substrate having a target that may be located on either the front-side or the backside of the substrate. The optical detector that views the target contains a signal-generating material that is substantially ide... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7744274 | Methods and apparatus for temperature measurement and control on a remote substrate surface Provided is an apparatus for substrate processing. The apparatus may include a radiation source emitting a photonic beam, an optical system to form a beam image, a scanning stage, a temperature monitoring means, an output signal generator that compares the monitored... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7732353 | Methods of forming a denuded zone in a semiconductor wafer using rapid laser annealing Methods for forming a denuded zone in an oxygen-containing semiconductor wafer using rapid laser annealing (RLA) are disclosed. The method includes scanning an intense beam of laser radiation over the surface of the wafer to raise the temperature of each point on th... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7731798 | Heated chuck for laser thermal processing A chuck for supporting a wafer and maintaining a constant background temperature across the wafer during laser thermal processing (LTP) is disclosed. The chuck includes a heat sink and a thermal mass in the form of a heater module. The heater module is in thermal co... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7699584 | Actuator for adjusting a rotor blade pitch angle Actuator for adjusting pitch angle of a rotor blade of a wind turbine rotatably mounted on a rotor hub, comprising a first drive element connectable with the rotor blade, a second drive element in meshing engagement with said first drive element, a lubricating devic... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7671966 | Computer architecture for and method of high-resolution imaging using a low-resolution image transducer Parallel data bus architecture, lithography system and method for substrate patterning with a high-resolution image by data generation transferring, display or printing high edge placement accuracy images from multiple exposures of plurality of predefined patterns w... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7612372 | Method and system for laser thermal processing of semiconductor devices Methods and systems for performing laser thermal processing (LTP) of semiconductor devices are disclosed. The method includes forming a dielectric cap atop a temperature-sensitive element, and then forming an absorber layer atop the dielectric layer. A switch layer ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7577403 | Non-capture one-tuner smart antenna In one-tuner smart antennas, a representation of the antenna element wideband signal is correlated with a representation of the smart antenna output signal to give a measure of the selected channel bandpass power and desired signal power. Since only signals in the s... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7163581 | Method for making regenerated soil material for the production of a structural unit, the structural unit made from the regenerated soil material, and method for recycling the structural unit A method for making a regenerated soil material for the production of a structural unit includes the steps of: a) obtaining a raw soil material containing aluminum and silicon from a natural source; b) adding an active mineral containing aluminum and silicon to the ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7528937 | Dual-sided substrate measurement apparatus and methods An apparatus for measuring the relative positions of frontside and backside alignment marks located on opposite sides of a substrate is disclosed. The apparatus includes upper and lower optical systems that allow for simultaneous imaging of frontside and backside al... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7519346 | Interference reduction for multiple signals The present invention reduces the degradation in performance of one or more radio signals that are co-transmitted with a first radio signal from the same transmitting antenna in the same frequency channel and received by the same antenna due to multipath or other sh... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7494942 | Laser thermal annealing of lightly doped silicon substrates A method for performing laser thermal annealing (LTA) of a substrate using an annealing radiation beam that is not substantially absorbed in the substrate at room temperature. The method takes advantage of the fact that the absorption of long wavelength radiation (1... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7494070 | Accurate horticultural sprinkler system and sprinkler head The present invention includes a unique irrigation sprinkler system with a unique sprinkler head design; a unique method of defining the planted area to be served by the sprinkler head; a unique method for determining when that planted area needs to be watered; a un... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7490728 | Crane A crane, in particular to an offshore crane, having a hoist rope winch, a hydraulic hoist winch drive and an overload protection which is connected to the hoist winch drive and which, when a predetermined permitted limit load is reached, permits a drawing off of the... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7482254 | Apparatus and methods for thermally processing undoped and lightly doped substrates without pre-heating Apparatus for and methods of thermally processing undoped or lightly doped semiconductor wafers (30) that typically are not very absorptive of an annealing radiation beam (14) are disclosed. The apparatus (10) uses a relatively low power activat... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7449803 | Electromagnetic motor to create a desired low frequency vibration or to cancel an undesired low frequency vibration Electromagnetic motor with a slider that moves linearly with respect to the stator in either direction. Embodiments include slider internal or external the stator. Slider includes one magnetic flux producing element in all embodiments. Internal slider embodiments st... | 11/11/2008 |
