"What can be more palpably absurd than the prospect held out of locomotives traveling twice as fast as stagecoaches?"
The Quarterly Review ; March edition, 1825
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7605357 | Photon counting optically preamplified photoreceivers with micro-digitized pixels An array of photon counting phototoreceivers is constructed as an imager with micro-digitized pixels. Each photoreciever comprises a vertical cavity optical amplifier (VCSOA) as an optical amplifier, an avalanche photodiode as detector and an analog-to-digital conve... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7397133 | Submount for diode with single bottom electrode A submount is used to mount a diode between two metal areas on the upper surface of a substrate. One of the areas is connected to a metal plate at the lower surface of the substrate through a via. The submount is clamped between two metal sheets. The top metal sheet... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7245028 | Split control pad for multiple signal A control pad is split into two sections for output one of three signals selected from the group consisted of 00, 01, and 11 on an integrated circuit. Each section is internally connected to different voltage sources, say Vdd which represents logical “1”, or Vss... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7193303 | Supporting frame for surface-mount diode package A supporting frame is used to solidly bridge to the two metallic contacts of a surface mount diode chip. Any bending or twisting stress between the two contacts is borne by the supporting frame instead of the diode chip. Otherwise the stress may damage the diode chi... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190604 | Capacity dividable memory IC Two memory areas on a wafer are coupled through pass transistors to double the memory capacity of each area and can be sawed to yield two memory chips each with single memory area. A pair of pass transistors are used to couple each dedicated functional pad in both m... | 03/13/2007 |
| 6992317 | Full color display structures using pseudomorphic cladded quantum dot nanophosphor thin films This invention discloses novel device structures for full color flat panel displays utilizing pseudomorphically cladded quantum dot nanocrystals. Different colors are obtained by changing the core size and composition of the quantum dots while maintaining a nearly d... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6911731 | Solderless connection in LED module The electrodes of a light emitting diode (LED) is coupled to the terminals of a package with solderless pressure contacts. Each package is housed in a module with a bed on which the bottom electrode of the LED rests, and a pressure plate which is coupled to the top ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6822795 | Dynamic image device with diffractive optical element Invisible different monochromatic images are inscribed in a diffractive optical element. Each of the images appears when a specific light source is on and image disappears when the specific light is off. The light sources for the different monochromatic images are s... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6801343 | Flat bed image scanner A flat bed image scanner uses a contact image sensor to scan a document. The distance between the contact image sensor and the glass window, over which the document is placed, is minimized and held constant by inserting a lubricating element between the contact imag... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6797412 | Full color display structures using pseudomorphic cladded quantum dot nanophosphor thin films This invention discloses novel device structures for fill color flat panel displays utilizing pseudomorphically cladded quantum dot nanocrystals. Different colors are obtained by changing the core size and composition of the quantum dots while maintaining a nearly d... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6773007 | Paper feeding device having replaceable paper conveying roller for a printer A replaceable friction roller is mounted on the driving shaft of a paper conveying roller. The roller is made replaceable by providing a slit from the surface of the roller to the shaft surface. The roller can be split open along the cur when replacing a new roller.... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6627482 | Mass production technique for surface mount optical device with a focusing cup Surface mount diodes are mass produced by first cutting a metal plate to form a plurality of vertical slits within metal plate. Parallel lines are cut midway between the slits to form wings for the slits. The wings are folded to form the bottoms for surfa... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6320452 | Floating power supply using dual npn transistor A low supply voltage for operating an operational amplifier operating as a voltage follower is derived from a high voltage source. Two npn transistors, two Zener diodes and a current source are connected in series across the high voltage source. The input... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6307479 | Running indicator for integrated circuit package A light emitting diode (LED) is connected in series with the power supply input pad of an integrated circuit chip. The LED lights up when the power supply is turned on as an indicator that the IC is operating properly.... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6291841 | Flat interconnection semiconductor package Flat metal strips are used to make connections to a laser diode so that the interconnections are parallel to the surface of the semiconductor device and the structure has a lower profile than a wire-bonded package. The contacts can be made with conducting... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6246555 | Transient current and voltage protection of a voltage regulator During transient operation of a voltage regulator, the gate of p-channel MOS pass transistor may be pulled down during the transient period to cause excessive surge current. The surge current is limited by using the pass transistor as a current mirror dur... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6008529 | Laser diode package A surface mount semiconductor laser diode package has a substrate on which the laser diode is mounted. The top electrode of the laser diode is wire-bonded to the top end of a plated-through conduit through the substrate, and the bottom end of the plated-t... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5888001 | Paper tray for ink jet printer The collecting tray of a ink-jet printer is equipped with a guard to prevent the paper immediately after exiting from the printer to fall to the bottom of the tray. The guard is much narrower than the width of the tray so that the guard tilts the paper. A... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5827780 | Additive metalization using photosensitive polymer as RIE mask and part of composite insulator The surface of an integrated circuit, which uses reactive ion etching to pattern metal interconnection, is protected with two insulating layers on the surface. The first layer is a conventional silicon dioxide. The second layer is a photosensitive polymer... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5751461 | Edge-flat image scanning system This invention provides a flat-edge scanner capable of scanning a thick book without any distortion at the protruding binding edge. The binding edge of the book is placed at the corner of a scanning glass window and the frame supporting the glass window s... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5712718 | Book-edge flat-bed scanner This invention provides a flat-bed scanner capable of scanning a thick book without any distortion at the protruding binding edge. The scanning window forms an obtuse angle with the frame of the scanner supporting the scanning window. The obtuse angle all... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5592168 | High speed dual-slope analog-to-digital converter A unified zero-reset phase is used in a dual-slope analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to: (1) derive a correction voltage to cancel any error due to offset and/or residue voltages in the components of the ADC in the subsequent integration phase and the de-... | 01/07/1997 |