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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8092605 | Magnetic confinement of a plasma A method and apparatus for confining a plasma are provided herein. In one embodiment, an apparatus for confining a plasma includes a substrate support and a magnetic field forming device for forming a magnetic field proximate a boundary between a first region dispos... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7979025 | Method and apparatus for handover in a wireless communication device between wireless domains A method and apparatus for handover in a wireless communication device between wireless domains is described. In one example, a signal employing a short-range wireless protocol is detected at the wireless communication device. For example, the short-range wireless p... | 07/12/2011 |
| D641525 | Glove | 07/12/2011 |
| 7972933 | Method of selective nitridation Methods of forming semiconductor devices are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of forming a semiconductor device may include providing a substrate having an oxide surface and a silicon surface; forming a nitrogen-containing layer on exposed portions of ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972469 | Plasma processing apparatus Embodiments of the present invention relate to plasma processing apparatus and methods of use thereof. In some embodiments, a plasma control magnet assembly includes a plurality of magnets arranged in a predetermined pattern that generate a magnetic field having a s... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971885 | Infant stroller rocking device A method of rocking a wheeled infant carrier (30) comprises using a rocking device (10) having a pair of discrete units (12,14). Each unit has a ground-engaging base (18a,b) and a platform (16a,b) supported thereon th... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971276 | Glove with hand-friendly coating and method of making A hand-friendly rubber glove article comprising a dried coating of an emulsified hand-friendly mixture comprising at least one water-soluble humectant moisturizer, at least one water-soluble lubricant, at least one water-soluble surfactant, and at least one water-in... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971275 | Cut resistant damage tolerant chemical and liquid protective glove with enhanced wet and dry grip A damage tolerant cut resistant chemical handling glove that is flexible and lightweight comprises a cured, liquid-impervious polymeric latex shell, a knitted cut resistant liner comprising a cotton yarn and at least one cut resistant yarn, the liner being infiltrat... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970966 | Method and apparatus for providing a low-latency connection between a data processor and a remote graphical user interface over a network A pair of processing modules and methods that enable low latency communications between a data processing system and devices located at a remote graphic user interface across a standard shared network in accordance with the present invention is disclosed. The presen... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7967121 | Strut based overrunning drives Embodiments of the present invention include strut based overrunning drives that provide one or more of greater durability, lower heat generation, high torque loads carrying capability, and/or ease of end of life assessment. In some embodiments, a drive assembly may... | 06/28/2011 |
| D640836 | Glove | 06/28/2011 |
| 7964038 | Apparatus for improved azimuthal thermal uniformity of a substrate Methods and apparatus for providing an improved azimuthal thermal uniformity of a substrate are provided herein. In some embodiments, a substrate support for use in a semiconductor process chamber includes a susceptor plate; and a supporting member to support a back... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7960740 | Structure of light emitting diode and method to assemble thereof A structure of a light emitting diode is provided. The light emitting diode comprises a light emitting diode die; two conductive frames electronically and respectively connecting to the cathode and anode of the light emitting diode die, and two substrates. Each cond... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7959758 | Polymeric shell adherently supported by a liner and a method of manufacture An article comprising at least one cured, liquid-impervious polymeric shell substantially free from defects, at least one liner, and a non-tacky, thermoplastic adhesive layer between the shell and the liner, wherein the adhesive layer is melted and solidified to cre... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7956583 | Lithium polymer battery powered intravenous fluid warmer A lithium polymer (LiPo) battery pack having LiPo battery cells is provided which includes battery protection circuitry, charging circuitry, cell balancing circuitry, and control and communication circuitry. The batteries can be charged while in use by an internal c... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7947561 | Methods for oxidation of a semiconductor device Methods of fabricating an oxide layer on a semiconductor substrate are provided herein. The oxide layer may be formed over an entire structure disposed on the substrate, or selectively formed on a non-metal containing layer with little or no oxidation of an exposed ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7944083 | Method and apparatus for characterizing a circuit coupled to an AC line A method and apparatus for characterizing a circuit coupled to an AC line. The apparatus comprises a consumption measurement unit (CMU), adapted for coupling, independent of voltage and current polarity, to the AC line and the circuit. The CMU comprises a discovery ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7933009 | Method and apparatus for verifying proper substrate positioning Embodiments of methods and apparatus for detecting the proper position of a substrate in a chamber are provided herein. In some embodiments, a substrate position detection apparatus includes a substrate support having a plurality of lift pins for supporting a substr... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7925459 | Method and apparatus for determining an operating voltage for preventing photovoltaic cell reverse breakdown during power conversion A method and apparatus for determining an operating voltage lower bound for preventing photovoltaic (PV) cell reverse breakdown during power conversion. The method comprises determining a PV cell operating temperature; computing, at a controller, an operating voltag... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923983 | Method and apparatus for measuring AC voltages A method and apparatus for providing AC voltage measurements. The apparatus includes an AC voltage monitor for determining at least a first and a second voltage representing an AC voltage of an AC circuit, generating a serial data stream frame including data represe... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923282 | Formation of stretchable photovoltaic devices and carriers Formation of stretchable photovoltaic devices and carriers is described. In some examples, a formation method includes: forming a stretchable carrier including a stretchable part having a given length, the given length being operable to change in response to a force... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7916956 | Methods and apparatus for encoding a shared drawing memory A display encoding system is disclosed. The display encoding system includes at least one processor, an encoding circuit, the encoding circuit having a structure separate from the structure of the processor(s), a communication connection to a computer network, a dra... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916505 | Method and apparatus for a leakage energy recovery circuit A method and apparatus for recovering leakage energy during DC power to AC power conversion. The apparatus comprises a leakage energy recovery circuit for storing leakage energy from a transformer and selectively coupling stored leakage energy to an input of the tra... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913438 | Method for arranging and storing an in-progress page and article thereof A method and an article for arranging and storing a page or presentation that is in progress comprising the steps of placing at least one page on a magnetic substrate, wherein the magnetic substrate is sized to receive the at least one page; arranging at least one p... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7910497 | Method of forming dielectric layers on a substrate and apparatus therefor Methods of forming dielectric layers on a substrate comprising silicon and oxygen are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method of forming a dielectric layer on a substrate includes provide a substrate having an exposed silicon oxide layer; treating an upper s... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7910488 | Alternative method for advanced CMOS logic gate etch applications Methods for etching, such as for fabricating a CMOS logic gate are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of etching includes (a) providing a substrate having a first stack and a second stack disposed thereupon, the first stack comprising a high-k dielectric... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908891 | Knitted glove A knitted glove made by creating each of the sections of the glove using a separate knitting course on a flat knitting machine providing variable stitch dimensions. Each of these sections provides its own designed stretch characteristics so that the glove fits tight... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908465 | Hardware emulator having a selectable write-back processor unit A method and apparatus for emulating a hardware design comprising an instruction execution unit for executing at least one instruction, a memory for providing data to the instruction execution unit for processing into an output bit, and a write enable logic for cont... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7908335 | Methods and apparatus for bridging a USB connection A method for implementing data communication between a host computer and a remotely-located processor peripheral device is disclosed. A remotely-located processor in control of the peripheral device receives a lists of descriptors or commands for constructing a list... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7906402 | Compensation techniques for substrate heating processes Methods for compensating for a thermal profile in a substrate heating process are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of processing a substrate includes determining an initial thermal profile of a substrate that would result from subjecting the substrate ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905995 | Alternating current rotatable sputter cathode The present invention is an alternating current rotary sputter cathode in a vacuum chamber. The apparatus includes a housing containing a vacuum and a cathode disposed therein. A drive shaft is rotatably mounted in the bearing housing. A rotary vacuum seal is locate... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904288 | Hardware emulator having a variable input emulation group A hardware emulator having a variable input emulation group is described. Each emulation group comprises two or more processors, where one of the processors (a first processor) is coupled to a data input selector and another one of the processors (a second processor... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899632 | Method and apparatus for anti-islanding of distributed power generation systems A method and apparatus for anti-islanding of distributed power generation systems having an inverter comprising a phase locked loop (PLL), a phase shift generator for injecting a phase shift into the PLL during at least one sample period, and a phase error signature... | 03/01/2011 |
| D633655 | Protective glove | 03/01/2011 |
| 7888217 | Method for fabricating a gate dielectric of a field effect transistor A method for fabricating a gate dielectric of a field effect transistor is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of removing a native oxide layer, forming an oxide layer, forming a gate dielectric layer over the oxide layer, oxidizing th... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7885639 | Method and apparatus for authenticating a wireless access point A method, system and computer-readable medium for authenticating a wireless access point is described. The method comprises upon initially connecting to the wireless access point, storing a first service set identifier associated with the wireless access point, stor... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7883633 | Method for shaping a magnetic field in a magnetic field-enhanced plasma reactor Methods for rotating a magnetic field in a process chamber is provided herein. In one embodiment, a method for rotating a magnetic field in a process chamber includes forming a magnetic field having a primary shape; changing the primary shape to at least two sequent... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7849353 | Method and apparatus for automatically restoring a failed disk drive A method and apparatus for automatically restoring the structure and data of a disk drive of a live client computer, i.e., a disk drive that does not store the operating system of the computer system has failed. A “live” computer is one that is booted into an op... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7848076 | Method and apparatus for providing an electrostatic chuck with reduced plasma penetration and arcing A method and apparatus for providing a fluid distribution element for an electrostatic chuck that reduces plasma formation and arcing within heat transfer fluid passages. One embodiment comprises a plate and a dielectric component, where the dielectric component is ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7846824 | Methods for forming a titanium nitride layer Methods for forming titanium nitride layers are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of forming a titanium nitride layer on a substrate may include providing a substrate into a processing chamber having a target comprising titanium disposed therein; supply... | 12/07/2010 |
