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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7306342 | Notch-filter reflector A reflector includes a body that defines an optical surface. A reflective surface is disposed on the optical surface including a stack of dielectric layers defining at least one notch filter. ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300164 | Morphing light guide A morphing light guide has a body with a consistent cross-sectional area that extends from an entry aperture with a first geometric shape to an exit aperture with a different second geometric shape. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295293 | Apparatus and method for testing a reflector coating A method of testing a coating on a reflector having a first focal point includes placing a mirror at the first focal point of the reflector and angled to orient with an area on the coating. Electromagnetic (EM) radiation is directed to the mirror which then directs ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7256549 | Three electrode arc-discharge lamp A method of operating an arc discharge lamp that has first and second electrodes is described. First, the first electrode is heated with a third electrode with a first arc until the first electrode temperature is sufficiently elevated to allow for thermionic emissio... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7158281 | MEMs device with feedback control A MEMS device includes at least one movable member and an active device having at least one property affected by the location of the movable member with respect to the active device. A control circuit is used to limit movement of the movable member based on observat... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7148621 | Integrated focusing emitter A method for creating an electron lens includes the steps of applying a polymer layer on an emitter surface of an electron emitter and then curing the polymer layer to reduce volatile content. ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7118982 | Emitter and method of making An emitter includes an electron source and a cathode. The cathode has an emissive surface. The emitter further includes a continuous anisotropic conductivity layer disposed between the electron source and the emissive surface of the cathode. The anisotropic conducti... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7078855 | Dielectric light device A light device includes an electron supply defining an emitter surface. A dielectric tunneling layer is disposed between the electron supply and a cathode layer. The cathode layer has at least partial photon transparency that is substantially uniform across the emit... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7061660 | MEMs device with feedback control A MEMS device includes at least one movable member and an active device having at least one property affected by the location of the movable member with respect to the active device. A control circuit is used to limit movement of the movable member based on observat... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7049158 | Method of manufacturing an emitter A method is disclosed for creating an emitter having a flat cathode emission surface: First a protective layer that is conductive is formed on the flat cathode emission surface. Then an electronic lens structure is created over the protective layer. Finally, the pro... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044823 | Method of making a tunneling emitter An emitter has an electron supply layer and a tunneling layer formed on the electron supply layer. Optionally, an insulator layer is formed on the electron supply layer and has openings defined within in which the tunneling layer is formed. A cathode layer is formed... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7028753 | Apparatus to enhance cooling of electronic device An electronic device has at least one component that is capable of generating a quantity of heat. The electronic device further has an air-moving device and an air duct. The air moving device is capable of creating a flow of air that removes a portion of the quantit... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7011434 | Non-imaging photon concentrator A photon concentrator includes an imaging photon concentrator concentrating photons from a source to an image point and a non-imaging photon concentrator. The non-imaging photon concentrator (NIPC) has an entry aperture coupling to the imaging photon concentrator ne... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6986591 | Non-imaging photon concentrator A photon concentrator includes an imaging photon concentrator concentrating photons from a source to an image point and a non-imaging photon concentrator. The non-imaging photon concentrator (NIPC) has an entry aperture coupling to the imaging photon concentrator ne... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6980311 | Method and apparatus for modifying temporal addresses A document delivery system retrieves a periodically changing document. First, an address for the document is obtained. Next a temporal field is located within the address. The temporal field of the address is then modified to reflect a new instance. Then using the m... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6977185 | Printhead integrated circuit An integrated circuit is formed on a substrate. The integrated circuit includes a transistor formed in the substrate. The transistor has a gate that forms at least one closed-loop. The integrated circuit also includes an ejection element that is coupled to the trans... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6963939 | Method and apparatus for expansion of single channel at attachment/IDE interface An electronic device has a host processor system having an AT Attachment (ATA) mass storage interface having a single channel. The electronic device further has at least three mass storage device ports that are capable of accepting ATA mass storage devices. A method... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6933517 | Tunneling emitters An emitter includes an electron supply and a tunneling layer disposed on the electron supply. A cathode layer is disposed on the tunneling layer. A conductive electrode has multiple layers of conductive material. The multiple layers include a protective layer dispos... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6902259 | Direct imaging polymer fluid jet orifice A process for creating and an apparatus employing shaped orifices in a semiconductor substrate. A first layer of material is applied on the semiconductor substrate then a second layer of material is then applied upon the first layer of material. An orifice image is ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6882100 | Dielectric light device A light device includes an electron supply defining an emitter surface. A dielectric tunneling layer is disposed between the electron supply and a cathode layer. The cathode layer has at least partial photon transparency that is substantially uniform across the emit... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6879525 | Feedback write method for programmable memory An integrated circuit includes an array of state-change devices, first and second decoder circuits for selecting a particular state-change device. A voltage source is coupled to the first decoder circuit and sense circuitry is coupled to the second decoder to receiv... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6876986 | Transaction payment system A system for the transaction of transactional amounts when using merchantable content on a medium includes a clearinghouse, an apparatus having a medium handier, a merchantable content receiver, a medium identifier, a content identifier, a medium use mechanism, and ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6847350 | Optical pointing device An electronic device has a case and a screen attached to the case. The screen indicates a cursor position. The electronic device further has an input device mounted to the case. The input device includes a curved surface for detecting an object disposed on the curve... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6840605 | Method for regulating pressure A print cartridge is used in a printing system in which there is a requirement to provide two distinct rates of ink usage corresponding to two different types of printing done with the printing system. The print cartridge includes an ink replenishment path which sel... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6835947 | Emitter and method of making An emitter includes an electron source and a cathode. The cathode has an emissive surface. The emitter further includes a continuous anisotropic conductivity layer disposed between the electron source and the emissive surface of the cathode. The anisotropic conducti... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6818494 | LDMOS and CMOS integrated circuit and method of making An integrated circuit (IC) is formed on a substrate. The IC has a first well having a first dopant concentration that includes a second conductivity low-voltage transistor. The IC also has a second well having a dopant concentration equal to the first dopant concent... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6820064 | E-commerce consumables A consumable article includes a consumable item and a memory device. The memory device is organized to represent currency. Use of the consumable item causes the memory device to be reorganized. The consumable article is used in an apparatus that has a control circui... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6806488 | Tunneling emitters and method of making An emitter has an electron supply layer and a tunneling layer formed on the electron supply layer. Optionally, an insulator layer is formed on the electron supply layer and has openings defined within in which the tunneling layer is formed. A cathode layer is formed... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6798719 | Electronic device including warranty start date An electronic device has a central processing unit (CPU), a display, and a memory device. The display and memory device are both coupled to the CPU. The memory device includes a data structure having a born-on-date (BOD) field and a counter field. The BOD field cont... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6785956 | Method of fabricating a fluid jet printhead A fluid-jet printhead has a substrate having at least one layer defining a fluid chamber for ejecting fluid. The printhead also includes a resistive layer disposed between the fluid chamber and the substrate wherein the fluid chamber has a smooth planer surface betw... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6781146 | Annealed tunneling emitter An emitter has an electron supply layer and a tunneling layer formed on the electron supply layer. Optionally, an insulator layer is formed on the electron supply layer and has openings defined within which the tunneling layer is formed. A cathode layer is formed on... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6781858 | Cubic memory array A cubic memory array is fabricated on a substrate having a planar surface. The cubic memory array includes a plurality of first select-lines organized in more than one plane parallel to the planar surface. A plurality of second select-lines is formed in pillars disp... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6758711 | Integrated focusing emitter A method for creating an electron lens includes the steps of applying a polymer layer on an emitter surface of an electron emitter and then curing the polymer layer to reduce volatile content. ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6753544 | Silicon-based dielectric tunneling emitter An emitter has an electron supply layer and a silicon-based dielectric layer formed on the electron supply layer. The silicon-based dielectric layer is preferably less than about 500 Angstroms. Optionally, an insulator layer is formed on the electron supply layer an... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6741016 | Focusing lens for electron emitter with shield layer An electron lens is used for focusing electrons from a cathode to an anode. The lens includes a first conductive layer with a first opening at a first distance from the cathode. The first conductive layer is held at a first voltage. The lens also includes a second c... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6718632 | Method of making a fluid-jet ejection device A method of creating a fluid ejection device is described. The fluid ejection device has a substrate having a set of thin-film layers disposed on a first surface. A photoresist is applied on the set of thin-film layers, the photoresist has openings defined therein. ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6707698 | Dual memory cell A memory cell has a first and second conductor. The first conductor is oriented in a first direction and the second conductor is oriented in a second direction. The first conductor has at least one edge. A state-change layer is disposed on the first conductor and a ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6703252 | Method of manufacturing an emitter A method is disclosed for creating an emitter having a flat cathode emission surface: First a protective layer that is conductive is formed on the flat cathode emission surface. Then an electronic lens structure is created over the protective layer. Final... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6686642 | Multi-level integrated circuit for wide-gap substrate bonding An integrated circuit includes a substrate having an etched surface and a non-etched surface. The etched surface contains circuit elements and the non-etched surface contains a bonding surface. The non-etched surface is located at a predetermined height f... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6643159 | Cubic memory array A cubic memory array is fabricated on a substrate having a planar surface. The cubic memory array includes a plurality of first select-lines organized in more than one plane parallel to the planar surface. A plurality of second select-lines is formed in p... | 11/04/2003 |
