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...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8143587 | Radiation image detector having a doped intermediate layer An intermediate layer is located between a recording photoconductive layer and an electrode, which is either one of a bias electrode and a reference electrode, and which is located on the side at positive electric potential with respect to a charge accumulating sect... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8039811 | CMOS time delay integration sensor for X-ray imaging applications A CMOS TDI image sensor consists of M pixels where each pixel is formed by a column of N TDI stages. Each TDI stage contains a photodiode that collects photo-charge and a pre-amplifier that proportionally converts the photo-charge to a voltage. Each TDI stage also h... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7838837 | Semiconductor detector for radiation detection, and associated operating method The invention relates to a semiconductor detector, in particular a pnCCD detector, for radiation detection, including a guard ring (12, 14) and a readout anode (3, 4) arranged inside the guard ring (12, 14) for reading out radiation-generated si... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7834324 | Radiation image detector An intermediate layer is located between a recording photoconductive layer and an electrode, which is either one of a bias electrode and a reference electrode, and which is located on the side at positive electric potential with respect to a charge accumulating sect... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7816653 | Semiconductor radiation detector with a modified internal gate structure A semiconductor radiation detector device comprises a conductive backside layer (102) of first conductivity type and a bulk layer (103). Opposite to the conductive backside layer (102) there are a modified internal gate layer (104) of sec... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7812316 | X-ray detector module with a collimator An x-ray detector module comprises a plurality of silicon drift detector cells arranged next to each other on a sensor chip. The sensor chip is arranged in a recess of a frame-shaped base support, such that the sensitive chip surface lies in the opening of the frame... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7812317 | Radiation detecting apparatus, radiation imaging apparatus and radiation imaging system A radiation detecting apparatus according to the present invention includes: pixels including switching elements arranged on an insulating substrate and conversion elements arranged on the switching elements to convert a radiation into electric carriers, the switchi... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7692157 | Indirect x-ray image detector for radiology An x-ray image detector suitable for radiology has an active matrix substrate with scanning and read-out circuits. Over this active matrix substrate, which can be a two dimensional array of TFTs associated with a storage capacitance, there is deposited a photorecept... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7679062 | Power supply for portable radiographic detector A digital radiography detector has a two-dimensional array of photosensors disposed in rows and columns. Multiple signal traces connect to the photosensors and extend in a first direction along the two-dimensional array. A switching power supply is connected to a po... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7589326 | Systems and methods for image acquisition An imaging system includes a first image element in a first row, a second image element in the first row, a third image element in a second row, the third image element and the first image element being in a first column, a gate driver, a first electrical line exten... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7535011 | Quantitative radiation detection using Geiger mode avalanche photodiode binary detector cell arrays An imaging radiation detector includes a scintillator coupled to an array of photodiodes operating in Geiger mode. The array is divided into separate detector pixels, each of which is composed of a multiplicity of photodiode cells with their outputs tied together. W... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7514690 | Radiation image pickup apparatus and its control method Each pixel is provided with a photoelectric converting device or the like, a source-follower-type first transistor or the like, a second transistor to be turned on when reading an electrical signal from a pixel selected by a shift register for each line and outputti... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7514691 | Solid state ionising radiation detector and method A solid state ionizing radiation detector is provided, having an absorber within which, when in use, electrical charge is generated upon the absorption of ionizing radiation. The absorber has a front face with an active region through which incident ionizing radiati... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7501636 | Nanotunneling junction-based hyperspectal polarimetric photodetector and detection method A photodetector, detector array, and method of operation thereof in which nanojunctions are formed by crossing layers of nanowires. The crossing nanowires are separated by a few nm thick electrical barrier layer which allows tunneling. Each nanojunction is coupled t... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7473904 | Device for monitoring ionizing radiation in silicon-on insulator integrated circuits A device and system for monitoring ionizing radiation. The device including: a diode formed in a silicon layer below an oxide layer buried below a surface of a silicon substrate; and a cathode of the diode coupled to a precharged node of a clocked logic circuit, an ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7470911 | Photoelectric conversion device and radiation photography apparatus A sensor lower electrode of a MIS type photosensor is connected to a gate line distributed in a next line in a scanning direction through a refreshing capacitor. The MIS type photosensors of an (n−1)-th line are refreshed on the basis of an ON/OFF operation of TFT... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7465934 | Pixel array output routing structure for multi-channel CMOS imager sensors A CMOS image sensor includes a plurality of pixels arranged in an array; a plurality of sample and hold arrays; and a routing matrix which routes a signal from each pixel to one of the sample and hold arrays in a predetermined order. ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7435968 | Radiation detecting apparatus, radiation imaging apparatus and radiation imaging system A radiation detecting apparatus according to the present invention includes: pixels including switching elements arranged on an insulating substrate and conversion elements arranged on the switching elements to convert a radiation into electric carriers, the switchi... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7429723 | Conversion apparatus, radiation detection apparatus, and radiation detection system A conversion apparatus includes pixels including switching elements provided on an insulating substrate and conversion elements disposed over the switching elements and connected to the switching elements. Conductive lines are coupled to the pixels and have terminal... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7408169 | Image sensing apparatus and method using radiation This invention is to provide a radiation image sensing apparatus capable of automatically adjusting an incident radiation dose without requiring high-speed driving while suppressing any attenuation of the radiation before detection, and a method of manufacturing the... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7402811 | Ultra-high resolution pixel electrode arrangement structure and signal processing method When a semiconductor sensor element used for detecting high-energy x-rays and gamma rays and an amplifier are connected via wires, the capacitances vary depending on the wires, thereby causing a sensitivity variation. To solve this, a structure for making the capaci... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7375339 | Monitoring ionizing radiation in silicon-on insulator integrated circuits A method, device and system for monitoring ionizing radiation. The method including: collecting an ionizing radiation induced charge collected by the depletion region of a diode formed in a silicon layer below an oxide layer buried below a surface of a silicon subst... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372037 | Solid-state imaging device and radiotion imaging system N+-type semiconductor regions 12d are formed on a front surface side of a p−-type layer 12c of a semiconductor substrate 12, and these n+-type semiconductor and p−-type semiconductor ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372009 | Solid-state thermal neutron detector A solid-state thermal neutron detector comprises: a layered structure that includes; an electrically insulating substrate; a first electrode affixed to the substrate; a neutron-reactive layer affixed to and in ohmic contact with the first electrode; and a second ele... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368707 | Radiation detector including means for indicating satisfactory operation A radiation detector, comprising a sensitive volume filled with a counter gas; an anode and a cathode each in communication with the counter gas; a voltage supply for maintaining a potential difference between the anode and the cathode, said potential difference bei... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368315 | X-ray detecting device and fabricating method thereof An X-ray detecting device and a fabricating method thereof that is capable of preventing breakage of a transparent electrode. In the device and method, a contact hole passing through a protective film is formed centering around a contact hole passing through a stora... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365353 | Radiation image detector A radiation image detector with improved readout efficiency. The detector records a radiation image by generating and storing electric charges when irradiated with radiation, and the image is read out by irradiating readout light. The detector includes first line el... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362063 | Motor spindle control system and method In a method for measuring motor speed and position by detecting the back-EMF generated during pole-pair interactions, fluctuations of a three-phase motor power supply that may affect back-EMF detection are reduced. One phase of the power supply is tristated for a ce... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358502 | Devices, systems, and methods for imaging Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a system, which can comprise an imaging plate. The imaging plate can be exposable by an x-ray source. The imaging plate can be configured to be used in digital radiographic imaging. The imaging plate can comprise a phosphor-bas... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358533 | Electronic device, thin film transistor structure and flat panel display having the same The present invention provides an electronic device having more than two conductive layers that cross but not in contact with each other. At least one of the conductive layers comprises a width change part, a width of which changes in a length direction of at least ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7348598 | Thin film transistor and liquid crystal display device using the same A TFT, in which source and drain electrodes having concentric circular shapes are formed, reduces an OFF current caused by a leakage current and optimizes an ON current and a stray capacitance between gate and source electrodes. The TFT includes a gate electrode for... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343000 | Imaging apparatus and imaging system An X-ray image radiographing system according to the present invention comprises an X-ray generator, a detection unit, a correction unit for performing a correction processing for the data outputted from the detection unit, and an output unit such as a monitor for o... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342221 | Radiation image pick-up device, radiation image pick-up method, and image pick-up system A plurality of correction images are obtained while changing the radiation energy of an incident radiation in the absence of an object. Subsequently, an object image is obtained in the presence of the object by emitting the radiation to the object. Then, the object ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7332725 | Sensor arrangement for recording a radiation, computer tomograph comprising said sensor arrangement and corresponding production method A sensor arrangement has a layer sequence that includes a holding substrate, an auxiliary layer, a detection layer and an insulating layer. The holding substrate holds detection elements. The auxiliary layer extends continuously over the detection elements or contai... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326936 | Photodetector and photodetecting device An infrared detector includes a silicon substrate, an infrared reflecting film, a diaphragm including a bolometer thin film, disposed above the silicon substrate across a gap, and a signal line that electrically connects the bolometer thin film and the infrared refl... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7313921 | Apparatus and method for thermo-electric cooling A temperature regulator provides thermoelectric temperature control in a X-ray detector. The temperature regulator maintains the temperature within the X-ray detector by controlling current through a thermoelectric device. The temperature regulator can both heat and... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7309866 | Cosmic ray detectors for integrated circuit chips A cosmic ray detector includes a cantilever with a first tip. The detector also includes a second tip and circuitry to provide a signal indicative of a distance between the first and second tips being such as would be caused by a cosmic ray interaction event. ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7297914 | Cerenkov x-ray detector for portal imaging The present invention provides a practical design of a megavoltage x-ray detector with both high quantum efficiency (QE) and high resolution. The x-ray detector includes an optical-fiber taper (OFT) made from a large number of optical fibers, each of which is aligne... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7291842 | Photoconductor imagers with sandwich structure An image acquisition device 30 includes a photoconductor 48 to convert an electromagnetic radiation into electrical signals, a first layer 36 or 37 coupled to the photoconductor 48. The first layer 36 or 37 includes a... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286393 | System and method for hardening MRAM bits A device is connected in parallel with an MTJ structure of an MRAM bit to shunt photocurrent away from and/or limit voltage across the MTJ structure during a dose rate event. The device may include at least one transistor and/or at least one diode. One device may be... | 10/23/2007 |
