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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7016556 | Semiconductor micro-resonator for monitoring an optical device An optical device includes an optical waveguide through which light propagates and a micro-resonator structure including an optical sensor. The micro-resonator is configured to resonate at a wavelength of light that may be transmitted through the optical waveguide. ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7012314 | Semiconductor devices with reduced active region defects and unique contacting schemes A method of making a semiconductor device having a predetermined epitaxial region, such as an active region, with reduced defect density includes the steps of: (a) forming a dielectric cladding region on a major surface of a single crystal body of a first material; ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7012306 | Electrochemical device An electrochemical transistor device is provided, comprising a source contact, a drain contact, at least one gate electrode, an electrochemically active element arranged between, and in direct electrical contact with, the source and drain contacts, which electrochem... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7009267 | Semiconductor device A semiconductor device allows a second seal portion 8 made of a conductive resin to function as an electromagnetic wave shield for a photodetector 3 and a control IC chip 5 sealed with a first seal portion 7 made of a light-transmitting r... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7008813 | Epitaxial growth of germanium photodetector for CMOS imagers A method of fabricating a germanium photodetector includes preparing a silicon wafer as a silicon substrate; depositing a layer of silicon nitride on the silicon substrate; patterning and etching the silicon nitride layer; depositing a first germanium layer on the s... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7005687 | Photodetector The present invention provides the photodetector comprising a lower cladding layer including a n-type doped region, an absorbing layer, an upper cladding layer including a p-type doped region, and ohmic electrodes connected to said lower cladding layer and said uppe... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7005718 | Scribe line planarization layer An apparatus including a plurality of devices formed on a substrate, and a scribe line area separating each of the plurality of devices, and a masking material overlying a portion of the scribe line area. ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6998690 | Gallium nitride based III-V group compound semiconductor device and method of producing the same A gallium nitride-based III-V Group compound semiconductor device has a gallium nitride-based III-V Group compound semiconductor layer provided over a substrate, and an ohmic electrode provided in contact with the semiconductor layer. The ohmic electrode is formed o... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6995463 | Integrated chip package having intermediate substrate and multiple semiconductor chips The present integrated chip package provides a low cost package that is suitable for high density semiconductors that have high power dissipation. The integrated chip package includes at least one semiconductor chip having a first surface and a second surface. The f... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6995373 | Semiconductor device, radiation detection device, and radiation detection system By forming a redundant circuit of an extra wiring accompanied with no decrease in an aperture ratio for a photoelectric conversion element, the yield is prevented from being reduced due to wire breaking during a panel manufacturing process. A gate line Vg4... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6995633 | Micromachine vibration filter A compact high-performance mechanical vibration filter which deals with high frequency band signals. Microcolumn beams as minute mechanical vibrators are used to increase a mechanical resonance frequency. The plural microcolumn beams are arranged in an array and a c... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6995445 | Thin film organic position sensitive detectors The present invention is directed to organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices and methods of use for determining the position of a light source. Provided is an organic position sensitive detector (OPSD) comprising: a first electrode, which is resistive and may ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6991951 | Solid-state imaging device production method and solid-state imaging device A solid-state imaging device production method is provided. A light-receiving section 12 is formed on a semiconductor substrate 1. A first insulating film 6 is formed on a light-receiving section 12 and the semiconductor substrate 1 | 01/31/2006 |
| 6992298 | Coated spherical silicon nanoparticle thin film UV detector with UV response and method of making A UV detector has a UV detection thin film of coated spherical silicon nanoparticles formed upon a substrate. The detector includes structures to bias the thin film. In preferred embodiments, a thin conductor that is at least semi-transparent to UV radiation is form... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6992441 | MBE grown alkali antimonide photocathodes A photocathode manufacturing intermediary article (24) includes a substrate layer (26), and an active layer (20) that is carried by the substrate layer (26). The active layer (20) includes photoemissive alkali antimonide material t... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6987306 | Monolithic photoreceiver technology for free space optical networks This invention describes an approach for monolithically integrating all the components of a photoreceiver—optical amplifier, optical band-pass filter, and photodiode module—on a single chip. The photoreceiver array employs unique optical amplifier and conversion... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6977423 | Light-receiving assembly This invention relates to a light-receiving module in which transmission impedance of lead terminals are matched by simple method. The module has a semiconductor light-receiving device, such as a photo diode, a plurality of lead terminals for transmitting an electri... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6975514 | Integrated VCSELs on traditional VLSI packaging A circuit module including at least one Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) and a plurality of Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) array modules is built using a standard ceramic or organic VLSI package substrate, resulting is a high density de... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6974973 | Apparatus for determining temperature of an active pixel imager and correcting temperature induced variations in an imager An imager temperature sensor and a current correction apparatus are provided which use dark pixel measurements from an imager chip during operation together with a fabrication process constant as well as a chip dependent constant to calculate chip temperature. The c... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6969899 | Image sensor with light guides An image sensor device and fabrication method thereof. An image sensing array is formed in a substrate, wherein the image sensing array comprises a plurality of photosensors with spaces therebetween. A first dielectric layer with a first refractive index is formed o... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6968110 | CMOS-compatible integration of silicon-based optical devices with electronic devices A conventional CMOS fabrication technique is used to integrate the formation of passive optical devices and active electro-optic devices with standard CMOS electrical devices on a common SOI structure. The electrical devices and optical devices share the same surfac... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6965152 | Broad-band quantum well infrared photodetectors A quantum well can be designed to detect light of a particular wavelength by tailoring the potential depth and width of the well. The design produces two energy states in the well separated by the desired photon energy. The GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs mate... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6965153 | Electrooptic system array, charged-particle beam exposure apparatus using the same, and device manufacturing method This invention relates to an electrooptic system array having a plurality of electron lenses. The electrooptic system array includes upper, middle, and lower electrodes arranged along the paths of a plurality of charged-particle beams, the upper, middle, and lower e... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6963119 | Integrated optical transducer assembly An integrated optical transducer assembly includes a substrate and an optoelectronic array attached to the substrate. The optoelectronic array further includes a plurality of individual subunits bonded together to form a single array, with each of the subunits inclu... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6960717 | Adjustable solar panel A nonrotating adjustable solar panel for optimizing cell charging of a portable message sign, comprising a movable frame, a message sign, a solar panel, a support post attached to the underside of the solar panel by a universal joint, and a mechanism for adjusting t... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6958194 | Imager with improved sensitivity An imaging cell reduces recombination losses and increases sensitivity by forming a low resistance lateral path with a silicon germanium layer of a conductivity type that is sandwiched between silicon layers of the same conductivity type. The silicon germanium layer... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6956163 | Apparatus and method for photovoltaic energy production based on internal charge emission in a solid-state heterostructure An apparatus and method for solar energy production comprises a multi-layer solid-state structure including a photosensitive layer, a thin conductor, a charge separation layer, and a back ohmic conductor, wherein light absorption occurs in a photosensitive layer and... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6953978 | Thin film transistor type optical sensor A image detector comprises a light source for radiating light in accordance with a predetermined signal; a window for transmitting the light from the light source; a thin film phototransistor for generating an optical current in accordance with the intensity of exte... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6953291 | Compact package design for vertical cavity surface emitting laser array to optical fiber cable connection A hermetically sealed, opto-electronic array housing assembly having a ceramic base, electrical connectors, a metal can, and a glass window. The glass window can support a micro-lens array. The metal can receives the glass window. The electrical impedance of the ele... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6949808 | Solid-state imaging apparatus and manufacturing method thereof A structure member is used wherein a circuit board is connected to a solid-state image pickup element and placed between a portion of the structure member to which the solid-state image pickup element is attached, and another portion to which a light-transmitting me... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6946029 | Sheet manufacturing method, sheet, sheet manufacturing apparatus, and solar cell An inexpensive sheet with excellent evenness and a desired uniform thickness can be obtained by cooling a base having protrusions, dipping the surfaces of the protrusions of the cooled base into a melt material containing at least one of a metal material and a semic... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6943423 | Electronic package of photo-image sensors in cellular phone camera modules, and the fabrication and assembly thereof A photo-sensing device package and the method of packaging such device is provided. The package includes an assembly portion having a substrate formed of a material substantially transparent to light within a predetermined range of wavelengths and a sensing portion ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6943421 | Optical element mounted body and optical semiconductor module using the same An optical element mounted body is disclosed. The optical element mounted body comprising: an optical semiconductor element having a light-emitting/light-receiving portion and a predetermined structure formed on a primary surface thereof; and a substrate having a mo... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6940061 | Two-color photo-detector and methods for demosaicing a two-color photo-detector array A two-color photo-detector capable of sensing two colors at a single photo-detector location is provided having a lower photo-detector element resident in the bulk silicon and an upper photo-detector element elevated above the lower photo-detector element. The color... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6940008 | Semiconductor device, solar cell module, and methods for their dismantlement A solar cell module comprising a substrate, a filler, a photovoltaic element and a protective layer, wherein at least one of the substrate, the filler, the photovoltaic element and the protective layer is separable from other constituent members. Constituent members... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6940094 | Electronic device and method for manufacturing the same An electronic device is provided using wiring comprising aluminum to prevent hillock or whisker from generating, wherein the wiring contains oxygen atoms at a concentration of 8×1018 atoms·cm−3 or less, carbon atoms at a concentration of 5Ã... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6940009 | Solar cell Improved solar cell composed of an upper layer or mesh of a conductive nature, a lower layer or mesh also of a conductive nature, and a series of intermediate semiconductor layers composed of a mixture of silicon, mercury and silver nitrate. ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6936904 | Photo sensing integrated circuit device and related circuit adjustment A light-receiving element having a light-receiving portion is formed on a chip surface. A digital circuit element, an analog circuit element and a circuit adjusting element are provided for cooperatively processing a detection signal produced from the light-receivin... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6937398 | Highly reflective optical components Optical components may be made with reflectors that increase the reflectivity of the resulting device. Increasing in the reflectivity may reduce the need for higher power light sources. In particular, the use of deposited silver layers may dramatically increase the ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6936761 | Transparent electrode, optoelectronic apparatus and devices Transparent conductive electrodes, optoelectronic apparatus, optoelectronic devices and methods for making such electrodes, apparatus and devices are disclosed. The transparent conducting electrode (TCE) includes a layer of transparent electrically conducting polyme... | 08/30/2005 |
