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| 8136219 | Electronic component mounter and mounting method A method by which the height of an electronic component sucked and held by a nozzle can be detected with high accuracy and high efficiency is a component height measurement method applied to a mounter (100) equipped with a transfer head (8) having a co... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8117734 | Method of making an electrochemical sensor A process for the manufacture of small sensors with reproducible surfaces, including electrochemical sensors. One process includes forming channels in the surface of a substrate and disposing a conductive material in the channels to form an electrode. The conductive... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8099852 | Method for assembling image capturing device A method for assembling an image capturing device is provided. The image capturing device includes a light-pervious module, an image sensor and a binding material. The image sensor has a light sensing region for converting an imaging light into an electronic signal.... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8079132 | Method for shielding RFID tagged discarded items in retail, manufacturing and wholesale industries A method for shielding discarded or unwanted items provided with a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, comprises the following steps. First, a facility containing an inventory including a plurality of products each including a radio frequency identification (... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8028397 | Method of making a frame package array device The present invention uses a frame with one or more axial ribs extending from a spine onto which two or more discrete two-terminal electronic components, such as capacitors, resistors, or inductors, can be attached. The function of the frame is to align and space th... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8011082 | Method of manufacturing a package carrier A package carrier enclosing at least one microelectronic element has a pattern of electrically conductive connection pads for electric connection of the package to another device. The package carrier is manufactured by providing a sacrificial carrier; applying an el... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7918012 | Method of making calibration-adjusted analyte sensors A sensor, and methods of making, for determining the concentration of an analyte, such as glucose, in a biological fluid such as blood or serum, using techniques such as coulometry, amperometry, and potentiometry. The sensor includes a working electrode and a counte... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7866026 | Method for making calibration-adjusted sensors A sensor, and methods of making, for determining the concentration of an analyte, such as glucose, in a biological fluid such as blood or serum, using techniques such as coulometry, amperometry, and potentiometry. The sensor includes a working electrode and a counte... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7849581 | Nanopore electrode, nanopore membrane, methods of preparation and surface modification, and use thereof Provided are fabrication, characterization and application of a nanodisk electrode, a nanopore electrode and a nanopore membrane. These three nanostructures share common fabrication steps. In one embodiment, the fabrication of a disk electrode involves sealing a sha... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7788789 | Method of fabricating crystal oscillator with pedestal The present invention provides a method of fabricating a crystal oscillator with pedestal for surface mounting, which is provided on a base surface of a crystal oscillator from which a pair of lead wires extends and which is formed by injection molding using a mold ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7765673 | Method for improving power distribution current measurement on printed circuit boards A method and system for improving power distribution and/or current measurement on a printed circuit board is disclosed. According to the invention, a first power plane adapted for current measurement includes a first segment to which a current source is connected a... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7698802 | Method for manufacturing a calibration device A method for manufacturing a calibration device for an active circuit on a chip, comprises: providing an active circuit that is capable of exhibiting a desired electrical characteristic; and providing a calibration mechanism on-chip with the active circuit. The cali... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7669309 | Method for manufacturing a medical device having integral traces and formed electrodes Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a medical device, catheter or lead having electrically conductive traces and external electrical contacts. Each trace may be in electrical connection with one or more external electrical contacts. More specifically, each... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7634849 | Method of assembling and testing an electronics module An electronics module is assembled by demountably attaching integrated circuits to a module substrate. The module is then tested at a particular operating speed. If the module fails to operate correctly at the tested speed, the integrated circuit or circuits that ca... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7581305 | Method of manufacturing an optical component A method of manufacturing an optical component comprising a substrate and a mounting frame with plural contact portions disposed at predetermined distances from each other is provided. The method comprises providing a measuring frame separate from the mounting frame... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7562432 | Method for manufacturing magnetostrictive torque sensor A method for manufacturing a magnetostrictive torque sensor having low nonuniformity of sensitivity characteristics. The residual austenite content in the rotating shaft of the torque sensor is measured first. A magnetic film is subsequently subjected to a heat trea... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7536768 | Method for manufacturing quartz crystal unit, quartz crystal oscillator and electronic apparatus In a method for manufacturing quartz crystal unit, a quartz crystal oscillator and an electronic apparatus, the method comprises the steps of forming at least triple and in different steps a quartz crystal tuning fork resonator having a frequency of oscillation of a... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7441321 | Method of manufacturing ultrasound transducer device having acoustic backing An ultrasonic transducer device comprising: an ultrasonic transducer array micromachined on a substrate; flexible electrical connections connected to the transducer array; and a body of acoustically attenuative material that supports the substrate and the flexible e... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441322 | Method of manufacturing a magnetic detection apparatus A magnetic detection apparatus can be improved in its product yield. The magnetic detection apparatus includes a resin compact having a the magnet arranged in opposition to an object to be detected for generating a magnetic field, an IC chip with a magnetic detectio... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441320 | Method of validating manufacturing configurations during hardware assembly The present invention is a method and system for manufacturing an electronic device, such as a data storage device. The method includes generating a register including a desired device configuration. The register may include an identifier and radio signal informatio... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441316 | Method for manufacturing electronic apparatus A method for manufacturing an electronic apparatus comprises forming a quartz crystal tuning fork resonator having a fundamental mode of vibration and a second overtone mode of vibration each comprised of a flexural mode of an inverse phase, a series resistance R | 10/28/2008 |
| 7426779 | Method of fabricating wire member A wire member adapted to be used in a detection coil of an NMR spectrometer's probe. The wire member has a sleeve made of a copper tube having a high electrical conductivity, strands made of platinum, and a thin film of gold or rhodium formed on the surface of the s... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7423287 | System and method for measuring residual stress The invention comprises devices and methods for determining residual stress in MEMS devices such as interferometric modulators. In one example, a device measuring residual stress of a deposited conduct material includes a material used to form a MEMS device, and a p... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7384327 | Method for grinding a bar of thin film magnetic elements utilizing a plurality of resistive films A method is presented for grinding a surface of an elongate bar having a plurality of thin film magnetic elements aligned in a line, each of the thin film magnetic elements having a magnetoresistive sensor for reading a magnetic record from a recording medium and an... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7380337 | Holder for electronic component, holding sheet for electronic component, electronic module using holder, electronic module using holding sheet, lamination of electronic modules, method for manufacturing electronic module, and method for testing electronic module A first cavity in a holder is provided with a plurality of spiral contactors and a thermosetting adhesive member. In a state where a first bare chip is mounted in the first cavity and spherical contactors on the first bare chip are pressed against the plurality of s... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7377038 | Method for assembling a catalyic converter A substrate assembly is stuffed into a converter outer shell to form a catalytic converter having a desired gap bolt density (GBD) value. The substrate assembly is formed by wrapping and taping a mat around a catalytic substrate. A predetermined pressure is applied ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7372258 | Rotation detection device A rotation detection device includes a cover member having an opening end, and a sensor body member which has a mounting portion protruding from a mounting-portion protrusion surface and a joint portion positioned around the mounting-portion protrusion surface. The ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363705 | Method of making a contact Embodiments of the present invention are directed to the formation of microprobe tips elements having a variety of configurations. In some embodiments tips are formed from the same building material as the probes themselves, while in other embodiments the tips may b... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363694 | Method of testing using compliant contact structures, contactor cards and test system A compliant contact structure and contactor card for operably coupling with a semiconductor device to be tested includes a substantially planar substrate with a compliant contact formed therein. The compliant contact structure includes a portion fixed within the sub... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362586 | Electronic component with shielding case and method of manufacturing the same Shielding cases each include a pair of opposed first surfaces with catching pieces protruding therefrom and a pair of second surfaces without catching pieces. A motherboard forms substrates each including a pair of opposed first side surfaces with catching grooves a... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358655 | Electrical multilayered component and layer stack A multilayer electrical component includes a plurality of ceramic layers disposed along an axis, a plurality of electrode layers disposed between the plurality of ceramic layers and in electrical contact with the ceramic layers, and a ceramic breach layer disposed b... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355504 | Electrical devices An electrical device which comprises first and second laminar electrodes and a laminar PTC resistive element sandwiched between them, the device comprising (a) a main portion which comprises a main part of the first electrode, a ma... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351066 | Electromagnetic connector for electronic device An electrical plug and receptacle relying on magnetic force from an electromagnet to maintain contact are disclosed. The plug and receptacle can be used as part of a power adapter for connecting an electronic device, such as a laptop computer, to a power supply. The... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348261 | Wafer scale thin film package A chip module having a chip with a flexible multilayer redistribution thin film attached thereto for connection to a substrate. The thin film acts as both a redistribution medium with multiple layers of redistribution metallurgy for chip power and signals and as a c... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348776 | Motion corrected magnetic resonance imaging A method of correcting for motion in magnetic resonance images of an object detected by a plurality of signal receiver coils comprising the steps of acquiring a plurality of image signals with the plurality of receiver coils, determining motion between sequential im... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349223 | Enhanced compliant probe card systems having improved planarity Several embodiments of enhanced integrated circuit probe card and package assemblies are disclosed, which extend the mechanical compliance of both MEMS and thin-film fabricated probes, such that these types of spring probe structures can be used to test one or more ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340812 | System for processing a cable using at least two tools The system (1) for processing a cable (5) comprises a first set of tools (30(i)), a second set of tools (35(j)) and a processing device (10) for executing different processing steps for processing a cable (5) u... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331250 | Sensor device for non-intrusive diagnosis of a semiconductor processing system A battery powered sensing device for diagnosing a processing system and method for using the same are provided. The support platform generally has physical characteristics, such as size, profile height, mass, flexibility and/or strength, substantially similar to tho... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325292 | Method for refinishing a test electrode A method for reusing a conductive (carbon) core/glass or sapphire cylinder test electrode comprising expelling spent core material from the tip of the electrode and refinishing the electrode tip for use in further tests and refinished test electrodes produced in acc... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322081 | Method of manufacturing a surface acoustic wave device According to the method of manufacturing a surface acoustic wave device of the invention, since a conductor layer is formed on electrode sections in a state where the entire regions of inter digital transducer and reflectors are covered with an insulating film, the ... | 01/29/2008 |
