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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8164150 | Quantum dot illumination devices and methods of use The present disclosure relates to illumination devices and methods of generating light for extended periods of time without requiring an outside source of power, recharging, refueling or maintenance. The devices of the present disclosure comprise a plurality of quan... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8134216 | Nuclear batteries We introduce a new technology for Manufacturable, High Power Density, High Volume Utilization Nuclear Batteries. Betavoltaic batteries are an excellent choice for battery applications which require long life, high power density, or the ability to operate in harsh en... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8110883 | Electromagnetic and thermal sensors using carbon nanotubes and methods of making same Electromagnetic radiation detecting and sensing systems using carbon nanotube fabrics and methods of making the same are provided. In certain embodiments of the invention, an electromagnetic radiation detector includes a substrate, a nanotube fabric disposed on the ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8053852 | Light sensor receiving light from backside The invention is directed to enhancement of performance of a back surface incident type semiconductor device having a light receiving element and a manufacturing method thereof without increasing a manufacturing cost. A supporting body is attached to a front surface... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8004055 | Electromagnetic radiation conduits Some embodiments include methods of forming voids within semiconductor constructions. In some embodiments the voids may be utilized as microstructures for distributing coolant, for guiding electromagnetic radiation, or for separation and/or characterization of mater... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7944010 | Electromagnetic wave detecting element The present invention is to provide an electromagnetic wave detecting element that can suppress a decrease in utilization efficiency of electromagnetic waves at sensor portions. An upper electrode of each of plural sensor portions, that are provided in correspondenc... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944011 | Optically controlled electrical-switch device based upon carbon nanotubes and electrical-switch system using the switch device Described herein is an optically controlled electrical-switch device which includes a first current-conduction terminal and a second current-conduction terminal, and a carbon nanotube connected between the first and the second current-conduction terminals, the carbo... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7928525 | Integrated circuit with wireless connection An integrated circuit includes a device stack including: a memory device with a first wireless coupling element, and a semiconductor device with a second wireless coupling element. The first and second wireless coupling elements are arranged face-to-face and are con... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7923796 | Semiconductor device including resonance circuit It is an object of the present invention to provide a semiconductor device in which an arrangement area of capacitance can be reduced and resonance frequency can be easily adjusted. The semiconductor device includes an antenna and a resonance circuit including a cap... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7915699 | Integrated circuit chip that supports through-chip electromagnetic communication One embodiment of the present invention provides an integrated circuit chip, including an active face upon which active circuitry and signal pads reside, and a back face opposite the active face. The integrated circuit chip additionally comprises an electromagnetic ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7911014 | On chip antenna and method of manufacturing the same An antenna with air-filled trench is integrated with a radio frequency (RF) circuit. The trench locates directly under the metal lines that made up the antenna and is formed by etching from the back side of the semiconductor substrate until all the substrate materia... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7816747 | Detector for detecting electromagnetic waves A detector for detecting electromagnetic waves, the detector having an antenna for receiving the electromagnetic waves, a semiconductor element, wherein a termination section of the semiconductor element establishes a termination resistor of the antenna, wherein the... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7791153 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor device It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, which is flexible and superiority in physical strength. As a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, an element layer including a plurality of integrated ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7781853 | Plasmon-enhanced electromagnetic-radiation-emitting devices and methods for fabricating the same Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to surface-plasmon-enhanced electromagnetic-radiation-emitting devices and to methods of fabricating these devices. In one embodiment of the present invention, an electromagnetic-radiation-emitting device com... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7777286 | Monolithic semiconductor microwave switch array A microwave switch array includes a plurality of microwave slotlines, each of which is controlled by a semiconductor switch including a first PIN junction formed by a primary P-type electrode and a primary N-type electrode separated by the slotline. The switches inj... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7692258 | Photosensitive device A photosensitive device for enabling high speed detection of electromagnetic radiation. The device includes recessed electrodes for providing a generally homogeneous electric field in an active region. Carriers generated in the active region are detected using the r... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7608902 | Nanowire composite and preparation method thereof A nanowire composite and a method of preparing the nanowire composite comprise a template having a plurality of hollow channels, nanowires formed within the respective channels of the template, and a functional element formed by removing a portion of the template so... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7586166 | Electronic and optoelectronic devices having nanoparticles configured by patterned ferroelectric material Disclosed are electronic, plasmonic and opto-electronic components that are prepared using patterned photodeposited nanoparticles on a substrate surface. Also disclosed are ferroelectric nanolithography methods for preparing components, circuits and devices. ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7508043 | Sensor for analyzing a sample by utilizing localized plasmon resonance A sensor chip for use in a sensor for detecting the localized plasmon resonance state of a metal particle surface by light and analyzing properties of a sample present near metal particles. The sensor chip includes a support with a plurality of pits individually and... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7498644 | Prevention of tampering in electronic devices Circuitry for protection of an integrated circuit (20) which includes operational-circuits (24) formed on a chip (21). The circuitry includes a plurality of detectors (26), integrally formed on the chip as part of the integrated circuit a... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7423329 | Semiconductor device and magneto-resistive sensor integration A magnetic-sensing apparatus and method of making and using thereof is provided. The sensing apparatus may be fabricated from semiconductor circuitry and a magneto-resistive sensor. A dielectric may be disposed between the semiconductor circuitry and the magneto-res... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7397072 | Structure for and method of using a four terminal hybrid silicon/organic field effect sensor device A four terminal field effect device comprises a silicon field effect device with a silicon N-type semiconductor channel and an N+ source and drain region. An insulator is deposited over the N-type semiconductor channel. An organic semiconductor material is deposited... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7387952 | Semiconductor substrate for solid-state image pickup device and producing method therefor A semiconductor substrate for forming a pixel area provided surfacially with a plurality of pixels for photoelectric conversion, the semiconductor substrate, including a polysilicon film of a thickness of 0.5-2.0, on a rear surface of the pixel area-bearing surface,... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7382032 | Terahertz frequency band wavelength selector A terahertz (THz) frequency radiation source to emit radiation in a narrow wavelength band within a range of about 3 μm to 3000 μm. This source includes: a broad bandwidth emitter to generate a broad bandwidth emitted wavelength band within the wavelength range; a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382034 | Optoelectronic component having a conductive contact structure The invention relates to an optoelectronic component for converting electromagnetic radiation into an intensity-dependent photoelectric current. The component includes one substrate which is formed especially according to CMOS technology. The substrate has an integr... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382006 | Photo-conductive layer for constituting a radiation imaging panel A photo-conductive layer for constituting a radiation imaging panel, which photo-conductive layer is capable of recording radiation image information as an electrostatic latent image, contains Bi4M3O12, in which M represents at least... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7371471 | Electromagnetic noise suppressing thin film An electromagnetic noise suppressing thin film has a structure including an inorganic insulating matrix made of oxie, nitride, fluoride, or a mixture thereof and columnar-structured particles made of a pure metal of Fe, Co, or Ni or an alloy containing at least 20 w... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368794 | Boron carbide particle detectors Boron carbide heteroisomer semiconductor devices are used as particle detectors. The boron carbide semiconductor devices produce electric current in response to incident particles, such as alpha particles, neutrons, or photons. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365406 | Non-uniform ion implantation apparatus and method thereof A non-uniform ion implantation apparatus comprises a wide ion beam generator configured to generate a plurality of wide ion beams to irradiate at least two regions on the entire area of a wafer, and a wafer rotating device configured to rotate the wafer in a predete... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7354789 | CMOS image sensor and method for fabricating the same CMOS image sensor and method for fabricating the same, the CMOS image sensor including a second conductive type semiconductor substrate having an active region and a device isolation region defined therein, wherein the active region has a photodiode region and a tra... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352042 | Radiation-emitting semiconductor device and method of manufacturing such a device The invention relates to a radiation-emitting semiconductor device (10) with a semiconductor body (1) and a substrate (2), wherein the semiconductor body (1) comprises a vertical bipolar transistor with an emitter region (3), a bas... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348202 | CMOS image sensor and method for fabricating the same An image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate; a pixel array disposed on the semiconductor substrate; and an insulating interlayer, formed on the semiconductor substrate, having a trench coinciding with the disposition of the pixel array, the trench having unif... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348648 | Interconnect structure with a barrier-redundancy feature An interconnect structure that includes a barrier-redundancy feature which is capable of avoiding a sudden open circuit after an electromigration (EM) failure as well as a method of forming the same are provided. In accordance with the present invention, the barrier... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338829 | Semiconductor structures having through-holes sealed with feed through metalization The invention relates to a method for producing a detector for determining the energy of photons and charged particles; to be precise, a so-called ΔE detector or transmission detector. The invention also relates to a detector that can be produced by using said meth... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339246 | Sensor arrangement consisting of light-sensitive and/or X-ray sensitive sensors The invention relates to a large-area sensor arrangement, notably a flat dynamic X-ray detector (FDXD). The light-sensitive and/or X-ray-sensitive sensors (pixels) of the sensor arrangement are arranged in a planar distribution on a substrate (1), thus formin... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339155 | CMOS image sensor and method for fabricating the same A CMOS image sensor and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed, in which light-shielding layers are formed in trenches to improve photosensitivity of the image sensor and simplify its process steps. The CMOS image sensor includes a plurality of photodiodes ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335963 | Light block for pixel arrays Imager devices are formed with light block material between microlenses to enhance the characteristics of image acquisition. The light block material may be deposited over the lenses, and then partially removed to expose central portions of the lenses. The invention... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336859 | Sensor using ultra thin waveguides and optical fibers Methods and apparatus are provided for detecting one or more contaminant particles in an environment with an optical sensor. The sensor includes at least one optical waveguide in a resonant arrangement and a light source positioned in an environment in which the pre... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7300829 | Low temperature process for TFT fabrication Method of fabricating a thin-film transistor (TFT) in which a gate metal is deposited onto a substrate in order to form the gate of the thin-film transistor. The substrate may be an insulative substrate or a color filter. In a first method, the gate metal is subject... | 11/27/2007 |
