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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7372110 | Display with integral sound wave generation device A display housing a sound element and a driving circuit that may be built in on the same substrate as the display panel. Thin-film transistors PTFT constituting pixels and a sound wave generation device SPO1 having a laminated structure of a heat generation l... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7332756 | Damascene gate structure with a resistive device A semiconductor structure having a damascene gate structure and a resistive device on a semiconductor substrate is disclosed. The structure includes a first dielectric layer having a first opening and a second opening formed on the semiconductor substrate, and one o... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7307328 | Semiconductor device with temperature sensor A semiconductor device is disclosed. In one embodiment the semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body of which is integrated a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature prevailing in the semiconductor body. The temperature sensor has a MOS transistor ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7170163 | Semiconductor device mounting structure having zigzagging part A semiconductor device mounting structure includes a bus bar of which a first end part is connected to a high-temperature power-purpose semiconductor device and a second end is connected to another device that is required to be kept at a lower temperature than the s... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7081677 | Thermoelectric module A thermoelectric module is constituted by a pair of substrates having electrodes, which are arranged opposite to each other with a prescribed space therebetween, in which a prescribed number of thermoelectric elements are arranged in such a way that a p-type and an ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6563118 | Pyroelectric device on a monocrystalline semiconductor substrate and process for fabricating same High quality epitaxial layers of monocrystalline materials can be grown overlying large silicon wafers by first growing an accommodating buffer layer (104) on a silicon wafer (102). The accommodating buffer layer (104) is a layer of monocrystalline materi... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6465798 | Large area infrared scene emitter RIIC Analog signal voltages are updated sequentially in a first sample-and-hold circuit, while an emitter element displays a pixel of a first display frame in response to a stored analog signal voltage in an isolated parallel second sample-and-hold circuit. Af... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6392232 | High fill factor bolometer array An array of bolometers suspended over a substrate by support arms located beneath the corresponding bolometer to allow maximum fill factor in the array.... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6316777 | Constant power snapshot microemitter array with integral digital interface, isolated substrate current return, and linearized signal response A dual sample-and-hold architecture in each unit cell of a read-in-integrated-circuit (RIIC) provides maximum frame rate without frame overlap. Analog pixel signals are updated sequentially in one sample-and-hold capacitor, while an emitter element displa... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6292089 | Structures for temperature sensors and infrared detectors A structure for temperature sensors and infrared detectors. The structure is built-up on a substrate that includes a thermistor layer, wherein the resistance of the thermistor layer is temperature dependent. The substrate also includes an electric contact... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6280662 | Methods of fabrication of ceramic wafers Ceramic powder (50) may be disposed within a flexible mold (30 and 130) to form a dense ceramic wafer (60) by hydrostatic pressing. The ceramic powder (50) may include various types of pyroelectric material or bolometric material. One or more substrates (... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6245591 | High MTF optical coating for hybrid UFPA's An optical coating for an uncooled focal plane array detector where the optical coating comprises a porous film. The porous film preferably comprises a xerogel.... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6165587 | Microbridge structure with reinforcement section A microbridge structure includes a thin film section provided to be spaced from a substrate, and a supporting section formed around the thin film section and also spaced from the substrate, for supporting the thin film section. The supporting section is r... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6157404 | Imaging system including an array of dual-band microbridge detectors A dual-band detector that absorbs incident radiation in a first range of wavelengths and that absorbs incident radiation in a second range of wavelengths. The dual-band detector includes a semiconductor substrate and a first microbridge detector level dis... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6036872 | Method for making a wafer-pair having sealed chambers A method for fabricating a wafer-pair having at least one recess in one wafer and the recess formed into a chamber with the attaching of the other wafer which has a port plugged with a deposited layer on its external surface. The deposition of the layer m... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5895233 | Integrated silicon vacuum micropackage for infrared devices An efficient method brings together two wafers of dies that contain an infrared transparent window or top cap with either an infrared detector or emitter array to produce a low cost infrared package. A low thermal conductivity gas or a vacuum may be used ... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5850098 | Uncooled amorphous YBaCuO thin film infrared detector A thermal detector includes a transducer layer of semiconducting yttrium barium copper oxide which is sensitive at room temperature to radiation and provides detection of infrared radiation. In a gate-insulated transistor embodiment, a layer of ferroelect... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5830372 | Thermal sensor/actuator in semiconductor material Semiconductor component with monolithically integrated electronic circuits and monolithically integrated sensor/actuator, whereby the sensor/actuator is manufactured with methods of surface micromachining in a sensor layer (3) of polysilicon that is struc... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5672903 | Uncooled ybacuo thin film infrared detector A thermal detector includes a transducer layer of semiconducting yttrium barium copper oxide which is sensitive at room temperature to radiation and provides detection of infrared radiation. In a gate-insulated transistor embodiment, a layer of ferroelect... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5641709 | Method of manufacturing a conductive micro bridge A method of manufacturing a conductive micro bridge includes the steps of preparing a semiconductor substrate, forming an insulating film on the semiconductor substrate, forming a sacrificial layer on the insulating film, forming a metal-oxide composite f... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5607600 | Optical coat reticulation post hybridization An infrared sensing array 46 is coupled to a sensing integrated circuit structure 48, and then inter-pixel thermal isolation slots 62 are etched in the optical coating 32 of the infrared sensing array 46. An optional protective material 64 may be deposite... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5600148 | Low power infrared scene projector array and method of manufacture An array for projecting thermal images and a method of making same. The array of the present invention combines a two-tier architecture created with special processing whereby each pixel member resides on an elevated platform directly over discrete pixel ... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5596219 | Thermal sensor/actuator in semiconductor material Semiconductor component with monolithically integrated electronic circuits and monolithically integrated sensor/acutator, whereby the sensor/actuator is manufactured with methods of surface micromachining in a sensor layer (3) of polysilicon that is struc... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5594248 | Infrared imaging device and infrared imaging system using same An infrared imaging device has a plurality of detectors comprising thermocouples, bolometers, or the like and a scanner for scanning the detectors. To prevent all pixels corresponding to the detectors from failing to operate due to a charge overflow that ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5583058 | Infrared detection element array and method for fabricating the same An object of the present invention is to provide a highly integrated infrared detecting element array having infrared detecting elements which are disposed at a high density and have a low heat capacity each. An insulator film 2 is provided on a silicon s... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5572060 | Uncooled YBaCuO thin film infrared detector A thermal detector includes a transducer layer of semiconducting yttrium barium copper oxide which is sensitive at room temperature to radiation and provides detection of infrared radiation. In a gate-insulated transistor embodiment, a layer of ferroelect... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5569617 | Method of making integrated spacer for magnetoresistive RAM In a magnetoresistive random access memory device, a spacer material is deposited at the edges of a memory bit to maintain magnetization at the edges in a direction along the edges.... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5559332 | Thermal detector and method A thermal imaging system (10) for providing an image representative of an amount of thermal radiation incident to the system is provided. The system (10) includes a thermal detector (28 or 30) made from a layer of temperature sensitive material forming a ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5534111 | Thermal isolation microstructure A thermal isolation microstructure fabricated by a process which allows the ultra thinning of support legs for the microdetector.... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5530247 | Millimeter wave imager device using pyroelectric effect A passive millimeter-wave imaging system configured as an integrated circuit. The imaging system incorporates a lens which focuses radiation from a scene onto a detector in the focal plane of the lens. The detector includes an outer array of ferroelectric... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5520299 | Etching pyroelectric devices post ion milling This is a system and method of etching pyroelectric devices post ion milling. The method may comprise: forming a mask 32 for thermal isolation trenches on a substrate 14; ion milling thermal isolation trenches 40 in the substrate 14; and etching undesired... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5496759 | Highly producible magnetoresistive RAM process A process for forming a magnetoresistive bit and an interconnection to an underlying component forms a pattern in an amorphous dielectric overlying the magnetic materials. Portions of the magnetic materials are removed to form a bit having a smooth bit ed... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5488226 | Infrared imaging array based on temperature driven anisotropic optical absorption An thermal imaging device having a transparent substrate, an active multiple quantum well (MQW) epilayer with bottom electrical contacts bonded to the substrate, wherein the substrate is cut such that its thermal expansion coefficient is matched or roughl... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5485010 | Thermal isolation structure for hybrid thermal imaging system A mesa-type structure (52) is formed from polyimide (or a similar polymer material) to achieve a supporting structure for mounting a focal plane array (30 and 130) on an integrated circuit substrate (70 and 170). In an exemplary thermal imaging system (20... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5449910 | Infrared radiation imaging array with compound sensors forming each pixel An infrared imaging array of thermoelectric sensors has a plurality of electrically connected microbridge subsensors comprising each sensor of the array. Each subsensor consists of a short span microbridge lying across a relatively small pit. The use of m... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5446284 | Monolithic detector array apparatus A monolithic detector array apparatus for sensing infrared radiation. An array of semiconductor diode bolometers are fabricated on micromachined thermal isolation structures called microbridges. The detectors are configured in an array and addressed by ro... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5389792 | Electron microprobe utilizing thermal detector arrays An electron beam from a scanning electron microscope, or X-rays from an external X-ray source, impinges on a material sample surface thereby causing the generation of fluorescent X-rays characteristic of the elements present in the sample. An improved ene... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5329113 | Optoelectronic switching node An optoelectronic switching node is disclosed wherein two input optical beams can be switched in the sense that they can be regenerated in either one of two output spatial locations in response to input control signals. Each one of the input optical beams... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5300915 | Thermal sensor A two-level IR detector imaging array of high fill-factor design. The upper microbridge detector level is spaced above and overlies the integrated circuit and bus lines on the substrate surface below.... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5286976 | Microstructure design for high IR sensitivity A microstructure design for high IR sensitivity having a two level infrared bolometer microstructure, the lower level having a reflective metal film surface such as Pt, Au, or Al to reflect IR penetrating to that level, the upper level being separated fro... | 02/15/1994 |
