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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120080528 | Dendritic electronic circuits for RFID A nanoscale RFID arrangement comprised of a foraminous substrate having a signal sensing nanoscale antenna extending therefrom, which RFID arrangement is incorporated into an RFID utilizing product.... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120070923 | FABRICATION METHOD OF ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY HAVING A GETTER LAYER Provided herein is a method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescence display device, including the steps of: forming a getter layer on a unit sealing substrate using a dry method; providing a device substrate including a device array formed thereon, the device ar... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120032141 | Compositions Comprising QD Sol-Gel Composites and Methods for Producing and Using the Same The present invention provides OLEDs comprising cross-linked quantum dots and methods for producing and using the same.... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120027173 | STRUCTURED ELECTRON EMITTER FOR CODED SOURCE IMAGING WITH AN X-RAY TUBE An electron emitter (1) and an X-ray tube (100) comprising such electron emitter (1) are presented. The electron emitter (1) comprises a cathode (3) and an anode (5) wherein the cathode (3) comprises an electron emission ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110309326 | DEEP ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT EMITTING DIODE A light emitting diode is provided, which includes an n-type contact layer and a light generating structure adjacent to the n-type contact layer. The light generating structure includes a set of quantum wells. The contact layer and light generating structure can be conf... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110310303 | PROJECTION APPARATUS PROVIDING REDUCED SPECKLE ARTIFACTS A projection apparatus for producing color images having reduced speckle artifacts comprising: at least three narrow band light sources having first, second and third visible wavelength bands; a digital image source providing color digital image data; at least one spati... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110299074 | NANOSTRUCTURE OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH INDEPENDENTLY CONTROLLABLE JUNCTIONS Nanostructure array optoelectronic devices are disclosed. The optoelectronic device may have one or more intermediate electrical contacts that are physically and electrically connected to sidewalls of the array of nanostructures. The contacts may allow different photo-a... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110291113 | FILTER FOR A LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE Embodiments of the invention include a semiconductor light emitting device capable of emitting first light having a first peak wavelength and a wavelength converting element capable of absorbing the first light and emitting second light having a second peak wavelength. ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110286581 | MULTIBEAM X-RAY SOURCE WITH INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS Multibeam field emission x-ray systems and related methods can include cathode elements, an anode assembly spaced from the plurality of cathode elements, and an extraction gate positioned between the plurality of cathode elements and the anode assembly. A potential diff... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110280371 | TiO2 Nanotube Cathode for X-Ray Generation A device is provided for the generation of x-ray emission from an x-ray source based on titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanotubes grown by electrochemical oxidation. TiO2 nanotubes are used as a cold cathode in x-ray tubes.... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110280380 | IMAGING APPARATUS COMPRISING A RING-SHAPED GANTRY An imaging apparatus having a ring-shaped gantry is provided. The gantry has a rotor arrangement rotating therein and a radiation source as well as at least one radiation detector. The gantry has at least one gantry segment which can be detached from the ring shape to a... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110274238 | Computed tomography system A computed tomography system is provided for allowing it to be deployed more effectively. The computed tomography system features an annular CT gantry with a central opening, a recording system that can be rotated within the gantry. The recording system has an x-ray sou... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110272668 | NANOPARTICLES The present application provides a light-emissive nitride nanoparticle, for example a nanocrystal, having a photoluminescence quantum yield of at least 1%. This quantum yield is significantly greater than for prior nitride nanoparticles, which have been only weakly emis... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110268341 | Method for Reconstruction of a Current Three-Dimensional Image Dataset of an Object During a Monitoring Process and X-Ray Device A method for reconstruction of an actual three-dimensional image dataset of an object during a monitoring process is proposed. Two-dimensional. X-ray projection images which correspond to a recording geometry are continuously recorded from different projection angles. T... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110253939 | DYE LOADED ZEOLITE MATERIAL The present invention provides a dye loaded zeolite material comprising: a) at least one zeolite crystal having straight through uniform channels each having a channel axis parallel to, and a channel width transverse to, a c-axis of crystal unit cells; b) closure molecu... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110254471 | LIGHT EMITTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FABRICATING AND USING THE SAME A light emitting system is disclosed. The system comprises an active region having a stack of bilayer quantum well structures separated from each other by barrier layers. Each bilayer quantum well structure is formed of a first layer made of a first semiconductor alloy ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110240111 | CARBON NANOTUBE ASSEMBLY, SOLAR CELL, WAVEGUIDE AND SUBSTRATE WITH THE SAME CARBON NANOTUBE ASSEMBLY According to one embodiment, a carbon nanotube assembly includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes having a length of 10 μm or less in a major axis direction assembled with a space filling rate of 30% or more.... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110220943 | Quantum Dot LED Device And Method An improved solid-state light source (103) for producing illuminating light (114) generated by interaction of light from an LED source (105) with a quantum dot, in one embodiment located in a well (117). A solid-state illuminator with integra... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110215348 | Reflection Mode Package for Optical Devices Using Gallium and Nitrogen Containing Materials An optical device includes an LED formed on a substrate and a wavelength conversion material, which may be stacked or pixilated, within vicinity of the LED. A wavelength selective surface blocks direct emission of the LED device and transmits selected wavelengths of emi... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110211666 | CT SCANNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING MULTI-PIXEL X-RAY SOURCES A CT scanning system may include a multi-pixel x-ray source, and a detector array. The multi-pixel x-ray source may have a plurality of pixels that are disposed along a z-axis, and that are sequentially activated so as to controllably emit x-rays in response to incident... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110186780 | Transition Metal Ion Doped Semiconductor Nanocrystals and a Process for the Preparation Thereof The present invention deals with transition metal ions doped semiconductor nanocrystals that are free from heavy metals like cadmium and therefore environment friendly and useful for biological applications. The present invention also describes a process for the prepara... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110180776 | OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE BASED ON NANOWIRES AND CORRESPONDING PROCESSES The invention relates to a method for making optoelectronic devices comprising nanowire semiconductors, in which: the nanowires (2) are formed on a substrate (1), said nanowires being capable of emitting a light beam; a first electric contact area is forme... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110180661 | Optically Reconfigurable Radio Frequency Antennas Optically reconfigurable radio frequency antennas for use in aircraft systems and methods of its use are disclosed. In one embodiment, the antenna includes a surface-conformal reflector that includes optically addressable carbon nanotubes. The nanotubes can be combined ... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110180779 | NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILM, SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS EMPLOYING NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILM A nanostructured thin film used in a surface light source, including a dielectric layer, and nanostructures that are arranged periodically in the dielectric layer, wherein light emitted from the nanostructured thin film has directivity according to the nanostrucures.... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110175510 | TUBULAR LIGHTING PRODUCTS USING SOLID STATE SOURCE AND SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPHOSPHOR, E.G. FOR FLORESCENT TUBE REPLACEMENT A tube lamp has a tubular portion that serves both as a light guide for energy from a solid state source and as a container for a material bearing a nanophosphor that is pumped by the energy from the source as the energy traverses the light guide. However, the tubular p... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110175546 | PHOSPHOR-CENTRIC CONTROL OF COLOR CHARACTERISTIC OF WHITE LIGHT Lighting systems and devices offer dynamic control or tuning of a color characteristic, e.g. color temperature, of white light. The exemplary lighting systems and devices are used for general lighting applications that utilize solid state sources to pump remotely deploy... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110175528 | LAMP USING SOLID STATE SOURCE AND DOPED SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPHOSPHOR A lamp uses a solid state source to pump one or more doped semiconductor nanophosphors to produce a light output of a desired characteristic. The nanophosphor(s) is dispersed in a material, examples of which include liquids and gases. Various nanophosphors are discussed... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110176328 | UV LED Based color pixel backlight incorporating quantum dots for increasing color gamut of LCD A ultra-violet based color pixel backlight system for color filter-less Liquid Crystal Display, comprising multiplicity of LEDs, emitting UV or NUV light in the wavelength range of 150 nm to 390 nm, assembled at one edge of a UV transmitting light guide, which has other... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110176289 | PHOSPHOR-CENTRIC CONTROL OF SOLID STATE LIGHTING Lighting systems and devices offer dynamic control or tuning of a color characteristic of light. The lighting devices or systems utilize separately controlled sources to pump phosphors. The lighting systems and devices are configured to enable adjustment of intensities ... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110170663 | MEDICAL X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM In order to achieve improved image quality in X-ray photographs, a medical X-ray imaging system, comprising a flat, planar X-ray source having a surface with X-ray focal points arranged adjacent to one another and an X-ray detector with a sensor surface, is provided. Th... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110168975 | CAGED QUANTUM DOTS Semiconductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots (QD) are caged by being associated with a molecule such as an orth-Nitrobenzyl (ONB) group. The luminescence of the QD is suppressed until activated by violet or ultra violet light.... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110163296 | CNT-BASED SENSORS: DEVICES, PROCESSES AND USES THEREOF Disclosed herein are methods of preparing and using doped MWNT electrodes, sensors and field-effect transistors. Devices incorporating doped MWNT electrodes, sensors and field-effect transistors are also disclosed.... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110163421 | Method for Fabricating Optical Semiconductor Tubes and Devices Thereof Semiconductor micro- and nanotubes allow the incorporation of ordered structures such as quantum wells and quantum dots into them providing the potential for ultralow threshold micro- and nanoscale lasers for use in applications such as future ultrahigh-speed photonic s... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110140075 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE INCLUDING QUANTUM DOTS A light emitting device including an emissive material comprising quantum dots is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device includes a cathode, a layer comprising a material capable of transporting and injection electrons comprising an inorganic material, an emissive lay... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110133100 | METHOD OF PUMPING QUANTUM DOTS Strongly confined semiconductor quantum dots theoretically offer for broadband and continuous tunability of their emitting wavelength based upon simply varying the particle size. However, prior art consistently has demonstrated a lower particle size limit below which op... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110121258 | RECTIFYING ANTENNA DEVICE WITH NANOSTRUCTURE DIODE A rectifying antenna device is disclosed. The device comprises a pair of electrode structures, and at least one nanostructure diode contacting at least a first electrode structure of the pair and being at least in proximity to a second electrode structure of the pair. A... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110114915 | Light emitting device and method of fabricating the same A light emitting device may include a plurality of nano-structures having a strip shape, each including a first nano-structure and a second nano-structure, the first nano-structures being the same height on the buffer layer.... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110115488 | CASTING COMPOUND SUITABLE FOR CASTING AN ELECTRONIC MODULE, IN PARTICULAR A LARGE-VOLUME COIL SUCH AS A GRADIENT COIL Casting compound suitable for casting an electronic module, in particular a large-volume coil such as a gradient coil, which is composed of a support material forming a matrix, one or more fillers made of inorganic microparticles, and at least one filler made of polymer... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110116154 | ELECTRICALLY-TUNABLE OPTICAL DEVICES A device comprising: two mutually immiscible conductive liquids arranged to form an interface therebetween; a plurality of nanoparticles localised at the said interface, the said nanoparticles each having a first region formed of a semiconductor having a first bandgap, ... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110103064 | SOLID STATE LIGHTING DEVICES INCLUDING QUANTUM CONFINED SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLES, AN OPTICAL COMPONENT FOR A SOLID STATE LIGHTING DEVICE, AND METHODS A solid state lighting device including a light source capable of emitting white light including a blue spectral component and having a deficiency in a spectral region, and an optical component that is positioned to receive at least a portion of the light generated by t... | 05/05/2011 |
