| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7616987 |
Microprobe for 3D bio-imaging, method for fabricating the same and use thereof |
November 10, 2009 |
| A microprobe that is capable of using an incident and reflected radiation ray for three-dimensional (3-D) bio-imaging. The microprobe comprises a hollow body closed at one end and having an aperture at an opposite end, at least one 3-D free space micromirror, at least one focusing lens, |
| 7611847 |
Method for identifying an intestinal phenotype |
November 3, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to a method for identifying cells having a predisposition to develop an intestinal phenotype, wherein the cells are characterized by the loss of expression of the RUNX3 gene and the expression of one or more intestinal marker genes. In particular, the in |
| 7611840 |
Method and device for the treatment of biological samples |
November 3, 2009 |
| A device for sample tissue disruption and/or cell lysis comprising: a piezoelectric material; and at least a second material in contact with the piezoelectric material; and wherein the second material has an uneven surface on an opposite side to that in contact with the piezoelectric |
| 7598104 |
Method of forming a metal contact and passivation of a semiconductor feature |
October 6, 2009 |
| A method of forming a metal contact and passivation of a semiconductor feature, and devices made using the method. The method comprises the steps of forming a dielectric mask on a semiconductor substrate utilising photolithography processes; etching the semiconductor substrate such that |
| 7596841 |
Micro-electromechanical devices and methods of fabricating thereof |
October 6, 2009 |
| An electromechanical device includes a support structure formed by attaching inner surfaces of second and third substrates to a first substrate. The support structure includes at least one cavity between the second and third layers. An electromechanical active element is provided on |
| 7592703 |
RF and MMIC stackable micro-modules |
September 22, 2009 |
| A new method to form shielded vias with microstrip ground plane in the manufacture of an integrated circuit device is achieved. The method comprises, first, providing a substrate. The substrate is etched through to form holes for planned shielded vias with microstrip ground plane. A |
| 7591618 |
Machining method for micro abraders and micro abraders produced thereby |
September 22, 2009 |
| A method for manufacturing microabraders by machining a surface of a workpiece, each of the microabraders having a plurality of sides; for each of the microabraders the method comprising: (a) making a plurality of cuts into the surface, the plurality of cuts being in a required seq |
| 7590287 |
Method for generating a quality oriented significance map for assessing the quality of an image |
September 15, 2009 |
| A method for generating a quality oriented significance camp for assessing the quality of an image or video, comprising the steps of extracting features of the image or video, determining a perceptual quality requirement of at least one extracted feature and integrating the extracted |
| 7563588 |
Electrically non-conductive, nanoparticulate membrane |
July 21, 2009 |
| An electrically non-conductive, nanoparticulate membrane comprising nanoparticles of at least one inorganic oxide of an element selected from Group IA, IIA, IIIA, IVA, IB, IIB, IIIB, IVAB, VB, VIB, VIIB or VIIIB of the Periodic Table, and wherein an oxidoreductase enzyme and a polymeric |
| 7553947 |
Method for gene identification signature (GIS) analysis |
June 30, 2009 |
| A method of identifying at least a nucleic acid molecule fragment to which a protein of interest binds, comprising: (i) preparing at least one nucleic acid molecule fragment to which a protein binds; (ii) isolating the 5' terminus and the 3' terminus of the nucleic acid fragment(s) and |
| 7551665 |
Ultra wideband receiver architecture using high order Gaussian pulses and method of operation |
June 23, 2009 |
| An ultra wideband (UWB) receiver system operable to process a high order Gaussian pulse includes an integrator group, a correlator circuit and a comparator circuit. The integrator group includes an input coupled to receive the high order Gaussian pulse and an output coupled to the co |
| 7548432 |
Embedded capacitor structure |
June 16, 2009 |
| An embedded capacitor structure comprising a main body; at least one embedded capacitor, having a first electrode, a dielectric layer, and a second electrode, formed in the main body; and at least one via electrical connection formed in the main body; wherein at least one of the firs |
| 7544735 |
Coating surface |
June 9, 2009 |
| A mixture for forming a coating on a surface includes a metal alkoxide having the chemical formula Si(OR.sup.1).sub.4, OR.sup.1 being a hydrolysable group, an organoalkoxysilane having the chemical formula R.sup.2.sub.xSiOR.sup.1.sub.(4-x), R.sup.2 being an epoxy group and x being an |
| 7534489 |
Coated composites of magnetic material and quantum dots |
May 19, 2009 |
| Composites and methods associated with the same are provided. The composite structures are formed of quantum dots and magnetic nanoparticles. The structures may be coated, for example, with a non-organic shell such as silica. In some cases, the shell may be functionalized or derivati |
| 7534293 |
Method and solution for forming anatase titanium dioxide, and titanium dioxide particles, colloi |
May 19, 2009 |
| A sol solution containing poly(titanic acid) and a planar heterocyclic ligand is provided. Titanium dioxide (TiO.sub.2) particles are formed by aging the sol solution at a temperature below about 140.degree. C. The particles have multi-coordinated Ti-complexes comprising the heterocyclic |
| 7532763 |
Method and a device for processing bit symbols generated by a data source; a computer readable m |
May 12, 2009 |
| A method for processing bit symbols generated by a data source, in particular a video, still image or audio source, comprising the following steps of constructing a plurality of bit-planes from the data source, each bit-plane comprising a plurality of bit-plane symbols; scanning the |
| 7511909 |
Sector based timing recovery for a readback signal |
March 31, 2009 |
| A method and a signal processing unit are proposed, for converting an asynchronous discrete-time signal to a synchronous discrete-time signal by performing sector-based timing recovery. The timing recovery includes aligning an initial portion of the asynchronous discrete-time signal to a |
| 7511807 |
Method and apparatus for detection of inclusion in glass |
March 31, 2009 |
| Inclusions in a transparent panel (5) are detected by placing a light transmissive interface (3) in contact with the panel (5), and transmitting a beam of light (1) through interface (3) into panel (5). Within the panel (5), the light beam (7) propagates along a path including total |
| 7511142 |
Mediator-modified redox biomolecules for use in electrochemical determination of analyte |
March 31, 2009 |
| Compositions and methods for electrochemical detection of an analyte comprising a transition metal compound ##STR00001## wherein M is a metallic element that can form a coordinate bond to nitrogen; R and R' are coordinated to M at their nitrogen atoms; L is a linking ligand; Z is chl |
| 7504267 |
Apparatus and method for cleaning glass substrates using a cool hydrogen flame |
March 17, 2009 |
| Contaminants from surfaces of temperature sensitive substrates, such as glass substrates are removed by exposing the surfaces to a hydrogen Surface-mixed diffusion flame for a predetermined duration of time. The predetermined duration of time being insufficient to heat up the surfaces |
| 7502186 |
Disk drive clock tracking circuit, error compensation circuit and method |
March 10, 2009 |
| A clock tracking circuit and method uses a clock compensation signal to compensate for timing marks on a media disk. The clock compensation signal may compensate for at least one of improper clock track closure and written-in jitter of the timing marks used to produce the measured cl |
| 7500378 |
Micro-impact testing apparatus |
March 10, 2009 |
| A micro-impact testing apparatus for measuring the impact characteristics of a microelectronics specimen exposed to an impact thereon. The apparatus comprises of a specimen holder for receiving a specimen to be tested, and an impact device. The impact device comprises of an impact he |
| 7497980 |
Microneedles and microneedle fabrication |
March 3, 2009 |
| A master mould is made by wire cutting a plate in two or more directions to provide a base with an array of master mould needles protruding therefrom. The size and shape of the master mould needles can readily be varied by varying the angles of upward and downward cuts in the two or |
| 7486548 |
Magnetic memory device |
February 3, 2009 |
| A memory cell for a magnetic memory device comprising a first hard magnetic later having a first fixed magnetization vector; a second hard magnetic later having a second fixed magnetization vector; a first soft magnetic layer having a first alterable magnetization vector and disposed |
| 7486430 |
Single-crystal-silicon 3D micromirror |
February 3, 2009 |
| In a 3D free space micromirror device, a mirror plate is joined with actuators through flexible springs where the other ends of the actuators have fixed support on the substrate. Single crystal silicon and aluminum are used as bi-morph materials with silicon dioxide providing electrical |
| 7485488 |
Biomimetic approach to low-cost fabrication of complex nanostructures of metal oxides by natural |
February 3, 2009 |
| A metal oxide nanostructure is formed by oxidizing metallic metal in the presence of a solution containing a liquid ligand to form a metal-ligand complex, and decomposing the metal-ligand complex to form the metal oxide nanostructure. The metal-ligand complex can be a complex of zinc or |
| 7471381 |
Method and apparatus for bump inspection |
December 30, 2008 |
| A method of dynamically imaging, calibrating and measuring bump height and coplanarity of a plurality of bumps on a surface is disclosed. The method includes illuminating the plurality of bumps with multispectral light from at least one light source, and receiving light of a first wavele |
| 7464606 |
Bend testing apparatus and method of carrying out the same |
December 16, 2008 |
| A bend testing apparatus for simulating free vibrational flexing at high speeds and frequencies in a test specimen, said apparatus comprising a cam having a narrow circumferential profile or linear profile wherein at least one portion of the profile of said cam comprises at least one |
| 7446985 |
Epitaxial oxide cap layers for enhancing GMR performance |
November 4, 2008 |
| A magnetic head and magnetic storage system containing such a head, the head including a free layer and a layer of metal oxide substantially epitaxially formed relative to the free layer. Preferably, the layer of metal oxide is a crystalline structure, and is of ZnO. |
| 7442542 |
Shallow multi-well plastic chip for thermal multiplexing |
October 28, 2008 |
| Disposable units in current use for performing PCR are limited by their heat block ramping rates and by the thermal diffusion delay time through the plastic wall as well as by the sample itself. This limitation has been overcome by forming a disposable plastic chip using a simple def |
| 7433799 |
Method of determining shape data |
October 7, 2008 |
| A method to determine the shape data of a complex curve surface using reference templates from a copy of the workpiece before it was used and the undamaged portion of the used workpiece so that the damaged portion of the workpiece can be reconstructed. The reference template is scanned |
| 7432533 |
Encapsulation of electronic devices with shaped spacers |
October 7, 2008 |
| An encapsulation for a device is disclosed. Spacer particles are randomly located in the device region to prevent a cap mounted on the substrate from contacting the active components, thereby protecting them from damage. The spacer particles comprise a base and an upper portion, the |
| 7425751 |
Method to reduce junction leakage current in strained silicon on silicon-germanium devices |
September 16, 2008 |
| A MOSFET device in strained silicon-on-SiGe and a method of forming the device are described. The said device achieves reduced junction leakage due to the lower band-gap values of SiGe. The method consists of forming isolation trenches in a composite strained-Si/SiGe substrate and growin |
| 7419905 |
Gate electrodes and the formation thereof |
September 2, 2008 |
| A method of fabricating a gate electrode for a semiconductor comprising the steps of: providing a substrate; providing on the substrate a layer of a first material of thickness t.sub.p, the first material being selected from the group consisting of Si, Si.sub.1-x--Ge.sub.x alloy, Ge |
| 7419842 |
Encapsulation of electroluminescent devices with shaped spacers |
September 2, 2008 |
| A method of encapsulating a device is disclosed. Spacer particles are randomly located in a device region to prevent a cap mounted on the substrate from contacting the active components when pressure is applied to the cap, thereby protecting the active components from damage. The spa |
| 7408802 |
Nano-contacted magnetic memory device |
August 5, 2008 |
| A magnetic memory device includes a plurality of transistors (316, 317) formed on a substrate and a common magnetic memory block (312) including a multiple effective magnetoresistive elements (318, 319), a ferromagnetic recording (312), a non-magnetic space (232), and a free magnetic |
| 7405466 |
Method of fabricating microelectromechanical system structures |
July 29, 2008 |
| A method of simultaneously bonding components, comprising the following steps. At least first, second and third components are provided and comprise: at least one glass component; and at least one conductive or semiconductive material component. The order of stacking of the component |
| 7405002 |
Coated water-soluble nanoparticles comprising semiconductor core and silica coating |
July 29, 2008 |
| Nanoparticles and methods of making nanoparticles are provided. The nanoparticles may include semiconductor nanocrystals. A shell may encapsulate a nanoparticle core, and the shell may include non-organic material and may be silica. The shell may also include additional species such |
| 7397090 |
Gate electrode architecture for improved work function tuning and method of manufacture |
July 8, 2008 |
| A method of forming gate electrodes having different work functions includes forming a first well of a first conductivity type and a second well of a second conductivity type. Subsequently, a gate dielectric layer is deposited over the first and second wells. A multi-layer stack comp |
| 7395256 |
Method and platform for term extraction from large collection of documents |
July 1, 2008 |
| A method and platform for statistically extracting terms from large sets of documents is described. An importance vector is determined for each document in the set of documents based on importance values for words in each document. A binary document classification tree is formed by c |
| 7388201 |
Radiation detector having coated nanostructure and method |
June 17, 2008 |
| A radiation detector has an electron emitter that includes a coated nanostructure on a support. The nanostructure can include a plurality of nanoneedles. A nanoneedle is a shaft tapering from a base portion toward a tip portion. The tip portion has a diameter between about 1 nm to about |
| 7381629 |
Method of forming through-wafer interconnects for vertical wafer level packaging |
June 3, 2008 |
| A substrate having target transfer regions thereon is provided. A sacrificial wafer is coated with a polymer layer with low adhesion to metals. A conductive layer is coated on the polymer layer and covered with a photoresist layer which is patterned to provide openings to the conduct |
| 7369098 |
Compact multi-tiered plate antenna arrays |
May 6, 2008 |
| An antenna array having a plurality of array elements is disclosed. The antenna array comprises a first array element (204A) having a first suspended radiator (207A) and a first ground conductor (206A), the first suspended radiator being displaced from the first ground conductor. The |
| 7357898 |
Microfluidics packages and methods of using same |
April 15, 2008 |
| Microfluidics packages and methods of use are described, comprising in one embodiment a substrate having a top surface and means to lower pressure on the top surface; a fluidics card having a bottom surface and means to allow fluids to traverse through the card; and a polymeric barrier f |
| 7356106 |
Clock and data recovery circuit |
April 8, 2008 |
| A clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit comprises a phase detector (PD) and a quadrature phase (QP) detector. A frequency detector (FD) is coupled to the PD and QP detector. The FD detects frequency difference between the output signals of the PD and QP detector and provides an FD ou |
| 7349614 |
VLSI-photonic heterogeneous integration by wafer bonding |
March 25, 2008 |
| A new method to form a VLSI-photonic heterogeneous system device is achieved. The method comprises providing an optical substrate comprising at least one passive optical component formed therein. An electronic substrate is provided comprising at least one active electronic component |
| 7346491 |
Method of text similarity measurement |
March 18, 2008 |
| In one aspect, the present invention provides a for estimating the similarity between at least two portions of text including the steps of forming a set of syntactic tuples, each tuple including at least two terms and a relation betweeen the two terms; classifying the relation betwee |
| 7343095 |
Optical interleaver |
March 11, 2008 |
| An optical interleaver comprising a first optical 3.times.3 coupler for receiving a broadband optical signal at one input port thereof, a second 3.times.3 optical coupler, three differential delay lines connected in parallel port-to-port between output ports of the first optical 3.times. |
| 7341847 |
Promoter construct for gene expression in neuronal cells |
March 11, 2008 |
| The invention relates to a chimeric promoter construct useful for neuronal cell specific gene expression. The invention provides a recombinant nucleic acid molecule that comprises a neuronal cell specific promoter such as platelet-derived growth factor .beta.-chain promoter, operably |
| 7341728 |
Internalisation of virus into cells |
March 11, 2008 |
| A chimeric transmembrane protein which promotes viral entry into cells comprises: (i) an extracellular domain capable of binding a virus; and (ii) an intracellular internalisation signal. |
