| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6916640 |
Multi-layer cell encapsulation for tissue engineering |
July 12, 2005 |
| A multi-layered microcapsule has an inner extracellular matrix and an outer shell. The inner extracellular matrix includes a first inner layer of biopolymer and a second intermediate layer of polymer that provides partial immune-protection and holds the first layer in place. The outer |
| 6914563 |
Low cross-polarization broadband suspended plate antennas |
July 5, 2005 |
| A suspended plate antenna for broadband applications is disclosed. The antenna comprises a plate radiator, a slot cut in the plate radiator, and a substantially balanced feeding structure symmetrically feeding the plate radiator with respect to at least one midline of the plate radiator. |
| 6913994 |
Method to form Cu/OSG dual damascene structure for high performance and reliable interconnects |
July 5, 2005 |
| An improved method of forming a dual damascene structure that includes an organosilicate glass (OSG) dielectric layer is described. A via first process is followed in which a via is formed in the OSG layer and preferably stops on a SiC layer. The SiC layer is removed prior to strippi |
| 6906835 |
Doped stoichiometric lithium niobate crystals and method for high-speed holographic data storage |
June 14, 2005 |
| The present invention discloses a recording medium comprising an improved doped Stoichiometric Lithium Niobate (SLN) crystal for high-speed holographic data storage. The improved doped SLN has an extremely high optical damage resistance of more than 145 kW/cm.sup.2 for power density |
| 6905875 |
Non-disruptive three-dimensional culture and harvest system for anchorage-dependent cells |
June 14, 2005 |
| A non-disruptive three-dimensional culture system allows cell growth and proliferation in three dimensions, permitting cell splitting without subjecting cells to disruptive conditions that affect cell structure and functions. An extracellular matrix provides a good environment for cu |
| 6899308 |
Passive gravity-compensating mechanisms |
May 31, 2005 |
| Mechanisms for passive gravity compensation for a system of linkage arms are provided. Gravity compensation is provided through a pair of non-circular gear profiles, with an end of each linkage arm connected to a separate gear set of two non-circular cam bodies, by way of separate ca |
| 6892853 |
High performance muffler |
May 17, 2005 |
| A high performance muffler, e.g., for an internal combustion engine, reduces exhaust or other gas noise while maintaining a low backpressure to prevent engine power loss. A side inlet pipe connects gas to a muffler body. The inlet pipe is flared at its connection to the muffler body to |
| 6890795 |
Wafer level super stretch solder |
May 10, 2005 |
| We disclose a technique to generate stretched solder columns (bumps) at the wafer level, suitable for wafer level packaging. This is accomplished through use of using two wafers--the standard (functional) wafer that contains the integrated circuits and a master (dummy) wafer on whose |
| 6888694 |
Active control system and method for reducing disk fluttering induced track misregistrations |
May 3, 2005 |
| The present invention relates to controlling an actuator for positioning a read/write head in storage devices such as disk drives. More specifically, the invention relates to using a sensor to detect the disk vibration amplitude perpendicular to the disk surface, and using feed forward |
| 6887972 |
Blue electroluminescent materials for polymer light-emitting diodes |
May 3, 2005 |
| A polymeric material comprising alternate substituted fluorene and phenylene units, as represented by the following formula ##STR1##wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, which may be identical or different, are each selected from the group consisting of H, a (C.sub.1 -C.sub. |
| 6887481 |
Bacterial-derived molecules and therapeutic and diagnostic uses therefor |
May 3, 2005 |
| The present invention relates generally to molecules derived from a Mycobacterium species and recombinant, synthetic, derivative, homologue and analogue forms of said molecules. The molecules of the present invention are useful in diagnostic assays for Mycobacterium in biological and |
| 6879287 |
Packaged integrated antenna for circular and linear polarizations |
April 12, 2005 |
| A high radiation efficiency antenna system in a package is achieved by the provision of a Dielectric Resonator Package. A Dielectric resonator package comprises a dielectric body of the package forming a dielectric resonator that resonates at radio frequency and a feed substrate having a |
| 6872657 |
Method to form copper seed layer for copper interconnect |
March 29, 2005 |
| Copper seed layers for use in damascene structures are commonly deposited by CVD because of their superior step coverage. However, these films have poor adhesion to the barrier layer. This problem has been overcome by preceding the deposition of the CVD copper layer with a metal plasma |
| 6863936 |
Method of forming selective electroless plating on polymer surfaces |
March 8, 2005 |
| A method of plating an aromatic polymer substrate comprises: applying a strippable coating of a non-aromatic polymer to a substrate surface to be plated; selectively illuminating the coated substrate surface with laser light to ablate a selected area of the strippable coating and to acti |
| 6853626 |
Method and apparatus for echo cancellation in an asymmetric communication system |
February 8, 2005 |
| A method and system for canceling echo signals originating from a transmitter at a predetermined data rate. The echo signals are received by a receiver at a different data rate. The echo system is configured to manipulate data rates of transmitted signals, and reconstruct echo signals |
| 6850741 |
Method for selecting switched orthogonal beams for downlink diversity transmission |
February 1, 2005 |
| A scheme for selecting two beams in a switched beam antenna system for providing downlink communications in a downlink channel, the switched beam antenna system providing uplink reception and downlink transmission is described. The scheme involves selecting a pair of beams based on the |
| 6846720 |
Method to reduce junction leakage current in strained silicon on silicon-germanium devices |
January 25, 2005 |
| 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 |
| 6839399 |
Programmable counter with half-integral steps |
January 4, 2005 |
| This invention provides a circuit and a method for programmable counters. It consists of a circuit and a method for unique programmable counters that provide half-integral as well as integral steps, such as 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4. This circuit and method are the first implementations of |
| 6838806 |
Vibratory in-plane tunneling gyroscope |
January 4, 2005 |
| A gyroscope comprising: a proof mass; a frame supporting the proof mass; a connection arrangement connecting the proof mass and the frame, the connection arrangement having a first stiffness in a first direction and a second stiffness in a second direction substantially perpendicular to |
| 6836526 |
Fractional-N synthesizer with two control words |
December 28, 2004 |
| A fractional-N frequency synthesizer has a modulus controller with multiple inputs that control an initial output frequency of the frequency synthesizer, an increment of variation of tuning of the frequency synthesizer, and a difference between two adjacent output frequency settings. |
| 6819179 |
Variable gain low noise amplifier |
November 16, 2004 |
| The load of the cascode amplifier is varied by connecting another (secondary) load in parallel with the original load. The secondary load is connected through a MOSFET switch. During the High Gain Mode the MOSFET switch is OFF and the secondary load is electrically isolated from the |
| 6787456 |
Wafer-level inter-connector formation method |
September 7, 2004 |
| Inter-connectors are typically used for interconnecting electronic components. Interconnections between electronic components are generally classified into at least two broad categories of "relatively permanent" and "readily demountable". A "readily demountable" connector includes a |
| 6727112 |
Buried hetero-structure opto-electronic device |
April 27, 2004 |
| A method of manufacturing a semiconductor optical device comprising the steps of: providing a substrate having an active layer thereon; providing an aluminium-bearing layer, the aluminium bearing layer being adjacent the active layer; and oxidising the aluminium-bearing layer substantial |
| 6696372 |
Method of fabricating a semiconductor structure having quantum wires and a semiconductor device |
February 24, 2004 |
| A method for the production of a semiconductor structure having self-organized quantum wires is described. The process includes the formation of multi-atomic steps on a (001) oriented semiconductor substrate inclined at an angle toward the [110] direction. Quantum wires are then spon |
