| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5708587 |
Microwave/optical transformation method |
January 13, 1998 |
| A method to design and analyze distributed microwave circuit elements is presented for design work, the invention can be used to match impedance between microwave circuit elements, and in the design of filters can specifically be used for, but is not limited to the design of microwave |
| 5708507 |
Temperature resolved molecular emission spectroscopy of materials |
January 13, 1998 |
| System and method for temperature resolved molecular emission spectroscopy of solid, liquid or gaseous materials are described wherein a sample is vaporized and decomposed, and the vaporous sample is transported into a combustion flame; a spectrum of intensity of the optical emission fro |
| 5708504 |
Interfering imaging spectrometer |
January 13, 1998 |
| An interfering imaging spectrometer is described wherein a single interference filter disposed in preselected angular relationship with one or more mirrors separates an incoming optical signal or field of view into multiple contiguous images separated spatially and spectrally, each image |
| 5707147 |
Hot gas flow thermocouple test system |
January 13, 1998 |
| System and method for high temperature testing of thermocouples are described wherein a fuel burning combustion chamber generates a hot gaseous flow through a transparent chamber at a selected test temperature in the range of about 1400.degree. F. to 2150.degree. F., a test thermocou |
| 5706013 |
Nonhomogeneity detection method and apparatus for improved adaptive signal processing |
January 6, 1998 |
| Apparatus and method for improving detection of targets in a radar system that employs adaptive filtering. A nonhomogeneity detector eliminates nonhomogeneous signals from the population of signals received. An adaptive filter weight controller estimates covariance matrices from only |
| 5705959 |
High efficiency low distortion amplification |
January 6, 1998 |
| A system and method is disclosed that provides a means for the high efficiency low distortion amplification of complex modulated radio frequency signals, such as but not limited to Single Side Band (SSB) signals. The innovative principle of the invention is based on the simultaneous |
| 5703421 |
Reluctance generator/motor cooling |
December 30, 1997 |
| A reluctance motor/generator apparatus capable of operation at high rates of revolu-tion and high energy densities with reduced cooling-related windage losses and without incurring thermal damage to motor/generator elements. The apparatus includes an electrical winding-free reluctance |
| 5700147 |
Air controlled sterile irrigation system (ACSIS) |
December 23, 1997 |
| A new apparatus and method for delivering sterile irrigating solution to dental sites during restorative and surgical procedures is disclosed. A new sterilizable handpiece line adapter is connected between prior art dental handpieces and dental unit air-water hoses. The handpiece line |
| 5699981 |
Aircraft cavity acoustic resonance suppression system |
December 23, 1997 |
| An aircraft cavity acoustic resonance suppression system is described which comprises a small diameter, substantially cylindrically shaped member disposed substantially parallel to and spaced up to a distance corresponding to about three airflow boundary layer thicknesses from the su |
| 5698900 |
Field effect transistor device with single layer integrated metal and retained semiconductor mas |
December 16, 1997 |
| A periodic table group III-IV field-effect transistor device is described. The disclosed device uses a single metalization for ohmic and Schottky barrier contacts, permanent plural etch stop layers, employs a non-alloyed ohmic connection semiconductor layer and includes a permanent s |
| 5698814 |
Hard target penetrator with multi-segmenting casing cutter |
December 16, 1997 |
| A penetrating bomb weapon comprising a long hollow cylinder constructed of high strength steel or similar material and including a pointed nose to aid in penetration of media such as concrete, soil, steel or a hardened surface. The cylinder contains an insensitive explosive that is separ |
| 5698343 |
Laser wavelength detection and energy dosimetry badge |
December 16, 1997 |
| A new personal laser dosimetry badge records intentional or unintentional exposure to laser radiation. A Fresnel biprism is mounted over a layer of photopolymerizable material, preferably a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal material. A laser beam striking the apex of the biprism splits in |
| 5696786 |
Solid-state laser system |
December 9, 1997 |
| The present invention provides a laser diode-pumped solid-state laser resonator which can be scaled and pumped longitudinally including in a folded or zig-zag resonator cavity. The resonator employs opposed laser rod crystals paired with pump light diodes in a configuration which ens |
| 5694602 |
Weighted system and method for spatial allocation of a parallel load |
December 2, 1997 |
| A method for allocating an arbitrary spatial load in two or three dimensions to an arbitrary number of parallel processing elements. The method produces as output spatial boundaries for each processor, which can then be used to redistribute the parallel computing load. Unlike existing |
| 5691629 |
Non-volatile power supply having energy efficient DC/DC voltage converters with a small storage |
November 25, 1997 |
| A step-up DC/DC voltage convertor is coupled to a step-down DC/DC voltage convertor via a capacitor, which stores energy and maintains power flow to an output load circuit during a brief interruption of power supplied to the input of the step-up convertor. A diode connected to the capaci |
| 5691442 |
Transparent poly(arylene ether) compositions |
November 25, 1997 |
| The transparency of poly(arylene ether) homopolymers and copolymers is improved by endcapping the polymer chain with an unsubstituted phenolic-based endcapping agent. |
| 5690843 |
Method of fabricating precise cast or noncast implant-retained dental restorations using electri |
November 25, 1997 |
| A method of fabricating a precise implant-retained dental restoration from a casting or solid metal body by fabricating multiple electrodes, which are negatives of the surfaces of the desired restoration, and machining the casting or solid metal body against the electrodes by electrical |
| 5689958 |
High efficiency thermal electric cooler driver |
November 25, 1997 |
| A switching thermal regulator for efficiently and accurately regulating the temperature of an attached device, which includes a constant current supply, a thermistor, a signal processing amplifier, and a switching power supply. The thermistor, which is attached to the device to be regula |
| 5687812 |
Aircraft safety wash rack |
November 18, 1997 |
| The aircraft wash rack has a supporting frame being attached to the hangar ceiling and a safety track being specifically constructed for the particular aircraft shape is attached to the supporting frame. In order to construct the safety track, the aircraft is placed in the position where |
| 5684577 |
Satellite terminal warning system |
November 4, 1997 |
| A satellite surveillance system for providing an independent warning of attacking vehicles is realized by means of a light source detecting system that identifies discrete non-stellar light sources, locates their coordinate positions and monitors their intensity changes to determine |
| 5683524 |
High temperature melting molybdenum-chromium-silicon alloys |
November 4, 1997 |
| High temperature melting molybdenum-chromium-silicon alloys having good high temperature strength and specific stiffness are described which comprise Mo--Cr--Si alloys in the Mo-rich (Mo, Cr)--(Mo, Cr).sub.3 Si two-phase field. |
| 5679949 |
Night vision device automated spectral response determination |
October 21, 1997 |
| An automated and preferably computer-controlled night vision device test arrangement for determination of spectral sensitivity in the infrared or other input spectrum regions. The test arrangement includes feedback control of night vision device input port signal levels, incremented |
| 5675604 |
Portable pumped laser system |
October 7, 1997 |
| The invention provides a portable compact laser system that emits a frequency-doubled green laser beam, which system is thermoelectrically cooled in air and has a power output of up to 1 watt or more. The portable laser system of the invention includes a diode-pumped laser crystal, which |
| 5675521 |
Multichip module analyzer |
October 7, 1997 |
| The disclosure describes a method for performing thermal reliability analysis of electronic devices such as multichip modules. The method supports the reliabilty of multichip technology during the design phase by integrating traditional thermal analysis techniques, such as Finite Ele |
| 5670651 |
Thermosetting resins derived from 4-hydroxy- and 4-trimethylsiloxy-benzocyclobutene |
September 23, 1997 |
| Benzocyclobutene-terminated monomers of the formula ##STR1## wherein Ar is --SO.sub.2 --, --CO--, or ##STR2## are prepared by reacting a benzocyclobutene of the formula ##STR3## wherein R is --H or --SiMe.sub.3, with a difluorophenyl compound of the formula ##STR4## |
| 5668657 |
PLZT based electro-optic phased array optical scanner |
September 16, 1997 |
| The unique properties of quadratic lead lanthanum zirconate titanate (PLZT) compositions make feasible the development of phased array optical scanners. Two implementations of integrated PLZT phased array scanners as two-port and three-port devices are presented. The three-port offers a |
| 5668542 |
Color cockpit display for aircraft systems |
September 16, 1997 |
| A new aircraft cockpit instrument panel display system for showing the operating status of different aircraft systems is disclosed. The color display includes a plurality of display segments. Each display segment combines trend qualitative information of the direction of movement of |
| 5666518 |
Pattern recognition by simulated neural-like networks |
September 9, 1997 |
| Apparatus and method for replacing the traditional amplifications by rime delays in a neural network that can be trained to analyze temporally-related patterns. Time delays comprise the synapses between feeder and stimulus cells in the network. The result is a multi-temporal trainabl |
| 5665180 |
Method for hot rolling single crystal nickel base superalloys |
September 9, 1997 |
| A heat treatment and hot working method for producing a thin sheet of nickel base superalloy single crystals is described, wherein a single crystal preform of an alloy is first heat treated in vacuum at temperatures below the .gamma.' solvus temperature of the alloy in order to obtai |
| 5663475 |
Reactor for oxidation of petrochemicals using ozone and hydrogen peroxide |
September 2, 1997 |
| In place of the incinerator in the present GWTPs, the following is substituted therein: a first reactor treats the vapor phase of the gases being expelled out of the air stripper. These vapors contain gases of volatile contaminants. The vapors are mixed with ozone and pumped into the |
| 5663437 |
2-(N-benzoylimino)-4, 4-diaminobiphenyl |
September 2, 1997 |
| A new benzidine monomer composition containing an asymmetrically situated benzamide (iminobenzoyl) group: ##STR1## was prepared from the benzolyation reaction of 4,4'-dinitro-2-biphenylamine and benzoyl chloride, followed by catalytic hydrogenation. The compound can be used as a |
| 5663075 |
Method of fabricating backside illuminated FET optical receiver with gallium arsenide species |
September 2, 1997 |
| A photo FET device having a large area backside optical energy reception surface is disclosed. The photo FET device is fabricated in the source gate and drain upward configuration and then inverted onto a new permanent substrate member and an original surrogate substrate member removed i |
| 5662693 |
Mobility assist for the paralyzed, amputeed and spastic person |
September 2, 1997 |
| Apparatus to actively assist neuromotor disabled to have better leg functional control/use. This system serves as a strength enhancer, support device, and attenuator of spastic motions. The disclosed orthosis is worn on the outside of the leg (or legs) and serves as an active/dynamic bra |
| 5658673 |
Microwave-sensitive article |
August 19, 1997 |
| An article which is sensitive to non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation in the radiofrequency radiation range, consisting essentially of a substrate, a layer of a binder material and a layer of activated diazoluminomelanin. This article is prepared by coating at least one surface of a su |
| 5658488 |
Regeneration of BHP in a plant process |
August 19, 1997 |
| Provided is method and apparatus for regenerating basic hydrogen peroxide (BHP) solution. Such solution is run through filters which are alternated for continuous filtration thereof, while the non-used filter is being cleaned. The filtered BHP solution is then reacted with H.sub.2 O.sub. |
| 5657267 |
Dynamic RAM (random access memory) with SEU (single event upset) detection |
August 12, 1997 |
| Individual cells in a memory array are structured and interconnected to permit detection and identification of the locations of errors known as Single Event Upsets (SEUs), with the correction and identification of an affected cell made using only a single parity bit for a group of cells |
| 5657022 |
Unambiguous range-doppler processing method and system |
August 12, 1997 |
| Range-Doppler ambiguity is eliminated from an ultra-wideband radar system by transmitting an ultra-wideband chirped pulse towards a moving target, and mixing it with the doppler-shifted chirped pulse which is received as a target echo return signal. Multioctave radar tracing systems can |
| 5656873 |
Transmission line charging |
August 12, 1997 |
| A device for charging PFLs (Pulse Forming Lines) on a time scale of a few nanoseconds. The device includes a source transmission line (STL) connected through a switch to a pulse forming transmission line. The source line is initially charged while the PFL is uncharged, and the switch |
| 5654538 |
Optically addressed general purpose programmable logic device |
August 5, 1997 |
| An array of pairs of photodetector elements is provided, where each pair intercepts a set of angularly separated light beams for each pixel, and an array of electrical logic circuits coupled to the photodetector elements, each change the polarization state of liquid crystal pixel SLM por |
| 5653807 |
Low temperature vapor phase epitaxial system for depositing thin layers of silicon-germanium all |
August 5, 1997 |
| An epitaxial film deposition system has a low vacuum venturi pump for initially partially purging the system of toxic gases, and a high vacuum turbo-molecular pump to further sharply reduce the pressure to maximize toxic gas purging along with the detection of any slight leaks of toxic |
| 5652811 |
Semiconductor on fiber optic substrate (SOFOS) |
July 29, 1997 |
| A semiconductor on fiber optic substrate is composed of a thin layer of electronic grade semiconductor material which is bonded to a substrate which is a fiber optic plate. The fiber optic plate acts as a continuous sheet of optical waveguides to transport light between semiconductor |
| 5652810 |
Fiber optic sensor for site monitoring |
July 29, 1997 |
| A fiber optic sensor system for analyzing fluid systems is described which comprises a sampling probe which transmits tunable ultraviolet light to a sampling location, the probe including an optical fiber terminating in a sampling structure at the distal end of the probe which is inserte |
| 5652435 |
Vertical structure schottky diode optical detector |
July 29, 1997 |
| A vertical structure Schottky contact photodiode has a narrow bandgap InGaAs light absorbing layer cladded front and back with InAlAs current blocking layers having metal contacts formed thereon. As compared to single-side MSM photodiodes, with interdigitated electrodes lying in a si |
| 5651474 |
Cryogenic structures |
July 29, 1997 |
| The invention provides cryogenic structures, e.g. vessels or tanks joined by longerons, which are made of durable plastic composite materials rather than of metal, which vessels can contain cryogenic materials including fuel, without need of a liner or other weighty layers of the prior a |
| 5650670 |
Induction charge microwave pulse generator having a split ground plane |
July 22, 1997 |
| Complex and multi-cycle microwave pulse waveforms are generated by the transient discharge of an induction charged transmission line using only one fast switch. An essential feature of the transmission line circuit is the distinction between the ground planes of the bias circuit and the |
| 5650629 |
Field-symmetric beam detector for semiconductors |
July 22, 1997 |
| An alignment mark and pattern is disclosed for use on semiconductor substrates which are to be patterned in an electron lithography machine. The detector includes two interleaved N-well portions mounted on a P-substrate. The interleaved "fingers" of the N-well portions are spaced to |
| 5648976 |
Laser with variable pulse length |
July 15, 1997 |
| A device for generating short laser pulses comprises a laser oscillator for generating a first laser pulse, a pulse compression element which retroreflects the first laser pulse by stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) as a temporally shortened pulse, a reflection element into which the |
| 5648872 |
Single lens joint transform correlator utilizing a fresnel zone plate signal |
July 15, 1997 |
| An amplitude encoded lens function signal, similar to a zone plate, is formed in the transform plane of a chirp encoded joint transform correlator. CCD correlation spot light sensor is separated from the transform plane by the focal length of the encoded lens function, and generates |
| 5646764 |
Optical beam scanner with rotating transmissive optics |
July 8, 1997 |
| The present invention is a beam scanner for use about a nonlinear optical crystal for frequency conversion. The scanner oscillates the high power laser beam passing through the crystal to reduce heat damage and does not change the direction or the position of the beam upon exiting the sc |
| 5645960 |
Thin film lithium polymer battery |
July 8, 1997 |
| A solid state electrochemical cell comprising:(a) an electrolyte comprising a polymeric matrix, an inorganic salt and a solvent;(b) an anode comprising a thin film of lithium metal or an alloy thereof; and(c) a cathode comprising a polymeric matrix, a conductive carbon and a metal salt, |
