Charging seat for a rechargeable flashlight
The object of the present invention is to provide a charging seat which comprises a holding device to fix a flashlight therein, an orientation device and a charging circuit, whereby a flashlight is di... Read More
Inventors: Chen, Han-Liang;, Assignee: |
Method for forming a phase change memory
In accordance with the invention, there is provided a semiconductor device having a first memory cell that includes a substrate, an insulation layer disposed over the substrate, a first polysilicon ga... Read More
Inventors: Chen, Hsu-Shun;, Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd. (Hsinchu, TW) |
Electrically programmable memory element with improved contacts
An object of the present invention is to provide a memory element having reduced programming energy. Another object of the present invention is to provide a memory array having reduced cell area. Thes... Read More
Inventors: Lowrey, Tyler; Ovshinsky, Stanford R.; Wicker, Guy C.; Klersy, Patrick J.; Pashmakov, Boil; Czubatyj, Wolodymyr; Kostylev, Sergey A.;, Assignee: Ovonyx, Inc. (Rochester Hills, MI) |
Lighting system
OF THE INVENTION A semiconductor light-emitting device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate and a crystal layer formed thereon, the crystal layer having a slant cr... Read More
Inventors: Okuyama, Hiroyuki; Doi, Masato; Biwa, Goshi; Oohata, Toyoharu; Kikutani, Tomoyuki;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Method of inspecting stray light that occurs in a radiation image reader
The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances. Accordingly, it is the primary object of the present invention to provide an inspection method that is capable of insp... Read More
Inventors: Kuroda, Osamu; Karasawa, Hiroyuki;, Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (Kanagawa-ken, JP) |
Magnetic cell and magnetic memory
According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a magnetic cell comprising: a first ferromagnetic layer whose magnetization is substantially fixed in a first direction; a second ferromagnet... Read More
Inventors: Nakamura, Shiho; Haneda, Shigeru; Ohsawa, Yuichi;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Tokyo, JP) |
Ovonic unified memory device and magnetic random access memory device
The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problem and it is accordingly an object of the present invention to provide a semiconductor memory device capable of achieving high inte... Read More
Inventors: Kuge, Shigehio;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Emitter, manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus thereof, electro-optical apparatus and electronic apparatus
The present invention employs the following constitution to achieve the aforementioned object. The first aspect of the present invention is an emitter having a plurality of types of light-emitting uni... Read More
Inventors: Sakai, Hirofumi;, Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (JP) |
Active electronic device and electronic apparatus
Therefore, the industries are waiting for a device technique that enables a device formed from a carbon nanotube with metallic properties to operate actively and at high speed. The present invention h... Read More
Inventors: Anazawa, Kazunori; Manabe, Chikara; Watanabe, Hiroyuki; Kashimura, Hirotsugu; Shimizu, Masaaki;, Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Series and shunt mems RF switch
The present invention provides a die mounted externally controllable microminiature electrically energized electrical switch or relay usable in the circuitry of an integrated circuit die, and mounted ... Read More
Inventors: Calcatera, Mark C.; Lesniak, Christopher D.; Strawser, Richard E.;, Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air (Washington, DC) |
Closed cycle gas cryogenically cooled radiation detector
The present invention relates to a cryogenic radiation detection system having a radiation detector in an evacuated chamber in which the cryogenic condition is maintained by a closed cycle gas cryogen... Read More
Inventors: Gallagher, Brian William; Blionas, Costas; Nicolosi, Joseph Anthony; Barbara, Richard;, Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation (New York, NY) |
Cryogenic freezing of liquids
An embodiment of the instant invention is a method of rapidly freezing and storing water or liquid samples without the use of cryoprotectants to minimize or eliminate damage from ice crystals or osmot... Read More
Inventors: Craig, Randall H;, Assignee: |
Utilizing atomic layer deposition for programmable device
Exemplary embodiments are described with reference to specific configurations. Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made while remaining wi... Read More
Inventors: Lowrey, Tyler A.; Dennison, Charles H.;, Assignee: Ovonyx, Inc (Boise, ID) |
Capacitor constructions, DRAM constructions, and semiconductive material assemblies
In one aspect, the invention encompasses an etching process. A first material is provided over a substrate. The first material comprises from about 2% to about 20% carbon (by weight). A second materia... Read More
Inventors: Moore, John T.; Blalock, Guy T.; DeBoer, Scott Jeffrey;, Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID) |
Data storage device
Disclosed are electron emitters and data storage devices that include electron emitters. In one embodiment, an electron emitter includes a substrate and a semiconductor layer provided on the substrate... Read More
Inventors: Naberhuis, Steven L.; Kuo, Huel-Pel; Lam, Si-Ty; Birecki, Henryk;, Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, TX) |
Method of storing a data bit including melting and cooling a volume of alloy therein
In the following detailed description of embodiments of the invention, reference is made to the accompanying drawings in which like references indicate similar elements, and in which is shown by way ... Read More
Inventors: Hannah, Eric C.; Brown, Michael A.;, Assignee: Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) |
Cavity spanning bottom electrode of a substrate-mounted bulk wave acoustic resonator
A filter is formed using robust and high Q acoustic resonators, where each resonator has its own cavity and includes a bottom electrode which extends across substantially the entirety of an open area ... Read More
Inventors: Ruby, Richard C.;, Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) |
Acoustic wave device and process for forming the same
OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 illustrates schematically, in cross section, a portion of a microelectronic structure 20 in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. Microelectronic structure 20 include... Read More
Inventors: Finder, Jeffrey M.; Eisenbeiser, Kurt; Ramdani, Jamal; Droopad, Ravindranath; Ooms, William Jay;, Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) |
Method and apparatus for examining fiber material traveling in a fiber processing machine
1. An apparatus for evaluating a fiber web running in a card, comprising: (a) a camera for scanning the fiber web along a length and width portion thereof to detect useful fibers and empty locations i... Read More
Inventors: Fritz (Mö, nchengladbach, DE);, Assignee: Trützschler GmbH & Co. KG (Mönchengladbach, DE) |
Optical memory medium and its information recording and erasing method and apparatus
An object of the present invention is to provide such an optical memory medium that it is heated from the inside to prevent the substrate from being heated and the contents of the memory can be rewrit... Read More
Inventors: Sato, Yoshio; Watanabe, Atsumi; Shimada, Satoshi; Sasaki, Hiroshi; Tsuboi, Nobuyoshi; Nihei, Hideki; Miyamoto, Norifumi; Koyanagi, Hiroaki; Minemura, Hiroyuki;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Method and apparatus for improved energy readout
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide systems that achieves better system DQE by more completely reading out the latent image from the storage phosphor plate or other image pla... Read More
Inventors: Mitchell, Christopher R.; Smith, Jerel;, Assignee: Alara, Inc. (Fremont, CA) |
Semiconductor integrated circuit device having dummy pattern effective against micro loading effect
It is therefore an important object of the present invention to provide a semiconductor integrated circuit device a dummy pattern of which makes a micro loading effect equivalent between a test patter... Read More
Inventors: Uematsu, Yoshihide;, Assignee: NEC Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Logic cell having efficient optical proximity effect correction
OF THE INVENTION There will now be described embodiments of this invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, a first embodiment of this invention is explained with reference to FIGS... Read More
Inventors: Yamaguchi, Akira;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Layout pattern for improved MOS device matching
What is claimed is: 1. A circuit layout, comprising: four or more metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors each said transistor having a rectangular channel diffusion area bounded by a top e... Read More
Inventors: Wong, Shyh-Chyi; Tseng, Pin-Nan; Ting, Jyh-Kang;, Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (Hsin-Chu, TW) |
Semiconductor integrated circuit device, method of testing semiconductor integrated circuit device and method of manufacturing semiconductor integrated circuit device
Prior to the invention, the present inventors studied the possibility of high-speed testing of the RAM under the condition in which a low-speed testing apparatus is used. The technique of interest whi... Read More
Inventors: Hasegawa, Masatoshi; Miyaoka, Shuichi; Akasaki, Hiroshi; Katayama, Masahiro;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP); Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Nitride semiconductor device
(1) A light emitting device according to the present invention is a type of nitride semiconductor device having a structure where an active layer of a quantum well structure, which comprises a well la... Read More
Inventors: Kozaki, Tokuya;, Assignee: Nichia Corporation (Tokushima, JP) |
EEPROM array using 2-bit non-volatile memory cells with serial read operations
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a memory block 100 in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. Memory block 100 uses a plurality of 2-bit memory cells identical to 2-bit me... Read More
Inventors: Nachumovsky, Ishai;, Assignee: Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Migdal Haemek, IL) |
Semiconductor blocking layer for preventing UV radiation damage to MOS gate oxides
A system and apparatus is provided for preventing damage to gate oxide due to ultraviolet (UV) radiation associated with semiconductor processes. Included is a substrate and a gate formed on the subst... Read More
Inventors: Gabriel, Calvin Todd;, Assignee: Philips Semiconductors (New York, NY) |
Nitride barrier layer for protection of ONO structure from top oxide loss in fabrication of SONOS flash memory
The present invention addresses the challenges existing in fabrication of such SONOS type structures. The present invention meets the need for a method of fabricating a high quality ONO structure whic... Read More
Inventors: Wu, Yider; Yang, Jean Yee-Mei; Ramsbey, Mark; Lingunis, Emmanuel H.; Sun, Yu;, Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
UV-blocking layer for reducing UV-induced charging of SONOS dual-bit flash memory devices in BEOL
What is claimed is: 1. A SONOS flash memory device, comprising: a SONOS flash memory cell; and at least one UV-protective layer, wherein the UV-protective layer comprises a substantially UV-opaque mat... Read More
Inventors: Ngo, Minh V.; Kamal, Tazrien; Ramsbey, Mark T.; Halliyal, Arvind; Park, Jaeyong; Cheng, Ning; Erhardt, Jeff P.; Ferguson, Clarence B.; Shields, Jeffrey A.; Hui, Angela T.; Huertas, Robert A.; Gottipati, Tyagamohan;, Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Active Solid-state 
