Process for integrating dielectric optical coatings into micro-electromechanical devices
A challenge in the production of optical MEMS devices requiring dielectric optical coatings is to develop a device design and corresponding fabrication sequence that contemplates the integration of th... Read More
Inventors: Miller, Michael F.; Le, Minh Van; Cook, Christopher C.; Flanders, Dale C.; Nagle, Steven F.;, Assignee: Axsun Technologies, Inc. (Billerica, MA) |
Semiconductor sensing device and method for fabricating the same
OF THE DRAWINGS Generally, the present invention provides a semiconductor sensing device and a method for fabricating the sensing device. To form the sensing device of the present invention, a trench... Read More
Inventors: Zhang, Zuoying Lisa; Tu, Shang-Hui Larry; Li, Guang Xuan;, Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) |
Semiconductor dynamic quantity detecting sensor and manufacturing method of the same
This invention has been conceived in view of the background as described above and an object of the invention is to provide a semiconductor sensor capable of detecting dynamic quantity precisely. The ... Read More
Inventors: Ito, Takeshi; Asami, Kazushi; Fukada, Tsuyoshi; Higuchi, Hirofumi;, Assignee: Nippon Soken, Inc. (Nishio, JP); Denso Corporation (Kariya, JP) |
Continuous flow process for production of semiconductor nanocrystals
A principle object of the present invention is to provide a continuous flow process for producing semiconductor nanocrystals which allows significant control over the production process. Another objec... Read More
Inventors: Barbera-Guillem, Emilio; Thurston, Marlin O.;, Assignee: BioCrystal Ltd. (Westerville, OH) |
Process for manufacture of improved color displays
OF THE INVENTION Definitions The term "microcup" refers to the cup-like indentations created by microembossing, imagewise exposure or pre-punched holes. The term "well-defined", when describing the m... Read More
Inventors: Liang, Rong-Chang; Wu, Zarng-Arh George; Zang, Hongmei;, Assignee: SiPix Imaging, Inc. (Milpitas, CA) |
Intermittently refuelable implantable bio-oxidant fuel cell
The following detailed description is by way of example and not of limitation of the principles of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows in perspective a fuel cell assembly 21 which comprises a pair of... Read More
Inventors: Yao, Shang J.; Sun Yao, Huei Y.; Wolfson, Jr., Sidney K.;, Assignee: The Montefiore Hospital Association of Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA) |
Online energy flow measuring device and method for natural gas
An on-line, real time single sensor method is preferable over the one that uses a number of measurements with one or more of the measurements being made off line. The indirect method described above r... Read More
Inventors: Thompson, William L.;, Assignee: Elsag International B.V. () |
Portable heat generating device
According to the present invention, bringing about a substantially uniform flameless combustion reaction over a long, narrow length of a catalytically active structure, using a single fuel-air feed ar... Read More
Inventors: Welles, Clifford G.;, Assignee: Welles; Clifford G. (Pleasanton, CA) |
Low-K Dielectric layer and method of making same
Briefly, a low dielectric constant material, suitable for use as an interlayer dielectric in microelectronic structures includes a porous silicon oxide layer. In a further aspect of the present invent... Read More
Inventors: Cheng, Peng; Doyle, Brian S.; Chiang, Chien; Tran, Mark Thiec-Hien;, Assignee: Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) |
Fuel cell and power chip technology
In accordance with the invention, a method and apparatus is provided which uses a combination of SAMs (self-assembled monolayers), MEMS (micro electrical mechanical systems), "chemistry-on-a-chip" and... Read More
Inventors: Marsh, Stephen A.;, Assignee: Integrated Fuel Cell Technologies, Inc. (Bedford, MA) |
System, apparatus, and method for correcting vision using electro-active spectacles
In 1998, there were approximately 92 million eye examinations performed in the United States alone. The vast majority of these examinations involved a thorough check for eye pathology both internal a... Read More
Inventors: Blum, Ronald D.; Dustin, Dwight P.;, Assignee: E-Vision, LLC (Roanoke, VA) |
Optical lens system with electro-active lens having alterably different focal lengths
In 1998, there were approximately 92 million eye examinations performed in the United States alone. The vast majority of these examinations involved a thorough check for eye pathology both internal a... Read More
Inventors: Blum, Ronald D.; Dustin, Dwight P.;, Assignee: E-Vision, LLC (Roanoke, VA) |
Method of preventing short circuits in magnetic film stacks
The disadvantages of the prior art are overcome by a method for preventing electrical short circuiting in a multi-layer magnetic film stack. The method comprises providing a film stack that includes a... Read More
Inventors: Nallan, Padmapani C.; Kumar, Ajay; Hwang, Jeng H.; Jin, Guangxiang; Kerns, Ralph;, Assignee: |
Liquid crystal display with signal line, storage capacitor and source elongated portions forming storage capacitors between two switching elements
What is claimed is: 1. A liquid crystal display having a plurality of pixel elements each electrically connected to a switching element driven by a signal line driving circuit, comprising: a first pai... Read More
Inventors: Nakamura, Hiroki; Masuda, Youichi;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Method for making LCD device in which gate insulator of TFT is formed after the pixel electrode but before the video signal line
In order to solve the problems described above, the present invention is directed to provide a liquid crystal display device having excellent display performance. In a liquid crystal display device of... Read More
Inventors: Sasano, Akira; Shirahashi, Kazuo; Matsukawa, Yuka; Taniguchi, Hideaki; Yamamoto, Hideaki; Matsumaru, Haruo;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Liquid crystal display device having storage capacitors of increased capacitance and fabrication method therefor
The present invention is intended to overcome the above described disadvantages of the conventional technique. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display in w... Read More
Inventors: Shin, Woo Sup; Song, In Duk;, Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (Seoul, KR) |
Color display device
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved on-chip color filter structure which is free from the problems such as roughening of the color filter surface, imperfect et... Read More
Inventors: Kadota, Hisashi; Inoue, Yuko; Urazono, Takenobu; Kunii, Masafumi; Nakamura, Shinji;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Liquid crystal display device having a TFT switch composed of a separate transparent layer for connecting the pixel and drain electrodes
An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device capable of reducing energy required for a back light lamp in the liquid crystal display device. Another object of the p... Read More
Inventors: Kitazawa, Tomoko; Iizuka, Tetsuya; Shimano, Takuya;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Liquid crystal display device with thick interlayer insulating film under pixel electrode
A transmission type liquid crystal display device of this invention includes: gate lines; source lines; and switching elements each arranged near a crossing of each gate line and each source line. A g... Read More
Inventors: Tagusa, Yasunobu; Shimada, Takayuki; Katayama, Mikio;, Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Osaka, JP) |
TFT substrate having connecting line connect to bus lines through different contact holes
Embodiment 1 An AMLCD which is one embodiment of this invention will now be described referring to drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing one pixel of a TFT array substrate on which a channel etch t... Read More
Inventors: Kobayashi, Kazuhiro; Nakamura, Nobuhiro; Endoh, Yukio;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP); Advanced Display Inc (Kikuchi-gun, JP) |
Thin-film transistor array structure
To solve the above problem, the primary object of this invention is to provide a TFT array structure, which comprises a Thin-Film Transistor, a data line, a scanning line, a pixel electrode and an aux... Read More
Inventors: Yu, Jian-Shen; Chang, Wei-Chih;, Assignee: AU Optronics Corp. (Hsinchu, TW) |
Optical barrier
A preferred embodiment of the invention provides an optical barrier or light-shielding layer. This layer can be applied using conventional integrated circuit processing steps. This layer can also be p... Read More
Inventors: Hula, David W; Nikkel, Philip G.;, Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) |
Electronic devices including micromechanical switches
According to the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing an integrated circuit device, the device comprising a plurality of micromechanical switches and a plurality of thin film... Read More
Inventors: French, Ian D.;, Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Eindhoven, NL) |
Array cytometry
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The three functional elements of the present invention may be combined so as to provide a set of fundamental operations for the interactive spatial manipulation of colloi... Read More
Inventors: Seul, Michael; Li, Alice X.;, Assignee: Bioarray Solutions Ltd. (Warren, NJ) |
Field emitter array incorporated with metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors and method for fabricating the same
The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems involved in the prior art, and an object of the invention is to eliminate the additional process required in connecting the ... Read More
Inventors: Lee, Jong Duk; Lee, Cheon Kyu; Kim, Dong Hwan;, Assignee: Korea Information & Communication Co., Ltd. (Seoul, KR); Lee; Jong Duk (Seoul, KR) |
Field emission device having a vacuum bridge focusing structure and method
What is claimed is: 1. A field emission device comprising: a cathode plate having a plurality of electron emitters; an anode plate disposed to receive electrons emitted by the plurality of electron em... Read More
Inventors: Moyer, Curtis D.; Smith, Peter A.; Reuss, Robert H.; Trottier, Troy A.; Voight, Steven A.; Carrillo, Diane A.; Nordquist, Kevin J.; Molla, Jaynal A.; Jacobs, David W.; Tobin, Kathleen A.;, Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) |
Selective deposition of emissive layer in electroluminescent displays
In accordance with the present invention, an improved method for selective deposition of an emissive layer in electroluminescent displays is provided that substantially eliminates or reduces disadvant... Read More
Inventors: Swanson, Leland S.;, Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX) |
Semiconductor light emitting device and manufacturing method therefor
An object of the present invention is to provide a light emitting device (hereinafter referred to as a light emitting element) of a semiconductor using a highly characteristic semiconductor of gallium... Read More
Inventors: Shakuda, Yukio;, Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd. (Kyoto, JP) |
Group III nitride compound semiconductor light-emitting device having a light emission output of high light intensity
The present invention is designed to solve the aforementioned problem and an object thereof is to provide a light-emitting device of high light intensity by eliminating the disadvantage caused by the ... Read More
Inventors: Kaneyama, Naoki; Asai, Makoto; Sawazaki, Katsuhisa;, Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. (Aichi, JP) |
Group III-V semiconductor light emitting devices with reduced piezoelectric fields and increased efficiency
The present invention is an optical semiconductor device having a plurality of GaN-based semiconductor layers containing a strained quantum well layer in which the strained quantum well layer has a pi... Read More
Inventors: Takeuchi, Tetsuya; Yamada, Norihide; Amano, Hiroshi; Akasaki, Isamu;, Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) |
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