Radiant energy inventions 03/07

20070069105 - Camera module with position detecting mechanism: An exemplary camera module includes a lens holder (10), a lens module (20), a position detecting mechanism (30), and an image pick-up module (40). The lens module includes a lens barrel (11) and one lens received in the lens barrel. The lens barrel is axially movable received in the lens... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070069106 - Apparatus and method for rapid microscope image focusing: A method of capturing a focused image of a continuously moving slide/objective arrangement is provided. A frame grabber device is triggered to capture an image of the slide through an objective at a first focus level as the slide continuously moves laterally relative to the objective. Alternatingly with triggering the... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070069111 - Cmos flat x-ray detector: A large-area CMOS flat X-ray detector is disclosed. The detector includes a plurality of CMOS detector chips, mounted on a substrate with a butt joint. Two alternative embodiments of the CMOS detector chips are described. In the first embodiment, drive elements and read elements are provided on two of four... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070069110 - Cmos light sensor and operation method thereof: A CMOS light sensor and the operation method thereof are disclosed. The CMOS light sensor has a plurality of light sensing lines and a plurality of capacitor lines. Each light sensing line has a plurality of light sensors such that the number of capacitors in each capacitor line is smaller... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070069109 - Image sensing device and manufacture method thereof: An image sensing device for receiving an incident light having an incident angle and photo signals formed thereby is provided. The image sensing device includes a micro prism and a micro lens for adjusting the incident angle and converging the incident light, respectively, a photo sensor for converting the photo... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20070069107 - Radiation image pick-up device and method therefor, and radiation image pick-up system: Sensitivity is freely changeable to another one in correspondence to a photographing mode, and both still image photographing and moving image photographing for example which are largely different from each other in dosage of exposure to radiation and which are also different from each other in required sensitivity are carried... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070069112 - Solid-state image pick-up device and pixel signal reading method: The levels of the power supply and the ground are kept constant against a parasitic resistance by keeping the constant current of an amplifier irrespective of the size of a pixel signal and the gain of the amplifier in this case in an image signal reading circuit system having the... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070069113 - Solid-state image-pickup device with column-line amplifiers and limiter: The levels of the power supply and the ground are kept constant against a parasitic resistance by keeping the constant current of an amplifier irrespective of the size of a pixel signal and the gain of the amplifier in this case in an image signal reading circuit system having the... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070069108 - Solid-state imaging device, method for manufacturing the same, and camera using the same: In order to implement a solid-state imaging device with high photo-sensitivity that includes a light collecting part which can reduce undesired variations during manufacture and which has high light collection efficiency, the solid-state imaging device includes: a photodiode (8) which converts incident light (13) into electric charges; a convex lens... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070069114 - System and method of connecting multiple safety light curtains: A light screen safety curtain system including multiple light screens cascaded together to cooperatively protect an area or machine against unwanted intrusion. Such a system includes a plurality of independently operating light screens electrically connected to each other and to a control unit. When any one light screen detects an... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070069115 - Fiber bragg grating sensored segmented deflectometer for ground displacement monitoring: The invention provides a monitoring device mainly for sensing ground displacement, including the fiber Bragg grating sensored deflectometer and the signal interrogator/computer system. The device uses a segmented design that consists of a flexible tube (referred to as the flexible segment) and two rigid segments and thus referred to as... Agent: Bucknam And Archer

20070069117 - Absolute linear encoder: An absolute linear encoder includes a plurality of absolute scales aligned in the detection direction with absolute calibrations, a plurality of detectors for detecting the calibrations on the absolute scales, absolute position data generating portions of each scale for generating absolute position data of each detector, and a calculator for... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070069116 - Contactless connector: The present invention is a contactless connector that comprises a rotation-side light element that is provided on a rotating body of rotating about an axis of rotation and a fixed-side light element that is provided on a fixed body, data transmission and reception being contactlessly performed between the rotation-side light... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070069118 - Hyperthermal neutral beam source and method of operating: Method and system for pumping a hyperthermal neutral beam source is described. The pumping system enables use of the hyperthermal neutral beam source for semiconductor processing applications, such as etching processes. An embodiment is described having a neutral beam source coupled to a processing chamber through a neutralizing grid. Control... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (tokyo Electron)

20070069119 - Optical trapping with a semiconductor: A method and apparatus are disclosed for forming an optical trap with light directed through or above a semiconductor material. A preferred embodiment selected light-trapping wavelengths that have lower absorption by the semiconductor. A preferred embodiment provides for an optical trapping through semiconductor employing a thin silicon (Si) wafer as... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20070069121 - Ion trap/time-of-flight mass spectrometer and method of measuring ion accurate mass: An ion trap/time-of-flight mass spectrometer, which can perform accurate mass measurement of a product ion based on MS/MS and MSn has an ion source for ionizing a sample, an ion trap capable of temporarily trapping ions, and a time-of-flight mass spectrometer. The ion source produces ions of the sample as... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070069120 - Method and apparatus for high-order differential mobility separations: The present invention relates generally to separation of ions based on their transport properties. More particularly, the invention relates to separation of ionic mixtures and characterization of ions in gases using higher-order differential ion mobility spectrometry (HODIMS) enabled by asymmetric waveforms of fundamentally new types. The invention discloses a method... Agent: Battelle Memorial Institute Attn:IPServices, K1-53

20070069122 - In situ polypeptide identification: The invention relates to a method for identifying protein biomarkers directly in a specific region of interest of a tissue which comprises the identification of a mass of interest by analysis of MALDI imaging mass spectrometry results, followed by the identification of the protein represented by said mass of interest... Agent: Hoffmann-la Roche Inc. Patent Law Department

20070069124 - Mass spectrometer: The present invention provides a mass spectrometry capable of high-efficiency and high-throughput ECD. An electron source and a two-dimensional combined ion trap in which a magnetic field along and generally parallel to a central axis is applied are used, thereby to achieve the foregoing object. First, precursor ions are trapped.... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070069123 - Mass spectroscope and method of calibrating the same: An ion resonance condition is corrected accurately in an ion trapping device. Measurements are repeated by alternately applying and not applying a resonance frequency voltage while spectral data is obtained continuously. Data obtained in the absence of the resonance frequency voltage is used as reference data to correct the set... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070069125 - Photoelectron spectroscopy apparatus and method of use: According to one aspect of the present invention, a substrate processing system is provided. The system may include a chamber wall enclosing a chamber, a substrate support positioned within the chamber to support a substrate, an electromagnetic radiation source to emit electromagnetic radiation onto the substrate on the substrate support,... Agent: Intel/blakely

20070069126 - Polyhedral contoured microwave cavities: Fabrication methods for contoured polyhedral cavities for particle acceleration are disclosed. The process may include: trimming flat sheets to a conformal shape; bending the sheets to form a contour that is axially curved and azimuthally flat; and joining the sheets to form a circumferentially polyhedral cavity that is configured to... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20070069127 - Apparatus and method for electron beam inspection with projection electron microscopy: An apparatus and method for electron beam inspection with projection electron microscopy, is constructed so as to allow correction of changes in focus offsets due to changes in the electrically charged state particularly during inspection. The apparatus includes: a focus measure sensor unit; a focus measure calculation unit which calculates... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070069128 - Stress measuring method and system: A convergent electron beam is incident on an evaluation region of a crystalline material to obtain a HOLZ pattern formed by the convergent electron beam transmitted to the crystalline material (Steps S11 to S13), a split width of the HOLZ line of the obtained HOLZ pattern is computed (Step S14),... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070069129 - Dicorotron wire assembly removal-insertion tool: Electrostatic printing processes utilize corona-charging units. When those units wear out or become faulty, they need to be replaced. This embodiment provides a tool that can be used to remove a faulty electrode wire assembly from the unit. This same tool when loaded with a new wire assembly can insert... Agent: James J. Ralabate, Esq.

20070069130 - Structure for attaching wire assembly to a dicor housing: A dicorotron unit and a wire assembly of a dicorotron unit where a wire electrode is strung between two insulator anchors. The anchors are held in place by flexible grippers. The grippers have flexible tabs that snap into the dicorotron housing and allow the grippers to remain in this housing... Agent: James J. Ralabate, Esq.

20070069133 - Microbolometer ir focal plane array (fpa) with in-situ micro vacuum sensor and method of fabrication: A microbolometer IR FPA is provided with in-situ vacuum sensing capability by realizing that the IR sensor microbolometer pixel element itself may be used as a vacuum sensor. The application of an electrical signal to the resistive element heats the bolometer material thereby producing a variable resistance related to vacuum... Agent: Koppel, Patrick & Heybl

20070069134 - Camera system: A camera system exhibiting reduced effects from temperature changes. The camera system includes an IR sensor; an optical arrangement adapted to focus incoming light onto the sensor; a processing arrangement adapted to process signals produced by the sensor; a heatsink in thermal contact with and is adapted to transfer heat... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070069131 - Apparatus and method for measuring steam quality: Determination of steam quality by passing one or more laser beams through steam in a steam chamber and directly determining a total number of vapor molecules and a total number of water molecules based on absorption of radiation in the one or more laser beams by the water vapor phase... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070069132 - Measurement of steam quality using multiple broadband lasers: Determination of steam quality by passing one or more laser beams through steam in a steam chamber and directly determining a total number of vapor molecules and a total number of water molecules based on absorption of radiation in the one or more laser beams by the water vapor phase... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070069135 - Method and device for controlling a radiation source: A method and a device for controlling a radiation source are described, the radiation source illuminating an illumination range. At least one surveillance sensor of the motor vehicle monitors the environment of the vehicle for the presence of objects. The radiation source is switched off and/or its intensity is reduced... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070069137 - Apparatus and methods for guiding cables around a rotating gantry of a nuclear medicine camera: An apparatus for guiding cables around a rotating gantry which includes a guide chain having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is connected to a stationary portion of the rotating gantry and the second end is connected to a rotating portion of the gantry. The... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070069138 - Method for reducing nuclear medicine scanning time: A method for reducing the scanning time of SPECT broadly includes determining a physical characteristic of an object within a radiation field, calculating an optimal starting angle of at least two detectors based on the physical characteristic of the object and a trajectory of the at least two detectors such... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070069139 - Nuclear medical diagnostic apparatus and method for detecting radiation: A method for detecting radiation emitted from a radiation source within a subject. A radiation detector is moved in approximately parallel with the direction of the body axis of the subject. The detector is rotated about the body axis. The distance between the subject and the detector is changed. The... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070069140 - Afterglow dc-offset calibration in a nuclear imaging system: Method and system are provided for calibrating a nuclear medical imaging apparatus for DC shift caused by gamma event afterglow pulses. Detector responses to weak and to high count rate radiation sources are compared with each other, and a zero correction value is incremented until the detector response is the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070069136 - System and method for providing slant-angle collimation for nuclear medical imaging: Method and arrangement for implementing a system (10) for providing multi-angular SPECT radiation sampling utilizing slant-angle collimation. The system (10) includes a collimator (13) positioned between a radiating mass (19) within a patient (60) and a radiation detector (21). The collimator (13) is spaced apart from a translational path (25)... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070069141 - Color scintillator and image sensor: A color scintillator 26 comprises: an optical substrate 30 having bundled optical fibers; an acicular scintillator 50 provided with the optical substrate 30, the acicular scintillator having either of an acicular crystal structure and a columnar crystal structure, the acicular scintillator reacting with at least one of an electromagnetic wave... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070069144 - Image pick-up apparatus and image pick-up system: An image pick-up apparatus comprising an area sensor in which detecting elements are two-dimensionally arranged on a substrate, and a reference supply circuit, for supplying a reference voltage to the detecting elements, which comprises a regulator for regulating the reference voltage. A low-pass filter is arranged between the regulator and... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070069142 - Image sensor: Effective sensitivity of a photodetector of an image sensor is controlled by partitioning signal charge from incident photons, thus producing a manageable yield and a consequently higher, photon shot noise limited, signal to noise ratio than in the prior art, when imaging high flux rates of energetic photons or particles,... Agent: Venable LLP

20070069143 - Method for recording a digital x-ray image, counting x-ray detector and x-ray system: In order to extend the field of application of counting x-ray detectors, a method is disclosed for recording a digital x-ray image and a counting x-ray detector. The counting x-ray detector includes pixel readout units arranged in the matrix being to detect and count x-ray quanta and/or charge pulses generated... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070069145 - Procedure and facility for providing proof of dangerous goods in pieces of baggage: The invention relates to a procedure and a facility which can be used to quickly and reliably discover and identify dangerous goods, such as explosives, chemical warfare agents or narcotics in pieces of baggage. For this purpose, the pieces of baggage to be examined are radiated with fast neutrons. For... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070069146 - Fiber optic thermal/fast neutron and gamma ray scintillation detector: A system for detecting fissile and fissionable material originating external to the system includes: a 6Li loaded glass fiber scintillator for detecting thermal neutrons, x-rays and gamma rays; a fast scintillator for detecting fast neutrons, x-rays and gamma rays, the fast scintillator conjoined with the glass fiber scintillator such that... Agent: Ut-battelle, LLC Office Of Intellectual Property

20070069147 - Visualizing apparatus using gamma ray source: To discriminate radioactive nuclides of a gamma ray source included in an apparatus and the like, and to nondestructively measure and image concentration and spatial distribution of gamma ray by radioactive nuclide. There is provided a visualizing apparatus comprising: a container 1 including a gamma ray source 2; a gamma... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070069148 - Beam blanker driver system and method: A particle beam lithography system and method of blanking a beam such as a particle or other beam. The system may include a frequency divider adapted to convert a master clock signal at a first frequency into an integral number N of waveforms at a second frequency, a reference device... Agent: Shirley L. Church, Esq.

20070069149 - Combined aperture holder, beam blanker and vacuum feed through for electron beam, ion beam charged particle devices: A combined aperture, aperture holder, vacuum feed through and beam blanker for a beam of charged particles fits into an existing aperture in a charged particle beam device such as a scanning electron microscope or an ion beam chamber.... Agent: Kenneth J. Hovet Nordman, Cormany, Hair & Compton LLP

20070069150 - Charged particle beam energy width reduction system for charged particle beam system: The present invention provides a charged particle beam energy width reduction system. The system comprises a first element (110) acting in a focusing and dispersive manner in an x-z-plane; a second element (112) acting in a focusing and dispersive manner in the x-z-plane; a charged particle selection element (116; 116a;... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070069151 - Beam exposure correction system and method: A system and method of determining shape and position corrections of a beam such as a particle or other beam used in a system such as a particle beam lithography. The method of providing corrected deflector voltages may include determining a voltage step value by subtracting a previous deflector voltage... Agent: Patent Counsel Applied Materials, Inc.

20070069152 - Electrostatic chuck with temperature sensing unit, exposure equipment having the same, and method of detecting temperature from photomask: Disclosed is an electrostatic chuck with a temperature sensing unit, exposure equipment having the electrostatic chuck, and a method of detecting temperature on photomask surfaces. The temperature sensing unit and method of detecting temperature may include obtaining reflectance of a photomask using a multi-wavelength interferometer and determining a temperature on... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070069153 - Devices and methods capable of authenticating batteries: Disclosed herein are battery-powered devices capable of authenticating batteries. In one embodiment, a device comprises: a battery, an excitation source, a photodetector, and an operating system. The device is capable of at least partially being powered by the battery. The excitation source is capable of producing radiation and disposed so... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070069155 - Beam re-registration system and method: A beam re-registration system and method for error correction of a particle or other beam are disclosed. The beam re-registration system and method may include a particle or other beam, a stage movable in relation to the particle beam, at least two servos for controlling movement of the stage, a... Agent: Patent Counsel Applied Materials, Inc.

20070069154 - Method of registering a blank substrate to a pattern generating particle beam apparatus and of correcting alignment during pattern generation: We have developed a method of registration of a particle beam to internal alignment targets present within photoresist areas which are to be imaged. The method does not affect the photoresist, so the quality of pattern produced in the resist after imaging is not affected. The method used for registration... Agent: Patent Counsel Applied Materials, Inc.

20070069156 - Ion beam profiler: A system, method, and apparatus for determining a profile of an ion beam are provided. The apparatus comprises a measuring device positioned along a path of the ion beam, a drive mechanism, and a first plate rotatably coupled to the drive mechanism. The drive mechanism is operable to rotate the... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates, LLC National City Bank Building

20070069157 - Methods and apparatus for plasma implantation with improved dopant profile: Methods and apparatus for plasma ion implantation with improved dopant profiles are provided. A plasma ion implantation system includes a process chamber, a plasma source to generate a plasma in the process chamber, a platen to hold the substrate in the process chamber and a pulse source to generate implant... Agent: Mark A. Superko, Esq. Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.

20070069158 - Charged particle beam apparatus: When a sample includes repeated cells, a scale pattern corresponding to the repeated cells is generated. Next, the scale pattern generated is superimposed on the image of the repeated cells of the sample, thereby identifying a destination cell. Moreover, disposition of the repeated cells of the sample is determined based... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070069159 - Electromagnetic radiation source, lithographic apparatus, device manufacturing method and device manufactured thereby: A device for generating radiation source based on a discharge includes a cathode and an anode. A discharge is created in a material comprising an alloy of two or more substances.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070069160 - Ex-situ removal of deposition on an optical element: A collector assembly with a radiation collector, a cover plate and a support member connecting the radiation collector to the cover plate are provided. The cover plate is designed to cover an opening in a collector chamber. The collector chamber opening may be large enough to pass the radiation collector... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070069162 - Ex-situ removal of deposition on an optical element: A collector assembly with a radiation collector, a cover plate and a support member connecting the radiation collector to the cover plate are provided. The cover plate is designed to cover an opening in a collector chamber. The collector chamber opening may be large enough to pass the radiation collector... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070069161 - Repeatable heat-treating methods and apparatus: A first heat-treating method involves monitoring at least one thermal efficiency parameter associated with an irradiance system configured to produce an irradiance flash incident on a surface of a workpiece, and automatically updating control information used by the irradiance system to produce the irradiance flash, in response to the monitoring... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070069163 - Apparatus, system and method for detecting a position and/or an intensity of emitted light: The apparatus, the system and the method measure a distance and/or an intensity of emitted light. The apparatus and the system have a compartment, a movable element and/or a sensor array in an interior of the compartment. The sensor array emits light, detects light detects temperature of air and/or detects... Agent: Patents+tms A Professional Corporation

20070069164 - Radiation image detector: A radiation image detector including the following in the order listed below: a charge storage layer that generates and stores charges by receiving a recording electromagnetic wave representing a radiation image; a photoconductive layer that generates charges by receiving readout light; and an electrode layer having a plurality of first... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070063125 - Semiconductor light source with optical feedback: A semiconductor light source with optical feedback includes a vertical member extending upward from an upper horizontal surface of a header parallel to a vertical beam projected from a semiconductor light-emitting element mounted on the horizontal surface of the header wherein the vertical member supports a light-sensing element for receiving... Agent: Donald W. Marks

20070063126 - Cmos image sensor and method for fabricating the same: A CMOS image sensor and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed, in which light-shielding layers are formed in trenches to improve photosensitivity of the image sensor and simplify its process steps. The CMOS image sensor includes a plurality of photodiodes formed in a semiconductor substrate at constant intervals,... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20070063128 - Method and apparatus for pixel signal binning and interpolation in column circuits of a sensor circuit: A binning circuit and related method, wherein pixel signals from column circuits in a sensor circuit are sampled and interpolated. The binning circuit samples analog pixel and reset signals from different sensor circuit column lines. Once a predetermined number of column lines are sampled in the binning circuit, the sampled... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070063127 - Pixel with differential readout: An imager in which two adjacent pixels share row and reset lines and a row selection circuitry while the output transistors of the two pixels are configured as a differential amplifier. In operation, both pixels are reset at the same time, causing differential reset signals to be output from the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070063129 - Packaging structure of a light-sensing device with a spacer wall: The present invention discloses a packaging structure of a light-sensing device with a spacer wall, wherein a spacer wall is used to protect the light-sensing region from external pollutants or two spacer walls are used to confine the glue to therebetween lest the overflow glue pollute the light-sensing region as... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070063130 - Optical pointing apparatus and personal portable device having the optical pointing apparatus: There are provided an optical pointing device and a personal portable device employing the same, the optical pointing device in which a horizontal optical path is formed, thereby minimizing the thickness of an optical system and providing a sufficient depth of a focus. The optical pointing device includes a cover... Agent: Hammer & Hanf

20070063131 - Optics assembly for color measurement system: A color measurement system includes a multi-purpose filter and optics assembly. The filter and optics assembly includes at least one tube array for segmenting received light. The segmented light is mixed and the polarization qualities of the light are modified so to minimize the effects caused by angular adjustments. A... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070063132 - Method of creating a color profile for color measurement system: A color measurement system includes a multi-purpose filter and optics assembly. The filter and optics assembly includes at least one tube array for segmenting received light. The segmented light is mixed and the polarization qualities of the light are modified so to minimize the effects caused by angular adjustments. A... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070063133 - Attachment structure of object detector: An attachment structure of an object detector to a vehicle body which includes: a support portion provided on the object detector; a fixing portion which fixes the object detector to the vehicle body at the support portion; an exterior member provided in front of the object detector; and a guide... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070063134 - Display with compensated light source drive: A MEM s scanning device has a variable resonant frequency. In one embodiment, the MEMs device includes a torsion arm that supports an oscillatory body. In one embodiment, an array of removable masses are placed on an exposed portion of the oscillatory body and selectively removed to establish the resonant... Agent: Microvision, Inc.

20070063135 - Image sensing device package structure: An image sensing device package structure is formed by using a base and a light transparent layer to package an image sensing device. The image sensing device is electrically connected to metallization traces on the base by means of wire bonding. Through change of the positions of the metallization traces,... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070063136 - Optical module: An optical module (100) includes a lens barrel assembly (10), at least one lens (20), a filter (50), and a securing mechanism. The lens barrel assembly includes a first barrel (12) and a second barrel (14). The second barrel includes a clapboard (142) extending from an inner periphery thereof. The... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070063137 - Electrode for mass spectrometry: An electrode for use in a reduced pressure region in a mass spectrometer whereby the electrode is subject to deposition of dielectric (non-conducting) substances thereon, which can cause unstable performance of the mass spectrometer. The surface portion of the electrode that is for providing an equipotential boundary of an electric... Agent: Varian Inc. Legal Department

20070063138 - Ion gate: An ion gate is disposed between a first volume occupied by a first carrier gas and ions of the first carrier gas and a second volume occupied by a second carrier gas. The ion gate includes at least one channel connecting the first volume to the second volume, a first... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070063139 - Last stage synchronizer system: A pulse jitter reduction circuit employs a low jitter system clock coupled to synchronize a pulse generating device and an ultra low jitter flip-flop to generate substantially jitter-free trigger signals employed to generate high voltage pulses for a flight tube of a time-of-flight mass spectrometer. By eliminating time fluctuations due... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070063140 - Optical particulate sensor in oil quality detection: An oil quality sensor apparatus includes a housing that includes an oil flow path through which oil flows through the housing. One or more photo-detectors can be provided in association and a plurality of light-emitting devices located within the housing and proximate to the oil flow path. At least one... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick Honeywell International Inc.

20070063141 - Device and method for sensing a position of a probe: A device for sensing a position of a probe relative to a reference medium, the probe comprising a heater element with a temperature dependent electrical resistance and being adapted to determine probe position by measuring a parameter associated to a thermal relaxation time of the heater element.... Agent: Anne Vachon Dougherty

20070063142 - Disk, and counting observation apparatus for counting and observing cells through optical microscope by use of the disk: A disk for storing liquid samples containing cells and for use in counting and observing the cells through an optical microscope includes an upper member formed of a transparent material and having a plurality of liquid inlets arranged radially and adapted to introduce the corresponding liquid samples therethrough, and a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070063143 - Method for detecting an element: A method for detecting an element is described and which includes the steps of providing a gamma-ray spectrum which has a region of interest which corresponds with a small amount of an element to be detected; providing nonparametric assumptions about a shape of the gamma-ray spectrum in the region of... Agent: Alan D. Kirsch

20070063144 - Method for treating products: A method for treating product includes the steps of: placing the product to be treated in an atmosphere kept at a temperature of 10 degree C. to 30 degree C., and with a humidity of 20% to 60%; providing a gamma ray source that can emit gamma ray; exposing the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070063145 - Radiation sensor device and method: An improved radiation sensor device includes a cap attached to an integrated circuit chip which has a radiation sensor on a surface with a cap spaced from and covering the radiation sensor; the cap and integrated circuit chip with radiation sensor are encapsulated in an encapsulant with a transparent portion... Agent: Iandiorio & Teska

20070063146 - Electrostatic deflection control circuit and method of electronic beam measuring apparatus: An electrostatic deflection circuit and method of an electronic beam measuring apparatus which can achieve the high precision of the electronic beam measuring and contribute to the simplification of the structure of the apparatus is provided. In an analog arithmetic circuit included in an analog operation part constituting an electrostatic... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070063147 - Doping device: According to the present invention, a manufacturing device of a semiconductor device provided with a device for uniformly doping with an impurity element a large area substrate capable of multiple patterns for the purpose of mass-production is provided. The present invention has a feature that a cross section of an... Agent: Eric Robinson

20070063149 - Positioning device and method of initializing a positioning device: In order to realize initializing sequences with high accuracy and high reproducibility, a positioning device according includes an XY slider movable in directions X and Y, an object position measuring device for measuring the position of the XY slider, an X beam guiding the XY slider in the direction Y... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070063148 - Sample holder: A sample holder according to the present invention is characterized in that the sample holder comprise a holder body, a sample retaining stage, a means capable for tilting the sample around an axis which is arranged in a direction perpendicular to a long side of the holder body, wherein the... Agent: Advantedge Law Group, LLC

20070063152 - Multiparallel three dimensional optical microscopy system: A system for imaging of a sample is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of detectors which are each focussed at a respective focal plane in a sample volume. The system also includes light selection optics positioned between the plurality of detectors and the sample volume. The light selection optics... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070063151 - Transillumination having orange color light: The transillumination device has an orange light, in the range of 580-620 nm. Orange light has been found to be beneficial for superficial veins. Red light is used for deeper veins and darker skin. The transillumination device may have a single light source able to change colors. Two different light... Agent: Christopher J. Mcdonald Hoffman, Wasson & Gitler, P.C.

20070063150 - Transilluminator light shield: Transillumination uses light to image tissues and organs, specifically the veins within the tissue. Strong ambient light hinders the imaging of veins and often, transillumination must be done in a dark or dim room. To enhance the capabilities of a transilluminator, a light shield is placed over the viewing area... Agent: Christopher J. Mcdonald Hoffman, Wasson & Gitler, P.C.

20070063153 - Apparatus and method for detection with a scanning microscope: An apparatus and a method for detection with a scanning microscope (1) are disclosed. The scanning microscope (1) encompasses a scanning device (7) that guides an illuminating light beam (3) through a scanning optical system (12) and a microscope optical system (13) and over or through a specimen (15). A... Agent: C. Richard Lohrman, Esq. Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20070063154 - Energy-transfer nanocomposite materials and methods of making and using same: The presently claimed and disclosed inventions relate, in general, to methods of radiation dosimetry and imaging using scintillation luminescence. More particularly, materials having a scintillation luminescence response to radiation that varies with total radiation dose received can be used for dosimetry monitoring, including, but not limited to nanoparticles for in... Agent: Dunlap, Codding & Rogers P.C.

20070063155 - Radiation image conversion panel and method of manufacturing same: The invention provides a radiation image conversion panel having a substrate and a phosphor layer laminated on the substrate. A coating layer having at least one metal containing-layer is provided on a surface of the phosphor layer which is other than on the side which the substrate is laminated. The... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070063156 - Organic photoelectric conversion element and image element: An organic photoelectric conversion element comprises: a pair of electrodes; an organic photoelectric conversion layer arranged between the pair of electrodes; and an positive hole blocking layer arranged between one of the pair of electrodes and the organic photoelectric conversion layer, wherein an ionization potential of the positive hole blocking... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070057144 - Photo detecting device: A photo detecting device comprises a photo-electron generating body, which absorbs light and generates photo-electrons, and a transistor, across which an electric current flows in accordance with a quantity of the photo-electrons having been generated by the photo-electron generating body. An electrical insulator is formed on a surface of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070057145 - Three-dimensional light ray input apparatus: A three-dimensional input apparatus includes a lens L1 for converting angular information about light rays from a object, a focusing element L3 for focusing the light rays from the object to the vicinities of an array R of photoelectric elements, and a lens L2 for performing conversion into a real... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070057147 - Complementary metal oxide semiconductor image sensor and method for fabricating the same: A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The CMOS image sensor includes: a first conductive type substrate including a trench; a channel stop layer formed by using a first conductive type epitaxial layer over an inner surface of the trench; a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070057151 - Contact image sensor and method for manufacturing the same: A contact image sensor is provided including a housing, a slit plate a lens, one or two light sources and a light-receiving element array mounted on a light-receiving element array substrate. The housing contains the slit plate, the lens, the one or two light sources and the light-receiving element array... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070057150 - Digital camera module: A digital camera module (100) includes a holder, an image sensor chip package (30), a number of conductive elements (24) and a circuit board (40). The holder defines a receiving portion. The holder is mounted on the image sensor chip package. The image sensor chip package has a number of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070057148 - Digital camera module package fabrication method: A digital camera module package method includes the steps of: firstly, providing a carrier (30), which includes a base (24) and a leadframe (320). The base has a cavity therein and the leadframe includes a number of conductive pieces (322); Secondly, mounting an image sensor chip (34) on the base... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070057146 - Image analysis and enhancement system: An image analysis and enhancement system is provided with an image processor, imaging metrics, an image storage depository, and a reconfigurable sensor device that can be present at the same location. A remote reconfigurable sensor device is connected to the image processor via a communication link. Both the reconfigurable sensor... Agent: Michael K. Gray Amsam-l-g-i

20070057152 - Image forming apparatus, image processing apparatus, image output apparatus, portable terminal, image processing system, image forming method, image processing method, image output method, image forming program, image processing program, and image output: A correction-amount detecting unit detects a correction amount at a time of performing an irreversible correction of an input image. A correction-amount and image integrating unit outputs the correction amount detected by the correction-amount detecting unit and image data of the input image in association with each other.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070057149 - Image sensor chip package fabrication method: An image sensor package method includes the steps of first, providing a carrier (30), which includes a base (24) and a leadframe (320). The base has a cavity therein and the leadframe includes a number of conductive pieces; Second, mounting an image sensor chip on the base and received in... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070057154 - Solid-state image pickup device and output method thereof: A solid-state image pickup device has a differential output configuration for an output stage thereof and an IC in a next stage has a differential amplifier configuration for an input stage thereof. An output buffer unit buffers and outputs a digital signal from a horizontal bus line. At this time,... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070057155 - Solid-state image pickup device and output method thereof: A solid-state image pickup device has a differential output configuration for an output stage thereof and an IC in a next stage has a differential amplifier configuration for an input stage thereof. An output buffer unit buffers and outputs a digital signal from a horizontal bus line. At this time,... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070057156 - Solid-state image pickup device and output method thereof: A solid-state image pickup device has a differential output configuration for an output stage thereof and an IC in a next stage has a differential amplifier configuration for an input stage thereof. An output buffer unit buffers and outputs a digital signal from a horizontal bus line. At this time,... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070057153 - Solid-state image sensor, manufacturing method for solid-state image sensor, and camera: A solid-state image sensor includes a plurality of light-receiving elements arranged in a light-receiving area, and a plurality of micro-lenses corresponding to the light-receiving elements, and has a flattening film formed on the plurality of the micro-lenses. At a center of the light-receiving area, the micro-lenses are placed in positions... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070057157 - Two-dimensional motion sensor: An optical sensor and method of using the same is provided for sensing relative movement between the sensor and a surface by detecting changes in optical features of light reflected from the surface. In one embodiment, the sensor includes a two dimensional array of photosensitive elements, the array including at... Agent: William Nuttle

20070057159 - Apparatus and method for photo-electric measurement: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for photo-electric measurement. The apparatus comprises a single or a plurality of photo-electric conversion devices, preferably array sensor(s) such as CCD, CMOS, CID and the like, an optical system which is modularly expandable in one axis or a plurality of axes... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20070057160 - In-situ power monitor having an extended range to stabilize gain of avalanche photodiodes across temperature variations: Disclosed are an in-line monitoring apparatus with a temperature compensator, an optical receiver and a method for stabilizing gain of an avalanche photodiode (“APD”) over an extended range of input power values and across temperature variations. The apparatus can include one or more power monitoring stages coupled in parallel to... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

20070057161 - Light receiving element for position detection, and sensor and electronic apparatus having the same: A light receiving element includes a plurality of light receiving cells arranged in matrix each of which converts an incident light into an electric signal and has an anode electrode and a cathode electrode whose polarities are different from each other, first to fourth output terminals, first to fourth resistance... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070057158 - Image sensor having pinned floating diffusion diode: The present invention provides an image sensor having a pinned floating diffusion region in addition to a pinned photodiode. The pinned floating diffusion region increases the capacity of the sensor to store charge, increases the dynamic range of the sensor and widens intra-scene intensity variation.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070057162 - Non-heavy metal optical bandpass filter in electro-optical readers: Heavy metals such as cadmium are not employed in optical bandpass filters employed in electro-optical readers to comply with governmental regulations concerning endangering the environment.... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20070057163 - Optical module: An optical module has a convex lens interposed between a mirror and a light-emitting element array, and whose effective diameter is larger than the distance between the respective optical axes of mutually most-distant two light-emitting elements of the light-emitting element array. The convex lens causes incident optical signals from light-emitting... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070057164 - Scheimpflug normalizer: An imaging system for capturing images of a tilted object includes a lens having an optical axis, a detector array, and a normalizer positioned between the lens and a detector array for realigning light passing therethrough such that the Scheimmpflug condition with respect to the tilted object being imaged is... Agent: Dicke Billig & Czaja, PLLC Attn: Christopher Mclaughlin

20070057166 - Optical module: An optical module includes a frame, a light source module positioned at a first end of the frame, and a sensor module positioned on the frame for sensing light emitted from the light source module and reflected from a surface. The light source module includes a light source covered by... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070057167 - Polar sensor patterns: Patterns of sensor elements that can be used in capacitance sensing devices are described. A plurality of sensor elements extends in a radial direction from a shared center. A first subset of the sensor elements extend like spirals in a clockwise direction, and a second subset of the sensor elements... Agent: Wagner, Murabito & Hao LLP

20070057165 - Signal processing circuit and method using analog voltage signal to pulse width modulation conversion: A signal processor and processing method are provided for measuring current received from a photo-detector. Generally, the processor includes a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) to integrate a current received from a photo-detector in the optical navigation system to generate a voltage signal having a slope that is proportional to the received... Agent: William Nuttle

20070057168 - Photoelectric encoder: A photoelectric encoder includes a light source of an illumination light beam; a movable grating which has grating lines and which is displaceable in a direction intersecting the grating lines; an index grating which serves as a reference for displacement of the movable grating; a light-receiver which receives the illumination... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070057169 - Package structure for an optical sensor: The present invention relates to a package structure for an optical sensor having a base set with the plurality of metallization traces on its upper and under surface and several conductors passing through the base electrically connects to the plurality of metallization traces on the surface; at least one optical... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070057170 - Method for determination of the quality of a butting on an at least partially manufactured x-ray detector: In order to determine the quality of a butting during the manufacture of a flat X-ray detector, it is sufficient for the mounting plate of the flat X-ray detector to be produced with detector plates which are connected by butting, and for a backlight board to be provided in order... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070057171 - Borehole invariant porosity measurement method: The invention concerns a method for determining the porosity of earth formation penetrated by a borehole, the method comprising conveying a tool along said borehole, wherein said tool comprises a source of neutron radiation and at least two detectors axially spaced from said source at least two different spacings; generating... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20070057172 - Mass spectrometry with multiple ionization sources and multiple mass analyzers: Multiple ionization ion sources and multiple mass analyzers are combined into one mass spectrometer instrument by a six-electrodes ion trap or an array of six-electrodes ion traps. The six-electrodes ion trap can be operated as an independent two-dimensional ion guide or linear ion tap in an arbitrarily selected direction among... Agent: Yang Wang

20070057173 - Reduction of chemical noise in a maldi mass spectrometer by in-trap photodissociation of matrix cluster ions: A MALDI mass spectrometer includes a radiation source, such as a gas or solid state laser, that emits a beam of radiation (typically in the UV or IR wavelengths) directed along the central axis of a linear ion trap in which analyte ions and matrix cluster ions are confined. The... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20070057174 - Enhanced gradient multipole collision cell for higher duty cycle: A method for processing ions in mass spectrometry is provided. The method provides for processing ions in a ion processing cell having elongated segmented rods, a circuit for applying RF voltages and a circuit for applying DC voltage selectively to the segments of the segmented rods. The method comprises applying... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070057175 - Two dimensional ion traps with improved ion isolation and method of use: An apparatus and method for isolation of selected ions of interest in a 2-D ion trap is provided. The 2-D ion trap of the invention has an octopole field which is obtained by modification of the electrodes, modification of the positioning of the electrodes or both. The 2-D ion trap... Agent: Agilent Technologies, Inc. Legal Department, Dl429

20070057176 - Ion detection methods, mass spectrometry analysis methods, and mass spectrometry instrument circuitry: Ion detection methods are provided that can include applying a first voltage between a power source and a dynode, and contacting the dynode with first ions to create a first charged species. After applying the first voltage, a second voltage can be applied between the power source and the dynode,... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20070057177 - Non-linear ion post-focusing apparatus and mass spectrometer using the same: A mass spectrometer system and a mass spectrometry method, in which a mass resolution is increased through a non-linear ion post-focusing apparatus so as to more accurately analyze constituents of components contained in a dust particle. The mass spectrometer system according to the present invention comprises: an ion-introducing unit for... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070057179 - Electrospray apparatus with an integrated electrode: The invention provides related apparatus and methods of making an integrated electrospray tip by depositing ionic and/or electronic conductor materials onto a planar substrate. The invention also features methods of forming an electrospray apparatus comprising coupling a first planar substrate to the surface of a second planar substrate, wherein a... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

20070057178 - Mass spectrometer multiple device interface for parallel configuration of multiple devices: A multi-device interface for use in mass spectrometry for interfacing one or more ion sources to one or more downstream devices. The multi-device interface comprises three or more multipole rod sets configured as either an input rod set or an output rod set depending on potentials applied to the multipole... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070057180 - Segmented rod multipole as ion processing cell: A method and apparatus for processing ions in mass spectrometry is provided. The apparatus includes an ion processing cell having segmented multipole rods and a means for admitting reactive reagent ions to the cell. Provision for timed sequence control of RF and DC voltages to the segmented multipole rods is... Agent: Agilent Technologies, Inc. Legal Department, Dl429

20070057181 - Method for marking sites: A method for determining changes of a site, wherein the site is treated with an aqueous dispersion having at least one binder, at least one substance emitting visible light on UV exposure, at least one binder and, optionally, a dispersant and the site thus treated and/or untreated adjacent sites are... Agent: Lanxess Corporation

20070057182 - Apparatus and method for inspecting a sample of a specimen by means of an electron beam: The invention refers to an apparatus (10) for inspecting a sample (12) of a specimen (14) by means of an electron beam (34) comprising a vacuum chamber (18); an ion beam device (20) for generating an ion beam (22) used for etching a sample (12) from the specimen (14) within... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070057185 - Electron beam device and its control method: An electron beam device includes an electron gun section having an internal space kept at an ultrahigh vacuum level for generating a primary electron beam, a mirror section having an internal space kept at a vacuum level lower than that of the electron gun section for scanning a specimen with... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070057186 - Inspection system by charged particle beam and method of manufacturing devices using the system: An inspection apparatus and a semiconductor device manufacturing method using the same. The inspection apparatus is used for defect inspection, line width measurement, surface potential measurement or the like of a sample such as a wafer. In the inspection apparatus, a plurality of charged particles is delivered from a primary... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070057184 - Method and apparatus for reviewing defects: The invention provides an apparatus and a method each capable of highly accurately reviewing at a high speed very small foreign matters and pattern defects occurring during a device production process for forming a circuit pattern on a substrate of semiconductor devices, etc. An objective lens having high NA is... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070057183 - Scanning electron microscope: Energy of the charged particle beam to be irradiated onto the sample is set so that generation efficiency of secondary electrons generated from the sample becomes equal to 1 or more. A flat-plate electrode (26) is located in such a manner as to be directly opposed to the sample. Here,... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070057187 - Device for detecting and device for measuring the concentration of a substance: A device for detecting radiation signals and a device for measuring the concentration of a substance are described, a first detector and a second detector being provided on a first chip, and a first filter and a second filter being provided on a second chip, the first chip and the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070057188 - Laser desorption and thermal emission spectroscopy for chemical analysis of cryogenic surfaces: A method for remote analysis of materials embedded in a frozen surface, such as in the icy surface of a planetary body. A laser on board a spacecraft irradiates the frozen surface and thereby releases materials in a gas cloud, by a process of desorption. The laser wavelength is selected... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070057189 - Method and system for calibrating a time of flight positron emission tomography system: A method and system for calibrating a Time of Flight Positron Emission Tomography (TOF PET) system are provided. The method includes storing acquired scan data from detector pairs. The acquired scan data includes image data and timing information. The method further includes reconstructing images using scan data. The method also... Agent: The Small Patent Law Group LLP

20070057191 - Radiological imaging system: The radiological imaging system which can improve an energy resolution and perform a diagnosis with high accuracy includes a bed for carrying an examinee H, first and second imaging apparatuses and disposed along the longitudinal direction of the bed. The first imaging apparatus has a plurality of semiconductor radiation detectors... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070057190 - Ultra-high resolution pixel electrode arrangement structure signal processing method: If a staggered arrangement is used for high resolution, the capacitances by wiring are different from element to element, so dummy sensor mounting sections (2) are provided to electrode sections (3) to make the capacitance uniform. The width of the connection section is decreased depending on the wiring length so... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070057192 - Shielding for an x-ray detector: The invention relates to an X-ray detector with detector elements (1) arranged in a layer. The detector elements (1) contain a scintillator element (2) for the conversion of X-rays (X) into photons (v), a photodiode (5) for detection of the photons (v), and a processing circuit (4) for the processing... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070057193 - Radiation image detector: A radiation image detector having a layer structure that includes a charge generating layer for generating charges by receiving a recording electromagnetic wave representing a radiation image, and a semiconductor charge trapping layer for trapping the charges generated in the charge generating layer. The charge trapping layer is patterned in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070057194 - Neutron and gamma-ray detection system: The present invention is a radially symmetric imaging detector that measures an incident neutron's or gamma-ray's energy and identifies its source on an event-by-event basis.... Agent: Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.A.

20070057195 - High-resolution scintillation screen for digital imaging: The scintillating screen of digital imaging systems used in conventional transmission electron microscopy is discretized and the scintillating material is contained in a cellular structure having a geometry judiciously selected for coupling to the optical channels of the imaging system. This allows optical matching, without smearing, between the elements of... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070057196 - Electron microscope and specimen stage positioning control method for the electron microscope: An electron microscope is disclosed, wherein a specimen stage includes a base having an X-slide guide member, a center table adapted to move along the X-slide guide member, and an X rod for driving the center table. A gap is formed in the coupling between the guide unit of the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070057197 - Ultraviolet disinfection device: The invention relates to a UV-lamp sterilizing appliance that is used to destroy bacteria. The appliance presents a simple design which can facilitate the sterilization of any elongate personal article such as toothbrush, chopsticks and the like for sanitation by simply putting them into the appliance. The appliance also includes... Agent: Michael D. Yablonsky, Ph.d., Esq. Law Office Of Sergei Orel, LLC

20070057198 - Apparatus for and method of measuring flourescence lifetime: A method of measuring fluorescence lifetime includes illuminating a sample containing at least one fluorophore with light to excite fluorescence and switching the intensity of the excitation light repeatedly between a first intensity I1 and a second intensity 12. Emitted light caused by fluorescence of the sample is detected and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070057199 - Fluorescence absorption microscopy: A microscopy technique for viewing regions where a sample absorbs, as opposed to emits, fluorescent light. The technique includes illuminating a sample with an exciter light in order to generate fluorescent light from the sample and filtering light received from the sample such that fluorescent light is substantially attenuated. Regions... Agent: Torys LLP

20070057200 - Electron beam apparatus and method of generating an electron beam irradiation pattern: High-contrast exposure is performed by use of a small dose of electron beams, a pattern is formed on a wafer with high accuracy, and high-precision inspection is performed. In pattern formation, proximity effect correction processing is performed. Moreover, exposure of electron beams is performed based on a result of filtering... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070057201 - Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method: An attenuation adjustment device is disposed in a radiation system of a lithography device and includes a plurality of members for casting penumbras in the radiation beam illuminating the patterning device. Furthermore an attenuation control device is provided for adjusting the members in such a manner as to control the... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070057203 - Apparatus for producing atomic beam: An apparatus for producing an atomic beam comprising an ionization chamber, an ion beam drawing device, a neutralization chamber and a voltage regulating device is provided. The ionization chamber generates an ion beam and the ion beam drawing device draws the ion beam out from the ionization chamber. The neutralization... Agent: J.c. Patents, Inc. Suite 250

20070057202 - Method for making reproducible buried heterostructure semiconductor devices: A semiconductor device, such as a laser, and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, an etching stop layer disposed over the substrate, and an active region layer disposed on the etching stop layer. The active region layer is further disposed opposite the substrate.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070057204 - Lithography system, sensor and measuring method: Lithography system, sensor and method for measuring properties of a massive amount of charged particle beams of a charged particle beam system, in particular a direct write lithography system, in which the charged particle beams are converted into light beams by using a converter element, using an array of light... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070057205 - Method and apparatus for providing tuning of spectral output for countermeasure devices: A countermeasure device includes an emitter having a surface. A band gap material is integral with the surface of the emitter. A series of apertures are formed in the band gap material. A heat source for heating the emitter is provided proximate to the emitter and may be the metal... Agent: Hayes Soloway PC

20070057206 - Optical output system with auto optical power control for optical mouse: The invention relates to an optical output system with auto optical power control for an optical mouse. The optical output system comprises: a light emitting device, a driver and an auto power controller. The light emitting device is used for generating emitting light. The driver is used for driving the... Agent: Volentine Francos, & Whitt PLLC

20070057207 - Self-contained fork sensor having a wide effective beam: A system and method for providing a fork sensor including an emitter, a receiver, and at least one lens assembly wherein the width of the effective beam does not depend upon the size of the emitter or the receiver. One aspect of the present invention is a method for detecting... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070057208 - Method and device for monitoring a moving fabric web: The invention relates to a method and a device for monitoring a moving fabric web (1), at least a part (7) of the width of the fabric web being detected. In order to maintain the geometrical ratios between the individual elements from which the fabric web is constructed as far... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070057209 - Range image sensor: A range image sensor comprising a light source, a light detecting element, a sensor control stage and an image construction stage. The image construction stage calculates a distance value for each image element in a range image based on each electric charge picked up after a specific detection period of... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070057210 - Method and apparatus for imager quality testing: An apparatus and method of detecting a defect in an imager die package. The method comprises the steps of exposing the imager die package to light at a first angle, exposing the imager die package to light at a second angle, outputting electrical signals based on the exposures; and determining... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070057211 - Multifocal imaging systems and method: In the systems and methods of the present invention a multifocal multiphoton imaging system has a signal to noise ratio (SNR) that is reduced by over an order of magnitude at imaging depth equal to twice the mean free path scattering length of the specimen. An MMM system based on... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20070051868 - Method and apparatus for determining the authenticity of bank notes: Forged bank notes are no longer reliably distinguishable from bank note originals (BN) on the basis of their luminescent fibers. According to the invention, the excitation of the fibers to luminesce is effected by means of excitation radiation (S) from the restricted wavelength range from 600 to 640 nm or... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20070051869 - Scanning microscope and method for examining a sample by using scanning microscopy: A scanning microscope (1), having a light source (5) for generating an illumination light beam (7), having at least one objective (19) that focuses the illumination light beam onto and/or into a sample (21), having a beam deflection apparatus (11) that guides the focus of the illumination light beam over... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20070051870 - Optical pickup apparatus and information recording and reproducing apparatus: An optical pickup apparatus and an information recording and reproducing apparatus are provided. When a focused state is obtained on a first light receiving portion corresponding to a first laser beam, a relative position of a sensor lens to the first light receiving portion is regulated so that a first... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070051871 - System and method for generating positional and orientation information of an object: A method for generating positional information of an object is carried out by providing a reflector in the object and by providing a personal device containing a light generator and an imager. The personal device is mounted on a person holding the object at a mounting location that is identified... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20070051874 - Method of manufacturing solid state imaging device, solid state imaging device, and camera using solid state imaging device: A method of manufacturing a solid state imaging device having a photo-electric conversion portion array and a transfer electrode array, these arrays being provided in parallel to each other, upper surfaces and side wall surfaces of the transfer electrode array being covered with a light-shielding layer, and a transparent layer... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070051872 - Network sensor system and protocol: A network sensor system and protocol is provided. The network sensor system includes a sensor node that has a sensor for collecting high-resolution data, and a radio for transmitting that data to a central hub. The sensor node communicates to the hub with a wireless data link, and operators solely... Agent: William J. Kolegraff

20070051873 - Optical system with photo catalytic reactor: An optical system (10) operatively associated with incident light (50) is provided. The incident light is essentially comprised of a first part (52) and a second part (54). The optical system includes: a photo catalytic reactor (30) comprising a photo catalyst (36) operatively associated with the first part of the... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070051876 - Imager: An imager having superior separation properties is provided in which a visible image and an infrared image can be independently and simultaneously obtained. The above imager has a wavelength separation portion of separating an electromagnetic wave carrying an image into wavelengths, and image-taking portions detecting the visible image and the... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070051878 - Optical coupling device and electronic apparatus using same: An input side is configured with a pulse generating circuit, a delay circuit, a driving circuit, and two light emitting elements connected to the driving circuit, and an output side is configured with two light receiving elements, connected to a computation circuit, and the pulse generating circuit, and based on... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070051877 - Optical transmitter-receiver, optical transmitter-receiver module, and optical communication device: An optical transmitter-receiver includes: an optical module including a metal package housing at least a light receiving element and a light emitting element; a circuit board for transmitting/receiving an electric signal with respect to the optical module; a first wiring for connecting a side of the light receiving element to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20070051875 - Optoelectronic memory devices: A structure and a method for operating the same. The method comprises providing a resistive/reflective region on a substrate, wherein the resistive/reflective region comprises a material having a characteristic of changing the material's reflectance due to the material absorbing heat; sending an electric current through the resistive/reflective region so as... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070051879 - Image intensifier device and method: An image intensifier device includes a photocathode unit having an active region adapted to convert light to electrons; a luminescent screen unit adapted to convert electrons emitted from the photocathode unit to light while generating ions; and a charge particle control unit. The latter is adapted to direct electrons from... Agent: Applied Materials, Inc. C/o Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070051880 - Devices and methods for targeting printing plates and measuring dot coverage thereon: An apparatus, system and method for targeting an image formed on an imaging member. The imaging member includes an imaging sensitive layer formed thereon. The imaging member includes imaged and non-imaged areas. Light of a predetermined wavelength reflected from a target area of the imaging member is received. The light... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070051881 - Multicolour chromaticity sensor: The present invention provides an optical sensor having one or more filter-photodetector pairs and feedback to monitor the intensity and chromaticity of the white light generated by an illumination system. According to the present invention, filter-photodetectors are configured into pairs thereof, wherein a first filter-photodetector of a pair is configured... Agent: Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

20070051882 - System and method for monitoring a well: An optical fiber extends down hole from an OFDR. A first set of sensors with a centrally-located reference reflector is disposed over a first fiber length, and a second set of sensors with a centrally-located reference reflector is disposed over a second fiber length. The sensors of the first and... Agent: The H.t. Than Law Group

20070051883 - Lighting using solid state light sources: A light fixture, using one or more solid state light emitting elements, provides an unpixelated light output. An optical element receives and diffuses light from the solid state emitters to form a processed light for output via an optical output area of the fixture. The optical element forms light that... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070051884 - Positional sensing system and method: Systems and methods adapted for use with uncalibrated patterned surfaces for sensing any of position, displacement, velocity, acceleration, area, and volume are provided. A system includes a memory, processing electronics, and at least one readhead adapted to move relative to the surface and including a radiation source, lens, and an... Agent: Intellectual Property / Technology Law

20070051885 - Automotive vehicle image sensor: An image sensor has an imager die onto which is adhered an optical spacer. The imager die and optical spacer may be supported by a dam-and-fill construction which allows light to pass through the optical spacer and onto the imager die. The image sensor may generate control signals for use... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c.

20070051886 - Generation of multiply charged ions for tandem mass spectrometry: Multiply-charged ions are generated from singly-charged ions of analyte substances. The singly-charged ions, which are supplied by many types of ion sources, are accelerated, together with donor ions of substances which have only a very low proton affinity, into a reaction cell. In the reaction cell, protons are transferred from... Agent: Law Offices Of Paul E. Kudirka

20070051887 - Cantilever and inspecting apparatus: The present invention provides a cantilever having a base fixed to an inspecting apparatus, a beam protruding from the base, and a probe fixed to an end of the beam, wherein: the probe is formed by use of a carbon nanotube; and the probe is fixed by metal layers from... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070051888 - System and method for determining a cross sectional feature of a structural element using a reference structural element: A system and method for determining a cross sectional feature of a measured structural element having a sub-micron cross section, the cross section is defined by an intermediate section that is located between a first and a second traverse sections. The method starts by a first step of scanning, at... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070051889 - System and method for identifying and classifying dynamic thermodynamic processes in mammals and discriminating between and among such processes: An infrared imaging camera (4) acquires a plurality of frames (94) of infrared radiation from a patient (P) positioned in a field-of-view (92) of the camera (4). Each frame (94) is acquired during a corresponding frame sample interval and each frame (94) corresponds to the infrared radiation acquired from an... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.c.

20070051890 - Sensor having differential polarization capability and a network comprised of several such sensors: Polarimetric processing capability is added to a typical sensor so that a target object can be more clearly distinguished from the background clutter in a given scenery. A polarizer with several segments of different polarization orientations is used to improve the typical sensor. The segments are sequentially advanced to pass... Agent: Amsam-l-g-i (ms. Anne Lanteigne) Us Army Aviation And Missile Command

20070051891 - Systems and methods for inspecting coatings: A system for detecting defects in paint coatings includes a temperature manipulation apparatus configured to change the temperature of a surface and a coating applied to the surface. The system may further include an infrared sensor for measuring the change in temperature of the surface and coating and a processor... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20070051892 - Detection of coincident radiations in a single transducer by pulse shape analysis: Pulse shape analysis determines if two radiations are in coincidence. A transducer is provided that, when it absorbs the first radiation produces an output pulse that is characterized by a shorter time constant and whose area is nominally proportional to the energy of the absorbed first radiation and, when it... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070051893 - Radiation detection circuit and radiological imaging apparatus using the same: There is a need for high-precision detection timing in a radiological imaging apparatus using a semiconductor detector so as to decrease time variations against a noise and easily correct process variations. A radiation detection circuit includes: a semiconductor detector; charge accumulation means connected to the semiconductor detector; a circuit to... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge Pc

20070051895 - Radiation detector: A radiation detector comprises pixel electrodes which collect charges, a photoelectric converting layer which is provided on the pixel electrodes and which converts incident radiation into the charges, and which contains at least one or more kinds of heavy metal halide (ABn:A=heavy metal, B=halogen, n=either one of 1, 2, and... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070051894 - X-ray detector: The invention relates to a detector for an X-ray apparatus, which detector comprises a substrate (1) of amorphous or preferably crystalline silicon with an array (2) of sensor element (3) disposed thereon. Integrated electronic modules (4) having analog-digital converters disposed thereon are mounted on one edge (5) of the substrate... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070051896 - Radiation detection device, scintillator panel, method of making the same, making apparatus, and radiation image pick-up system: There are provided a scintillator (130) comprising a structure in which a plurality of scintillator layers (131, 132, 135) having columnar crystal structures are stacked with, and a radiation detection device using the scintillator. There are also provided a scintillator (130) comprising a structure in which a plurality of scintillator... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070051897 - Radio-frequency accelerating cavity and circular accelerator: An RF accelerating cavity includes an accelerating cavity unit and an inductance varying device having a magnetic member connected parallel to an acceleration electrode gap. The RF accelerating cavity is tuned in such a fashion that a charged particle beam acceleration frequency matches a resonant frequency of the RF accelerating... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20070051898 - Ionising particle analyser enabling for example the separation of the fluorescent yield (fy) and the total electron yield (tey) in exafs (extended x-ray absorption fine structure) measurements: An ionising particle analyser comprises a source of ionising particles, a charged particle detector, and an ionisable gas located between the source and the detector. The analyser further comprises a charged particle impeding device located between the source and the detector. The charged particle impeding device is arranged to be... Agent: David B. Smith Michael Best & Friedrich

20070051899 - Maldi sample plate imaging workstation: The invention provides an apparatus for producing an image of a global surface of an ion source sample plate that is exterior to an ion source. In general terms, the apparatus contains a sample plate for an ion source, an imaging device (e.g., a CCD or CMOS camera) and an... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070051900 - Atomic level ion source and method of manufacture and operation: Ion source and method of making and sharpening. The ion source is a single crystal metal conductor having a substantially conical tip portion with substantial rotational symmetry. The tip portion terminates with a tip radius of curvature in the range of 50-100 nanometers. The ion source is made by electrochemical... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20070051901 - Ultraviolet reflecting compositions: Thermoplastic compositions that reflect ultraviolet light are provided herein, along with articles of manufacture and methods of fluid purification using the same. The thermoplastic compositions preferably comprise a suitable thermoplastic material and microparticles of UV reflective material, such as aluminum or stainless steel. The thermoplastic compositions are useful, for example,... Agent: Nicholas M. Boivin Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070051902 - Apparatus for reducing contaminants in fluid stream comprising a dielectric barrier excimer discharge lamp: An apparatus for reducing contaminants in a fluid stream, the apparatus comprising at least one light source for producing radiant energy to produce radicals in the fluid stream, whereby the light source is a dielectric barrier excimer discharge lamp.... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070051903 - Optical detection apparatus and method thereof: An optical detection apparatus and method thereof is provided, which is applicable for detecting the image signals of a labeled sample. First, a laser module provides excitation light, and the excitation light is continuously reflected by a scan module for providing linear scanning light by changing a reflection angle. The... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070051904 - Gantry system for particle therapy, therapy plan or radiation method for particle therapy with such a gantry system: A gantry system for particle therapy system, therapy plan and radiation method for a particle therapy with such a gantry system is provided. The gantry system for a particle therapy system includes a particle beam. A first beam guiding device rotatable about an axis of rotation of the gantry guides... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070051905 - Charged particle beam irradiation system and method of extracting charged particle beam: A charged particle beam irradiation system includes an accelerator for accelerating a charged particle beam, a beam irradiation apparatus having a beam energy modulator and arranged for irradiating an object with the charged particle beam extracted from the accelerator and having passed the beam energy modulator, which is rotated and... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.c.

20070051907 - Device for generating x-ray or xuv radiation: Device for generating X-ray or XUV radiation includes a device for directing a particle beam of electrically charged particles towards a target. A deflection device for deflecting the particle beam is such that the central axis of the particle beam passes through a first point of deflection and a second... Agent: Shlesinger, Arkwright & Garvey LLP

20070051906 - Method and apparatus for determining the resistance of materials to light and corrosives: An accelerated weather testing apparatus includes a test chamber, a lamp (16), a dispenser (18, 20), and a specimen support (14). The lamp is capable of generating UV radiation and directing the radiation towards the specimen support. The dispenser connects to an associated liquid source to dispense either water or... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070051908 - Systems and methods for improving calibration of a linear array sensor: Systems and methods provide calibration for a linear array sensor. A test pattern having a plurality of lines is used. Comparison between expected and measured spacing between a pair of neighboring lines is used to determine sensor position displacement.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20070045509 - Optical pickup, information processing apparatus and signal processing method: An optical pickup for recording or reproducing information to an optical disk, includes: a first photodetector for detecting a return light from the optical disk, wherein the first photodetector is configured so that the first photodetector is divided into three portions in a radial direction corresponding to a radial direction... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070045516 - Array substrate and display apparatus having the same: An array substrate includes a base substrate, an input pad part, a first output part, a second output pad part, a pixel array, and a signal transmitting part. The input pad part and the first output pad part are disposed at the chip mounting area of the base substrate. The... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070045510 - Contact image sensor: A contact image sensor includes a white light source for generating a white light and transmitting the white light to an object; a monochromatic light sensor for sensing at least one monochromatic light of the white light reflected from the object in order to scan the object in a color... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070045517 - Image sensor: In an embodiment example of the present invention, an image sensor comprises a filter used for an extraction of a specific color component of an incident light, a light receiving element which observes the incident light via the filter, a compensating filter having a transmission restraining characteristic in a visible... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070045513 - Image sensors with optical trench: A device and method for providing an optical trench structure for a pixel which guides incoming light onto the photosensor of the pixel. The optical trench structure has an optically reflecting barrier that substantially mitigates optical crosstalk. The optical trench structure is made of low dielectric constant material with an... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070045514 - Method and apparatus providing a two-way shared storage gate on a four-way shared pixel: A method of operating a pixel array includes activating a global storage signal to store a photosensor charge in a first storage region of each pixel, activating a first reset signal for pixels in a first row to reset a second storage region of first row pixels, sampling the reset... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070045511 - Method and apparatus providing an optical guide in image sensor devices: A device and method for providing an optical guide of a pixel to guide incoming light to/from a photo-conversion device of the pixel to improve the optical crosstalk immunity. The optical guide includes an optically reflecting barrier formed as a trench filled with a material which produces reflection. The trench... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070045512 - Method for re-forming an image sensor: A method for A method for re-forming an image sensor comprising the steps of: Providing an image sensor package element formed with an upper end having a substrate and a bottom end having a glass. Providing a film tape adhered to the glass of the image sensor. Providing a vacuum... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20070045515 - Microelectronic imaging devices and associated methods for attaching transmissive elements: Microelectronic imaging devices and associated methods for attaching transmissive elements are disclosed. A manufacturing method in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes providing an imager workpiece having multiple image sensor dies configured to detect energy over a target frequency. The image sensor dies can include an image sensor... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070045518 - Solid-state image pickup device and image pickup camera: A solid-state image pickup device 20 according to the present invention includes a plurality of light-receiving sensor portions 2 arrayed in the horizontal and vertical directions and interconnection layers of a plurality of layers formed through interlayer insulators so as to form opening portions 423 at their portions corresponding to... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070045519 - Photocurrent amplifier circuit and optical pick-up device: A photocurrent amplifier circuit is capable of selectively amplifying one or more of photocurrents which are respectively obtainable from plural receiving devices, and can be realized to have a small size. The photocurrent amplifier circuit includes: light receiving devices; amplifier devices associated with the light receiving devices; device selector switches... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070045520 - Photoelectric conversion device and imaging device: A photoelectric conversion device comprising: a substrate; a conducting layer; a photoelectric conversion layer; and a transparent conducting layer provided in this order, wherein the transparent conducting layer has a thickness of not more than ⅕ of that of the photoelectric conversion layer.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070045521 - Optical distribution module and signal processing device: An optical distribution module includes at least one light emitting element that converts an optical signal to an electrical signal, at least one light receiving element that converts the optical signal to the electrical signal, and a distribution circuit that is arranged so as to optically couple the light emitting... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070045522 - Omnidirectional electromagnetic sensing device: An omnidirectional electromagnetic sensing device is provided, including a passive sensor and a metal plate having a convex surface. By using the metal convex surface to reflect and collect electromagnetic waves from various angles, the passive sensor is not limited to the sensible angle of the sensor. The presence of... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070045523 - Integrating chamber cone light using led sources: A system to provide radiant energy of selectable spectral characteristic (e.g. a selectable color combination) uses an integrating cavity to combine energy of different wavelengths from different sources. The cavity has a diffusely reflective interior surface and an aperture for allowing emission of combined radiant energy. Sources of radiant energy... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070045524 - Intelligent solid state lighting: A light fixture, using one or more solid state light emitting elements utilizes a diffusely reflect chamber to provide a virtual source of uniform output light, at an aperture or at a downstream optical processing element of the system. Systems disclosed herein also include a detector, which detects electromagnetic energy... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070045525 - Optical encoder and controller for the same: An optical encoder includes a controller electrically connected to an optical sensor to discriminate displacement information of a glass disc. The controller comprises a pair of analog amplifiers for amplifying quadrature periodical output signals of the optical sensor, a pair of A/D converters electrically connected to the analog amplifiers for... Agent: Hdsl

20070045526 - Optical encoder with integrated index channel: An optical encoder includes an encoder pattern having (i) an A/B pattern of first areas and second areas alternating in a first direction, wherein the first areas have a different optical transmissivity or reflectivity than the second areas, and (ii) an index pattern disposed adjacent the A/B pattern in the... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070045527 - Laser irradiation mass spectrometer: The present invention provides a laser irradiation mass spectrometer capable of analyzing components of living tissue or living cells with high accuracy. It includes a laser unit for irradiating a sample with a beam of laser light and controlling the irradiation spot of the laser beam on the sample; and... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070045528 - Order charge separation and order-charge type separation: Apparatus or a device for producing order charge and/or order-charged matter, and/or a source of the same and/or apparatus and/or techniques for extracting the same. A device and/or apparatus for separating and/or concentrating and/or purifying the said order charge and/or order-charged matter, either collectively (e.g. mixture of charge types), and/or... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070045529 - Mass spectrometry data analysis engine: A data processing engine for an automated mass spectrometry system is provided that identifies analyte and spike peak locations in spectral data based upon mass spectrometer tunings and solution identities. The data processing engine calculates analyte concentrations based upon spectral responses at the identified peak locations.... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070045530 - Systems and methods for ion mobility control: The invention provides, in various embodiments, systems and methods relating to controlling ion behavior in an ion-based analysis system.... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070045531 - Lens device for introducing a second ion beam into a primary ion path: The invention provides a device for introducing ions into the primary ion path of a mass spectrometry system. In general, the device contains an electrical lens having a primary ion passageway and a secondary ion passageway that merges with the primary ion passageway. In certain embodiments, the electrical lens contains... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070045532 - Apparatus and method for gas flow management: The invention described herein provides a mass spectrometry system, having an ion source including an ionization device for producing ions, a collection conduit adjacent to the ionization device for collecting ions produced by the ionization device, a first gas source for supplying gas to desolvate ions produced by the ionization... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070045533 - Novel linear ion trap for mass spectrometry: A method for manipulating ions in an ion trap includes storing ions, spatially compressing, and ejecting selected ions according to mass-to-charge ratio. An ion trap includes an injection port, an arm having a first and a second end for confining and spatially compressing the ions, and an ejection port for... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070045534 - Apparatus and method for controlled particle beam manufacturing: A chamber for exposing a workpiece to charged particles includes a charged particle source for generating a stream of charged particles, a collimator configured to collimate and direct the stream of charged particles from the charged particle source along an axis, a beam digitizer downstream of the collimator configured to... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070045535 - Electrical contact device of probe card: An electrical contact device of a probe card includes a base and probes on the base. The base has a top side with a cavity thereon, and the cavity has sidewalls connected to the top side. Anchored portion are provided on the sidewalls of the cavity. Each of the probes... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070045538 - Image processing apparatus for analysis of pattern matching failure: Information indicating the reason for a failure of template matching is provided. Difference information between a first image, which is referred to as a template, and a third image that is selected by the operator from a second image and that is larger than the template is displayed.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070045536 - Method for inspecting substrate, substrate inspecting system and electron beam apparatus: The present invention relates to a substrate inspection apparatus for inspecting a pattern formed on a substrate by irradiating a charged particle beam onto the substrate. The substrate inspection apparatus comprises: an electron beam apparatus including a charged particle beam source for emitting a charged particle beam, a primary optical... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070045537 - Microsystem manipulation apparatus: A microsystem manipulation apparatus and an associated kit is described that may be used to facilitate the assembly and testing of Microsystems and microsystem components. The microsystem manipulation apparatus may include a scanning electron microscope imaging system, a stage, and at least one manipulator having an associated tool. The microsystem... Agent: Philip D. Lane

20070045539 - Scanning electron microscope: A scanning electron microscope is disclosed. The primary electron beam is radiated on a reticle (specimen), and an observation image of the reticle is obtained using the electrons secondarily released. The microscope comprises a lamp for radiating the vacuum ultraviolet light having the wavelength of not more than 172 nm... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070045540 - Laser induced thermal imaging apparatus with contact frame: A laser induced thermal imaging (LITI) apparatus and a method of making an electronic device using the same are disclosed. The LITI apparatus includes a chamber, a substrate support, a contact frame, and a laser source or oscillator. The LITI apparatus transfers a transferable layer from a film donor device... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070045541 - Imaging detector array with optical readout: The present invention relates to thermal detectors and the application of such to devices and methods of detecting the infrared images using thermal detectors. For example, by using optical measuring systems in combination with at least one light source to measure changes position of a movable anchored surface coupled to... Agent: Venable, Campillo, Logan & Meaney, P.C.

20070045542 - Fenceline monitoring of air contaminants: Methods, systems, and computer program products for the fenceline monitoring of air contaminants. More particularly, methods, systems, and computer program products for correlating temporal variations between simultaneous measurements of at least one point monitor and an optical remote sensing (ORS) monitor to estimate the peak concentration of one or more... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20070045543 - System and method for detecting water vapor within natural gas: A system and method are disclosed for the detection of water vapor in a natural gas background. The system includes a light source operating in a wavelength range such as, 1.877-1.901 μm, 2.711-2.786 μm, or 920-960 nm, passes through the natural gas to be detected by a detector. In one... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20070045544 - System and method for defect detection by inducing acoustic chaos: A defect detection system for thermally imaging a structure that has been energized by sound energy. The system includes a transducer that couples a sound signal into the structure, where the sound signal induces acoustic chaos in the structure that causes defects in the structure to heat up. In one... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Lalone, .p.c

20070045545 - Hyperspectral sensor using tunable filter: A target-seeking-and-tracking system featuring hyperspectral sensing performed by a tunable filter and an infrared focal plane array is programmable to collect and process several hyperspectral bands of infrared radiation emanating from a target scenery. The programming is done by tuning the filter from time to time to collect several hyperspectral... Agent: Legal Office Amsam-l-g-i (ms. Anne Lanteigne)

20070045546 - Combined radiation dosimeter and rate meter: A radiation detector can perform both rate and dose measurements for personal safety and also to provide measurements that are sufficiently sensitive for security applications. In one embodiment, a radiation detector has a first measurement channel and a second measurement channel, where the second measurement channel can measure radiation at... Agent: Patent Law Offices Of David Millers

20070045547 - Method and apparatus for radiation detection: An imaging system for imaging an object has an x-ray source for emitting x-rays. A detection system has a plurality of position sensitive detector planes, and the object is located between the x-ray source and the detection system. A portion of the x-rays pass through said object and pass into... Agent: Snider & Associates

20070045548 - Method for calibrating a dual channel scanner background: A method for calibrating at least some individual light sensor elements of a linear sensor array of a scanner, wherein output values of first and second pluralities of elements are carried, respectively, by first and second output channels. A relative gain (Stored Gain) for each of such elements is calculated... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070045551 - Camera module apparatus with ir-cut-coated window glass: The present invention relates to a camera module apparatus with an IR-cut-coated window glass including a lower housing; a printed circuit board that is installed on the lower housing and is provided with an image sensor; a lens holder that is installed on the printed circuit board and is provided... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070045549 - Method for adjusting the visual qualities of images displayed on a monitor and related monitor: A method is provided. The method includes displaying a first image pixel on a first display pixel of a plurality of display pixels of a monitor, and displaying a second image pixel following the first image pixel on a portion of sub-pixels of the first display pixel and a portion... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070045550 - Miniature camera module with lens containing image sensor: An image sensor is mounted on a substrate. A base is further formed on the substrate. The base has an opening above the image sensor. A filter is fixed to the opening of the base. The filter has a projecting dam member in a peripheral portion thereof. A lens barrel... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070045553 - Light or radiation detecting unit manufacturing method, and a light or radiation detecting unit manufactured by this method: At least part of a readout pattern including carrier collecting electrodes, capacitors, thin-film transistors, data lines and gate lines is formed by vapor deposition or printing. This is formed separately from a semiconductor thick film. The semiconductor thick film and readout pattern constitute a flat panel X-ray detector (FPD) is... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070045552 - Radiation image pickup apparatus: To provide a low power consuming image pickup apparatus, for a radiation image pickup apparatus using an FPD, which can sufficiently initialize dark current component stored in the photoelectric conversion element, specifically electric charges trapped at the trap level. After the power to the radiation image pickup apparatus has been... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070045555 - Glass: A glass or scintillating glass contains Tb2O3 and/or Eu2O3, and a content of at least one of Tb2O3 and Eu2O3 is 0.01 to 15 mol percent on the oxide basis. The glass or scintillating glass contains none of Ga2O3 and GeO2 and has a density of 3.0 g/cm3 or over.... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070045554 - Radiation detector: A radiation detector comprises an electrode substrate, pixel electrodes provided on the electrode substrate, and detecting electric signals, a radiation conversion layer provided on the pixel electrodes, and converting incident radiations into electric signals, upper electrodes provided at a position on the radiation conversion layer opposite to the pixel electrodes,... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070045556 - Radiation detecting apparatus, radiation imaging apparatus and radiation imaging system: A radiation detecting apparatus according to the present invention includes: pixels including switching elements arranged on an insulating substrate and conversion elements arranged on the switching elements to convert a radiation into electric carriers, the switching elements and the conversion elements are connected with each other, the pixels two-dimensionally arranged... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070045558 - Method for determining lens errors in a particle-optical device: The invention relates to a method for determining lens errors in a Scanning Electron Microscope, more specifically to a sample that enables such lens errors to be determined. The invention describes, for example, the use of cubic MgO crystals which are relatively easy to produce as so-called ‘self-assembling’ crystals on... Agent: Michael O. Scheinberg

20070045557 - Technique for implementing a variable aperture lens in an ion implanter: A technique for implementing a variable aperture lens in an ion implanter is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a variable aperture lens. The variable aperture lens may comprise a first electrode element. The variable aperture lens may also comprise a second electrode element.... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070045559 - Method of operating liquid in the vacuum or low-pressure environment and observing the operation and device for the operation and observation: A method of operating liquid in a vacuum or low-pressure environment and observing the operation and a device for the operation and the observation respectively, including the steps of preparing a housing, putting the housing in the vacuum or low-pressure environment and keep a predetermined temperature difference between liquid, vapor,... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070045560 - Charged particle beam apparatus: To include a focused ion beam apparatus fabricating a sliced specimen by processing a specimen as well as observing the sliced specimen, a scanning electron microscope observing the slice specimen, a gas-ion beam irradiation apparatus performing finishing processing by irradiating a gas-ion beam onto a surface of the sliced specimen,... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq.

20070045561 - Ultraviolet light treatment chamber: This invention relates generally to methods and apparatuses for the treatment of liquids and gases using ultraviolet light. In one embodiment, a substantially enclosed chamber coated with a reflective material containing an ultraviolet lamp and an ultraviolet transmissive tube running through the chamber for the treatment of liquid passed therethrough... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070045562 - Systems and methods for controlling ambient pressure during processing of microfeature workpieces, including during immersion lithography: Systems and methods for controlling ambient pressure during processing of microfeature workpieces, including during immersion lithography, are disclosed. A system in accordance with one embodiment includes a support configured to carry a microfeature workpiece with a surface of the microfeature workpiece at a support location, and a liquid supply device... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070045563 - Fabricating method of semiconductor light-emitting device: A fabricating method of a semiconductor light-emitting device includes the step of forming a wafer including a multi-layered semiconductor film epitaxially grown on a base substrate and containing an active layer, the step of performing pass/fail judgment of the active layer by photo-exciting the active layer in the wafer and... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070045564 - Glass: A glass or scintillating glass contains, in mol percent on the oxide basis, 0.005% to 15% Ce2O3, and it contains none of Ga2O3 and GeO2 and has a density of 3.0 g/cm3 or over. More preferably, the glass or scintillating glass further contains F wherein a total amount of F... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070045565 - Radiation image conversion panel and manufacturing method thereof: An object is to provide a radiation image conversion panel minimizing deterioration of sensitivity and sharpness due to improved moisture resistance, as well as a method of preparing a radiation image conversion panel exhibiting high production efficiency. Also disclosed is a radiation image conversion panel possessing a support having thereon... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070045566 - Substrate alignment using linear array sensor: The position of a substrate's edge is detected using a substrate alignment system that includes, in part, a light source, an optical module adapted to receive a light emanating from the light source to form a multi-dimensional light beam; and an array sensor positioned at a focal plane of the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070045567 - Particle beam processing apparatus and materials treatable using the apparatus: The present invention is directed to a particle beam processing apparatus that is smaller in size and operates at a higher efficiency, and also directed to an application of such apparatus to treat a coating on a substrate of a treatable material, such as for flexible packaging. The processing apparatus... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070045569 - Ion implant beam angle integrity monitoring and adjusting: A system, method and program product for monitoring the beam angle integrity of an ion beam generated by an ion implanter system are disclosed. The invention utilizes at least one template with each template having a template surface that impedes the motion of an ion. Each template is configured such... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & D'alessandro

20070045571 - Method for arranging semiconductor wafer to ion-beam in disk-type implantation: Disclosed is a method for arranging a semiconductor wafer in a disk-type ion implantation apparatus and/or process. In the present method, the wafer is arranged to satisfy conditions of A=T and R=W, where T represents an angle between the ion beam and a normal axis to the plane of the... Agent: The Law Offices Of Andrew D. Fortney, Ph.d., P.C.

20070045568 - Method for reducing particles during ion implantation: A method for reducing particles during ion implantation is provided. The method involves the use of an improved Faraday flag including a beam plate having thereon a beam striking zone comprising a recessed trench pattern on which the ion beam scans to and fro. An ion beam selected from the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070045570 - Technique for improving ion implanter productivity: A technique for improving ion implanter productivity is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method for improving productivity of an ion implanter having an ion source chamber. The method may comprise supplying a gaseous substance to the ion source chamber, the gaseous substance... Agent: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Assc., Inc.

20070045572 - Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method utilizing a multiple dictionary compression method for fpd: A lithographic apparatus comprises an array of individually controllable elements that modulate a beam of radiation, a compressed-pattern memory that stores a compressed representation of a requested dose pattern to be formed on a substrate by the modulated beam, and a dictionary decompressor that at least partially decompress the compressed... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC

20070045573 - Euv radiation source with high radiation output based on a gas discharge: The invention is directed to an arrangement for generating EUV radiation based on a gas discharge plasma with high radiation emission in the range between 12 nm and 14 nm. It is the object of the invention to find a novel possibility for plasma-based radiation generation with high radiation output... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070045575 - Methods and systems for positioning a laser beam spot relative to a semiconductor integrated circuit using a processing target as a metrology target: Various methods and systems measure, determine, or align a position of a laser beam spot relative to a semiconductor substrate having structures on or within the semiconductor substrate to be selectively processed by delivering a processing laser beam to a processing laser beam spot. The various methods and systems utilize... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP

20070045574 - Methods and systems for positioning a laser beam spot relative to a semiconductor integrated circuit using a processing target as an alignment target: A method and system position a laser beam spot relative to a semiconductor substrate having structures on or within the semiconductor substrate to be selectively processed by delivering a processing laser beam to a processing laser beam spot. The method generates a metrology laser beam and propagates the metrology laser... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP

20070045576 - Apparatus for and method of erasing residual radiation image: A phototimer detects the dose of an X-ray radiation that has passed through a stimulable phosphor panel, and a stored quantity calculator calculates the quantity of radiation energy stored in the stimulable phosphor panel. An irradiation time ratio setting unit reads an irradiation time ratio from an irradiation time ratio... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070045577 - Cassette processing apparatus: A cassette processing apparatus has a plurality of stack units for holding respective cassettes in an array, and a tilting mechanism for tilting the cassettes held by the respective stack units at respective different angles depending on the types of the cassettes. The tilting mechanism has a rotatable shaft connected... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC