Radiant energy inventions 06/07

20070145233 - Color image sensor unit and image reading apparatus using the sensor unit and control method therefor: A color image sensor which uses a sensor array that has, as a lighting light source, 3-color light emitting elements capable of independently controlling light emitting timings respectively and at least three pixel arrays respectively constituted by a plurality of pixels, respective pixel arrays being comprising color filters having different... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070145234 - Eye-protection device having dual high voltage switching: An auto darkening eye protection device including a shutter assembly, a control circuit, and a power supply. The control circuit includes a sensing circuit for sensing the occurrence of welding, and a delivery circuit to provide signals to the shutter assembly to cause the shutter assembly to transition to the... Agent: Dunlap, Codding & Rogers P.C.

20070145235 - Obstacle-detectable mobile robotic device: An obstacle-detectable mobile robotic device includes a frame body capable of traveling on a surface, a control circuit mounted to the frame body for controlling the traveling manner and direction of the frame body, and a detection system mounted to the frame body and electrically connected with the control circuit.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070145238 - Method for manufacturing mask and cmos image sensor: A mask for forming a microlens pattern and a CMOS image sensor manufactured using the mask for forming a microlens pattern is provided. The mask includes a transparent substrate, a plurality of light-blocking layers, and a dummy pattern. The plurality of light-blocking layers are formed on the transparent substrate to... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20070145242 - Compound-eye imaging device: A compound-eye imaging device comprises: an optical lens array with integrated multiple optical lenses; a photodetector array for imaging images formed by the optical lenses; and a light shielding block placed between the two arrays for partitioning a space between the two arrays into a matrix of spaces as seen... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070145239 - Image sensor and method of driving transfer transistor of image sensor: Provided is a 4-transistor CMOS image in which a driving condition or a pixel structure is changed so that a transfer transistor in a pixel operates in a pinch-off condition during reset and transfer operations in order to reduce dark current and fixed-pattern noise caused by a change in an... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070145240 - Method, apparatus and system providing configurable current source device for image sensors: A configurable current source for imager readout system that can be operated as a simple-current-source or as a cascode-current-source. The configurable current source can be operated in a simple-current-source mode during circumstances when a low power supply voltage or large output signal swing is needed to output a pixel signal.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070145236 - Photosensing throughout energy range and in subranges: An integrated circuit (IC) includes a photosensor array, some cells of which are reference cells that photosense throughout an application's energy range, while other cells of which are subrange cells that photosense within respective subranges. For example, the subrange cells can receive photons in their respective subranges from a transmission... Agent: Leading Edge Law Group, PLC/xerox-parc

20070145237 - Semiconductor imaging device: In an arrangement with four PDs (PD1 to PD4) aligned along the column direction sharing the signal voltage reading unit, respective elements are disposed in the order of: PD/FD1 and TG-Tr1,2/PD2/SF-Tr and SL-Tr/PD3/FD2 and TG-Tr3, 4/PD4/RS-Tr.... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070145241 - Solid state imaging device: A solid state imaging device has a semiconductor substrate with photodiodes and charge transfer sections formed thereon, transfer electrodes formed on the charge transfer sections across an insulating layer, and a light shielding layer to protect the charge transfer sections from light. The light shielding layer has openings to correspond... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070145244 - Image sensor: The present invention provides an image sensor capable of making waveforms of image signals, which are outputs from photoelectric converting elements, flat, and capable of acquiring image information in high precision. The image sensor includes: a plurality of photoelectric converting elements; a plurality of selecting switches provided in correspondence with... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070145243 - System and methods for dynamic range extension using variable length integration time sampling: A photo-detector generated signal is measured as a sample set comprising a long signal and a short signal. The short signal is scaled to the value of the long signal if the long signal exceeds a dynamic range associated with the photo detector. In one embodiment, the short signal is... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070145245 - Display of indicator lights in night vision devices using fiber optic screen: A night vision device includes an image intensifier tube and a fiber optic screen disposed in operative relationship to each other. The fiber optic screen includes a longitudinal bundle of multiple optical fibers, where the bundle has an outer surface. A groove is formed in the fiber optic screen and... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070145246 - Photosensitive cell with light guide: An integrated circuit having a photosensitive cell with an entry face, a photosensitive element and at least two elements forming a light guide and placed between the entry face and the photosensitive element. The second element is located between the first element and the entry face such that the two... Agent: Docket Clerk

20070145248 - Apparatus and method for providing high intensity non-coherent light and for speckle reduction: An apparatus adapted for confocal imaging of a non-flat specimen comprising a light source for producing a light beam, imaging optics adapted to focus the light beam into at least one spot on a surface of a specimen, and a detector adapted to receive and detect light reflected from the... Agent: Gary M. Nath Nath Law Group PLLC

20070145249 - Sensing photons from objects in channels: A fluidic structure includes a channel and along the channel is a series of sensing components to obtain information about objects traveling within the channel, such as droplets or other objects carried by fluid. At least one sensing component includes a set of cells of a photosensor array. The set... Agent: Leading Edge Law Group, PLC/xerox-parc

20070145250 - Sensor arrangement for a coating system: The invention concerns a sensor arrangement for a coating system for coating workpieces, with at least one sensor for detecting at least one operating quantity of the coating system and for generating a corresponding sensor signal, a transmitter connected to the sensor for transmitting the sensor signal, a receiver for... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070145251 - Optical sensor, optical temperature-measuring device and measuring method using the optical sensor: An optical sensor has: a sensing portion having an optical fiber to be disposed at a measurement point of temperature, distortion, pressure etc.; a light source to output a light to the sensing portion; and a photodetector to detect a backscattered light from the sensing portion. The sensing portion has... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070145252 - System and method for determining orientation based on solar positioning: Determination of the orientation of a unit is based on solar positioning. An actual measurement of the position of the sun is taken and compared to a theoretical determination of the position of the sun. By comparing the actual and theoretical positions, the orientation of the unit is determined in... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20070145253 - Apparatus for detecting rotational angle: An apparatus (100) for detecting rotational angle of a rotational element (110), includes a light emitting element (1) and an image detecting element (3). The light emitting element is disposed on the rotational element to emit light. The image detecting element has a plurality of reception zones (31, 32 .... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070145255 - Lens-equipped light-emitting diode device and method of manufacturing the same: A lens-equipped light-emitting diode device of the present invention includes a lead frame in which an electrode is formed, a light-emitting diode which is mounted on the electrode of the lead frame, an outer peripheral unit which is made of a first resin, which is provided on the lead frame,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070145254 - Packaging method for an assembly of image-sensing chip and circuit board: A packaging method for an assembly of image-sensing chip and circuit board, including steps of: preparing a module circuit board having several leads and module circuits on a surface, an image-sensing chip being mounted on the circuit board, wires being bonded from the image-sensing chip to the leads to electrically... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070145256 - Particle movement device: A process for moving a particle using a device, the device including a substrate, a wave guide and a grating formed on the wave guide. The process includes injecting light with wavelength λ into the wave guide, and diffracting the light transmitted through the guide to a medium with an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070145257 - Calibration method and apparatus for pixilated solid state detector: A system calibrates a solid state detector (20) for a radiation imaging device (10) in a single acquisition. A calibration phantom (40) emits radiation concurrently at at least first and second characteristic energy levels. A nuclear camera (16) generates associated sets of radiation data spanning both the first and second... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070145258 - Method and apparatus for automated spectral calibration: The disclosure generally relates to a method and apparatus for automated spectral calibration of a spectroscopy device. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a method for simultaneous calibration and spectral imaging of a sample by: simultaneously illuminating the sample and a calibrant with a plurality of illuminating photons; receiving,... Agent: Duane Morris LLP

20070145259 - Method of calibrating multi-channel nuclear energy spectra: Measurements made with a nuclear logging tool are partitioned into bins to provide an energy spectrum. The energy spectrum is calibrated by maximizing a measure of similarity with a reference spectrum.... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.C.

20070145260 - Instrumentation package and integrated radiation detector: An instrumentation package in broad terms includes at least one substantially cylindrical instrumentation component; a substantially cylindrical shield surrounding the instrumentation component, the shield having a diameter less than a standard predetermined diameter; and a sizing sleeve around the shield, thereby increasing the diameter of the sleeve to the standard... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20070145261 - Method, apparatus, and program product for quickly selecting complex molecules from a data base of molecules: The disclosed technology relates to the analysis of dissociation spectrum data that includes spectral peaks that represent fragments of a parent ion. The parent ion includes molecular subunits that are connected at cleavage sites. The technology accesses the dissociation spectrum data and determines a reference mass of one of the... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070145263 - Microfluidic device and manufacturing method thereof: A method of manufacturing a microfluidic device is described. A substrate having at least one device thereon is provided, wherein the device includes at least one channel. Next, a region beside the channel is heated, and then the substrate is pulled to neck the region such that at least one... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070145262 - On-chip electrochemical flow cell: A microfluidic device including at least one microfabricated electrochemical flow cell and method of manufacturing such a device are disclosed herein. The electrochemical cell comprising at least a substrate, wherein the substrate has a front face and a back face; a channel wall bonded to the front face of the... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070145264 - Ion fragmentation parameter selection systems and methods: In some embodiments, a tandem (MS/MS) mass spectrometry method includes selecting a collision-induced dissociation (CID) voltage amplitude and a q-parameter value for a quadrupole ion trap to optimize a daughter ion fragmentation process for a given parent ion mass-to-charge (m/z) ratio. The q and CID voltage values may be selected... Agent: Varian Inc. Legal Department

20070145267 - Portable scanning electron microscope: One embodiment relates to a portable scanning electron microscope (SEM) system. The system includes a portable SEM device including a CRT-type gun and deflectors to generate and scan the electron beam. Another embodiment relates to a portable SEM device which includes a CRT-type gun and deflectors to generate and scan... Agent: Okamoto & Benedicto LLP

20070145269 - Electron anti-fogging baffle used as a detector: Methods and apparatus to facilitate the measurement of the amount of scattered electrons collected by an anti-fogging baffle arrangement are provided. For some embodiments, by affixing a lead to an electrically isolated (floating) portion of the baffle arrangement, the amount of scattered electrons collected thereby may be read out, for... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070145266 - Electron microscope apparatus using crt-type optics: One embodiment relates to an apparatus which utilizes an electron beam for inspection or metrology of a substrate. The apparatus includes a CRT-type gun and deflectors to generate and scan the electron beam. The CRT-type gun may optionally be in a sealed vacuum. Another embodiment relates to a method of... Agent: Okamoto & Benedicto LLP

20070145270 - Method and apparatus of reviewing defects on a semiconductor device: To realize reliable on-film/under-film defect classification (classification into 3 classes of on-film, under-film, and determination-disabled) with determination propriety determination, an on-film/under-film defect classification method and a method of narrowing a range of defect generation timing are given, the methods being robust to 4 variation factors, wherein an edge of a... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070145265 - Method of scanning: A method of scanning is disclosed comprising, providing a scanning system (10) having a sample holder (14) and a relatively movable scanning device (18), performing a scan of at least a part of an object (22) located on the sample holder (14), establishing orientation of the sample holder and interpreting... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070145268 - Ultra-thin liquid control plate and combination of box-like member and the control plate: An ultra-thin liquid control plate and a combination of a box-like member and the control plat include a plate-like member having at least one view hole. The joint surface combined with a sidewall of the view hole and a surface of the plate-like member is provided with at least one... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070145271 - Quantum information conversion between matter and light representations: Structures and methods allow: transfer of quantum information represented using the states of light to a representation using the states of matter systems; transfer of quantum information represented by the states of matter systems to a representation using the states of light; and error resistant encoding of quantum information using... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070145272 - Optoelectronic apparatus and method of operating the optoelectronic apparatus: A method for the detection of an object includes transmitting light in the direction of a reflector by a transmitter. The transmitted light is reflected by the reflector and is imaged as a reflector image and is detected by the receiver. The reflector image is evaluated and an object detection... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070145273 - High-sensitivity infrared color camera: A method in a high-sensitivity infrared color camera includes selectively passing visible spectral energy and non-visible spectral energy through a color filter array, generating a color image corresponding to a spatial distribution of the visible and non-visible spectral energy from the color filter array, and mapping the spatial distribution of... Agent: Daniel E. Ovanezian Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20070145274 - Infrared sensor, infrared camera, method of driving infrared sensor, and method of driving infrared camera: An infrared sensor includes an imaging area including infrared detection pixels; row selection lines; a signal line; a row selection circuit generating a column voltage in the signal line; a column amplifier including a first amplifying transistor which generates an amplification voltage obtained by amplifying the column voltage and a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070145275 - Method for detecting a gas species using a super tube waveguide: A method for detecting the concentration of one or more gas species by using infrared radiation emitted from one or more sources into a sample cell which is a hollow waveguide with multiple bends collectively greater than 180 degrees in three dimensions, the infrared radiation being quasi-focused into a beam... Agent: Wagner, Anderson & Bright, LLP

20070145276 - Method of analyzing a remotely-located object utilizing an optical technique to detect terahertz radiation: A method of analyzing a remotely-located object includes the steps of inducing a volume of an ionized ambient gas to emit pulsed terahertz radiation directed toward a targeted object by focusing an optical pump beam in the volume and ionizing another volume of the ambient gas to produce a sensor... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20070145277 - Passive infra-red detectors: A passive infra-red detector including at least three sub-detectors, each sub-detector being operative to receive infra-red radiation from a corresponding one of at least three sub fields-of-view, each sub field-of-view being exclusively defined by an optical element which does not define any other sub field of view, the sub fields-of-view... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070145278 - Filtered back-projection algorithm for compton telescopes: A method for the conversion of Compton camera data into a 2D image of the incident-radiation flux on the celestial sphere includes detecting coincident gamma radiation flux arriving from various directions of a 2-sphere. These events are mapped by back-projection onto the 2-sphere to produce a convolution integral that is... Agent: Deputy Laboratory Counsel For Intellectual Property

20070145279 - Nuclear medicine diagnostic apparatus: A nuclear medicine diagnostic apparatus provided with a correction radiation source, which is not made large-scale but preventing contamination of radiation for correction in a stable operation to improve a tomographic image of a test object being imaged, in image quality. The nuclear medicine diagnostic apparatus comprises a radiation detector... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070145280 - Remote triggered x-ray image capture device: Systems and methods are presented herein for generating an X-ray image where the X-ray image generator has no electrical connection with an X-ray source which generates the X-rays. In an exemplary embodiment a photon sensor is positioned behind an x-ray permeable mirror. When the photon sensor senses photons, a camera,... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070145281 - Lens system for nuclear medicine gamma ray camera: A gamma ray camera system is provided, which includes a lens system comprising at least one crystal diffraction lens, and a camera. The camera is configured to perform gamma ray imaging of a first region of a volume of interest using the lens system, and perform gamma ray imaging of... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20070145283 - Planar image detector: In a planar radiation image detector with a number of photosensor elements arranged like a matrix, the photosensor elements being activated via at least one associated switching element and each exhibiting at least one storage element with a predetermined capacity, the storage elements are arranged above and/or below the photosensor... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070145284 - Planar image detector: A planar image detector with a number of photosensor elements arranged like a matrix, the photosensor elements being activated by at least one associated switching element and respectively exhibiting at least one memory element with a predetermined capacity. A predetermined number of phototransistors each have a gate electrode that exhibits... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070145285 - Radiographic imaging substrate, radiographic imaging apparatus, and radiographic imaging system: A radiographic imaging apparatus, comprising: a photoelectric conversion substrate including a pixel area where there are arranged a plurality of pixels each formed of a photoelectric conversion element and a switching element connected to the photoelectric conversion element in a matrix formed on an insulating substrate, a bias line for... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070145282 - Remote triggered x-ray image capture device: Systems and methods are presented herein for generating an X-ray image wherein the X-ray image generator has no electrical connection with an X-ray source which generates the X-rays. The X-ray image generator comprises a screen which converts at least a portion of the X-rays generated by the source into light;... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070145286 - Single-point measurement of high-z additives in sheets: An apparatus, method and computer program product for determining a concentration of a high-Z material in a material sample. The method comprises steps of: receiving a material sample and subjecting the material sample to a first sensor device that is substantially ash insensitive for generating a first sensor response signal,... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070145289 - Closed observational device for electron microscope: A closed observational device for an electron microscope is formed of a housing. The housing includes a liquid chamber formed therein, at least one view hole formed at each of a top side thereof and a bottom side thereof and communicating with the liquid chamber and coaxially aligned with the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070145287 - Specimen box for electron microscope capable of observing general specimen and live cell: A specimen box for an electron microscope capable of observing a general specimen or a live cell is formed of a housing. The housing includes a receiving chamber formed therein and at least one view hole formed on each of a top side thereof and a bottom side thereof and... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070145290 - Liquid cell: A liquid cell 1 for fixing a sample S in a condition in which the sample S is dipped in a solution W, including a lower mount 2 including a bottom plate 10 having a mounting surface 10a on which the sample is mounted, and a wall section 11 disposed... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq. Suite 1231

20070145288 - Semi-closed observational environment for electron microscope: A semi-closed observational environment for an electron microscope includes a housing having at least two spacers for partitioning itself into a receiving chamber, a gas chamber below the receiving chamber, a buffer chamber below the gas chamber, at least one gas inlet formed at the gas chamber, and at least... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070145291 - Air sterilizing system: A system for sterilizing air includes an air duct for flowing the air therethrough. A first electron beam generator is positioned relative to the duct for irradiating the air flowing therethrough with a first electron beam. The first electron beam for disabling biological substances within the air.... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070145292 - Sterilization of handles and other gripping surfaces: A self-sterilizing handle or other gripping apparatus. The apparatus and method of the invention have to do with sterilizing a gripping surface with germicidal ultraviolet light. Embodiments of an apparatus are disclosed which provide for periodic and repeated exposure of a gripping surface to the UV radiation. The gripping surface... Agent: Law Office Of Rod D. Baker

20070145293 - Secure tag validation: A programmable device for validating a secure tag. The device comprises: an excitation source; a controller coupled to the excitation source; a detector coupled to the controller; and a communications port coupled to the controller. The controller receives updated time period information via the communications port. During operation, the controller... Agent: Christopher P. Ricci Intellectual Property Section, Law Department

20070145294 - Lead free barium sulfate electrical insulator and method of manufacture: A high voltage insulator and radiation shield made of barium sulfate composite having a polymer matrix and barium sulfate therein. The device may be made by casting. By means of use of various combinations of barium sulfate, other radiologically resistant materials, polymers, and third components, the physical, radiological and electrical... Agent: Barber Legal

20070145297 - Method for cleaning a lithographic apparatus module, cleaning arrangement for a lithographic apparatus module and lithographic apparatus comprising the cleaning arrangement: A cleaning arrangement for a lithographic apparatus module may be provided in a collector. The cleaning arrangement includes a hydrogen radical source configured to provide a hydrogen radical containing gas to at least part of the module and a pump configured to pump gas through the module such that a... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070145296 - Method for cleaning a lithographic apparatus module, cleaning arrangement for a lithographic apparatus module and lithographic apparatus comprising the cleaning arrangement: A cleaning arrangement for a lithographic apparatus module may be provided in a collector. The cleaning arrangement includes a hydrogen radical source configured to provide a hydrogen radical containing gas to at least part of the module and a pump configured to pump gas through the module such that a... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070145295 - Radical cleaning arrangement for a lithographic apparatus: A cleaning arrangement is configured to clean an EUV optic of an EUV lithographic apparatus. The partial radical pressure ranges between 0.1-10 Pa. The cleaning arrangement can be configured inside a cleaning cocoon of the lithographic apparatus for offline cleaning. It can also be configured at particular positions inside the... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070145298 - Ion beam angle measurement systems and methods for ion implantation systems: Angle of incidence measurements along an axis of ion implantation are obtained by employing positive and negative slot structures. The positive slot structures have entrance openings, exit openings, and slot profiles there between that obtain portion(s) of an ion beam having a selected range of angles in a positive direction.... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates, LLC National City Bank Building

20070145299 - Method and apparatus for specimen fabrication: A specimen fabrication apparatus including: a sample stage to mount or hold a sample substrate, an ion beam irradiating optical system to irradiate the sample substrate with an ion beam, a specimen holder to mount a specimen obtained from the sample substrate, a transferring means including a probe, and a... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070145300 - Method and apparatus for specimen fabrication: A specimen fabrication apparatus, including: an ion beam irradiating optical system to irradiate a sample placed in a chamber, with an ion beam, a specimen holder to mount a specimen separated by the irradiation of the ion beam, a holder cassette to hold the specimen holder, and a sample stage... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070145301 - Method and apparatus for specimen fabrication: A specimen fabrication apparatus including: a vacuum chamber that accommodates a sample stage to mount a sample, an irradiating optical system that irradiates a focused ion beam to the sample to form a specimen, and a specimen holder placed in the vacuum chamber, to which said formed specimen is transferred... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070145302 - Method and apparatus for specimen fabrication: A system for analyzing a semiconductor device, including: a first specimen fabricating apparatus including: a vacuum chamber in which a sample substrate is placed, an ion beam irradiating optical system for forming a specimen on the sample substrate, a specimen holder to mount the specimen, and a probe for removing... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070145303 - Protecting aperture for charged particle emitter: A charged particle beam apparatus and a method are provided. The apparatus comprises a charged particle emitter located within a gun chamber, the gun chamber being adapted to encompass a first pressure; at least one further vacuum chamber adapted to encompass a second pressure between one order and four orders... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070145304 - Electron gun with a focusing anode, forming a window for said gun and application thereof to irradiation and sterilization: This gun comprises a chamber (2) under a vacuum, containing a cathode (6) with an emitting face (8) emitting electrons, and an anode (4) formed in one of the walls of the chamber and transparent to electrons. The anode is curved to resist the pressure difference between the inside and... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070145305 - Magnetically shielded container: A gas storage cell containing a nuclear spin polarized gas in a gas storage space surrounded by a cell wall made of an uncoated material having a surface substantially free of paramagnetic substances which is in contact with the gas storage space and a method for removing the nuclear spin... Agent: Watov & Kipnes, P.C.

20070145306 - Lithographic apparatus, method for calibrating and device manufacturing method: To calibrate a lithographic apparatus having a programmable patterning means, a sensor, such as a CCD, CMOS sensor or photo-diode array, having detector elements larger than the size of a spot corresponding to a single pixel of the programmable patterning means is used. Pixels are selectively activated singly or in... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070145307 - Optical translation of triangulation position measurement: An optical translation technique for moving the interrogation spot at which a triangulation system measures the displacement of a target is disclosed. In normal operation of the laser triangulation sensor, an incident laser beam is projected from a sensor head onto a surface of a web that is facing the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070145308 - Apparatus for identifying the condition of a conveyor belt: An apparatus for identifying the condition of a conveyor belt (6) has a capturing device (12) which can be used to capture two-dimensional images (B) of successive belt sections (15) of the conveyor belt (6) during operation of the conveyor belt (6). The capturing device (12) and the evaluation device... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070145309 - High-temperature optical liquid level sensor: The invention provides an optical liquid level sensor used to determine the level of a liquid within a vessel. The sensor includes two adjacent elongated optical elements, such as optical fibers, which connect a first end, or “sensing end”, to a second end, or “non-sensing end”. The sensing end includes... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick Honeywell International Inc.

20070145310 - Radiation image readout apparatus: A radiation readout apparatus includes: a concave mirror defining a central optical axis; a refractive lens assembly spaced from the concave mirror and symmetrical with the optical axis; an optical assembly which is optically coupled to the refractive lens assembly; a color filter for filtering out leaked stimulating radiation; and... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070145312 - Apparatus for reading out x-ray information stored in storage phosphor layer: An apparatus (4) for reading out X-ray information stored in a storage phosphor layer (2) includes a support (10) onto which a storage phosphor plate (1) is laid. The storage phosphor plate (1) comprises the storage phosphor layer (2) and a support layer (3) onto which the storage phosphor layer... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20070145311 - Storage phosphor reader having frame vibration isolation: A storage phosphor reader apparatus reads exposed storage phosphors. The reader includes an outer frame assembly including a cassette handling assembly, located on the upper part of the outer frame assembly, for handling vertically oriented cassettes; an inner frame assembly; a first set of vibration isolators for mounting the inner... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070145313 - Image recording medium: In an electrostatic recorder including: a first electrode for transmitting radioactive rays; a recording photoconductive layer irradiated with the radioactive rays to generate charge; a charge transportation layer; a storage unit for storing the charge as an electrostatic latent image; a reading photoconductive layer irradiated with a reading light to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070138371 - Distance measuring system: A distance measuring device capable of being used in microscopes or other optical systems. Embodiments of the invention employ one or more scanning mirrors to scan a reference beam over a target to be inspected. The reference beam is returned and detected by a photodetector. The reference beam may be... Agent: Steven C. Johnson Dykas, Shaver & Nipper, LLP

20070138373 - Lead terminal leadout type electronic component, manufacturing method therefor and electronic equipment: The lead terminal leadout type electronic component of the present invention has a component main body and a plurality of lead terminals led out of the component main body and is mounted on a mount board in a floating state in which the lead terminals are inserted into corresponding insertion... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070138372 - Method and apparatus for intensity control of multiple light sources using source timing: A method and apparatus for controlling light intensity from two or more light sources. A timing scheme is used to modulate the light sources. Light from the light sources is combined to form a beam and a photo-sensor senses the beam. In a time interval when only one of the... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070138374 - Parallel kinematic machine, calibration method of parallel kinematic machine, and calibration program product: A parallel kinematic machine has a parallel kinematic mechanism including an end effecter and a parallel link mechanism. A numerical control device controls a position and orientation of the end effecter based on kinematics of the parallel kinematic mechanism. A posture setter sets an adjustment tool on the end effecter... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070138375 - Image sensor, test system and test method for the same: In one embodiment, the CMOS image sensor includes a plurality of pixels, and the plurality of pixels include active pixels and optical black pixels. At least one bias input structure is configured to receive a bias voltage and only supply the bias voltage to one or more of the optical... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070138376 - Nanoscale optical microscope: Nanoscale optical probes for use with nanoscale optical microscopy are disclosed herein. A nanoscale optical probe for use with a near-field scanning optical microscope includes an inner conductor having a top end, a bottom end, and a body; a dielectric material engaging the inner conductor; and an outer conductor engaging... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070138378 - Optical navigation device, and method for manufacturing same: An optical navigation sensor receives light that is produced by a light source and reflected from a surface. The optical navigation sensor has a silicon substrate having a plurality of photo-sensing regions, each of which receives a portion of the reflected light, and each of which provides a pixel of... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070138377 - Optical navigation system having a filter-window to seal an enclosure thereof: An optical navigation system is provided to sense relative movement between the system and a surface. Generally, the system includes: (i) an illuminator having a light source to illuminate a portion of the surface; (ii) a detector to receive light reflected from the portion of the surface; and (iii) an... Agent: William Nuttle

20070138380 - Funneled light pipe for pixel sensors: A photo sensing structure and methods for forming the same. The structure includes (a) a semiconductor substrate and (b) a photo collection region on the semiconductor substrate. The structure also includes a funneled light pipe on top of the photo collection region. The funneled light pipe includes (i) a bottom... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070138382 - Optical encoder: An optical encoder with improved resolution without narrowing either a slit pitch or a width in a moving direction of a light-receiving element is provided. A light-receiving block on a first row in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction is provided with four light-receiving elements 3 (A[1], B[1], A′[1],... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070138381 - Optical encoder system: An optical encoder is disclosed, the optical encoder generally including an encoder framework, a light source for emitting light, said light source mounted to the encoder framework, a light detector attached to the encoder framework and disposed to receive light emitted from the light source, a light interruption screen with... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20070138383 - Molecular activation for tandem mass spectroscopy: In a tandem mass spectrometer means are provided for molecular activation of ions prior to fragmentation. An embodiment of a tandem mass spectrometer comprises a first collision cell receiving analyte ions having an internal energy and a second collision cell situated downstream from the first collision cell wherein the first... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070138384 - Automated analysis of complex matrices using mass spectrometer: Improved systems, apparatus, methods, and programming useful for the automated analysis of complex compounds using mass spectrometers. Systems, apparatus, methods, and programming according to the invention provide for the automatic determination by a controller 54 of a mass spectrometer 14, 214 of an analysis operation to be implemented using the... Agent: Torys LLP

20070138385 - Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometer mapping of cells and tissue: A method of analyzing a cell. A finely focused energetic primary-ion beam of a time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometer is directed to the cell. Interrogating at least one region of interest area from the cell and producing data. Distributing the data in plots indicating measures of similarity.... Agent: Eddie E. Scott Assistant Laboratory Counsel

20070138387 - Interfaces for a photoionization mass spectrometer: A detector system that contains two inlet port coupled to a photoionization chamber. One inlet port allows for the introduction of a test sample. The test sample may contain contaminants, drugs, explosive, etc. that are to be detected. The other port allows for the simultaneous introduction of a standard sample.... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20070138388 - Ion sources, systems and methods: Ion sources, systems and methods are disclosed.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070138386 - Method and apparatus for ion fragmentation by electron capture: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for ion fragmentation by electron capture. The present invention provides a method of generating fragment ions by electron capture, comprising; directing ions to be fragmented into a fragmentation chamber of a mass spectrometer into a fragmentation chamber of a mass spectrometer... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20070138389 - Hyperbolic quadrupole mass filter made of platinum group metal coated quartz tube: The present invention relates to a quadrupole mass analyzer which is a core equipment of a majority of mass analyzer, particularly to a quadrupole mass analyzer with a hyperbolic surface made of quartz which is capable of enhancing resolving power and analytical performance of a mass analyzer. The quadrupole mass... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070131842 - External laser power monitor using pickoff mirror in a ros: A laser intensity monitoring and control apparatus and method. One or more laser diodes emit laser light at an intensity depending upon a supplied drive current. A collimating lens collimates the emitted laser light. An aperture clips portions of the collimated laser light striking the aperture outside the predetermined beam... Agent: Mark S. Svat Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070131844 - Laser scanning device: A laser scanning device for measuring the distance to an object in a target area by projecting laser light scanningly is provided not only with a light receiving element for receiving reflected light from the target area to detect its intensity but also with an auxiliary light receiving element for... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070131843 - Radiation imaging apparatus, radiation imaging system, and correction method: The invention intends to be able to adequately perform a gain correction. Hence, at the time of radiographing an object, a gain correction of the object image is performed based on a gain correction image (XRc1) derived by performing a light reset. On the other hand, at the time of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070131845 - Apparatus for detecting welding light and protecting eyes from glare and method for controlling the same: A welding light detection and anti-glare eye protection apparatus, which shields welding light generated in welding or cutting environments to safely protect eyes of a worker from the welding light, and a method for controlling the same are provided. When the apparatus is powered on, it is determined, based on... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070131846 - Method and apparatus for setting black level in an imager using both optically black and tied pixels: An imaging pixel array includes an active area of pixels, organized into rows and columns of pixels. The array also includes a plurality of dark pixel columns adjacent to the active area of pixels such that rows of pixels in the active area of pixels extend across the plurality of... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070131848 - Measuring apparatus, transfer circuit, and measuring method: There is provided a measuring apparatus that measures a characteristic of a transfer circuit transmitting a signal. The transfer circuit includes an electrical signal sending section that transmits a sending signal, a current to light converting section that converts the sending signal into an optical signal, an optical signal transmitting... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070131847 - Optical detector: An optical detector including an avalanche photodiode (APD) and protection circuitry for protecting the APD from excessive power dissipation therewithin, wherein the protection circuitry includes a switching element connected in parallel with the APD, which switching element is switched from a high resistance state to a low resistance state if... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070131849 - Microchannel amplifier with tailored pore resistance: A microchannel amplifier includes an insulating substrate that defines at least one microchannel pore through the substrate from an input surface to an output surface. A conductive layer is formed on an outer surface of the at least one microchannel pore that has a non-uniform resistance as a function of... Agent: Rauschenbach Patent Law Group, LLC

20070131850 - Method and apparatus for detecting objects using structured light patterns: An object detection system is provided that projects one or more patterns onto a monitored area, captures one or more live images of the monitored area, and detects objects that enter the monitored area by detecting changes in the one or more patterns in the live images. Such an object... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070131851 - Polarimetric detection of road signs: The present invention provides an object identification system including at least one processor; a light source coupled to the at least one processor and configured to emit light towards a retroreflective object and a non-retroreflective object; a first sensor coupled to the at least one processor, the first sensor configured... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070131853 - Absolute encoder utilizing a code pattern carrier having a varying mixture of phosphors deposited thereon: An encoder having a code carrier, light source, and detector is disclosed. The code carrier includes a track that emits light at each of a plurality of track points on the track when that track point is illuminated with light having a predetermined spectrum. Each of the track points emits... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070131852 - Optical encoder, system and method for using the same: An optical encoder, a system and a method for using the same which has a shaft extending from within an interior of a housing. A light emitting element, a light detector and a plate are located within the interior of the housing. The plate is connected to the shaft. Movement... Agent: Patents+tms A Professional Corporation

20070131854 - Sensor fixing device: A sensor fixing device is disclosed. The sensor fixing device comprising a sensor, a holder which comprises a terminal fixed to the sensor and which has a particular height, and a printed circuit board which has the holder fixed thereto and which is electrically connected with the terminal, has a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070131855 - Color input scanner calibration system: A photosensitive apparatus, such as scanner, includes a plurality of pixels, each pixel having associated therewith a set of photosensors, each photosensor filtered to record a primary color. The photosensors are exposed to light of each primary color separately, thereby deriving test signals. A cross-color correction factor for the pixel... Agent: Patent Documentation Center Xerox Corporation

20070131856 - Holder for optical modules, optical module and optical connector: An optical module holder in which an optical transmission line attaching section for attaching an end section of a light transmission line, a photoelectric element attaching section for attaching a photoelectric element including at least one of a light-emitting element or a light-receiving element, and a wall section connecting the... Agent: Koda & Androlia

20070131857 - Instrument and method to facilitate and improve the timing alignment of a pet scanner: A system for providing the timing alignment for a scanner. The system includes a removable source and detector assembly which is placed near the centre of the scanner when in use. The source includes a long-lived positron emitting radioactive source. The radioactive source is in close contact with a fast... Agent: Ansel M. Schwartz Suite 304

20070131858 - Multi modality imaging methods and apparatus: A method for correcting emission data from Positron Emission Tomography (PET) or SPECT includes generating a plurality of computed tomography (CT) image data, selecting a portion of the CT image data, processing the selected CT data to generate a plurality of attenuation correction (CTAC) factors at the appropriate energy of... Agent: Yvette Sharee Joseph

20070131859 - Tamper resistant radon detector: Embodiments of the present invention provide for a tamper resistant radon detector monitoring system. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20070131860 - Quadrupole mass spectrometry chemical sensor technology: In the invention, the principles of the conversion of signals representing the existence and quantity of chemical traces in an ambient gas into quantification and qualification signals through quadropole mass filtration are achieved, in a controlled pressure environment, wherein the ambient gas is ionized, processed in a mass filter where... Agent: Alvin J. Riddles 44 Lake Drive South

20070131861 - \"i\" beam bridge interconnection for ultra-sensitive silicon sensor: A bolometer type focal plane is made up of a plurality of silicon sensors. Within each sensor, interconnection between co-planar stages is provided by elongated “I” beam type bridge members having a generally rectangular cross-section including unequal wider (height) and narrower (width) dimensions, and wherein the bridge members are oriented... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070131862 - Method using nir spectroscopy to monitor components of engineered wood products: Method of use of near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy for quantitative analysis of resin-wood composites, and methods of making engineered wood products using calibrated near infrared (NIR) spectroscopic instrumentation for quantitative analysis of resin-wood composites.... Agent: Huber Engineered Woods L.L.C. C/o J.m. Huber Corporation

20070131863 - Multi-gas sensor: Energy beams with different wavelengths or wavelength ranges may be passed through a gas sample in a test chamber. Ones of the energy beams may have wavelengths or wavelength ranges that are absorbed by particular gases. To determine whether any of those particular gases are in the gas sample, the... Agent: Ken Burraston Kirton & Mcconkie

20070131864 - System and method for detecting and remediating contamination: A system for detecting and remediating a discharge of fuel from a fuel source facility is disclosed. The system can comprise a contamination detection subsystem configured to detect a discharge of fuel from the fuel source facility and a remediation subsystem configured to remediate contamination due to the discharge of... Agent: Ken Burraston Kirton & Mcconkie

20070131865 - Mitigating the effects of misleading characters: Security identifiers are analyzed to mitigate the use of misleading characters. In some embodiments, a language-based character set determination is utilized and looks for characters that are different from those that a user and/or the user's system would expect to see. If a security identifier is found to contain a... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070131866 - Activated alkali metal rare earth halides and articles using same: Scintillator materials based on certain types of activated alkali metal rare earth halide materials are described. In one embodiment, the material contains CsLaBr4 with Ce(III) ions substituted for a portion of the La component. The scintillator or other detector materials can be in monocrystalline or polycrystalline form. Radiation detectors that... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070131867 - Radiation detecting apparatus and radiation imaging system using the same: At a radiation incident side of light generating means comprising light guiding means 300 including a light source such as an LED 301, a light guiding plate 303, a reflecting plate 304, a diffusing plate 305, and the like, radiation shielding members 401 to 403 for shielding the radiation are... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070131868 - Gamma ray detector modules: A radiation detector assembly has a semiconductor detector array substrate of CdZnTe or CdTe, having a plurality of detector cell pads on a first surface thereof, the pads having a contact metallization and a solder barrier metallization. An interposer card has planar dimensions no larger than planar dimensions of the... Agent: Nath & Associates

20070131869 - Ultra violet light sensor: A light detector having spaced electrodes preset by pins or a spacer within a sealed enclosure. The detector may have a MEMS structure that is separate from the sealing of the enclosure. Further, the detector may have a lens for the transmission of light onto the elements. The lens may... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070131870 - Multiplexed ce fluorescence system: A multiplexed capillary electrophoresis (CE) method using fluorescence detection for a plurality of samples is improved economically and in terms of instrument complexity by irradiating the plurality of samples with a single non-coherent light source as the excitation light source for all of the channels. The preferred light source is... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20070131871 - Acoustic desorption mass spectrometry: A method for producing gas phase molecules includes providing a sample of molecules, the sample being characterized by a charge distribution, and directing acoustic radiation at the sample of molecules to desorb at least some of the molecules from the sample such that the desorbed molecules have a charge distribution... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070131872 - Water-purification device for a potable water system: A water-purification device (22) for a potable water system comprising a chamber (23) through which water flows, a plurality of light-emitting diodes (24) that radiate ultraviolet light into the water within the chamber (23), and a driver circuit (26) providing power to the light-emitting diodes. The light-emitting diodes (24) can... Agent: Don W. Bulson (goodrich) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070131873 - Unsupported, electron transparent films and related methods: Unsupported, electron transparent film useful in supporting a sample for imaging and analysis by transmission electron microscopy; methods for making and using the unsupported, electron transparent film; and an integrally formed combination of an unsupported, electron transparent film and substrate.... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070131875 - Process for the observation of at least one sample region with a light raster microscope: Process for the observation of at least one sample region with a light raster microscope by a relative movement between the illumination light and sample via first scanning means along at least one scanning axis essentially perpendicular to the illumination axis wherein at an angle to the plane of the... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070131874 - Scintillator materials which are useful for detecting radiation, and related methods and articles: A scintillator composition is described, including a matrix material and an activator. The matrix material includes at least one alkali metal or thallium; at least one alkaline earth metal or lead; and at least one halide compound. The activator is usually cerium, praseodymium, or mixtures thereof. Radiation detectors which include... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070131876 - Multiple room radiation treatment system: The present invention refers to a radiation system (1) comprising an eccentric gantry (100) arranged in connection with multiple treatment rooms (61-68) separated by radiation-shielding separating members (71-78). A movable rotation head (120) is connected to the gantry (100) and is able to move between, and direct a radiation beam... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070131878 - Controlling the flow through the collector during cleaning: A lithographic apparatus includes a collector configured to collect radiation from a radiation source, the collector including a plurality of shells forming separate compartments, and a cleaning arrangement including a gas inlet and a gas outlet, the cleaning arrangement being configured to clean surfaces of the plurality of shells by... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070131879 - Force provider with adjustable force characteristics for a stage assembly: A stage assembly (220A) includes a stage (206A) and a force provider (232A) that provides an acceleration/deceleration force on the stage (206A). The force provider (232A) includes a provider housing (238A) and a piston assembly (240A). The provider housing (238A) defines a piston chamber (344), and includes a first beam... Agent: The Law Office Of Steven G Roeder

20070131877 - Pattern inspection method and system therefor: Conventionally, defect data outputted by an inspection system comprised only characteristic quantitative data, such as coordinate data, area, and projected length, and only the coordinate data for moving to a defect location could be utilized effectively. By contrast, the present invention, by using image data in addition to characteristic quantitative... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070131880 - Method and apparatus for using imperfections and irregularities in optical media for identification purposes: A method for using optical media for identification purpose including the steps of exposing a portion of the optical media to a source of radiation; detecting an imperfection in the portion of the optical media; and, quantifying the imperfection to create a unique identifier. An apparatus for using an optical... Agent: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP

20070131881 - Apparatus, unit and method for testing image sensor packages: The present invention relates to an apparatus, unit and method for testing image sensor packages, which can automatically test whether the image sensor packages are defective before they are assembled into camera modules. An apparatus for testing image sensor packages according to the present invention comprises a seating unit on... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070131882 - Gas detection: Apparatus for detecting a target gas in a monitored space (105) comprises two laser diodes (101) and (114) driven by drive circuits (103) and (115) at electrical frequencies f and f′ that are not harmonically related. The lasers (101) and (114) operate at mean wavelengths Λ1 and Λ2 respectively close... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070125933 - Semiconductor light receiving element and optical pick-up device having the semiconductor light receiving element: A semiconductor light receiving element has: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of photodiodes formed on the semiconductor substrate and configured to receive respective lights of different wavelengths; and an anti-reflection film provided on light receiving surfaces of the plurality of photodiodes. A structure of the anti-reflection film on at least... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070125936 - Image processing system with horizontal line registration for improved imaging with scene motion: An image processing system and method. The image processing system acquires a first set of scan lines in at first field of image data and a second set of scan lines in a second field of image data; the second set of scan lines are interlaced relative to the first... Agent: Patent Docket Administration Raytheon Systems Company

20070125935 - Image sensor device having an active layer overlying a substrate and an isolating region in the active layer: An image sensing device. An active layer is disposed overlying a substrate, wherein the active layer has different conductivity with the substrate. A plurality of photodiodes is disposed in the active layer. An isolating region is interposed between two adjacent photodiodes, wherein the isolating region contacts the substrate.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070125934 - Pixel having photoconductive layers: A pixel including a substrate and a plurality of photoconductive layers sequentially deposited on and substantially parallel to the substrate and configured to receive incident electromagnetic radiation. Each photoconductive layer is configured to absorb a different wavelength range of the incident electromagnetic radiation and configured to provide an indication of... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070125938 - Sensor device: A process circuit sets a plurality of light emitting elements in a state in which light is not emitted through a process circuit, and receives a signal S1 corresponding to received ambient light from each of a plurality of light receiving elements. The process circuit generates light receiving information (data... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070125937 - System and method of determining a position of a radiation scattering/reflecting element: A method and system for determining the position of a radiation scattering/reflecting element, where the radiation emitter is provided at a surface of a radiation transmissive element an on which radiation is incident. This incident radiation is scattered/diffused/reflected by the scattering/reflecting element and guided by the transmissive element toward a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070125939 - Photoelectric encoder: A three-grating type photoelectric encoder includes a second grating formed on a scale and first and third gratings disposed on a side of a detector. A part of at least the first grating is shifted in a direction of a measurement axis by P/(2n) (wherein P is a grating pitch,... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070125941 - Microfluidic device for cell and particle separation: A microfluidic separation device includes a microchannel formed in a substrate and being defined at least by a bottom surface, a first side wall, and second side wall. Fluid containing particles or cells is flowed through the microchannel from an upstream end to a downstream end. The downstream end terminates... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20070125940 - Particle sorting method: A method for sorting particles, including: marking the particles to modify their optical index, placing the particles on a waveguide of a support, and injecting light radiation into the waveguide, the injecting causing displacement of particles on the waveguide and separation of the particles.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070125942 - Apparatuses, systems and methods for isolating and separating biological materials: This invention relates to apparatuses, systems and methods for disrupting, separating and isolating biological materials and components thereof.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney LLP

20070125943 - Horn mass spectrometer having blade deflectors: An improved design for a rotating electric field ion mass spectrometer has deflection electrodes formed as an array of blade elements arrayed radially and circumferentially about an ion axis of the mass spectrometer. The blade elements are formed as flat metal pieces having inner edges shaped in a hyperbolic curve.... Agent: Leighton K. Chong Patent Attorney

20070125944 - Horn mass spectrometer using digital deflection drive: A digital deflection drive is provided for handling the ion beam input of a rotating electric field ion mass spectrometer (REFIMS), and specifically, a hyperbolic helical horn mass spectrometer (3HMS). In preferred form, the digital deflection drive generates square waves which are easier to implement with digital electronics and also... Agent: Leighton K. Chong Patent Attorney

20070125945 - Method for determining the aberration coefficients of the aberration function of a particle-optical lens: Such methods rely e.g. on the determination of the 2nd derivative of the aberration function on the basis of local magnification in one or a set of Ronchigrams. Being dependent on the 2nd derivative the mathematics of these methods allow only (infinitesimal) small shifts between the Ronchigrams. However, this implies... Agent: Michael O. Scheinberg

20070125946 - Y-shaped carbon nanotubes as afm probe for analyzing substrates with angled topography: A Y-shaped carbon nanotube atomic force microscope probe tip and methods comprise a shaft portion; a pair of angled arms extending from a same end of the shaft portion, wherein the shaft portion and the pair of angled arms comprise a chemically modified carbon nanotube, and wherein the chemically modified... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20070125948 - Method of measuring a critical dimension of a semiconductor device and a related apparatus: A method and apparatus for measuring a critical dimension (CD) are provided. Image data of a measurement pattern are generated. The measurement pattern may include a first surface and a second surface facing each other. The image data may include a first side and a second side corresponding to the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070125947 - Sample enclosure for a scanning electron microscope and methods of use thereof: A SEM sample container having a sample enclosure (100, 102) including an electron beam permeable, fluid permeable membrane (132), and a peripheral enclosure sealed to the membrane, and a sample enclosure closure including a quick-connect attachment (152) for sealing engagement with the sample enclosure.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070125949 - Infrared sensor and infrared sensor array: An infrared sensor includes a series capacitor element and a reference capacitor element each exhibiting a predetermined capacitance value; an infrared-detecting capacitor element whose capacitance value varies depending on an intensity of infrared light incident on the element; and an output node being a node at which a first terminal... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070125950 - Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer: A convenient and economical method and instrumentation to efficiently reduce offensive spectral noises due to water vapor and carbon dioxide gas often encountered in FTIR spectrophotometry is provided by spectrally monitoring and controlling the amount of water vapor and carbon dioxide gas inside the spectrophotometer such that both amounts in... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20070125951 - Apparatus and methods for use in flash detection: The present embodiments provide methods, systems and apparatuses that detect, classify and locate flash events. In some implementations, some of the methods detect a flash event, trigger an imaging system in response to detecting the flash event to capture an image of an area that includes the flash event, and... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070125952 - Radiation imaging apparatus, system and method as well as program: An object hereof is to restrain occurrence of artifact in an acquired radiation image with comparatively simple configuration without providing wiring between a radiation source and a radiation imaging apparatus to thereby obtain a radiation image with extremely good quality. Therefore, a controller selectively carries out real read operation of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070125953 - Solid state radiation sensor and manufacturing method of the same: A solid state radiation sensor, in which an electrode is disposed on each side of a recording photoconductive layer, and charges generated in the recording photoconductive layer by the irradiation of radiation, with a predetermined bias voltage being applied between the electrodes, are detected as electrical signals. Here, a predetermined... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070125954 - Beam optical component for charged particle beams: The present invention relates to a beam optical component (1, 201) for acting on a charged particle beam (63) including a first element (3; 203) having a first opening (9; 209) for acting on the charged particle beam (63), at least a second element (5; 205) for acting on the... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070125956 - Particle-optical projection system: In a particle-optical projection system a pattern is imaged onto a target by means of energetic electrically charged particles. The pattern is represented in a patterned beam of said charged particles emerging from the object plane through at least one cross-over; it is imaged into an image with a given... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070125955 - Techniques for preventing parasitic beamlets from affecting ion implantation: Techniques for preventing parasitic beamlets from affecting ion implantation are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as an apparatus for preventing parasitic beamlets from affecting ion implantation. The apparatus may comprise a controller that is configured to scan a spot beam back and forth, thereby... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP/varian Semiconductor, Equipment Associates, Inc.

20070125957 - Techniques for reducing effects of photoresist outgassing: Techniques for reducing effects of photoresist outgassing are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as an apparatus for reducing effects of photoresist outgassing in an ion implanter. The apparatus may comprise a drift tube located between an end-station and an upstream beamline component. The apparatus... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP/varian Semiconductor, Equipment Associates, Inc.

20070125958 - Stage assembly, particle-optical apparatus comprising such a stage assembly, and method of treating a sample in such an apparatus: A sample table (21) to which the sample can be mounted; A set of actuators, arranged so as to effect translation of the sample table along directions substantially parallel to an X-axis perpendicular to the beam plane, a Y-axis parallel to the beam plane, and a Z-axis parallel to the... Agent: Michael O. Scheinberg

20070125959 - Open-channel radiation sterilization system: An open-channel radiation sterilization system, comprising a channel, a radiation source and an electrical control means, characterized in that the fluid to be sterilized flows in under the radiation source and the sterilized fluid flows out above the radiation source in the channel; a first partition wall and a second... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20070125960 - Ultraviolet sterilizer with a double-chamber structure: A UV sterilizer with a double-chamber structure comprises an inner tube and an outer tube with different size, the inner tube being partly surrounded by the outer tube thereby forming an inner chamber and an outer chamber, the inner chamber is the space encircled by the inner tube and the... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20070125961 - Micromechanical system: A micromechanical system including a micromechanical structure and a shadow mask device. The micromechanical structure and the shadow mask device are produced from a single wafer. The micromechanical structure includes a covering surface to be acted upon in a covering area. The covering surface is produced in the course of... Agent: Ido Tuchman

20070125962 - Observation unit: It is an object of the present invention to provide an observation unit which efficiently cools apparatus members in a reaction chamber of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus in a high-temperature atmosphere and reduces overexposure. An observation unit comprising: an imaging apparatus for imaging the inside of a reaction chamber of... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070125964 - Lithographic apparatus including a cleaning device and method for cleaning an optical element: An EUV lithographic apparatus includes an EUV radiation source, an optical element and a cleaning device. The cleaning device includes a hydrogen radical source and a flow tube in communication with the hydrogen radical source. The cleaning device is configured to provide a flow of hydrogen radicals and the flow... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070125963 - Radiation system and lithographic apparatus: A radiation system for generating a beam of radiation is disclosed. The radiation system includes a pulsed EUV source for generating EUV radiation, and a spectral filter mounted in front of the EUV source for selectively passing a spectral range of a beam of EUV radiation from the EUV source.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070125965 - Ion implanter with ionization chamber electrode design: An ion implanter includes an ion source for generating an ion beam moving along a beam line and a vacuum or implantation chamber wherein a workpiece, such as a silicon wafer is positioned to intersect the ion beam for ion implantation of a surface of the workpiece by the ion... Agent: Tarolli, Sundhelm, Covell & Tummino, LLP

20070125966 - Thermal transfer sheet for ion source: One or more thermal transfer sheets are easily removable and replaceable in an ion source. The ion source has a removable anode assembly, including the thermal transfer sheets, that is separable and from a base assembly to allow for ease of servicing consumable components of the anode assembly. The thermal... Agent: Hensley Kim & Edgington, LLC

20070125967 - System and method pf electron beam writing: A system and method for improved electron beam writing that is capable of taking design intent, equipment capability and design requirements into consideration. The system and method determines an optimal writing pattern based, at least in part, on the received information.... Agent: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. C/o Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070125970 - Euv light source: An apparatus and method for EUV light production is disclosed which may comprise a laser produced plasma (“LPP”) extreme ultraviolet (“EUV”) light source control system comprising a target delivery system adapted to deliver moving plasma initiation targets and an EUV light collection optic having a focus defining a desired plasma... Agent: Cymer Inc Legal Department

20070125969 - Nanolithography system: A nanolithography system comprising a novel optical printing head suitable for high throughput nanolithography. This optical head enables a super-resolution lithographic exposure tool that is otherwise compatible with the optical lithographic process infrastructure. The exposing light is transmitted through specially designed super-resolution apertures, of which the “C-aperture” is one example,... Agent: Franklin Schellenberg

20070125968 - Radiation system and lithographic apparatus: A radiation system for providing a projection beam of radiation is disclosed. The radiation system includes an extreme ultraviolet source for providing extreme ultra violet radiation, and a contamination barrier that includes a plurality of closely packed foil plates for trapping contaminant material coming from the radiation source. The contamination... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070125971 - Multi-layered collimator: The invention relates to a collimator (1) for use in an optical device, such as a display device, an illumination device or an optical touch sensitive device. The collimator (1) according to the invention comprises a multi-layered sheet of preferably at least five alternating light transmitting (10) and light impervious... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20070125972 - Shield device with receiving cages: A shield device for blocking ambient electromagnetic waves from interfering with testing of an electronic product (50) connected with a cable (60), includes a shield cage (10) and a receiving cage (40) for receiving the cable. The shield cage includes a base (30) defining a receiving space (38) for receiving... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070125973 - Erasing device and erasing method: An erasing time required to erase radiation image information remaining in an image storage recording medium is calculated based on IP information supplied from an IP information reader and radiation image information read from the image storage recording medium by an image information reader. A display unit displays the erasing... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC