Radiant energy inventions 11/07

20070272826 - Solar tracker stand: A stand for a solar tracker firmly holds the solar tracker and is movable for easy positioning. Hence, when a place for setting a base for the stand is hard to obtain, a pillar does not need to be constructed to fix the solar tracker.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070272828 - Method and apparatus providing dark current reduction in an active pixel sensor: An imager has one or more pixel circuits arranged to receive negatively biased control signals at one or more gates associated with charge holding regions to reduce dark current generation and flow.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070272829 - Solid-state imaging device and method for fabricating the same: A solid-state imaging device includes: a plurality of light-receiving parts arranged in an array in a substrate and performing photoelectric conversion on incident light; and a plurality of color separators each provided for adjacent four of the light-receiving parts arranged in two rows and two columns. In each of the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070272827 - Image sensor package having mount holder attached to image sensor die: An image sensor package and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. For example, a mount holder is directly attached on an image sensor die, not a substrate. Here, on the mount holder, a lens or a barrel having lens are attached. Also, the mount holder is interlocked by... Agent: Gunnison Mckay & Hodgson, LLP Garden West Office Plaza, Suite 220

20070272830 - Row driven imager pixel: An imaging system includes a pixel that does not require a row select transistor. Instead, an operating voltage is selectively provided to the pixel's readout circuitry, and the readout circuitry provides output signals based on charge or voltage of a storage node. The operating voltage can be selectively provided to... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070272832 - Light detection tube: Since a peripheral part of the sapphire plate 2 is airtightly thermally crimped to an end face (window peripheral part) of a kovar metal tube 1A surrounding a light entering window via a seal ring 7 made of aluminum, a lattice defect is prevented from occurring on the sapphire plate... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070272833 - Streak device: A streak apparatus includes: a vacuum container 10 having an electron beam source 20 provided on one end side to emit an electron beam E and an output section 60 provided on the other end side to convert the electron beam into an image; an accelerating section 30 provided in... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070272831 - System and method for ambient light sensor testing: An ambient light sensor testing module running on an information handling system verifies that an ambient light sensor managing brightness of an information handling system display is active and responding correctly. The testing module sets the display at first and second manually-selectable brightness levels and compares the brightness set from... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20070272834 - Optical module: An optical module includes: a light emitting element; an optical member having a first lens surface that focuses light emitted from the light emitting element, a reflection surface that reflects a part of the light and passes another part of the light focused by the first lens surface, and a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070272835 - Optical decoder system and corresponding methods: The present invention is generally directed toward optical encoder systems and corresponding methods. One aspect of the invention is directed toward an optical encoder system that includes an optical encoder device having an input wheel. The optical encoder device further includes at least one light emitter and at least one... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070272837 - Vehicle occupant detection device: A vehicle occupant detection device includes light-receiving elements for receiving light from a vehicle interior, and a signal processing part for processing a signal detected by the light detecting elements. A vehicle occupant in the vehicle interior is detected by the signal detecting part on the basis of an image... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070272836 - Photoelectric conversion apparatus: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a plurality of pixels, color filters disposed on a light-receiving surface of at least part of the plurality of pixels, infrared filters disposed on a light-receiving surface of the rest of the plurality of pixels, and a cutoff filter provided on the light-receiving surface of... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070272838 - Light source and light source system: A light source includes: a light source system includes: a light source unit producing a first pulsed light beam having a plurality of frequency components; a splitter splitting the first pulsed light beam into second and third pulsed light beams; a first photonic crystal fiber converting the split second pulsed... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070272839 - Backlight wedge with encapsulated light source: A backlight may include a light guide and a light input. The light guide may have a light reflection surface and a light emission surface. The light input may include a diverging wedge having a narrow end and opposing side surfaces extending to the narrow end. A light source well... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070272840 - Optical rotary encoder: An optical encode includes: a rotary slit plate having a rotation angle detection track including an optical slit; a light source for applying light to the optical slit; light detecting elements for rotation angle detection and arranged at positions to which light emitted from the light source is applied to... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070272843 - Confocal microscope and multiphoton excitation microscope: The invention provides a confocal microscope comprising a light source; a light scanning unit; an array device; a line-beam generating unit for imaging illumination light in the form of a straight line extending, on the array device, in a direction intersecting the scanning direction of the light scanning unit; an... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070272841 - Method and apparatus for capturing an image of a moving object: A scanned beam imager or laser scanner is operable to scan an object moving through its field-of-view. The system may include means for detecting direction and/or speed of the object. The velocity detection means may include sensors, an interface for receiving velocity information from other system elements, or image analysis... Agent: Microvision, Inc.

20070272842 - Raster microscope and method for the analysis of biological samples by means of a raster microscope: Disclosed is a method for analyzing biological samples by means of a scanning microscope. According to said method, at least one screen dot is repeatedly and successively illuminated with a manipulating light beam and an exciting light beam. The interval between the time of illumination with the manipulating light beam... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20070272844 - Apparatus with multiple light detectors and methods of use and manufacture: An apparatus for measuring light properties includes a housing defining a light input port; as well as a first light detector; a second light detector; and a coupling element. The first light detector is a single channel light detector or a multiple channel light detector. The second light detector is... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070272845 - Collapsible structure for optical navigation system: A system for optical navigation includes an optical navigation sensor integrated circuit (IC) configured to generate image information for use in navigation sensing and a collapsible structure which sets the distance between the optical navigation sensor IC and a navigation surface and which can be expanded or collapsed as needed.... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20070272846 - Image chip package structure and the method of making the same: An image chip package structure includes a carrier member, an image sensing die, a protective shield and a plurality of wires. The image sensing die has a side connected to the carrier and an opposite side with an image sensing region and a plurality of die bonding pads around the... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070272847 - Ion mobility separation devices: The invention describes a system and method to separate ions (and charged particles) suspended in gas based on their ion electrical mobility. Most common ion mobility analyzers involve two parallel plate (or concentric cylinder) elements (electrodes) between which is imposed an electrical field perpendicular to a sheath gas flow field... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070272848 - Orthogonal time-of-flight mass spectrometers with low mass discrimination: In a time-of-flight mass spectrometer with orthogonal ion injection performed by a pulser to which the ions are fed by an RF ion guide, compensation is provided for mass discrimination that occurs when the ions are injected into the pulser. This is accomplished by designing at least a part of... Agent: Law Offices Of Paul E. Kudirka

20070272850 - Iris digester-evaporator interface: A digester-evaporator interface for partially digesting a sample mixed in a solvent with an acid and for evaporating the solvent and the acid after partial digestion, said digester-evaporator including a digester portion and an evaporator portion. The digester includes at least one reaction coil having an input and an output,... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070272851 - Device for modifying and/or rebalancing ionisation for an electrical load: A device for modifying and/or rebalancing ionization in a fluid environment, both gaseous and liquid, capable of rebalancing some vital function of biological matter contained in the fluid environment itself, applicable to an electrical load powered by an electrical power source; the device is provided with a pair of inputs... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070272852 - Differential mobility spectrometer analyzer and pre-filter apparatus, methods, and systems: A sample analyzer including a MALDI ionization source, an ion mobility based filter for receiving ions from the MALDI ionization source and for providing a time-varying electric field through which select ions are passed, and a mass spectrometer for measuring the ion intensity of ions received from the ion mobility... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP Patent Docketing 39/41

20070272849 - Laser ionization mass spectroscope: The laser beam ionization mass analyzing device includes a pulsed gas ejecting device 12 for ejecting in pulse mode carrier gas containing sample molecules into a vacuum vessel 17, a laser beam irradiation system for irradiating laser beam for selective photo-reaction of sample molecules in said pulsed gas, repeller and... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070272853 - Linear quadrupoles with added hexapole fields and method of building and operating same: A mass spectrometer and a method of operating and building same is provided in which a hexapole component is deliberately added to a substantially quadrupole field. This can result in unwanted octopole and dipole fields also being added to the substantially quadrupole field. Modifications to the mass spectrometer as well... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070272854 - Sample preparation: Methods of extracting a TEM sample from a substrate include milling a hole on the sample and inserting a probe into the hole. The sample adheres to the probe, and can be processed on transferred while on the probe. In another embodiment, the sample is freed from a substrate and... Agent: Michael O. Scheinberg

20070272855 - Scanning probe microscope probe and manufacturing method therefor, scanning probe microscope and using method therefor, needle-like body and manufacturing method therefor, electronic device and manufacturing method therefor, charge density wave quantum ph: A scanning probe microscope probe is produced by depositing a raw-material film on the surface of a cone made of Si, etc. and growing a needle-like crystal by using the raw-material film by irradiating an energy beam to a point on the cone at a predetermined distance along the side... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070272857 - Method and apparatus for pattern inspection: Because a mirror electron imaging type inspection apparatus for obtaining an inspection object image with mirror electrons has been difficult to optimize inspection conditions, since the image forming principles of the apparatus are different from those of conventional SEM type inspection apparatuses. In order to solve the above conventional problem,... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20070272856 - Method of inspecting a specimen surface, apparatus and use of fluorescent material: The invention relates to a method of inspecting a specimen surface. The method comprises the steps of generating a plurality of primary beams directed towards the specimen surface, focussing the plurality of primary beams onto respective loci on the specimen surface, collecting a plurality of secondary beams of charged particles... Agent: Fleit Kain Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco

20070272858 - Charged particle beam apparatus and pattern measuring method: It is to provide a technology that can quickly process many measurement points on a substrate by a primary charged particle beam. In a control system, with respect to each measurement point (irradiation position of the primary charged particle beam) on a wafer, a calculator obtains a probability of a... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070272859 - Electron beam apparatus and device production method using the electron beam apparatus: The purpose of the invention is to provide an improved electron beam apparatus with improvements in throughput, accuracy, etc.. One of the characterizing features of the electron beam apparatus of the present invention is that it has a plurality of optical systems, each of which comprises a primary electron optical... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070272860 - Electron beam inspection apparatus: An electron beam inspection apparatus in which the order of inspection is determined to shorten the inspection time is disclosed. The order of inspection is determined by minimizing the total of the moving time and the inspection time as well as by simply optimizing the covered distance. At the time... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070272861 - Interferometer: In the present invention, two electron biprisms 9u, 9b are used in two stages along the optical axis, and fringe spacing s and an interference width W are controlled independently of each other by controlling a voltage applied to an electrode of each of the electron biprisms. Also Fresnel diffraction... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070272862 - Method and device for remotely communicating using photoluminescence or thermoluminescence: The described method and device serve to remotely communicate or control by using photoluminescent or thermoluminescent molecules. A number of samples containing the photoluminescent or thermoluminescent molecules are irradiated simultaneously and together by gamma, X, ultraviolet or visible rays emitted in a cascading manner from an atomic source or from... Agent: E-quantic Communications

20070272863 - Infrared sensor manufacturing method suitable for mass production: An infrared sensor manufacturing method according to this invention includes a step of forming a bridge structure of an insulating material on an Si substrate, a step of forming a vanadium oxide thin film on the bridge structure by a dry film forming method, a step of irradiating laser light... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070272864 - Uncooled cantilever microbolometer focal plane array with mk temperature resolutions and method of manufacturing microcantilever: A microbolometer sensor has a first cantilever supported above a substrate and formed of a bimaterial so as to deform in a first direction in response to incident radiation, and a second cantilever supported above the substrate and formed of a bimaterial so oriented as to cause the second cantilever... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20070272865 - Viewing system for radiographs: A light control system and method for a film viewer (10). The viewer (10) includes an infrared emitter (50) with an infrared detector (52) in communication with a microprocessor (34). When a radiograph (40) is inserted within the film viewer (10), the radiograph (10) is interposed between the emitter (50)... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick, LLC

20070272866 - Gas sensor apparatus: A gas sensor apparatus for detecting the presence of selected or target gases which has a Quantum Ferroelectric Copolymer sensing element, which is bombarded with infrared radiation and in the presence of a target gas provides an electrical output dependent upon the infrared absorption band of the target gas.... Agent: Zachary T. Wobensmith, Iii

20070272867 - Radiation image phosphor or scintillator panel: In a radiation image phosphor or scintillator panel having as a layer arrangement of consecutive layers upon a support layer or a support, a phosphor or scintillator layer comprising needle-shaped phosphor or scintillator crystals, and a protective layer, the said support layer is a polished pure titanium sheet or titanium... Agent: Nexsen Pruet, LLC

20070272868 - Method for determination of positron-emission measurement information about a body area of an examination object, as well as an associated apparatus: A method is disclosed for determination of positron-emission measurement information about a body area which is affected by at least one periodic movement process of an examination object during the course of positron-emission tomography. In at least one embodiment, the method includes a positron-emission measurement being carried out in the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070272869 - Energy ray detecting element: The present invention relates to an energy ray detecting element having a structure for reducing noise effectively. The energy ray detecting element comprises an energy ray sensitive region, an output section, a plurality of electrodes, and a voltage dividing circuit. The energy ray sensitive region generates charges in response to... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070272870 - Radiation imaging apparatus and radiation imaging system: A radiation imaging apparatus has a pixel region arranged on a substrate. Arranged in a matrix pattern in the pixel region are pixels, each pixel including a conversion element which converts radiation to electrical charges, and a switching element which is connected to the conversion element therein. The radiation imaging... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070272871 - X-ray examination apparatus and radiation detector: The invention relates to an X-ray detector (1) with an array (2) of sensor elements (21), wherein each row (i) of sensor elements is connected via an addressing line to an addressing unit (5), and wherein each column j) of sensor elements is connected via a read-out line to a... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070272873 - Compact and durable encasement for a digital radiography detector: A digital radiography detector includes a housing having first and second spaced planar members and four side walls defining a cavity. A radiographic image detector assembly is mounted within the cavity for converting a radiographic image to an electronic radiographic image. The detector assembly includes a detector array mounted on... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070272872 - X-ray detector with photodetector embedded in scintillator: An X-ray detector includes one or more photodetectors embedded in scintillating material. The photodetectors may have a needle-like, a column-like, or a ridge-like structure. The scintillating material is applied over the photodetector which can either be a p−i−n type diode, an n−i−p type diode, a Schottky diode, or an avalanche... Agent: Law Offices Of Paul E. Kudirka

20070272874 - Neutron and gamma ray monitor: An apparatus for selective radiation detection includes a neutron detector that facilitates detection of neutron emitters, e.g. plutonium, and the like; a gamma ray detector that facilitates detection of gamma ray sources, e.g., uranium, and the like. The apparatus comprises a first light guide, optically coupled to a first optical... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20070272875 - Gating grid and method of manufacture: The present invention relates generally to grids for gating a stream of charged particles and methods for manufacturing the same. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a Bradbury-Nielson gate having transmission line grid elements. In one embodiment is a feed structure for a gating grid where a drive... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070272876 - Receiver array using shared electron beam: A multi-frequency receiver for receiving plural frequencies of electromagnetic radiation (e.g., light) using a beam of charged particles shared between plural resonant structures. The direction of the beam of charged particles is selectively controlled by at least one deflector. The beam of charged particles passing near the resonant structure is... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20070272877 - In-line treatment of liquids and gases by light irradiation: An in-line reactor for the treatment of liquids or gasses by light radiation is disclosed. The reactor is made of tube, pipe, or chamber made of a transparent material, having at least one fluid inlet and correspondingly at least one fluid outlet. The transparent material of the tube is selected... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070272878 - Balancing means for high-speed scanning: Translational motion of a scanning head relative to a planar target, or vice versa, is achieved by a belt and pulley system with a counterweight that is also driven by a belt and pulley system at the same speed but in the opposite direction as the scanning head. The components... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070272879 - Ceremonial installation: Ceremonial installation, comprising a movable object (1), provided with an energy source (4) and a device (6) for actuating the energy source, linked to a computer memory, a programmer (8) of the actuation device and an interface (2) between the programmer and the memory, the actuation device being controlled by... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20070272880 - Millimetre and sub-millimetre wave illumination system: An improved millimetre wave illumination system includes at least one primary source of millimetre wave radiation, a reflecting surface and a baffle comprising a plurality of exit apertures arranged such that at least some of the radiation from the source is reflected from the reflective surface before proceeding to the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070272881 - Optically coupled semiconductor device and electronic device: In an embodiment of an optically coupled semiconductor device of the present invention, the optically coupled semiconductor device is provided with a resin sealing portion and lead drawing portions. The resin sealing portion integrally seals a power control semiconductor element chip, an firing light-receiving element chip for firing the power... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070272882 - Optical distance measuring device and manufacturing method therefor: In the optical distance measuring device of the invention, a second optical path is formed by a transparent resin formed in a region where a light emitting element and a second light receiving part are connected directly to each other. As the temperature increases, the length of the optical path... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070272883 - Method and apparatus for web tear monitoring of a material web: This invention relates to a method for web tear monitoring on a machine used for the production and/or treatment of a fiber material web, in particular a paper web or paperboard web, said machine being in particular a paper machine or coating machine on which the fiber material web is... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20070272884 - Raindrop sensor and wiper controller having the same: A raindrop sensor includes an image sensor and an image processor. The image sensor captures an image of a windshield from inside a vehicle. The image processor performs a frequency analysis of the image to detect a high-frequency component in the image. When the high-frequency component is detected, the image... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070272885 - Laser scanning microscope and microscopic observing method: To provide a laser scanning microscope including a laser beam source for stimulation that emits a laser beam for stimulation for applying photostimulation to a sample, a scanner that performs scanning with the laser beam for stimulation, a control device that controls the scanner, and an objective lens that condenses... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070267564 - Spread illuminating apparatus: In a spread illuminating apparatus, at least one point light source is disposed at an end wall of an outer frame member, and a subassembly is constituted by a light conductor plate and an inner frame member via first joint means. The subassembly has interface surfaces to make contact with... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070267565 - Time-resolved measurement apparatus: A time-resolved measurement apparatus (100) acquires a detection timing pulse from an output terminal (34) attached to a micro channel plate (30) in a photomultiplier tube (14). A position-time measuring circuit (16) generates a signal indicating the time difference between a reference time pulse synchronized with excitation of a sample... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070267566 - System and method for processing and displaying light energy: A method for processing light energy is provided that includes receiving a plurality of photons reflected by an object and generating sensor data that is based a portion of the plurality of photons received. The sensor data is processed in order to generate processed sensor data. A segment of the... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20070267568 - Method for extending usage life span of infrared light sources for non-dispersive infrared (ndir) gas sensing technology: A method for extending a usage life span of infrared light sources for non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) gas sensing technology is applied for a gas detector. The method includes an intermittent measure of lighting up the light and an electric current control measure. The intermittent measure can alternatively light up the... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070267567 - Improved modular panoramic night vision goggles: A night vision goggle system is shown, including optical modules, a heads-up display (HUD) module, and a camera module. Each module may be added to and removed from the system without structural, electrical, or optical damage to itself or the remaining modules. Each optical module takes input light at one... Agent: Bingham Mchale LLP

20070267569 - Optical transmission module and method of manufacturing the same: An optical transmission module includes: a substrate; an electric wiring section that is provided on the substrate; a photoelectric element that are mounted on the electric wiring section, and that emits an optical signal on the basis of a received electric signal or transmits an electric signal on the basis... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20070267570 - Method of detecting object using structured light and robot using the same: A method of detecting an object using a structured light and a robot using the same are disclosed. The method of detecting a floor object using a structured light includes measuring a height difference of a position onto which a specified structured light is projected with a reference position, and... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070267571 - Encoder: When an incident light is obliquely incident on an index scale, the optical path length of light A becomes longer than the optical path length of light B and an optical path length difference occurs, which causes a phase difference in both of the diffracted lights incident on a photodetection... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070267572 - Method of evaluating ion irradiation effect, process simulator and device simulator: Provided are a method of evaluating an ion irradiation effect, a process simulator and a device simulator, which allow the influence of ion irradiation on atoms making up a substrate to be evaluated with high accuracy. The method includes irradiating a sample with a beam of ions, and evaluating influence... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070267573 - Methods and interfaces for single and multidimentional separations for characterization and/or identification of molecules by mass spectrometry: The present invention relates a use of the electrocapture-based separation technology combined with mass spectrometry (e.g. sequence of polypeptides by collision-induce dissociation mass spectrometry, for the identification and/or characterization molecules of interest). In addition, it relates physical interfaces between electrocapture-based separations and different types mass spectrometers for on-line analysis, as... Agent: Levisohn, Berger , LLP

20070267574 - Direct conversion system for security standoff detection: A security detection system is presented. The system includes a radiation source configured to generate and direct terahertz radiation onto an object. Further, the system also includes a detector module configured to detect and process radiation from the object, the detector module comprising a parallel arrangement of at least two... Agent: General Electric Company (pcpi) C/o Fletcher Yoder

20070267575 - Cryogenic terahertz spectroscopy: A terahertz spectroscopy system includes a source of terahertz radiation, a detector of terahertz radiation, a source of sample gas, and a sample cell that can be cooled to cryogenic temperatures. The sample cell may be configured to receive the sample gas, received terahertz radiation from the source of terahertz... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid, LLP

20070267576 - Composition, article, and method: A method is provided that includes heating a powder to a temperature that is below the melting point of the scintillator composition but is sufficiently high to form a coherent mass. The powder includes a scintillator composition. The coherent mass is polycrystalline and has a pulse height resolution that is... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070267577 - Combined cold plate and radiation shield: A combined cold plate for RF shield is optimized both for cooling a device and also for shielding it against RF. One embodiment uses a two-part material so that it has improved thermal characteristics from one part and RF shielding characteristics from another part.... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070267578 - Highly sensitive solid-state image sensor: A solid-state image sensor (1) with very high sensitivity approaching the single-photon limit is realized with three modular building blocks: (a) a pixel (2.11, 2.12, . . . ) with a photo-site, intermediate photo-charge storage capability as used for correlated double sampling, and an electronic circuit for signal buffering or... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20070267579 - Photomask correction method using composite charged particle beam, and device used in the correction method: The object of the present invention is to provide a method for solving the problem of surface damage due to gallium ion irradiation that poses a problem when carrying out mask repair using currently established FIB techniques, and the problem of residual gallium, and to provide a device realizing this... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq.

20070267580 - Drive stage for scanning probe apparatus, and scanning probe apparatus: A drive stage for a scanning probe apparatus includes a supporting member, a plurality of movable portions fixed to the supporting member, and a plurality of drive elements configured and positioned to drive the plurality of movable portions. The drive stage is driven in a direction in which inertial forces... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070267581 - Secure tag validation: A device for validating a secure tag comprises: an optical source (such as one or more LEDs); a processor coupled to the optical source for controlling emissions therefrom; and a luminescence detector coupled to the processor. The processor is programmed to control the optical source to create a first and... Agent: Christopher P. Ricci Intellectual Property Section

20070267582 - Substrate edge exposure apparatus: Prior to edge exposure, the type of a photo resist that has been coated on a semiconductor wafer is identified. Then, the sensitivity of this resist is determined based on the information of the identified resist type. Based on the determined resist sensitivity, a laser output from a semiconductor laser... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070267583 - Heat generating body and process for producing the same: There are provided a heat generating body having an exothermic part made of sectional exothermic parts in a stripe form, which is thin and flexible; even when as a reaction of an air-permeable exothermic heat generating body proceeds, a heat generating composition becomes massive so that flexibility is lowered, or... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070267584 - Optical code reader using an anamorphic scheimpflug optical system: Systems and methods for optical code reading are disclosed. In one system optical code reader includes an anamorphic lens system and an image sensor array, wherein the image sensor array is tilted with respect to the anamorphic lens system according to the Scheimpflug principle.... Agent: Datalogic - Stoel Rives LLP C/o Stoel Rives LLP

20070267585 - Method and system for digital intraoral x-ray of non-human animals: Embodiments include a method and system for digital intraoral x-ray of non-human animals using a flexible and reusable cassette and imaging plate. The imaging plate is activated using an x-ray generator and scanned to capture an image from the imaging plate.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070262231 - Imaging device and imaging method: An imaging device including a substrate having at least one photoelectric converting portion thereon, wherein the photoelectric converting portion contains at least one electrode, at least one organic dye and at least one inorganic material, the organic dye is arranged in contact with the inorganic material, and the electrode is... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070262232 - Autofocus system and method for autofocusing: The invention relates to an autofocus system for an optical instrument (1) that images a specimen (11), having an irradiation optical system (7) for generating an irradiation beam path that generates an autofocus pattern on the specimen (11), the irradiation beam path being directed onto the specimen by means of... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP The Guaranty Building

20070262233 - Image reading device and image reading method: The present invention includes a plurality of light sources each of which illuminates a document surface as a target for reading with illuminating light of a color different from the other light sources, an image pick-up section for imaging light radiated from the plurality of the light sources and reflected... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070262234 - Stray charged particle removal device: In order to reduce the exposure of a detector surface 180 of a photo-multiplier 160 to stray charged particles, an off-axis structure is interposed between the resonant structure and the detector surface of the photo-multiplier. By providing the off-axis structure with at least one reflective surface, photons are reflected toward... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20070262239 - Photodetector: When light is made incident into antenna layers 11a, 11b, and 11c of a photodetector 1, specific wavelength components of light contained in the incident light combine with surface plasmons of the antenna layers 11a, 11b, and 11c, and surface plasmon resonance occurs. Thereby, near-field lights are outputted from through-holes... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070262237 - Wide dynamic range image sensor and method of use: An exemplary image sensor comprises a photodetector proximate to a pixel site, and a light meter proximate to the pixel site configured to approximate an initial charge acquired by the photodetector at the end of a first integration period of a frame exposure period. A reset circuit resets the photodetector... Agent: Farjami & Farjami LLP

20070262235 - Compensating for non-uniform illumination of object fields captured by a camera: Techniques for modifying data of an image that can be implemented in a digital camera, video image capturing device and other optical systems are provided to correct for non-uniform illumination appearing in data obtained using one or more illumination sources from a two-dimensional photo-sensor. In order to correct for these... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

20070262238 - Photo detecting apparatus: A pixel circuit includes a first detector which amplifies a voltage obtained by charging and discharging a capacitance with a photocurrent flowing through a photo detecting element and then outputs it to a first data line, and a second detector which outputs an electric charge stored in the capacitance by... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20070262240 - Solid-state imaging device: The invention is regarding to solid-state imaging device. A solid-state imaging device consistent with the present invention includes, a plurality of unit cells on a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, each unit cell including a photoelectric conversion unit comprising a photodiode having a diffusion layer of a second... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070262241 - Solid-state imaging device: The invention is regarding to solid-state imaging device. A solid-state imaging device consistent with the present invention includes, a plurality of unit cells on a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, each unit cell including a photoelectric conversion unit comprising a photodiode having a diffusion layer of a second... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070262236 - Techniques for modifying image field data obtained using illumination sources: Techniques for modifying data of an image that can be implemented in a digital camera, video image capturing device and other optical systems are provided to correct for non-uniform illumination and/or effects of saturation appearing in data obtained using one or more artificial illumination sources. In an implementation, correction factors... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

20070262244 - Fingerprinting device: Described is a fingerprinting device (1) with a translucent top layer (7) which forms a finger rest and on the side of which that is remote from the finger rest a layer, connected to an evaluation circuit (10), of light-sensitive elements (9) in a matrix arrangement and light-emitting elements (8)... Agent: Robert R. Priddy Law Office Of Robert Priddy

20070262242 - Method of optimization of measurement time for optical mouse sensor: A method for operating an optical sensing device having a light source and a photodetector device with at least one photosensitive element, said method comprising the steps of: (i) illuminating a surface portion with radiation by means of said light source; (ii) detecting radiation reflected from the illuminated surface portion... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20070262243 - Optical navigation system and method for reducing the power consumption of the system: An optical navigation system and method for reducing the power consumption of the system uses a surface quality value of a captured image frame of a target surface to selectively reduce the number of photosensitive pixel elements to be used to capture a subsequent image frame.... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20070262245 - Device and method for projecting a marking onto a boundary: The invention concerns a device for projecting a linear optical marking onto at least one boundary of a room, such as floor surface for example, comprising a light source (12) that emits laser radiation along an optical axis (16) as well as a cuboid lens (14) connected in series with... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20070262246 - Efficiently focusing light: An array of sensitive pixel elements is configured to generate signals representative of sensed light that is associated with writing being done by a user, and an optical system concentrates light from a light source across a section of the array of sensitive pixel elements, the signals being useful to... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070262247 - Sensory feedback bed: A mechanism for mapping an anatomical characteristic of a patient includes a treatment bed having a top surface. A fiber Bragg grating channel is disposed along at least a portion of the treatment bed near the top surface and includes a fiber optic waveguide defining a plurality of spaced-apart Bragg-type... Agent: Bryan W. Bockhop, Esq. Bockhop & Associates, LLC

20070262248 - Optical moisture sensor and method of making the same: A soil moisture sensor uses a non-collimated light source and a photosensor, respectively, mounted at the foci of a transparent ellipsoidal plastic body. The dimensions of the body are such that emitted light rays are internally reflected toward the photosensor at the surface of the ellipsoid if the surface is... Agent: Inskeep Intellectual Property Group, Inc

20070262250 - Position-measuring device: In a position-measuring device for acquiring the relative position of a scanning unit and a reflection measuring graduation movable relative thereto in at least one measuring direction, the scanning unit includes a light source and a detector arrangement in a detection plane. In a first variant of the scanning unit,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070262249 - Encoder having angled die placement: An optical encoder including a leadframe substrate, an emitter, and a detector is disclosed. The leadframe substrate bent to include a base portion, an emitter portion and a detector portion. The emitter, for emitting light, is mounted on the emitter portion. The detector, for detecting light, is mounted on the... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20070262251 - Method of resolving ambiguity in photon counting-based detectors: The present invention teaches a new and unique method and apparatus of resolving the inaccuracy related to high photon counting rate in photon counting-based detectors that comprises a sensor, a discriminator and a counter. According to the method, a circuitry is provided at the output of the discriminator wherein the... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20070262252 - Efficient electron transfer dissociation for mass spectrometry: The present invention relates to, inter alia, methods and apparatuses for electron transfer dissociation (ETD) that vary the internal energy of precursor ions for ETD. The methods and apparatuses are particularly useful in mass spectrometry.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070262253 - Chemical noise reduction for mass spectrometry: In various aspects, the present teachings provide systems and methods for reducing chemical noise in a mass spectrometry instrument that use a neutral chemical reagent and one or more mass filters to reduce interfering chemical background ion signals that are generated by ionization sources of mass spectrometers. In various embodiments,... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20070262254 - Electron microscope, methods to determine the contact point and the contact of the probe: An electron microscope suitable for observing at least one sample is provided. The sample has at least one testing area, and a material of the sample on the testing area is semiconductive or conductive. The electron microscope includes a stage, an electron gun, and at least one probe. The stage... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070262255 - Focussing lens for charged particle beams: The present invention relates to a focussing lens (100) for focussing a charged particle beam (7) onto a specimen (3) at a predetermined landing angle (42; 42′; 42) comprising at least one first electrode (26, 105, 105a) having a first aperture (106) to generate a focussing electric field (110) for... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070262256 - Bolometric infrared sensor having two-layer structure and method for manufacturing the same: The present disclosure is related to bolometric infrared sensors having a two-layer structure and methods for manufacturing the same for improving an absorption rate by a spectroscopic design for resonantly absorbing infrared, and preventing the deformation of a sensor caused by stresses due to heat. The infrared sensor including an... Agent: Venable LLP

20070262257 - Passive biometric spectroscopy: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, systems and/or devices for passive biometric spectroscopy are disclosed.... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070262258 - Method for determining location of infrared-cut filter on substrate: A method for determining a location of IR-cut filter film on a substrate, the filter film and the substrate cooperatively functioning as an IR-cut filter, includes the steps of: providing an infrared laser device, an IR-cut filter and an infrared laser sensor; emitting a laser from the IR laser device... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070262259 - Adjustable sensor: A sensor mounting mechanism that includes a base member adapted to be mounted to a structure and a base neck having a first end and a second end where the first end is adapted to be coupled to a sensor with a ball-socket coupling and the second end is coupled... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070262260 - Lu1-xi3:cex - a scintillator for gamma ray spectroscopy and time-of-flight pet: The present invention concerns very fast scintillator materials comprising lutetium iodide doped with Cerium (Lu1-xI3:Cex; LuI3:Ce). The LuI3 scintillator material has surprisingly good characteristics including high light output, high gamma ray stopping efficiency, fast response, low cost, good proportionality, and minimal afterglow that the material is useful for gamma ray... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070262261 - Isolating plates and imaging array of crystal lattices and the method of making the same: A method for making isolating plates for imaging array of crystal lattices, which comprises steps of: providing a substrate; coating a mirror film on the substrate by evaporation so as to form a mirror substrate; and, forming a comb-like isolating plate by the formation of a plurality of notches on... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20070262262 - Ion implantation ion source, system and method: Limiting charge-exchange and low energy electron-induced fragmentation of B10Hx+; Operating the ion source without an arc plasma, which can improve the emittance properties and the purity of the beam; Operating the ion source without use of a strong applied magnetic field, which can improve the emittance properties of the beam;... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070262263 - Particle-optical apparatus equipped with a gas ion source: The invention relates to an electron impact gas ion with high brightness and low energy spread. This high brightness is achieved by injecting electrons in a small ionization volume (from less than 1 μm to several tens of micrometers in size) from one side and extracting ions from the other.... Agent: Michael O. Scheinberg

20070262264 - Fluorescent microscope and fluorescent correlation spectral analysis device: A fluorescence microscope 11 includes an objective lens 101, a dichroic mirror 102, a half mirror 105, a mirror 106, a laser light source 111, an ND filter 112, a beam expander 113, a mirror 114, a spatial light modulator 115, a lens 131, a band pass filter 132, a... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070262265 - Polymer biochip for detecting fluorescence: This present disclosure provides an optical chip for fluorescence detection. The optical chip has one or more parabolic optical elements that capture and collimate the fluorescent light and direct it onto a detector. The optical chip may be constructed of a polymer and made using injection molding techniques.... Agent: Anthony C. Kuhlmann, Ph.d. Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP

20070262266 - X-ray detector comprising scintillators that are attached to both sides of a light sensor: An x-ray detector has a light sensitive detector that is substantially transparent to x-rays, and has opposite sides that are permeated by incoming x-rays. At each of said opposite sides, a scintillator is arranged on the sensor that converts the incoming x-rays into light at each of said opposite sides.... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070262267 - Method and apparatus for scanning a workpiece through an ion beam: A method and apparatus 300 for better controlling scanning of a workpiece 330 through an ion beam path 306 provide for mounting a workpiece 330 on an elongated member, partially repetitively rotating the elongated member 500 around a point of rotation 368 to make repetitive scans of the workpiece 330... Agent: Burns & Levinson, LLP

20070262268 - Method for imaging a pattern onto a target portion of a substrate: A method for imaging a pattern onto a target portion of a substrate, comprises: providing a projection system configured to project a patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of a substrate,providing a substrate positioned on a substrate table, providing a level sensor arranged to provide level sensor readings being... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Eric S. Cherry - Docketing Supervisor

20070262270 - Insulator for high current ion implanters: An insulator usable in high current ion implantation systems includes increased surface due to the configuration of an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder coupled to the inner cylinder at one end. A cylindrical cavity extends between the two cylinders increasing the surface area and making the insulator resistant to... Agent: Duane Morris LLPIPDepartment (tsmc)

20070262271 - Ribbon beam ion implanter cluster tool: An ion implantation cluster tool for implanting ions into a workpiece is provided, wherein a plurality of beamline assemblies having a respective plurality of ion beamlines associated therewith are positioned about a common process chamber. Each of the plurality of ion beamline assemblies are selectively isolated from the common process... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates, LLC National City Bank Building

20070262272 - Semiconductor mask correcting device and semiconductor mask correcting method: A semiconductor mask correcting device is provided with an image acquiring unit acquiring a mask image, an extraction unit extracting only a main pattern from the mask data, an inspection unit inspecting a defective portion by comparing the extracted main pattern with a main pattern which is obtained from the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070262269 - Gantry for medical particle therapy facility: A particle therapy gantry for delivering a particle beam to a patient includes a beam tube having a curvature defining a particle beam path and a plurality of fixed field magnets sequentially arranged along the beam tube for guiding the particle beam along the particle path. In a method for... Agent: Brookhaven Science Associates/ Brookhaven National Laboratory

20070262273 - Drug counter: A drug counter comprises a body having an upper utensil and a lower utensil; a surface of the upper utensil having a plurality of drug holes; one side of the lower utensil having an opening for receiving the sliding plate; a sliding plate being insertable into the lower utensil from... Agent: Tzam-fu Sun

20070262274 - Radiotherapeutic apparatus: The present invention therefore provides a method of treating the surface of an item for a radiotherapy apparatus, comprising the steps of machining into a planar reflective surface of the item a stepped profile, each step having a first surface angled to the planar reflective surface such that, in use,... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070262275 - System, device, and method for detecting and characterizing explosive devices and weapons at safe standoff distances: Apparatus that invention detects and characterizes hard or metallic materials or objects, worn or carried by persons or concealed on their persons or in bags or luggage, using directed or propagated energy such as ultrasound or microwave, that is reflected or scattered by the materials and objects of interest and... Agent: Mitchell P. Novick, Esq. Law Offices Of Mitchell P. Novick

20070262276 - Cassette conveyance method and cassette conveyance apparatus: A cassette conveyance apparatus (10) includes: a first conveyance means (20) for conveying a first cassette (40) in a horizontal and vertical direction; and a second conveyance means (30) for conveying a second cassette (50) in a horizontal and vertical direction. In the cassette conveyance apparatus (10), the first and... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070257182 - Light emission measuring apparatus and light emission measuring method: A light fluctuation measuring apparatus, comprising a parameter setting unit 2 which sets parameters of a microscopic image obtaining unit and/or parameters of a light emission measuring unit used for observing light emission in a desired area of a sample in time series, a parameter storage 4 which stores parameters,... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070257185 - Driving an image sensor with reduced area and high image quality: An image sensor includes a set of at least two pixels each sensing light of a same color coupled to a signal converter. A driver simultaneously turns on a respective switching element for transferring a respective photocurrent from a respective photodiode within each of such pixels to the signal converter,... Agent: Law Office Of Monica H Choi

20070257184 - Large dynamic range cameras: Digital camera systems and methods are described that provide digital cameras with large effective single-frame dynamic exposure ranges. The digital camera systems include multiple channels. Each channel includes an optics component and sensor comprising an array of photo-detectors. The sensors of the camera channels are integrated on a semiconductor substrate.... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20070257183 - Method and apparatus providing multiple transfer gate control lines per pixel for automatic exposure control: An imager device includes a pixel array having some pixels providing output signals for automatic light control with other pixels providing image output signals. Multiple pixel cells of the array may be arranged to obtain sample data indicating the amount of light reaching the array, while image pixels in the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070257186 - Method and apparatus for optically powering and multiplexing distributed fiber optic sensors: An optical power converting apparatus is provided that may be used with remote sensors. A plurality of remote sensors may be coupled to a backbone optical fiber with each sensor having an optical power converter that receives an optical signal from a head end of that fiber. The optical power... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP And The Boeing Company

20070257187 - Light sensor protection and method for protecting a light sensor: A light sensor protection system and method protects a light sensor system from a laser threat. The light sensor system has a sensor housing which contains optical elements disposed within the sensor housing and at a first end of the housing to converge light rays entering the housing at a... Agent: Department Of The Army Cecom Legal Office, Fort Belvoir

20070257188 - Radiometric calibration: A calibration load is provided for calibrating a signal in a range of wavelengths or of a single known wavelength. In one embodiment, the load comprises a calibration surface including an emissive material, the calibration surface having relief features, such as pyramids or wedges, that have a dimension that is... Agent: Christopher P. Harris Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino

20070257189 - Buried object evaluating method, underground resources evaluating method, underground waste evaluating method, underground preserved object evaluating method, stratum structure evaluating method and building interior monitoring method, all using hard x-ra: As a method for using a hard X-ray sensor that can detect weak hard X-rays or the like with a higher resolution, a method for accurately evaluating natural resources of crude oil, natural gas, etc. existing underground, for example, is provided. A buried object evaluating method includes a detecting step... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070257190 - Micro fluidic gas assisted ionization structure and method: In accordance with the invention, auxiliary structures are used in conjunction with a microfluidic chip to form a microfluidic electrospray structure that allows gas assisted nebulization for use in a mass spectrometry system... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070257191 - Contact opening metrology: A method for process monitoring includes receiving a sample having a first layer that is at least partially conductive and a second layer formed over the first layer, following production of contact openings in the second layer by an etch process, the contact openings including a plurality of test openings... Agent: Applied Materials, Inc. C/o Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070257192 - Image inspection device and image inspection method using the image inspection device: In an inspection of a semiconductor wafer for a defect, when infrared light passing through a semiconductor wafer is imaged by a camera and an inspection is conducted using the image, a problem that halation occurs in the camera due to light leaking from the side of the inspection object,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070257193 - Gamma camera calibration and diagnosis using pulse injection: A quality control system and method are provided for troubleshooting and performance testing of detectors in a Gamma camera that includes a field programmable gate array for forming digital words to be converted to a pulse, a test pattern generator for storing the digital words, a digital analog converter for... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070257194 - Terahertz heterodyne tomographic imaging system: A method of forming a three-dimensional internal image of an object includes illuminating the object with terahertz (THz) radiation and detecting THz radiation that is either transmitted through, reflected from or backscattered from the object. The detected radiation is used to form a series of two-dimensional images of the object... Agent: Stallman & Pollock LLP

20070257195 - Integrated motion-image monitoring method and device: Security systems and methods are implemented using a variety of devices and methods. According to one such implementation, a security system uses a controller to communicate with security-monitoring devices and has an integrated image-capture device comprising a circuit board structure having an angle-setting support article, a circuit board with a... Agent: Crawford Maunu PLLC

20070257196 - X-ray detector: To reduce quality losses in edge areas of an X-ray image, caused by temperature fluctuations, an X-ray detector (1) is arranged with a scintillator (2) for converting X radiation into light and with an active matrix (3) of pixel readout elements, arranged behind it in the direction of X radiation,... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070257197 - Detector assembly and inspection system: A detector assembly is provided. The detector assembly includes a configurable x-ray detector having an area no greater than 10.2 centimeters (cm)×10.2 centimeters (cm) and an embedded controller coupled to the configurable x-ray detector and configured to control the configurable x-ray detector and to format image data from the configurable... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070257198 - Radiation detecting apparatus, scintillator panel, their manufacturing method and radiation detecting system: A radiation detecting apparatus includes a substrate 1, a scintillator layer 7 converting a radiation into light, and scintillator protection members 8, 9 and 10 to cover the scintillator layer 7, wherein the scintillator protection member includes a scintillator protection layer 8 consisting of a hot-melt resin, and the scintillator... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070257199 - Heterodyne receiver using resonant structures: An electronic receiver for decoding data encoded into electromagnetic radiation (e.g., light) is described. The light is received at an ultra-small resonant structure. The resonant structure generates an electric field in response to the incident light and light received from a local oscillator. An electron beam passing near the resonant... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20070257200 - Liquid metal ion gun: An emitter of a Ga liquid metal ion source is constituted to include W12 of a base material and Ga9 of an ion source element covering a surface as construction materials. By making back-sputtered particles become elements (W and Ga) of the Ga liquid metal ion sour source, if back-sputtered... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070257201 - Security systems and monitoring methods using quantum states: A security system uses a source capable of producing an entangled state of a sensing mode and a reference mode. The sensing mode has a path that enters an area around an object being secured. A state measurement system in the security system can measure a combination of the sensing... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070257203 - Analyzer system and method incorporating excimer uv fluorescence detection: A system for measuring the amount of sulfur in a sample is provided comprising a UV fluorescence detector for determining the sulfur dioxide content of the sample and an analyzer for receiving the sulfur dioxide content of the sample from the UV fluorescence detector for evaluating the content of species... Agent: Alton W. Payne

20070257202 - Luminescence sensor apparatus and method: A system for use in analyzing a pharmaceutical composition having at least one constituent comprising a luminescence sensor having an integral low current light source, the sensor being adapted to direct a plurality of radiation pulses to the pharmaceutical composition and detect luminescence emitted from the composition constituent, the sensor... Agent: Glaxosmithkline Corporate Intellectual Property, Mai B475

20070257204 - Light emitting material integrated into a substantially transparent substrate: In accordance with embodiments, viewable images can be created in glass. Viewable images may be created in glass by using a projector which projects ultraviolet light to excite light emitting material. Clear images may be created in glass because the size the light emitting particles in the glass is less... Agent: Sherr & Nourse, PLLC

20070257205 - Apparatus and method for treating a substrate with uv radiation using primary and secondary reflectors: Embodiments of the invention relate generally to an ultraviolet (UV) cure chamber for curing a dielectric material disposed on a substrate and to methods of curing dielectric materials using UV radiation. A substrate processing tool according to one embodiment comprises a body defining a substrate processing region; a substrate support... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP / Amat

20070257206 - Transmission of data between microchips using a particle beam: A device includes first and second chips, each chip containing at least one electronic circuit. The second chip has one or more receivers. A deflection mechanism operationally connected to an electronic circuit of the first chip directs a charged particle beam to different ones of the receivers, based, at least... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20070257211 - Implant optimization scheme: The present invention provides a method for implanting ions in a substrate and a method for manufacturing an integrated circuit. The method for implanting ions in a substrate, among other steps, including placing a substrate (410) on an implant platen (405) such that a predominant axes (430) of the substrate... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070257210 - Preventing dosage drift with duplicate dose integrators: A method for identifying a drifted dose integrator in an implantation system and an implantation system are provided. The implantation system includes a first dose integrator and a second dose integrator. The first dose integrator includes a first input configured to receive a first current generated from charges carried by... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

20070257212 - Digital parallel electron beam lithography stamp: An array of vertically aligned electron emitting nanotips such as multiwall carbon nanotubes are formed for use as a lithographic stamp. Crosswire addressing is used to generate electron emission from particular nanotips within the array. The nanotip array may be used to cure a resist, produce localized electrochemical reactions, establish... Agent: Blaise Mouttet

20070257207 - Charged particle beam device with aperture: The present invention relates to a charged particle beam device (1) for inspecting or structuring a specimen (3) comprising a charged particle beam source (5) to generate a charged particle beam (7), a focussing lens (9) to focus the charged particle beam (7) onto the specimen (3), and an aperture... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070257208 - Electron accelerator for ultra-small resonant structures: An electronic transmitter or receiver employing electromagnetic radiation as a coded signal carrier is described. In the transmitter, the electromagnetic radiation is emitted from ultra-small resonant structures when an electron beam passes proximate the structures. In the receiver, the electron beam passes near ultra-small resonant structures and is altered in... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20070257209 - Optimized correction of water thermal deformations in a lithographic process: A method and apparatus of correcting thermally-induced field deformations of a lithographically exposed substrate, is presented herein. In one embodiment, the method includes exposing a pattern onto a plurality of fields of a substrate in accordance with pre-specified exposure information and measuring attributes of the fields to assess deformation of... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Eric S. Cherry - Docketing Supervisor

20070257213 - Logistic station and detection device: A logistic station comprises a plurality of objects having a first status and a second status and a detection device used for detecting the status of the objects. The detection device comprises a pallet having a plurality of first supporting portions and a first sensor. The objects are detachably disposed... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070257214 - Method and apparatus for inspecting particles or defects of a semiconductor device: Conventionally, a particle/defect inspection apparatus outputs a total number of detected particles/defects as the result of detection. For taking countermeasures to failures in manufacturing processes, the particles/defects detected by the inspection apparatus are analyzed. Since the inspection apparatus outputs a large number of detected particles/defects, an immense time is required... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070257215 - Flow cytometry system with bubble detection: The flow cytometry system of the present invention includes a flow channel including an interrogation zone. A light source and a light detector are connected to the interrogation zone, such that a sample flowing through the interrogation zone can be optically analyzed through methods known in the art of flow... Agent: Schox PLC

20070257216 - Method and apparatus for investigating a non-planar sample: Method and apparatus for investigating a sample particularly a pharmaceutical tablet. An emitter and/or the sample are initially positioned so that the emitter is at a predetermined distance and normal angle to a first point on a surface of the sample. The emitter then irradiates the sample with radiation having... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070257217 - Radiographic-image recording medium containing shock-resistant member: An image recording medium includes: a support which is transparent to radiation for use in recording, and resistant to shock; a wavelength conversion layer which contains an organic binder and a fluorescent material which converts the radiation into visible light; a first electrode layer which is transparent to the visible... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070252073 - High sensitivity and high dynamic-range cmos image sensor pixel structure with dynamic c-v characteristics: A new photogate pixel structure for high performance CMOS Image Sensors is proposed. A new photogate structure is incorporated into the photodiode active-pixel structure. The proposed pixel structure exhibits the dynamic integration capacitance characteristics, which can be controlled by varying the control-voltage at the photogate node. Since the sensitivity is... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070252074 - Imaging arrangements and methods therefor: Image data is processed to facilitate focusing and/or optical correction. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, an imaging arrangement collects light data corresponding to light passing through a particular focal plane. The light data is collected using an approach that facilitates the determination of the direction from... Agent: Crawford Maunu PLLC

20070252075 - Method and apparatus for detecting an object in a motor vehicle environment: A method for detecting an object in a motor vehicle environment uses a detection means which scans the environment at predetermined angular increments φi+1−φi (i=1, 2, . . . , N). When sensing a reflection signal of the object at an angle φi, the angular increments are refined in the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070252076 - Projector: A projector includes: a light source that emit light; an illumination optical system that includes a superimposing optical element capable of performing superimposition illumination and uniformizes the light emitted from the light source to form illumination light; a color separating optical system that includes a dichroic mirror which reflects a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070252077 - Optical-scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus: An optical-scanning apparatus is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the optical-scanning apparatus includes a light deflector to deflect a beam from a light source; and an optical housing including a scanning-image optical system to focus the beam to scan a photo conductive photo receptor therewith as a light spot.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070252078 - Scanning method and scanning apparatus: A scanning method for optical scanning of a body includes illuminating the body by a lighting unit and a light receiver unit receives light transmitted from the lighting unit to the body and reflected by the body so that a scanning zone of a scanning unit is defined by the... Agent: Harness Dickey And Pierce PLC

20070252079 - Non-uniformity energy correction method and apparatus: A method and apparatus for acquiring total uniformity for a scintillation imaging apparatus are provided. A generic energy (Z) map is first obtained. The generic Zmap is then corrected for linearity by use of a dot pattern. The listmode data is used to construct an energy histogram matrix. A twin... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070252080 - Method and related system of pulsed neutron logging: A method and related system of pulsed-neutron logging. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are a method comprising releasing neutrons from a neutron source of a logging tool within a borehole, detecting gamma rays by a sensor on the logging tool (the gamma rays produced by capture of at... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20070252081 - Entanglement processes and system: We propose a practical method to generate cluster states for quantum computers. The qubit systems can be NV-centers in diamond, Pauli-blockade quantum dots with an excess electron or ion traps with optical transitions, which are subsequently entangled using a so-called double-heralded single-photon detection scheme. The fidelity of the resulting entanglement... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070252082 - Mobility based apparatus and methods using dispersion characteristics, sample fragmentation, and/or pressure control to improve analysis of a sample: The invention relates generally to devices and methods for displaying ion mobility based analysis information using a processor that processes data from an ion mobility based analyzer and a display that displays the processed data in a three-dimensional representation.... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070252083 - Planar electronebulization sources modeled on a calligraphy pen and the production thereof: The invention concerns an electrospray source having a structure comprising at least one flat and thin tip (3) in cantilever in relation to the rest (1) of the structure, the tip (3) being provided with a capillary slot (5) formed through the complete thickness of the tip and which ends... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070252084 - Portable composite bonding inspection system: Foreign materials (contaminants) will usually affect many other properties of the surface as well as affecting the adhesion. This allows the use of indirect or off-contact measurement of surface energy to evaluate the quality of the surface. Our approach is environmentally friendly, uses no consumables and is totally benign to... Agent: Space Micro Inc. Suite 400

20070252085 - Photovoltage detector: A method and system for detecting and monitoring a temporal and spatial distribution of a light beam are provided. A semiconductor substrate (120) having a given doping concentration range is partially exposed to an incident laser beam (150). Each part of the semiconductor structure (120) which is exposed to the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070252086 - Optical system and projector utilizing the same: The optical system comprises a light source, a first optical element, a projecting lens, and an electromagnetic-wave sensor. Light from the light source passes the first optical element and the lens sequentially to reach a screen, and light reflected by the screen passes the lens and reaches the electromagnetic-wave sensor... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070252087 - Wobbling mechanism to compensate fov truncation in spect systems: A nuclear imaging system and method are provided for synchronously recovering the field of view of a target to be imaged includes multiple detectors attached to a gantry, a support member or wobbling ring and a driver. The driver engages the wobbling ring whereby the wobbling ring rotates with respect... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070252088 - Monitoring ionizing radiation in silicon-on insulator integrated circuits: A method, device and system for monitoring ionizing radiation. The method including: collecting an ionizing radiation induced charge collected by the depletion region of a diode formed in a silicon layer below an oxide layer buried below a surface of a silicon substrate; and coupling a cathode of the diode... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070252089 - Charged particle acceleration apparatus and method: A charged particle beam including charged particles (e.g., electrons) is generated from a charged particle source (e.g., a cathode or scanning electron beam). As the beam is projected, it passes between plural alternating electric fields. In one embodiment, the electric fields alternate not only on the same side but across... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20070252090 - Particle-optical apparatus with temperature switch: The invention relates to a thermal switch for particle-optical apparatus. In, for example, a cryo-TEM (transmission electron microscope), a sample 34 that is placed at an extremity 20 of a sample holder 7 can be maintained at, for example, the temperature of liquid nitrogen. There is a need to be... Agent: Michael O. Scheinberg

20070252091 - Method and apparatus for observing inside structures, and specimen holder: An object of the invention is to provide a method and apparatus for observing inside structures and a specimen holder, wherein aging degradation of a good sample to a bad sample can be tracked in the same field of view, using the same specimen in order to determine the mechanism... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070252092 - Method for depositing a film using a charged particle beam, method for performing selective etching using the same, and charged particle beam equipment therefor: Certain film deposition and selective etching technology may involve scanning of a charged particle beam along with a deposition gas and etching gas, respectively. In conventional methods, unfortunately, the deposition rate or the selective ratio is oftentimes decreased depending on optical system setting, scan spacing, dwell time, loop time, substrate,... Agent: Stanely P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20070252094 - Reduction projection objective and projection exposure apparatus including the same: A reduction projection objective for projection lithography has a plurality of optical elements arranged along an optical axis and designed for imaging an effective object field arranged in an object surface of the projection objective into an effective image field arranged in an image surface of the projection objective at... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070252093 - Ion beam delivery equipment and an ion beam delivery method: The invention is intended to confirm whether the SOBP (spread-out Bragg peak) width is a desired value in real time during beam irradiation, and to improve safety in treatment. Ion beam delivery equipment comprises a beam generator including a synchrotron, an RMW (range modulation wheel) device for forming an SOBP... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070252095 - X-ray shield arrangement for operating room: Back-scattered x-rays incident on a person working with a patient on an operating table are reduced by upper and lower x-ray shield panels mounted so they can be turned relative to each other about a common vertical axis. The panels are thick enough and have proximate horizontal edges close enough... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP