Radiant energy inventions 02/08

20080048095 - Light source with photosensor light guide: The present invention provides a light source comprising one or more light-emitting elements, one or more photosensors and, a photosensor light guide, such as, for example, a substantially planar light guide. The photosensor light guide is generally configured to capture and guide some of the light emitted from the one... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.C.

20080048096 - Optical control device: An optical control device includes a semiconductor laser that generates a light according to a drive current, a light amount detecting unit that detects a light amount of the light generated by the semiconductor laser; and a controller that controls the drive current to adjust the light amount to a... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080048097 - Image sensor module: An image sensor module including a substrate, an image signal processor, a supporting board, an image sensor chip and a cover is provided. A concave is located on a surface of the substrate. The image signal processor is disposed in the concave, and is electrically connected to the substrate. The... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080048098 - Solid-state imaging device: It is an object to obtain a solid-state imaging device that can reduce a variation in an electric current that flows between an amplifier power supply and ground wiring in a column amplifier, which occurs in accordance with an input signal level, without degrading manufacture and operation tolerances in terms... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20080048099 - Information processing device, information processing method, and program: The present invention provides an information processing device, having a power generating element for converting light into power, for performing processing responsive to an environment in which a wavelength of illuminating light changes. The device includes a plurality of power generating elements whose power generating efficiencies are deflected with respect... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080048100 - Method and system to differentially enhance sensor dynamic range using enhanced common mode reset: Effective differential dynamic range and common mode rejection in a differential pixel detector are enhanced by capturing and isolating differential detector charge output before using common mode reset to avoid detector saturation due to common mode components of optical energy to be detected. Differential charge is stored into an integration... Agent: Canesta, Inc.

20080048101 - Systems and methods for controlling windows with variable light transmission: Systems and methods for controlling windows with variable light transmission are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a sensor adapted to receive a light intensity, a user input device adapted to receive a user input value, a window having a variable transmissivity portion, and a control system. The control... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20080048102 - Optically enhanced multi-spectral detector structure: An integrated optical system and method employs an optical concentrator, a spectral splitting assembly for splitting incident light into multiple beams of light, each with a different nominal spectral bandwidth; and an array of optical detector sites wherein each of the detector sites has a nominal spectral response and wherein... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson, Patent Legal Staff

20080048103 - Systems and methods for detecting corrosion: Systems and methods for detecting corrosion are provided. In one embodiment, a luminescent material coupled to a cladding of an optical fiber may be altered when exposed to corrosion. The backscatter emission of the luminescent material, which includes the altered optical properties, may be used to determine properties of the... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080048104 - Optical encoder: An optical encoder for measuring a relative movement of a first scale plate and a second scale plate, comprises: a light source; a first scale plate which converts light from the light source into a cyclic light quantity distribution; a second scale plate which cyclically makes spatial modulation on the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080048105 - Procedure for the optical acquisition of objects by means of a light raster microscope: Procedure for the image acquisition of objects by means of a light raster microscope, whereas a scanning of the probe for the creation of a probe image occurs in scanning steps and the distance between at least two scanning steps is variably adjustable and at least a second scanning of... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080048106 - Method and apparatus for verifying the authenticity of an item by detecting encoded luminescent security markers: An apparatus for verifying, under ambient lighting conditions, the authenticity of an optical security mark on an item, the mark comprising a luminescent material which absorbs light within a first predetermined range of wavelengths and emits luminescence within a plurality of other predetermined wavelength ranges with a predetermined characteristic time... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080048107 - Ion source for a mass spectrometer: An ion source able to ionize both liquid and gaseous effluents from interfaced liquid or gaseous separation techniques. The liquid effluents are ionized by electrospray ionization, photoionization or atmospheric pressure chemical ionization and the gaseous effluents from sources such as a gas chromatograph are ionized by a corona or Townsend... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080048110 - Methods and instruments for identification of glycosylated proteins and peptides: To analyze glycans and peptide sequences without liberating glycans from glycosylated peptides, a glycan structure is analyzed through negative-ion CID, in which sialic acid and fucose are resistant to elimination, and a peptide sequence is analyzed through positive-ion ECD.... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080048108 - Baffle apparatus and systems and methods using them: A baffle comprising a plurality of apertures wherein at least one of the plurality of apertures comprises a convergent portion and a divergent portion is provided. In some examples, a baffle comprising at least two concentric cones may be used. In other examples, the baffle may be used in an... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP P2021

20080048109 - Data-dependent selection of dissociation type in a mass spectrometer: Methods and apparatus for data-dependent mass spectrometric MS/MS or MSn analysis are disclosed. The methods may include determination of the charge state of an ion species of interest, followed by automated selection of a dissociation type (e.g., CAD, ETD, or ETD followed by a non-dissociative charge reduction or collisional activation)... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

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20080048112 - Rf power supply for a mass spectrometer: The present invention provides a radio frequency (RF) power supply in a mass spectrometer. The power supply provides an RF signal to electrodes of a storage device to create a trapping field. Such ion storage devices are often used to store ions prior to ejection to a subsequent mass analyser.... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20080048113 - Storage bank for ions: The invention relates to instruments for storing ions in more than one ion storage device and to the use of the storage bank thus created. The ion storage bank includes several storage cells configured as RF multipole rod systems, where the cells contain damping gas and are arranged in parallel.... Agent: O'shea, Getz & Kosakowski, P.C. Suite 912

20080048114 - Scanning type probe microscope: To be able to measure a value with regard to a dissipation, or a value in proportion to a dissipation energy without making a premise by being brought into a steady state. Exciting means 12 for carrying out an excitation by following a resonance frequency of a cantilever 2, a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080048115 - Scanning probe microscope displacement detecting mechanism and scanning probe microscope using same: A displacement detection mechanism for a scanning probe microscope capable of performing measurement quickly with high precision even if an objective lens or an illumination system is arranged above or below a sample or a cantilever, and a scanning probe microscope comprising it. The displacement detection mechanism (112) for a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080048116 - Charged particle beam device and method for inspecting specimen: A charged particle beam device is provided. The device includes a primary objective lens for focusing a primary charged particle beam, the primary objective lens defining an optical axis, a specimen stage defining a specimen location area, a deflection unit for deflecting the primary charged particle beam between the primary... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080048117 - Scanning electron microscope: Disclosed is a scanning electron microscope capable of checking an abrupt change of probe current due to changes in intensities of the respective condenser lenses when the probe current is intended to be changed by changing the intensities of the respective condenser lenses. The scanning electron microscope includes: an electron... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080048118 - Electron beam apparatus and method for production of its specimen chamber: A structure of an electron beam apparatus having shielding properties for shielding against an environmental magnetic field is provided. The electron beam apparatus comprises a mirror barrel for housing a magnetic lens for converging an electron beam onto a specimen and a specimen chamber for housing the specimen, wherein a... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080048119 - Infrared radiation detector and driving or piloting assistance device comprising such a device: This detector comprises an assembly of elementary sensors capable of detecting said radiation. This assembly comprises at least two separate detection areas, a first detection area comprising elementary sensors having a first thermal time constant and a second detection area comprising elementary sensors having a second thermal time constant which... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080048120 - Surface mounted infrared image detector systems and associated methods: An infrared image detector system mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) is disclosed for use with an infrared imaging system such as an infrared camera. A semiconductor die having an infrared detector array and connection points on a first surface is mounted to a PCB and electrically coupled to... Agent: O'keefe, Egan, Peterman & Enders LLP

20080048121 - Uncooled infrared camera system for detecting chemical leaks and method for making the same: An apparatus for detecting incoming radiation, including: a housing for receiving the incoming radiation, a lens attached to the housing to transmit incoming radiation into a radiation shield unit within the housing; a bandpass filter within the radiation shield unit to filter the incoming radiation falling outside a predetermined spectral... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20080048122 - Methods and systems for generating amplified terahertz radiation for analyzing remotely-located objects: A method for generating amplified terahertz radiation includes inducing a first volume of a gas to produce a seed plasma and emit pulsed seed terahertz radiation by focusing an optical seed beam in the first volume. The seed terahertz radiation is then amplified by focusing an optical gain beam to... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20080048123 - Directional gamma ray probe: A portable directional gamma ray radiation detector having a plurality of gamma ray radiation detectors separated by lead shielding arranged in an enclosure. Outputs from the detectors are applied to a signal processor to determine the location of a gamma ray emitter, and the signal processor is connected to a... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20080048124 - Multi-modality imaging system: A multi-modality imaging system is disclosed. The multi-modality system includes a Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) device; and a computed tomography (CT) device operatively connected to the SPECT device. A cradle is operatively connected to the SPECT device and the CT device, wherein the cradle is configured to move... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20080048125 - Convertible radiation beam analyzer system: The instant invention relates a convertible radiation beam analyzer for measuring the distribution and intensity of radiation produced by a radiation source. More specifically, the instant invention is a convertible radiation scanning device that includes a single guideway module constructed and arranged for attachment to dynamic phantom tank in various... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20080048126 - X-ray detector: An X-ray detector is disclosed for detecting individual quanta. In at least one embodiment, the X-ray detector includes a plurality of detector elements and an evaluation unit that is connected to the latter for data purposes and is set up in such a way that each detector element is assigned... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080048127 - Ion source including magnet and magnet yoke assembly: An ion source is provided which is capable of generating and/or emitting an ion beam which may be used to deposit a layer on a substrate or to perform other functions. In certain example embodiments, a magnet yoke assembly used in the ion source is provided, and the magnet yoke... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080048128 - Apparatus for detecting laser-stimulated luminescent radiation: An apparatus is disclosed for inspecting a surface containing a material that emits luminescent radiation in response to absorbing excitation radiation. The apparatus comprises a laser disposed in or adjacent to a housing. A sensor opening is defined in the housing and permits emission of excitation radiation generated by the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080048129 - Remote laser assisted biological aerosol standoff detection in atmosphere: A method used to detect and identify biological substances suspended in air in the form of aerosols or clouds including generating a remote infrared light beam directed toward the atmospheric contamination, producing an ultraviolet light beam from the infrared light beam by compression via the air through which the IR... Agent: Naval Research Laboratory Associate Counsel (patents)

20080048130 - Method for retrofitting concrete structures: A method of seismic retrofitting a concrete structure includes removing material from a portion of the concrete structure by irradiating the portion with a laser beam having a laser energy density. The method further includes positioning a stabilization structure in proximity to the portion of the concrete structure. The method... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080048131 - Front plate for an ion source: The present invention relates to a front plate for an ion source that is suitable for an ion implanter. The front plate according to the invention comprises obverse and reverse sides, an exit aperture for allowing egress of ions from the ion source that extends substantially straight through the front... Agent: Applied Materials, Inc.

20080048132 - Apparatus and method for reducing particulate contamination in gas cluster ion beam processing equipment: Beam-defining apparatus and methods for defining a gas cluster ion beam used to process a workpiece. The beam-defining apparatus includes a second member projecting from a first member in a direction away from the workpiece and an aperture defined in the first and second members that is configured to transmit... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (tokyo Electron)

20080048134 - Light source device for producing extreme ultraviolet radiation and method of generating extreme ultraviolet radiation: Electrode ablation is controlled in EUV light source device that gasifies a raw material by irradiation with an energy beam and produces a high-temperature plasma using electrodes a raw material for plasma is dripped in a space in the vicinity of, but other than, the discharge region and from which... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20080048133 - Source material collection unit for a laser produced plasma euv light source: An EUV light source is disclosed which may comprise a laser source generating a laser beam and a source material, e.g. tin, SnBr4, SnBr2, SnH4, tin-gallium alloys, tin-indium alloys, tin-indium-gallium alloys or combinations thereof, that is irradiated by the laser beam to form a plasma and emit EUV light. The... Agent: Matthew K. Hillman Cymer, Inc., Legal Dept.

20080048135 - Radiation attenuation device: An apparatus and method of attenuating radiation includes oscillating at least one fluid having a radiation attenuating property between at least two chambers, incident to applied radiation. The radiation attenuating device includes at least two communicating adjacent chambers, at least one fluid having radiation attenuating properties moveable between the at... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080048136 - Electromagnetic radiation transformation for powered devices: Electromagnetic radiation transformation for powered devices is described. In embodiment(s), a wireless phone (e.g., a cellular phone) includes one or more sources that emit electromagnetic radiation, such as an internal power supply or antenna system of the wireless phone. The wireless phone can also include a paramagnetic material in a... Agent: Sadler, Breen, Morasch & Colby, P.s.

20080048137 - Front filter and plasma display panel and related technologies: A front filter for display panels may include a resin layer including depressed portions formed thereon and an electromagnetic wave shielding film having a conductive material injected into the depressed portions.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080048138 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium includes a sensor including a light emitting element configured to emit light and a light receiving element configured to receive light emitted from the light emitting element. A sensor actuator is configured to cause a transition between a... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080042041 - Computer input device with resolution control: The present invention is directed to an optical pointer control having variable image resolution. In one embodiment, the pointer control includes a mechanism for adjusting the position of the lens or sensor relative to the navigation surface, and hence adjusting the image resolution. The mechanism for adjusting the position of... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080042042 - Beam director and control system for a high energy laser within a conformal window: A beam control system and method. The system includes an illuminator for providing a first beam of electromagnetic energy at a first wavelength; a source for providing a second beam of electromagnetic energy at a second wavelength; and an arrangement for compensating wavefront errors in the second beam using a... Agent: Leonard A. Alkov, Esq. Raytheon Company

20080042045 - Electro optical device, correction value determining method, and electronic apparatus: A correction value determining method for each of a plurality of electro optical elements whose light intensity is controlled in accordance with a gray scale value and a correction value, the method comprising the steps described below. (a) Measuring a light intensity of the each electro optical element when the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080042043 - Method of determining and/or evaluating a differential optical signal: The invention relates to a method for determining and/or evaluating a differential, optical signal. According to the invention, at least two first light sources (S1, S2) which are sequentially clocked in terms of light and emitted in a phased manner are provided, in addition to at least one receiver (E)... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080042044 - Light detecting apparatus, illumination optical apparatus, exposure apparatus and exposure method: A light detecting apparatus which can be arranged even in an optical path of which converting angle is relatively large, and can accurately detect light entering along a predetermined direction in an optical path. The light detecting apparatus (10) for detecting light which enters in a predetermined direction in an... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080042046 - Physical quantity detection device, method of driving physical quantity detection device, and imaging apparatus: A physical-quantity detection device includes at least two semiconductor substrates exchanging a pixel signal read from a pixel-array section including pixels, disposed in a two-dimensional matrix, for converting a physical quantity given from outside into an electrical signal. The two semiconductor substrates have a plurality of terminals connected in parallel... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080042047 - Cmos image sensor and related method of operation: Provided is a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor. The CMOS image sensor includes a pixel array unit having a matrix-type array of unit pixels, each unit pixel including a charge transfer element transferring charge collected in a photoelectric conversion element to a charge detection element. The charge transfer... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20080042048 - Digital-to-analog converter, analog-to-digital converter, and semiconductor device: A DA conversion device includes the following elements. A higher-bit current source cell portion includes uniformly weighted higher-bit current source cells to generate an identical constant current. A lower-bit current source cell portion includes a lower-bit current source cells that are weighted to generate 1/two-to-the-power-of-certain-numbers constant currents. A constant current... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20080042049 - Optical scanning device and image formation apparatus: An optical scanning device includes: a light source; a first optical element that converts light emitted from the light source to parallel light; a deflection element that deflects the light in a fast scanning direction to scan a surface of an object to be scanned with the light at a... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080042050 - Polarization independent optical isolator and optical transmitting/receiving apparatus: A polarization independent optical isolator includes: a first birefringent plate that divides the receiver light from the optical transmission path into normal light and abnormal light to output the normal light and the abnormal light; a second birefringent plate that combines the normal light and the abnormal light to output... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080042051 - Rotary optical encoder employing multiple subencoders with common reticle substrate: A rotary optical position encoder for detecting angular position includes a light source, a monolithic scale disk including an optical scale pattern, a monolithic reticle substrate including sets of reticle aperture patterns between the light source and the scale disk, detection and conversion circuitry, and digital processing circuitry. The light... Agent: Bainwood Huang & Associates LLC

20080042052 - Mems device having simplified drive: A MEMS oscillator, such as a MEMS scanner, has an improved and simplified drive scheme and structure. Drive impulses may be transmitted to an oscillating mass via torque through the support arms. For multi-axis oscillators drive signals for two or more axes may be superimposed by a driver circuit and... Agent: Graybeal - Microvision

20080042053 - Sensor arrangement in motor vehicle exterior mirror: A sensor arrangement is provided that includes at least one sun sensor in a motor vehicle, wherein the sun sensor is used in the region of the outside surface of the motor vehicle, and the sun sensor is mounted in the area of at least one exterior mirror.... Agent: Mg-ip Law, PLLC

20080042054 - Thermal signature device: A thermal signature device according to this invention enables a firefighter to be located with a thermal imaging camera. The device includes an infrared emitting element having a predetermined frequency. The emitting element is situated in a housing that may be temporarily fastened to a firefighter's clothing and manually actuated... Agent: Harshaw Research, Inc.

20080042055 - Preparative ion mobility spectrometry: In an ion mobility spectrometer, ions are generated, mobility-separated and deposited on a receiver, preferably at spatially separated positions by soft landing or crash landing techniques. The ion mobility spectrometer can be a stand-alone instrument or part of a hybrid analysis instrument. To analyze the deposited ions, the receiver is... Agent: Law Offices Of Paul E. Kudirka

20080042056 - Photoactivated collision induced dissociation (pacid) (apparatus and method):

20080042057 - Electron spectroscopy analysis method and analytical apparatus: [Means for Solving the Problem] In an electron spectroscopy analytical apparatus (1) for executing an analysis of a composition, a chemical state and the like of a surface of a sample (4) or in a depth direction thereof by irradiating an X-ray to the sample (4) from a high-energy particle... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080042058 - Method for separating a minute sample from a work piece: The invention pertains to a method for separating a minute sample (1) from a work piece (2). Such a method is routinely used in the semiconductor industry to obtain samples from wafers to be inspected in a TEM. It occurred to the inventor that approximately 20% of the obtained samples... Agent: Michael O. Scheinberg

20080042059 - Focused ion beam apparatus and sample section forming and thin-piece sample preparing methods: Detected is a secondary electron generated by irradiating a focused ion beam while performing etching a sample section and the around through scan-irradiating the focused ion beam. From a changing amount of the detected secondary electron signal an end-point detecting mechanism detects an end point to thereby terminate the etching,... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080042060 - Inspection system by charged particle beam and method of manufacturing devices using the system: An inspection apparatus and a semiconductor device manufacturing method using the same. The inspection apparatus is used for defect inspection, line width measurement, surface potential measurement or the like of a sample such as a wafer. In the inspection apparatus, a plurality of charged particles is delivered from a primary... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080042061 - Method of alignment for efficient defect review: An inspection system includes a SEM visual inspection apparatus for detecting a defect in a semiconductor sample in steps of manufacturing a semiconductor device and a review apparatus for observing, at a high resolution, the defect in the semiconductor sample detected by the SEM visual inspection apparatus. The system has... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080042062 - Image converter with heatable converter layer: The invention relates to an image converter (1) for the visualizing an intensity distribution of an electromagnetic radiation (3), the image converter (1) comprising a converter layer (2), which at least partly converts the incident electromagnetic radiation (3) into heat and hence converts the intensity distribution of the incident electromagnetic... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080042063 - Infrared imaging system and lens module for use with the same: An IR imaging system includes a lens module and an imaging module coupled to the lens module. The lens module includes a barrel defining a through hole, at least one lens received in the through hole and an IR bandpass filter received in the barrel and configured for filtering out... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080042064 - Method and apparatus on-line measurement of polymer properties: The invention is a method and apparatus for on-line measurement of polymer properties such as moisture content, ethylene content, Epoxidized Soy Bean Oil (ESBO) content, calcium stearate content and ethylidene norbornene (ENB) content.... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company Law Technology

20080042066 - Method and apparatus for increasing light absorption in an image sensor using energy conversion layer: A system and method for applying a layer of material in the image sensor fabrication process in order to increase the absorption of specific range light spectrum by the image sensor is described. The mechanism adopted is by converting light rays from higher energy range (shorter wavelength) to lower energy... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080042065 - Method and apparatus for real-time measurement of trace metal concentration in chemical mechanical polishing (cmp) slurry: A system (and method) for real-time measurement of trace metal concentration in a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) slurry, includes an electromagnetic radiation flow cell carrying a CMP slurry, a slurry pickup head coupled to the flow cell, and an analyzer for measuring properties of the slurry flowing through the flow... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080042067 - Radioimaging: Radioimaging methods, devices and radiopharmaceuticals therefor.... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20080042068 - Exposure apparatus, exposure method, and method for producing device: A sensor is used at a substrate level in a lithographic projection apparatus having a projection system with a numeric aperture that is greater than 1 and is configured to project a patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of a substrate The sensor includes a radiation-detector; a transmissive plate... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080042069 - Tomograph comprising detectors having a specific shape: A tomograph type detection device including a plurality of detection elements arranged in a form of a ring and electrodes on each face of the elements. Each electrode includes a connector, all the connectors being located on the external periphery of the ring of detection elements.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080042070 - Semiconductor crystal high resolution imager: A radiation imaging device (10). The radiation image device (10) comprises a subject radiation station (12) producing photon emissions (14), and at least one semiconductor crystal detector (16) arranged in an edge-on orientation with respect to the emitted photons (14) to directly receive the emitted photons (14) and produce a... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080042071 - Broad band referencing reflectometer: A spectroscopy system is provided which is optimized for operation in the VUV region and capable of performing well in the DUV-NIR region. Additionally, the system incorporates an optical module which presents selectable sources and detectors optimized for use in the VUV and DUV-NIR. As well, the optical module provides... Agent: O'keefe, Egan, Peterman & Enders LLP

20080042072 - Relating to instruments: Monitoring radioactive emissions includes providing a processor having a plurality of potential data input channels, providing data input to the processor the potential data input channels, that data being generated by an instrument, and combining all the data inputs in the processor. The processor is configured to handle data input... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080042073 - Apparatus and method for trajectory modulation of an electron beam: An electron beam amplification device provides trajectory modulation of an electron beam, and includes an electron gun, a modulator, an interceptor, an output circuit, and a collector. The electron gun produces an electron beam. The modulator receives an RF input signal and provides a corresponding electromagnetic field region that alters... Agent: O'melveny & Myers LLP Ip&t Calendar Department La-1118

20080042074 - Charged particle beam apparatus and charged particle beam irradiation method: A charged particle beam apparatus produces little reduction in resolution when the beam is inclined with respect to a sample. The trajectory of a primary beam 4 is deflected by a deflector or changed by a movable aperture such that the beam is incident on a plurality of lenses 6... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080042075 - Thermometry apparatus probe sterilization: A portable thermometry apparatus having an elongate temperature sensing probe includes a probe sterilization chamber wherein the elongate temperature sensing probe is irradiated with germicidal light to sterilize the probe between usages.... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20080042076 - Modular patient support system: A radiation treatment system (100) for accurately delivering radiation to a targeted site within a cancer patient (108) that includes a modular patient support system and a patient positioner (114). The modular patient support system includes a modularly expandable patient pod (200) and at least one immobilization device, such as,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080042077 - Process and apparatus for post deposition treatment of low dielectric materials: Methods and apparatus are provided for processing a substrate with an ultraviolet curing process. In one aspect, the invention provides a method for processing a substrate including depositing a silicon carbide dielectric layer on a substrate surface and curing the silicon carbide dielectric layer with ultra-violet curing radiation. The silicon... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20080042078 - Techniques for temperature-controlled ion implantation: Techniques for temperature-controlled ion implantation are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as an apparatus for high-temperature ion implantation. The apparatus may comprise a platen to hold a wafer in a single-wafer process chamber during ion implantation, the platen having a wafer interface to provide... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP/varian Semiconductor, Equipment Associates, Inc.

20080042079 - Collector with fastening devices for fastening mirror shells: There is provided a system that includes a first optical sub-system contained in a first space, and a second optical sub-system contained in a second space. The first and said second spaces are separated by a structure selected from the group consisting of a diaphragm and a valve.... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20080042080 - Multi-channel photocoupling device and producing method thereof: Provided is a photocoupling device including: a first photocoupling unit including a first light-receiving element and a first light-emitting element that are arranged to oppose each other; a second photocoupling unit including a second light-receiving element and a second light-emitting element that are arranged to oppose each other; and a... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080042081 - Apparatus for scanning stimulable phosphor medium: A radiation image reading apparatus, including a cassette receiving section, a scanning section, an erase section, and a transport section. The cassette receiving section is adapted to receive a cassette housing a stimulable storage phosphor sheet. The transport section is adapted to transport the sheet along a substantially linear transport... Agent: Carestream Health Inc,

20080042083 - Radiation imaging cassette: A radiation imaging cassette. The cassette includes a housing, a latch member, and guide edges. The housing is adapted to house a stimulable phosphor sheet. The housing includes a light-protected region and an opening for extraction and/or insertion of the stimulable phosphor sheet. The latch member releasably engages the stimulable... Agent: Carestream Health Inc,

20080042082 - Sheet scanning apparatus: A scanning apparatus for scanning a sheet as the sheet is transported in a substantially vertical transport direction. The scanning apparatus includes a scan housing; first, second, and third couplings; and a transport apparatus. The scan housing supports an optical scanning apparatus. The second and third couplings allow at least... Agent: Carestream Health Inc,

20080035833 - Fault detection method and apparatus: This invention relates to fault detection in electrical circuits. The invention provides an input module for electrically isolating an input signal received via a field sensor to be transmitted to a plurality of processors, in which the input module comprises a plurality of optical coupler/controller circuits; and each optical coupler/controller... Agent: Bourque & Associates Intellectual Property Attorneys, P.A.

20080035835 - Photoelectric conversion sensor: A photoelectric conversion sensor according to the invention comprises: a substrate; a plurality of organic photoelectric conversion pixel parts arranged on the substrate for converting incident light to an electric signal; a light transmissive substrate for transmitting incident light; an optical filter arranged on the light transmissive substrate for limiting... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080035834 - Very fast time resolved imaging in multiparameter measurement space: Plural electronic or optical images are provided in a streak optical system, as for instance by use of plural slits instead of the conventional single slit, to obtain a third, fourth etc. dimension—rather than only the conventional two, namely range or time and azimuth. Such additional dimension or dimensions are... Agent: Peter I. Lippman

20080035836 - Image sensor and method for fabricating the same: An image sensor includes at least one photoelectric conversion area on a semiconductor substrate, a color filter over the photoelectric conversion area, and an apochromatic microlens over the color filter.... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20080035837 - Displacement sensor, method for detecting the optimal reference position, and method for judging stability of detecting reference position of displacement sensor: A displacement sensor which detects a positional displacement of a movable member, comprises a position signal generating section configured to generate a periodical signal in accordance with movement of the movable member, a generating section of a signal for detecting a reference position, configured to generate the signal for detecting... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080035838 - Electrical interconnection structure for diverse signals: A single interconnection unit provides all of the signal connections required to operate a group of PMTs and to transmit signals therefrom to acquisition electronics exterior to an enclosure for the PMTs in a nuclear scanner. In a preferred embodiment, the interconnection unit provides a shielded differential pair connection for... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080035839 - Radiation image read-out method: In a method of reading out energy stored in a CsBr:Eu stimulable phosphor plate, having been exposed to high energy radiation, said method is performed in two steps: a first read-out step while irradiating said phosphor plate with stimulating energy from an infrared radiation stimulation source, followed by a second... Agent: Nexsen Pruet, LLC

20080035840 - Process and apparatus for isotope determination of condensed phase samples: A process for isolating a carbon fraction representative of the carbon contained in a specimen of a condensed phase carbonaceous composition. The carbon fraction is isolated in the form of a carbon oxide gas that may be introduced into a mass spectrometer for determining the proportion of the carbon isotope... Agent: Senniger Powers (sgm)

20080035841 - Ion trap and a method for dissociating ions in an ion trap: A quadrupole ion trap includes a switch 3 for switching a trapping voltage between discrete voltage levels VH, VL. This creates a digital trapping field for trapping precursor ions and product ions in a trapping region of the ion trap. A gating voltage is applied to a gate electrode 12... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080035842 - Tandem ion-trap time-of-flight mass spectrometer: A tandem linear ion trap and time-of-flight mass spectrometer, where the ion trap has a straight central axis orthogonal to the flight path of the mass spectrometer. The ion trap comprises a set of electrodes, (401, 403, 402, 404) at least one of the electrodes has a slit for ejecting... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080035844 - Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer: An inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer comprises a control device 70 for collectively controlling each of the following factors: the amount of liquid drops in the aerosol that is to be supplied to a plasma torch 20, the flow rate of carrier gases 76A and 76B in this aerosol, the... Agent: Paul D. Greeley, Esq. Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20080035843 - Scanning electron microscope: In a scanning electron microscope, a reflection plate at ground potential is provided in a specimen chamber and backscattering electrons given off from a specimen impinge on the reflection plate to generate subsidiary electrons. An electric field supply electrode applied with a positive voltage of +100 to +500V is arranged... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080035845 - Electron beam apparatus for work function measurements: The inventive apparatus measures workfunction values using deflection of an electron beam without direct contact of the electron beam with the sample surface. The apparatus, mounted within a vacuum chamber, includes an electron gun, a position sensitive electron detector, and a sample. The sample is located such that an electron... Agent: Alexei Ermakov

20080035846 - Tunable finesse infrared cavity thermal detectors: A cavity thermal detector assembly is presented that allows both tunable narrowband and broadband operation. This allows for high light efficiency, low thermal time constant, and flexibility in designing the optical path. The thermal detector/filter layers are part of the top mirror or mirrors of a Gires-Tournois-type optical cavity and... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080035847 - Solid-state image sensing device, method for manufacturing the same, and imaging system: The present invention provides a solid-state image sensing device that converts long-wavelength light represented by the terahertz band into electric signals without being affected by the fluctuation of radiated heat, and outputs the signals mainly as picture signals; a method for manufacturing the same, and an imaging system. The cell... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080035848 - Ultra-high sensitivity ndir gas sensors: A compact and long path-length sample cell that is a hollow waveguide with a plurality of bends that are collectively greater than 180 degrees in three dimensions, a focusing device for quasi-focusing radiation into a beam with an angle of incidence between greater than approximately 0° and approximately 10° relative... Agent: Wagner, Anderson & Bright, LLP

20080035849 - Method for manufacturing x-ray detector and x-ray detector: A first protective layer is formed on the surface of a photoelectric conversion substrate on which photoelectric transducers have been provided, and then, a scintillator layer is formed thereon, whereby degradation of the photoelectric transducers due to the contact with the scintillator layer is prevented. A second protective layer covering... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080035850 - Optical detection of proximity of patient to a gamma camera: A patient on a bed is positioned within an imaging space defined by a view field of a signal detector for collecting imaging signals to be reconstructed into the images by using signal processing. The patient positioning system uses a nuclear detection device having a mechanism for generating nuclear radiation... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080035851 - Processing method, manufacturing method of semiconductor device, and processing apparatus: A processing method for selectively reducing or removing the region to be exposed with energy ray in a film formed on a substrate, comprising relatively scanning a first exposure light whose shape on the substrate is smaller than the whole first region to be exposed against the whole first region... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080035852 - Flat panel detector: An objective is to provide a radiation flat panel detector in which degradation of a phosphor layer property during aging is inhibited, the phosphor layer is protected from chemical alteration and physical impact, and sharpness is excellent. Also disclosed is a flat panel detector possessing a light-receiving element and provided... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080035854 - Electron microscope phase enhancement: A microfabricated electron phase shift element is used for modifying the phase characteristics of an electron beam passing though its center aperture, while not affecting the more divergent portion of an incident beam to selectively provide a ninety-degree phase shift to the unscattered beam in the back focal plan of... Agent: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

20080035853 - Illumination condenser for a particle optical projection system: An illumination condenser for a particle optics projection system is disclosed. The illumination condenser is formed of a magnetic lens comprising a plurality of gaps. The magnetic lens is formed of a sequence of a plurality of partial lenses.... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080035855 - Particle detector: A particle detector for detecting a particle beam includes a negatively charged electrode plate having a first side facing the particle beam, a second side opposite to the first side, and a through-hole extending from the first side to the second side for receiving the particle beam. A detection device... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080035856 - Electric field lens and ion implanter having the same: An electric field lens includes an entrance electrode, an intermediate electrode, and an exit electrode that are arranged in a traveling direction of ion beams. The intermediate electrode is maintained in a positive potential, and the entrance electrode and the exit electrode are maintained in a ground potential. In addition,... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080035857 - Method of manufacturing a radiation image storage panel: In a method of manufacturing a radiation image storage phosphor plate, comprising in its phosphor layer a storage phosphor of the type having an alkali metal halide salt as a main component and a lanthanide as a dopant, the plate after having been manufactured is uniformly exposed, i.e., exposed with... Agent: Nexsen Pruet, LLC

20080035858 - Multiple fingerprinting of petroleum oils using normalized time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence spectral subtractions: A method based on spectral subtractions of normalized time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence (TRLIF) spectra produces multiple fingerprints of petroleum oils simultaneously. The method utilizes the simultaneous excitation of the TRLIF spectra of six oil samples using synchronized optical shutters. Five of the samples are standard oil samples while the sixth is... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080035859 - Photo-stimulable phosphor imaging plate: A photo-stimulable phosphor imaging plate includes a substrate layer for providing structural support. A photo-stimulable layer is provided over the substrate layer. The photo-stimulable layer is effective to carry a latent x-ray image. A thick protective layer of a thickness and rigidity effective to protect the photo-stimulable layer from physical... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080035862 - Throughput enhancement for scanned beam ion implanters: An ion implantation system that optimizes productivity that includes an ion generator configured to implant ions into a workpiece by scanning the ions along an axis in a first direction, a movable stage configured to move the workpiece in a second direction generally orthogonal to the first direction, an ion... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates, LLC National City Bank Building

20080035863 - Single scan irradiation for crystallization of thin films: A method of processing a polycrystalline film on a substrate includes generating laser pulses, directing the laser pulses through a mask to generate patterned laser beams, each having a length l′, a width w′, and a spacing between adjacent beams d′; irradiating a region of the film with the patterned... Agent: Wilmerhale/columbia University

20080035861 - Detector for charged particle beam instrument: A detector for use with a high pressure SEM, such as an ESEM® environmental SEM from FEI Company, extends the effective detection space above the PLA, thereby increasing secondary signal amplification without increasing working distance or pressure. Embodiments can therefore provide improved resolution and can operate at lower gas pressures.... Agent: Michael O. Scheinberg

20080035860 - Dual beam system: A dual beam system includes an ion beam system and a scanning electron microscope with a magnetic objective lens. The ion beam system is adapted to operate optimally in the presence of the magnetic field from the SEM objective lens, so that the objective lens is not turned off during... Agent: Michael O. Scheinberg

20080035865 - Extreme ultra violet light source device: An extreme ultra violet light source apparatus in which both a mechanism of supplying a droplet target to a laser application position at a high speed and a mechanism of trapping charged particles generated from plasma are managed without disturbing a track of the target. The apparatus includes: a target... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080035864 - Skin tanning and light therapy incorporating light emitting diodes: The invention relates to a skin tanning chamber, the improvement comprising at least one light emitting diode emitting a UVA light, such as a UVA LED that emits essentially only UVA. Additionally, multiple LEDs of varying types with various characteristic wavelengths are controlled independently to produce an arbitrary light pattern... Agent: Elmore Patent Law Group, PC

20080035866 - Mail imaging system with uv illumination interrupt: A UV illumination source interrupt may prevents emission of UV illumination from the UV illumination source in a mail processing system based on a detected presence of a mailpiece near a window at which the mailpiece may be illuminated with UV light. The UV source may also be controlled based... Agent: Lockheed Martin Corporation C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080035867 - Method of erasing storage phosphor panels: U

20080029687 - Image reading apparatus and image reading method: The invention alters the light emission proportion of each of five LEDs for each of a plurality of accumulation cycles in a main scanning direction, in accordance with light emission conditions that are configured in the lighting condition register, causes the emission spectra of the multicolored illumination that composites the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080029688 - Imaging apparatus and method of driving the same: There is provided an image apparatus capable of improving a frame rate to prevent resolution in the predetermined area from decreasing and forming image signals outside the predetermined area. In the image apparatus including an area sensor in which a plurality of pixels is arranged in a matrix, a drive... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080029689 - Photoelectric conversion apparatus and image pickup system using photoelectric conversion apparatus: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a photoelectric conversion area in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged to convert incident light into electric charges, a plurality of amplifying units are arranged to read and supply signals based on the electric charges of corresponding photoelectric conversion elements to output... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080029690 - Photodetector, spatial information detecting device using the photodetector, and photo detection method: A photodetector is provided, which has the capability of preventing a reduction in dynamic range for a signal light even under a plenty of environmental light to stably obtain a received light output. This photodetector has an accumulation electrode and a holding electrode, which are formed on a photoelectric converting... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080029691 - Multi-touch sensing display through frustrated total internal reflection: High-resolution, scalable multi-touch sensing display systems and processes based on frustrated total internal reflection employ an optical waveguide that receives light, such as infrared light, that undergoes total internal reflection and an imaging sensor that detects light that escapes the optical waveguide caused by frustration of the total internal reflection... Agent: Patent Docket Clerk Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.

20080029692 - Method and apparatus for dual polarization imaging: An imaging system and method for dual polarization imaging is provided. In one implementation, an imaging system includes a field stop located at a first image plane for limiting an incident light ray bundle passing through an aperture thereof and a polarization discriminating element adapted to separate the incident light... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080029693 - Solid-state image pickup device: A solid-state image pickup device includes a photoelectric conversion portion for generating signal electric charges in accordance with an amount of incident light, a plurality of color filters, and a flattening layer formed on the plurality of color filters. A thickness of a projection or a recess on a surface... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080029694 - Detector having wide field of view: A detector having a field of view in elevation on the order of one hundred eighty degrees in one plane and three hundred sixty degrees in a perpendicular plane includes a generally hemispherical lens in combination with an optical frustum. The combination directs incident radiant energy within the field of... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20080029695 - Methods, systems and apparatuses for chemical compound generation, dispersion and delivery utilizing desorption electrospray ionization: Apparatuses, systems and methods for generating, dispersing and delivering chemical compounds utilizing desorption electrospray ionization. Embodiment include an airflow channel into which an airflow is directed, a solvent reservoir containing a volume of solvent, at least one charged droplet source for producing a plurality of charged liquid droplets in the... Agent: Law Office Of Michael P. Eddy Michael P. Eddy

20080029696 - Ion extraction pulser and method for mass spectrometry: p

20080029697 - Data acquisition system and method for a spectrometer: A data acquisition system and method are described that may be used with various spectrometers. The data acquisition system may include an ion detector and a processing circuit. The processing circuit may include an initial processing module and a spectra processing module. According to one embodiment, the spectra processing module... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20080029699 - Charged particle beam system, sample processing method, and semiconductor inspection system: A charged particle beam system, a sample processing method, and a semiconductor inspection system enable an accurate detection of a particle in a film without causing LMIS contamination and allow observation with an electron microscope quickly. A particle 65 causing a defect in a film 66 that has been detected... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080029698 - Method for obtaining and processing surface analysis data: A method of managing data obtained by measurements. The method permits EDS (energy dispersive spectroscopy) spectra to be collected in one operation. Energies detected by an EDS detector are converted by a pulse height analyzer into pulses of heights corresponding to the energies. The heights of the pulses in a... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080029700 - Field emission electron gun and electron beam applied device using the same: The object of the present invention is to enable the optical axis of an electron beam of a field emission electron gun mounting thereon an electron gun composed of a fibrous carbon material to be adjusted easily. Moreover, it is also to obtain an electron beam whose energy spread is... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080029701 - Night-vision imaging apparatus, control method of the same, and headlight module: The invention provides a night-vision imaging apparatus including: a light emission unit that emits infrared light; a solid-state imaging device that converts the infrared light into a first signal; a light-emission control unit that allows the light emission unit to emit the infrared light which is modulated according to a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080029702 - Method and apparatus for detecting methane gas in mines: The present invention is a method and apparatus for remotely detecting methane gas in mines by laser remote sensing technologies. The apparatus has at least one light source emitting photons towards mine walls and at least one light detection device accepting photons reflected from mine walls. When methane gas presents... Agent: Wei Xu

20080029703 - System and method for range selectable motion detection: The present invention is directed to a method and system for regulating coverage range within an intrusion detection system. The intrusion detection system may include at least two sensors, each of the sensors having an individual range of coverage. The system may additionally include at least two predetermined settings for... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20080029704 - Method and apparatus for imaging with imaging detectors having small fields of view: An apparatus for imaging a structure of interest comprises a plurality of imaging detectors mounted on a gantry. Each of the plurality of imaging detectors has a field of view (FOV), is independently movable with respect to each other, and is positioned to image a structure of interest within a... Agent: Dean D. Small The Small Patent Law Group LLP

20080029706 - Particle therapy device: A particle therapy device is provided. The particle therapy device includes a gantry, which is rotatable about an axial axis of rotation and surrounds a treatment chamber with a floor that has at least one movable plate, a treatment table being positionable inside the treatment chamber. To make it possible... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080029705 - Radiation imaging apparatus and nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus using the same: Disclosed herein is a radiation imaging apparatus and radiation-imaging-apparatus-based nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus having a collimator in which a plurality of rectangular through-holes are arranged in a grid pattern and separated by septa is rotated through a predetermined angle as viewed from above in relation to the layout of a... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080029707 - Systems, methods and apparatus for auxiliary ethernet port for wireless portable x-ray detector: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which a portable imaging device is operable to communicate to other devices through both a wired communication path and a wireless communication path.... Agent: Ramirez & Smith

20080029708 - Digital camera with integrated ultraviolet (uv) response: There are many, many inventions described herein. In one aspect, what is disclosed is a digital camera including a plurality of arrays of photo detectors, including a first array of photo detectors to sample an intensity of light of a first wavelength and a second array of photo detectors to... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20080029709 - Dosimeter based on a gas electron multiplier for dose measurements of therapeutic radiation: A dosimeter based on a gas electron multiplier and method of use thereof for measurement of doses of therapeutic radiation to which a tissue-phantom is exposed. Subsequent to the in-phantom measurement and verification of radiation beam delivery, radiation can be effectively delivered to a human target organ, based on the... Agent: Williamson Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20080029710 - Fluorescence conversion medium and color light-emitting device including the same: A fluorescence conversion medium comprising, a fluorescent fine particle formed of an inorganic nanocrystal which absorbs visible and/or near ultraviolet light and emits visible fluorescence, and a transparent medium which disperses the fluorescent fine particle therein, an absorbance at a wavelength where the fluorescent intensity is maximized being in the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080029711 - Multimarking fibre-type fluorescence microscopic imaging method and system: The invention relates to a method for producing a fluorescent fiber image of a sample, wherein a sample is scanned with the aid of an excitation signal; the fluorescent signal emanating from the sample is detected, wherein the excitation signal and fluorescent signal use the same optical path; the optical... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080029713 - Disposable radioactive contamination control materials: A disposable surface wipe, a removable coating, or a filter includes a sensor that detects radioactive contamination on a surface, or radioactive contamination extracted from a gas or a fluid, and provides a signal indicating the presence of such contamination. The sensor detects ionizing radiation emitted by the radioactive contamination.... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20080029712 - Terahertz optical gate: This invention relates to a wide band optical gate in the terahertz domain (wavelengths in the far infrared). It comprises a first optical source (2) emitting a first beam (FTHz) in said terahertz domain, a first plate made of a semiconducting material (1) illuminated by said terahertz beam and a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080029714 - Digital camera with integrated infrared (ir) response: There are many, many inventions described herein. In one aspect, what is disclosed is a digital camera including a plurality of arrays of photo detectors, including a first array of photo detectors to sample an intensity of light of a first wavelength and a second array of photo detectors to... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20080029715 - Alignment method of a laser beam processing machine: An alignment method of a laser beam processing machine comprising a chuck table, a laser beam application means having a condenser for applying a laser beam to the workpiece held on the chuck table, an image pick-up means for picking up an image of the workpiece held on the chuck... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080029716 - Apparatus and method for ion beam implantation using ribbon and spot beams: An ion implantation apparatus with multiple operating modes is disclosed. The ion implantation apparatus has an ion source and an ion extraction means for extracting a ribbon-shaped ion beam therefrom. The ion implantation apparatus includes a magnetic analyzer for selecting ions with specific mass-to-charge ratio to pass through a mass... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080029717 - Extreme ultraviolet light source device and method of generating extreme ultraviolet radiation: Extreme ultraviolet light source device in which an EUV radiation fuel is introduced into a chamber, and high-voltage pulsed voltage from a high-voltage generator is applied between first and second main discharge electrodes, thereby producing a high-temperature plasma from discharge gas between the main discharge electrodes; EVU radiation with a... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20080029719 - Focusing and shielding device for encephalic photon knife: A focusing and shielding device for encephalic photon knife consisting of a body of ray source, a switch and an armet, the ray source body is a hemispherical shell with certain thickness, a ray source cavity for placing ray source and a pre-collimation hole are defined on the hemispherical shell;... Agent: GlobalIPServices

20080029718 - Protector: The present invention provides a protector, especially a radiotherapeutic protector. The protector comprises a conductive baseplate with one side covered with an insulation layer and another side is mounted with a plentiful of antennae, and an electric connector is coupled on one end of the conductive baseplate. In one embodiment,... Agent: GlobalIPServices

20080029720 - Led lighting arrangement including light emitting phosphor: A lighting arrangement (20) comprises: a radiation source, LED chip, (22) configured to emit radiation having a first wavelength range; a phosphor, photoluminescent material, (30) configured to absorb at least a portion of said first wavelength range radiation and emit radiation having a second wavelength range; and an optical component,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC