Radiant energy inventions 04/08

20080093529 - Methods, materials, and devices for the conversion of radiation into electrical energy: A rectifying nanoscale structure is disclosed, which, upon exposure to incident light, is induced to propagate electrons in an anisotropic fashion, with exceptionally low losses. A rectifying nanoscale structure which exploits the phenomena of plasmons to modify its light absorption and rectification properties is also disclosed.... Agent: Hahn And Moodley LLP

20080093530 - Illumination system: The illumination system has a plurality of light emitters (R, G, B) and a light collimator (1) for collimating light emitted by the light emitters. Light propagation in the light-collimator is based on total internal reflection (TIR) towards a light-exit window (4) of the light-collimator. At least one light sensor... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080093532 - Memory card having an information display function using an external light source: A memory card including a first memory responsible for the main memory of the memory card, a memory control unit adapted to control the operation of the first memory, a photoelectric voltage generating unit adapted to generate a voltage corresponding to light irradiated externally via photoelectric conversion, a display unit... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20080093531 - Structure of image integrated circuit: An image integrated circuit includes a light sensor layer and a semiconductor circuit layer. The light sensor layer receives and converts the light of a photographed image and into a corresponding light-induced electrical signal. The bottom of the light sensor layer form conductive terminals for supplying the light-induced electrical signal... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080093533 - Driving method for solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus: A driving method for a solid-state imaging device including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, VCCDs, a line memory, and an HCCD includes: transferring all of the electric charges, which are stored in the line memory in an array, to the HCCD; and transferring only an electric charge, which is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080093534 - Image sensor for low-noise voltage operation: The image sensor includes a conversion module for lowering a turn-on voltage of a signal or changing its waveform, a module for providing a negative voltage if necessary, and at least one module for limiting the slope of an output signal, and the characteristics of the image sensor are improved... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080093535 - Information handling system light sensor: A light sensor apparatus includes a support surface. A wall is located adjacent to and spaced apart from the support surface. A light aperture is defined by the wall. A light sensor is coupled to the support surface by an extendable member, whereby the extendable member is operable to adjust... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080093536 - Reduction of solar interference in an infrared touch system: An apparatus is provided for an infrared touch system that decreases solar interference. The infrared touch system includes a mounting board, which has a number of sides that encompass an area. The infrared touch system includes a number of optical detectors and optical sources mounted along the edges on the... Agent: Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.C.

20080093537 - Machine for inspecting glass containers: A machine for inspecting glass containers rotating at an inspection station. A camera images an area of interest on the glass container and continuous illumination of that area is provided by strobing a light source a number of times while the area is imaged on a camera the entire period.... Agent: Emhart Glass Research, Inc.

20080093538 - Machine for inspecting glass containers: A machine for inspecting a rotating glass container for defects wherein the image evaluated for defects is a critical addition of a plurality of additions each defined by a plurality of time spaced images.... Agent: Emhart Glass Research, Inc.

20080093539 - Apparatus and method for chemical imaging of a biological sample: In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a method for determining illumination parameters for a stained sample, the method may include providing a stained sample and obtaining an absorption band of the sample; obtaining an emission band of the sample and determining the illumination parameters for the sample as a... Agent: Duane Morris LLP

20080093540 - Optical detection sensor: One embodiment of the present invention provides an optical detection sensor configured so as to irradiate exit light emitted from a light source onto an object to be measured, the object being disposed a relative distance away from an end face of a first optical fiber, and receive the reflection... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080093541 - Fiber sensor and fiber sensor device: A fiber sensor comprising: an optical waveguide unit having a measurement surface formed at an end of an optical waveguide; and a channel unit through which a specimen, serving as a measurement object to be measured by contact with the measurement surface, is caused to flow in and out via... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080093542 - Device and method for optical touch panel illumination: An optical touch panel including a support defining a generally planar surface, an optical illumination assembly arranged along and above at least part of a periphery of the support to define a detection region, at least one light detector, arranged to detect changes in the light received from the optical... Agent: Klony Lieberman Lumio Inc.

20080093543 - Thermal management technology for polarizing xenon: A polarizing apparatus has a thermally conductive partitioning system in a polarizing cell. In the polarizing region, this thermally conductive partitioning system serves to prevent the elevation of the temperature of the polarizing cell where laser light is maximally absorbed to perform the polarizing process. By employing this partitioning system,... Agent: Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.A.

20080093544 - Phantom for radiological system calibration: A phantom for use in measuring characteristics of a digital radiography imaging system has at least one substrate having a patterned foil layer. The pattern in the foil layer being defined by a plurality of apertures within which the substrate is exposed.... Agent: Carestream Health Inc,

20080093545 - System and method for calibrating an x-ray detector: A method and system are provided for generating high and low-frequency components for the pixels of a detector array. The method includes the act of generating a gain map image comprised of gain coefficients for one or more pixels of a detector array. A frequency-based transform is applied to the... Agent: General Electric Company (pcpi) C/o Fletcher Yoder

20080093546 - Ion source for electron transfer dissociation and deprotonation: In mass spectrometric analysis equipment, highly charged analyte fragment ions are obtained by electron transfer dissociation of highly charged analyte ions by radical anions and the dissociation products are then deprotonated with non-radical anions. Both the radical anions for electron transfer dissociation and the non-radical anions for deprotonation are produced... Agent: Law Offices Of Paul E. Kudirka

20080093547 - Top-down protein analysis in mass spectrometers with ion traps: Proteins with a molecular mass in the range from approximately 5 to 100 kilodaltons are structurally analyzed without prior enzymatic digestion to small peptides in a mass spectrometer that operates with an ion trap. The proteins are ionized by electrospraying or similar processes to create highly charged analyte ions, which... Agent: Law Offices Of Paul E. Kudirka

20080093549 - Ion mobility spectrometer: An ITMS includes an inlet for receiving a sample that will be tested for a substance of interest. The inlet communicates with an ionization chamber and a drift chamber communicates with the downstream end of the ionization chamber. A first grid electrode extends across the downstream end of the ionization... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20080093548 - Sample preparation plate for mass spectrometry: Disclosed herein is a sample preparation plate used to prepare a sample for mass spectrometry. In particular, a sample plate used to concentrate a sample as well as remove contaminants from the sample while providing easy manipulation of small liquid droplets on a surface with minimal sample loss.... Agent: Waters Investments Limited C/o Waters Corporation

20080093551 - Electric charged particle beam microscopy and electric charged particle beam microscope: An electric charged particle beam microscope measures a geometric distortion at an arbitrary magnification with high precision, and corrects the geometric distortion. A geometric distortion at a first magnification is measured as an absolute distortion based on a standard specimen having a cyclic structure. A microscopic structure specimen is photographed... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080093550 - Method for adhering nanostructures to end of probe of microscope and microscope having probe made by the same method: There is provided a method for selectively adsorbing nano-structures on the end of the probe of a scanning probe microscope. The method includes the steps of: forming the adsorbing prevention coating layer on the probe surface of the scanning probe microscope; removing the adsorbing prevention coating layer formed on the... Agent: Venable LLP

20080093552 - Motion detector module: A motion detector comprises a housing having a front side and a back side. Conductors are disposed on the back side so as to electrically connect to a wiring module installed within an electrical box. An infrared (IR) sensor is mounted within the housing and configured to receive IR radiation... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080093553 - Conduction structure for infrared microbolometer sensors: A conduction structure for infrared microbolometer sensors and a method for sensing electromagnetic radiation may be provided. The microbolometer may include a first conductor layer and a second conductor layer. The microbolometer further may include a bolometer layer between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer.... Agent: Frank Cona Tyco Fire And Security

20080093554 - Dual band imager with visible or swir detectors combined with uncooled lwir detectors: Methods and apparatus (10) are disclosed for handling pallets (S) to be inspected and sorted. The method can include tipping a substantially vertically oriented pallet (L) in a forward rotational direction to expose and allow inspection of a trailing major (17) surface of the pallet. A lower portion of the... Agent: Raytheon Company 2000 East El Segundo Boulevard

20080093555 - Method to determine water content in a sample: This invention provides a method to determine the content of water in a sample by liberating the water from the sample followed by capturing the liberated water in a gas flow and measuring cumulatively the water vapour content in the gas flow by spectroscopy, preferably frequency modulated spectroscopy.... Agent: Organon Usa, Inc. Patent Department

20080093556 - Infrared gas analyzer: An infrared gas analyzer includes: a sample cell through which a sample gas containing a measurement component that absorbs an infrared light flows; one or a plurality of light sources that emits the infrared light; and a detector that detects a concentration of the measurement component contained in the sample... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080093558 - Radiographic image detector and preparation method of the same: A radiographic image detector which incorporates a scintillator panel provided with a substrate, on which a fluorescent substance layer comprised of a prismatic crystal structure is formed, and a receptor element, on which surface plural receptor pixels, to perform photoelectric conversion of light from the scintillator panel, are two-dimensionally arranged,... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080093557 - Nanocomposite scintillator, detector, and method: A compact includes a mixture of a solid binder and at least one nanopowder phosphor chosen from yttrium oxide, yttrium tantalate, barium fluoride, cesium fluoride, bismuth germanate, zinc gallate, calcium magnesium pyrosilicate, calcium molybdate, calcium chlorovanadate, barium titanium pyrophosphate, a metal tungstate, a cerium doped nanophosphor, a bismuth doped nanophosphor,... Agent: Los Alamos National Security, LLC

20080093559 - Arrangement of a scintillator and an anti-scatter-grid: The invention relates to the production of a scintillator system which comprises an Anti-Scatter-Grid (20) and an arrangement of scintillator cells. In a first processing step, a rectangular pattern of slots (11, 12) is cut into the top surface of a scintillator crystal (10). An Anti-Scatter-Grid (20) is then inserted... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080093560 - Circuit substrate and method: Embodiments of the invention are concerned with semiconductor circuit substrates for use in a radiation detection device, said radiation detection device comprising a detector substrate having a plurality of detector cells arranged to generate charge in response to incident radiation, each of said detector cells including at least one detector... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080093563 - Aberration corrector and method of aberration correction: A chromatic aberration corrector has a relatively simple correction system capable of correcting the electron optical system of a transmission electron microscope for chromatic aberration. Furthermore, high-resolution imaging is enabled. The correction system uses a first multipole element for producing a quadrupole field to produce a concave lens effect. However,... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080093562 - Beam recording method and device: A recording device including a beam deflection section for relatively moving an irradiation position of an exposure beam with respect to a substrate on which a resist layer is formed; a substrate velocity adjustment section for adjusting a moving velocity of the substrate based on a deflection amount of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080093561 - Dual-mode electron beam column: A dual-mode electron beam column (10) for selectably providing, in an electron beam lithography machine, a Gaussian beam for enhanced writing resolution and a variable shaped beam for enhanced writing throughput comprises a first aperture (13) for confining the beam, a first lens (14) for focussing the beam at a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080093564 - Systems and methods for radioisotope generation: Systems and methods are disclosed for producing customized, predictable and reproducible supplies of radioisotopes using, for example, a reactor housing that is fabricated from a radioactive shielding material and has both an internal volume and a surface that comprises an entry port and an exit port, a chromatographic column that... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080093565 - Charged particle beam system and its specimen holder: In a charged particle beam device and a specimen holder for the charged particle beam device each of which comprises a mechanism for blowing with a gas at least partially a specimen to be observed, the mechanism includes small flow rate gas spout openings arranged opposed to each other through... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080093566 - System for spore detection: A method for detecting the presence of bacterial spores in a sample comprises non-destructively to the spores carrying out the steps of assessing the fluorescence of the sample, subjecting the sample to UV radiation, and reassessing the fluorescence of the sample to determine the presence of spores. An increase in... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20080093567 - Charged particle radiation therapy: Among other things, an accelerator is mounted on a gantry to enable the accelerator to move through a range of positions around a patient on a patient support. The accelerator is configured to produce a proton or ion beam having an energy level sufficient to reach any arbitrary target in... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080093568 - Lower shield for radiation protection system: A radiation protection shield for protecting medical personnel from radiation being applied to a patient positioned on a table. The shield includes a frame and a primary screen including a radiation-resistant material connected to said frame.... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080093569 - Optical pickup apparatus and optical disc apparatus using same: An optical pickup apparatus includes a semiconductor laser for emitting a laser light, an objective lens for irradiating the light flux emitted from the semiconductor laser onto an optical disc, and a light detector for receiving the light flux reflected from the optical disc. The light detector has a light... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080087796 - Photo detector array with thin-film resistor-capacitor network: A photo detector device configured for use with a display device, the photo detector device comprising a photosensitive transistor formed on a substrate of the display device, the photosensitive transistor being capable of detecting an optical signal and converting the optical signal into a current signal, and a converter formed... Agent: Akin Gump LLP - Silicon Valley

20080087797 - Optical user interface system for automotive modules: A rearview assembly for a vehicle including a mounting structure for mounting to a vehicle, a rearward viewing device, and housing with a position sensor, is provided. The position sensor includes first and second radiation emitters, a radiation reception element, and sensor processing circuitry coupled to one of the position... Agent: Price, Heneveld, Cooper, Dewitt, & Litton, LLP/gentex Corporation

20080087798 - Optoelectronic security system: The invention relates to an optoelectronic security system comprising a plurality of light transmitters in a light grid arrangement for the transmission of light signals into a monitored zone, at least one spatially resolving light reception unit for the reception of the light signals transmitted by the light transmitters and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080087799 - Light sensor and pixel selecting method for light sensor: An optical sensor able to make a pixel area small without degrading an increase of the speed of detection of the change of light intensity and reduction of the power consumption, therefore able reduce the size of a chip at the time of an increase of pixels and a method... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20080087800 - Solid-state image capturing device, image capturing device, and manufacturing method of solid-state image capturing device: A solid-state image capturing device, includes a semiconductor board, upon which same semiconductor board are disposed in a predetermined order: a first detecting unit for detecting a first wavelength region component within an electromagnetic wave; and a second detecting unit for detecting a second wavelength region component which is longer... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20080087801 - Apparatus for processing an input signal: Apparatus for processing an input signal comprises a first switching means and a second switching means, the first switching means comprises a first photoconductive switch and the second switching means comprises a second photoconductive switch, wherein the first switching means is switchable between an open state and a closed state... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080087802 - Optical pickup device: In an optical pickup device, a side surface parallel in the optical axis direction of an optical component is respectively fixed with an adhesive at wall surfaces (internal walls) provided opposing with each other of an accommodation case. In a part of the wall surfaces of the accommodation case, a... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080087803 - Photosensor, target detection method and display panel: A photosensor includes first and second light receiving elements which detect light, and a light source which is disposed behind the first and second light receiving elements and which emits light containing a predetermined color component. A first filter is disposed in front of the first light receiving element and... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080087804 - Noise-reducing image sensor: In an embodiment example of the present invention, an image sensor comprises a filter used for an extraction of a specific color component of an incident light, a light receiving element which observes the incident light via the filter, a compensating filter having a transmission restraining characteristic in a visible... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080087806 - Optical encoder: An optical encoder having a structure for preventing water or the like from adhering to a V-shaped groove of a code plate of the encoder. The optical encoder has a protective plate made from an optically transmissive material, the protective plate being positioned adjacent to a surface of the code... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080087805 - Optical encoder with encoder member having one or more digital diffractive optic regions: An optical encoder uses an encoder member with one or more digital diffractive optic regions to optically manipulate an incident beam of light to extract relative displacement information of the encoder member.... Agent: Wilson & Ham

20080087807 - Volume calibration phantom and calibration method thereof: A volume calibration phantom is disclosed in the present invention, which comprises a container; a plurality of plates stacking up inside the container; and at least one slab of radioactive source, each of which is disposed between the adjacent plates and comprises a plurality of radionuclides. With the volume calibration... Agent: Wpat, PC

20080087808 - Method and system for controlling beam scanning in an ion implantation device: A method and apparatus for controlling ion beam scanning in an ion implanter is disclosed. Before an implant process is commenced, a scan waveform to create a uniform distribution along a magnetic scan axis is determined, using a travelling Faraday detector (24). Charge data from the travelling Faraday (24) is... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20080087809 - Mass spectrometry system having ion deflector: A tandem mass spectrometer and method for calibrating a tandem mass spectrometer. The tandem mass spectrometer comprises first and second mass analyzers. The first and second mass analyzers form an ion path. The second mass analyzer is positioned downstream from the first mass analyzer and is arranged to receive ions... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080087810 - Methods and apparatus for time-of-flight mass spectrometer: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for compensating for mass error for a time-of-flight mass spectrometer. A reference flight distance for a pulse of ions corresponding to a reference temperature of one or more components of an ion flight path assembly is determined, and the temperature of one or more components... Agent: Applied Biosystems

20080087811 - Nanostructured surfaces as a dual ionization ldi-desi platform for increased peptide coverage in proteomic analysis: Embodiments of the invention include methods and devices for the analysis of proteins utilizing a gold coated nanoporous alumina surface for dual ionization mode mass spectrometric analysis using desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) and laser desorption ionization (LDI). Combined use of DESI and LDI gives increased sequence coverage in peptide mixture... Agent: Musc Foundation For Research Development

20080087812 - Sampling system for containment and transfer of ions into a spectroscopy system: The invention provides for efficient collection of analyte ions and neutral molecules from surfaces for their subsequent analysis with spectrometry. In an embodiment of the invention, a ‘multiple desorption ionization source’ includes a tube which can contain ions for subsequent sampling within a defined spatial resolution from desorption ionization at... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080087814 - Multi path tof mass analysis within single flight tube and mirror: An apparatus for analyzing ions by determining times of flight of the ions includes a flight tube. The apparatus includes a pulser for redirecting ions into the flight tube. The apparatus includes a first detector located at a first position within the flight tube. The apparatus includes a second detector... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080087813 - Multi source, multi path mass spectrometer: A mass spectrometer system includes a first mass spectrometer channel. The mass spectrometer system includes a second mass spectrometer channel. A housing is configured to enclose the first and second mass spectrometer channels within the same chamber. A mass analyzer is coupled with the first and second channels and configured... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080087815 - Time division multiplexing ms with beam converging capillary: A mass spectrometer system includes a first ion source that produces ions in a first ion stream. The mass spectrometer system includes a second ion source that produces ions in a second ion stream. A capillary receives the first and second ion streams and separately introduces ions in the first... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080087816 - Pulsed ion source for quadrupole mass spectrometer and method: A variable duty cycle ion source assembly is coupled to a continuous beam mass spectrometer. The duty cycle can be adjusted based on previous scan data or real time sampling of ion intensities during mass analysis. This provides the ability to control the total number of ions formed, mass analyzed... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20080087817 - Icp/esi mass spectrometry systems and methods of use thereof: Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include mass spectrometry systems and methods of performing molecular mass spectrometry and elemental mass spectrometry using a single mass spectrometry system.... Agent: Agilent Technologies, Inc. Legal Department, Dl429

20080087818 - Ion trap mobility spectrometer calibration method and system: An ion trap mobility spectrometer calibration system and method wherein the maximum response of the spectrometer is determined. A quantity Q0 is chosen representing a response which is a predetermined percentage of the maximum response. Input to the ion trap mobility spectrometer are at least two known quantities Q1 and... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20080087821 - Electron beam system and method of operating the same: An electron beam system (such as a scanning electron microscope or an electron probe microanalyzer) capable of displaying backscattered electron (BSE) images at the same brightness and same contrast at all times if the atomic number differences are the same when illumination conditions including accelerating voltage and emission current are... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080087822 - High-density fib-sem tomography via real-time imaging: A method and an apparatus are for three-dimensional tomographic image generation in a scanning electron microscope system. At least two longitudinal marks are provided on the top surface of the sample which include an angle therebetween. In consecutive image recordings, the positions of these marks are determined and are used... Agent: Walter Ottesen

20080087819 - Method for analyzing a fluid sample: The invention relates to a method for analyzing a fluid sample, such as a body fluid sample in which, after loading a test element with a sample of a fluid, the fluid sample passes into a detection area of the test element and spreads out in the detection area, and... Agent: Roche Diagnostics Operations Inc.

20080087820 - Probe control method for scanning probe microscope: This probe control method is applied to the scanning probe microscope having a probe section with a probe pointed at a sample, a detection section for detecting physical quantity between the sample and the probe, a measurement section for measuring the surface of the sample to obtain the surface information... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080087823 - Infrared sensor and method for driving the same: An infrared sensor includes a plurality of reference pixel units 2 arranged in a matrix pattern and series capacitor elements 14 provided in a one-to-one correspondence with the reference pixel units 2. The reference pixel units 2 each include an output line 30, a reference capacitor element 13 connected via... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080087824 - Infrared sensor: A small infrared sensor has a wide infrared light-receiving area (viewing angle), high electromagnetic shielding characteristics, and excellent electromagnetic-wave resistance characteristics. In the infrared sensor, supporting portions are disposed at four corners of a substantially rectangular opening in a package. The supporting portions support an optical filter, disposed so as... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080087825 - Thermally excited near-field source: A high resolution material observation system includes an object having at least one spatial dimension sufficient to support production of near-field infrared emissions, a holder adapted to receive a sample to be observed, the holder further adapted to position the sample in the near-field infrared emissions, and a thermal excitation... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco Pl

20080087826 - Optical train and method for tirf single molecule detection and analysis: In one aspect the invention relates to an apparatus for analyzing the presence of a single molecule using total internal reflection. In one embodiment an apparatus for single molecule analysis includes a support having a sample located thereon; two sources of light at distinct wavelengths, a collimator for directing the... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080087827 - Apparatus and method pertaining to provision of a substantially unique aircraft identifier via a source of power: A vehicle such as an aircraft (400) is provided (101) with a source of power having a power output such as a source of light (401). This power output can then be combined with an identifier (103, 416) that is substantially unique to the aircraft. An optical conduit (405) can... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080087829 - Single-photon emission computed tomography (spect) using helical scanning with multiplexing multi-pinhole apertures: The reconstruction of artifact free images is made possible by the implementation of a SPECT imaging device that employs helical scanning. The SPECT imaging device includes a detector configured to detect photons, such as photons, that are projected onto it. A collimator is axially aligned with the detector and includes... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20080087830 - Apparatus and method for radiation imaging: The radiation imaging apparatus includes a radiation source for irradiating an object, a radiation image detector having a radiation-receiving plane that receives radiation from the radiation source through the object, for detecting a radiation image of the object, a shape information acquiring device for acquiring shape information that represents a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080087828 - Collimator for radiation detectors and method of use: A device and method for acquiring Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) data. In particular, a method of acquiring data using a gamma camera detector with a collimator, such as a slotted, inverse fan beam collimator, for example. An example collimator that can be used for the method is one... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080087831 - Photomultiplier: The present invention relates to a photomultiplier that realizes significant improvement of response time properties with a structure enabling mass production. The photomultiplier comprises a sealed container, and the sealed container includes a hollow body section, extending along a tube axis, and a faceplate. The faceplate has a light incidence... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080087832 - Radiation detector: [SOLUTION] A glass substrate 11 having an X-ray sensitive semiconductor 14 for converting incident X rays into carriers, and a planar light emitting mechanism 28 disposed on a side opposite from an X-ray incidence side of the glass substrate 11, are provided to remove carriers remaining in the X-ray sensitive... Agent: Cheng Law Group, PLLC

20080087833 - Modular multi-modal tomographic detector and system: A multi-modality detection system and method for detecting medically-related conditions is disclosed. In some respects, the system and methods rely on at least two different modalities for imaging a region of interest including a patient organ such as the breast, brain, or other object within the region of interest. The... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080087834 - Radiation image detector: A radiation image detector including: a plurality of image sensing sections, disposed on a substrate in an array, for converting radiation to electrical signals; a plurality of data lines for transferring electrical signals converted by the image sensing sections; a charge amplifier circuit for integrating electrical signals transferred by the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080087835 - Radiation image detector and driving method for the same: A radiation image detector including the following layers stacked on top of another: a charge generation layer that generates charges by receiving radiation; and a detection layer which includes: multitudes of pixels, each having a collection electrode for collecting charges generated in the charge generation layer, a storage capacitor for... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080087836 - Optical radiation sensor system and method for measuring radiation transmittance of a fluid: There is disclosed a process for measuring transmittance of a fluid in a radiation field comprising polychromatic radiation—i.e., radiation at a first wavelength and radiation at a second wavelength different from the first wavelength. The process comprises the steps of: (i) positioning a polychromatic radiation source and a polychromatic radiation... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080087837 - Non-invasive method for measuring soil water content or snow water equivalent depth using cosmic-ray neutrons: The present invention is directed toward the determination of soil water content and the water equivalent depth of snow deposited on top of the ground. The apparatus for measuring soil water content consists of one or more cosmic-ray neutron detectors located above the soil surface. The detectors record neutrons in... Agent: Darin Desilets

20080087838 - Gamma-ray laser; induced gamma emission system and method: 2] during the lifetime of its excited state, abruptly moving the first source through a distance equal to ½ the wavelength of the radiation emitted therefrom, thereby inducing a π-phase-shift gamma radiation transparency in the second source whereby the π-phase-shifted gamma radiation stimulates the excited nuclear resonant state of the... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080087841 - On-chip reflectron and ion optics: A microelectronics apparatus comprising a substrate, a pair of grid electrodes coupled to the substrate on opposing sides of a central axis, wherein the grid electrodes are substantially parallel to each other and extend substantially perpendicular from the substrate, and a plurality of ion reflection lenses each coupled to the... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080087840 - Extreme ultra violet light source apparatus: An extreme ultra violet light source apparatus having relatively high output for exposure, in which debris are suppressed to be produced as much as possible in stead of disposing debris that has been once produced. The extreme ultra violet light source apparatus includes: a chamber in which extreme ultra violet... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080087839 - Technique for confining secondary electrons in plasma-based ion implantation: A technique for confining secondary electrons on a wafer is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as an apparatus and method for confining secondary electrons in plasma-based ion implantation. The apparatus and method may comprise a magnetic field portion of a magnetic field configuration placed... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP/varian Semiconductor, Equipment Associates, Inc.

20080087842 - Source of generating multicharged ions and charged particle beam apparatus using such ion generating source: A multicharged ions generating source that is easy to manufacture, excellent in controllability and maintainability, high in degree of ionization and large in beam intensity and a charged particle beam apparatus using the same are disclosed. The multicharged ions generating source includes an ion source electrode (3) comprising an electron... Agent: Masao Yoshimura, Chen Yoshimura, LLP

20080087843 - Method of controlling quantum dot photoluminescence and other intrinsic properties through biological specificity: A method of controllably changing an intrinsic property of a quantum dot by using a biological entity, either attached or in close proximity to the quantum dot, and changing the state of biological entity with a controllable mechanism. The change in state of the biological entity controllably changes the intrinsic... Agent: Naval Research Laboratory Associate Counsel (patents)

20080087844 - Technique for matching performance of ion implantation devices using an in-situ mask: A technique for matching performance of ion implantation devices using an in-situ mask. In one particular exemplary embodiment, ion implantation is performed on a portion of a substrate while the remainder is masked off. The substrate is then moved to a second implanter tool. Implantation is then performed on another... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080087846 - Sensor for ion implanter: A Faraday cup structure for use with a processing tool. The cup structure has a conductive strike plate coupled to a circuit for monitoring ions striking the strike plate to obtain an indication of the ion beam current. The electrically conductive strike plate is fronted by a mask for dividing... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20080087845 - Central dryer for electron beam curing: A central dryer for electron beam curing is described which includes a first application unit for the application of a first coating to a web. The central dryer for electron beam curing also includes an irradiation unit in which a first electron beam generator and a second electron beam generator... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080087847 - Drive laser delivery systems for euv light source: An LPP EUV light source is disclosed having an optic positioned in the plasma chamber for reflecting EUV light generated therein and a laser input window. For this aspect, the EUV light source may be configured to expose the optic to a gaseous etchant pressure for optic cleaning while the... Agent: Matthew K. Hillman Cymer, Inc., Legal Dept.

20080087848 - Anti-radiation structure: The invention provides an anti-radiation structure comprising a substrate, a reflective layer adjacent to the substrate, and a periodic grating adjacent to the reflective layer. The invention also provides another anti-radiation structure comprising a substrate and a periodic grating adjacent to the substrate. The described structures may reflect or diffract... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20080087849 - Container for fissile material and a method of making the same: The annular container (10) is impact resistance. The outer chamber (18) acts as a buffer to protect the inner chamber (16). If the outer chamber (18) ruptures the fissile contents of the inner chamber (16) are contained. The outer chamber (18) also acts to contain any spillage of the fissile... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20080087851 - Current transfer ratio temperature coefficient compensation method and apparatus: An optocoupler system includes a buffer, isolation, and a detector. The system includes a current transfer ratio (CTR) with a temperature coefficient. The buffer includes a light source that generates light that passes through the isolation. A detector receives light that passes through the isolation and generates an output signal... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20080087850 - Optoelelctronic apparatus: The apparatus includes: At least one light-emitting, optoelectronic, functional element, which, during operation, activated by an electrical signal, emits light, at least at times; at least one light-sensitive, optoelectronic, functional element, which, during operation, activated by light falling thereon, delivers, at least at times, an electrical signal; and at least... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080087852 - Positronium-mediated method for identifying a contaminant gas in a gaseous mixture: A monitor is provided for measuring the presence of a small concentration of at least one hazardous material within a vessel. A positron source emits positrons into an annihilation region of the vessel. A plurality of species of positronium are formed from the positrons as they interact with a sample... Agent: Duane Morris LLPIPDepartment

20080083868 - Monitoring devices and surveillance devices: P

20080083869 - Encoder: In the encoder 1, a bright portion 19 in which the light to be detected is irradiated to an area containing half rounds of arrangement lines L1 and L2 of a scale plate 11 is formed and also a dark portion 20 to which no light to be detected is... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080083871 - Method and apparatus for calibrating a radiation therapy treatment system: A radiation treatment system and method of commissioning the system, the system including a gantry, a radiation source operable to produce a beam of radiation, and a measurement device. The measurement device is physically connected to the gantry, and includes a multi-dimensional scanning arm, and a detector. The method includes... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080083870 - Self-adaptive tuning of gamma camera: An improved system and method for tuning individual sensors (e.g., photomultiplier tubes) of a multi-sensor imaging system such as, e.g., a gamma camera having an array of photo-multiplier tubes is provided that produces a uniform response over the entire system. Individual sensors of a multi-sensor imaging system are tuned based... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080083872 - Measurement of standoff corrected photoelectric factor: It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.c.

20080083873 - Device and method for introducing multiple liquid samples at atmospheric pressure for mass spectrometry: A method and apparatus introduces a secondary spray of uncharged liquid droplets into a primary stream of electrosprayed droplets. Droplets and/or components dissolved in the secondary liquid become charged through interaction with the primary electrospray stream. This results in formation of gaseous ions of the secondary solution susceptible to electrospray... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20080083874 - Vacuum interface for mass spectrometer: A system includes a vacuum manifold for a mass spectrometer. The vacuum manifold defines an orifice. A vacuum valve is joined to the manifold at the orifice. A load-lock adapter is joined to the vacuum valve. A transfer line may be introduced to the mass spectrometer and withdrawn therefrom via... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080083875 - Active night vision thermal control system using wavelength-temperature characteristic of light source: A thermal control system (11) for a light source (46) of a vision system (10) includes a heater (63) that is thermally coupled to the light source (46). A thermal sensor (60) is thermally coupled to the light source (46) and generates a temperature signal. A controller (50) is coupled... Agent: Dickinson Wright Pllc

20080083876 - Imaging apparatus, method for driving the same and radiation imaging system: For reducing extremely conspicuous line noise appearing in a picked up image with a simple configuration without complicating the configuration of an apparatus, an imaging apparatus a first sampling and holding circuit for sampling and holding an electric signal from pixels in one column of the detection unit and a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080083877 - Radiation detection apparatus and scintillator panel: A radiation detection apparatus of the present invention includes an optical detector disposed on a substrate and having a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements which convert light into an electrical signal, and a scintillator layer disposed on the optical detector and having a columnar crystal structure which converts radiation into... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080083878 - Cleaning method, apparatus and cleaning system: A method to clean optical elements of an apparatus, the apparatus being configured to project a beam of radiation onto a target portion of a substrate, the apparatus comprising a plurality of optical elements arranged in sequence in the path of the radiation beam, wherein the cleaning method comprises: cleaning... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080083879 - Electronic device for detecting intensity of rays: An electronic device for detecting intensity of rays includes a housing having a hole, a filter lens installed on the hole for filtering light and passing through a specific ray, a photosensor installed at a position corresponding to the hole in the housing for receiving the specific ray and generating... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080083880 - Tissue irradiation device with at least one electron source and numerous radiation heads: A device for irradiating tissue encompassing at least one electron source for generating an electron beam, numerous radiation heads that are firmly and annularly arranged in a supporting frame around an isocenter of the device and emit radiation towards the isocenter, and one beam guidance system to guide the electron... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.a.

20080083881 - Plasmon wave propagation devices and methods: Nanoantennas are formed on a substrate (e.g., silicon) and generate light via interactions with a charged particle beam, where the frequency of the generated light is based in large part on the periodicity of the “fingers” that make up the nanoantennas. Each finger has typical dimensions of less than 100... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20080083882 - Laser desorption assisted field ionization device and method: n

20080083883 - Methods of and apparatus for accessing a process chamber using a dual zone gas injector with improved optical access: An injector provides optical access into a process chamber along an axial path from a diagnostic end point outside the process chamber through an optical access window. A hollow housing body receives first and second process gases, and surrounds the axial path. A sleeve in the body is urged against... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20080083884 - Mesh and method of observing rubber slice technical field: Left and right sides of the mesh sandwiching the placing region therebetween are set as left and right to-be-fixed portions to be fixed to sample holder separation portions respectively to be moved in a stretch direction. A slit for dividing use is formed from a portion of the periphery of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080083885 - Lithographic apparatus, and device manufacturing method: A lithographic apparatus configured to project a patterned beam of radiation onto a target portion of a substrate is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first radiation dose detector and a second radiation dose detector, each detector comprising a secondary electron emission surface configured to receive a radiation flux and to... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080083886 - Optical system suitable for processing multiphoton curable photoreactive compositions: An optical system comprises a beam splitter apparatus capable of producing a plurality of laser beamlets that have substantially equal energy and substantially equal optical path lengths. In one application, the beamlets of the optical system may be directed at a multiphoton curable photoreactive resin to fabricate a plurality of... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080083887 - Extreme ultra violet light source apparatus: In an extreme ultra violet light source apparatus that exhausts debris including fast ions and neutral particles by the effect of a magnetic field, neutral particles emitted from plasma are efficiently ionized. The extreme ultraviolet light source apparatus includes: a plasma generating unit that generates plasma, that radiates at least... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20080083888 - Moving object detection photointerrupter and electric device using the same: An embodiment of the present invention comprises: at least one light-emitting portion that emits light; a plurality of light-receiving portions, disposed at intervals in the passing direction of the moving object, that receive and detect light emitted from the light-emitting portion and reflected by the moving object; a holding portion... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080078921 - Multiple light sensors and algorithms for luminance control of mobile display devices: In a method of controlling a lighting unit of a display, a maximum value of ambient light intensity is determined (156). Ambient light intensity is sensed (154) from a first direction relative to the display and from a second direction, different from the first direction, relative to the display. The... Agent: Motorola Inc

20080078922 - High-voltage automatic changeover switch: A high-voltage automatic changeover switch, includes a support and a control circuit board mounted on the support. In one embodiment, the support includes an insulating frame, four high-voltage contacts mounted on each of two opposite plates of the insulating frame, four high-voltage contacts on the same plate being pair-to-pair arranged,... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080078923 - Semiconductor device: To suppress a decrease in photosensitivity of a photoelectric conversion element provided in a semiconductor device by reducing the parasitic resistance of an amplifier circuit. In addition, the amplifier circuit which amplifies the output current of the photoelectric conversion element is operated stably. A semiconductor device includes a photoelectric conversion... Agent: Eric Robinson

20080078924 - Sensor system for liquid detection: A light transmitting optical fiber shines light at a side edge portion of a hemispherical lens. The light is transmitted along the outer periphery of the lens to a second side edge portion located opposite the first side edge portion. A light sensitive component detects light at the second edge... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080078925 - Atomic reflection optical element: An atomic reflection optical element for an atomic wave (de Broglie wave) so constituted as to increase the reflectance of an atomic wave by reducing the apparent atomic density of reflection plane; for example, a porous surface structure, a structure supporting a very thin film, or a structure in which... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080078926 - Systems and methods for decreasing settling times in ms/ms: Systems and methods are provided for optimizing the performance of a mass spectrometer system when multiple measurements are made. For example, the total settling time of different components or stages of a mass spectrometer, such as a tandem mass spectrometer, are decreased by optimally ordering the measurements.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080078927 - Method for axial ejection and in-trap fragmentation using auxiliary electrodes in a multipole mass spectrometer: A method of operating a mass spectrometer having an elongated rod set and a set of auxiliary electrodes is provided, the rod set having an entrance end and an exit end and a longitudinal axis. The method comprises a) admitting ions into the entrance end of the rod set; b)... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080078928 - Dual-polarity mass spectrometer: A dual-polarity mass spectrometer includes an ion source, a negative ion mass analyzer, and a positive ion mass analyzer to measure both the negative and positive ion spectra of a sample material simultaneously. The ion source includes a sample surface on which the sample material is positioned, the sample material... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080078929 - Sift-ms instruments: A SIFT or SIFDT apparatus in which the upstream quadrupole and the downstream quadrupole are housed within a single evacuated chamber (20) with the upstream quadrupole (22) being (24). connected to the downstream quadrupole (29) by a curved flow tube sections by an electrostatic shield (27) which shields the upstream... Agent: D. Peter Hochberg Co. L.p.a.

20080078930 - Mass spectrometer: An electron capture dissociation device to implement a combination of electron capture dissociation and collision dissociation and a mass spectrometer with the use thereof are provided. This device includes a linear ion trap provided with linear multipole electrodes applied with a radio frequency electric field and wall electrodes that are... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080078931 - Systems for interfacing separations with maldi mass spectrometry: The present invention is directed to improved systems and components for coupling separations technology with MALDI-TOF mass spectroscopy. Specifically, this invention provides new apparatus configurations and methods for interfacing liquid-phase separations with MALDI mass spectrometry. The present invention exploits and expands the use of the collimated hole structure (CHS) sample... Agent: Elmore Patent Law Group, PC

20080078932 - Scanning probe microscope capable of measuring samples having overhang structure: Provided is a scanning probe microscope capable of precisely analyzing characteristics of samples having an overhang surface structure. The scanning probe microscope comprises a first probe, a first scanner changing a position of the first probe along a straight line, and a second scanner changing a position of a sample... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080078933 - Electron beam exposure or system inspection or measurement apparatus and its method and height detection apparatus: A method and apparatus for assessing a height of a specimen includes an electron beam unit having an electron beam source, lenses, a table for setting a specimen and controllable in a height direction, and a detector, and a height detection system for detecting height of the specimen set on... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080078934 - Charged particle beam instrument and method of detecting charged particles: A charged particle beam instrument (10) is provided, the instrument comprising a charged particle optical column (12), a voltage source, a detector (14) and a sample holder (18), the column (12) being operable to direct a beam of primary charged particles at a sample (20) on the sample holder (18)... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080078935 - Imaging apparatus: Imaging apparatus comprises a plurality of radiation-sensitive detectors, such as arrays of CCDs 2, that are arranged to define a curved imaging region 3 at which incident radiation from a scene surrounding the detectors is detected. A processor 4 for combining image information from the detectors is used to obtain... Agent: Lucent Technologies Inc. Docker Administrator - Room 3j-219

20080078936 - Device system and method for miniaturized radiation spectrometer: A device/system for radiation sensing is configured to detect high and low LET radiation. The radiation sensing system may include a high LET detector and a low LET detector coupled to the high LET detector by a CPU, wherein the high LET detector and the low LET detector are assembled... Agent: Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center

20080078937 - Radiation imaging system and nuclear medicine diagnosis instrument therefor: A radiation imaging system is configured by a collimator 30A including a detector 21 with a discrete detection pixel corresponding with a pixel and a plurality of radiation passages 31 and looks into a plurality of detectors 21 through one radiation passage 31 to set a step width of rotation... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080078939 - Digital x-ray detectors: An x-ray detector is provided for use in imaging systems. The x-ray detector includes a detector subsystem configured to output electrical signals in response to reception of x-rays. The x-ray detector also includes a single-piece protective enclosure having at least one opening to receive the detector subsystem.... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080078940 - Portable imaging device having shock absorbent assembly: In one embodiment, a portable imaging device is provided with an enclosure, an imaging panel disposed in the enclosure, and shock absorbent material holding the imaging panel within the enclosure without a rigid connection between the imaging panel and the enclosure. In another embodiment, a portable imaging device is provided... Agent: General Electric Company (pcpi) C/o Fletcher Yoder

20080078938 - X-ray detector: A method of signal shielding in X-ray detectors and X-ray detectors using such a method are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the X-ray detector has a set of detector elements placed on a substrate, and the shielding method includes providing a conductive shield above the data lines which carry the... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20080078941 - Inspection systems and methods: Inspection systems and methods are disclosed. A preferred embodiment comprises an inspection system including a support for a reticle, a microscope including a lens system and at least one other component, and at least one device adapted to provide feedback regarding a distance between the support for the reticle and... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20080078942 - Particle therapy system: A particle therapy system is provided. The particle therapy system for particle therapy of a target volume of a patient includes a particle accelerator for furnishing high-energy particles; an adjusting device that adjusts a size of an irradiation volume; a control system for triggering the adjusting device, the control system... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080078943 - Automatic method of axial adjustments in electron beam system: Axial adjustments of an aberration corrector are made roughly. Whenever plural values of voltage are applied to an electrode in the first stage of the corrector, a different value of voltage is applied to the electrodes in the stage whose center is passed through by the reference orbit in the... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080078944 - Computer controlled active feedback system for ldi/es ion source with electro-pneumatic superposition: This invention relates to systems and methods of optimizing the control and performance of Laser Desorption and Ionization (LDI) ion sources or Electro Spray (ES) ion sources employing electro-pneumatic superposition, the ion sources being operably connected to a mass spectrometer. Methods and systems of control include analyzing data from the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP Attn:IPDocketing Dept

20080078945 - Apparatus for and method of treating a fluid: Apparatus and a method for treating a fluid. The apparatus includes a fluid passageway, at least one source of irradiation, and curved reflecting troughs for reflecting irradiation onto the fluid passageway. A space is defined between the closed ends of the troughs. A first set of reflectors joins end edges... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080078946 - Medical device and manufactuing method of colored medical device: The subject of the present invention is to offer a method for the manufacture of a medical wire that can elicit the superior qualities of a fluororesin while maintaining the elastic modulus of a superelastic alloy wire. The method for manufacturing a medical wire that relates to the present invention... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080078947 - Beam shot position correction coefficient computation/updating technique for ultrafine pattern fabrication using variable shaped beam lithography: A charged-particle beam lithography apparatus includes a charged-particle beam irradiation unit, a deflector which deflects the charged particle beam, a stage which disposes thereon a workpiece for pattern writing and a plurality of marks being regularly laid out in an entire area substantially equal to a pattern writing region of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080078948 - Processing termination detection method and apparatus: A processing termination detection method capable of accurately performing changeover of etch rates when a residual film thickness of a to-be-processed layer decreases to a predetermined value. A substrate processing apparatus starts first etching to form a through-hole in a single crystal silicon layer of a wafer. A processing termination... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080078954 - Beam line architecture for ion implanter: A parallelizing component of an ion implantation system comprises two angled dipole magnets that mirror one another and serve to bend an ion beam traversing therethrough to have a substantially “s” shape. This s bend serves to filter out contaminants of the beam, while the dipoles also parallelize the beam... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates, LLC National City Bank Building

20080078956 - Broad beam ion implantation architecture: An ion implantation system for providing a mass analyzed ribbon beam that comprises an ion beam source that includes a plasma source and an extraction component, wherein the extraction component is configured to extract a diverging ion beam and direct the ion beam to a window frame magnet assembly. The... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates, LLC National City Bank Building

20080078950 - Implanting with improved uniformity and angle control on tilted wafers: A system, method and program product for improving uniformity and angle control wafers being implanted. A system is provided that includes an end station for positioning a wafer being implanted, comprising: a platen for holding the wafer, wherein the platen is rotatable to provide wafer rotation; a housing for holding... Agent: Scott Faber, Esq. Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc

20080078958 - Method for controlling charge amount of ion beam and a wafer applied in the method: A method of controlling charge amount of an ion beam, includes providing a semiconductor wafer; forming an insulation layer on the surface of the wafer, with gaps between parts of the insulation layer dividing the surface of the wafer into an open region and a narrow and long region; implanting... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080078959 - Method for controlling charge amount of ion beam and a wafer applied in the method: A method of controlling charge amount of an ion beam includes: providing a semiconductor wafer; forming insulation layer on the surface of the wafer, with gaps between the insulation layer dividing the surface of the wafer into an open region and a narrow and long region; implanting an ion beam... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080078957 - Methods for beam current modulation by ion source parameter modulation: Beam current is adjusted during ion implantation by adjusting one or more parameters of an ion source. The ion beam is generated or provided by a non-arc discharge based ion source, such as an electron gun driven ion source or an RF driven ion source. A beam current adjustment amount... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates, LLC National City Bank Building

20080078955 - Methods for rapidly switching off an ion beam: An ion beam is rapidly switched off during ion implantation on detecting a beam instability. The ion beam is generated or provided by a non-arc discharge based ion source, such as an electron gun ion source or an RF ion source. The ion beam is scanned across a workpiece from... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates, LLC National City Bank Building

20080078951 - Multi-purpose electrostatic lens for an ion implanter system: Multi-purpose electrostatic lens for an ion implanter. The electrostatic lens allows an ion implanter to scan, accelerate, decelerate, expand, compress, focus and parallelize an ion beam. This capability enables the ion implanter to function as either a high precision medium-current ion implanter or as a high-current ion implanter.... Agent: Scott Faber, Esq. Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc

20080078949 - Technique for improved ion beam transport: A technique for improved ion implantation is provided. The technique is embodied as an electrostatic filter for an ion implantation device. The electrostatic filter is located just prior to deceleration and may be integrated with a decelerator. Electrodes are used to generate an electric field to separate neutrals from ions.... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP/varian Semiconductor, Equipment Associates, Inc.

20080078952 - Technique for improving ion implantation based on ion beam angle-related information: A technique for improving ion implantation based on ion beam angle-related information is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method for improving ion implantation. The method may comprise obtaining angle-related information associated with an ion beam. The method may also comprise calculating, based... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP/varian Semiconductor, Equipment Associates, Inc.

20080078953 - Technique for improving ion implantation throughput and dose uniformity: A technique for improving ion implantation throughput and dose uniformity is disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, a method for improving ion implantation throughput and dose uniformity may comprise measuring an ion beam density distribution in an ion beam. The method may also comprise calculating an ion dose distribution across a... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP/varian Semiconductor, Equipment Associates, Inc.

20080078960 - Pattern generation methods and apparatuses: A method may comprise emitting electromagnetic radiation onto a workpiece and storing data describing geometrical elements in a pattern. The electromagnetic radiation may be focused and/or reflected in a first direction, and a power level of the electromagnetic radiation may be modulated according to the stored data. A guiding rail... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080078961 - Method and device for modifying the deexcitation probability of nuclear isomers: The invention relates to a method and device for modifying the probability of deexcitation in relation to isomer nuclides, consisting in exciting samples containing nuclides having a metastable state with a half-life varying between one microsecond and 50 years. The excitation is achieved by irradiation with entangled gamma rays produced... Agent: E-quantic Communications

20080078962 - Radiation shield: A device for shielding at least a region of a creature from exposure to unwanted radiation during the use of an x-ray or other medical diagnostic machine or equipment includes one of a first portion sized and configured to shield an upper extremities region of the creature and a second... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080078963 - Optical sensor for detecting a medium: An optical sensor used for detected the end portion of a medium includes a light-emitting unit for emitting light, a light-receiving unit for receiving the light emitted by the light-emitting, a pair of tubular portions, which are made of a material capable of transmitting light, covering the light-emitting unit and... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080078964 - Radiation conversion panel, and apparatus for and method of reading radiation image information from radiation conversion panel: A radiation conversion panel allows recorded radiation image information to be read therefrom with high accuracy while reliably avoiding adverse effects of residual past radiation image information that remains in the radiation conversion panel. When a radiation conversion panel storing radiation image information therein is scanned by reading light from... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC